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Trump: We Shot Down All Eight Ballsitic Missiles Iran Shot at Our Base in Jordan, and Are Now Hitting Them Very Hard

The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan. If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!

President DONALD J. TRUMP

Here is video of a failed ICBM launch in Khomein, Iran. I'm guessing we had nothing to do with bringing it down. Just more crap technology Iran bought from China or Russia.

Here's an alternate view of the failed launch or, possibly, a different failed launch. This one can be seen blowing up on the ground in Iran.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh


🚨 JUST IN: President Trump announces the Islamic Republic of Iran will be hit back "AT A MUCH HARDER AND HIGHER LEVEL" if they retaliate for the current US strikes around Hormuz

ALL Iranian missiles launched at American assets were shot down 🇺🇸

47 then threatens to LEVEL the country:

"But it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!"

"The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz."

"The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan."

"If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level."

Trump is no longer calling for ceasefires and negotiations. He allows that negotiations are happening, but also says he doesn't take them seriously.

I guess he's in it to win it now. Though the new strategy is a long siege and strangulation.

Space Force is reportedly watching Iran's boats and missile launchers:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 NOW: US SPACE FORCE WATCHED IRAN MOVE AROUND THE STRAIT. Now they've been STRUCK.

President Trump has been clear that Space Force is watching the mullahs' EVERY MOVEMENT before they can even begin to launch mines and disrupt the Strait of Hormuz

CENTCOM just confirmed strikes were carried out at noon. FAFO.

YINGST: "They've been watching using Space Force and also the U.S. Navy that is positioned there at that blockade line in the Gulf of Oman whenever any of the Iranian forces try to move air defense systems or radars."

"They are watching very closely and likely these are the targets that are being hit right now as we speak."

"These appear to be relatively widespread strikes, not just targeting that southern city of Bandar Abbas, but also initial reports of explosions on Qeshm Island and areas even further south of this area next to the Gulf of Oman."

"It's an indication that once again the United States is trying to send a message to the Iranian regime that threats against this international waterway will not be tolerated." @TreyYingst

I don't understand why Iran acts like this isn't always going to be the end result.

Time to bury the head of the snake.


Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:

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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

BREAKING: Scott Bessent just sent shivers down the spine of Iranian regime leaders. What a bad*ss...

"I will say it on worldwide TV: we KNOW WHERE in the British Virgin Islands your accounts are, at these trust companies. We know the hundred million dollar houses you have around the world. WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE ALL THAT DOWN."

"We are going after the regime's assets they have stolen from the Iranian people."

"They can go to the victims of terror."

"After 47 years — IT IS OVER."

"Either you are with us, or against us."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:50 PM




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1 first ish

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (CWTWj)

2 Not possible.

X accounts said that the US had no more interceptor missiles, that we'd run through them all and getting more was impossible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (BKQOu)

3 I guess he's in it to win it now. Though the new strategy is a long siege and strangulation.

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I mean...the second the blockade was announced, this was the overall strategy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (BKQOu)

4 gp and i noodled, credit where credit is dewy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (CWTWj)

5 Scott Bessent is great. Over the weekend he scalped Big Squaw Elizabeth Warren, and now he's moved on to the mullahs.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM (2ocoG)

6 X accounts said that the US had no more interceptor missiles, that we'd run through them all and getting more was impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Vox Day and Washington Post all assure me that nobody could comment a comment like yours unless you were being paid so to comment.

Posted by: the oldsmobile at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (88C+u)

7 Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:

==

MIGHT?! Please seize them! seize them now!!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (g47mK)

8 The bombing is still going on. Nearly 4 hours of bombing seems to be a bit more that a tit for tat.

>>@hey_itsmyturn
·
14m
>>NOW -
Huge explosion in Kermanshah
Eyewitness believes it was an airstrike

>>Kermanshah Province, #Iran

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (viF8m)

9 the second the blockade was announced, this was the overall strategy

We prefered to call that a “Quarantine”.

Posted by: JFK at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (u3mlR)

10 Bessent is vicious. I like that.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (Gqar8)

11 This just proves Iran is winning.

And is a distraction from the Epstein files.*

* lol, Massie read names (he claims)--finally--on the Floor. And ... no one cares.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (3cUTc)

12 In Edward G Robinson voice "where's your twelfth imam now"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (rNkEQ)

13 Love Bessent

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (+gK6I)

14 Tousi reports that Persian conventional forces are being sent the western and north -western borders of Iran. For reasons not clear.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (rj6Yv)

15 The buzzword these days is "anaconda strategy." I much prefer a grizzly bear strategy. Go in fast, tear them to shreds, sh*t on their remains, and leave.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (vTZFs)

16 We are out of big missiles, and out of medium missiles and the small missiles!!1!

Posted by: CNN at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (g47mK)

17 maybe why oil is up a couple of dollars

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (CWTWj)

18 Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:

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Well, this is in addition to all the frozen assets the administration already kept from the regime since like February.

Remember the brouhaha about the MOU? There was the $300 billion investment that Iran was going to get the second they signed (what happened to that, by the way? they get the money?), but there was also about $12 billion in frozen assets that they were supposed to get (instantly, remember).

But, then Iran kept bitching that they weren't getting the frozen funds through the MOU which they violated within hours by attacking neighbor states.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (BKQOu)

19 6 X accounts said that the US had no more interceptor missiles, that we'd run through them all and getting more was impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Vox Day and Washington Post all assure me that nobody could comment a comment like yours unless you were being paid so to comment.

Posted by: the oldsmobile at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (88C+u)

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I'm getting double paid by Israel and the DOW, baby!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (BKQOu)

20 I love Scott Bessent. And if you lurk here, Mr. Bessent, I really would love a tour of your house. I am very polite, harmless, and would pass a background check with flying colors because I am also very boring.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

21
"We're out of ammo! We have to negotiate terms of surrender!"

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (Y8DZL)

22 7 Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:

==

MIGHT?! Please seize them! seize them now!!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (g47mK)

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We've been seizing their offshore assets for months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (BKQOu)

23 If you're a praying person and have not been doing it already, please pray for the safety of Scott Bessent and all of Trump's Cabinet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (rHgXV)

24 "We are going after the regime's assets they have stolen from the Iranian people. They can go to the victims of terror. After 47 years — IT IS OVER."

Bessent is awesome. But ... why are we only now doing this? This seems like something we should have been doing from Day One. Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books. It's often the most effective attack.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

25 @11 every name Massie read has been named publicly or in court papers. Massie is a complete phony punk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (rNkEQ)

26 Secret:
The cease-fire wasn't so Iran could re-arm.
Iran thinks that's what they won by agreeing.
We wanted them to re-arm.
While we watched them show us where they were hiding it all.

Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (3cUTc)

27 The Iranians are waiting and praying for a November miracle.

They’ll do this tit for tat thing as long as possible, what else can they do?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (6ydKt)

28 And is a distraction from the Epstein files.*

* lol, Massie read names (he claims)--finally--on the Floor. And ... no one cares.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September

Well one is a Pritzker. Will the Dems shut up now?

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

29 24 "We are going after the regime's assets they have stolen from the Iranian people. They can go to the victims of terror. After 47 years — IT IS OVER."

Bessent is awesome. But ... why are we only now doing this? This seems like something we should have been doing from Day One. Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books. It's often the most effective attack.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

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We've been doing it since the start.

Remember the $12 billion that Iran was supposed to get for signing the MOU (really, it was for abiding by the MOU over an unspecified amount of time, which they did not do)?

That was frozen foreign assets in Gulf State banks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (BKQOu)

30 I thought Iran was out of missiles.
And yet, they keep shooting missiles.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

31 23 If you're a praying person and have not been doing it already, please pray for the safety of Scott Bessent and all of Trump's Cabinet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (rHgXV)


I do every night... And I pray for the likes of all of you here.. Well most of you....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (+gK6I)

32 27 The Iranians are waiting and praying for a November miracle.

They’ll do this tit for tat thing as long as possible, what else can they do?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (6ydKt)

=======

So, Jeffries corrals his razor thin majority to say that Trump shouldn't be doing things, and Trump vetoes the bill.

Then Jeffries talks about defunding the war, and the MIC calls a handful of key Democrats and tells them to not do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (BKQOu)

33 Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:

==

MIGHT?! Please seize them! seize them now!!
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (g47mK)

I am wondering if this is a ploy to deke the mullahs into moving their stashed loot, so that Bessent can track it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (1z8ji)

34 >>Bessent is awesome. But ... why are we only now doing this? This seems like something we should have been doing from Day One. Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books. It's often the most effective attack.

Because on Day 1 many of our erstwhile "allies" weren't onboard. Even NATO refused to help.

The sanctions that are being put on now are being supported by NATO and pretty much everyone else other than China to a certain degree.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (viF8m)

35 30 I thought Iran was out of missiles.
And yet, they keep shooting missiles.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

They're being re supplied from China across land and the Caspian sea according to Tousi

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (+gK6I)

36 Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (+gK6I)

Thanks, Donna.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (rHgXV)

37 Trump: We Shot Down All Eight Ballsitic Missiles Iran Shot at Our Base in Jordan, and Are Now Hitting Them Very Hard
>>>

Iran is out of regular missiles and is down to volcanic chunks being lobbed about?

Posted by: Count de Monet, lightheartedly busting balls for fun at September 01, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

38 Bomb the bastards back to the 7th Century they came from

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

39 30 I thought Iran was out of missiles.
And yet, they keep shooting missiles.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

=======

They shot...8 missiles.

We destroyed their manufacturing base and over 80% of their stockpiles in the 6 weeks of bombing.

They're going to be able to pull a few together every once in a while to do some minor bullshit, but it's massively different from where they started.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (BKQOu)

40 Ballsitic? Really?

Posted by: just sayin' at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (/JT24)

41 Somehow--and this is a total wild-ass guess--I think Trump knows more about what is going on in Iran than people complaining stateside about Trump's strategy.

But, that's just crazy.

You can always trust what the news reports.
And trust they are giving you the full story.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (3cUTc)

42 Nuke them.

It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Going Hot! at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (XcBiu)

43 Welp. Guess I should go get ready to teach the 2 evening classes. My poor puppy has been very clingy all day and I hate leaving him.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

44 Let them build a trebuchet

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

45 >>I am wondering if this is a ploy to deke the mullahs into moving their stashed loot, so that Bessent can track it.

Bessent said the other day they found a bank in the UAE that was still funneling billions to Iran and are shutting it down. They seem to be working with other countries and finding the money everywhere.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 04:01 PM (viF8m)

46 Welp. Guess I should go get ready to teach the 2 evening classes. My poor puppy has been very clingy all day and I hate leaving him.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 04:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

take him with !

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:01 PM (g47mK)

47 Iran is out of regular missiles and is down to volcanic chunks being lobbed about?
Posted by: Count de Monet, lightheartedly busting balls for fun at September 01, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

That would be "basaltic missiles". The ones Iran is using are made from testicles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 04:01 PM (1z8ji)

48 Trump: We Shot Down All Eight Ballsitic Missiles Iran Shot at Our Base in Jordan, and Are Now Hitting Them Very Hard
>>>

Iran is out of regular missiles and is down to volcanic chunks being lobbed about?

Posted by: Count de Monet, lightheartedly busting balls for fun


You're thinking of the Basaltic missiles. These get the new Torsionmax system.

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 01, 2026 04:01 PM (OUMaO)

49 Remember how France put up the Ayatollah in exile, and then returned him to take over Iran? Yeah fuck them and bomb their villas in whatever country they're in.

It's time to settle all family business.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (bX16E)

50 31 23 If you're a praying person and have not been doing it already, please pray for the safety of Scott Bessent and all of Trump's Cabinet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (rHgXV)


I do every night... And I pray for the likes of all of you here.. Well most of you....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (+gK6I)

Uh-Oh. ( Tubal tugs on collar).

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Gqar8)

51 Iran is out of regular missiles and is down to volcanic chunks being lobbed about?
Posted by: Count de Monet, lightheartedly busting balls for fun at September 01, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)
=====

The Persians are reduced to trotting out their "Justice" minister to threaten the increasingly large number of protestors that he's going to really get serious about cracking down on them if they refuse to stop protesting.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rj6Yv)

52 And the fucking commodity traders are once again bidding up oil on the comex. Less than 20% of the worlds oil flow through the strait and more is going around it now. I see they are also dredging a. Ew channel between two islands in Oman.

But yeah, $100 oil. These traders need to be dick punched.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Pxqpl)

53 Nuke them.

It's the only way to be sure.
--
They have not earned the honor of the Second Sun.

They are still on the Solimoni Solution:
Die like dogs, whimpering and crying in dark caves.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM (3cUTc)

54 Well, back from my eye exam. Everything looks good, just some normal, minor, age-related stuff. No diabetes-related mischief.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

55 52 And the fucking commodity traders are once again bidding up oil on the comex. Less than 20% of the worlds oil flow through the strait and more is going around it now. I see they are also dredging a. Ew channel between two islands in Oman.

But yeah, $100 oil. These traders need to be dick punched.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Pxqpl)

========

It'll be a short-term bump. War pricing, but too much has been built up to let the oil flow, including the US freaking dredging a new canal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM (BKQOu)

56 The Persians are reduced to trotting out their "Justice" minister to threaten the increasingly large number of protestors that he's going to really get serious about cracking down on them if they refuse to stop protesting.
Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rj6Yv)

That one in particular I want to see taken out.. He sentenced thousands to death... I bet Israel knows where he is...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

57 16
We are out of big missiles, and out of medium missiles and the small missiles!!1!
Posted by: CNN
......

Send in the green dildos and cans of tuna!

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 04:04 PM (UjdFS)

58 Well, back from my eye exam. Everything looks good, just some normal, minor, age-related stuff. No diabetes-related mischief.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

Good news!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 04:04 PM (1z8ji)

59 I like the cut of Bessent’s jib.

More of this!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (4KUe5)

60 >>>Tousi reports that Persian conventional forces are being sent the western and north -western borders of Iran. For reasons not clear.
I assume the Kurds are getting frisky.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

61
take him with !
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04

He would not appreciate the very loud music plus he, being slightly quirky, gets anxious about new environments. I do want to start taking him when nothing is going on so he gets used to it. He could get some serious zoomies in the studio - no furniture to dodge, no hallways, just one big rectangle.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

62 Tousi reports that Persian conventional forces are being sent the western and north -western borders of Iran. For reasons not clear.
Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (rj6Yv)

Might be they don't trust them near the capitol anymore.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (uhVAy)

63 Trump doesn't go into anything to lose.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (j6dNk)

64 Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM

Glad to hear that, Bulg.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (rHgXV)

65 What a difference a loyal cabinet makes.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Gqar8)

66 60 >>>Tousi reports that Persian conventional forces are being sent the western and north -western borders of Iran. For reasons not clear.
I assume the Kurds are getting frisky.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

======

Come on...Iraq.

Do an invasion.

Bet you can cause more damage this time than last time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:05 PM (BKQOu)

67 46 Piper, make Soup one of your instructors. I’m sure Frisbee-throwing would provide a great workout.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:06 PM (77rzZ)

68 I'd imagine once the last mullah's gone it'll be mop up time with the IRGC. Although to be frank, it's been us against the IRGC the whole time.

IOW, there's no functioning government in Iran.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 04:07 PM (2Cry5)

69 From Talarico In 2020:

141 >>> What Is “Ozempic Vagina”? An Expert Doctor Speaks

https://tinyurl.com/49xetn47
Posted by: AOSHQ Medical Advisory Panel, Sexual Health Division at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)

That article tries to downplay it, but it reveals there are almost zero studies done on what happens to fetal health for women pregnant and taking drugs like Ozempic. Nothing good, I imagine. But a woman losing weight is more fertile, and the drugs also make contraception less effiective. This has the potential to be really bad.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 03:11 PM (Eng1Z)


I'm cautiously optimistic that it could be good for fetal health. It's stabilizing satiety signals and blood sugar, with enough knock-on health benefits to sometimes look like a wonder drug. The downsides generally have to do with things that wouldn't affect them, like digestive upset or loose skin.

Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 04:07 PM (ke3zm)

70 Trump: We Shot Down All Eight Ballsitic Missiles Iran Shot at Our Base in Jordan, and Are Now Hitting Them Very Hard
>>>

Iran is out of regular missiles and is down to volcanic chunks being lobbed about?
Posted by: Count de Monet, lightheartedly busting balls for fun at September 01, 2026 03:59 PM (wVcYX)

Let me know when they're down to Balsamic Missiles.

Posted by: Caesar of Salad at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (vSvIl)

71 Basaltic / Ballsitic, whatever it takes.

Posted by: Mr. Mullah at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (wVcYX)

72 >>>I guess he's in it to win it now. Though the new strategy is a long siege and strangulation.

And now he has a pre-proven response to those that carp during the long siege.

Why won't he negotiate to bring it to an end? He already tried that over and over again.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (8mulE)

73 Huh.

So Driscoll the Snake resigns.

And suddenly things heat up in Iran.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (3cUTc)

74 Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

There is some irony here.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Fv808)

75 Seems like Iran is putting all their chips in and firing ballistic missiles from multiple sites around Iran.

Trump threatened if Iran responded he would increase the pain. This might get big.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (viF8m)

76 Ballsack Missiles?

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar8)

77 Whatever happened to the cardboard guy?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 04:09 PM (2Ez/1)

78 Chinese missiles come with a no refund policy and a "Best If Used By" date.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)

79 77 Whatever happened to the cardboard guy?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 04:09 PM (2Ez/1)

====

Been dead since before he was anointed the Gayatollah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:09 PM (BKQOu)

80 64 Thanks, AOP and Fen.

Fen, how is your son doing? I think that you posted that his job was causing problems with his feet?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

81 Basaltic / Ballsitic, whatever it takes.
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Balsamic.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (3cUTc)

82
Here's an alternate view of the failed launch or, possibly, a different failed launch. This one can be seen blowing up on the ground in Iran.

-------

Maybe the Iranians bought missile guidance components from an Israeli-owned front company.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (VWtfl)

83 Why won't he negotiate to bring it to an end? He already tried that over and over again.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (8mulE)

Trump gets lucky again!

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (j6dNk)

84 Bessent is awesome. But ... why are we only now doing this? This seems like something we should have been doing from Day One. Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books. It's often the most effective attack.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)
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Many people think that all of our tools are available from the beginning and Trump is just too dumb to do it or whatever.

Much of the time, you need to move sequentially, and I'm sure that is what is going on here. To smoke out where the money is, we needed to cut them off and continue to cut and then see where the money went. Money is fungible, so how do you know who's it is, especially when they are trying to hide ownership? You watch it move in response to your early moves.

This goes for targeting as well. This is going to shock people, but finding stuff is hard when people are trying to hide it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)

85 82
Here's an alternate view of the failed launch or, possibly, a different failed launch. This one can be seen blowing up on the ground in Iran.



Chinese Temu missles

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (+gK6I)

86 It'll be a short-term bump. War pricing, but too much has been built up to let the oil flow, including the US freaking dredging a new canal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:03 PM (BKQOu)

Even if new shipping stops for a time, the initial crisis is past. Anyone hoping for Iran oil is an idiot, and other gulf oil has outlets aside from the Gulf route to use. '

But there are regular escorted flotillas of cargo using the strait despite the hoopla.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (uhVAy)

87 Well most of you....
Posted by: {{{It's me donna

Sitting right here! Sheesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (u82oZ)

88 > Vox Day

Is that retard still around?

I chalked him up as all talk, no cattle when I found out he'd run away to Italy to live on his daddy's money.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (c+HDg)

89 Yang Poon missiles! Good value!

Posted by: China at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (g47mK)

90 BALZAC!
— Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

91 Hello?
Yes, we have Balsamic missiles.
How many do you need?

Posted by: Acme Foods and Munitions, Inc. at September 01, 2026 04:12 PM (2Ez/1)

92 Here's an alternate view of the failed launch or, possibly, a different failed launch. This one can be seen blowing up on the ground in Iran.



Chinese Temu missles
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 04:11 PM (+gK6I)

Even with perfect missiles conditions these days are poor - everything is done in a hurry to avoid strikes. Little issues can doom a missile launch.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:12 PM (uhVAy)

93 Maybe the Iranians bought missile guidance components from an Israeli-owned front company.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (VWtfl)

From an ad in the back of a graphic novel. Between the ads for X-Ray Vision glasses and Sea Monkeys.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 04:12 PM (wVcYX)

94
Democrats win the House and Senate in November.
Impeachment proceedings against Trump and Vance succeed.
The House of Representatives replaces Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House and replace her with a former first lady.

President Hillary Clinton!

I know, I'm living in the past.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)

95 Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

Thanks for asking . He got some new shoes with much better support.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (rHgXV)

96 This goes for targeting as well. This is going to shock people, but finding stuff is hard when people are trying to hide it.
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False.
I can cover the map of Iran with two fingers--it's not that big.
/s/ Twitter experts on military strategery.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (3cUTc)

97 "Ballsitic Missiles"

[Perks up]

-- James Talacreepo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)

98 Masturbatin' Pete going to come around and talk about how the missiles being shot down are proof of Iran's supremacy and winning as well as an Israeli conspiracy to keep America fighting Israel's war?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (BKQOu)

99 >>Basaltic / Ballsitic, whatever it takes.
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Balsamic.
__
'Scuse me, it's pronounced "ball-ass-a-tick."

Posted by: Candice Owens at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (bNf8H)

100 Up Nest6:

The View, live from Tehran!

*Pretty sure that would be a War Crime. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (u82oZ)

101 Maybe the Iranians bought missile guidance components from an Israeli-owned front company.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (VWtfl
Acme.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (LHPAg)

102 And now he has a pre-proven response to those that carp during the long siege.

Why won't he negotiate to bring it to an end? He already tried that over and over again.
Posted by: No Name Today at September 01, 2026 04:08 PM (8mulE)
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He launched what they called a war of aggression and then imposed a unilateral cease-fire. Iran than restarted it, and now they are the de jure aggressors. War Powers Resolution is off the table.

Trump asked for negotiations, knew they would be in bad faith, let Iran "make a fool of him" and now we no longer have to offer terms.

I will say that he brings up making a deal because he's trying to split the factions, convicing the lying bastards to turn on its other. Treason has always been a powerful tool to win a siege.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (ZOv7s)

103 I'm retiring my use of, "Kaboom."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (wxsGM)

104 That time I ordered Ballsack vinegar for my salad dressing ....
/s/ James Talarico

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3cUTc)

105 Wouldn't take much effort against Iran's petroleum infrastructure to make Venezuela's oil facilities look like state-of-the-art.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (rj6Yv)

106 The missile knows where it is because the missile knows where it isn't...

Posted by: Air Force Training Lecture at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (2Ez/1)

107 Whatever happened to the cardboard guy?

They finally admitted he's been Weekend at Biden's all along.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (2ocoG)

108 Why aren't all of these Islamic people thanking us for being the travel conductor to Allah all of these people claim to want so badly?

Posted by: SimoHayha at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (IeYnM)

109 Vox Day -

Last I heard he was in Switzerland.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (97NWC)

110 @98

ChemJeff popped in one night about 2 months ago. I know he isn't popular with some here, but I hope he comes back again.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)

111 If Iran would have bought guidance parts from Israel the targets would have been hitting Tehran

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)

112 Horde mind in fine shape this afternoon...

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (OUMaO)

113 Semi-Literate Thug

Didn't Iran buy pagers? A missed opportunity. Maybe Apple iPads with that special C4 mix?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (u82oZ)

114 Maybe the Iranians bought missile guidance components from an Israeli-owned front company.

===

Mossad agent Eli Copter.

Posted by: China at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (g47mK)

115 Why aren't all of these Islamic people thanking us for being the travel conductor to Allah all of these people claim to want so badly?

And the 47 Helen Thomases that await them.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (2ocoG)

116 off !

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (g47mK)

117 110 @98

ChemJeff popped in one night about 2 months ago. I know he isn't popular with some here, but I hope he comes back again.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)

The Chili King!!

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Gqar8)

118 Of note- Bessent said the money is in the British Virgin Islands. Key word there is British. The UK does not seem to be our ally.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (QaH55)

119 Thanks for keeping these guys busy and wearing pants.

Posted by: Mohammed the Goat at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (DD6gL)

120 ChemJeff popped in one night about 2 months ago. I know he isn't popular with some here, but I hope he comes back again.

Posted by: Archimedes


Dude was either delusional or an op. Unless he's repented.

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (OUMaO)

121 I was in undergrad with an Iranian woman I wouldn't have minded giving my ballsack missile.

She was smokin' hot, and dressed to show it.

Not a bag lady, in other words.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 04:16 PM (c+HDg)

122 I'm retiring my use of, "Kaboom."
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (wxsGM)


Moved up to “Lucky Charms,” have we?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (97NWC)

123 Yang Poon missiles! Good value!
Posted by: China
......

Boomerang model has no buyer complaints!

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (UjdFS)

124
Democrats win the House and Senate in November.
Impeachment proceedings against Trump and Vance succeed.
The House of Representatives replaces Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House and replace her with a former first lady.

President Hillary Clinton!

I know, I'm living in the past.
Posted by: Auspex

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

Your Family Will Want This 3-Ingredient Dessert Every Night!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (mmrXZ)

125 I’m tired of the threats and the grandstanding and the chest beating.

Shut up
And just do it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (W2Pud)

126 The UK is not to be trusted, ever.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (g47mK)

127 I will say that he brings up making a deal because he's trying to split the factions, convicing the lying bastards to turn on its other. Treason has always been a powerful tool to win a siege.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:14 PM (ZOv7s)

The difficult part is that the upper crust has no halfway house to escape to. Even Russia and China may not be thrilled with hiding them, so the midnight flight with sacks of cash is a tough sell.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy)

128 Why aren't all of these Islamic people thanking us for being the travel conductor to Allah all of these people claim to want so badly?
-
If too many go at once, there may not be enough virgins to go around.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (vSvIl)

129 Operation Vince and the Valiants has begun.

Posted by: zombie at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (Av6i5)

130 Archimedes

In two months ChemJeff will be in my town. He got a big grant, got tenure, and is presenting a paper at the MidWest Regionals at Kansas State.

I invited him over. No response.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (u82oZ)

131 95 Good to hear, Fen.

There are stores down here in the DC area named The Good Feet Store, that specialize in arch supports. My wife has used them and seems satisfied with the results. I don’t know if they’re up your way or not.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)

132 The missile knows where it is because the missile knows where it isn't...
Posted by: Air Force Training Lecture at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (2Ez/1)

Quantum missile tech?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (wVcYX)

133 The UK is not to be trusted, ever.

Posted by: runner


"Perfidious Albion" is an established thing...

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (OUMaO)

134 Bessent is awesome. But ... why are we only now doing this? This seems like something we should have been doing from Day One. Hit these cocksuckers in their pocket books. It's often the most effective attack.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)
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Many people think that all of our tools are available from the beginning and Trump is just too dumb to do it or whatever.

Much of the time, you need to move sequentially, and I'm sure that is what is going on here. To smoke out where the money is, we needed to cut them off and continue to cut and then see where the money went. Money is fungible, so how do you know who's it is, especially when they are trying to hide ownership? You watch it move in response to your early moves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)
_____

Finding money is fairly easy. Russian oligarch assets and accounts were seized/frozen almost immediately in the aftermath of the Russian-Uke war. In fact, at least one commentator above claims that we have been doing this to Iranian bigwigs from Day One.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

135 The Supreme Ayatollah has a detached penis

Posted by: King Missile at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (4RYRd)

136 First thing I noticed from that report was the low number of missiles Iran was able to send compared to the fleets they were sending early in the war.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (lFFaq)

137 >>>>126 The UK is not to be trusted, ever.

Perfidious Albion.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (Riz8t)

138 Crystal Ball:

In 2027, Trump will get another 80 billion barrel oil deal, like he just scored.
This time, with Iran.

I think we're already at like 9% of the worlds reserves.
Let's get that up to 12% and demand to the rest join US-OPEC, lol.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (3cUTc)

139 Moved up to “Lucky Charms,” have we?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (97NWC)
====

Might as well go for broke. Apple Jacks!

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (rj6Yv)

140 American Chemical Society Midwest regional Meeting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (u82oZ)

141 Moved up to “Lucky Charms,” have we?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 04:17
+++++

Grape Nuts are neither.

Posted by: As any school child can tell you at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (2Ez/1)

142 136 First thing I noticed from that report was the low number of missiles Iran was able to send compared to the fleets they were sending early in the war.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (lFFaq)

======

They built up for weeks to fire...8 missiles.

They fired over a hundred on the first day of the 6 weeks of conflict.

By the end, they were firing roughly 1 a day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (BKQOu)

143 8 The bombing is still going on. Nearly 4 hours of bombing seems to be a bit more that a tit for tat.
---

Trump told them it would be tough titties for a tat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (6T7Go)

144 The UK is not to be trusted, ever.
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (g47mK)

I trust they are well on their way to irrelevance. If they join the EU the EU will loot them quicker. They have some residual moves they could pull but their leadership seems incoherent.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy)

145 11 This just proves Iran is winning.

And is a distraction from the Epstein files.*

* lol, Massie read names (he claims)--finally--on the Floor. And ... no one cares.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:54 PM (3cUTc)


Is he immune from slander suits over what he says on the Floor, and if so, is he willing to repeat it on a podcast? I'm sure Qatarlson would be happy to host.

Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ke3zm)

146 I was in undergrad with an Iranian woman I wouldn't have minded giving my ballsack missile.

She was smokin' hot, and dressed to show it.
.......

We hired a temp Persian gal who was absolutely beautiful if you looked past the hairy forearms.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (UjdFS)

147 "I will say it on worldwide TV: we KNOW WHERE in the British Virgin Islands your accounts are, at these trust companies. We know the hundred million dollar houses you have around the world. WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE ALL THAT DOWN."
____________________________

That's going to disappoint all the EU politicians that have partaken in the Iranian gravy train over the years. How are they going to pay their indentured servants?

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (dIske)

148 >>>In two months ChemJeff will be in my town. He got a big grant, got tenure, and is presenting a paper at the MidWest Regionals at Kansas State.

Good for him!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (Riz8t)

149 OT - this dad of a girl disabled by an illegal with a CDL roasts Raskin & company to their faces:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxcuj2u

Posted by: beckster at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (kX27y)

150 Trump asked for negotiations, knew they would be in bad faith, let Iran "make a fool of him" and now we no longer have to offer terms.

--------

No I'm pretty sure Trump is an idiot who believed the terrorists and could easily have been rolled by Pelosi and Schumer but they didn't feel like doing it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (j6dNk)

151 @98

ChemJeff popped in one night about 2 months ago. I know he isn't popular with some here, but I hope he comes back again.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)

Because we're running out of shitty steak recipes?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (Emuua)

152 The difficult part is that the upper crust has no halfway house to escape to. Even Russia and China may not be thrilled with hiding them, so the midnight flight with sacks of cash is a tough sell.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy)
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Ah, but notice the example of Venezuela where the people are charge are being left alone so long as they do what they are told.

Trump is going the Franco thing: no need to fight to the death, things happen, so just come on over and switch jerseys. It's the smart play, and I know you're smart, not stupid like those guys.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ZOv7s)

153 Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ

Yes, I think I have seen one of those stores up here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (W90Ou)

154 I've been impressed with this Scott Bessent guy.

Posted by: Diane Downs at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (qBdHI)

155 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:19 PM (BKQOu)

Exactly.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (lFFaq)

156 Trump asked for negotiations, knew they would be in bad faith, let Iran "make a fool of him" and now we no longer have to offer terms.

--------

No I'm pretty sure Trump is an idiot who believed the terrorists and could easily have been rolled by Pelosi and Schumer but they didn't feel like doing it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (j6dNk)

Dude has otherworldly good luck.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (Emuua)

157 Is he immune from slander suits over what he says on the Floor, and if so, is he willing to repeat it on a podcast? I'm sure Qatarlson would be happy to host.
Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ke3zm)
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He read names that had already been released. So stunning and brave. What a dip.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (ZOv7s)

158 152 Ah, but notice the example of Venezuela where the people are charge are being left alone so long as they do what they are told.

Trump is going the Franco thing: no need to fight to the death, things happen, so just come on over and switch jerseys. It's the smart play, and I know you're smart, not stupid like those guys.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ZOv7s)

=======

I imagine he thought someone would come along and do that in Iran in short order.

But, we were prepared if that didn't happen.

Now, it's just grind them to dust until someone comes along who can do it, or Iran just becomes Afghanistan and who gives a shit?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (BKQOu)

159 The best part about Trump is how he lets the media tell his story for him. The moment they think they can make him look like an idiot they run with it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (j6dNk)

160 Iran/IRGC needs raw materials it doesn't have domestically for rocket fuel. Some is liquid, other solid. Without fuel, no missiles.

It was getting it from Russia and China.

Not anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (2Cry5)

161 The missile knows where it is because the missile knows where it isn't...
Posted by: Air Force Training Lecture at September 01, 2026 04:15 PM (2Ez/1)


LOL. Thanks, I had forgotten about that cruise missile navigation training film!

Posted by: Harry at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (5rh/l)

162 >>>Ballsitic

little Freudian slip, there

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:23 PM (odBC9)

163
154 I've been impressed with this Scott Bessent guy.
Posted by: Diane Downs at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (qBdHI)
-----------------
And this -

Open Source Intel
@Osint613
·
6h
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Iranian regime:

"Iran reminds me of when I was a kid in South Carolina. We ended up with poison snakes in our yard. You'd cut the head off, but the tail kept wiggling. You have to bury the head of the snake."

Posted by: beckster at September 01, 2026 04:23 PM (kX27y)

164 We hired a temp Persian gal who was absolutely beautiful if you looked past the hairy forearms.
Posted by: wth

Easy fix.

Persian women are smoking hot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6xukV)

165 Comrade Flounder

Pasteur was told he had good luck after his second ground-breaking discovery.

He was very annoyed at that, and said "Chance favorers the prepared mind."

Trump =/= Bad Luck.
Trump = Prepared mind.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 04:24 PM (u82oZ)

166 The PDJT cover of Bomb Iran is a winner. Especially if it's shorter than McCains funeral.

Posted by: DaveA at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (FhXTo)

167 He read names that had already been released. So stunning and brave. What a dip.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (ZOv7s)

Seriously?! I didn't expect much from him, but that's extra special lame.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (lFFaq)

168 No I'm pretty sure Trump is an idiot who believed the terrorists and could easily have been rolled by Pelosi and Schumer but they didn't feel like doing it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (j6dNk)

Dude has otherworldly good luck.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 01, 2026 04:21 PM (Emuua)

Trump is the Inspector Clouseau of American Presidents.

Posted by: Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (wVcYX)

169 > Pelosi and Schumer

Trump got where he is by making deals.

They got where they are by rigging elections.

Turns out that those aren't the same thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (c+HDg)

170 Ah, but notice the example of Venezuela where the people are charge are being left alone so long as they do what they are told.

Trump is going the Franco thing: no need to fight to the death, things happen, so just come on over and switch jerseys. It's the smart play, and I know you're smart, not stupid like those guys.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ZOv7s)

I think that is off the table for them, mostly. The equivalent in our 'deals' was a rapid devolution of power to the son of the shah, and a creation of some kind of coalition government for the various areas. Presumably the IGRC crazies and thugs would have been quickly removed from the equation.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

171 Trump is going the Franco thing: no need to fight to the death, things happen, so just come on over and switch jerseys. It's the smart play, and I know you're smart, not stupid like those guys.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:20 PM (ZOv7s)
=====

From what I've read, including your book on the matter, Frank wasn't shy about demonstrating the consequences of refusing the deal, either.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (rj6Yv)

172 MIGHT?! Please seize them! seize them now!!"

Since it's the BVI, can I please have Virgin Gorda? Or just Saba Rock...

Thanks

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (XuXeR)

173 But, we were prepared if that didn't happen.

Now, it's just grind them to dust until someone comes along who can do it, or Iran just becomes Afghanistan and who gives a shit?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:22 PM (BKQOu)
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Trump never goes with a single option. He always has more than one plate spinning at a time, and he switches back and forth, the whole time constricting his opponents' freedom of action.

Eventually it comes down to "choose your destructor" because that's all you have left.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

174 Open Source Intel
@Osint613
·
6h
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the Iranian regime:

"Iran reminds me of when I was a kid in South Carolina. We ended up with poison snakes in our yard. You'd cut the head off, but the tail kept wiggling. You have to bury the head of the snake."
Posted by: beckster at September 01, 2026 04:23 PM (kX27y)

The man is Mob material!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:26 PM (g47mK)

175 173 Trump never goes with a single option. He always has more than one plate spinning at a time, and he switches back and forth, the whole time constricting his opponents' freedom of action.

Eventually it comes down to "choose your destructor" because that's all you have left.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

========

Lesson:

Even after 12 years of Obama and Biden, we are still the world's daddy and can make anything happen that we want.

I wish Canada good luck in its fight with the United States of America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:26 PM (BKQOu)

176 From what I've read, including your book on the matter, Frank wasn't shy about demonstrating the consequences of refusing the deal, either.
Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (rj6Yv)
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The prisoners who didn't take the deal got to break rocks. The ones captured at the end of the war got to break them for years, and the leaders were executed. Penalties were paid.

The smart ones who jumped ship were forgiven, got full veteran status, and got on with life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:27 PM (ZOv7s)

177 Trump never goes with a single option. He always has more than one plate spinning at a time, and he switches back and forth, the whole time constricting his opponents' freedom of action.

Eventually it comes down to "choose your destructor" because that's all you have left.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 01, 2026 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

All your OODA loop are belong to Trump.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Emuua)

178 I wish Canada good luck in its fight with the United States of America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:26 PM (BKQOu)

don't you have relatives in Canada ? Quebec or something? Or was it someone else??

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:28 PM (g47mK)

179 174 The man is Mob material!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 04:26 PM (g47mK)

========

"Look at Faggy Scott over there!"

"Dude...don't call him Faggy."

"Why not, he's a fag, ain't he?"

"Scott the Murderer Bessent is the most feared hitman on the payroll. It was nice knowing you, Frankie Won't Shut Cappali."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 04:28 PM (BKQOu)

Muskily-Heterosexual James Talarico in 2020: Capitalism Is "Oppressive," Texas Must Stop Producing Oil

KFile:


In 2020 forum, James Talarico said Texas oil was 'not gonna last,' called capitalism 'oppressive'

Six years before becoming Texas Democrats' US Senate nominee, James Talarico described capitalism as an "oppressive system" during a Sierra Club event, grouping it with White supremacy and climate change and saying ending the ways all three worked together was necessary to begin the process of "dismantling them."

During the Sierra Club event from September 2020, Talarico participated in a virtual climate candidate forum in which he also compared Texas' leadership in the oil and gas industry to "being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s," declaring "that industry is not gonna last."

The previously unreported comments come at a time when Talarico is trying to broaden his appeal as he's faced attacks from Republicans trying to paint him as too progressive for Texas. Talarico has raised significantly more money than his GOP opponent Ken Paxton, but remains locked in a tight race against the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general.

Talarico's remarks offer a window into the more explicitly progressive language he used before launching a statewide campaign built around affordability, faith and taking on wealthy interests.

It's not just "language," Andrew Kaczinsky. That's the Democrat Socialists' spin, that their past comments are about "cringey" language only. Their spin is that this is a language problem, not a policies or ideology or beliefs problem, and you concede this spin to them by repeating the spin uncritically.

He said he wants to "dismantle capitalism." This isn't just language -- this is a program. If he's claiming that the only problem here was language, the obvious follow-up question is "What language would you prefer to use instead of 'dismantle capitalism,' then?"

Woke 1 was cringey, man.

When asked what lawmakers could do to address the disproportionate effects of climate change on communities of color, Talarico thanked the moderator for the question and the young activists at the club for the way they had framed the issue.

"I am so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country," Talarico said. "And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we gonna be able to begin the process of dismantling them."

Later, when asked how he explains climate policy to voters in a district President Donald Trump carried in 2016, Talarico said he focused on values, jobs and whether Texas would lead the industries of the future -- a future he suggested would not include oil and gas.

"We all know that Texas has been a leader in oil and gas, but in many ways that's like being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s," Talarico later said responding to another question. "That industry is not gonna last. And if we wanna ensure we have an economy that's gonna work for our children and our children's children, we gotta be ahead of the curve and Texas has to lead instead of follow on this issue."

On his current campaign website, Talarico says Texas is "the energy leader of the world -- and as senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy."

JT Ennis, a spokesperson for the campaign, told CNN that Talarico has already acknowledged some of his past comments "missed the mark" and attacked Paxton, Talarico's opponent.

"James is a proud capitalist and agrees with the majority of Texans that racism, natural disasters, and a billionaire-controlled economy are all problems we need to address," said Ennis in a statement. "James supports the oil and gas industry and believes in an all of the above energy strategy that protects Texas oil and gas jobs."

...

Previously, in 2021, Talarico suggested during a legislative session that modern science asserts there are six biological sexes -- which spurred the nickname "Six-Gender Jimmy" from Paxton and his supporters.

Talarico has since addressed some of his past comments, calling them "cringey." He said that he knows there are two sexes, men and women, and "a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities" who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

After the state's massive power grid failure in 2021 killed hundreds of Texans, Talarico introduced a bill in the state house to combat climate change by requiring the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The bill died in committee.

...

Texas oil and gas production has increased since Talarico's 2020 remarks and meets or exceeds pre-pandemic levels.

Like Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and Francesca Hong and AOC, his response is just to distance himself from his old phrasing while keeping all of the policies that "phrasing" accurately described.

Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE

Talarico campaign tells CNN his "cringey," past comments "missed the mark," and he's a capitalist who supports oil and gas.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:40 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

2 #Winning

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

3 Off to lum.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

4 Done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

5 Talarico is a fag who's shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:41 PM (ccf/V)

6 Capitalism Is "Oppressive,"

The largest appeal of Socialism is people that believe THEY should be rich and powerful its just capitalism is rewarding less worthy people then them

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

7 It amazes me that somehow, any and every activity on earth has disparate impacts, depending upon the color of your skin or your personal perversions.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 02:42 PM (0U5gm)

8 This got willpower, but seems to fit Talarico too:

That's just a manly straight heterosexual man out there wiggling and waving his pompoms. Like any of us do pretty much every day.
Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (w7afp)

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:42 PM (w7afp)

9
Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

10 Willowed from previous thread-
385 355
Nah. The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

That's an apt description of the cheerleader in question.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (z2Bza)
dang, for a minute there I though y'all meant Timothy B. Schmit.
Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (LHPAg)

11 Willowed, not willpower. Cripes

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (HIHJq)

12 I love Arynne Wexler so hard.

She's absolutely savage to the Karens who try to heckle her.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (PGK1w)

13 That comedian in the last link has a nice pair of...uh...jokes. Yeah jokes that's what I'm going with

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm)

14 Muskily heterosexual. Perfect. I larfed.

Posted by: Turambars phone at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Q0yOR)

15 🤡 🌎

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (u9Xr5)

16 Vote like your life depends on it!
I will crawl over broken glass to vote for Paxton!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (NpAcC)

17 I think I am in love with that comediane.

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (8SnSQ)

18 The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

Talarico is a cheerleader?!?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (PGK1w)

19 Talarico should join the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders because we all know that's his true calling like his clone on the Philly squad.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (z2Bza)

20 Ignorantly belligerent. They won't shut the fuck up and they won't change the subject.

I've seen this movie before. I know what happens next but I wish it wouldn't take so long.

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (770hQ)

21 "We all know that Texas has been a leader in oil and gas, but in many ways that's like being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s," Talarico later said responding to another question. "That industry is not gonna last. And if we wanna ensure we have an economy that's gonna work for our children and our children's children, we gotta be ahead of the curve and Texas has to lead instead of follow on this issue."


F*ck you, GOP. F*ck you for not putting this all over the TV's in Texas to HELP PAXTON whoop his ass.

F*ck you for not giving Paxton a DIME to run his campaign.

It's so unfortunate that you're the only choice I have in elections in the American 2 party system.

Do I want 3rd and 4th parties? F*CK NO. I want ONE of the 2 parties to NOT SUCK RANCID DONKEY DICKS.

Is that too much to ask? FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (ccf/V)

22 Is Talarico gonna forgo his salaries and benefits to smash capitalism? Not feed the corpo news industry with content?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

23 9 I read that as Ambien

Posted by: Turambars phone at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Q0yOR)

24 I still think Paxton will win, but the Republican Senatorial fund is saying they don't have money to spend to help Paxton. They are pissed that he beat frat brother Cornyn. I'm sure Trump will spend PAC money to help

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (rNkEQ)

25 The Talarico platform:
no oil
no BBQ
no guns

Sounds like a winner!

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (Eng1Z)

26 F*ck you, GOP. F*ck you for not putting this all over the TV's in Texas to HELP PAXTON whoop his ass.


Is that too much to ask? FFS........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (ccf/V)

Nobody's paying attention yet.

There will be ads. They will be brutal. Talarico will lose.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (PGK1w)

27 After the state's massive power grid failure in 2021 killed hundreds of Texans, Talarico introduced a bill in the state house to combat climate change by requiring the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The bill died in committee.


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The fact that Texas had (massively subsidized) windmills accounting for about 18% of electricity generation was the proximate cause of the blackout. Every single windmill and solar array went to zero within an hour of the ice storm. If the lignite and older gas plants had not been deactivated, there would not have been the disaster.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (0U5gm)

28 Ursula von der Leyen has put a figure on Europe’s financial problem: €10 trillion.

Last week, speaking to French business leaders gathered by Medef (Mouvement des entreprises de France—France’s leading employers’ organisation) in Paris, the Commission president lamented that such a large share of European household savings remains in bank deposits. “Unfortunately, these savings are lazy,” she said, before arguing that Europe needs to put that money “at the service of its companies.”

For now, there is no plan to confiscate deposits or withdraw money from individual bank accounts. Brussels’ proposal is different and, precisely for that reason, more politically significant: to use tax incentives, new financial products, regulatory changes, and more integrated supervision to push a greater share of private savings towards European capital markets.

... it sounds like early 1929, when everybody just had to invest

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (RHGPo)

29 Before I take a nap after a long day of appointments:

Wee Pooky was active during his ultrasound, everything looks great, he's in the 43rd percentile for size, and he's still due on Christmas.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing her part to make more Morons at September 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Wt5PA)

30
Nobody's paying attention yet.

There will be ads. They will be brutal. Talarico will lose.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (PGK1w)



Talarico has ads. PAC's have ads. Paxton has youtube inserts and emails.

There are 2 months left.

I'd really like to see some activity from the correct side of this battle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:47 PM (ccf/V)

31 Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.
Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

She's just fighting back competition. She wants to be the crazy controlled oppo in the party.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

32 AOC is taking Ozempic? I hope it doesn't lead to local weight loss, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

33 YEAH, but he's saying something different now.

This is just a bunch of MISINFORMATION because that's not what he is saying NOW.

/every regime media outlet.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 02:49 PM (zjgNU)

34 "Texas oil was 'not gonna last,'"

Surely someday we'll exhaust reserves, but nobody can predict exactly when. I have no doubt we'll mine them until they're too scarce to recover economically at some point. Petroleum and natgas are miracle minerals. They will be sorely missed.

Full disclosure: I've been long XLE for six years. I'll continue holding.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

35 Talarico delenda est.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

36 interesting on the fundraising; the last week or so, I've been getting those youtube political ads before videos play, and for some reason they include Talarico saying they're really hurting in fundraising, and he desperately needs me to give. In Virginia? well, not from me, but our crazies probably will

Posted by: barbarausa at September 01, 2026 02:49 PM (enw9G)

37
Who's in charge of the Senate GOPe money for losers campaign now that Mitch is busy napping?

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Y8DZL)

38 maybe when talerico loses the dems can blame it on misogyny again

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (CWTWj)

39 Talarico's remarks offer a window into the more explicitly progressive language he used before launching a statewide campaign built around affordability, faith and taking on wealthy interests.
=====

What a great guy amirite??

Andrew, your bias is showing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (RIvkX)

40 Talarico has ads. PAC's have ads. Paxton has youtube inserts and emails.

There are 2 months left.

I'd really like to see some activity from the correct side of this battle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

*Sips umbrella drink*

Posted by: RNC at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (u9Xr5)

41 For now, there is no plan to confiscate deposits or withdraw money from individual bank accounts. Brussels’ proposal is different and, precisely for that reason, more politically significant: to use tax incentives, new financial products, regulatory changes, and more integrated supervision to push a greater share of private savings towards European capital markets.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (RHGPo)

That is precisely a plan to confiscate investments and gut the banks, which are close to insolvency from previous bad paper.

Note they could do those regulatory fixes now, or 20 years ago, but never did.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)

42 AOC is taking Ozempic? I hope it doesn't lead to local weight loss, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

It do. Ozempic cooch is also a thing, apparently.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (wVcYX)

43 Question I've wanted to ask the TX Morons:

Someone I know who lived in the Dallas area said the reason so many Asian Indians are moving to TX is they got a prophecy or revelation that there is a religious promised land there, and they need to move there to help bring it to pass.

Any rumbles on the ground about that being true? Or is it just the fact it is economically a good place to move for immigrants in general?

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Eng1Z)

44 Hey, where's Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at September 01, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

45
The fact that Texas had (massively subsidized) windmills accounting for about 18% of electricity generation was the proximate cause of the blackout. Every single windmill and solar array went to zero within an hour of the ice storm. If the lignite and older gas plants had not been deactivated, there would not have been the disaster.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (0U5gm)



Not really true. First, there were multiple outages for maintenance scheduled at the same time. The ice storm was a complete unpredicted weather anomaly that struck at the perfect time. The plants that were still online were NG, which FROZE because of the severe temps. The wind and solar failed, sure, but they weren't supposed to run the whole f*cking system. Mistakes were made all over the place. That will never happen again.

Now, that being said, to your point, should the lignite coal fired plants shut down by Rick Perry and the Owebama administration have been online and not scheduled for maintenance, Texans would've none been the wiser.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:51 PM (ccf/V)

46 No one more Hetero Christian Capitalist than ol Twink Talarico

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 02:51 PM (j6dNk)

47 I'd really like to see some activity from the correct side of this battle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:47 PM (ccf/V)

I hear you, I do.

But nobody is paying attention until after Labor Day.

Talarico has a bazillion dollars of outtastate money to spend, and he's spending it. I don't think he's moving the needle.

Paxton, for all his bullshit, has won three statewide races and doesn't suck dicks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

48 And I still say Problem #1 will be the older, old school Republicans.

The ones that can't stand words like "vigilante".

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:52 PM (lf8MS)

49
The Talarico platform:
no oil
no BBQ
no guns


Like Robinson Caruso it's primitive as can be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

50 interesting on the fundraising; the last week or so, I've been getting those youtube political ads before videos play, and for some reason they include Talarico saying they're really hurting in fundraising, and he desperately needs me to give. In Virginia? well, not from me, but our crazies probably will
Posted by: barbarausa at September 01, 2026 02:49 PM (enw9G)

Both him and Beto twice before that were ploys for diverting money from blue states to Texas for 'reasons'. They weren't really serious attempts at winning the seat, obviously.

AOC is also one of those who is a fixture because she can raise liberal dollars for DNC uses under false pretenses.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:53 PM (uhVAy)

51 Arynne, how you doin?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:53 PM (RIvkX)

52
Any rumbles on the ground about that being true? Or is it just the fact it is economically a good place to move for immigrants in general?
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Eng1Z)



All I'm seeing, but I don't get out much anymore, is the H1-B influx because of the Tech Sector growing in DFW and the muslhams doing what muslhams do and take over.

Also, Greg Abbott has been sucking ass with the India Indians staking claims in Texas as well, so there's that.

Haven't seen nor heard shit about some supposed holy land for snake charmers.

Besides, we eat cows here, not worship them as reincarnates of our family.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:53 PM (ccf/V)

53 CNN paywall is the worst paywall.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 01, 2026 02:53 PM (GD2xa)

54 >>> Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.
Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition. Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

There are gen z democrat socialists in her own national party that think she's not socialist enough for them. She's gotta to something to try and woo them back!

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Eng1Z)

55 I'll have you know I have been capitalistically christianing since before you were born.

Posted by: Talarico at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (j6dNk)

56 The Dems have got quite a few candidates thus year that are verging on “I am not a Witch” kind of cringe.

Which kinda worries because those early kinda kooky Tea Party types either turned out to be charlatans or idiots, but all of that eventually gave us God Emperor Trump.

Give the Dems enough time and they’ll find another Messiah.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)

57
the Commission president lamented that such a large share of European household savings remains in bank deposits. “Unfortunately, these savings are lazy,” she said, before arguing that Europe needs to put that money “at the service of its companies.”




Fuck you, slag.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (y9nCu)

58 I had Milton Friedman footie pajamas.

Posted by: Talarico at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (j6dNk)

59 Question I've wanted to ask the TX Morons:

Someone I know who lived in the Dallas area said the reason so many Asian Indians are moving to TX is they got a prophecy or revelation that there is a religious promised land there, and they need to move there to help bring it to pass.

Any rumbles on the ground about that being true? Or is it just the fact it is economically a good place to move for immigrants in general?
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Eng1Z)

Probability zero this is a reason.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

60 Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.
Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)



She re-joined the DSA.

Dat bish's cray ain't goin' nowhars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (ccf/V)

61 The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

Talarico is a cheerleader?!?!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (PGK1w)
______

Yea. He catches the neon green dildos ... in his mouth.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

62 AOC is getting flack from the DSA types. I'm there for her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (rNkEQ)

63 Not really true. First, there were multiple outages for maintenance scheduled at the same time.

And yet ... Texas is All In on wind. Even now.

I should know. Because all this new wind is being backed - "for free" - by 2/3 gas turbine. Hence the explosion of companies like Pro Energy.

Its all a bubble. Getting built to pop in real time.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (lf8MS)

64 Talarico is a cheerleader?!?!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (PGK1w)
______

Yea. He catches the neon green dildos ... in his mouth.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

Million to one shot, doc. Million to one.

- J. Talarico, as straight as Corey Booker

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:56 PM (PGK1w)

65 Another cocksucker who thinks that just because he's running for senate, he has some voice on issues on a federal level that extend beyond his constituency. Texas, you can do better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Ujrb8)

66 the Commission president lamented that such a large share of European household savings remains in bank deposits. “Unfortunately, these savings are lazy,” she said, before arguing that Europe needs to put that money “at the service of its companies.”

Fuck you, slag.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (y9nCu)

They still haven't quite managed to steal the Russian money they locked down last I heard. Still trying.

The bad side effect is that the non Russian people who invested in Europe to stash it from their own government have been noticing and moving it out to other more trustworthy places over the last few years.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

67 I'd really like to see some activity from the correct side of this battle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:47 PM (ccf/V)

There's some Lone Star PAC that's running ads re: Musky's vote to allow China to buy land in Texas. It's pretty good. There's also another PAC that's running ads, kind of along the same topic.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (ZgwKJ)

68
Big T is a sexual dung beetle who rolls his ginormous ball of testosterone hither and yon.

** swoons **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (ixS3i)

69 56 The Dems have got quite a few candidates thus year that are verging on “I am not a Witch” kind of cringe.

Which kinda worries because those early kinda kooky Tea Party types either turned out to be charlatans or idiots, but all of that eventually gave us God Emperor Trump.

Give the Dems enough time and they’ll find another Messiah.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)

======

The Tea Party and the rise of the DSA are materially different.

Tea Party was a populist uprising without a center or real focus, but it had a generalized discontent with DC that mostly manifested in "you're spending too much money". It was also heavily working class.

DSA is materially different. Over-educated, downwardly mobile elites who are trying to push Maoism. It's decidedly not populist at all, even if they are trying to make their messaging populist in effect. They keep underperforming in actual elections (Mamdani's vaulted win was actually surprisingly close in deep blue NYC).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (BKQOu)

70 >>> Probability zero this is a reason.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

I'm hoping so. Because the skirmishes that are going to happen in TX, anyway, as the hindus and muslim confabs try to take over the state in the future, will be bad enough. It doesn't need a new spice of "modern holy war" thrown in for an extra kick.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (Eng1Z)

71 Running against oil and gas in Texas ... Bold Move.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (vbXSk)

72
Speaking of the Joisey Spartacus, has he implanted a bun in his lady's oven yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (ixS3i)

73 F*ck you, GOP. F*ck you for not putting this all over the TV's in Texas to HELP PAXTON whoop his ass.


Is that too much to ask? FFS........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (ccf/V)

Nobody's paying attention yet.

There will be ads. They will be brutal. Talarico will lose.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (PGK1w)
====

Concur. I have such an ad in mind. I've titled it "The Face of Communism"

A still image of Talirco is on the screen, and while it's there, the narrator just reads Talarico's Commie points.

Nearing the end, the narrator states that this message is approved by the memories of Communism. A face roll of Stalin, Mao, Karl Marx and Ho Chi Minh appears. There's a large population of ethnic South Vietnamese in Texas that hate Communism and Ho with a vengeance.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (rj6Yv)

74 The NRSC (202-675-6000)
doesn't ever answer their phone.
It's like they don't care if we lose the Senate.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (NpAcC)

75 The Talarico platform:
no oil
no BBQ
no guns


NOVEMBER!

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

76 I thought Corey was Spartacus?

It’s all so confusing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (6ydKt)

77 Hi, folks

I find James Talarico ridiculous. I hope the people of Texas do overwhelmingly as well. So rather than discuss more about him I would like to share something g which just happened which I thought was funny. I had a Bible study with the seniors at the Senior Residence Center which was very nice. While I was there I got a message on my cell phone which the phone text got incorrect from the message. The text said "This is Anthony from
Middle Eastern Funeral Home" when I spoke to Anthony I said, "It sounded like you were serving kebabs and hummus." It is not Midddle Eastern Funeral Home. It's funny things like this which can help make the day a little brighter

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 02:58 PM (JrHfD)

78 just hit 100 degrees here in west central Illinois. too hot for September.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 01, 2026 02:59 PM (vbXSk)

79 The NRSC (202-675-6000)
doesn't ever answer their phone.
It's like they don't care if we lose the Senate.
Posted by: redridinghood

Not really.

Posted by: NRSC at September 01, 2026 02:59 PM (u9Xr5)

80 73 F*ck you, GOP. F*ck you for not putting this all over the TV's in Texas to HELP PAXTON whoop his ass.


Is that too much to ask? FFS........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (ccf/V)

Nobody's paying attention yet.

There will be ads. They will be brutal. Talarico will lose.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:46 PM (PGK1w)

=======

Announcement of a $15 million ad buy in the last couple of days in support of Paxton.

Plus, it's a Trump+14 state that hasn't elected a Democrat to any statewide office in more than 30 years.

This would be like Republicans going gaga over maybe getting Massachusetts this year, except dumber.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:59 PM (BKQOu)

81 California lawmakers are poised to set aside $20 million in transportation funds this year for current and former state elected officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, if they need state highway patrol officers to serve as their personal security detail.

... the grift never stops

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 02:59 PM (RHGPo)

82 42 AOC is taking Ozempic? I hope it doesn't lead to local weight loss, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

It do. Ozempic cooch is also a thing, apparently.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM
+++

Provided as a community service:

What Is “Ozempic Vagina”? An Expert Doctor Speaks

https://tinyurl.com/49xetn47

Posted by: AOSHQ Medical Advisory Panel, Sexual Health Division at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)

83 9
Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.
Posted by: Auspex at September 01

I think she is just losing the puffiness you get from the hormones you have to take for harvesting your eggs / IVF. It’s that or he left her and she is embarking on a revenge body. Her skin isn’t grey like happens with Ozempic.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

84 I'm not sure it's really "news" to discover that Democrats will say one thing while campaigning and another thing when they get closer to reaching office.

All politicians do this. It's called pandering.

Talarico's a deeply weird individual who shouldn't be permitted outside of an institution. And he's an awful politician.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2Cry5)

85 just hit 100 degrees here in west central Illinois. too hot for September.

Too hot to fish. Too hot for golf. And too cold at home.

Posted by: Mark Chesnutt at September 01, 2026 03:01 PM (lf8MS)

86 She re-joined the DSA.
Dat bish's cray ain't goin' nowhars.
Posted by: Sponge

DSA is totally mainstream now far-right cis-intolerant extremist.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:01 PM (Y8DZL)

87 rnc lesson of the day: easier to fund raise when the dems are in power

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:01 PM (CWTWj)

88 And yet ... Texas is All In on wind. Even now.

I should know. Because all this new wind is being backed - "for free" - by 2/3 gas turbine. Hence the explosion of companies like Pro Energy.

Its all a bubble. Getting built to pop in real time.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (lf8MS)



All in? Yeah, not sure about that. Power plants like solar and wind as a stop gap to allow for more stable environments during maintenance windows.

ALL the power companies KNOW wind and solar is dogshit for long term power generation.

That's why all the existing coal plants are getting contracts extended into the 2050's. Even in California.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:01 PM (ccf/V)

89
Apparently Delaware has an "Independent Party of Delaware". Who knew?

They have signs out touting ranked choice voting.

In my version of ranked choice voting my second choice would be the same person who was my first choice. Ditto, my third choice. Eff your vote stealing schemes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:02 PM (ixS3i)

90 "White supremacy" isn't an ideology, it's a reasoned acceptance of observable fact.

There is an argument to be made against it, but only in the direction of Asian supremacy (and I mean the various forms of squint-eyed Asians, not the euphemistic "Asian" description of Arab immigrants into Europe).

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:02 PM (YmKed)

91 The plants that were still online were NG, which FROZE because of the severe temps"

We used to utilize the product to optimize transport, but that was environmentally insensitive, so we had to electrify ... using turbines and panels. They go down, you don't get gas...

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 03:02 PM (XuXeR)

92 87 rnc lesson of the day: easier to fund raise when the dems are in power

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:01 PM (CWTWj)

=========

RNC has much, much more money than the DNC. All Republican aligned groups have vastly more money than all Democrat aligned groups.

It's just there's not a whole lot of good use to spending money in August. It's a complete waste, unless it's about raising name recognition.

Paxton has the name recognition as TX's AG who has gone through major news cycles where he is the focus (and won statewide election afterwards).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (BKQOu)

93
Surely someday we'll exhaust reserves, but nobody can predict exactly when. I have no doubt we'll mine them until they're too scarce to recover economically at some point. Petroleum and natgas are miracle minerals. They will be sorely missed.



I still think that the whole "petroleum comes from prehistoric plants and dinosaurs" thing is bullshit. I rather think that it's the by-product of a bunch of other chemical/mineral shit going on underground.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (y9nCu)

94 "just hit 100 degrees here in west central Illinois."

N IL 91degF, 59% RH. Looks like four more days of soup in the forecast.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

95 They challenged him to be more effete and less electable than Beatoff O'Cuck.

Some would ask "Why?"

He said "Why not?"

I know why Beatoff favors gun control (in Texas). It's because he doesn't actually want to win. That would involve work. He just pretends to run for office whenever his FIL starts suggesting that maybe he should get a job.

Posted by: Mother of God, is this the end of Talarico? at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (c+HDg)

96 Don't let your vagina floor collapse!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (u9Xr5)

97 All politicians do this. It's called pandering.
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All politicians get away with it because in the case of D's, the media knows they are lying, and in the case of R's... the media knows they are lying.

Posted by: Talarico at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (j6dNk)

98 Not really true. First, there were multiple outages for maintenance scheduled at the same time.

And yet ... Texas is All In on wind. Even now.

I should know. Because all this new wind is being backed - "for free" - by 2/3 gas turbine. Hence the explosion of companies like Pro Energy.

Its all a bubble. Getting built to pop in real time.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:55 PM (lf8MS)

Texas' 2021 Deep Freeze - the actual disruption at natural gas compressor stations was caused by frozen surface equipment, lack of power (grid electricity), and un-winterized facilities.

Posted by: Count de Monet cuts and pastes from Wiki at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (wVcYX)

99 Ozempic is for diabetes. Doing it to lose weight is sooo washed up Hollywood B-girl.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (bX16E)

100 There is an online, on-chain commodities market called Hyperliquid, that I suspect is going to blow up a lot of the international commodities markets, since it appears to be both cheaper and less restrictive to who can bid where.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

101
93 Octane is People!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (ixS3i)

102 Provided as a community service:

What Is “Ozempic Vagina”? An Expert Doctor Speaks

https://tinyurl.com/49xetn47
Posted by: AOSHQ Medical Advisory Panel, Sexual Health Division at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)



Brought to you by the fact that people are just f*cking lazy, won't get off their asses and break a sweat on occasion and would rather have the 'magic pill' instead.

Enjoy chemical weight loss cancers and misery........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (ccf/V)

103 DSA is materially different. Over-educated, downwardly mobile elites who are trying to push Maoism. It's decidedly not populist at all, even if they are trying to make their messaging populist in effect. They keep underperforming in actual elections (Mamdani's vaulted win was actually surprisingly close in deep blue NYC).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:57 PM (BKQOu)

They are appealing to disgruntled younger Millenials & Gen Z and working on Alpha.

Give em ten or twelve years and they’ll either have a Clintonesque moderate populist or somebody like Hassan Piker running for president.

The next few years are going to show which direction they choose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (6ydKt)

104 42 AOC is taking Ozempic? I hope it doesn't lead to local weight loss, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)


Silicone isn't affected by Ozempic

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (0bjKf)

105 The New Republic: Stop the Sabotage, Democrats! You Need Talarico and El-Sayed to Win. Would these Democrats really rather have Trumpy Republicans in the Senate than Democrats they have disagreements with? It kinda looks that way.

You don’t have to worry about how Black people vote, we are solid Dems. Focusing on Crockett is pissing Black people off. You wanted to win white and Latino voters, so focus on them.

Hi, liberal here! We love Talarico. He's great at messaging, and even if he has some policy choices liberalS wont agree with, I've seen 0 dissent about him. He's supported and loved across the whole left spectrum.

El-Sayed campaigns with a terrorist supporting, mao cosplaying, dog shocker. There are reasons people are fighting against AES, its not because he's too far left. He has a surrogate that is toxic to the party as a whole, and its getting blasted across the news. That raises questions about AES's judgement, as well as furthering negative stereotypical fears about Muslims.

Yeah, the Republicans are basically a united party, with the exception of like Thomas Massie who is literally trying to expose his own Party's Pro-Pedo wing.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (t19vo)

106 Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.
Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

She should not be on Ozempic, unless she has diabetes. No way was she fat enough to need a weight-loss drug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (1z8ji)

107 Carney allegedly said Canada won't negotiate until the US stops mean memes. If true just invade , take the prairie provinces and the Yukon and call it a day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (rNkEQ)

108 "White supremacy" isn't an ideology, it's a reasoned acceptance of observable fact.

There is an argument to be made against it, but only in the direction of Asian supremacy (and I mean the various forms of squint-eyed Asians, not the euphemistic "Asian" description of Arab immigrants into Europe).

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:02 PM (YmKed)

Actually it is not 'euphmistic' Asian, its where Asia as a concept was invented. It was the big land East of Greece.

It's the Orient where we confusingly attach Asia onto.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

109 "Independent Party of Delaware."

Pffffttt...

"Delaware United Front of Independents."

Posted by: M. Python at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (2Ez/1)

110 "I still think that the whole "petroleum comes from prehistoric plants and dinosaurs" thing is bullshit. I rather think that it's the by-product of a bunch of other chemical/mineral shit going on underground."

Could be. I haven't looked deeply into abiogenesis research.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

111
She should not be on Ozempic, unless she has diabetes. No way was she fat enough to need a weight-loss drug.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (1z8ji)



Say that again. We'll have your IP and be sending people your way shortly.

Posted by: Big Pharma - Your Weight Loss Experts at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (ccf/V)

112 The fact that Texas had (massively subsidized) windmills accounting for about 18% of electricity generation was the proximate cause of the blackout.
-----

Natural gas pipelines failed. You know, the pipelines that feed the natural gas-fired electrical generation power plants.

Why? It's because some clown decided that the pumps that move natural gas through the pipeline ought to be solar powered. Really, I'm not making this up.

You'll never guess in a million years what they USED to use to power the pumps that move natural gas through the pipelines. Guess. Just take a wild ass guess.

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (770hQ)

113 Hi, liberal here! We love Talarico. He's great at messaging, and even if he has some policy choices liberalS wont agree with, I've seen 0 dissent about him. He's supported and loved across the whole left spectrum.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (t19vo)

I think someone is confused about what great messaging is, if a liberal would be turned off by Talarico's messaging.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:07 PM (uhVAy)

114 78 just hit 100 degrees here in west central Illinois. too hot for September.
Posted by: illiniwek

Yup! We're there. Just sittin' on the back deck lightin' up a blunt and tryin' to figure what happened to the bourbon and wine industries.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:07 PM (Y8DZL)

115 Pumps no worky, no electricity. In Texas.

Difficult to believe that happened.

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:07 PM (770hQ)

116 Before: Jesus is non-binary and not a Christian.
Now: Those remarks missed the mark.

Posted by: Unreliable narrator at September 01, 2026 03:07 PM (OT3gL)

117
"Mean Memes" -- hah!

Quite the manly country you are, OhCanadadada

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:07 PM (ixS3i)

118 John Cornyn is a petulant, pathetic loser who's entire career is now being defined by throwing a tantrum because he lost to Paxton.

And all the dead-enders supporting Cornyn trip all over themselves and wet their pants in glee at the latest goofy poll showing Talarico is leading.

Erick Erickson, for example, is already taking victory laps on X over Paxton's inevitable loss.

As I said the other day, Erick ought to go suck of David French while they both finger themselves over how great of Christians they are.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (3cUTc)

119 I still think that the whole "petroleum comes from prehistoric plants and dinosaurs" thing is bullshit. I rather think that it's the by-product of a bunch of other chemical/mineral shit going on underground.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 03:03 PM (y9nCu)


Abiotic oil is an interesting theory, but besides handwaving chemistry, there is not a lot of proof. I LIKE the idea that carbonates deep in the crust being converted to hydrocarbons by pressure and temperature can turn into crude and natural gas reserves, but unfortunately it either requires more time that we have, or more energy into it that we get out of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (rbvCR)

120 I can no longer access Mr. Bassman's FaceBook account, so I can only postulate that my lefty sis-in-law is praising Talarico as an exemplary Christian.

Gag.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (OlzlW)

121 105 You don’t have to worry about how Black people vote, we are solid Dems. Focusing on Crockett is pissing Black people off. You wanted to win white and Latino voters, so focus on them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (t19vo)

=======

While it's true that blacks are a loyal Democrat voting bloc and won't stop anytime soon, there are clear patterns where when there is a clear racial preference in the Democrat primary and blacks don't get their choice, they tend to see decreased turnout in the general.

So, Talarico will win 85% of the black vote.

But the turnout will be 11% instead of 13%.

All while the white working class vote keeps voting Republican by 30-40 points or so.

And, if you want some real fun, dig into the crosstabs of the TX senate polling. They have Paxton winning them by like 5.

The polling problems in the WI governor's race (Hong by 30? anyone?) are obviously appearing in other polling as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (BKQOu)

122 I swear that the man is basically trolling at this point.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (/k3in)

123 > Apparently Delaware has an "Independent Party of Delaware". Who knew?

We've got:

Republican
Democrat
Libertarian
Alaska Constitution Party
Green Party of Alaska
Reform Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend
Prohibition Party
Conservative Party USA
Alaskan Party
Veterans Party of Alaska
UCES' Clowns Party
The Future Generation Party

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (c+HDg)

124 Has anyone seen Talarico's "girlfriend" lately? Or did "she" transition back when they realized no one was fooled?

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (8SnSQ)

125 Power plants like solar and wind as a stop gap to allow for more stable environments during maintenance windows.

The problem is that neither solar nor wind are suitable at all for maintenance backup. Once you bring that gas plant down for maintenance, you need the backup to not fail, because it’s no longer the backup.

The result here in Texas is that maintenance is being degraded, badly, by (a) not doing it when needed because he backup capacity is no longer reliable, and (b) cutting the downtime window so small that it can’t be done right.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (kYmoU)

126 It's the Orient where we confusingly attach Asia onto.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

.....

I have no squabble with your correction.

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (YmKed)

127 Ratchet jawed geek freaks out over recursion vulns in Android for ten minutes.
youtube.com/watch?v=SJ92rOuk9Xc

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

128 122 I swear that the man is basically trolling at this point.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 03:08 PM (/k3in)

========

Talarico's campaign is a giant scam designed to bilk small dollar donors in other states into giving him money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (BKQOu)

129
Why? It's because some clown decided that the pumps that move natural gas through the pipeline ought to be solar powered. Really, I'm not making this up.



Actually, the extremely low temps caused the natural gas to freeze in the pipes, blocking......the pipes. Natural gas wasn't able to flow.

Was NOT a pump issue.

The ONLY plants that would've got through that cold snap was coal fired plants. And any existing were down for maintenance and most could not be fired back up, which also takes time to do.

Posted by: Big Pharma - Your Weight Loss Experts at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

130 sonofabitch.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

131 9
Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.
--

Jowls coming and a belly to lose.
Getting a little broad in the beam too.
Not that pretty little roof top dancer any more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (WXr4y)

132 I still think that the whole "petroleum comes from prehistoric plants and dinosaurs" thing is bullshit. I rather think that it's the by-product of a bunch of other chemical/mineral shit going on underground.

We know ... just by synthetic refining ... that pressure and heat are needed.

Like the Earth's core.

Much of what we've been taught is complete bullshit.

Posted by: Mark Chesnutt at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (lf8MS)

133 There is an argument to be made against it, but only in the direction of Asian supremacy (and I mean the various forms of squint-eyed Asians, not the euphemistic "Asian" description of Arab immigrants into Europe).

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:02 PM (YmKed)

Actually it is not 'euphmistic' Asian, its where Asia as a concept was invented. It was the big land East of Greece.

It's the Orient where we confusingly attach Asia onto.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

Estimates vary, but 10% to 16% of World population of of European descent... ie... white.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (mP0Kj)

134 Like Robinson Caruso it's primitive as can be.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

He had to sing for his supper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (1z8ji)

135 Complex hydrocarbons are present on some moons that we don't believe have life so abiotic processes to produce oil are possible but we've got no proof of it actually happening here on earth

And since anything that could establish this would probably get rich I don't think anyone is hiding it...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

136 Abbott asked the EPA before the ice storm if he could go to 100%on his oil and gas fired power plants. They said no.
The ice had to be deiced from the blades of the windmills . They them had to be deiced every three hours. There aren't nearly enough helicopters to do all that deicing. Ergo, no power

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (rNkEQ)

137 Short version:

Leftist politicians verr extreme-left to appeal to their communist primary voters, then blatantly lie during the general election and pretend they never said any of those things, to appeal to mainstream voters.

This is true 100% of the time, and has been true in every election for the last 100 years.

The media's role has traditionally been to aid the lying leftist politician by not reporting on his previous statements. Every leftist-Democrat politician since the 1960s has depended on this assist from the media to get elected. prior to internet, the coordinated deception worked very well.

Hoepfulyl, the era of the internet and social media will change all that. The truth can no longer be suppressed.

Posted by: zombie at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (Av6i5)

138
"AES"

LOFNL

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (j6dNk)

139 "You watch your phraseology!"

-Mayor Shinn

Posted by: InZona at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (+YC6b)

140
Why? It's because some clown decided that the pumps that move natural gas through the pipeline ought to be solar powered. Really, I'm not making this up.

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM

I'm of the mind that this is all deliberate. When the gas pipeline fails because it uses solar, TPTB will blame Big Oil somehow and this proves we need more "renewable" energy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 03:10 PM (sA+Qj)

141 >>> What Is “Ozempic Vagina”? An Expert Doctor Speaks

https://tinyurl.com/49xetn47
Posted by: AOSHQ Medical Advisory Panel, Sexual Health Division at September 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)


That article tries to downplay it, but it reveals there are almost zero studies done on what happens to fetal health for women pregnant and taking drugs like Ozempic. Nothing good, I imagine. But a woman losing weight is more fertile, and the drugs also make contraception less effiective. This has the potential to be really bad.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 03:11 PM (Eng1Z)

142 So, he lied to the Sierra Club. No problem.

Posted by: Seems Legit at September 01, 2026 03:11 PM (f5Y1D)

143 No offense to Texas, but who TF schedules maintenance for power systems in Winter?

Also, more of that comedienne you linked ace. She's great.

Posted by: Gaff at September 01, 2026 03:11 PM (EqzMw)

144 43 Question I've wanted to ask the TX Morons:

Someone I know who lived in the Dallas area said the reason so many Asian Indians are moving to TX is they got a prophecy or revelation that there is a religious promised land there, and they need to move there to help bring it to pass.

Any rumbles on the ground about that being true? Or is it just the fact it is economically a good place to move for immigrants in general?
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Eng1Z)

The Year of the Slurpee is nigh?

I've not heard this one.

Beats Muslims, I guess.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (zpcJA)

145 Decal on AOC's mirror:

Abuela in mirror may be closer than she appears.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (c+HDg)

146 115 Pumps no worky, no electricity.
-----------------------------------------
The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle

Posted by: Soon to be Zonbie Bob Dylan at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (8SnSQ)

147 The fact that Texas had (massively subsidized) windmills accounting for about 18% of electricity generation was the proximate cause of the blackout.
-----

Natural gas pipelines failed. You know, the pipelines that feed the natural gas-fired electrical generation power plants.

Why? It's because some clown decided that the pumps that move natural gas through the pipeline ought to be solar powered. Really, I'm not making this up.

You'll never guess in a million years what they USED to use to power the pumps that move natural gas through the pipelines. Guess. Just take a wild ass guess.
Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (770hQ)

Ain't I a stinker?

Posted by: Obama's EPA, Cleaning Up Texas' Air and Gold King Mine waterways in CO at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (wVcYX)

148 >>>The ONLY plants that would've got through that cold snap was coal fired plants. And any existing were down for maintenance and most could not be fired back up, which also takes time to do.

Posted by: Big Pharma -
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Governors folded like cheap suits. Shut down coal fired first thing.
_gonna' be a cold ass winter this year bitches

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (WXr4y)

149
Has anyone seen Talarico's "girlfriend" lately? Or did "she" transition back when they realized no one was fooled?

Posted by: Martin Tell


She retreated to her native habitat, the pages of explicit graphic novels, where she is now trapped in the block of pages stuck together with ... mayonnaise.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (ixS3i)

150 Ackshually, the extremely low temps caused the natural gas to freeze in the pipes
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Sure, Jan

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (770hQ)

151 That raises questions about AES's judgement, as well as furthering negative reasonable stereotypical justified fears suspicions about Muslims.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (t19vo)

Much better now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:12 PM (6ydKt)

152 Ran across an amusing conspiracy theory. A woman named Sophia Stewart claims she wrote the Matrix and the Wach-off brothers stole it from her.

Looking at the difference between the first movie and the sequels I can see it.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

153 Why isn't calling someone you disagree with a white supremacist considered racist?

Because it is.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (viF8m)

154 Brought to you by the fact that people are just f*cking lazy, won't get off their asses and break a sweat on occasion and would rather have the 'magic pill' instead.

Enjoy chemical weight loss cancers and misery........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:04 PM (ccf/V)


If a 400 lb Dralasite could lose weight that way, it would.
On the other hand, the start that GLP1 can give people in that position is the start and hope they didn't have to begin with. It is also the chance of not dying early, or losing those toes and feet to diabetic ulcers.

Not everyone is the epitome of self control as you. I know I can't muster up with the rest of you all in will power and virtue.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

155 No offense to Texas, but who TF schedules maintenance for power systems in Winter?


In a region that incredibly rarely has cold snaps that drop the entire area below freezing?

NO ONE saw that coming. No one. Winter uses a lot less energy than summer.....and maintenance is necessary.

They just made the mistake of scheduling several at the same time and the freak of nature storm hit.

That won't happen again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:14 PM (ccf/V)

156
The Year of the Slurpee is nigh?

I've not heard this one.

Beats Muslims, I guess.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket


November 12, by the account that I have seen. Big Tandoori Chicken is behind this, just you wait and see.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:14 PM (ixS3i)

157
AES - The E stands for "Mohammed"

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:14 PM (j6dNk)

158 If a 400 lb Dralasite could lose weight that way, it would.

Star Frontiers reference...NICE

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)

159 Ran across an amusing conspiracy theory. A woman named Sophia Stewart claims she wrote the Matrix and the Wach-off brothers stole it from her.

Looking at the difference between the first movie and the sequels I can see it.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

It went to court.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:15 PM (j6dNk)

160 No offense to Texas, but who TF schedules maintenance for power systems in Winter?

People who winter in the Bahamas?

If it’s not the cold, it’s the heat. Reliable backup isn’t really optional here.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:15 PM (kYmoU)

161 Thanks Krebs, now I want Tandoori chicken.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Eng1Z)

162 Well, after Talacreepo loses to Paxton, there's always a job waiting for him with the Eagles in the cheer department ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

163 Headline (FOX News):

"Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love'"

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 03:16 PM (rj6Yv)

164 NO ONE saw that coming. No one. Winter uses a lot less energy than summer.....and maintenance is necessary.

They just made the mistake of scheduling several at the same time and the freak of nature storm hit.

That won't happen again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:14 PM (ccf/V)

They had another the next year (this one) predicted but was a fizzle. Watched some streamers cooking over logs in the snow for fun and sliding down a hill in the backyard.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

165
Thanks Krebs, now I want Tandoori chicken.

Posted by: LizLem


Think nothing of it -- no need to thank me!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (ixS3i)

166 162 Well, after Talacreepo loses to Paxton, there's always a job waiting for him with the Eagles in the cheer department ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

=====

I'm mostly looking forward to the Reddit posts accusing Talarico and El-Sayed being Republican plants because it's the only way to explain how they were such bad candidates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (BKQOu)

167 Has anyone seen Talarico's "girlfriend" lately? Or did "she" transition back when they realized no one was fooled?
Posted by: Martin Tell

He's crushing pussy like crazy but has to keep it down, 'cause, you know, mom's upstairs and everything.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Y8DZL)

168 153 Why isn't calling someone you disagree with a white supremacist considered racist?

Because it is.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (viF8m)

Because BIPOCLGTBQT2SEYMOUSE can’t be racist because they lack power that’s why.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

169 Actually, the extremely low temps caused the natural gas to freeze in the pipes, blocking......the pipes. Natural gas wasn't able to flow.

Was NOT a pump issue.

The ONLY plants that would've got through that cold snap was coal fired plants. And any existing were down for maintenance and most could not be fired back up, which also takes time to do.
Posted by: Big Pharma - Your Weight Loss Experts at September 01, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

Partially correct / partially incorrect. The nat gas itself did not freeze. Over time, water vapor and sludge accumulates inside the pipelines, hence the "pigging" operations to keep them cleaned out. Like colonoscopy preps.

The water vapor and sludge froze up constriction points, blocking the natural gas from flowing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

170
Not everyone is the epitome of self control as you. I know I can't muster up with the rest of you all in will power and virtue.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)



Oh, I don't have incredible self control. I've just managed to stay reasonably small. There are those that NEED alternative help, sure. And diabetes is one of that need.

Getting fat is easy. Losing it is hard. Pharma has been trying to come up with the magic pill for generations.

Ozempic and GLP-1's were for DIABETES. It caused weight loss. The lazy around the world went nuts and started demanding it.

We'll see how well that works out, is all I'm saying.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (ccf/V)

171 Governors folded like cheap suits. Shut down coal fired first thing.

I don’t think people understand at all just how incredibly reliable coal is in any emergency this side of SMOD. Coal plants usually have weeks, if not months, of fuel on site. Fuel can be delivered intermittently through multiple routes.

I want nuclear and coal, with each backing up the other.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (kYmoU)

172 Eat a bag of dicks, then eat the bag, fuckhead

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (770hQ)

173 >>>Jowls coming and a belly to lose.
Getting a little broad in the beam too.
Not that pretty little roof top dancer any more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

>When she starts getting that turkey neck because of all of the weight loss drugs, she'll be prime for the IVF with her intern.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Ujrb8)

174 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric block cipher standardized by NIST in 2001

.. same thing

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (RHGPo)

175 When the gas pipeline fails because it uses solar, TPTB will blame Big Oil somehow and this proves we need more "renewable" energy."

Otherwise known as the Obama plan.

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (XuXeR)

176
Headline (FOX News):

"Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love'"

Posted by: mrp


Open choice of the caliber, am I right? Thanks, Sport-O!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (ixS3i)

177 Thanks Krebs, now I want Tandoori chicken.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Eng1Z)


Georgians also build and use Tandoors. I love the videos of the old Babas using them to make flatbread.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (rbvCR)

178 I'm mostly looking forward to the Reddit posts accusing Talarico and El-Sayed being Republican plants because it's the only way to explain how they were such bad candidates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (BKQOu)

I wish we had ops like that going. It would probably be easy enough to pull off, a sane person can fake being crazy, the reverse is harder.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (uhVAy)

179 The Hispanic football guy that ran against Cruz had ads all over YouTube.
And TV.
You couldn't turn either on without seeing them.

Cruz campaigns like a shut-in autistic teen--you never see him and no one knows what he said if you do.

And Collin Allred still got his ass kicked.
With just a couple of ads on how he supports boys in girls sports.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:19 PM (3cUTc)

180 Talarico's two-faced messaging reminds me of how Yasser Arafat operated in the '70s-'90s. He'd go to some "peace conference, " agree to not murder Jews in exchange to some huge concession from the west, smile and shake hands with them for the photo op and say in English, "I want peace" -- and then zoom in his motorcade back to Ramallah, and give a fiery speech to the Palestinians, and say in Arabic, "HA ha! Fooled those stupid infidels! They're giving us billions of dollars and ceding territory, and all I had to do is pretend to decrease the terrorism a bit! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Go forth, my minions, and slaughter the yehudim!!" But this part wasmever reported in the western press (at least until some enterprising independent journalists translated tapes of his speeches in the '90s.)

This is exactly how the left operates as well (not surprisingly, since Arafat was trained by American Marxists). Lie to the cameras, and then gloat to their base when they think no one is listening.

Posted by: zombie at September 01, 2026 03:19 PM (Av6i5)

181 Why isn't calling someone you disagree with a white supremacist considered racist?


I don't think it's inherently racist.

For instance, it's possible to be a black person and acknowledge that white and Oriental societies are superior to your own inferior society.

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:19 PM (YmKed)

182 Carney allegedly said Canada won't negotiate until the US stops mean memes. If true just invade , take the prairie provinces and the Yukon and call it a day
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (rNkEQ)

Woot! Puts coffee on, checks beer supply in fridge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:19 PM (1z8ji)

183 Talarico is going to win.

Texas conservatives wont show up. The Texas GOPe will not look into fraud.

Texas will turn blue.

You know why? Because red Texas is complacent. They don’t take the progressives seriously. Big big mistake.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (W2Pud)

184 178
I wish we had ops like that going. It would probably be easy enough to pull off, a sane person can fake being crazy, the reverse is harder.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (uhVAy)

======

Getting Crockett to run was the Republican plant.

A fake poll showing her beating Paxton was all it took, alongside drawing her district into nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (BKQOu)

185 I think someone is confused about what great messaging is, if a liberal would be turned off by Talarico's messaging.
Posted by: Oldcat

Well, the article (and entire debate on the Left) is over the various factions in the Dem Party not supporting one another. They say they all have generally compatible policy positions, so vote Blue no matter who. Crockett poisoning the well against Talarico may be the worst own goal of the cycle, as Paxton isn't very popular, so perhaps a more moderate, mainstream, Texas-coded candidate could have had a chance? Not this freak, though, especially with Crockett depressing black turnout.

I don't count Platner, Hong and El-Sayed so much as own-goals as just poor candidates. They say and live what they believe, instead of lying to normies like Spanberger to get elected and THEN letting their freak-flag fly. Poor morons thought the DSA was ascendant and people actually supported them lol.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t19vo)

186 Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (RHGPo)

187 183 Talarico is going to win.

Texas conservatives wont show up. The Texas GOPe will not look into fraud.

Texas will turn blue.

You know why? Because red Texas is complacent. They don’t take the progressives seriously. Big big mistake.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (W2Pud)

blah blah blah

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (zpcJA)

188 155 No offense to Texas, but who TF schedules maintenance for power systems in Winter?
--

That time? A committee called ERCOT that Governor Bud Abbott appointed 8 Michiganders to officiate.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (WXr4y)

189 179 The Hispanic football guy that ran against Cruz had ads all over YouTube.
And TV.
You couldn't turn either on without seeing them.

Cruz campaigns like a shut-in autistic teen--you never see him and no one knows what he said if you do.

And Collin Allred still got his ass kicked.
With just a couple of ads on how he supports boys in girls sports.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:19 PM (3cUTc)

======

Almost like Texas is just a Republican state.

Remember when Jamie Harrison raising $100 million and ads all over relatively cheap media markets in SC was going to end Lindsay Graham's career, especially since he had such issues with conservatives?

And then Graham won by 9?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (BKQOu)

190 Governors folded like cheap suits. Shut down coal fired first thing.

I don’t think people understand at all just how incredibly reliable coal is in any emergency this side of SMOD. Coal plants usually have weeks, if not months, of fuel on site. Fuel can be delivered intermittently through multiple routes.

I want nuclear and coal, with each backing up the other.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:18 PM (kYmoU)

After the freezups in the 70s cancelling school, my district notorious for never calling off school had a personal coal plant built so the big schools would never need to close because the city power let them down.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

191 Well, after Talacreepo loses to Paxton, there's always a job waiting for him with the Eagles in the cheer department ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

=====

I'm mostly looking forward to the Reddit posts accusing Talarico and El-Sayed being Republican plants because it's the only way to explain how they were such bad candidates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:17 PM (BKQOu)
_____

They kinda are already doing it with El-Sayed, albeit by proxy by going after the truly loathsome Piker. But the problem isn't Piker. It's El-Sayed. There's no daylight on any material issue between these two goatfuckers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

192 Elon Musk Warns Against AI Regulation, Predicts 1 Billion Humanoid Robots at G20 Ministerial

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (RHGPo)

193 >>> The Dem playbook for the foreseeable future is going to be to say whatever they want in a primary or before they're running for statewide office, and then spend their time in the general pretending that's not who they really are or what they really believe.

=====

My memory is for sh*t (and I was in college at the time), isn't this what Bill Clinton did?

Posted by: Turn 2 at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (QFchU)

194 191 They kinda are already doing it with El-Sayed, albeit by proxy by going after the truly loathsome Piker. But the problem isn't Piker. It's El-Sayed. There's no daylight on any material issue between these two goatfuckers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

======

El-Sayed strikes me as kind of retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (BKQOu)

195 'Not gonna last'? Come up with a viable alternative then. Wanna talk nukes? No? Why not?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

196 Reddit shouldn’t be surprised.
They hung on to Maine Kampf for way too long.
Then replaced him with a guy who married his cousin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

197 In a region that incredibly rarely has cold snaps that drop the entire area below freezing?

NO ONE saw that coming. No one. Winter uses a lot less energy than summer.....and maintenance is necessary.

They just made the mistake of scheduling several at the same time and the freak of nature storm hit.

That won't happen again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 03:14 PM (ccf/V)

Well put and spot on. Summer power gen loads for air conditioning far exceeds winter power needs for heating. Except when temps drop below 15 degrees for a week for most of Texas. Which (almost) never happens.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (wVcYX)

198 196 Reddit shouldn’t be surprised.
They hung on to Maine Kampf for way too long.
Then replaced him with a guy who married his cousin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

========

"No one could have predicted that long-term incumbent with an independent streak would win by 20 points in Maine! No one!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:23 PM (BKQOu)

199 Oliver Darcy MELTS DOWN Over CBS Story on El-Sayed’s Deleted 9/11 Tweets

... just the mention of El-Sayed’s Deleted 9/11 Tweets is enough to invoke the "deadly RACIST moniker"

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:23 PM (RHGPo)

200 THE CORSET SHOP
148 East Broad St.

“The Right Foundation For Your Figure is The Foundation of Our Business - Fit Quality and Right Prices.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:23 PM (kYmoU)

201 "I still think that the whole "petroleum comes from prehistoric plants and dinosaurs" thing is bullshit. I rather think that it's the by-product of a bunch of other chemical/mineral shit going on underground."

Could be. I haven't looked deeply into abiogenesis research.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

If the abiogenic theory was correct, they would be using it to plan well locations, and be drilling successful wells.

Spoiler: the few that were so drilled were dry holes. Disregard any reports out of Soviet Russia.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:23 PM (1z8ji)

202 186 Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens
Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM
====

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)

203 186 Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (RHGPo)

======

False.

Nothing is happening and Kamala would have done better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:24 PM (BKQOu)

204 Carney is yapping. There's a reason for that ...

Headline (CBC, Radio-Canada):

"Elections Alberta begins mail out for fall referendum special ballots"

Excerpt:

"Director of elections operations Jennifer Maskoske told CBC News on Tuesday that 230,000 requests for special ballots have been made.

The number of requests so far is more than the triple the 59,589 special ballots requested for the 2023 provincial election, which itself more than doubled the number requested ahead of the 2019 election."

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 03:24 PM (rj6Yv)

205 We still think he’s just dreamy.
- AWFLs in suburban Dallas and Houston

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 01, 2026 03:24 PM (NK89z)

206
If we're gonna take Canada der's a cuppa Walleye lakes up der in Algoma I'd like.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Y8DZL)

207
Oliver Darcy MELTS DOWN Over CBS Story on El-Sayed’s Deleted 9/11 Tweets


The judges would also have accepted, "... rendered for whale oil"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:25 PM (ixS3i)

208 Ask your Geriatric Hydrologist if Abiogenic is right for you.

Posted by: Big Friggin Farma at September 01, 2026 03:25 PM (2Ez/1)

209 >>For instance, it's possible to be a black person and acknowledge that white and Oriental societies are superior to your own inferior society.

Other than the fact it's never used that way and only used in a derogatory and racist fashion.

If a white person went around calling every black person he didn't agree with a black supremacist he would be labeled a racist. The double standards we've allowed to be used against us for years need to stop. The only group in America that is openly allowed to be discriminated against are white men.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)

210 "Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love'"

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 03:16 PM (rj6Yv)

Like, for example, a pressure cooker.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (j6dNk)

211 186 Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens
Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM
====

Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)

According to a quick bing search, there are 1655 truck driving schools in the US. So not bad. More than decimated them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

212 Almost like Texas is just a Republican state.

Remember when Jamie Harrison raising $100 million and ads all over relatively cheap media markets in SC was going to end Lindsay Graham's career, especially since he had such issues with conservatives?

And then Graham won by 9?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (BKQOu)

I never thought Harrison had a chance.
Lindsey played that game every election where he’d act like he was going to get steamrolled because the Dems were out-raising him.

Then he’d win by a mile and add that extra money to the war chest for the next election.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

213 What I never could quite figure out is why you would get upset that a superior group was in power.

If white people are really smart and good at engineering, organizing society, agriculture, medicine and such, basically things that are necessary for life, why wouldn't you just want them running things?

At work, we don't pick the most retarded, incompetent people to head up projects (when given the option to self select leadership). That just makes everyone's life more miserable.

All this fairness stuff is inefficient and makes life worse.

Posted by: It is What It Is at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (YmKed)

214 The only group in America that is openly allowed to be discriminated against are white men.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)

No. Conservatives.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (j6dNk)

215 Like Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and Francesca Hong and AOC, his response is just to distance himself from his old phrasing while keeping all of the policies that "phrasing" accurately described.

==

The Hussein gambit!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (g47mK)

216 Shut you Homo's on the right.

I can Bench Press 50 lbs and bicep Curl 10 lbs. My biceps measure 6 inches and what does your biceps measure ?

So, who is the real man and who is the Beta Male ???

Posted by: James Talarico at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (To0UR)

217 _____

They kinda are already doing it with El-Sayed, albeit by proxy by going after the truly loathsome Piker. But the problem isn't Piker. It's El-Sayed. There's no daylight on any material issue between these two goatfuckers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
---

That picture ace posted of them yesterday, KISSING each other, should seal the deal. If not Michigan is all gay and retarded.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (WXr4y)

218
At work, we don't pick the most retarded, incompetent people to head up projects (when given the option to self select leadership). That just makes everyone's life more miserable.



Obviously you don’t work at my company.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 01, 2026 03:28 PM (NK89z)

219 I don't count Platner, Hong and El-Sayed so much as own-goals as just poor candidates. They say and live what they believe, instead of lying to normies like Spanberger to get elected and THEN letting their freak-flag fly. Poor morons thought the DSA was ascendant and people actually supported them lol.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t19vo)

The DemSocs are just the result of the Dem's using the crazies more and more for support - and fraud also coming home to roost. They get on the ballot because their safe areas are full of nuts, and the fading 'old school' doesn't have up and coming heirs gaining power internally to carry on the scam. Recently it seems the Dems are thinking of purging DemSoc out of the party, but that will likely lead to them failing, or losing ground to the GOP in the short term.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:28 PM (uhVAy)

220 212
I never thought Harrison had a chance.
Lindsey played that game every election where he’d act like he was going to get steamrolled because the Dems were out-raising him.

Then he’d win by a mile and add that extra money to the war chest for the next election.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

========

Dude played the politics game well.

Texas is now more Republican than South Carolina, but it's all going to be undone because a guy who's won statewide 3 times, including in the middle of the impeachment circus against him the last time, is up against a twink with a host of public sayings that make him perfect for Austin and no where else in the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (BKQOu)

221
Moron brilliance centers on the guy that alludes to FDR marrying Eleanor.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Y8DZL)

222 The only group in America that is openly allowed to be discriminated against are white men.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)

No. Conservatives.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:27 PM (j6dNk)
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Try being a white, male conservative. 3 strike law, 'n shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (2Cry5)

223 106 Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.
Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)

She should not be on Ozempic, unless she has diabetes. No way was she fat enough to need a weight-loss drug.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:05 PM (1z8ji)


Trying to say this nicely; why in the actual f**k do you care what this stupid marxist zombie b**ch does or looks like?
If she accidentally dropped her murphy bed on herself and was catapulted 30 stories to her death, I would not even ask how it happened. She is demonstrably stupid, annoying and overpaid; her entire existence, like that Piker turd, offends me and some of you guys just fill thread after thread with comments about her. Boggles my f**king mind.

Posted by: Nelly at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (6+ehB)

224 So you'se guys are sayin' that Beto Tallifreako is gonna lose?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (affD0)

225 I don't get why we still panic over "but they're not spending money! They're being out-spent 20-1!!!"

Trump was out-spent 2-1 and closer to 3-1 by both Hillary and Harris.
Add in the media in-kind, and you can safely say it was closer to 4-1.

Several billion dollars spent and it all got crushed by "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you."

More money than the Dem is a "very nice to have" in a campaign.
But it's not a "must have to win."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (3cUTc)

226 All this drilling is fine, but adding the Platformate back in would go a long way to make me happy.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (JM9I6)

227 And then Graham won by 9?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:21 PM (BKQOu)

I never thought Harrison had a chance.
Lindsey played that game every election where he’d act like he was going to get steamrolled because the Dems were out-raising him.

Then he’d win by a mile and add that extra money to the war chest for the next election.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Everyone needs to read or listen to Trump's eulogy of Graham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM (WXr4y)

228
Start prodding Piker on his thoughts regarding the Armenian genocide. "You go with what you know, right, dickhead?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM (ixS3i)

229 225 I don't get why we still panic over "but they're not spending money! They're being out-spent 20-1!!!"

Trump was out-spent 2-1 and closer to 3-1 by both Hillary and Harris.
Add in the media in-kind, and you can safely say it was closer to 4-1.

Several billion dollars spent and it all got crushed by "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you."

More money than the Dem is a "very nice to have" in a campaign.
But it's not a "must have to win."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:29 PM (3cUTc)

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TV ads in summer don't do anything, either. So complaining that the RNC isn't wasting money on them is curious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM (BKQOu)

230 I saw a thing over the weekend saying republicans are using the world socialism to scare voters away from Democrats. Uhm using the word that they themselves use is scaring voters? How dare Republicans call self identifying socialists, you know, socialist? That’s like scare tactics bro.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM (NK89z)

231 I should know. Because all this new wind is being backed - "for free" - by 2/3 gas turbine. Hence the explosion of companies like Pro Energy.

Its all a bubble. Getting built to pop in real time.

Posted by: Howdy


Texas windmills over the past 20 years have cost $60 billion. One third of that was taxpayer subsidies to build them. No money to maintain them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (0U5gm)

232 227 Everyone needs to read or listen to Trump's eulogy of Graham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM (WXr4y)

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He realized the party was Trump's sometime early in 2017, and he never looked back.

He bent with the wind.

As opposed to people like Mitch, Cornyn, Cassidy, and Murkowski who have spines of steel. Just, you know, against our interests.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (BKQOu)

233 "Abdul El-Sayed stands by criticism of fireworks, tells Americans to find other ways to 'show you love'"

Posted by: mrp

Let me tell tell you a thing or two about how Muslim men show their love.

Posted by: 9-year-old Aisha, as 55-year-old Muhammed mounts her at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (t19vo)

234 TV ads in summer don't do anything, either. So complaining that the RNC isn't wasting money on them is curious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:30 PM
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What are these "TV ads" you speak of?

Posted by: People under 30 at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (2Ez/1)

235 Muskily-Heterosexual James Talarico

What does this have to do with me?

Posted by: zombie Edmund Muskie at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (0sNs1)

236 186 Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens
Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM
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Good! Had to wait 10+ minutes trapped in Kroger parking lot while dumbass truck driver mis-maneuvered his rig and trailer. He was trying to back around a 90 degree corner to the loading dock area and had to occupy part of a adjacent bank parking lot and main road driveway. Jockeying back and forth running over curbs and nearly hitting other idiot cars whose drivers were too impatient to give him the AstroDome sized room he needed.

Had a CDL license but did not know how to drive his truck.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (wVcYX)

237 Did we bomb Iran again??

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (g47mK)

238 Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 03:20 PM (W2Pud)

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't you predict kammie the kommie was gonna win?

Posted by: Will Robinson. at September 01, 2026 03:32 PM (A3xvt)

239 I like that Rogers has started referring to him as Abdul. That is the correct way to do it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:32 PM (j6dNk)

240 I assume Texas will have a debate.
I’m guessing Paxton will have a good night quoting Talarico back to himself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

241 Texas windmills over the past 20 years have cost $60 billion. One third of that was taxpayer subsidies to build them. No money to maintain them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (0U5gm)

Ain't I a stinker?

Posted by: T. Boone Pickens, Texas Windmill Mogul at September 01, 2026 03:33 PM (wVcYX)

242 …whose drivers were too impatient to give him the AstroDome sized room he needed.

Were the tears were streaming down his cheeks?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:33 PM (kYmoU)

243 According to a quick bing search, there are 1655 truck driving schools in the US. So not bad. More than decimated them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 01, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

Also the bad apples are probably fairly concentrated for easier collection of kickbacks. So of the 1655, most red state ones would be more immune, so call that 20 percent candidates for the 10ish blue states. if evenly distributed that's 330ish. That's probably understating the candidates because of the blue states have larger pop than average.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:34 PM (uhVAy)

244 If we're gonna take Canada der's a cuppa Walleye lakes up der in Algoma I'd like.
Posted by: Auspex

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Pickerel.

Otherwise they'll hit you with a hate speech citation.

Probably put you on a MAID list.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 01, 2026 03:34 PM (ZQ2gv)

245 This guy is very manly. Very

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 01, 2026 03:34 PM (VVbO1)

246 No debate for Darlene "Graham". If they're smart.

She'll get her clock cleaned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:34 PM (gl3dd)

247 The polls upon polls are saying that Rs are gonna lose big in 2026. Should I , according to exert here, ignore it and just go with what the experts here say ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:35 PM (g47mK)

248 Boggles my f**king mind.

Posted by: Nelly
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You do have a boggled mind. Everytime. You can't help yourself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:35 PM (WXr4y)

249 Just got here. Everything sounds grim. Is all lost for November, in September?

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

250 I think Talarico (and some other misrepresenting politicians) are going to pop up in the Autistici/Inventati (A/I Collective) and NoBlogs.org investigation(s).

And, I also, think that Autistici/Inventati will eventually be found to have altered election results electronically on some of the "electronic voting" apparatus worldwide. Their historical founding is as hacktivists. I can't imagine them just ignoring such an opportunity.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (dIske)

251
247 The polls upon polls are saying that Rs are gonna lose big in 2026. Should I , according to exert here, ignore it and just go with what the experts here say ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:35 PM (g47mK)

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Summer polling in contentious senate elections move, on average, 7 points towards Republicans by the time of election day.

https://x.com/PatrickRuffini/status/
2085763509682323680

But the final polls in 2024 were sort of correct and not that bad, which means I have to believe the summer polls now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (BKQOu)

252 237 Did we bomb Iran again??
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (g47mK)

Yes, a port and an airport in the southeast near Hormuz.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (6ydKt)

253 If Darlene Nordone comes off as normal and reachable she will do fine. Will probably gain points not knowing anything about foreign policy and caring about domestic issues.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (g47mK)

254 "other idiot cars whose drivers were too impatient to give him the AstroDome sized room he needed."

In my neighborhood, with lots of truck farms, it's an every day occurrence. I always give trucks lots of room. Then I pat myself on the head for being such a patient and considerate motorist. Feels good.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

255 223 106 Trying to say this nicely; why in the actual f**k do you care what this stupid marxist zombie b**ch does or looks like?

Posted by: Nelly

Welcome to AOS. This is what we do.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Y8DZL)

256 But the final polls in 2024 were sort of correct and not that bad, which means I have to believe the summer polls now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (BKQOu)

RCP was kinda there.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:37 PM (g47mK)

257 Had a CDL license but did not know how to drive his truck.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:31 PM (wVcYX)

Got a truck driving license for carrying a scientific experiment out to be shot with an ion beam and even a 25 footish truck is an entirely different world than a car or pickup.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

258 And it's just about the most retarded retardedness of Retardtown to think "those Talarico ads are going to swing Republican votes!"
Or convince Republican voters to stay home.

No.

Just a few ads from Paxon on how Talarico is a Chinese box of fish-flavored cracker jacks and it's over.
R votes just need to see one ad, that's how bad Talarico is.

And:
It's not how much Talarico spends--that's him trying to motivate his base.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (3cUTc)

259 "The polls upon polls are saying that Rs are gonna lose big in 2026. Should I , according to exert here, ignore it and just go with what the experts here say ?"

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

260 239 I like that Rogers has started referring to him as Abdul. That is the correct way to do it.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:32 PM
......

I prefer the full "Abduhlrahm."

It helps emphasize the Mohammedanism.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (2Ez/1)

261 256 But the final polls in 2024 were sort of correct and not that bad, which means I have to believe the summer polls now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (BKQOu)

RCP was kinda there.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:37 PM (g47mK)

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1. Should we compare the performance of final polls to the performance of summer polling?

2. Has RCP maintained the same methodology and group of polling?

The answer to both is no, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (BKQOu)

262 >>Yes, a port and an airport in the southeast near Hormuz.

Sounds like it was bigger than just 2 spots from reports I'm seeing on X.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (viF8m)

263 Ukraine is like issue 200 now, and Iran only because Ds want to link it to price of eggs gas!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (g47mK)

264 The polls upon polls are saying that Rs are gonna lose big in 2026. Should I , according to exert here, ignore it and just go with what the experts here say ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:35 PM (g47mK)


Nobody knows.

The "magic" here, just like the media, is the same loud voices making the same loud declarations and then shouting "troll" or "straw-man" or whatever else they have to do to make sure they don't have to cash the receipts of those that notice.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (ZEFzw)

265 …whose drivers were too impatient to give him the AstroDome sized room he needed.

Were the tears were streaming down his cheeks?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 01, 2026 03:33 PM (kYmoU)

I would not be surprised. I did have a moment of sympathy for the guy in a tough situation he himself caused, trying mightily, but flailing, to quickly and smoothly extricate himself.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (wVcYX)

266 The answer to both is no, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (BKQOu)

so, what are you saying ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (g47mK)

267 253 If Darlene Nordone comes off as normal and reachable she will do fine. Will probably gain points not knowing anything about foreign policy and caring about domestic issues.
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:36 PM (g47mK)

She won’t have the same ties to the military and defense companies like Lindsey.

If she starts talking amnesty like her brother that might do her in.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (6ydKt)

268 Rogers over the muslim in MI.
Paxton over teh homo in TX.
Repukes keep FL
Husted keeps OH red.
Collins keeps ME
Dems keep GA and NH
Dems pick up NC

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (affD0)

269 I love Arynne Wexler so hard.

She's absolutely savage to the Karens who try to heckle her.


TBH, I didn't find that bit especially funny but what is funny is that leftism is now so conventional that not being leftist is now avant-garde and edgy.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (vTZFs)

270 "Gotta admire that AOC has started on Ozempic, dumped the fake fiance and is trying to dial back on the crazy.

Her handlers are doing a good job managing her ambition.

Posted by: Auspex"


She will not escape abuela boobs/butt

Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (GUOwU)

271 If Darlene Nordone comes off as normal and reachable she will do fine. Will probably gain points not knowing anything about foreign policy and caring about domestic issues.
Posted by: runner

She's not ready for prime time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (gl3dd)

272 243 According to a quick bing search, there are 1655 truck driving schools in the US. So not bad. More than decimated them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Back when we were a productive country you couldn't touch a tractor without experience with heavy equipment.
How did one do that?
Driving a dump truck or a cement mixer.
Remember when the road was cluttered with dump trucks and cement mixers? That was back when we were building things.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (WXr4y)

273 The media very much would like some Democratic Socialism. They're all in on it.

So are the pollsters who are being paid by Democratic Socialist money men. And don't forget the MSM along with the nominal Democrat party hate you. And Trump. But mostly you. Because you brought back the Bad Orange Man.

They, all of them, are doing everything they possibly can to tap down any conservative momentum.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (2Cry5)

274 240 I assume Texas will have a debate.
I’m guessing Paxton will have a good night quoting Talarico back to himself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026

Thus far, Paxton has refused to debate.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

275 This is one of those elections where the democrats turn on the fraud. Every one of their crazies will win.
I still believe they wanted Trump to win.

Posted by: Accomack at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (GbONR)

276 The "magic" here, just like the media, is the same loud voices making the same loud declarations and then shouting "troll" or "straw-man" or whatever else they have to do to make sure they don't have to cash the receipts of those that notice.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (ZEFzw)



Let me take out my tiny violin, pepe, or scogg or whoever, and commiserate with you!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (g47mK)

277 Axshually...
It's "Abdulrahman."

Like Abduhl with some Asian noodles on the side.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (2Ez/1)

278 It's not how much Talarico spends--that's him trying to motivate his base.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (3cUTc)

His base are non Texans. I've seen this script 3 times now, and at least Beto could wear tight jeans for the laydeez.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

279 I assume Texas will have a debate.
I’m guessing Paxton will have a good night quoting Talarico back to himself.
--
Paxton's internal polls--actual real polls, not 700 people polled by some newbie outfit--will have him so far ahead by October that he'll refuse to debate.

Watch.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc)

280 266 The answer to both is no, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (BKQOu)

so, what are you saying ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (g47mK)

=====

If someone says that we have to believe summer polling because one final polling aggregate was okay, then that person is making a comparison that shouldn't be made because summer polling and final polling are two different beasts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (BKQOu)

281 And it's just about the most retarded retardedness of Retardtown to think "those Talarico ads are going to swing Republican votes!"
Or convince Republican voters to stay home.

No.

Just a few ads from Paxon on how Talarico is a Chinese box of fish-flavored cracker jacks and it's over.
R votes just need to see one ad, that's how bad Talarico is.

And:
It's not how much Talarico spends--that's him trying to motivate his base.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (3cUTc)
_________

Talacreepo's biggest problem is that his base isn't in the state he's running in. I'll bet most of his donations are from out of state commies and rich leftist elites.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

282 She will not escape abuela boobs/butt

Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (GUOwU)


Can you give me one female demographic that does ? Asking for an older friend.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ZEFzw)

283 Watched Batman 1989 yesterday.

I think Jack's Joker is better than Heath's Joker.

But both are great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (XV/Pl)

284 She's not ready for prime time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (gl3dd)

it's the south...all she needs is big hair and big boobs !

Posted by: first time caller at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (g47mK)

285 This is one of those elections where the democrats turn on the fraud. Every one of their crazies will win.
I still believe they wanted Trump to win.
Posted by: Accomack at September 01, 2026 03:40 PM (GbONR)

get a cold compress and lie down until that feeling passes.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (uhVAy)

286 262 >>Yes, a port and an airport in the southeast near Hormuz.

Sounds like it was bigger than just 2 spots from reports I'm seeing on X.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (viF8m)

Could be, I’ve only read some news updates.
They mentioned two locations definitively.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

287 You know, even if we were going to get our asses kicked hard in November it really does not help much to talk about it here. Just tires you out. Everyone at the HQ is going to vote anyway, we don’t need fear as an encouragement.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar8)

288 I prefer the full "Abduhlrahm."

It helps emphasize the Mohammedanism.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (2Ez/1)

Isn't there a "mohammed" in there, too? Usually is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (1z8ji)

289 If someone says that we have to believe summer polling because one final polling aggregate was okay, then that person is making a comparison that shouldn't be made because summer polling and final polling are two different beasts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (BKQOu)s

summer polling say Rs will be shellacked! should we ignore these polls ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (g47mK)

290 Can you give me one female demographic that does ? Asking for an older friend.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ZEFzw)

Asians sometimes turn into that forever pretty and thin until about 70 woman.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (uhVAy)

291 You can't even find any evidence that Kamala had that strange face work done in 2019 or whenever. It seems to not exist anymore. She showed up on TV with these crazy gross Chinese eyes. Those pictures used to be easily accessible. Now not so much.

Of course it matters what these people look like. Why do people want us to pretend things away?

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (j6dNk)

292 She's not ready for prime time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026

But if we don’t want career politicians because they are slimy, isn’t this a positive?

She seems very much in Trump’s court. Maybe she will rise to the occasion.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

293 IIRC, Andrew Kryzinski was one of the founders of the Justice Democrats. Safe to assume Al Sayed is one of his organizations candidates?
Not exactly an unbiased source.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (4KUe5)

294 You know, even if we were going to get our asses kicked hard in November it really does not help much to talk about it here. Just tires you out. Everyone at the HQ is going to vote anyway, we don’t need fear as an encouragement.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar

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we will talk about polls until morale improves !

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (g47mK)

295 Can you give me one female demographic that does ? Asking for an older friend.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ZEFzw)

***

Asians! Fucking Asians...

Posted by: Hunter Biden at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (affD0)

296 282 She will not escape abuela boobs/butt

Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (GUOwU)

Can you give me one female demographic that does ? Asking for an older friend.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Brie Larson at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (2Ez/1)

297
Talarico campaign tells CNN his "cringey," past comments "missed the mark," and he's a capitalist who supports oil and gas.

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His entire existence is a tapestry of cringe.

He's a "capitalist who supports oil and gas," huh? This demonic plastic mannequin can't even lie convincingly. "I'm an abusive kulak who lords over the other peasants, that's right, vote for me."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (azNOR)

298 Here’s a bullet point from Iran International site:

US forces began striking IRGC targets in Iran on Tuesday, the US CENTCOM said, adding that the action followed recent attempted IRGC attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on American service members. Iranian state media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Konarak, Qeshm, and Sirik.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (6ydKt)

299 She's not ready for prime time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (gl3dd)

it's the south...all she needs is big hair and big boobs !
Posted by: first time caller at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (g47mK)

Too soon!

Posted by: Beloved Zombie Dolly Parton at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (wVcYX)

300 Never rub another man's rhubarb!!

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (j6dNk)

301 The answer to both is no, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:38 PM (BKQOu)

so, what are you saying ?
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM


He's saying "No." to:

1) Are there any other American auteurs after Russ Meyer?

2) Are you really illiterate AND an *sshole?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (0sNs1)

302 289 If someone says that we have to believe summer polling because one final polling aggregate was okay, then that person is making a comparison that shouldn't be made because summer polling and final polling are two different beasts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:41 PM (BKQOu)s

summer polling say Rs will be shellacked! should we ignore these polls ?
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (g47mK)

I do. I’m going to vote no matter what they say and that’s all I can personally do.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Gqar8)

303 By the way, the bombing of Iran is still going on.

>>@hey_itsmyturn
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3m
>>Jet activity over Kermanshah
Kermanshah Province, #Iran

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)

304 You know, even if we were going to get our asses kicked hard in November it really does not help much to talk about it here. Just tires you out. Everyone at the HQ is going to vote anyway, we don’t need fear as an encouragement.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM

Thune’s inaction is infuriating, though. For real.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

305 289summer polling say Rs will be shellacked! should we ignore these polls ?

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM (g47mK)

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Yes.

Because summer polling is notoriously inaccurate. Polling in summer in contentious senate races overestimates Democrat performance in the actual election by 7 points on average.

https://x.com/PatrickRuffini/status/
2085763509682323680

There are an assortment of reasons for this from real problems in polling (response bias, Democrats just like talking to pollsters more outside of election season) to other types of real problems (no pollster is graded on their summer polling, only their final polls, so there is literally no incentive for any polling firm to try and be accurate outside their final polls).

So, if you want to compare summer polling this year to previous years, you compare it to previous summer polling instead of previous final polling. Summer polling this year compared to final polling from last cycle is an apple to oranges comparison.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (BKQOu)

306 I think Jack's Joker is better than Heath's Joker.

Hard to argue taste. I'll just explain mine.

Dark Knight is the first time I ever really enjoyed comic book movies. All three were good. Excellent.

Nicholson's Joker was just a cartoon in a cartoon movie.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ZEFzw)

307 Ok, ignore earlier comment, completely wrong

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (4KUe5)

308 287 You know, even if we were going to get our asses kicked hard in November it really does not help much to talk about it here. Just tires you out. Everyone at the HQ is going to vote anyway, we don’t need fear as an encouragement.
Posted by: tubal
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* fist bump *

The doom and gloom around here is incredible no matter how many times you mention past precedence...

Guess I'll have to light my hair on fire again today b/c all is lost....

Geez

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (VkY89)

309 Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 03:39 PM (vTZFs)

This one wasn't great, but I've been following her for some time now.

She's brutal.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (mW3oI)

310 More.

>>@hey_itsmyturn
·
6m
>>NOW @ 1939Z
New blast sound in Durud
Lorestan Province, #Iran

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (viF8m)

311 How is this guy ahead in every poll? Left wing rag WSJ says it because Paxton is a terrible candidate and the NRSC isn’t giving him any funds.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Pxqpl)

312 But if we don’t want career politicians because they are slimy, isn’t this a positive?

She seems very much in Trump’s court. Maybe she will rise to the occasion.
Posted by: Piper

Not real big into family lineage political offices. TPTB are trying to make this the Graham seat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (gl3dd)

313 "She will not escape abuela boobs/butt "

Durer did some pics about aging German women.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

314 311 How is this guy ahead in every poll? Left wing rag WSJ says it because Paxton is a terrible candidate and the NRSC isn’t giving him any funds.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Pxqpl)

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Because polling is broken and keeps getting worse and every single defense of the polling industry is cherrypicking their final polls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (BKQOu)

315 "Abdul" does not trip off the tongue. It's a gut punch of a name. It's not convenient.

I still expect him to "win" while R's quite undeservedly hold but honestly I don't know.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (j6dNk)

316 For the record it's "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed."

Which totally sounds like a white bread cornpone bubba from central Iowa.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (2Ez/1)

317 304 You know, even if we were going to get our asses kicked hard in November it really does not help much to talk about it here. Just tires you out. Everyone at the HQ is going to vote anyway, we don’t need fear as an encouragement.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:42 PM

Thune’s inaction is infuriating, though. For real.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 03:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

I can only be annoyed by a remote DC hack for so long. Personal concerns kick in at some point. Good for my sanity, blood pressure, libido, generally cheery disposition that everyone knows and loves.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Gqar8)

318 Hey, you wanna know how I know the Dems know they are losing their asses in about 60 days?

They've taken to citing prediction markets.
A lot.

That's not "ha ha! We're winning!"

That's "fuckity, fuckity, fuck fuck fuck--we need buzz--BUZZ--and we need it now!!!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (3cUTc)

319 The RNSC not giving any money to Paxton is why I quit donating to the RNSC, RNCC, and RNC in the mid 2000s. And never give a penny to REDWIN.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (xvV+O)

320 Because polling is broken and keeps getting worse and every single defense of the polling industry is cherrypicking their final polls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (BKQOu)

If you can successfully predict that polling will move 7 points to the R's between now and November then it's not broken, it's just lying.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (j6dNk)

321 The doom and gloom around here is incredible no matter how many times you mention past precedence...

Guess I'll have to light my hair on fire again today b/c all is lost....

Geez
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (VkY89)

Good to see your nic again. Even with all the Gloom, Despair, and Agony, Oh My!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (wVcYX)

322 >> Because polling is broken and keeps getting worse and every single defense of the polling industry is cherrypicking their final polls.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (BKQOu)

Is it true Dems are dumping a bunch of money on this guy because they think he can win?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Pxqpl)

323 "Dark Knight is the first time I ever really enjoyed comic book movies."

It's perfect if you cut out all the boring parts with Batman, and with Alfred.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

324 320
If you can successfully predict that polling will move 7 points to the R's between now and November then it's not broken, it's just lying.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (j6dNk)

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That's not a prediction. That's an analysis of their past performance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (BKQOu)

325
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

His name is my name toooooo

Posted by: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (j6dNk)

326 322 Is it true Dems are dumping a bunch of money on this guy because they think he can win?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Pxqpl)

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The vast majority of Talarico's ad buys are fundraising pleas.

Talarico's campaign is a grift.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (BKQOu)

327 For the record it's "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed."

Which totally sounds like a white bread cornpone bubba from central Iowa.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM


Insallah.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

328 ...and the NRSC isn’t giving him any funds.

Which means that he won't owe them jacksh*t when he wins. I wonder if Thune has thought about that.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (vTZFs)

329 And Darlene was supposed to be a place holder. That shit changed in a week. They got their hooks into her.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (gl3dd)

330 I think there is something kind of creepy about a pasty white dud complaining about white supremacy.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (S6tOh)

331 329 And Darlene was supposed to be a place holder. That shit changed in a week. They got their hooks into her.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (gl3dd)

======

Trump got his hooks into her by endorsing her because he didn't want Norman to win because Norman endorsed Haley in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (BKQOu)

332 327 For the record it's "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed."

Which totally sounds like a white bread cornpone bubba from central Iowa.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM

Insallah.
Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

Heh. Good one.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Gqar8)

333 "She will not escape abuela boobs/butt "

Durer did some pics about aging German women.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

*Glares* *Glares hard!*

Posted by: Barbra Streisand at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (wVcYX)

334 If you can successfully predict that polling will move 7 points to the R's between now and November then it's not broken, it's just lying.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (j6dNk)

Well look at the results in the primary in what, Wisconsin? Polls said X, results said Y.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

335 If you can successfully predict that polling will move 7 points to the R's between now and November then it's not broken, it's just lying.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (j6dNk)

Bingo! These polls are not real. They are pushing lies to manipulate the weak-minded.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (1z8ji)

336 nood

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

337 Harris was winning in the polls in September. How did that turn out?

This same thing happens every single election. It's not a knew phenomena.

Polls are cooked all summer to drive the narrative the pollster wants and then magically tighten after Labor Day.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (viF8m)

338 What Is “Ozempic Vagina”? An Expert Doctor Speaks

https://tinyurl.com/49xetn47
Posted by: AOSHQ Medical Advisory Panel, Sexual Health Division
......

Good grief.
I'll just file this away in my "What I Learned at AoS Today" folder.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

339 yes, new trump something

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (CWTWj)

340 Got to admit I got a good laugh at Cornyn saying he thinks Paxton is a "lazy candidate". Cornyn got the snot pounded out of him by Paxton.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (rNkEQ)

341
He's a "capitalist who supports oil and gas," huh? This demonic plastic mannequin can't even lie convincingly. "I'm an abusive kulak who lords over the other peasants, that's right, vote for me."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 03:43 PM (azNOR)

I can't imagine anyone liking him, he'll say or do anything all while giving off major serial killer vibes

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (yCOgV)

342 Nicholson's Joker was just a cartoon in a cartoon movie.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ZEFzw)

It was perfect for the time (1989) and the film.
I enjoyed those Tim Burton Batman films.

Danny DeVito was entertaining as the Penguin and Halle Berry was a well-built Catwoman.

The Batman flicks went downhill after that but the Dark Knight trilogy were much better films overall.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (6ydKt)

343 Here's something of interest:

LV and RV voter screening is likely broken.

B/c they're basically getting the same response in polls.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (3cUTc)

344 Well look at the results in the primary in what, Wisconsin? Polls said X, results said Y.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

If polling is always "broken" toward the left, then it's not broken, it's lying.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (j6dNk)

345 That's not a prediction. That's an analysis of their past performance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM


Be careful, there. If you talk about past performance and prediction it becomes math as soon as someone mentions Kalman Filtering.

And I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (S6tOh)

346 321

Good to see your nic again. Even with all the Gloom, Despair, and Agony, Oh My!

Posted by: Count de Monet
---------
Thanks Count, appreciate ya!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (VkY89)

347
Enough.

Elon is projecting 27 Starship launches a DAY by 2030.

Probably not, but all these political worms will craw in submission to the God-Emperor eventually.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (Y8DZL)

348 And Darlene was supposed to be a place holder. That shit changed in a week. They got their hooks into her.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (gl3dd)

No one made that statement. Trump wanted her to step in and she did. He wanted her for the general, and she was in. He wants to keep her in. So your grievance should be with Trump who picked her.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (g47mK)

349 And she spells her name funny.

Posted by: Darlenes and Darleens everywhere at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM (2Ez/1)

350 BTW NH looks tighter than a crabs asshole, and that’s watertight.

I think it may go Republican.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Pxqpl)

351 This for sure is going to get me some sweet high school black radical schlong, isn't it?

Posted by: James Talarico at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM (avzFa)

352 Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton seen together in Batman Returns, were actually reunited from Johnny Dangerously. Took me 35 years to realize.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM (j6dNk)

353 A cheery thought from DU:

"The Supreme Court has totally demoralized the American people.

Those "people" that thought they were the owners of the White House and the Capitol. They thought it was the "People's House"? But the Supreme Court has disabused them of that silly idea. It may be call the "people's house" but the people have no "standing".

They may as well have filed a quit claim deed and given the property to Donald Trump. He acts as if it all belongs to him anyway. It is disheartening, to say the least.

He is like a squatter that has moved in and refuses to leave. In the meantime, he destroys the property whenever he gets a whim.

And the people that are supposed to own the place, can do nothing about it. Thank you, Supreme Court!

You pieces of crap!"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (0sNs1)

354 I can only be annoyed by a remote DC hack for so long. Personal concerns kick in at some point. Good for my sanity, blood pressure, libido, generally cheery disposition that everyone knows and loves.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Gqar

The problem with traitors is that once exposed, they can be eliminated. If Trump wins a larger majority, Thune is either replaced, or becomes a non problem going forward and the GOPe wing gets that much weaker.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)

355 If polling is always "broken" toward the left, then it's not broken, it's lying.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM

Really?

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (2Ez/1)

356 Really?

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 01, 2026 03:53 PM (2Ez/1)

Maybe not always

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (j6dNk)

357 350 BTW NH looks tighter than a crabs asshole, and that’s watertight.

I think it may go Republican.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:52 PM


Just, how, umm, tight would that be?

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

358 >> The problem with traitors is that once exposed, they can be eliminated

I think you meant to say hung, or lit on fire.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:55 PM (Pxqpl)

359 Or is it hanged?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Pxqpl)

360 Well look at the results in the primary in what, Wisconsin? Polls said X, results said Y.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

If polling is always "broken" toward the left, then it's not broken, it's lying.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 03:51 PM (j6dNk)

The DemSoc leftist lost, and some other Dem drone won, it was D on D combat.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

361 You don't hear Arynne Wexler complaining about hate mail or death threats, and I'm sure she gets them.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (dwBj9)

362 Or is it hanged?
Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Pxqpl)

yes, hanged.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

363 Re: running out of oil..did you know who originally supported and pushed the theory that oil is a "fossil fuel" that originated in the distant days of the dinosaurs? John Rockefeller when he was building his pile with Standard Oil when oil was just becoming important. Gee, he wouldn't want to make it look like a finite resource, would he? I do believe the Soviets were right on one thing..it is generated continuously at the Earth's core..A field can be drained faster than it refills, sure, and if use goes up exponentially at some point humanity could get ahead of the natural generation but I have spent the last 50 years hearing about how oil was going to run dry in the next 20 years and then how more and more has been found.

Posted by: Azjaeger at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (3/XaG)

364 I think there is something kind of creepy about a pasty white dud complaining about white supremacy.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 01, 2026 03:49 PM (S6tOh)

Yeah for all we know Paxton is 97 percent black.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy)

365 Ok so I’m well hung.

But that guy should be hanged.

Trying to make a mental note here.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Pxqpl)

366 A field can be drained faster than it refills, sure, and if use goes up exponentially at some point humanity could get ahead of the natural generation but I have spent the last 50 years hearing about how oil was going to run dry in the next 20 years and then how more and more has been found.
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 01, 2026 03:57 PM (3/XaG)

Still finding new fields - heard about one in central Australia. Its location on a super old craton may hint at a non biological origin but in any case, bio origin or not we keep finding new sites to this day. And of course lots of our own sources are still there not empty and could be turned into production.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)

367 Correct me if I am wrong but didn't you predict kammie the kommie was gonna win?
Posted by: Will Robinson


No. But I was convinced the deep state would never allow Trump to be in the Oval Office again.


Glad I was wrong.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 04:13 PM (W2Pud)

368 I'd say he was stepping on his di*k with golf spikes, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have one.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Q/FnY)

Massachusetts "Man" Who Speaks Only Portuguese Arrested for Strangling a Woman After She Refused to Have Sex With Him; He Says He Strangled Her "by Accident" after Going "Crazy"

It could happen anywhere but it mostly happens in blue shitholes.

massachusettsmanaccidentallystrangleswoman.jpg

A man is being held without bail in connection with a woman found dead at her home in Framingham on Thursday. Framingham police said the suspect, 43-year-old Flavio Dias, called 911 stating he killed the victim by mistake and strangled her.

Boy is his face red!

Dias is being charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily harm. He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.

The family of the victim, identified as 33-year-old Brianna Connolly, could be seen getting emotional as they heard the details of the case in the courtroom.

...

"He states very clearly, 'Can I have police? A homicide just happened here right now,'" Brandt stated.

Brandt said Dias was speaking in Portuguese.

"He then states, 'I ended up killing a woman by mistake.' He says, 'I went crazy and suffocated her later on, says that he strangled her,' Brandt stated.

Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.


Brandt claimed Dias then stated on the 911 call that he was at the victim's home on Waverly Street in Framingham, and they were doing drugs. He said Dias stated they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex, but she did not.

This sure is a Mystery. We'll probably never solve the crime of the Massachusetts Man.

Oh wait, no, turns out it was easy:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

34m

BREAKING: I'm told by multiple federal sources that the suspect in custody for strangling a woman to death in her home in Framingham, MA on Thursday is a Brazilian illegal alien w/ prior arrests for DUI & aggravated assault w/ a weapon who is believed to have entered the U.S. illegally as a gotaway in 2019.

Sources confirm that ICE has now placed a detainer on 43-year-old Flavio Diaz with law enforcement in Middlesex County, MA.

And Massachusetts, of course, will not honor that detainer.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:32 PM




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1 One

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (rNkEQ)

2 Just as innocent as Clancy

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (zjgNU)

3 Whole lot of crazy going around in Massachusetts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

4 >>> Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.

Give him a break, Ace! It was his time of the month.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Eng1Z)

5 Wonder if he'll have hordes of women supporting him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (rNkEQ)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ccf/V)

7 And Massachusetts, of course, will not honor that detainer.

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And deport the man who's going to cure cancer?

Are you mad?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (BKQOu)

8 Whole lot of crazy going around in Massachusetts.

The state has gotten worse since Whitey Bulger stopped running it...which is saying something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

9 Oh, I'm seeing red for this one, that's for sure!

Posted by: pookysgirl, ducking kitten paws at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Wt5PA)

10 An illegal Brazilian in Framingham? You don't say. You. Don't. Say....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (9Q+nP)

11 Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:31 PM

They might, he's an oppressed minority with no power whatsoever.

(Except the power over life and death, but who cares about that!?)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (zjgNU)

12 I do that, I'm buried under the prison. Then put to death.

Illegal does it? Maryland Man just trying to live a better life. People make mistakes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (ccf/V)

13 Out: Curin' cancer

In: Accidentally strangling some chick that won't put out

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

14 I'm sure he's just misunderstood. Totally understandable temporary insanity but he's fine now.

Posted by: AMartel at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (EyAQh)

15 Silver crucifix....check
Garlic necklace....check

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (u9Xr5)

16 Pic shows Dias has foam coming out his ears. No wonder women won't have sex with him.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

17 This is his culture.

Who are we to judge?

America doesn't even have a culture.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (BKQOu)

18 Meh. Someone did something.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

19 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

20 His understanding of American customs and laws is, how you say.... limited.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (2Cry5)

21 He had Post Rejection Depression.
He heard her voice in his head telling him to suffocate her.
He's really depressed now.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (mkw2N)

22 19 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

=======

Her feminist bonafides are unquestioned.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (BKQOu)

23 And Massachusetts, of course, will not honor that detainer.
Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace

White American men commit more rapes than undocumented migrants!!!!!

Posted by: AWFL Rape Apologists at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (t19vo)

24 Post-cockblock psychosis. Not guilty.

Posted by: If men and woman were equal at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (TbWk/)

25 I said Maryland Man in an obvious hat tip to the glorious illegal human smuggling wife beater that's just trying to raise a family.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

26 he killed the victim by mistake and strangled her.

Some people did something.
Mistakes were made.
They were in the enthusiasm of the moment.
What difference, at this point does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.

OrangeMan Bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)

27 I foresee a bunch of married guys making tiktoks where they ask their wives for sex and follow the rejection with "Me too, Flavio."

It'll be a sensation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

28 Trump: They aren't sending their finest.

The FNM: This is a racist lie. Our undocumented workers are doctors who are going to cure cancer or at least clean our toilets.

Undocumented workers: Oops, sorry I strangled one of your women to death after trying to rape her. My bad!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

29 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (u9Xr5)

30 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM


It's all just a part of that rich, multicultural, urban experience, donchaknow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (9Q+nP)

31 23 And Massachusetts, of course, will not honor that detainer.
Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace

White American men commit more rapes than undocumented migrants!!!!!

Posted by: AWFL Rape Apologists at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (t19vo)

======

"In the aggregate, immigrants (I'm not saying legal vs. illegal for no real reason) commit fewer crimes than native born Americans. And that's the reason I object to deporting any illegal immigrant who commits a crime in America."
-CATO

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (BKQOu)

32 "You make sex with me. NOW!"


"No......"

MURDER MURDER MURDER DEATH KILL


"It was an accident......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

33 White American men commit more rapes than undocumented migrants!!!!!

100% chance this guy is listed as a white perp in the MA database.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

34 >>>And deport the man who's going to cure cancer?
Are you mad?

lol

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (1wjle)

35 Whole lot of crazy going around in Massachusetts.


What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Abigail Spanberger at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

36 His understanding of American customs and laws is, how you say.... limited.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

====

Or he understands them all too well . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (ZQ2gv)

37 Clearly, his hormones were messed up.

Posted by: huerfano at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (2Xqig)

38 The Paolo >>> The Flavio.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)

39 The fact that the people haven't risen up and laid waste to the entire Biden administration shocks and saddens me........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)

40 So.... it was her house?

Sorry, this is a Darwin award.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)

41 21 He had Post Rejection Depression.
He heard her voice in his head telling him to suffocate her.
He's really depressed now.
Posted by: bonhomme

The poor guy was so depressed, he couldn't muster the energy to cut himself or leap out the window. Plus he's a Taurus! He's obviously innocent.

Where was Bibi Netanyahu?

Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (t19vo)

42 >>>24 Post-cockblock psychosis. Not guilty.

the pain is real, yo

my junk turns blue n' shit for real

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)

43 Just frigging shoot him and deport the corpse. Nothing fancy, an air drop over brazil is ok.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Lha6r)

44 A colorful thread in the rich fabric that makes up our wonderful tapestry of Diversity You Guys!!!!

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (YHZy+)

45 Whole lot of crazy going around in Massachusetts.


What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Abigail Spanberger at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM


Breeder, please....

Posted by: Maura Healey at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (9Q+nP)

46 Clearly, his hormones were messed up.

Jupiter was in Antares. Or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (2ocoG)

47 I'm a fair guy, but these blueballs are making me absolutely fucking crazy.

Posted by: Col. Nathan Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LSV6F)

48 >>>Sorry, this is a Darwin award

well, maybe. I wouldn't take Mr. Flavio's word to be the gold standard.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (1wjle)

49 So.... it was her house?

Sorry, this is a Darwin award.


Guess he said no to "whine me, dine me, 69 me" first part

Posted by: Obligatory at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

50 Every liberal White woman within 50 miles of him just started ovulating.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (/k3in)

51 If only the doctors had more time to get his medications right........Oh well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

52 Portugese man in MA should have been out raping cod fish in his Dory.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (gm9Sb)

53 Just frigging shoot him and deport the corpse. Nothing fancy, an air drop over brazil is ok.

No need for such a long trip. Just drop him in the nearest sewage treatment facility.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (Riz8t)

54 5 Wonder if he'll have hordes of women supporting him
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (rNkEQ)

Oh he'll get plenty of nude pictures, graphically sexual letters and pictures and offers of marriage I'm sure.

Posted by: Hybristophilia ain't just a river in Egypt at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)

55 He was suffering from excess testosterone and postpartum psychosis.

That's what I learned from Forensic Astrology TikTok.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (z2Bza)

56 Flavio Dias? No relation.

Posted by: Flavor Flav at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (wVcYX)

57 Massachusetts "Man" Who Speaks Only Portuguese Arrested for Strangling a Woman After She Refused to Have Sex With Him; He Says He Strangled Her "by Accident" after Going "Crazy"


So he's good, right?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (U0c5a)

58 >>19 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.

The governor must be extremely confident in her security service.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (NcvvS)

59
well, maybe. I wouldn't take Mr. Flavio's word to be the gold standard.
Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (1wjle)



What!?!? How racist of you, Ace. I mean. He's an Illegal. Alien. He's only here to do great things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ccf/V)

60 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (u9Xr5)

61 I can't wait for my sister-in-law to get here Thursday. She and my mother-in-law are visiting for the weekend.

She went to school up in Massachusetts, and she's very much a conservative Christian southern belle.
She's also an RN who told the powers that be what they could do with their jab when they tried to force it on her to keep her job. In southern GA.

Anyways, I have some questions for her regarding her time in Boston.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Rln0i)

62 I am confuse-ed. American woman always choke my big daddy. Then...she die.

Anyway, when do I get check. I already voted and I need check

Posted by: Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

63 >>>That's what I learned from Forensic Astrology TikTok.

lol. The Astrology Mommysleuths are the absolute worst.

"Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

64 "Time will pass and seasons will come and go; Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale. Then will come sultry Summer, with her shimmerin' heat-waves on the baked horizon; and Fall, with her yeller harvest-moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun; and finally Winter, with its bitin' whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. But you won't be here to see any of 'em, Flavio Dias; not by a dam' sight, because it's the order of this court that you be took to the nearest tree and hanged by the neck till you're dead, dead, dead, you olive-colored son-of¬a-billy-goat."

Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (XeU6L)

65 If "But I was so horny" is now a get out of jail free card, American high schools should be interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)

66 Portugese man in MA should have been out raping cod fish in his Dory.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM


That would be "Fall River Man" or "New Bedford Man." "Framingham Man" gets rapey on dry land.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (9Q+nP)

67 Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.

They absolutely will if they think he's hot enough.

Posted by: Surfperch at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (deNAM)

68 Obviously, this guy's hormones just got the better of him. Who are we to judge?


I kid of course.
Great stuff today, guys.

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (ZxPkt)

69 47 I'm a fair guy, but these blueballs are making me absolutely fucking crazy.
Posted by: Col. Nathan Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (LSV6F)

I believe they are called azul balls in Brazilianese.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (0bjKf)

70 Other ways to handle sexual rejection:
- Offer more money.
- Beg. Cry.
- Other fish in the sea.
- Self-pleasure.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

71 I will actually send a check to his attorney for him if he agrees to submit a Clancy defense

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

72
Wonder if he'll have hordes of women supporting him
Posted by: Smell the Glove


How about a group of men wearing pink? Or should they be wearing blue?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Cqx++)

73 >>>Brandt claimed Dias then stated on the 911 call that he was at the victim's home on Waverly Street in Framingham, and they were doing drugs. He said Dias stated they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex, but she did not.

Don't do drugs, kids.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (odBC9)

74 I'm not ready to pass judgment. First I need to know what is his astrological sign.

Posted by: AWFL at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (mkw2N)

75 64 Thank you for an all time favorite.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (gm9Sb)

76 63
"Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

======

Wait...

I'm a Gemini.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

77 Crazy and forgiveness have nothing to do with the crime.

Determine the crime and the fitting punishment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (WXr4y)

78 I believe they are called azul balls in Brazilianese.

Pelotas azules in Spanish.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

79 >>
"Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

WHAT? Everyone knows it's Scorpios who are born to kill!

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (NcvvS)

80 To be fair, he's not Portuguese, he's Brazilian.

Many in Brazil speak Portuguese, but that doesn't make them Portuguese, just as many in Central and South America speak Spanish, but it doesn't make them Spanish.

Or the many commenters here who speak Klingon. It doesn't make them Klingon.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (0sNs1)

81 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA.

Not even two seconds later, there will be at least twenty liberals saying "But citizens kill more than that!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (/k3in)

82 So if he only speaks Portuguese, how exactly did he call police and tell them "he killed the victim by mistake and strangled her."

Does this involve some sort of hocus pocus with Google Translate?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

83 WTF is going on in Taxechussetts?

Abortion up to the date of birth, Lindsay Clancy & now this.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (U0c5a)

84 81 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA.

Not even two seconds later, there will be at least twenty liberals saying "But citizens kill more than that!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (/k3in)

======

"On the aggregate, immigrants commit fewer crimes, so you shouldn't deport any illegals."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (BKQOu)

85 Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.
---------

Well, yeahhhh that IS where this is all headed.....

I mean you might have noticed their recent rather vociferous defense of the islamic rapey murder hordes.

Do not think for a minute you can apply logic, reason or humanity to their positions. Death Cult gonna death cult.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (j6dNk)

86
the pain is real, yo

my junk turns blue n' shit for real

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)



Reminds one of the video from the UK where the 'FoB' is walking in a park harassing women and a guy confronts him.

"I only here to f*ck......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (ccf/V)

87 55 He was suffering from excess testosterone and postpartum psychosis.

That's what I learned from Forensic Astrology TikTok.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 01:40 PM (z2Bza)

There's a good reason that sort of crap is forbidden to actual Christians. Guess where it comes from?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (dEHLq)

88 lol. The Astrology Mommysleuths are the absolute worst.

"Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.
Posted by: ace

Jean Dixon and Dionne Warwick have entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (u9Xr5)

89 It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what my heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

Posted by: Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (wVcYX)

90 Judges used to say, whether you knew you were breaking the law or not has no bearing on the fact that you broke the law. You broke the law and that is the crime you are being tried for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (WXr4y)

91 Dude's been here since 2019, but no speaka da English?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)

92 70 Other ways to handle sexual rejection:
......
- Other fish in the sea.
______

Cold and slimey! Better for eating!

Posted by: Gollum at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (VaC8w)

93 How many are in a Brazillion?

Posted by: The blonde at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

94 91 Dude's been here since 2019, but no speaka da English?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)

========

Assimilation is colonialisms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (BKQOu)

95 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA.

Not even two seconds later, there will be at least twenty liberals saying "But citizens kill more than that!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (/k3in)

To which I clarify:

Illegals do not commit 'less' crime than Americans. They commit crime 'IN ADDITION' to Americans.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (PGK1w)

96 WTF is going on in Taxechussetts?

Abortion up to the date of birth, Lindsay Clancy & now this.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (U0c5a)
___

S'tan has control big time there.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (Rln0i)

97 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM

That reaction alone should get her impeached, but we live in stupid times.

She clearly never worries that one of the precious 14 year olds in HER life are at risk for rape. Her exalted family is above the concerns of the plebes.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Eng1Z)

98 >>I'm a Gemini.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

Hmm, and a self-confessed asshole. We're keeping an eye on you, mister!

Posted by: Mirror Universe Joe Friday at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (NcvvS)

99 Brazilian is more than just a hairstyle.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

100 I mean you might have noticed their recent rather vociferous defense of the islamic rapey murder hordes.

Do not think for a minute you can apply logic, reason or humanity to their positions. Death Cult gonna death cult.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (j6dNk)

I'm constantly amazed at how the only head that actually appears to work on these Neanderthals is their little one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (dEHLq)

101
Wait...

I'm a Gemini.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

Those crazies on TikTok really did say that Gemini's kill and they really did call it forensic astrology. Like that's a real thing.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (z2Bza)

102 Brandt claimed Dias then stated on the 911 call that he was at the victim's home on Waverly Street in Framingham, and they were doing drugs. He said Dias stated they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex, but she did not.


In the old days women would be told to not bring a stranger into your home and you know...its good advice. Doing drugs with the guy is...worse.

Or is the argument they had some sort of relationship?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

103 "Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

======

Wait...

I'm a Gemini.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

Me too. I am clearly an underachiever.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (zjgNU)

104 Let Flavio Dais continue to feel crazy— in prison —-for life without parole,

Posted by: Voter theater. at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (FCPbW)

105 Proton Mail back up and running. For me anyway. YMMV.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

106 Jean Dixon and Dionne Warwick have entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:45 PM (u9Xr5)



I miss Miss Cleo........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)

107 103
Wait...

I'm a Gemini.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

Me too. I am clearly an underachiever.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (zjgNU)

=======

Theory:

We are responsible for 1/3 of all unsolved murders in our areas. We just do it in a haze under which we have no memory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (BKQOu)

108 I wonder if there are races or ethnic groups in this world which are demonstrably more stupid than most.

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ZxPkt)

109 Wonder if he'll have hordes of women supporting him
Posted by: Smell the Glove
-------
Charles Manson, the 80-year-old serial killer, was granted a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who dedicated her young life to absolving him.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (XeU6L)

110 "Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

WHAT? Everyone knows it's Scorpios who are born to kill!
Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer


1. Her Mercury thermometer was in Gatorade.
2. Yeah. I'm a Scorpio. A pitiful example of a Scorpio. 63 yrs old and haven't killed one person.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (U0c5a)

111 Proton Mail back up and running. For me anyway. YMMV.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Jr5Lq)



Congrats!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)

112 I mean you might have noticed their recent rather vociferous defense of the islamic rapey murder hordes.


From their perspective rape is just a faster way to eliminate whiteness. This isn't a snark.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

113 At JPost: "CENTCOM begins wave of strikes on Iran in retaliation for targeting of US troops in region"

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

114 Let Flavio Dais continue to feel crazy— in prison —-for life without parole,
Posted by: Voter theater. at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (FCPbW)



If the taxpayer is on the hook for anything, it's his trip to a 3rd world shithole prison. We shouldn't be paying for this asshole to get shelter and 3 squares a day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:48 PM (ccf/V)

115 Again, put him up on federal charges, then, when he is found guilty, hang him.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 01:48 PM (eGn4U)

116 There was a Gemini killer. Therefore, all Geminis are killers. Easy-peasy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:48 PM (u9Xr5)

117 Its Mass again. He walks.

Folks ... just pull up a map. Now draw that line from Boston to about Hartford. Now draw to NYC ... and this is tricky, because New York ceases to be NYC surprisingly quickly. Its easy to enclose too much of New York in the shape. For example ... Yonkers. Even that close is not NYC.

Now continue that line through Trenton to Philly. And feel free to bulge it out to the west through Jersey. Keep going to a bit west of Baltimore and down to DC.

Then cut that line to the east, get a good piece of Delaware. Then color that all in like a great game of Qix. Because that's your "crazy". The the source of well over half of the problems, big scale, social and economic in the United States.

We'll draw the line from San Francisco encompassing a whole lot of Old Mexico next lesson.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:48 PM (ZEFzw)

118 I wonder if there are races or ethnic groups in this world which are demonstrably more stupid than most.
Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ZxPkt)



NOPE.

Posted by: Somali Day Care CEO at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (ccf/V)

119 Remember MA is probably the most crooked state in America. They don't get the attention of CA or IL but this is a state that was run by Whitey Bulger for years...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

120 110 "Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"


I'm a Leo and I haven't killed anyone .... Yet {{{shifty eyes}}}

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (+gK6I)

121 "Dias is being charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily harm. He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card."

Uh, what? The woman is dead.

I assume we're waiting on a superseding indictment for murder/manslaughter? What the fuck is going on here?

Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (oqH4h)

122 Damn it's gotten strange in this neck of the woods.
Framingham has been a Brazilian center since last century.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (sl73Y)

123 >>1. Her Mercury thermometer was in Gatorade.
2. Yeah. I'm a Scorpio. A pitiful example of a Scorpio. 63 yrs old and haven't killed one person.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (U0c5a)

Mitigating alignments, no doubt. Moon in Aquarius, for sure.

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (NcvvS)

124 Victim stabbed to death in Times Square rampage was VP at Bank of America, just celebrated 2nd wedding anniversary
The Bank of America VP was fatally stabbed near the Crossroads of the World on Monday afternoon.

The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary,
The Post has learned.
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Plainly, it says he was manic. Not Guilty by reason of mania.
He was not responsible for his actions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (WXr4y)

125 Massachusetts where a miserable childless lesbian is elected to protect the children

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (rNkEQ)

126 113 At JPost: "CENTCOM begins wave of strikes on Iran in retaliation for targeting of US troops in region"

Disinformation. The news told me that the military ran out of weapons.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (VaC8w)

127 "I ended up killing a woman by mistake."
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His hands fell onto her windpipe for 3 minutes.

Whoops!!!

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (j6dNk)

128 124 The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary,
The Post has learned.
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Plainly, it says he was manic. Not Guilty by reason of mania.
He was not responsible for his actions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (WXr4y)

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Fat Hispanic lady did it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (BKQOu)

129 "I feel his pain"

-- Lyndsay Clancy

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

130 Chances we'll get an Law and Order: SVU episode out of this? 50/50, but *Dick* Wolfe would change the race, have Liv Benson navigate the not-so-left-wing machinations of the huwhite NYPD Police Chief, throw in more feminist rhetoric, and then call it a day.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (Rl7KJ)

131 Dias is being charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily harm. He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card."

Uh, what? The woman is dead.

I assume we're waiting on a superseding indictment for murder/manslaughter? What the fuck is going on here?


Perhaps this is to handle his likely insanity plea on the murder charges.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

132 76 63
"Leos don't kill people! But her husband was a Gemini! Geminis are born to kill!"

They really say that. This is a thing the Astrology Lunatics say.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 01:41 PM (1wjle)

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Wait...

I'm a Gemini.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)
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We know about the knife.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (WXr4y)

133 I wonder if there are races or ethnic groups in this world which are demonstrably more stupid than most.
Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM


Stupidity is a construct of the white stolen-land cispatriarchy!

Posted by: Kareny McKarenface (D-Everywhere) at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (0sNs1)

134 I don't think calling it "suicidal empathy" is getting through to them.

Their hearts are hardened and they wear their evil with pride.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (3cUTc)

135 Remember MA is probably the most crooked state in America. They don't get the attention of CA or IL but this is a state that was run by Whitey Bulger for years...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

I grew up in Illinois. I find it hard to believe that any state is anywhere even close to that level of corruption.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (zjgNU)

136 Let he who has not killed a woman by accident because they went crazy throw the first stone!

Posted by: Some MA Judge getting stoned at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

137 Those crazies on TikTok really did say that Gemini's kill and they really did call it forensic astrology. Like that's a real thing.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (z2Bza)
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The fact that these women believe in horoscopes instead of God is not surprising in the least.
The Lord has very strong words regarding things like astrology, and how it leads to destruction.

That said, My baby bro is a Gemini, and according to these lunatics, he's a threat to his kids because of whatever month he was born in.

The odds of him killing his kids, who are now beautiful young women, is about as likely as me becoming an AWFL.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (Rln0i)

138 "Dias is being charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily harm. He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card."
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And two counts of not returning Catcher in the Rye on time when he was 14.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (j6dNk)

139 =======

Fat Hispanic lady did it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (BKQOu)
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Double mania, it was pink day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (WXr4y)

140 126 113 At JPost: "CENTCOM begins wave of strikes on Iran in retaliation for targeting of US troops in region"

Disinformation. The news told me that the military ran out of weapons.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (VaC8w)

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The US ran out of munitions in March. There are no bombs left.

And it's literally impossible for the US to get more.

However, Iran? With all of its manufacturing base destroyed? They have super secret supersonic missiles that will destroy all of America any day now as soon as Iran has had enough of a blockade that's totally not working at all anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (BKQOu)

141
The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary,
The Post has learned.



Killer will be on the street tomorrow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM (ccf/V)

142 I watched some vids of that Hispanic woman in Times Square. She was surrounded by cops, yet she "spun" up with her butchers knife and charged the cops after being tazed.

I guess they should have just shot the knife out of her hands or something, right?

Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Rl7KJ)

143 Last year an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA. The governor was asked about it and responded "Well these things happen" and rolled her eyes.
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She smiled for the cameras as she signed the "abort your kid at any time bill".

Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (TN0g+)

144 Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.

They absolutely will if they think he's hot enough.
Posted by: Surfperch at September 01, 2026 01:42 PM (deNAM)


Well, to be fair...he does have the same smoldering but severely retarded, alcohol syndrome good looks of a Luigi Mangione.

The Flavio Fan Club starts today!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (iJfKG)

145 >>I'm a Leo and I haven't killed anyone .... Yet {{{shifty eyes}}}
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (+gK6I)

Well, of course not! That's what we said!

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (NcvvS)

146 Remember MA is probably the most crooked state in America. They don't get the attention of CA or IL but this is a state that was run by Whitey Bulger for years...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

I grew up in Illinois. I find it hard to believe that any state is anywhere even close to that level of corruption.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian


*Louisiana has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (U0c5a)

147 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

148 We lived in a better country when we restricted all immigration, institutionalized the insane, lobotomized the criminally insane, and sterilized imbeciles.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (qwx/I)

149 Fat Hispanic lady did it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

In the study.
With the lead pipe.

Posted by: Welcome to Clue at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)

150
Maybe the state can accidentally kill him in return.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (VWtfl)

151 133 I wonder if there are races or ethnic groups in this world which are demonstrably more stupid than most.
Posted by: Don Black
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Spain is in the queue, we'll see come election day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (WXr4y)

152 We know about the knife.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:50 PM (WXr4y)

"the" knife?

That's like telling me you know about "the" gun.

You are really going to have to narrow it down.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (zjgNU)

153 Her dog told me to choke the bitch out.

Posted by: Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (wVcYX)

154 >>> I mean you might have noticed their recent rather vociferous defense of the islamic rapey murder hordes.

And the woke women in Ceuta waving in the swarthy illegal men who will try to rape them.

The times, they are stupid.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (Eng1Z)

155 Killer will be on the street tomorrow
______

She is nearly perfectly round. I wonder if they will roll her out onto the street.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (VaC8w)

156 >>Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.

Pisces for the emotional connection, Aries for the action.

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (NcvvS)

157 Brazilian is more than just a hairstyle.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher
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No need to wax rhapsodic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (XeU6L)

158 Elizabeth Bathory - Leo
Myra Hindley - Leo

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (j6dNk)

159 And the woke women in Ceuta waving in the swarthy illegal men who will try to rape them.

The times, they are stupid.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (Eng1Z)
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (Rln0i)

160 So I was reading a thread on Dana Nessel saying Jews should vote against their own survival to get El-Sayed elected.

The lefties had two different tacks:

1) El Sayed is just a reasonable guy that hates Israel and Jews as all reasonable people do. That doesn't mean he wants to kill ALL the Jews so obviously Nessel is an anti-Islamic bigot

2) Of course El Sayed is a jihadi I mean duh. But he's a jihadi that will vote with us on everything outside of killing the Jews. And I'll take one Senate vote for killing the Jews in return for 51 votes to stop Trump because he's a NAZI!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

161 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM


Then how do you explain Brian Stelter being a Virgo?

Posted by: Joys Behar & Reid at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (zTo9v)

162 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.
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Sounds fishy to me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (XeU6L)

163 Same, Flavio.

Posted by: Guy on TikTok holding his blue balls and crying at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (TbWk/)

164
She smiled for the cameras as she signed the "abort your kid at any time bill".
Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (TN0g+)



Surrounded by women laughing and clapping like seals.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (ccf/V)

165 Another executive in NYC murdered in the streets by a crazy leftist.

Corporate America's C-Suite should probably look at a clock.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (BKQOu)

166 Maybe the state can accidentally kill him in return.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Ghislaine Maxwell at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (2Ez/1)

167 It's as if there was a bat signal for looks and mental defectives.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (u9Xr5)

168 Being Brazilian and almost white, this guy could actually face some jail time.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (2WIwB)

169
Sounds fishy to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (XeU6L)



Smells like tuna, one thing leads to another.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (ccf/V)

170
And from the You Really Can't Make This Shit Up department...

Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Benito Mussolini.

All Leos

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (j6dNk)

171 Kooks

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (u9Xr5)

172 Our only concern is that we can continue to treat him so that he doesn't get too loose with the truth!

Posted by: CIAmerican Psychiatric Association at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Pu/zx)

173 Note the bullshit language.

He says "I killed her". Yet he's just a suspect.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (ZEFzw)

174 "But citizens kill more than that!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:44 PM (/k3in)

--

There's an argument won by conceding the point. Yes, we already have an endemic crime problem here.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (NYInA)

175 "According to police, the victim and suspect were known to each other. . . . . Dias allegedly said she was at his house and they were doing drugs when they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex and she did not not."

Why am I not surprised? Ladies, please for the love of all that is right and good, stop shacking up with degenerate illegal aliens who can't speak English. Your lives may depend on it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

176
Outta the way, Lame-asses!

It's the Age of Aquarius!!!


https://tinyurl.com/4387yzzp

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (iJfKG)

177 >>Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.

Then you have a 1 in 12 chance of success.

Posted by: Roy at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (qwype)

178 Between California destroying its utility companies and New York allowing God's mistakes back on the street, corporate America's gonna take a real close look at South Dakota.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (qwx/I)

179 >>> Chances we'll get an Law and Order: SVU episode out of this? 50/50, but *Dick* Wolfe would change the race, have Liv Benson navigate the not-so-left-wing machinations of the huwhite NYPD Police Chief, throw in more feminist rhetoric, and then call it a day.

Followed by the barely concealed Clancy episode where it turns out the husband DID strangle all his kids and push his wife out of the second story window, but framed her for it.

What a twofer!

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Eng1Z)

180 Virgos know things. Bedroom things.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (wVcYX)

181 157 Brazilian is more than just a hairstyle.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Careful.

Posted by: Nair down there at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2Ez/1)

182 I'm really sorry. No, really I am.

Posted by: Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (PE5pE)

183 IIRC 1/3 of all violent crime is by illegals.

Unless we have more then 100m of them they commit way more crime then citizens.

The left claims immigrants commit less crime then citizens by counting legal immigrants instead who generally do commit less crime since they are being monitored through their citizenship process.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

184 Note the bullshit language.

He says "I killed her". Yet he's just a suspect.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (ZEFzw)


"She wouldn't make sex with me. She hung herself because of it."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (ccf/V)

185 Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.


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We all know it was the woman's husband who actually strangled her and framed Massachusetts Man.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (nCTkv)

186
BREAKING: I'm told by multiple federal sources that the suspect in custody for strangling a woman to death in her home in Framingham, MA on Thursday is a Brazilian illegal alien w/ prior arrests for DUI & aggravated assault w/ a weapon who is believed to have entered the U.S. illegally as a gotaway in 2019.

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He should have gotten the trebuchet after his first arrest. The only conclusion I can draw is that the crimes he committed, including the murder, were what his benefactors wanted him to do.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (VWtfl)

187 Would it be possible to make it a Federal crime for an illegal alien to commit murder or serious bodily harm anywhere in the USA?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (1z8ji)

188 The killer had a relationship with his victim. If he speaks only Portuguese, how did they communicate? I assume a lady named "Brianna Connolly" doesn't speak Portuguese.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

189 What is "no means no" in Portuguese or Swahili or Farsi?

Defense lawyers will say in "his culture" it is fine to strangle the white wommens if they say no. This is why there are pamphlets in English for the sweet raft people in the UK, explaining no to them (it does not matter that they can't read at all in any language, the pamphlets are there for protection).

Maybe abortion should be extended to being legal for illegal immigrants who are confused as to our culture. It's ok!

I would not last long as a defense attorney who thought her client was guilty. Probably one of theses sweet innocents would find a way to kill me, too.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (hzuYO)

190 From Jury Deadlocked:

163 I do wonder if Islam, despite its many deficiencies, will eventually triumph over the West.

A system that explicitly reduces women to a second-place status has major competitive advantages over whatever it is we have now.

I think that 1950s America could resist Islam easily.

2020s America? Not so much.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (aD4fx)


I once saw a photo of a mural of an abstract family, even more abstract than the usual decals on the back of SUVs. Man, woman (in burka), two children. The man is holding an umbrella that reportedly says 'Sharia' in Arabic script, and it is shielding his family from a sinister rainbow pouring from the sky. (I forget what the caption said for location, maybe the UAE.)

And I think there are white men who will seriously consider converting, if Christianity fails to be sufficiently muscular in its defense of the family.

Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (ke3zm)

191 Ladies, please for the love of all that is right and good, stop shacking up with degenerate illegal aliens who can't speak English. Your lives may depend on it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
___

Oh don't worry, I'm not.

I married a Christian white boy from the south.
Momma didn't raise no fool.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (Rln0i)

192 183 IIRC 1/3 of all violent crime is by illegals.

Unless we have more then 100m of them they commit way more crime then citizens.

The left claims immigrants commit less crime then citizens by counting legal immigrants instead who generally do commit less crime since they are being monitored through their citizenship process.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

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1/3 of all REPORTED crime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (BKQOu)

193 Killer will be on the street tomorrow.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM


Not unless there's a zombie apocalypse before then.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (9Q+nP)

194 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.

Then you have a 1 in 12 chance of success.
Posted by: Roy
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Hold it...what about the cusps?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

195 "On the aggregate, immigrants commit fewer crimes, so you shouldn't deport any illegals."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Per Capita ignores the restraining order and enters the chat.

I would also argue so why should we import criminals if these are crimes that Americans will do.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (/k3in)

196 "the" knife?

That's like telling me you know about "the" gun.

You are really going to have to narrow it down.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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Didn't know about the gun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (WXr4y)

197 193 Killer will be on the street tomorrow.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:51 PM

Probably not getting released, but he's also not getting turned over to ICE

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

198 Would it be possible to make it a Federal crime for an illegal alien to commit murder or serious bodily harm anywhere in the USA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (1z8ji)



Immigration fraud is federal. Therefore, any crime committed why here committing immigration fraud should also be federal.

But I'm just a stupid American living in fear from death by illegal alien.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ccf/V)

199 He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.
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Golly, its almost as if we're not a very serious society these days.

Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (TN0g+)

200 You-Know-Who falls under the Sun sign of Taurus, with Leo as his Ascendant, Capricorn as his Moon sign, and Gemini as his Black Moon Lilith sign.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (0sNs1)

201 I think we need to take a lesson from woah fat over in N Korea and start executing criminal illegals with artillery cannons.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (Lha6r)

202 I'm told by multiple federal sources that the suspect in custody for strangling a woman to death in her home in Framingham, MA on Thursday is a Brazilian illegal alien w/ prior arrests for DUI & aggravated assault w/ a weapon who is believed to have entered the U.S. illegally as a gotaway in 2019.
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*looks around for shocked face*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Rln0i)

203 Solved crime

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (j6dNk)

204 >>> I think that 1950s America could resist Islam easily.

For starters, you could order guns in Sears catalogs, every high school had a shooting club, and pickup trucks in the HS parking lot had a shotgun in the back window. Supposedly.

As the meme goes, my generation doesn't even realize what was stolen from us.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Eng1Z)

205 91 Dude's been here since 2019, but no speaka da English?
Posted by: Duncanthrax


Friend of my mom's had a patient who had been living in the US for over 20 years and didn't speak English.

This friend came from Peru with her husband and their two children, fought like hell to become Americans and learned English through immersion. She was not very kind to that woman when she heard that.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (/k3in)

206 Between California destroying its utility companies and New York allowing God's mistakes back on the street, corporate America's gonna take a real close look at South Dakota.

Corporate America is still largely pushing this. Just go into the spending of any company large enough to do "philanthropy".

If anything turns Texas blue, it'll be the corporate exodus.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (ZEFzw)

207 Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Cqx++)

208 175 "According to police, the victim and suspect were known to each other. . . . . Dias allegedly said she was at his house and they were doing drugs when they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex and she did not not."

Why am I not surprised? Ladies, please for the love of all that is right and good, stop shacking up with degenerate illegal aliens who can't speak English. Your lives may depend on it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

But what they REALLY want is a nice guy.

Posted by: All these daft trouts at September 01, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

209 Who among us hasn't strangled a woman to death "by mistake"?

It happens all the time, you racists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:01 PM (c+HDg)

210 I once saw a photo of a mural of an abstract family, even more abstract than the usual decals on the back of SUVs. Man, woman (in burka), two children. The man is holding an umbrella that reportedly says 'Sharia' in Arabic script, and it is shielding his family from a sinister rainbow pouring from the sky. (I forget what the caption said for location, maybe the UAE.)

And I think there are white men who will seriously consider converting, if Christianity fails to be sufficiently muscular in its defense of the family.
Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (ke3zm)




Sharia protects them from the onslaught of homosexuality by killing them. The umbrella prevents them from getting crushed from above by the bodies chucked from rooftops.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (ccf/V)

211 Brazilian is more than just a hairstyle.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher
------

No need to wax rhapsodic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:54 PM (XeU6L)

Don't get nutty.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (wVcYX)

212
As the meme goes, my generation doesn't even realize what was stolen from us.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Eng1Z)

My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (z2Bza)

213 > Golly, its almost as if we're not a very serious society these days.

It's Mass. They don't count.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (mkw2N)

214 He didn't strangle strangle.

Posted by: Whoopi at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2Ez/1)

215 I think we need to take a lesson from woah fat over in N Korea and start executing criminal illegals with artillery cannons.
Posted by: Berserker
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The Brits did that in India, aka, 'Rent asunder'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

216 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.

Then you have a 1 in 12 chance of success.
Posted by: Roy

***

Trixie, my sophomore year in college. Best piece I ever had.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2WIwB)

217 My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.

Thank the first Amnesty. Thank Ronnie.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (ZEFzw)

218
Probably not getting released, but he's also not getting turned over to ICE
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)



I mean, it's not like NYC has a history of putting murderers back on the streets or anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (ccf/V)

219 I think that 1950s America could resist Islam easily.

2020s America? Not so much.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
---

The most leftist Democrat in office would not have allowed the open border or an Islamist in the country.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (WXr4y)

220 > pickup trucks in the HS parking lot had a shotgun in the back window. Supposedly.

There's no supposedly about it. That was still the case when I was in high school, a lot more recently than the 1950s.

Often a shotgun and a rifle, 'cause you never knew what kind of food was going to make itself known on your daily commute.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (c+HDg)

221 My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.
----

Early 80s in Oklahoma.

Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (TN0g+)

222 We really need to have to make failure to enforce previous crime convictions a charge on the officials involved if they do more crimes.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (uhVAy)

223
Thank the first Amnesty. Thank Ronnie.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (ZEFzw)



Reagan had a deal with the Democrats. He f*cked up. He trusted them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ccf/V)

224 But what they REALLY want is a nice guy.
Posted by: All these daft trouts at September 01, 2026 02:01 PM


Ahem.

6-6-6-6

Posted by: What's Really Important at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)

225 Feminists: We have to teach men to stop raping!

Also feminists: You can't judge immigrants if they don't understand our sexual mores that would be racist

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

226
The real six six six that women want:

Six catch and releases
Six Tren de Aragua tattoos
Six sombreros

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (j6dNk)

227
Early 80s in Oklahoma.
Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 02:03 PM (TN0g+)



Still in the windows of pickups when I graduated in 90 in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ccf/V)

228 Pisces are the best lovers. This is known.
-----

Sounds fishy to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Not gonna take the easy "smells" joke.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:05 PM (U0c5a)

229 He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.
----

So let me get this straight--you can ask the doctor who's 30 minutes away from delivering your baby to *instead* abort it without fault...BUT....you'll get charged if are found in possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card???

Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (TN0g+)

230 Still in the windows of pickups when I graduated in 90 in Texas.

Late 80s in Rural Indiana.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ZEFzw)

231 I learned it from you, Dad!

Posted by: Hunter Biden's bastard Portuguese son at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XnGK2)

232 Hello, Police. I'd like to report an accidental killing. I wanted chicken for dinner, and my wife wanted a kale salad. Huh? Yes...I'll hold.

(Ray Coniff music)

Oh, you're back. What? No, no, just kale and I think croutons. No ...no meat. Yeah, that's what I said. Chicken would be great on a salad. It's real food, but she wasn't having it. Huh? (laughing on the line) Where's the body now? Oh, well, my neighbor has it.

(silence)

Well, how do I explain this? My neighbor is a short Ewok looking guy who always drives a Vespa. He was trying to train these neighborhood crows, so he asked if he could have it....

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (dIske)

233 "For starters, you could order guns in Sears catalogs, every high school had a shooting club, and pickup trucks in the HS parking lot had a shotgun in the back window. Supposedly.

As the meme goes, my generation doesn't even realize what was stolen from us.

Posted by: LizLem"


Wait until they find out things like kids could ride a bike without bike helmets and bounce around in the back seat of the car. And believe it or not everybody lived to tell about it.

Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (GUOwU)

234 I graduated in rural PA in the early 90"s. Could have started war with the guns in the student parking lot.

0 issues or problems.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (u9Xr5)

235 We lived in a better country when we restricted all immigration, institutionalized the insane, lobotomized the criminally insane, and sterilized imbeciles.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (qwx/I)

Agree 100%

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (g8Ew8)

236 I think that 1950s America could resist Islam easily.

For starters, you could order guns in Sears catalogs,
------

Milsurp M1 Carbine at Sears, $50.00

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)

237 My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.
----

Early 80s in Oklahoma.
Posted by: Crusader


And Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (U0c5a)

238 He's a-nice-a boy. He's a-strangle the crack whore, but he's a-nice-a boy.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (bX16E)

239 My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.


Same in Washington. Hell, during hunting season, we'd get together over lunch and talk hunting, guns, and places to go. Teachers included. High school was about 45 minutes from some decent hunting areas. Good times.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2WIwB)

240 Not unless there's a zombie apocalypse before then.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (9Q+nP)


Speaking of zombie apocalypses...

We saw "Colony" over the weekend.

It's an excellent zombie movie from the same guy who wrote and directed "Train From Busan".

Fun, exciting horror/action movie. Great twists and changes on the usual zombie memes. Solid script, great directing, great acting.

It's a Korean movie so no DEI or sucker punches.

Great fun, summer entertainment. Worth seeing on the big screen.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (iJfKG)

241 But what they REALLY want is a nice guy.

Only after they stop being a train station and they want a financially stable man to pick up the check.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (/k3in)

242 Portuguese for no sounds like english no so he knew what she was saying...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

243 230 Still in the windows of pickups when I graduated in 90 in Texas.

Late 80s in Rural Indiana.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ZEFzw)

I see why they don't allow it now.... Guns have gone rogue... They go around shooting people all on their own.. Ask Fat Man in Chicago...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (+gK6I)

244 Wait until they find out things like kids could ride a bike without bike helmets and bounce around in the back seat of the car. And believe it or not everybody lived to tell about it.
Posted by: Ripley


Now do the bed of a pickup truck.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (U0c5a)

245 Not gonna take the easy "smells" joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:05 PM


Where's rickb223, and what have you done with him ???

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 02:08 PM (0sNs1)

246 226
The real six six six that women want:

Six catch and releases
Six Tren de Aragua tattoos
Six sombreros
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (j6dNk)

Six violent felonies
Six drug connections
Six baby mamas

Posted by: Such nice guys at September 01, 2026 02:08 PM (TbWk/)

247 1/3 of all REPORTED crime.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (BKQOu)

Note that the "doing illegal drugs" and possibly "procuring illegal drugs" aren't crimes here that anyone is going to count or charge.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:08 PM (uhVAy)

248 > bounce around in the back seat of the car.
Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM
(GUOwU)

Coaches could load up a whole kid's sports team in the back of a pickup truck, no restraints of any kind.

They'd throw you UNDER the jail for that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:08 PM (c+HDg)

249 My husband and my cousins and brothers left their rifles/shotguns in their trucks in the school parking lots in the late 70s. In California.


Same in Washington. Hell, during hunting season, we'd get together over lunch and talk hunting, guns, and places to go. Teachers included. High school was about 45 minutes from some decent hunting areas. Good times.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Very true in rural SC. I never, never , heard anyone talk about shooting another person.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:09 PM (XeU6L)

250 Reagan had a deal with the Democrats.

To their credit, they did not try to assassinate him again.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2026 02:09 PM (E/qck)

251 Wait until they find out things like kids could ride a bike without bike helmets and bounce around in the back seat of the car. And believe it or not everybody lived to tell about it.
Posted by: Ripley


Now do the bed of a pickup truck.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (U0c5a)

Now do the bed of a pickup truck on a huge unstable mound of newspapers and magazines on 'paper drives'

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:09 PM (uhVAy)

252 Note that the "doing illegal drugs" and possibly "procuring illegal drugs" aren't crimes here that anyone is going to count or charge.

Guess she didn't understand at first when he said he wanted a little crack from her...

Posted by: Obligatory at September 01, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

253 > . They go around shooting people all on their own..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 02:07 PM (+gK6I)

The gun "just went off" is nearly as risible as "strangled her by mistake".

Back in the '80s we had a guy here in Anchorage who, according to his attorney, shot his girlfriend by accident.

Nine times.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:10 PM (c+HDg)

254 Coaches could load up a whole kid's sports team in the back of a pickup truck, no restraints of any kind.

They'd throw you UNDER the jail for that nowadays.


Yep any of those Clancy supporters would lock you up and throw out they key for endangering those kids...

Posted by: Obligatory at September 01, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

255 Sexual rejection. Don't it make my brown balls blue.

Posted by: Flavio Dias at September 01, 2026 02:10 PM (wVcYX)

256 >>200 You-Know-Who falls under the Sun sign of Taurus, with Leo as his Ascendant, Capricorn as his Moon sign, and Gemini as his Black Moon Lilith sign.

You musclin' in on my bidness?

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 02:11 PM (NcvvS)

257 Same in Washington.

Another state dominated, if not by a city, by a region. Seattle is ... well ... special. The most passive-aggressive people I've ever seen as a uniform culture not Indian.

Yet go two hours in North or East. As redneck as anywhere else.

That little strip on the Pacific should go their own way. And everybody else should go another. They'd both be happier.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:11 PM (ZEFzw)

258 ------

Milsurp M1 Carbine at Sears, $50.00

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)
---

Walgreen's, downtown, had a stack of Garands for sale.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:11 PM (WXr4y)

259 Back in the '80s we had a guy here in Anchorage who, according to his attorney, shot his girlfriend by accident.

Nine times.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
----

Must have been one of those full-auto Glocks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:11 PM (XeU6L)

260 ¿Come se dice ?
biotch give it up

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (/+uur)

261 Another state dominated, if not by a city, by a region. Seattle is ... well ... special. The most passive-aggressive people I've ever seen as a uniform culture not Indian.

Try NH...you won't see a Dem sign outside of the cities. Somehow the votes always come up 51% donk though...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

262
Six violent felonies
Six drug connections
Six baby mamas


Five golden rings...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (Cqx++)

263 uhhh that spicy torta we were joking about this morning ... murdered a young lady - an exec at Bank of America

I had no idea JESUS

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (j+aD2)

264 Milsurp M1 Carbine at Sears, $50.00

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)
---

Walgreen's, downtown, had a stack of Garands for sale.

Posted by: Braenyard
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WTF was wrong with me that didn't buy something...many somethings?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (XeU6L)

265 2. Yeah. I'm a Scorpio. A pitiful example of a Scorpio. 63 yrs old and haven't killed one person.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 01:47 PM (U0c5a)
=====
Same here, but I am 66 and no human kills. . . . .so far.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (JNTt1)

266 I recently saw two couples in their 20s in a restaurant. The males looked kinda sorta middle Eastern. The females were white bread white.
The two females were wearing headscarves. Not hijabs or niquabs, but headscarves that completely covered their hair and wrapped around their face. They also wore some thin flowing garments over western clothing. They weren't overweight and each had a pretty face.
The males wore jeans and western culture shirts.
I watched the couples the entire time I was there. The guys talked with each other, and the females chatted, twittered and giggled like any twenty somethings would do.
But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (2Ez/1)

267 "Flavio Dias" sounds like a catch phrase for a Mexican restaurant.

Flavio dias, amigo!


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (c+HDg)

268 Try NH...you won't see a Dem sign outside of the cities. Somehow the votes always come up 51% donk though...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

Vote fraud in the cities and university towns. Endemic.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)

269 Coaches could load up a whole kid's sports team in the back of a pickup truck, no restraints of any kind.

Sounds like PTA Drag Queen Gay Bobs Storytime Hours and Heavy Petting Zoo

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (/+uur)

270 261 Another state dominated, if not by a city, by a region. Seattle is ... well ... special. The most passive-aggressive people I've ever seen as a uniform culture not Indian.

Try NH...you won't see a Dem sign outside of the cities. Somehow the votes always come up 51% donk though...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

========

Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.

Blue wave, guys.

Blue wave.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:14 PM (BKQOu)

271 I assume a lady named "Brianna Connolly" doesn't speak Portuguese.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

If he’s been here since 2019 he knows enough English to talk about drugs and getting high with her in her house.

These foreigners who commit crimes love to play stupid when it helps them, it also forces the cops to provide translators which just makes everything take twice as long.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:14 PM (6ydKt)

272 Nine times.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I don't remember him being sick nine times.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 02:14 PM (j6dNk)

273 "Coaches could load up a whole kid's sports team in the back of a pickup truck, no restraints of any kind.

They'd throw you UNDER the jail for that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia"?

About 4 years ago I was driving with top off my jeep on a wild country road and let my son and his friend stand up in back seat. Hidden cop pulled me over, gave me two ticks and a little lecture about safety blah, blah, blah... I was tempted to tell the young, eager officer about how it was before he was even born and this was a big nothing. Had to hold my tongue to avoid trouble.

Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)

274
Now do the bed of a pickup truck on a huge unstable mound of newspapers and magazines on 'paper drives'
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:09 PM (uhVAy)

Oh I can totally see this comment and I lived it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:15 PM (z2Bza)

275 > Now do the bed of a pickup truck.

When my dad's feeling morose, he starts telling dark stories. One of them is the time he saw a truck filled with kids in the bed flip over. The people in the cab survived. The kids were in pieces.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 01, 2026 02:15 PM (mkw2N)

276 But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen?

Because a non trivial number of women want something like this. I'm going to assume those guys had some money and some Testosterone unlike the soibois the girls normally interact with.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

277 For starters, you could order guns in Sears catalogs,
------

Milsurp M1 Carbine at Sears, $50.00
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)

M1 Garands for $35. Lee Enfields for $13. German Mausers $15.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (g8Ew8)

278 > he knows enough English

Why is an illegal alien like a cue ball?

The harder you hit it, the more English you get out of it.

Posted by: Racist Joke of the Day at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (c+HDg)

279 Try NH...you won't see a Dem sign outside of the cities. Somehow the votes always come up 51% donk though...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)


Maine. Worked a few of those towns. They check you out for a couple days, before they warm up and tell you about how of this is complete bullshit and wanna' have a beer ?

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (ZEFzw)

280 WTF was wrong with me that didn't buy something...many somethings?
---

No one ever dreamed America would come to this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (WXr4y)

281 Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.

Pappas is another one of those guys that plays at being a moderate while voting lock step with the DSA types.

Of course Sununu is something of a GOPer...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

282 My high school had/still has a rifle range in the basement. I doubt they use it any more, but my brother qualified at that range, in class.

The irrational fear of guns is the downfall of society.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (dEHLq)

283 >>>>200 You-Know-Who falls under the Sun sign of Taurus, with Leo as his Ascendant, Capricorn as his Moon sign, and Gemini as his Black Moon Lilith sign.

>>You musclin' in on my bidness?

For me, Sun sign Libra, Virgo Ascendant, Aries Moon. Born under a Full Moon. No real excess of hair at those times, though. No worries, Warren.

Posted by: Lunatic Astrologer at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (NcvvS)

284 Milsurp M1 Carbine at Sears, $50.00
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)

M1 Garands for $35. Lee Enfields for $13. German Mausers $15.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM


Those were the days, my friend.
We thought they'd never end.
They'd last forever and a day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (0sNs1)

285 I recently saw two couples in their 20s in a restaurant. The males looked kinda sorta middle Eastern. The females were white bread white.
The two females were wearing headscarves. Not hijabs or niquabs, but headscarves that completely covered their hair and wrapped around their face. They also wore some thin flowing garments over western clothing. They weren't overweight and each had a pretty face.
The males wore jeans and western culture shirts.
I watched the couples the entire time I was there. The guys talked with each other, and the females chatted, twittered and giggled like any twenty somethings would do.
But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 02:13 PM (2Ez/1)
_________

They wear the burka so they don't have to wear the handmaiden outfits

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)

286 Back in the '80s we had a guy here in Anchorage who, according to his attorney, shot his girlfriend by accident.

Nine times.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

It’s possible he did shoot her accidentally the first time, and after she was dead he figured “Why not? The bitch won’t feel it anyway.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (6ydKt)

287 Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.

Pappas is another one of those guys that plays at being a moderate while voting lock step with the DSA types.

Of course Sununu is something of a GOPer...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

He isn't at the head of the line for treason that I can recall. This might change when those ahead of him get struck down, but hopefully we have a bigger cushion.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)

288 But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty
--

Set apart virtue mated with a false sense of security.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (WXr4y)

289 279 Try NH...you won't see a Dem sign outside of the cities. Somehow the votes always come up 51% donk though...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)
________________________________

NH reworked their election rules just before the 2024 General election (and they weren't applied in 2024), but they will be applied for the midterms to the GOP's favor. No more bus loads of Massholes coming up on election day to register and vote.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (dIske)

290 281 Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.

Pappas is another one of those guys that plays at being a moderate while voting lock step with the DSA types.

Of course Sununu is something of a GOPer...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

========

Probably a step up from Tillis, Cornyn, Cassidy, and Mitch. Maybe on equal to Ernst who keeps her antagonism behind closed doors, but does have the antagonism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (BKQOu)

291 I was born under a bad sign.

Posted by: Albert King at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (XnGK2)

292 "Coaches could load up a whole kid's sports team in the back of a pickup truck, no restraints of any kind."

To be fair, we've made a lot of progress in the USA over decades on highway safety. Your pickup driver might be the best driver evah, but some other asshole can easily crash into him. It's probably better not to transport kid's sports teams that way any more. Some few laws do make some sense.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

293 The irrational fear of guns is the downfall of society.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (dEHLq)
___

In His infinite Mercy, some of us live in enclaves where there is no such fear, irrational or otherwise.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Rln0i)

294 285 They wear the burka so they don't have to wear the handmaiden outfits

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)

=======

That's a good bon mot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:20 PM (BKQOu)

295 Back in the '80s we had a guy here in Anchorage who, according to his attorney, shot his girlfriend by accident.

Nine times.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

It’s possible he did shoot her accidentally the first time, and after she was dead he figured “Why not? The bitch won’t feel it anyway.”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:18 PM (6ydKt)

How many times did he miss? If there were, say, 50 shots fired 9 hits might be considered accidental.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:20 PM (uhVAy)

296 How do you say Gooder and Harder in Portuguese

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:20 PM (6bj4g)

297 But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen?
______

Fighting the patriarchy!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (VaC8w)

298 Now do the bed of a pickup truck on a huge unstable mound of newspapers and magazines on 'paper drives'
Posted by: Oldcat


Stacked hay wagons thru town. All the kids laid out on the top.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (U0c5a)

299 Breaking911
@Breaking911

The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
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Good luck getting home safe from the game, missy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (RIvkX)

300 Wait until they find out things like kids could ride a bike without bike helmets and bounce around in the back seat of the car. And believe it or not everybody lived to tell about it.
Posted by: Ripley at September 01, 2026 02:06 PM


*raises glass of hot hose water*

Cheers!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (9Q+nP)

301 290 281 Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.
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Yeah, let's talk about polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 01, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

302 How do you say Gooder and Harder in Portuguese
Posted by: 496


Melhor e mais dificil

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:22 PM (U0c5a)

303 299 Breaking911
@Breaking911

The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
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Yikes! We're talking about a fanbase that throws ice and snow at Santa Claus because he was holding up the game.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:23 PM (dIske)

304
The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026


Do they still wear those cute little skirts?

Uh, asking for a friend

Posted by: David French at September 01, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

305 301 290 281 Most recent poll of the NH senate race showed Sununu winning over Pappas.
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Yeah, let's talk about polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 01, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

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Her polls vastly overcounted white college educated voters and vastly undercounted white non-college educated voters.

But, I'm sure it's the only one doing that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 02:23 PM (BKQOu)

306 Pappas is another one of those guys that plays at being a moderate while voting lock step with the DSA types.

Of course Sununu is something of a GOPer...
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European style politics. A left-of-center candidate versus a slightly-right-of-left-of-center candidate.Status quo uber alles.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 02:24 PM (VaC8w)

307 Do they still wear those cute little skirts?

Uh, asking for a friend
Posted by: David French


No, their balls keep showing

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:24 PM (U0c5a)

308 But I kept asking myself why were they willing to subject themselves to this seventh century dress code that screams Second Class Citizen"

Beats me.

/wait for it

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 02:24 PM (XuXeR)

309 The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
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Good luck getting home safe from the game, missy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (RIvkX)

Someone has to fling the girls up 20 foot high if they do stunts. There's a pretty good stunt channel on YT where you can watch a young lady get launched and sometimes come very close to landing on her head, giggling all the while.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

310 Do they still wear those cute little skirts?

Uh, asking for a friend
Posted by: David French


No, their balls keep showing


I'll be in my bunk!

Posted by: David French at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

311 On the first day of deport the ICE man gave to me
A Mexican hiding in a tree

On the second day of deport the ICE man gave to me
Two Guatemalans and a Mexican hiding in a tree


On the third day of deport the ICE man gave to me
Three Salvadorans, two Guatemalans, and a Mexican hiding in a tree

On the fourth day of deport the ICE man gave to me
Four Thailand trannies, three Salvadorans, two Guatemalans, and a Mexican hiding in a tree

On the fifth day of deport the ICE man gave to me
Five. Cocaine. Mules. Four Thailand trannies, three Salvadorans, two Guatemalans, and a Mexican hiding in a tree



Posted by: Racist Joke of the Day at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (c+HDg)

312 The irrational fear of guns is the downfall of society.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (dEHLq)
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In His infinite Mercy, some of us live in enclaves where there is no such fear, irrational or otherwise.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Rln0i)


Most dangerous tool in my house isn't ANY of my guns.

Its my 12" sliding compound miter saw. I'm nervous every-time I use it. And I refuse to use a chain-saw.

Also a little sketch, now and then, depending on the Port-A-Band cut.

Every gun I own, by comparison, is pretty damn easy. Not joking.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (ZEFzw)

313 The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026


Aren't the Eagles the team who came up with the "Tush Push" play?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (0sNs1)

314 Breaking911
@Breaking911

The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
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Good luck getting home safe from the game, missy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:21 PM (RIvkX)
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The dumbest thing about that isn't that they have male cheerleaders doing what male cheerleaders do at those cheer competitions. You know, throwing girls in the air, doing feats of strength, etc. That's kinda cool and requires real athleticism.

Nah. The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

315
She murdered three people. Life without parole is appropriate.

Are there extenuating circumstances to reduce the sentence? No. Quite the opposite, in point of fact. She murdered her own children, and not in some sneaky way where they wouldn't know what happened. One in front of the next.

This should have been done in 15 minutes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (BI5O2)

316 Dias just wanted to pick lettuce and peppers and cilantro for the local farmers market. Salt of the earth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Ujrb8)

317
Gen pop. Funny how there was a rumor going around that he was a kiddie rapist who hated black and white people both so much that he was snitching to the warden about who was smuggling drugs into the prison.

Shame how someone shanked him.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (y9nCu)

318 OTOH, George W. Bush was a cheerleader at Yale University during his undergraduate years.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

319 >>> Reagan had a deal with the Democrats. He f*cked up. He trusted them.

This also applies to Reagan trusting Fauci on the HHS policies on AIDS. And Fauci not approving alternate AIDS drugs so he could line his pocket with the federally approved one.

We finally know how bad all this rot was, decades too late, almost too late to do anything about it.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Eng1Z)

320 The irrational fear of guns is the downfall of society.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:17 PM (dEHLq)

We had Hunter’s Education as semester long elective class at my middle school.

Learned about different types of rifles and guns in detail. Learned about handling firearms safely and hunting safety. By the end you could get your hunting license if you wanted. I’d say in the class of thirty that about a third were girls.

It finished up with skeet shooting at a range nearby.

I doubt they still have that class even here in SC.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (6ydKt)

321 Oh he'll get plenty of nude pictures, graphically sexual letters and pictures and offers of marriage I'm sure.
Posted by: Hybristophilia ain't just a river in Egypt

I sent him mine already! I've got something all those other bitches don't...an intimate knowledge of how to please a man!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (t19vo)

322 And the woke women in Ceuta waving in the swarthy illegal men who will try to rape them.

It's the AWFL Master Plan:
1) Make all the men in your own country whimpering betas under the guise of stopping "toxic masculinity".
2) Betas don't make your cooter vibrate like minotaurs do.
3) Muslims, minotaurs, close enough.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

323 These foreigners who commit crimes love to play stupid when it helps them

Had a buddy who worked security for Target. He loved it when the Vietnamese kids tried stealing. He'd let them protest "I no speak English" for a few minutes before he would say "Do you understand me now?" in Vietnamese.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (/k3in)

324 "I refuse to use a chain-saw."

Me too. I know my limitations.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

325 We had Hunter’s Education as semester long elective class at my middle school.

Did that cover the laptop? Or smoking parmesan?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

326 If the Eagles have male cheerleaders it won't be long until the Eagles fans start hitting them with batteries (see Santa Claus)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (rNkEQ)

327 > 2) Betas don't make your cooter vibrate like minotaurs do.

"Tied Up and Spanked by a Billionaire Werewolf: a novel"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:28 PM (c+HDg)

328 >>> To be fair, we've made a lot of progress in the USA over decades on highway safety. Your pickup driver might be the best driver evah, but some other asshole can easily crash into him. It's probably better not to transport kid's sports teams that way any more. Some few laws do make some sense.

Mansfield bar was a good invention, sad why it had to be invented. RIP Jayne Mansfield.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Eng1Z)

329 Someone has to fling the girls up 20 foot high if they do stunts. There's a pretty good stunt channel on YT where you can watch a young lady get launched and sometimes come very close to landing on her head, giggling all the while.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)
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That's the good kind of male cheerleader.

Not what we're talking about. This dude has pom-poms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:29 PM (RIvkX)

330 Most dangerous tool in my house isn't ANY of my guns.

Its my 12" sliding compound miter saw. I'm nervous every-time I use it. And I refuse to use a chain-saw.
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The only saw I'm not nervous around...is a M249.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Rln0i)

331 I'll make Flavio wait a bit. Tease him, even. It's will make the sex all the more passionate and intense.

Quite unlike the mild, overly gentle, fumbling encounter I had that one night with Todd from Accounting.

Posted by: 33-year-old Brianna Connolly at September 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wVcYX)

332 Hold it...what about the cusps?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)
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Ask a female friend of yours about the cusp sizes. . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 01, 2026 02:29 PM (JNTt1)

333 George W. Bush was a cheerleader at Yale University during his undergraduate years."

Rah,rah,sis boom bah!

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 02:30 PM (XuXeR)

334 The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
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Yikes! We're talking about a fanbase that throws ice and snow at Santa Claus because he was holding up the game.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:23 PM (dIske)

Batteries.

They threw batteries at Santa.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:30 PM (PGK1w)

335 325 We had Hunter’s Education as semester long elective class at my middle school.

Did that cover the laptop? Or smoking parmesan?
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

Or the whoring? Wait, that would be health class.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (N39Ws)

336 Someone has to fling the girls up 20 foot high if they do stunts. There's a pretty good stunt channel on YT where you can watch a young lady get launched and sometimes come very close to landing on her head, giggling all the while.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

Nope.

That's not what these dudes are doing. They're twerking and grinding, just like the girls. In solo acts!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (PGK1w)

337 And I think there are white men who will seriously consider converting, if Christianity fails to be sufficiently muscular in its defense of the family.
Posted by: SciVo


That would certainly be one way of finding out who is an ignorant fool with sub-moronic IQ and no knowledge of history and likes to shoot himself and hie country in the foot.

You could probably also find this out by seeing if he responds to an email from Nigerian prince with $300 million dollars that needs to be parked in a non-Nigerian country.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (vJrRc)

338 It's true that there have always been male cheerleaders for throwing the girlies up in the air, being the bottom level of a giant pyramid, and similar things.

However, this guy (actual Philadelphia Eagles "cheerleader"):

https://tinyurl.com/4r7zfrs5

Isn't going to be throwing anyone or anything in the air.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (c+HDg)

339 When I lived in Philly I was told the police had a station, jail, and courthouse at the Vet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (RIvkX)

340 There's a couple of channels where a nebbishy white guy gets on channels with foreign girls or goes to a ethnic restaurant or nail salon then slowly reveals he's totally fluent in their language.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)

341 "They threw batteries at Santa."

So Santa can deliver more toys with batteries pre-installed.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

342 "I refuse to use a chain-saw."

Me too. I know my limitations.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (Jr5Lq)


Anybody here that ever says they've never had one "kick back" on them is a liar. And there is no way to practically use that damn thing without "kick back" being on the table.

I'll limb trees now with a Sawz-All. Using about three cuts where one with a chain will do.

And I shit you not. If its off the ground ? Home Depot rents a lift for less than $100 a day. I'll do it all in a day.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (ZEFzw)

343 Batteries.

They threw batteries at Santa.


What an unfortunate thing to happen on dozen-egg night!

Posted by: Bob Costas at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (2ocoG)

344 Batteries.

They threw batteries at Santa.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:30 PM (PGK1w)
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I was at the game. Mostly chunks of ice. The batteries were going at the refs.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (dIske)

345 Are you not culturally enriched?

Posted by: M.D. Meridius (deceased) at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (HjX0A)

346 Oh I forgot…

My Hunter’s Education teacher was a short redneck gal who knew more about guns than Sam Colt.

One of the few classes I can remember details of from way back then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (6ydKt)

347 Someone has to fling the girls up 20 foot high if they do stunts. There's a pretty good stunt channel on YT where you can watch a young lady get launched and sometimes come very close to landing on her head, giggling all the while.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

Nope.

That's not what these dudes are doing. They're twerking and grinding, just like the girls. In solo acts!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider


Yeah. They're not doing the college stunts.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (U0c5a)

348 Batteries.
They threw batteries at Santa

Vibrating, Rested, and Ready!
*team colors, too!*

Posted by: Green Dildos at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (XnGK2)

349 And I think there are white men who will seriously consider converting, if Christianity fails to be sufficiently muscular in its defense of the family.

Now lets talk about Black Men. Lou Alcindor and Cassius Clay enter the chat.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (ZEFzw)

350 Hold it...what about the cusps?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM

They come in different sizes.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

351
It finished up with skeet shooting at a range nearby.

I doubt they still have that class even here in SC.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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My lovely 10th grade female English teacher was also a state champ skeet shooter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

352 They threw batteries at Santa.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:30 PM (PGK1w)
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I was at the game. Mostly chunks of ice. The batteries were going at the refs.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 02:32 PM (dIske)

Somehow, that actually makes me feel better about that whole incident...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (PGK1w)

353 338 It's true that there have always been male cheerleaders for throwing the girlies up in the air, being the bottom level of a giant pyramid, and similar things.

However, this guy (actual Philadelphia Eagles "cheerleader"):

https://tinyurl.com/4r7zfrs5

Isn't going to be throwing anyone or anything in the air.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:31 PM (c+HDg)

Looks more like a "catcher" to me.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

354 Did that cover the laptop? Or smoking parmesan?
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

Blowing shotguns.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (6ydKt)

355
Nah. The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

That's an apt description of the cheerleader in question.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (z2Bza)

356 Someday, and it might be sooner than one thinks...a relative of one of these murdered victims is gonna take out their rage on a politician/judge who kept said murderer out of jail. it will be glorious. I hope it's on live TV.

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (eRgLv)

357 My lovely 10th grade female English teacher was also a state champ skeet shooter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

If she had the rifle by her desk that would calm down an unruly classroom.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (uhVAy)

358 The batteries were going at the refs.


ECW! ECW!

Posted by: Jetto at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (HjX0A)

359 You know, if this Clancy woman is smart, once she gets off, she should turn this into a business opportunity. She could go into business doing 'Really Late Term Abortions'; she'd have to set rules; she'll only chase them up to a quarter mile or something.

Posted by: Nelly at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (6+ehB)

360 > Looks more like a "catcher" to me.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

It's strange but true that you can tell that a guy is gay just by the way he smiles.

And that guy is WAY gay.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (c+HDg)

361 That would certainly be one way of finding out who is an ignorant fool with sub-moronic IQ and no knowledge of history and likes to shoot himself and hie country in the foot.

Woke Christianity: White men are the devil. Eat bugs. Sex with women is bad, listening to and acknowledging women are your betters is good.

Islam: Arabs are a bit better then others but hey anyone is welcome. Eat anything other then pork. Not only is sex with women good you can have up to 4 wives and as many sex slaves as you want. And if they get mouthy Allah tells you to put them in their place.

Plenty of shallow thinkers are going to sign up for the latter if they see those are their only two choices.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)

362 That's an apt description of the cheerleader in question.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (z2Bza)

yeah he's right out of 'in living color'

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

363 357 My lovely 10th grade female English teacher was also a state champ skeet shooter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

If she had the rifle by her desk that would calm down an unruly classroom.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (uhVAy)

Yeah, but we never saw that poor kid nicknamed Skeeter again...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)

364 There's a couple of channels where a nebbishy white guy gets on channels with foreign girls or goes to a ethnic restaurant or nail salon then slowly reveals he's totally fluent in their language.
Posted by: Oldcat


Xiomanyc. Speaks a bunch of different languages from all over the world.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (U0c5a)

365 >>>That's not what these dudes are doing. They're twerking and grinding, just like the girls. In solo acts!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

>Any man who twerks is a homo. May I place a dollar in your g-string, big boy?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Ujrb8)

366 For starters, you could order guns in Sears catalogs,
M1 Garands for $35. Lee Enfields for $13. German Mausers $15
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That was a fair chunk of change in those days. That's why Lee Oswald bought an Italian Carcano, with scope and shipping included (to the fraudulently named PO Box) for about 20 bucks. He was poor.

Posted by: Educated Idiots at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (770hQ)

367 "(actual Philadelphia Eagles "cheerleader"):
https://tinyurl.com/4r7zfrs5"

That cannot appeal to anybody but gay men fans, IMHO. Maybe they figure that gay men are a substantial portion of their fan base. It's weird alright.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

368 > Looks more like a "catcher" to me.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

It's strange but true that you can tell that a guy is gay just by the way he smiles.

And that guy is WAY gay.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (c+HDg)

In that picture the lack of three dudes with pistols forcing him to do that tells you.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:37 PM (uhVAy)

369 >Any man who twerks is a homo

In nature it's called "presenting."

Posted by: Jetto at September 01, 2026 02:37 PM (HjX0A)

370 Wait until they find out things like kids could ride a bike without bike helmets and bounce around in the back seat of the car. And believe it or not everybody lived to tell about it.
Posted by: Ripley


Well... some of them slurred it, y'know, or didn't even remember it, because of the traumatic brain injury.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 01, 2026 02:37 PM (vJrRc)

371
188 The killer had a relationship with his victim. If he speaks only Portuguese, how did they communicate? I assume a lady named "Brianna Connolly" doesn't speak Portuguese.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM

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Grunts. Hand gestures. Point to stomach when hungry, point to boner when he wants some. Kind of like he did back home in Brazil.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 02:37 PM (azNOR)

372 > yeah he's right out of 'in living color'
Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

That guy is as gay as Liberace and Richard Simmons in a hot tub full of semen-flavored Jello.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 02:38 PM (c+HDg)

373 Can't touch this.

Posted by: Overly Flamboyant Soccer Ref at September 01, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

374 Yeah, but we never saw that poor kid nicknamed Skeeter again...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)

That accident where a drawer got stuck and someone called out PULL! Horrible, but understandable.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

375 And being gotaway suggests that he was avoiding the law, which means that he is wanted in Brazil for crimes too.

Posted by: Random PJ at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (+jscL)

376
The only saw I'm not nervous around...is a M249.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Rln0i)



I had a love-hate relationship with the early SAWs when brand new. Hated it when we did field exercises with blanks and MILES gear. It was a 16 lb singleshot belt-fed rifle. Run it wet, run it dry or anything in between, dirty clean, didn't matter. *pop* rack charging handle *pop* rack charging handle and call it bad names. At JRTC (Ft Chaffee, before they moved it to Polk) I once got it to fire three blanks in a row... I was like a SAW God.

Live fire exercises though... you gotta love any weapon where the Army teaches you to time the bursts by reciting "DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (y9nCu)

377 The teacher shot well.
I can’t remember my skeet count exactly but I know I got several.

I was better at skeets that day than I was at targets going to turkey shoots for a few years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

378 @Breaking911

The Philadelphia Eagles now have male cheerleaders.
2:38 PM · Aug 31, 2026
______________________



Well, duh.

The NFL is still putting the woke BLM bullshit on the helmets and in end zones.

F*CK the NFL.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (ccf/V)

379 nood

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

380 188 The killer had a relationship with his victim. If he speaks only Portuguese, how did they communicate? I assume a lady named "Brianna Connolly" doesn't speak Portuguese.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:57 PM

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Grunts. Hand gestures. Point to stomach when hungry, point to boner when he wants some. Kind of like he did back home in Brazil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 01, 2026 02:37 PM (azNOR)

It's easy to do once you get the hang of it.

Posted by: Jimmy Castor Bunch at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (wVcYX)

381 > Maybe they figure that gay men are a substantial portion of their fan base.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

Well, I do think those spandex pants are simply marvelous, though I'd prefer some kind of chic chapeau to those gauche helmets.

Posted by: Gay Football Fan at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (c+HDg)

382 She could go into business doing 'Really Late Term Abortions'; she'd have to set rules; she'll only chase them up to a quarter mile or something.

She'd need an extra battery for her wheelchair to go that far.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (2ocoG)

383 That's just a manly straight heterosexual man out there wiggling and waving his pompoms. Like any of us do pretty much every day.

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (w7afp)

384 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ccf/V)

385 355
Nah. The Eagles got the gayest dude they could find in all of Philly and said "act like the gayest fairy that ever gayed." The Gay's routine is so comically gay it's like a parody of gayness from a 1980s comedy. Like that gay black dude in Revenge of the Nerds.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

That's an apt description of the cheerleader in question.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 02:34 PM (z2Bza)
dang, for a minute there I though y'all meant Timothy B. Schmit.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (LHPAg)

386 Semen retention will drive you insane.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 01, 2026 02:41 PM (mseD3)

387 That's just a manly straight heterosexual man out there wiggling and waving his pompoms. Like any of us do pretty much every day.
Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2026 02:40 PM (w7afp)

Wait till they increase the weights of the pom poms over time to drive the women out of the cheerleading business because they can't lift them.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)

388 Wait...

I'm a Gemini.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:43 PM (BKQOu)

Me too. Notice my handle? Bwahahahaha!!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 01, 2026 02:42 PM (hmYU4)

389 The teacher shot well.
I can’t remember my skeet count exactly but I know I got several.

I was better at skeets that day than I was at targets going to turkey shoots for a few years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

shooting them before launch doesn't count.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

390 375 And being gotaway suggests that he was avoiding the law, which means that he is wanted in Brazil for crimes too.
Posted by: Random PJ at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (+jscL)

He probably was wanted in Brazil.

I had a thought that it wasn’t too long ago when criminals in the U.S. could flee to Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and get lost there and never seen again because the police were all ineffective and corrupt.

For years criminals in Latin America booked it to El Norte for the same reasons.

I think Trump is ending that situation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 01, 2026 02:44 PM (6ydKt)

391 Live fire exercises though... you gotta love any weapon where the Army teaches you to time the bursts by reciting "DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2026 02:39 PM (y9nCu)
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LOL!

Yeah...live fire exercises were fun.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Rln0i)

392 There's a couple of channels where a nebbishy white guy gets on channels with foreign girls or goes to a ethnic restaurant or nail salon then slowly reveals he's totally fluent in their language.
Posted by: Oldcat


Xiomanyc. Speaks a bunch of different languages from all over the world.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 02:36 PM (U0c5a)
_________

I dated a girl from Kazakhstan once. She looked Chinese, like she was descended from Genghis Khan. But her first language was Russian. It was amusing to go to Russian restaurants and she would pretend not to understand what they were saying about her.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

393 You can't hold the guy responsible, I mean, hormones and I bet he didn't get the help he need from those at home, you know?

Posted by: JTWIG at September 01, 2026 02:52 PM (KQPbe)

Jury Deadlocked and Can't Decide if It's a Crime for a Mother to Murder Her Children

I'm half-joking with that headline because I know the issue is whether she is guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity. She did do some insane things --beyond bringing her children into the basement to strangle them one by one. She slashed her wrists and jumped out a window to kill herself or, perhaps, to pretend to kill herself.

On the other hand she both planned the crime -- googling how to murder children, and sending her husband out on an errand so she could kill them undisturbed -- and took actions after the murders to conceal them.

Just the News:


The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has ordered the jury to return to deliberations after it informed him that they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

"I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial," the judge said. "Because of this, I'm going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all the instructions that I gave you, to go out and continue your deliberations."



Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley


The Clancy jury has told the court that it is deadlocked. As expected, Judge Sullivan is now sending them back. That is a common response to push a jury further. Not surprising given the intense divisions in the country, the jury appears to be manifesting those same divisions...

...The prosecution finished strongly with a narrative that emphasized the timeline and the actions taken by Clancy to carry out the murders. Some jurors may find the "not guilty" part of a "by reason of insanity" verdict to be too high a hurdle, given the death of three young children by strangulation...


Legal insanity is -- or is supposed to be -- a difficult thing to prove. To be legally insane and not culpable of a crime, you have to be so disturbed that you cannot tell right from wrong. An age-old way of disproving such inability to tell right from wrong is to show the criminal planned the crime in secret and then took steps to cover it up.

So we may be talking about the unofficial, non-legal "definition" of insanity, which is just that the criminal has some mental illness and so poof, all culpability is out the window. Almost all killers have something wrong in their brains, from having no moral compass at all, to having low impulse control, to being actual psychopaths. This is not supposed to excuse them, but juries can be persuaded to ignore the law if they feel sympathy for the murderer.

Or murderess -- women get the benefit of this fake definition of insanity more than men do.

So what do you think: Mistrial where the jury never delivers a verdict, in which case we have to do this all again, or let off the hook on the fake definition of inanity? I doubt the jurors in favor of conviction can persuade the pro-Lindsay jurors to flip. As you know, she's become quite the Misunderstood Hero to some.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM




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1 Horrible

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 12:16 PM (zjgNU)

2 Tribalism is taking over.

I can only guess things will get a lot worse before they get better, IF they get better.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 12:17 PM (zjgNU)

3 Supposed I should nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 12:17 PM (zjgNU)

4 "Seriously, it's wrong to kill your kids. Did college not teach you that?"
-the three dudes on the jury

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:17 PM (BKQOu)

5 And back

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (zjgNU)

6 "Abortion will lead to women murdering toddlers."
"THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!"

Meanwhile...

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (/k3in)

7 This jury will hang which is too bad because it’s the murderess who should hang

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (sBAAu)

8
Or murderess -- women get the benefit of this fake definition of insanity more than men do.

_________

I thought it was "murderette".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:19 PM (wHs2E)

9 She likely had some insanity. But, as noted, she clearly knew what she was doing was wrong.

She should be hanged, but, of course, we are too civilized for that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 12:19 PM (zjgNU)

10 she should WANT to be hanged

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (j+aD2)

11 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (/k3in)

12 Whatever else is done to Clancy, she needs to be sterilized so she can't do it again. She can easily get pregnant in jail or in psych ward.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 11 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (/k3in)

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I mean...he's not wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (BKQOu)

14 Coming soon...Scott Peterson asks for a new trial

Posted by: Lex at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (+ScOG)

15
This jury will hang which is too bad because it’s the murderess who should hang
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (sBAAu)

__________

Heartless bastard. You must hate all women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (wHs2E)

16 I mean...he's not wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


I was waiting for "He's out of line but he's right."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:21 PM (/k3in)

17 11 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.


he came home to her lying in the front yard (after dangling herself and dropping and actually hurting herself more than she expected to).

he ASSUMED the kids were safely in the house. they were out there a while. waiting for the ambulance. for. her.

it was only later he went in (when the EMTs arrived) to check on the kids

That is an audio recording I suggest no one listens to.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (j+aD2)

18 We aren't going to make it.... as a society

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (/TiS1)

19 Insanity is all the feminists on TikTok trying to convince us that Lindsay isn't actually the killer. (Also Candace claiming it wasn't actually Tyler Robinson.)

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (/hk2L)

20 6 "Abortion will lead to women murdering toddlers."
"THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!"

Meanwhile...
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (/k3in)

In Massachusetts - where the Clancy trial is - they signed legislation permitting abortion up to the point of birth. That should tell you all you need to know about the jury pool.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (N39Ws)

21 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (/k3in)

I have read that the father stated he forgave her. What is wrong with him??? I could not forgive a person who murdered my children… and BTW she planned the whole thing so that he’d find the bodies. Grow a chest dude

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (sBAAu)

22 Jury Deadlocked and Can't Decide if It's a Crime for a Mother to Murder Her Children

40th trimester abortions should be safe, legal, and rare.

Posted by: planned parenthood at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (oY6Yp)

23
It's Massholechusetts. They're trying to convict Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (wHs2E)

24 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

25 remember the youngest wasn't dead. he hung on for several days.

IF she had told her husband to leave her and check the kids, or if he simply HAD done so, that baby might still be alive

but she milked her "victimhood" even then. bc she wanted those babies dead.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (j+aD2)

26 I don't think women are going to like what the future holds if this woman walks from murdering her children, strangling them while face down so she couldn't see the horror, the terror, on their little faces.

She had a conversation with her husband, then went back to killing them. She googled how to kill them weeks prior.

Personally, I think she needs to fry, but that's just me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Rln0i)

27 This is about certain people on the jury - certainly women - refusing to assign consequences to another woman.

That's it. End of story. Pack it up. We're done.

Remove the rule of law, and most men will hang another man for things like stealing a horse. Killing their own kin. On and on.

That's just not part of the female psyche.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ZEFzw)

28 Someone go check on Ace. That headline looks like a stroke may be occurring.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

29 "Seriously, it's wrong to kill your kids. Did college not teach you that?"
-the three dudes on the jury
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films


Speaking of tribalism...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (vJrRc)

30 Hung jury. I can't see those wanting to convict deciding "well, I guess it is excusable to plan and then kill your children if you're upset *enough*..." I would think those voting for insanity would be more persuadable, but if you're not already properly persuaded by a mother who planned and murdered her innocent young children, I think we need a trial for *you*...

Posted by: bearski at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Bhsk7)

31 I could see, say, Stephen Colbert held not guilty by reason of inanity.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (amcLV)

32 Absolutely pitiful.

She should fry.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (wtvvX)

33
She did do some insane things --

Some people did some insane things...

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

34 Clancy is evil. Andrea Yates is evil. That bitch up in NY who killed her two kids and was found not guilty because she is schizophrenic and stopped taking her meds and started smoking lots of weed is evil. The woman who shot her little boy in the face to keep him from his father is evil. I could go on.

Posted by: huerfano at September 01, 2026 12:24 PM (2Xqig)

35 21 I have read that the father stated he forgave her. What is wrong with him??? I could not forgive a person who murdered my children… and BTW she planned the whole thing so that he’d find the bodies. Grow a chest dude

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (sBAAu)

========

As a cuck, he knows that no other woman could love him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:24 PM (BKQOu)

36 As a cuck, he knows that no other woman could love him.

he is currently in a new relationship

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:25 PM (j+aD2)

37 The Blade, he saw this coming. Why? Very simple:

1. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. He would not shut up about what a "great mother" Lindsay was. Not joking. The woman murdered his kids and he was over-the-top sympathetic to her. I had little doubt that at least a few jurors would think "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't I?"

2. The crime was so heinous, so shocking to any rational-thinking person, that some people will look for ways to rationalize it. Otherwise, it's impossible to believe a mother could do this to her own kids. My dad (a defense lawyer) would say that sometimes it's easier to defend a truly horrific murder than a "normal" one.

3. Too many people think that a woman can't be blamed for anything, ever, no matter how heinous or evil or horrible or premeditated. It must always -- always -- be someone else's fault. I figured the odds were that at least one juror felt like this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

38 Oh, and top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:25 PM (ccf/V)

39
Hung jury

___________

The Paolo, how you say, wants to be judged by a jury of his peers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:25 PM (wHs2E)

40 We aren't going to make it.... as a society.

As currently constructed en masse ? No, we will not. Not Western Civ by any means. And not even America from coast to coast.

Step One is to dissolve back into our individual tribes. After that ? Some will survive. Others will not.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:25 PM (ZEFzw)

41 35
As a cuck, he knows that no other woman could love him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:24 PM (BKQOu)

He's remarried. Living up in the NYC area. Wife is a medical doctor of some sort, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (N39Ws)

42 When the trial concluded and I heard that the jury was 9 women and 3 men, I knew that it was going to be a hung jury. All that is needed is one woman with suicidal empathy and there might be more than one. I highly doubt that any of the men might have gone there.

Just my highly sexist guess.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (oiNtH)

43 When I see a body count in meatspace, it's absolutely criminal after the first corpse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (Ujrb8)

44 I'm in the "mistrial" camp.

I think the jury will be so deadlocked because of a couple of Lindsay sympathizers they will never reach a unanimous verdict.

May have to get a change of venue in order to find a more neutral jury.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (FZ29D)

45 28 Someone go check on Ace. That headline looks like a stroke may be occurring.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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Hoping it's more a case of shaking with emotion than that. This is among if not the most horrible American news stories in our lifetime IMO...

Posted by: bearski at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (Bhsk7)

46 Too many people think that a woman can't be blamed for anything, ever, no matter how heinous or evil or horrible or premeditated. It must always -- always -- be someone else's fault.

Ditto every other Democrat client group: blacks, trannies, Reddit moderators...

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (2ocoG)

47 I wonder how this would have played out if the Clancy woman was a Trump supporter or self identified as MAGA. Would she have had any supporters wearing pink, or red, or whatever?

Bet the jurors would have reached a verdict, however. And the judge none to happy to met out justice.

Sad commentary on the state of affairs in the country and with the judiciary.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (2Cry5)

48 I do not think any jury will find her insane. I expect her to be convicted of first degree murder if not in this trial then the next. I can't say for sure the severity of the guilt that will be found, it is Mass.

But I think the insanity thing is off the table for any reasonable jury.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (j6dNk)

49 Afternoon Ace
After this prosecution, whatever the outcome, find a way to prosecute the psychiatrists. Or at least take their licenses

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (rNkEQ)

50 47 Too many people think that a woman can't be blamed for anything, ever, no matter how heinous or evil or horrible or premeditated. It must always -- always -- be someone else's fault.

Ditto every other Democrat client group: blacks, trannies, Reddit moderators...

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (2ocoG)

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How can anyone have agency when the United States is doing colonialisms and capitalisms unchecked?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (BKQOu)

51 She needs to be dead here on earth and let G-d do HIS will on her soul.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (PbWRL)

52 Absolutely pitiful.

She should fry.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (wtvvX)

Thrice baked, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

53 Murder One. From what this article said it sounds too planned to be insanity.

Posted by: Robert Dubois at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (iwi5a)

54 Mistrial likely. We’ve run out of reasonable people as a society; nobody will compromise.

I could support a verdict of insanity provided that the defendant was sent to be confined in a facility for the Criminally Insane for a period of at least 20 years, with no early release.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (IvPuo)

55 The woman is very clearly mentally disturbed. She has to be. I don’t know what else could have been done for her, though, besides longer inpatient care. She was seeing mental health providers. She was taking meds (though not very compliant here, and I don’t know how to feel about this as anti-depressants have pretty terrible side effects like suicidal ideation). She had help at home. She had support. I also struggle with the reports of her saying she only heard the voice once and acted on it. That seems just really not inline with typical psychotic episodes. It is not normally 0 to 100 like that. All that aside, I know post partum psychosis exists, and it is very, very scary. But it doesn’t mean agency is completely stripped in 99.9% of cases, and she has shown she had agency throughout this horrific act. She needs to be in jail. Forever. Or a very, very long time.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

56 The woman admitted to murdering her children. She was on a cocktail of drugs prescribed by her doctor, who in all intents and purposes, appears to be a quack.

That being said, unless they did a tox screen and can show that she was wacked out of her gourd pharmaceutically, she's a f*cking murderer.

They've been given multiple charges to assign....murder, manslaughter......there's no excuse for this jury to not come back with something. She's guilty, admittedly. You just need to SENTENCE her.

You can't do that, you're a detriment to society and should be put on your own trial.


FFS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (ccf/V)

57 48 But I think the insanity thing is off the table for any reasonable jury.

[citation needed]

Posted by: anachronda at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (oY6Yp)

58 I knew it would be nigh impossible to find a jury (with 9 women on this one) in Massachusetts of all places to convict her for the murder of these 3 little children. Because reasons. She's got the leftist women firmly in her corner, and MA is full of leftist women. I personally think she fully knew what she was doing. She deserves a life sentence. But I doubt she'll get the sentence she deserves in the end.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (qBdHI)

59 Feels like it started organically and turned into a psyop.

Posted by: Max Power at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (q177U)

60 In Massachusetts - where the Clancy trial is - they signed legislation permitting abortion up to the point of birth. That should tell you all you need to know about the jury pool.
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And the governor-ess smiled for the cameras when she signed it into law. That's demonic possession.

Posted by: Crusader at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (TN0g+)

61 Any woman who would kill her own children is insane.
So, any woman who kills her own children isn't guilty?

Posted by: 29Victor at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (0MjtC)

62 I have read that the father stated he forgave her. What is wrong with him??? I could not forgive a person who murdered my children… and BTW she planned the whole thing so that he’d find the bodies. Grow a chest dude

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:22 PM (sBAAu)

========

As a cuck, he knows that no other woman could love him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:24 PM (BKQOu)
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See my comment above. He was effusive in his praise for the murderer of his kids. I think bro is broken.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

63 54 Mistrial likely. We’ve run out of reasonable people as a society; nobody will compromise.

I could support a verdict of insanity provided that the defendant was sent to be confined in a facility for the Criminally Insane for a period of at least 20 years, with no early release.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (IvPuo)

That is a distinct possibility. If the jury finds her not guilty for being insane, the judge can still commit her to a state mental hospital. Jury instructions outlined that.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (N39Ws)

64 Personally, I think she needs to fry, but that's just me.

You have lots of company

Posted by: Miflin at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (aA6YN)

65 35 I was under the impression that he was, if not already re-married, at least seeing somebody else.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (/hk2L)

66 The Blade, he saw this coming. Why? Very simple:

1. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. He would not shut up about what a "great mother" Lindsay was. Not joking. The woman murdered his kids and he was over-the-top sympathetic to her. I had little doubt that at least a few jurors would think "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't I?"

Also, his mother, her mother-in-law basically said the same thing about the women who strangled her grandchildren.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (oiNtH)

67 "Your honor, we've kept this in our back pocket, but Clancy said something pro-Trump in 2017."
-the prosecution

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (BKQOu)

68 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (/k3in)

This is the way. Some people need killing and Lindsey needs killing.

Posted by: Pop Pop at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (+iYtA)

69 She needs to be dead here on earth and let G-d do HIS will on her soul.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (PbWRL)
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (Rln0i)

70 It takes effort to methodically murder three children by strangulation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

71 If I was on the jury, I'd have one simple question to ask the jurors voting to acquit:

If she had murdered someone else's children, say YOUR children, would you still vote not guilty?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (wtvvX)

72 70 It takes effort to methodically murder three children by strangulation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

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"It takes effort to NOT strangle your kids, amiright?"
-coming to coffee mugs soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (BKQOu)

73 In a Franpsycho administration the "criminally insane" each get their own ice floe.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (RIvkX)

74 The jury system needs serious reform.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (wrEn7)

75 I love the non-typo: "let off the hook by reason of inanity." Well done, Ace.

Posted by: Octochicken at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (oCS0o)

76 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.

I just recently watched Shutter Island for the first time. He didn't do anything differently than I would have.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ZEFzw)

77 All that is needed is one woman with suicidal empathy and there might be more than one.

Homicidal empathy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)

78 71 If I was on the jury, I'd have one simple question to ask the jurors voting to acquit:

If she had murdered someone else's children, say YOUR children, would you still vote not guilty?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:30 PM (wtvvX)

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Wrong question.

The problem with leftist reasoning and emotional connection is that there is an extreme preference for those not known rather than those close.

So, the proper reframing would be: "What if she strangled three Somali refugee children in her house?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (BKQOu)

79 Some good news:

A Texas judge and jury have sent serial squatter Heather Schwab, with more than 22 evictions on her record, to prison for 20 years due to the fraud she committed in order to rent these properties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

80
given the intense divisions in the country, the jury appears to be manifesting those same divisions...

I blame climate change.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Cqx++)

81 76 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.

I just recently watched Shutter Island for the first time. He didn't do anything differently than I would have.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ZEFzw)

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One of Marty's very best movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (BKQOu)

82 Afternoon Ace
After this prosecution, whatever the outcome, find a way to prosecute the psychiatrists. Or at least take their licenses
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (rNkEQ)

"I told you. And what did I tell you? Didn’t I tell you? ‘Cause I told ya! Mmhmm. And when did I tell you? A long time ago. And what did I say would happen when I told you? Exactly what just happened."

Posted by: Tom Cruise, Jumping On Couches at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (wVcYX)

83 Wrong question.

The problem with leftist reasoning and emotional connection is that there is an extreme preference for those not known rather than those close.

So, the proper reframing would be: "What if she strangled three Somali refugee children in her house?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (BKQOu)

Good point!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (wtvvX)

84 May have to get a change of venue in order to find a more neutral jury.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (FZ29D)


I don't believe that can happen in the US. Not unless you exclude women from the jury. Which you can't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (ExV1e)

85 The Blade, he saw this coming. Why? Very simple:

1. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. He would not shut up about what a "great mother" Lindsay was. Not joking. The woman murdered his kids and he was over-the-top sympathetic to her. I had little doubt that at least a few jurors would think "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't I?"

Also, his mother, her mother-in-law basically said the same thing about the women who strangled her grandchildren.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (oiNtH)
___

Yes, this is true too. The two people who should have been most angry and upset at the murder of three defenseless kids instead were giving her a full pardon. I knew that would affect at least one member of the jury.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

86 "It takes effort to NOT strangle your kids, amiright?"
-coming to coffee mugs soon


TJM,

Which kid used a crayon on your Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of Citizen Kane?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

87 79 Some good news:

A Texas judge and jury have sent serial squatter Heather Schwab, with more than 22 evictions on her record, to prison for 20 years due to the fraud she committed in order to rent these properties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

Very good, indeed.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (wtvvX)

88 34 I could go on.
Posted by: huerfano


Don't forget the lesbian couple that drove a van with their adopted children off a cliff to avoid consequences.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (/k3in)

89 These idiotic women wearing pink in support of Lindsay Clancy are pathetic.

She is guilty, guilty, guilty!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

90 *Between a woman and her doctor
*Safe, legal and rare
*Shout your abortion
*Celebrating a baby murderer <--- We are here

Posted by: 29Victor at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (0MjtC)

91 She will not be found insane. The insane cannot methodically plan multiple murders and not get caught in the process. That's not how sanity works. Or it is how sanity works.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (j6dNk)

92 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

Fixed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (HwKLm)

93 Now...

What about the Sanity Clause.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (j6dNk)

94 Juries have been in-process of becoming 'more lenient' with sentencing decisions for decades now, so we shouldn't be surprised. They didn't give Timothy McVeigh the death penalty - he had to request death by firing squad. Increasing liberalism / progressivism has 'refined' our 'tender sensibiities' to the more subtle nuances of 'Justicia' - which, imho, is a boatload of bullshittery. They killed 'em? Then to each in his/her turn. Why should they retain the right to keep breathing and enjoy the sunshine when their victims met a (probably) brutal end at their hands? ’Splain me, Lucy …

Posted by: Dr_No at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (ayRl+)

95 62 He was effusive in his praise for the murderer of his kids. I think bro is broken. Posted by: Elric The Blade

------------------

Well, did the murder 'break' him, or has he been molded for years to be a soyboi cuck who believes males are toxic and women are persecuted goddesses, and this is just all that molding manifesting itself? Is this not what we should be expecting as the male product of Leftism in America? Someone who excuses his wife for the murder of his small children?? Which is also why he's remarried: he's an AWFL's dream...

Posted by: bearski at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (Bhsk7)

96 86 "It takes effort to NOT strangle your kids, amiright?"
-coming to coffee mugs soon

TJM,

Which kid used a crayon on your Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of Citizen Kane?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

=======

Second Junior is a worrier. After church the other day, I told him we needed to get gas, and his first words were, "Will we have enough to get there?"

Anyway, no idea why he did it, but he came up to Dolley one day recently and asked him, "Mommy? Would you murder me?" No fucking clue why he asked. Dolley was practically in tears.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (BKQOu)

97 70 It takes effort to methodically murder three children by strangulation.


cannot be repeated enough

there are some who seem to believe that it is the right of a mother to kill her children if she wants.

"I brought you into the world, you are mine, I can take you out"

abortion does nothing to suppress this notion

also her husband- to him, she is the only remnant of the family he once had. he is clinging to the Time Before. that's why.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (j+aD2)

98 "These idiotic women wearing pink in support of Lindsay Clancy are pathetic."

That shocks and disgusts me the same way the lefts' celebration of Kirk's assassination did.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

99 Personally, I think she needs to fry, but that's just me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Agreed. Evil b*tch.

Posted by: Tuna at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (lJ0H4)

100 "It takes effort to NOT strangle your kids, amiright?"
-coming to coffee mugs soon

TJM,

Which kid used a crayon on your Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of Citizen Kane?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)
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Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) literally shit all over my Animaniacs DVD collection.

Did I strangle her? Sell her to gypsies?

No, of course not.

She's still alive and thriving to this very day and I tell her that I love her and she's a blessing in my life. Every. Single. Day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (FZ29D)

101 We're drowning in useful idiots.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (u9Xr5)

102
Fixed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2026 12:34 PM (HwKLm)



You are a hero.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (ccf/V)

103 At this point:

Murder 1 and 2 are definitely out.
Manslaughter is possible.
A Not Guilty by Insanity is possible.

She did go further than just jumping out the window in her death...she went into cardiac arrest at the hospital and had to be revived...

"(After her 1st hospital which intubated her, since she was unresponsive) Clancy was ultimately transferred from South Shore Hospital to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit. While there, nurse Rachelle Amede said the defendant nearly died after going into cardiac arrest. Doctors performed CPR and started a “massive blood transfusion protocol,” which saved her life."

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (tOcjL)

104 I knew it would be nigh impossible to find a jury (with 9 women on this one) in Massachusetts of all places to convict her for the murder of these 3 little children.

This being a very New England driven blog, this comment won't be appreciated. Which won't make it any less true.

Different parts of the United States really do have serious, fundamental cultural differences that are driven by a variety of sources but are easy to observe.

This behavior from Mass ... that special little sector of Old New England ... surprises me not one bit. Not one damn bit.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (ZEFzw)

105 Spend some time on social media and you’ll be shocked how many people think her husband drugged her, killed the kids, and pushed her out the window. One of those has to be on the jury.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (EiUt/)

106 hung jury. mistrial.

re-try? (y/n)

*facepalm*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (VyBeY)

107 "They didn't give Timothy McVeigh the death penalty - he had to request death by firing squad."

We should have waterboarded that asshole before we executed him, to find out everybody else that was involved.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

108 35 21 I have read that the father stated he forgave her. What is wrong with him??? I could not forgive a person who murdered my children… and BTW she planned the whole thing so that he’d find the bodies. Grow a chest dude

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Wait, hang on a second. 1. Forgiveness is for him, his heart, not hers. 2. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or excusing from consequences. He was very, very emotional on the stand. This is clearly extremely painful for him. 3. He is not standing by her. He divorced her. He could not be married to this person that killed his children. He has since remarried.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

109 Those women on the jury that vote to acquit her should be shunned and have their children removed if they have any.

I didn't want to know about this case and was able to not know the details until these batshit insane TikTok wine moms decided the husband did it because they watched a forensic astrology TikTok and he's a Gemini and that means he did it.

Just fucking evil and repeal the 19th.

You've really come a long way, baby.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (i9SW2)

110 Damn! Why didn't I think of that.

Posted by: Susan Smith at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (4RPgu)

111 prison for 20 years due to the fraud she committed in order to rent these properties.

Finally, a secure, unevictable lease.
How much do you want to bet...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (zdLoL)

112 Thx testimony from family is not particularly swaying, not in the face of evidence. They're family, what are they gonna say? Fry the bitch?

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (j6dNk)

113 105 Spend some time on social media and you’ll be shocked how many people think her husband drugged her, killed the kids, and pushed her out the window. One of those has to be on the jury.
Posted by: Jen the original

His lawyer as put the ginger names on notice that he is going to sue these creatures. Good on him.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

114 I have to wonder if her original plan was to strangle the kids and then by jumping out the window to die while framing the husband for it all.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (2GVsD)

115 i fixed the borked headline. Not sure what happened. Maybe I pasted when my cursor was in the headline box.

Top of the noon to everyone.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)

116
No, of course not.

She's still alive and thriving to this very day and I tell her that I love her and she's a blessing in my life. Every. Single. Day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (FZ29D)



Now I know what to do the next TxMoMe you attend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (ccf/V)

117 r/Destiny (far Lefty balking at how radical the Left has become)

Every expert that testified said she didn't show signs of psychosis and knew what she was doing. It's wild that she has any support at all.

This is the OJ for White Women. Literally saw a group of 3-4 white women standing on the street corner outside Walmart with signs supporting Lindsay.

This and Karen Read are perfect parallels for the OJ trial. White women gotta stick together in the struggle lol

Late stage gender war, sponsored by all social media platforms

Tf these pink-clad protesters bring their children there for? Hoping someone pulls a Lindsay Clancy on one of them?

There is a TikTok trend where mothers post themselves holding their child, crying, with the court case audio playing in the background and the caption "Same, Lindsay". This case is genuinely breaking people's brains.

Bringing your own real children, and putting them in simulated bathtubs to show full on support is actually so insanely fucking unhinged it should be reportable to CPS.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (t19vo)

118 Damn! Why didn't I think of that.
Posted by: Susan Smith at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (4RPgu)

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Me either! *smacks forehead*

Posted by: Diane Downs at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (qBdHI)

119 Family saying fry her might make her more sympathetic not less.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (j6dNk)

120 Completely off topic: wife (what a treasure!) and I saw Coyote v Acme yesterday. Do yourself a favor and go see this movie. Okay, I am a boomer-lawyer-Looney Tunes fan, so I was predisposed to love the flick, but still. Very well done, with endless sly Looney Tunes jokes in the background. Looks great on the big screen. And nothing woke, which is amazing considering it was actually made about four years ago.

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (8SnSQ)

121 PS - The spouse says the internet rumor is it's 9-3 for complete acquittal for insanity...the holdouts are the ones wanting charges, not the other way around...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (tOcjL)

122 Doctors performed CPR and started a “massive blood transfusion protocol,” which saved her life."
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (tOcjL)

That's unfortunate.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (zYpTz)

123 May have to get a change of venue in order to find a more neutral jury.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:26 PM (FZ29D)

I don't think the prosecutors can request a change of venue.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (/hk2L)

124 When does the Witch Trial start? I think Salem still has some firewood stocked.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (dIske)

125 A lady I know from a crafting class in Duxbury's daughter is on the jury. At the time she wasn't sure if she was an alternate or not, but the room full of rich ladies in Duxbury felt like to me that they felt sorry for the mother. The jury should have been sequestered. It would have made it easier on them.

Posted by: jaimo at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (2noDb)

126
i fixed the borked headline. Not sure what happened. Maybe I pasted when my cursor was in the headline box.

_________

Too much gin on your Wheaties this morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (wHs2E)

127 "OJ for white women."

I'm startled because someone on reddit said something rational.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (/k3in)

128 As soon as the female jurors showed up to deliberations wearing matching pink outfits in solidarity with the pro-satan protesters outside the prosecutor should have lost his fucking mind and the judge should have either replaced those jurors with alternates or declared an immediate mistrial.

Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (oqH4h)

129 Every thug murderer has a mom saying please don't put ma baby in jayal

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (j6dNk)

130 That's unfortunate.


damn straight

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (j+aD2)

131 Medic trying to treat a jihadi
Captain he has a survivable wound

Captain "No he doesn't"

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (PbWRL)

132 Very soupy WX in N IL today, looks to last until Sunday.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

133 I predict she will NOT be found guilty of Murder 1.

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

134 The woman is very clearly mentally disturbed. She has to be. I don’t know what else could have been done for her, though, besides longer inpatient care. She was seeing mental health providers. She was taking meds (though not very compliant here, and I don’t know how to feel about this as anti-depressants have pretty terrible side effects like suicidal ideation). She had help at home. She had support. I also struggle with the reports of her saying she only heard the voice once and acted on it. That seems just really not inline with typical psychotic episodes. It is not normally 0 to 100 like that. She needs to be in jail. Forever. Or a very, very long time.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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This is my take. There are issues as to exactly what drugs she was taking -- if any -- and whether it was a truly genuine suicide attempt. She did end up paralyzed and was pretty much dead when they found her. But ... who knows how genuine it was?

But none of this absolves her of any guilt. Same thing with Chris Benoit. Both of them knew what they were doing, planned it out, and did it in a way that would avoid being caught or stopped. That's murder. Period.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

135 I mean, what exactly is the jury deadlocked on?

There is no question she committed the acts?

What were the instructions to the jury?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (XV/Pl)

136 "Which kid used a crayon on your Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of Citizen Kane?"

I must admit to be a bit PO'd when one of the kids used white-out on some of my LPs. But needless to say, I didn't strangle any of them.

Posted by: Nemo at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (4RPgu)

137 128 As soon as the female jurors showed up to deliberations wearing matching pink outfits in solidarity with the pro-satan protesters outside the prosecutor should have lost his fucking mind and the judge should have either replaced those jurors with alternates or declared an immediate mistrial.


I have to assume the alternates were also wearing bright pink fits

honestly how the prosecution allowed NINE foids on that jury I will NEVER understand

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (j+aD2)

138 Also, his mother, her mother-in-law basically said the same thing about the women who strangled her grandchildren.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (oiNtH)
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Yes, this is true too. The two people who should have been most angry and upset at the murder of three defenseless kids instead were giving her a full pardon. I knew that would affect at least one member of the jury.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

Maybe it should...if anyone was in the best position to judge both the insanity and the culpability, it would be both of them...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)

139 "This being a very New England driven blog"

IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

140 The spouse says the internet rumor is it's 9-3 for complete acquitta
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LOL obvious internet bullshit. How the hell would anyone know? Because the jury has three men on it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (j6dNk)

141 If there is a hung jury the odds of a deal , ie manslaughter increases.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (rNkEQ)

142 Seriously… this husband is now in another relationship? I just can’t even…. I’m so glad that God Almighty is gonna sort everything out at the judgement

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. — Revelation 20:12

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (sBAAu)

143
Lindsay Clancy:

"Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?"

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (ZxPkt)

144 go watch Kaitlin Bennett's interview on insty right now

I watched it early this AM

it put me IN A MOOD

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (j+aD2)

145 Second Junior is a worrier. After church the other day, I told him we needed to get gas, and his first words were, "Will we have enough to get there?"

I misread that as "I told him we needed to get gay" and did a double-take.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

146 This jury will hang which is too bad because it’s the murderess who should hang
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It is Massachusetts. I would accept burning at the stake.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (a1wFd)

147 Every thug murderer has a mom saying please don't put ma baby in jayal
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (j6dNk)



There were no blacks on the Karmelo Anthony jury because each one called for duty admitted they could NOT see themselves convicting a young black man, regardless of the evidence submitted.

We're not going to be a civil society for too much longer.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (ccf/V)

148 sorry it's short interviews with Clancy supporters outside the trial venue

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (j+aD2)

149 If someone shoot's up a school, has PTSD and claims psychosis why shouldn't that person go to prison for life or get the death penalty? How is the Clancy case any different?

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (NpAcC)

150 127, LOL; also, true.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (VyBeY)

151 Following the rules of the interwebs: Despite not hearing one word of testimony or seeing a single exhibit, I pronounce myself an expert.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (zqeQL)

152 Black Orchid

I have seen some of the videos those supporters have released. They need to be under the prison with Lindsay.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD)

153 @148 so part of that interview. Those women are as crazy as the killer mommy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 12:43 PM (rNkEQ)

154 Second Junior is a worrier. After church the other day, I told him we needed to get gas, and his first words were, "Will we have enough to get there?"

I misread that as "I told him we needed to get gay" and did a double-take.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
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Whew! Glad it wasn't just me...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:43 PM (FZ29D)

155
and took actions after the murders to conceal them.




Or you could just do the deed in public, in the middle of the day, across the street from the White House, where your buddies drag you away while you're standing over the body trying to reload your single-shot pistol to plug the bastard again. I mean, it worked for me.

Posted by: Zombie Gen Daniel Sickles at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (y9nCu)

156 A Texas judge and jury have sent serial squatter Heather Schwab, with more than 22 evictions on her record, to prison for 20 years due to the fraud she committed in order to rent these properties.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Good. She can squat in prison hassle free except from her fellow inmates.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (oiNtH)

157
If a man were to say he doesn't want to get married because he now can't be sure his children won't be murdered by their mother, the same Lindsayettes would be rabid in their denunciations.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (wHs2E)

158 Don't forget that "some" (most) Clancy supporters are pure activists. Leftist pieces of shit that want the world to burn.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (j6dNk)

159 105 Spend some time on social media and you’ll be shocked how many people think her husband drugged her, killed the kids, and pushed her out the window. One of those has to be on the jury.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM (EiUt/)

There was even one video saying she couldn't have done it because her "signs" (Astrological) weren't there, and the husband's where.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Rl7KJ)

160 My guess is one psycho juror (female) who just can't handle a verdict of guilty.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (0U5gm)

161 I also wonder if she killed any of her patients when she was a nurse.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (i9SW2)

162 I find it very odd the husband is so forgiving. Was he doing something he shouldn't have been, and she was going to rat him out if he didn't side with her?

I can totally accept that he's a cuck, or broken, or whatever. But, I think his behavior is really odd.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (2Cry5)

163 I do wonder if Islam, despite its many deficiencies, will eventually triumph over the West.

A system that explicitly reduces women to a second-place status has major competitive advantages over whatever it is we have now.

I think that 1950s America could resist Islam easily.

2020s America? Not so much.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (aD4fx)

164 But none of this absolves her of any guilt. Same thing with Chris Benoit.

Sure, if you're using logic and reason.

But the difference is obvious. Chris Benoit was a white man with muscle. If he hadn't killed himself ? Executed post-haste. And me, as a white man not nearly as muscular, would have approved.

And thus you see the difference between White Men and literally every other Race/Sex demographic on the planet. White Men kill their own. Nobody else does.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ZEFzw)

165 As soon as the female jurors showed up to deliberations wearing matching pink outfits in solidarity with the pro-satan protesters outside the prosecutor should have lost his fucking mind and the judge should have either replaced those jurors with alternates or declared an immediate mistrial.
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Giving the duties and privileges of citizenship to women was a mistake.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (vSvIl)

166 "The world would be a better place if women were in charge!"

This assertion is dis-proven in real life, over and over and over again.

For example, in my recollection nurses who murder multiple random hospital patients are typically female.

Posted by: Gref at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (5rh/l)

167 To my mind, mental state has nothing to do with it. She killed 3 children. PUNISH THE ACT.

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ZxPkt)

168 There was even one video saying she couldn't have done it because her "signs" (Astrological) weren't there, and the husband's where.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Rl7KJ)
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Those people make the Flat Earthers seem rational by comparison.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (FZ29D)

169 Clearly, the members of the jury voting to acquit her are insane.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (36x1j)

170 Very soupy WX in N IL today, looks to last until Sunday.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Jr5Lq)



What part? I lived there for a portion of my yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ccf/V)

171 My guess is one psycho juror (female) who just can't handle a verdict of guilty.

Two of the female jurors wore pink outfits matching the pro-Clancy protesters. So it's definitely not just one.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)

172 She's like, sleep deprived and stuff.

So fucking boned we are.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (u9Xr5)

173 Other than "it's mean" what's wrong with executing the mentally insane criminal?

Are we supposed to pretend they're going to magically get better?

What? What is the basis of not giving them the same punishment as a sane person?
Insanity should only be a defense to abating the sentence--it should not be part of the trial.

Mercy to the criminal is cruelty to the victim.

All SCOTUS opinions since 1900 on the 8th Amendment should be vacated.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

174 IF Clancy gets acquitted and I see her walking down the street, I'm going to *types deletes* and every woman I know would approve.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Wt5PA)

175 My guess is one psycho juror (female) who just can't handle a verdict of guilty.

At least two female jurors and one male juror are wearing pink into the courtroom.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (aD4fx)

176 I am not going to judge the husband or family, they got to deal with this whole horrible, evil tragedy.

Lindsay, her wheelchair, her lawyer, and many supporters need to be run over by a steamroller.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (2GVsD)

177
Old cartoon. A disheveled juror pokes his head out of the room and snarls at the bailiff sitting outside, "Eleven hamburgers and ONE cheeseburger!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (wHs2E)

178 Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (i9SW2)

Reasonable question and very good to see you.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (j6dNk)

179 If I had the programming ability, which I do not-

I think I'd collect all of the pro-Clancy, pro-child murder videos and texts and comments that I could and put them all in a website titled...oh, something like - Consult for Crazy Before Dating or Marrying.

For me, that would be an instant disqualification for either dating or marriage. and possibly divorce if the wife was deep into the crazy pro-child murder me too Clancy videos or texts.

So...too much, too little, just right?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (iJfKG)

180 "When does the Witch Trial start? I think Salem still has some firewood stocked."

I'm sure Bernard Baran could tell you about how Massachusetts juries haven't changed all that much over the centuries.

Posted by: Nemo at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (4RPgu)

181 "What part? I lived there for a portion of my yute."

Rockford, IL.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 162 I find it very odd the husband is so forgiving. Was he doing something he shouldn't have been, and she was going to rat him out if he didn't side with her?

I can totally accept that he's a cuck, or broken, or whatever. But, I think his behavior is really odd.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (2Cry5)

The mother-in-law is probably most persuasive. Older lady, not related to her, who said she was nuts and isn't at fault.

In Laws don't tend to be folks' biggest advocates...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (tOcjL)

183 I would guess the reason they're being so nice is they don't want her to kill them.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (j6dNk)

184 124 When does the Witch Trial start? I think Salem still has some firewood stocked.
Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (dIske)

Salem hanged their witches.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 12:48 PM (/hk2L)

185 I find it very odd the husband is so forgiving. Was he doing something he shouldn't have been, and she was going to rat him out if he didn't side with her?

I can totally accept that he's a cuck, or broken, or whatever. But, I think his behavior is really odd.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (2Cry5)
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Agree. See my comment above. I think bro is broken. But it's also possible he's just closing the door on a horrific period in his life, knowing nothing will bring the kids back, and just washing his hands of the entire ordeal. Impossible to know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

186 Other than "it's mean" what's wrong with executing the mentally insane criminal?

"It's mean" is the entire argument. It's what El Rushbo used to call "the chickification of America".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

187 At least two female jurors and one male juror are wearing pink into the courtroom.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (aD4fx)



Grounds for juror dismissal and a replacement juror put in their place. The prosecution failed here. IF they didn't submit a formal objection, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V)

188 174 IF Clancy gets acquitted and I see her walking down the street, I'm going to *types deletes* and every woman I know would approve.
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Wt5PA)

In good news, you'll never see her walking b/c she's permanently paralyzed...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (tOcjL)

189 *were

Videos of guys breaking up with girlfriends who support Lindsay have also been making the rounds. Good - if girls can break up with guys because they didn't want to watch the Barbie movie from a few years ago, guys should certainly not be around girls who think its okay to kill off their offspring.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Rl7KJ)

190 The husband has to be fucked in the head. The video by donut operator earlier kind of describes when he got home and found her, asked her what was going on, then discovered the kids. His whole world is dead, right there.

It is hard to judge him harshly. He got dealt a very shitty hand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Y/06r)

191 The father is guilty about not putting Lindsey down like a rabid animal when he found out what she did.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:20 PM (/k3in)

True, that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (1z8ji)

192 Islam loses in the end. Spoiler alert.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (j6dNk)

193 BTW, others have pointed out:

Do you know how many divorce lawyers are going to now conduct voir dire of the jury pool on their opinion of this case?

And they'll be allowed unlimited "for cause" strikes of any woman who agrees she was not guilty; clear proof of bias and prejudice.

And then they'll be using that against the wife in the trial as well.

I don't think women know how much damage they are inflicting upon themselves here ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (3cUTc)

194
There was even one video saying she couldn't have done it because her "signs" (Astrological) weren't there, and the husband's where.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Rl7KJ)

It was Forensic Astrology so you know it's legit.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (i9SW2)

195
Rockford, IL.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Jr5Lq)



I was in Wonder Lake.


The nuke plant there in Rockford still up and running?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (ccf/V)

196 The women supporting her are removing all reasonable doubt that the average voting woman on the street can determine right from wrong and make measured rational decisons.

Posted by: A Spark on the Horizon at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (7Q0e+)

197 This being a very New England driven blog, this comment won't be appreciated. Which won't make it any less true.

Different parts of the United States really do have serious, fundamental cultural differences that are driven by a variety of sources but are easy to observe.

This behavior from Mass ... that special little sector of Old New England ... surprises me not one bit. Not one damn bit.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM


MA Narrator: He is not wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (9Q+nP)

198 Black Orchid did you see the Lindsay supporter who put online a video reacting to the husband threatening legal action.

She was "like so why would he need to send lawyers if he like didn't do anything?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (2GVsD)

199 And on that note, I have lost all faith in humanity as a whole.

Posted by: American Hawkman at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (ZNrNT)

200 Islam loses in the end. Spoiler alert.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (j6dNk)



I have a desire to see it lose much sooner than that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:50 PM (ccf/V)

201 “googling how to murder children”
This is not true.

Posted by: Carolus at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (4OuEA)

202 "At least two female jurors and one male juror are wearing pink into the courtroom.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 12:46 PM (aD4fx)

Grounds for juror dismissal and a replacement juror put in their place. The prosecution failed here. IF they didn't submit a formal objection, I guess."

That's the way I see it, but IANAL. There must be some kind of dress code for jurors not to wear clothing with political or case-related messaging.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 We don't execute people if they don't know what they were doing in the commission of a grave act. The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians.

OTOH this was fully premeditated.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (j6dNk)

204 The women supporting her are removing all reasonable doubt that the average voting woman on the street can determine right from wrong and make measured rational decisons.
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Rln0i)

205 My first thought is that it's a woman (or women) who are hanging the jury, but it may very well be one of the dudes, with that whole, "we don't know what it's like to be women, and they carry a special burden, what with the whole vagina thing... Those things are inscrutable...."

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Iwv3U)

206 This behavior from Mass ... that special little sector of Old New England ... surprises me not one bit. Not one damn bit.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:36 PM

Spent (not to say, did) some time in MA.
Let's not go there. 'Tis a silly place.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (88C+u)

207 Democrats are a death cult.

They’ve been destroying children and families for decades. Their entire agenda is antithetical to life and hostile towards God.

Last time they were in power they destroyed generations of children with their covid fraud. They go after the most vulnerable and corrupt everything they touch.

“ He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Mark 7:20-23

But yeah, let’s totally put them in charge again.

They are evil people and show it every chance they get.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (/nX+B)

208 Also, his mother, her mother-in-law basically said the same thing about the women who strangled her grandchildren.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:29 PM (oiNtH)
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Yes, this is true too. The two people who should have been most angry and upset at the murder of three defenseless kids instead were giving her a full pardon. I knew that would affect at least one member of the jury.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

Maybe it should...if anyone was in the best position to judge both the insanity and the culpability, it would be both of them...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)
******
Yes, but both families have financial gains they are seeking as they are suing the doctors.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 12:52 PM (NpAcC)

209 what with the whole vagina thing... Those things are inscrutable...."
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Iwv3U)

says you.

Posted by: Andi Sullivan, Gyno-Man at September 01, 2026 12:52 PM (88C+u)

210 So...women admitting they'd hurt their own children.
Evil is rampant in this country.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 12:52 PM (2WIwB)

211 I can totally accept that he's a cuck, or broken, or whatever. But, I think his behavior is really odd.

A significant percentage of guys think they've undeservedly won the lottery the first time a chick agrees to touch their junk and the pedestal goes *high* in those cases.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

212 The "I stand with Lindsay" signs are ironic given that she can't.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Fv808)

213 Anyway, no idea why he did it, but he came up to Dolley one day recently and asked him, "Mommy? Would you murder me?" No fucking clue why he asked. Dolley was practically in tears.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:35 PM (BKQOu)

👀👀

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (g47mK)

214 "The nuke plant there in Rockford still up and running? "

Yes, the Byron plant is still operating. The utility wanted to shut it down (for reasons I do not understand.) It was Pritzker who demanded it stay open five more years!

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

215 154 Second Junior is a worrier. After church the other day, I told him we needed to get gas, and his first words were, "Will we have enough to get there?"

I misread that as "I told him we needed to get gay" and did a double-take.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
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Whew! Glad it wasn't just me...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 12:43 PM (FZ29D)

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This says a whole lot more about you two than it does about me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (BKQOu)

216 When does the Witch Trial start? I think Salem still has some firewood stocked.
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It's not wrong to note that there was a legitimate purpose of the witch trials and executions:
A gruesome necessity to stop the contagion, the mental contagion.

Because there will be copycat killers, following Lindsey Clancy.

The Crucible was wrong in nearly every aspect.
Intentionally, in full examination of the facts.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (3cUTc)

217 182. Then why isnt she blaming her son who left her alone with the kids?

Posted by: Jen the original at September 01, 2026 12:53 PM (EiUt/)

218 203 We don't execute people if they don't know what they were doing in the commission of a grave act. The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians.

OTOH this was fully premeditated.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (j6dNk)

I remember several years ago there was a school shooting or some other spree killing. It was relayed that the killer had been on a variety of meds. John Ringo had a tweet where he mentioned that his wife also struggled with mental health. She had decided that some of their neighbors ere pedophiles. She had calmly and rationally planned out, not just their murder, but how to dispose of the bodies. He caught her when she was purchasing some supplies for the plan, got her some more help.

BUT, that is still more sane than this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:54 PM (Y/06r)

219
The mother-in-law is probably most persuasive. Older lady, not related to her, who said she was nuts and isn't at fault.

In Laws don't tend to be folks' biggest advocates...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026

Some women have a difficult time with evil and it's easier to label it crazy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:54 PM (i9SW2)

220 Maybe it should...if anyone was in the best position to judge both the insanity and the culpability, it would be both of them...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)
******
Yes, but both families have financial gains they are seeking as they are suing the doctors.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 12:52 PM (NpAcC)

Mother In Law won't get that gain, though...I guess she could benefit if her son wins, but that's pretty indirect.

Nah, I stand by the Mother-in-Law sticking by her even though son divorced her had to be powerful testimony to the jury about the mental state. She lost everything (the grandkids), but wasn't protecting anyone like a spouse or even former spouse would.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)

221 I find two things highly ironic: 1) She was a labor and delivery nurse, helping to bring life into the world and sharing the joy of newborn babies with their moms & dads in the delivery room. Also, comforting the same when the deliveries resulted in tragic outcomes. 2) She will, for the rest of her life be helpless and needing care and assistance to sustain her for her survival just like, her young children did. She will receive the care she needs - her children didn't fare so well.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (oiNtH)

222 Juries can be really stupid. I served on one where the entire case was about compensation for an auto accident. We basically did accounting work, added up the costs associated and entered that as our verdict.

Some of the jurists couldn't agree on how much a damaged fender or some such shit was worth. Arguing over $50 or whatever.

Miserable experience.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (2Cry5)

223 'he came up to Dolley one day recently and asked him, "Mommy? Would you murder me?" '

OMG!

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

224
Mr. Clancy pleaded with the jury to have mercy on his wife, addressing her from the witness stand, "You are a wonderful woman and clearly you did not know what you were doing."

The husband then added, "Now please don't kill me."

Posted by: Norm Macdonald at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (j6dNk)

225 223 'he came up to Dolley one day recently and asked him, "Mommy? Would you murder me?" '

OMG!

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

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I'm the mean one, too.

She lets them have and do whatever, and I'm the one holding the line on behavior.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (BKQOu)

226 Feels vs. Reals © strikes again!

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (YVxq2)

227 Lindsay's plan?

1. Send husband out for errands.
2. Stangle each child inside the house away from any witnesses because strangulation normally requires strength.
3. Leap out window to publicly commit suicide and draw attention to Lindsay.
4. Frame husband for all the deaths.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (2GVsD)

228 I misread that as "I told him we needed to get gay" and did a double-take.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

From "get gas"? Maybe if they'd said "we need to get this thing all lubed up"...

Posted by: 88C+u at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (88C+u)

229 If a man were to say he doesn't want to get married because he now can't be sure his children won't be murdered by their mother, the same Lindsayettes would be rabid in their denunciations.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (wHs2E)

They already are.

Men are currently leaving their long-term girlfriends over this and women are absolutely freaking out over it.

Like I said last thread: "Marry me and I might kill your kids," isn't the best sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (PGK1w)

230 219
The mother-in-law is probably most persuasive. Older lady, not related to her, who said she was nuts and isn't at fault.

In Laws don't tend to be folks' biggest advocates...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026

Some women have a difficult time with evil and it's easier to label it crazy.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 01, 2026 12:54 PM (i9SW2)

I'd take a long look at Husband and Mother's (the one who testified) relationship.

Guy just lost his kids, and she is on the Murderers side?

Gee, thanks Mom... did you do it because it was something you WISH you HAD DONE with me?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (mP0Kj)

231 She's insane. Criminally insane. Evil.

I don't buy the post-partum psychosis when her baby was 8mo old. The extension of it going well past a few months has changed for women like this.

She was either mental to begin with & hid it, or used this diagnosis to help her actions.

I don't buy it that she had three children, was apparently "normal" while looking like a bird of prey, then snapped. Planned. Researched. Then, in her psychotic mental state, was able to plan how long it would take to kill those innocents while her husband was running errands for her highness.Premeditated murder.

Sure, sure, sure the med combinations skewed the diagnosis. Sure. However mental she is, she was able to think clearly enough to murder her own children and plan suicide.

Also, I think she jumped out of a 2nd floor window. That typically does not kill you. As a RN I know how to cut my wrists to kill myself yet I don't. She should have known a slash or two to her wrists would not do the job.

My question has always been how much did she hate her husband to do this? It's typically in the news as a revenge to the husband. She's guilty & at the very least should spend the rest of her days in prison.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)

232 Wait, hang on a second. 1. Forgiveness is for him, his heart, not hers. 2. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or excusing from consequences. He was very, very emotional on the stand. This is clearly extremely painful for him. 3. He is not standing by her. He divorced her. He could not be married to this person that killed his children. He has since remarried.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

No… forgiveness is only appropriate after repentance. No repentance here… none. I don’t see her throwing herself on the mercy of the court.

Second, he’s a foolish foolish person for dashing into a new relationship so quickly. A normal dude would be absolutely questioning his picking abilities… how did I pick this monster? How do I know I won’t pick another? This guy… there’s something way way off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (sBAAu)

233 Mr. Clancy pleaded with the jury to have mercy on his wife, addressing her from the witness stand, "You are a wonderful woman and clearly you did not know what you were doing."

The husband then added, "Now please don't kill me."
Posted by: Norm Macdonald at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (j6dNk)



This reminds me of the family in California that lost their daughter to an illegal that shot her in cold blood.

They forgave him, didn't want him put on trial NOR deported.


Some people are just f*cked in the head. And that list is growing and growing and growing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

234 Patrick Clancy the husband divorced the killer and got married to another woman in 4/26. He's certainly moved on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (rNkEQ)

235 229 They already are.

Men are currently leaving their long-term girlfriends over this and women are absolutely freaking out over it.

Like I said last thread: "Marry me and I might kill your kids," isn't the best sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (PGK1w)

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I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)

236 Medic trying to treat a jihadi
Captain he has a survivable wound

Captain "No he doesn't"
Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 12:40 PM


Cut. Jib. Newsletter?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (9Q+nP)

237 Seems like women have a bimodal distribution of intelligence.

Normal and pure fucking retard™.

Posted by: MJ at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (XOmY9)

238 The women supporting her are removing all reasonable doubt that the average voting woman on the street can determine right from wrong and make measured rational decisons.

Did you catch the latest Woman On The Street tests?

Questions like:
• who was first US President
• what countries border the US
• what is 100 divided by 5
• how many years in a century

All fails.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (/TiS1)

239 Son probably married a girl just like Dear Old Mom. Mom recognizes a kindred spirit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 12:58 PM (IvPuo)

240 "forensic astrology", LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 12:58 PM (VyBeY)

241 Hung jury.


Wimp society.
No wonder DSA is growing.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)

242 Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)
*******
Her son could get millions so it's in her and his best interest. It also, helps them justify this horrific act and blame it on the doctors.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

243 Comefian Dennis Miller decades ago advocated for changing it to "guilty by reason of insanity". I endorse this idea.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (eifLP)

244 "The nuke plant there in Rockford still up and running?"

Somehow I managed to get a spot with the NRC tour of the plant during its SALP 3 hearings, before Unit 2 went online. I saw every nook and cranny of the place. It was amazing!

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

245
The womens will demand that late term abortion be extended to 12 years old.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (OkYzo)

246 Rooftop Revelations: Gary is one of those places where the streak of bad luck never seems to run out

"Throughout history, poverty is the **normal condition of man**. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded... are the work of an extremely small minority... Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating... the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as 'bad luck.'"

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (/+uur)

247 Remember, Decarlos Dejuan Brown was on the streets after dozens of arrests because the Charlotte judge (who owns a mental health facility) decided that he was too crazy for jail.

And he killed Iryna Zarutska.

And he's been declared too insane to stand trial.

Blue enclaves, man. Their shit is out of whack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (BKQOu)

248 Juries can be really stupid. I served on one where the entire case was about compensation for an auto accident. We basically did accounting work, added up the costs associated and entered that as our verdict.

Some of the jurists couldn't agree on how much a damaged fender or some such shit was worth. Arguing over $50 or whatever.

Miserable experience.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (2Cry5)
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Juries are just as tribal, argumentative, egotistical, self-serving, political, and contrarian as everyone else in the world. Often, the situation they are put into -- having authority to pass judgment on others -- makes things worse.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

249 I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)

2 if you're lucky

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (j6dNk)

250 I could support a verdict of insanity provided that the defendant was sent to be confined in a facility for the Criminally Insane for a period of at least 20 years, with no early release.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 12:28 PM (IvPuo)

Nope. Clear evidence of planning and premeditation. Hang her, fry her, blow her brains out, whatever works.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (1z8ji)

251 From "get gas"? Maybe if they'd said "we need to get this thing all lubed up"...

We're all meat LLMs and the HQ has trained us that "gay" will appear a lot more than "gas", especially if garrett's around.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

252 245 The womens will demand that late term abortion be extended to 12 years old.
Posted by: Frank Barone at September 01, 2026 12:59 PM (OkYzo)

How about to 52 years old but only after they've been convicted of murdering kids?

Posted by: 88C+u at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (88C+u)

253 "Seems like women have a bimodal distribution of intelligence."

All too often, they think with their hearts, instead of with their heads.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

254 239 Son probably married a girl just like Dear Old Mom. Mom recognizes a kindred spirit.


EXACTLY

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (j+aD2)

255 Ten bucks says the majority of the women holding infants and performatively crying on TikTok with a "Same, Lindsey" caption also celebrated Charlie Kirk's murder.

Posted by: These women love death at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

256 >>>Kaitlin Bennett interviewed Lindsay Clancy supporters

These Lindsat Clancy supporters need to go volunteer somewhere, doing good things, like recycling, or trimming bushes on church grounds, or rebinding books at a children's library, or tagging items for sale at a charity thrift store.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (odBC9)

257
The prosecution should have claimed that 2 of the children she murdered were transgender & the 3rd was homosexual. She would have been found guilty.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (OkYzo)

258 *Lindsay

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (odBC9)

259 256 >>>Kaitlin Bennett interviewed Lindsay Clancy supporters

These Lindsat Clancy supporters need to go volunteer somewhere, doing good things, like recycling, or trimming bushes on church grounds, or rebinding books at a children's library, or tagging items for sale at a charity thrift store.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM (odBC9)

========

They can go and dig some wells in Syria for the disadvantaged.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (BKQOu)

260 In good news, you'll never see her walking b/c she's permanently paralyzed...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 12:49 PM (tOcjL)

Forgot about that. All I can see when I hear about this case is that picture of her three cute kids on the couch, and my heart just breaks.

(My view is that PPP is real but Clancy did not have it.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

261 They already are.

Men are currently leaving their long-term girlfriends over this and women are absolutely freaking out over it.

Like I said last thread: "Marry me and I might kill your kids," isn't the best sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (PGK1w)

========

I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)
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I assume this is either an excuse or the straw that broke the camel's back ... or these bros have pretty shitty taste in women from the jump.

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

262 The "I stand with Lindsay" signs are ironic given that she can't.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

Stand up, Lindsey. What? Oh God bless you!

Where's my ice cream, Fat?!

Posted by: Rehoboth Beach Pants Shitter at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (u9Xr5)

263 I find two things highly ironic: 1) She was a labor and delivery nurse, helping to bring life into the world and sharing the joy of newborn babies with their moms & dads in the delivery room. Also, comforting the same when the deliveries resulted in tragic outcomes. 2) She will, for the rest of her life be helpless and needing care and assistance to sustain her for her survival just like, her young children did. She will receive the care she needs - her children didn't fare so well.
Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:55 PM (oiNtH)


I'd be interested now to have someone go back and look at the records on births she assisted or attended and see just how many "tragic outcomes" occurred.

I'd bet it's much higher than average.

This might be something good top examine to help noodle-heads determine that Clancy needs the full punishment of the law.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (iJfKG)

264 >>> The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. He would not shut up about what a "great mother" Lindsay was.

I heard a rumor his new wife admitted they were having an affair. Which is why he found a chick to marry so fast afterwards. But I can't confirm this.

There are people that will kill their kids to get revenge on their spouse for cheating. These people are psychos.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Eng1Z)

265 Not a lot to debate here except the method of her execution.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

266 The nuke plant there in Rockford still up and running?

Byron. I graduated high school in Dixon, and my parents liked to shop in Rockford so we went by that plant all the time in the mid to late 80s.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:02 PM (2ocoG)

267 Kaitlin Bennett interviewed Lindsay Clancy supporters, with some even admitting they would hurt their own children. Others said they get all their news from TikTok

One of the top replies, and from a woman no less:

"This bitch lived a privileged life with a nanny, maid, daycare, endless medical care, family support on both sides. Her husband worked from home & she still strangled the lives out of those babies. Hopefully she burns in the hottest part of hell & her supporters can fuck off."

Posted by: That lady's a keeper at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

268 I heard a rumor his new wife admitted they were having an affair. Which is why he found a chick to marry so fast afterwards. But I can't confirm this.


makes sense

hospitals are crazy with the fooling around

worse than a soap opera

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (j+aD2)

269 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (sBAAu)

Forgiveness doesn't require contrition, although continued relationship would. If it did we could never forgive someone who died without apologizing. Forgiveness is for *our* mental and emotional wellbeing and is essentially completely divorced from the person who did the evil.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (lFFaq)

270 After this prosecution, whatever the outcome, find a way to prosecute the psychiatrists. Or at least take their licenses

The cocktail of drugs she was on was ridiculous.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (bwExE)

271
Wait a second.... it's Judge Sullivan?

Judge Dan Sullivan?

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (j6dNk)

272 Forensic astrology?

So the idiot is saying they were incompatible as a couple due to their signs?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (2GVsD)

273 Agree. See my comment above. I think bro is broken. But it's also possible he's just closing the door on a horrific period in his life, knowing nothing will bring the kids back, and just washing his hands of the entire ordeal. Impossible to know.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September

There may be some subconscious justification here, too, because of he said she was evil, crazy and a bad mom, he has to face the fact he left his kids with her, continued to have kids with her and stayed married to her up to this event. That would be a lot to grapple with- and we would all be blaming him. Not just the crazy amongst us.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

274 oh wait! no the husband wasn't in HC right!

forget my comment lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

275 Hopefully she burns in the hottest part of hell & her supporters can fuck off."
Posted by: That lady's a keeper at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

Oh crap. Not looking forward to this

Posted by: that guy who talked in the theater at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (88C+u)

276 I know this family, I asked for prayers for them back when this horrible tragedy occurred. They were and are wonderful people whose lives have forever been changed. The conspiracy theories and TikTok videos disgust me.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ibDUx)

277 261 They already are.

Men are currently leaving their long-term girlfriends over this and women are absolutely freaking out over it.

Like I said last thread: "Marry me and I might kill your kids," isn't the best sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (PGK1w)

========

I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)
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I assume this is either an excuse or the straw that broke the camel's back ... or these bros have pretty shitty taste in women from the jump.

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


This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Harry "The Spare" Windsor at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (5rh/l)

278 They already are.

Men are currently leaving their long-term girlfriends over this and women are absolutely freaking out over it.

Like I said last thread: "Marry me and I might kill your kids," isn't the best sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 12:56 PM (PGK1w)

========

I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)
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Possible, but the pro-Lyndsay crowd has posted so much bullshit about the husband that it's impossible to know what it true and what isn't. I mean, there is a sizeable percentage of people -- men included -- that think the husband killed the kids and framed his wife.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

279 Ten bucks says the majority of the women holding infants and performatively crying on TikTok with a "Same, Lindsey" caption also celebrated Charlie Kirk's murder.
Posted by: These women love death at September 01, 2026 01:00 PM


That Venn Diagram is definitely a circle.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (9Q+nP)

280 270 After this prosecution, whatever the outcome, find a way to prosecute the psychiatrists. Or at least take their licenses


I always chuckle when people are like "we need better mental health coverage"

and who is providing this coverage? bc they are not very good at their jobs currently and increasing their workload sure ain't gonna help

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

281 Hopefully she burns in the hottest part of hell & her supporters can fuck off.

We have a running joke around my house about Ted Kennedy's poker game in hell and people being forced to join it by Stan.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG)

282 Forgiveness doesn't require contrition, although continued relationship would. If it did we could never forgive someone who died without apologizing. Forgiveness is for *our* mental and emotional wellbeing and is essentially completely divorced from the person who did the evil.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:03 PM (lFFaq)

I just have never bought that line. You know the ultimate example is… God Almighty. Does he forgive us if we don’t repent?? No… case closed

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (sBAAu)

283 I assume it's like a dozen dudes who have done this total so far.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:57 PM (BKQOu)

If it saves even one life!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (PGK1w)

284 To me, the Clancy trial is an amalgamation of the result of society refusing to call evil good and good evil, hollywood stanning and glazing evil antiheroes, and Tiktok mass psychosis.

Did anyone see the new Insidious movie? About a mom that goes cray cray and dies to protect her daughter. The key word though is to PROTECT. Not murder.

The theme of women having a demon inside them they can't control is huge right now. Obsession was massive, Insidious is out...you are not responsible for what you do, it was a demon. Not the best message for the current crop of toxic woke women.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (Eng1Z)

285 There are people that will kill their kids to get revenge on their spouse for cheating. These people are psychos.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Eng1Z)

But then the question becomes, can they be 'fixed'? or do we permanently take them out of society so they can't do it again.

62% of those who spend time in Prison for murder, are back in prison within 10 years...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 01:06 PM (mP0Kj)

286 Proton Mail still down. Cripes. How hard is it to run email servers, FFS?
https://status.proton.me/

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

287 Wait a second.... it's Judge Sullivan?

Judge Dan Sullivan?
Posted by: ...

*Cues Night Court music*

Posted by: Rehoboth Beach Pants Shitter at September 01, 2026 01:08 PM (u9Xr5)

288 Shit

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:08 PM (u9Xr5)

289 Forensic astrology?

So the idiot is saying they were incompatible as a couple due to their signs?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM


*with a nod to TJM's latest*

Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: What's your sign?
Victoria Brisbane: I'm sorry. It's... unlisted.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:08 PM (9Q+nP)

290 After this prosecution, whatever the outcome, find a way to prosecute the psychiatrists. Or at least take their licenses


I always chuckle when people are like "we need better mental health coverage"

and who is providing this coverage? bc they are not very good at their jobs currently and increasing their workload sure ain't gonna help
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)
______

There are real issues about whether the doctors were being ignored or even set up. There was conflicted evidence at trial as to not only what meds she was taking, but whether she was taking them at all. There's also evidence she ignored the doctors' advice.

So I don't know whether the doctors did anything wrong.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

291 Proton Mail still down. Cripes. How hard is it to run email servers, FFS?
https://status.proton.me/
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:06 PM (Jr5Lq)



Seems they had all their eggs in one basket. That basket lit on fire. A BUNCH of their hardware overheated and melted.

Their lack of true redundancy would cause me to look elsewhere for my email services.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ccf/V)

292 Shit. Wrong Dan

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (u9Xr5)

293 There are people that will kill their kids to get revenge on their spouse for cheating. These people are psychos.
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Eng1Z)

But then the question becomes, can they be 'fixed'? or do we permanently take them out of society so they can't do it again.

62% of those who spend time in Prison for murder, are back in prison within 10 years...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2026 01:06 PM (mP0Kj)

No. They can't. And frankly I think there's a solid case that killers with mental illness should be put down just like any other killer because of the ongoing threat they pose.

Posted by: If it saves just one child's life at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/)

294 How hard if you want to murder your kids would it be to go to "therapists" and get prescribed a cocktail of drugs?

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (j6dNk)

295
That Venn Diagram is definitely a circle.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (9Q+nP)



My panties are moist........

Posted by: Kamala Harris at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ccf/V)

296 " ... Not the best message for the current crop of toxic woke women.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (Eng1Z) "

best for whom? pretty darn optimal for the forces trying to tear society and culture apart ... which definitely includes media.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (VyBeY)

297 Washington Nearsider

I should be using the airbrush on three Fw 190F-8s and an Me 262A-1a to apply RLM76, but I am here.

And the USPS is holding hostage in Chicago my 1/32 Me 262 A-1a/U4 and P-51B Royal Hybrid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (2GVsD)

298 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (u9Xr5)

It was Christine Sullivan right?

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (j6dNk)

299 Candace Owens says that Charlie Kirk's murderer going to trial and being convicted means that the government is corrupt

You cannot get more stupid and evil than Candace...

Candace-

"Today is the day we will find out which charges Tyler Robinson will be brought to trial for.

I have maintained that I would like to see this trial move forward because I think it will represent an opportunity for us to see the beast up close: the corruption of our government and the criminal nature of who and what rules over us.

Charlie’s 2018 premonition about his death and what it would contribute to worldwide has already be proven accurate in so many ways: the world has never been more awake.

Stay tuned."

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)

300 "No. They can't. And frankly I think there's a solid case that killers with mental illness should be put down just like any other killer because of the ongoing threat they pose.

Posted by: If it saves just one child's life at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/) "

this.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (VyBeY)

301 >>> Kaitlin Bennett interviewed Lindsay Clancy supporters, with some even admitting they would hurt their own children. Others said they get all their news from TikTok

These women are going to be in for a RUDE awakening when their TikTok Clancy lemming videos are used against them in custody hearings. As they should be.

A friend of mine, his deranged ex-wife claimed abuse from him (false) to get a gofundme going, during their custody hearings. And she did social media posts about the divorce and used the kids as pawns for social sympathy. The judge was NOT impressed, told her to knock it off, and I think it's partly why my friend got the custody he was asking for. He totally looked like the sane one of the two, as he should. Loved that family law judge.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (Eng1Z)

302 Shit. Wrong Dan

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (u9Xr5)

Easily done.

Posted by: Dan H. Sullivan, Esq at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (j6dNk)

303 276 I know this family, I asked for prayers for them back when this horrible tragedy occurred. They were and are wonderful people whose lives have forever been changed. The conspiracy theories and TikTok videos disgust me.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I am sorry, DDS, and you are rights. It is really easy to dehumanize when they are just names on a screen. We have no idea what has really gone on.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

304 Not the best message for the current crop of toxic woke women.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (Eng1Z) "

best for whom? pretty darn optimal for the forces trying to tear society and culture apart ... which definitely includes media.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (VyBeY)
______

The more they advertise their toxic lunacy, the better. Posts nice fat red flags for the rest of us to avoid them like the plague.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

305 Women are so fucking stupid

They have no business making any important decisions

Posted by: Maroon at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (ApPwn)

306 "Their lack of true redundancy would cause me to look elsewhere for my email services."

I switched to Proton last year. Changing email providers is a giant PITA when your old email address is the username for hundreds of online accounts. It takes months to accomplish, and some sites just can't do it right no matter how many times I pester them.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

307 "Did anyone see the new Insidious movie? About a mom that goes cray cray and dies to protect her daughter."
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM

No. Why would I want to?

Maybe I misunderstood, but it seems that inside of the same post you both condemned Hollywood and yet endorsed a movie with a horrible precept.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (2Ez/1)

308 That's the way I see it, but IANAL. There must be some kind of dress code for jurors not to wear clothing with political or case-related messaging.
Posted by: gp

Jurors can wear whatever they want, as long as it meets the decorum standards of the judge's courtroom. The BIGGER issue is how would the jurors know that is a symbol of Lindsay supporters, unless they did research into the case and social media outside what was presented in court. That's an issue.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (t19vo)

309 These women were steeped in a culture that convinced them killing their unborn children is a right if they deem them inconvenient. This really shouldn't come as any surprise. Same mindset, just different timing.

Posted by: Expect to see more of this at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)

310 299 Candace Owens says that Charlie Kirk's murderer going to trial and being convicted means that the government is corrupt


Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)

=====

Some Candace stan was in these here comments a few weeks ago, and his slam dunk piece of evidence against Robinson's guilt was that he plead not-guilty which undid all the times he admitted to it right after the crime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (BKQOu)

311 We're not going to make it. It's SMOD time...

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 01:13 PM (cGjQu)

312 Candy Ovens needs to become a Flat Earther.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:13 PM (2GVsD)

313 We don't execute people if they don't know what they were doing in the commission of a grave act. The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians.

Improper use of "We". Twice.

Maybe "You" don't. I've always thought the notion was stupid from the time I first considered it.

Murder three of mine. See what happens next. I don't care if you're out of your mind at the time.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZEFzw)

314 Shit. Wrong Dan

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (u9Xr5)

Easily done.
Posted by: Dan H. Sullivan, Esq at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM


ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:13 PM (9Q+nP)

315 294 How hard if you want to murder your kids would it be to go to "therapists" and get prescribed a cocktail of drugs?
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM

It would be impossible because only psychiatrists can prescribe meds. And doctors are human, they can only go by what is being told to them. We really don’t know if she took her meds, didn’t take her meds, felt they weren’t working so wanted to try something else. We don’t know.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

316 We have a running joke around my house about Ted Kennedy's poker game in hell and people being forced to join it by Stan.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG)


AD&D taught me that Minauros is the swampy layer.

Posted by: the oldsmobile at September 01, 2026 01:14 PM (88C+u)

317 Some Candace stan was in these here comments a few weeks ago, and his slam dunk piece of evidence against Robinson's guilt was that he plead not-guilty which undid all the times he admitted to it right after the crime.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM


Now that's a special kind of stupid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:14 PM (9Q+nP)

318 Imagine being a sane, justice oriented, and reasonable person on that Jury. Were it me, and this nonsense comes down, I think I might make the media rounds and highlight the retards in the room for posterity sake....and my own reputation.

Posted by: Orson at September 01, 2026 01:14 PM (dIske)

319 The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians."

It's not a suicide pact, either.

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 01:15 PM (cGjQu)

320 Improper use of "We". Twice.

Maybe "You" don't. I've always thought the notion was stupid from the time I first considered it.

Murder three of mine. See what happens next. I don't care if you're out of your mind at the time.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZEFzw)

The "proper" use of the general we does not have to include every single person and case or it could never be used "properly".

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:16 PM (j6dNk)

321 Shit. Wrong Dan

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (u9Xr5)

Easily done.
Posted by: Dan H. Sullivan, Esq at September 01, 2026 01:11 PM (j6dNk)

No relation.

Posted by: Danny Sullivan, Spin and Win! at September 01, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)

322 Grammer nazis and no soup for us.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:16 PM (2GVsD)

323 I switched to Proton last year. Changing email providers is a giant PITA when your old email address is the username for hundreds of online accounts. It takes months to accomplish, and some sites just can't do it right no matter how many times I pester them.
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Jr5Lq)



Yeah, the unfortunate side. I've been paying for internet / email since the mid 90's to the same company. I struggle with the $35 or so a month when there's SOOOOO much free shit out there.

Then I remember the sheer magnitude of remembering and/or changing all the things tied to the mail accounts. They've never lost an email that I remember and any outages were incredibly limited and scarce.

I understand your plight, sir.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:17 PM (ccf/V)

324 It would be impossible because only psychiatrists can prescribe meds. And doctors are human, they can only go by what is being told to them. We really don’t know if she took her meds, didn’t take her meds, felt they weren’t working so wanted to try something else. We don’t know.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

You can get prescribed drugs without a psychiatrist. A physician can prescribe them with the backup of a psychologist. Or without. But often with.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:17 PM (j6dNk)

325
If she had killed puppies her defenders would be calling for the death penalty.

Posted by: Frankly at September 01, 2026 01:17 PM (konL5)

326 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM (sBAAu)

Except that we aren't God. Also, Christ died while we were yet sinners. Honestly, like I said, the forgiveness is for *us*. Cutting off contact with someone who hasn't repented is valid, but not carrying the weight of that hurt is for our benefit. It's not like the unrepentant person is suffering while we suffer intensely from holding the anger/resentment/shame/whatever.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (lFFaq)

327 If she had killed puppies her defenders would be calling for the death penalty.

Anthony Fauci smirks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (2GVsD)

328 If she had killed puppies her defenders would be calling for the death penalty.

Posted by: Frankly at September 01, 2026 01:17 PM (konL5)

Wouldn't bet on that.

See: Fauci

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (j6dNk)

329 And the USPS is holding hostage in Chicago my 1/32 Me 262 A-1a/U4 and P-51B Royal Hybrid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (2GVsD)

I just received Academy's 1/32 F/A-18C Chippy Ho, and can't wait.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (PGK1w)

330 The "I stand with Lyndsay" signs would be appropriate for these knucklehead while standing next to her on the gallows. Alas.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (VaC8w)

331 You can get prescribed drugs without a psychiatrist. A physician can prescribe them with the backup of a psychologist. Or without. But often with.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:17 PM (j6dNk)

Well yes, what I was getting at is that it takes a physician or equivalent for meds not just therapists.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

332 Proton Mail still down. Cripes. How hard is it to run email servers, FFS?

Proton's used a lot by people wanting to evade woke surveillance, I wouldn't be surprised if whatever happened was Deep State related.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

333 We don't execute people if they don't know what they were doing in the commission of a grave act. The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians.

OTOH this was fully premeditated.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (j6dNk)

IIRC, the M'Naghten Rule (spellling?) was formulated for the case of an absolute imbecile who committed a crime. A person of such hugely diminished mentality that it was impossible for him to even form an intent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (1z8ji)

334 "These things are inscrutable"

Like an Axe wound!

Posted by: Jonathan Winters at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (YHZy+)

335 Well yes, what I was getting at is that it takes a physician or equivalent for meds not just therapists.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

Which if you look at my initial query is not particularly inhibited by your point.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:20 PM (j6dNk)

336 The jusy is terrified of the woke mob coming after them if they find her guilty. They'll get doxxed, death threats, their employers will be harassed to fire them, and there be a firebombing of a juror's house. The media will gin up the hysteria rather than be responsible in their reporting.

Posted by: JuJuBee at September 01, 2026 01:20 PM (YSQQv)

337 Which if you look at my initial query is not particularly inhibited by your point.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:20 PM (j6dNk)

I will go back and look. It is not outside the realm of possibility I read it wrongly!

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

338 Chippy Ho? that will be a very striking aircraft once done.

Still entertain the thought of building a Tamiya 1/48 F-14A in a 'what-if' Naval heritage WWII tri-color scheme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (2GVsD)

339 And the USPS is holding hostage in Chicago my 1/32 Me 262 A-1a/U4 and P-51B Royal Hybrid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:10 PM (2GVsD)

I just received Academy's 1/32 F/A-18C Chippy Ho, and can't wait.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (PGK1w)




My shakes prevent me from building such things. I have 2 Mustang 1:25 scale I've had for quite a while. we're talking years........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (ccf/V)

340 >>>She slashed her wrists and jumped out a window to kill herself or, perhaps, to pretend to kill herself.

IANAL, but you could probably establish (I guess the lawyers and expert witnesses did), that "she slashed her wrists and jumped out a window" and ... STOP. How's anybody going to determine WHY she did those things? Clearly IANAL.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (odBC9)

341 We are not amused.

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ZxPkt)

342 The pink ladies cheering her should start a petition for abortion to age 18yrs. However, that's not enough time because our 1st son drove us the most insane in college. There should be extensions for murder of your children to age of graduation.

Especially for the first two years and/or when tantrums arrive. I think SCOTUS would go for this. Tantrums can cause mayhem for parents who don't have playrooms with baby gates for them or drink a glass of white whine while making dinner during the chaos (that's what I did vs murder while my dude was out of town).

Our first grandgirlie, now age 5yrs, never had a single tantrum when it was normal. Now she's got some sort of (we hope) brief kindergarten psychosis of mood swings. Messing with her older brother til there is a battle. So far not harming herself or others. We assume she's tired from school, changes of her best friends going to other schools, and will adjust. Because we are normalish people who don't premeditate murder of innocents.

Instead she gets sent to her room, like the Nana before her who she's like in many ways. Maybe she's planning to kill us all while she's in her room for five minutes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 01:22 PM (hzuYO)

343 The "proper" use of the general we does not have to include every single person and case or it could never be used "properly".

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:16 PM (j6dNk)


And your mistake, again, is the "We". You highly, highly over-estimate how many people share your position.

But hey, if the bitch murders three of yours ? I don't care. Show all the mercy you wish.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ZEFzw)

344 "My shakes prevent me from building such things."

Shakes and bad eyes have put a real crimp in my electronics construction projects. Takes 5X longer than it used to.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

345 I will go back and look. It is not outside the realm of possibility I read it wrongly!

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

I think you were probably right. I left it ambiguous but you sort of got me on a technicality. Like the other guy.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:24 PM (j6dNk)

346 Instead she gets sent to her room, like the Nana before her who she's like in many ways. Maybe she's planning to kill us all while she's in her room for five minutes.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 01:22 PM (hzuYO)



Did you see the video of the 20's year old girl drove the dad's Suburban into his house because he wouldn't do something she wanted?

Yeah......things have changed, mightily.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)

347 Still entertain the thought of building a Tamiya 1/48 F-14A in a 'what-if' Naval heritage WWII tri-color scheme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (2GVsD)

I'm not going to build Chippy Ho, I'm doing a VFA-131 bird, blue tail 400.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:24 PM (PGK1w)

348 If you need a striking and different F-16 to build

https://tinyurl.com/4m34hk8x

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:25 PM (2GVsD)

349 Proton Mail still down. Cripes. How hard is it to run email servers, FFS?
https://status.proton.me/
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:06 PM (Jr5Lq)


Based on the statement at the top of the page, the issue was a storage hardware failure. That takes time to recover from and they can't really move forward until that have recovered from it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)

350 For someone who was supposedly psychotic, she sure was capable of a lot of logical (if not moral) planning and attention to detail.

Just sayin'.

Look, if you don't want your kids, then give them to me, and I will raise them. Murder is just.... evil.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:25 PM (dEHLq)

351 Still entertain the thought of building a Tamiya 1/48 F-14A in a 'what-if' Naval heritage WWII tri-color scheme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:21 PM (2GVsD)

But you need to do this. Do it now.

- Zod

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (PGK1w)

352 Did you see the video of the 20's year old girl drove the dad's Suburban into his house because he wouldn't do something she wanted?

Yeah......things have changed, mightily.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:24 PM (ccf/V)

There have always been people like that. We just hear about it more often now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (dEHLq)

353 We don't execute people if they don't know what they were doing in the commission of a grave act. The idea of Christian society is that we are not barbarians.

OTOH this was fully premeditated.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 12:51 PM (j6dNk)

IIRC, the M'Naghten Rule (spellling?) was formulated for the case of an absolute imbecile who committed a crime. A person of such hugely diminished mentality that it was impossible for him to even form an intent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:19 PM (1z8ji)
________

M'Naghten test goes back to 1850s Britain. It was indeed formulated to deal with the incredibly rare circumstance where someone commits a crime while being 100% unable to understand what he or she is doing. Like a completely insane lunatic who thinks he's a milking minotaur or someone sleep-walking.

Unfortunately, the rule has been watered down by commie judges and legislatures since then.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

354 >>> "Did anyone see the new Insidious movie? About a mom that goes cray cray and dies to protect her daughter." Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:05 PM

No. Why would I want to?
Maybe I misunderstood, but it seems that inside of the same post you both condemned Hollywood and yet endorsed a movie with a horrible precept.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 01:12 PM (2Ez/1)

I like horror films, even though I flinch at every jump scare. My husband and I had a date night and went and watched Insidious. It had good themes about ending generational trauma, the love of a mom for her kid, and forgiving your parents. Good stuff, amid scares of women dealing with possession in their dreams and psychosis.

Why do we have several posts about Hollywood here each week? Why does TJM have a youtube channel about film? Because culture, and how it is affected via the entertainment its society consumes, matters.

I love the magic of movies. I despise what Hollywood has done to use it as a tool to destroy our society and make people hate themselves and our country. But I will still always love it.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (Eng1Z)

355 And your mistake, again, is the "We". You highly, highly over-estimate how many people share your position.

But hey, if the bitch murders three of yours ? I don't care. Show all the mercy you wish.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ZEFzw)

You are reading too much into "my" position. I was talking quite specifically about the Christian position of not having the state execute someone who is not competent to stand trial.

If you're gonna play thicko, do so by pretending to not understand my point rather than just not understanding it. You want society to have that power and intention don't take it out on me.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (j6dNk)

356 "Look, if you don't want your kids, then give them to me, and I will raise them."

Be careful what you ask for. You'll get thousands of takers for that offer.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

357 Murdering your Own defenseless CHILDREN…it IS insane that there is a ‘legal’ way out of accountability

Posted by: Voter theater. at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (FCPbW)

358 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (lFFaq)

Respectfully, I just see it differently. Christ died for sinners, BUT only sinners who repent are forgiven. And BTW, the individuals truly wronged here are 3 innocent children who cannot grant forgiveness because they’re dead. I cannot and would not grant forgiveness… and honestly I can’t for those kids. It’s a logical impossibility…. And for me, I’d be full of self loathing if I stood in court and said what a wonderful mother my murdering wife was… it’s just wrong

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (sBAAu)

359 If you need a striking and different F-16 to build

https://tinyurl.com/4m34hk8x

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:25 PM (2GVsD)

I'm doing my -16 in the 65th Aggressor 84-220.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (PGK1w)

360 But then the question becomes, can they be 'fixed'? or do we permanently take them out of society so they can't do it again.

Heinlein was right. Either they can be cured, or they can't. If they can't, what if they escape - or are released - and kill again. How do you explain that to the family of the new victims. If they can be fixed, how can they live with what they did when they were 'sick'.

Best to kill them humanely and be done with it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 01:28 PM (ExV1e)

361 350 For someone who was supposedly psychotic, she sure was capable of a lot of logical (if not moral) planning and attention to detail.

Just sayin'.

Look, if you don't want your kids, then give them to me, and I will raise them. Murder is just.... evil.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:25 PM (dEHLq)

Leave them at a nunnery. Or the equivalent.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:28 PM (odBC9)

362
There have always been people like that. We just hear about it more often now.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (dEHLq)



I think it's happening a lot more frequently now. Sure, social media and camera phones have changed the game, but I don't think these incidents were any way as frequent as they are today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:28 PM (ccf/V)

363 It wasn't murder, murder.

Posted by: Deranged Feminist at September 01, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)

364 IIRC, the M'Naghten Rule (spellling?) was formulated for the case of an absolute imbecile who committed a crime. A person of such hugely diminished mentality that it was impossible for him to even form an intent.

And its a stupid rule. Absolute idiotic.

Lets say you come home and a true idiot looks up at you from a pool of blood that used to belong to your kin. With an Angelic Smile from one of those under-formed, flat faces that we all know when we see them in public ? The kind that hugs everyone in the room ?

I know what I do. That idiot is still guilty.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 01:29 PM (ZEFzw)

365 Prison, mental hospital...as long as she's locked up for life, I'm fine with either.
She killed children. Her own children.
Even if she was completely unable to withstand the compulsion of her depression or psychosis or whatever the fuck she's claiming, she should be taken out of society.
I don't think Andrea Yates should be in prison. She was absolutely not in her right mind, and I had, and still do, compassion for her. She should be in a mental hospital, though. For the rest of her life.
There was another case, can't remember her name, where a neighbor heard a woman screaming in her back yard, " not the baby, Jesus, I can't kill the baby. I can't do it, you have to, I can't " etc, just absolutely hysterical and completely out of her mind, seeing things, etc. And she had killed her other children, but even the cops at the scene talked about how she was clearly and undeniably beyond crazy. They thought she was on Crack, she was so bad. She was not on anything but prescribed psych meds.
Those kinds of cases should be in mental hospitals. I don't think Clancy is one of those, but I'd be ok if she went to the nut house for life, and if she miraculously gets "cured", to prison.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Vvh2V)

366 Post partum psychosis is real. It has not been studied to the extent it needs to be, obviously.

I would encourage people who know nothing about it, other than what they read on the internet, to perhaps stfu.

Having compassion doesn’t excuse the action.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (W2Pud)

367 342 The pink ladies cheering her should start a petition for abortion to age 18yrs.

they're not *really* adults until 26, when they get forced off their parents' insurance.

just sayin'.

Posted by: anachronda at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (oY6Yp)

368 >>For someone who was supposedly psychotic, she sure was capable of a lot of logical (if not moral) planning and attention to detail.

Psychotics are often quite capable of logical planning - call it 'hyperlogical'. If she is incapable of judging right from wrong, then she is permanently committed. If she is capable of judging right from wrong, hang her.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (NcvvS)

369 Aggressor?

Sand, Grape, Snake, Frog, or Pumpkin on an F-5E.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (2GVsD)

370 Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke: What's your sign?
Victoria Brisbane: I'm sorry. It's... unlisted.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 01:08 PM (9Q+nP)

I used to say, "Don't have one. I sold it."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (1z8ji)

371 But then the question becomes, can they be 'fixed'? or do we permanently take them out of society so they can't do it again.

Someone posted a link to a woman that murdered her kids, got declared insane, was "cured" and released, had more kids and...murdered them as well.

Murder of one's own children is the worst sort of crime. It should always involve the death sentence . I don't care just how crazy you are.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

372 Old and busted: if they are alone in the woods, women choose the bear over a man

The New Hotness: if their kids are alone in the woods, men choose the bear over the woke woman

Winners: bears

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Eng1Z)

373 No. They can't. And frankly I think there's a solid case that killers with mental illness should be put down just like any other killer because of the ongoing threat they pose.
Posted by: If it saves just one child's life at September 01, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/)

We simply have to accept the fact that some forms of mental illness are terminal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (1z8ji)

374 >>Winners: bears

*whimper* but they're out of control!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (NcvvS)

375 Wait til trans mothers use the diagnosis to kill their poor children...who should not be with them to begin with.

*On soapbox*...and nor should ghey or lesbos have "children" to mentally abuse.

"Mommy? Am I a girl or boy today?" Said Butterfly, age 3yrs, confused and probably going to shoot schools in the future.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (hzuYO)

376 "Someone posted a link to a woman that murdered her kids, got declared insane, was "cured" and released, had more kids and...murdered them as well. "

Which is why I say Clancy needs to be sterilized, stat. She can easily get pregnant again, even if incarcerated or committed.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

377 For the records black bears just want to eat your Pic-a-nic basket. Grizzley's though love people seeking them out...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

378 nood

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 01:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

379 372 Old and busted: if they are alone in the woods, women choose the bear over a man

The New Hotness: if their kids are alone in the woods, men choose the bear over the woke woman

Winners: bears
Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Eng1Z)

How about you all just leave us the F alone?

or at least bring a Pic i Nic basket....

Posted by: Yogi, the Bear at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (mP0Kj)

380 Post partum psychosis is real. It has not been studied to the extent it needs to be, obviously.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (W2Pud)

So is premeditated murder. Wheat must always be separated from chaff regardless of how well these things are understood.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (j6dNk)

381 OTOH this was fully premeditated.
Posted by: ...
--------

See: Magda Goebbels

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (XeU6L)

382 I think it's happening a lot more frequently now. Sure, social media and camera phones have changed the game, but I don't think these incidents were any way as frequent as they are today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:28 PM (ccf/V)

Before social media the people who were like this were contained, quarantined, shamed, corrected, held in check by their communities. Now they get on TikTok with their insanity and gross antisocial behavior and receive adulation, affirmation, encouragement, admiration, "YASSS SLAY KWEEEN" and so forth. It's simple behavioral conditioning. So yes I believe we're getting more of it in addition to it being more visible.

Posted by: Mental health contagion at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (TbWk/)

383 I like horror films, even though I flinch at every jump scare. My husband and I had a date night and went and watched Insidious. It had good themes about ending generational trauma, the love of a mom for her kid, and forgiving your parents. Good stuff, amid scares of women dealing with possession in their dreams and psychosis.

Why do we have several posts about Hollywood here each week? Why does TJM have a youtube channel about film? Because culture, and how it is affected via the entertainment its society consumes, matters.

I love the magic of movies. I despise what Hollywood has done to use it as a tool to destroy our society and make people hate themselves and our country. But I will still always love it.

Posted by: LizLem at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM
+++

Yes, we human beings are compelled by story.
I'm rereading John Eldredge's book "Epic" which explains our need for story.
I just don't care for stories where Stan wins.

Because he doesn't.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (2Ez/1)

384 I really don't care what the 'excuse' is. You murdered your children In front of each other.


You should never breathe free air ever again. And the longevity should be limited.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

385 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ccf/V)

386 Sand, Grape, Snake, Frog, or Pumpkin on an F-5E.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (2GVsD)

This one: https://www.f-16.net/g3/photos/43858

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (PGK1w)

387 Except that we aren't God. Also, Christ died while we were yet sinners. Honestly, like I said, the forgiveness is for *us*. Cutting off contact with someone who hasn't repented is valid, but not carrying the weight of that hurt is for our benefit. It's not like the unrepentant person is suffering while we suffer intensely from holding the anger/resentment/shame/whatever.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:18 PM (lFFaq)
___

Well said.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Rln0i)

388 >>We simply have to accept the fact that some forms of mental illness are terminal.

Larry Niven wrote a story about this. If the individual could be rehabilitated, then that one would suicide after understanding what had happened; if not, then execution is appropriate. Damn it, need to find the name of the story now.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

389 A real judge on the bench would have called the trial when the four bitches wore pink on the same day. Penalized them and call for a new jury and new trial.

What? Jurisprudence? What jurisprudence?
Dear Prudence won't you come out today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:36 PM (WXr4y)

390 If the state of Massachusetts lets her off, why not bring federal charges? By the way, the state of Massachusetts no longer has the death penalty, but the federal government does.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (eGn4U)

391 Doof, good show for the front page.
Good pic too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (WXr4y)

392 276 I know this family, I asked for prayers for them back when this horrible tragedy occurred. They were and are wonderful people whose lives have forever been changed. The conspiracy theories and TikTok videos disgust me.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ibDUx)

Good of you to show up here, DDS.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:38 PM (odBC9)

393 A major reason for punishment(justice) after a crime is deterrence.
Lindsay Clancy, more than anyone, must be made an example to deter others from such monstrous evil.

Posted by: Voter theater. at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (FCPbW)

394 M'Naghten test goes back to 1850s Britain. It was indeed formulated to deal with the incredibly rare circumstance where someone commits a crime while being 100% unable to understand what he or she is doing. Like a completely insane lunatic who thinks he's a milking minotaur or someone sleep-walking.

Unfortunately, the rule has been watered down by commie judges and legislatures since then.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

Thank you, Elric! I agree that it has been perverted far beyond its original humane intent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

395 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 01:27 PM (sBAAu)

Obviously *we* can't forgive her since her crime wasn't against us. That would be the height of hubris. I was under the impression it was her husband, who was hurt by this that was under discussion.

in your formulation, what happens to the person when the perpetrator has died without apologizing?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (lFFaq)

396 I hear there are a preponderance of XX chromosome carriers on that jury.

Posted by: epador at September 01, 2026 01:46 PM (TRnzq)

397 Yes, this is true too. The two people who should have been most angry and upset at the murder of three defenseless kids instead were giving her a full pardon. I knew that would affect at least one member of the jury.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

The reverse could also be true, if you distort your feelings about her then based on what you think now, you allow all the same types to blame her murders on you having hated her all along.

It's a no win situation.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)

398
Having compassion doesn’t excuse the action.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 01:30 PM (W2Pud)
********

It is real, but not at 8mo postpartum as a common diagnosis.

I don't doubt that at all. With newborns you are tired and your hormones are whacked for a couple of months.

The problem(s) is the age of the baby: 8mo. By then babies are at a wonderful age of sleeping all night, smiling, happy. Two toddler siblings add to the general chaos. I know because I had two boys 2yrs apart. Motherhood is rough. My husband traveled a lot & I managed and did not think of harming them, ever.

She was, from what I read,in a psych unit for a brief 5dy stay. Did she fake it was ok, she was just tired,will take her meds and get help, etc?

I saw psychotic people of all stripes in the ED: drugs, drunks, mental illness. Not all of these can "fake it." Or are homicidal. Or could premeditate a murder of anyone.

A RN would know how to "trick" the shrinks in the psych unit if needed. Correct answers. She checked herself in and then regretted it?

They certainly (I would hope) did not see any homocidal tendencies that could not be helped and discharge her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (hzuYO)

399 128 As soon as the female jurors showed up to deliberations wearing matching pink outfits in solidarity with the pro-satan protesters outside the prosecutor should have lost his fucking mind and the judge should have either replaced those jurors with alternates or declared an immediate mistrial.
Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 12:39 PM (oqH4h)

Yes.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (odBC9)

400 400

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:52 PM (odBC9)

401 Unfortunately, the rule has been watered down by commie judges and legislatures since then.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

Thank you, Elric! I agree that it has been perverted far beyond its original humane intent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

One of the first not guilty by insanity cases in the US at least was Congressman Dan Sickles popping US Attorney Philip Barton Key in Washington DC for having an affair with his wife in 1859

It's been pretty perverted from early times.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 01:53 PM (uhVAy)

402 If the state of Massachusetts lets her off, why not bring federal charges? By the way, the state of Massachusetts no longer has the death penalty, but the federal government does.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 01, 2026 01:37 PM (eGn4U)

What makes it a federal crime that isn't covered by state charges?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 01:55 PM (uhVAy)

403 Completely off topic: wife (what a treasure!) and I saw Coyote v Acme yesterday. Do yourself a favor and go see this movie. Okay, I am a boomer-lawyer-Looney Tunes fan, so I was predisposed to love the flick, but still. Very well done, with endless sly Looney Tunes jokes in the background. Looks great on the big screen. And nothing woke, which is amazing considering it was actually made about four years ago.
Posted by: Martin Tell at September 01, 2026 12:38 PM (8SnSQ)

Saw it over the weekend with a theater full of people. It was great! As a boomer who saw many of the Warner cartoons in the movies in the 50', then on TV in the early 60's, it was a super enjoyable flick. Lots of inside jokes as well, if you were a Loony Tunes fan. My grown son, who grew up watching them on TV was laughing as much as me. Nice to see a movie that left you smiling as you were leaving the theater. The production was very much a labor of love for the people who made the original cartoons.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 01, 2026 01:58 PM (hmYU4)

404 >>We simply have to accept the fact that some forms of mental illness are terminal.

Larry Niven wrote a story about this. If the individual could be rehabilitated, then that one would suicide after understanding what had happened; if not, then execution is appropriate. Damn it, need to find the name of the story now.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

A similar thing in a James White story about a hospital in space. Some alien of unknown origin was loose in a control area and hitting controls, messing with life support and gravity for the entire station and killing many. A doctor manages to get within shooting range of the thing and is convinced over his reluctance to shoot by someone saying - if you were doing that when out of control, what would you think if you awoke sane and learned what you did? wouldn't you want to have been shot?. So he shoots and it turns out to have been an animal after all.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 01, 2026 02:00 PM (uhVAy)

405 After the mistrial, ask for sequestration to protect the jury from all the groupies, and be a little more pointed in voir dire about weeding out the women-can-do-no-wrong crowd. You can't keep determined liars off the jury, but you can eliminate some of the less sophisticated weirdos.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 01, 2026 02:04 PM (GD2xa)

406 An unfortunate example of true psychosis was on display yesterday in, of course, NYC.

The pot-bellied slasher woman who killed a beautiful girl she did not know and attacked an elderly man.

Most people who are psychotic killers are doing it on impulse vs careful planning. There are some who plan, like serial killers or school shooters. Mothers with postpartum depression must fall into the rare form who plan.

She had "help" in therapy and with meds. Whether she took the meds or was consistent is unknown. Some people should never be around children. Ever.

Her L&D choice of nursing is a mystery to me. All of the L&D and nursery NICU nursery nurses were wonderful and it is often a lifetime career they love life so much.

Full blown psychosis is just that. Rare premeditation for days of how to kill, research from the Internet, careful planning as to when to kill.

Sure, like the school killers, they have plans similar to the trans girl in TN. Evil planners.

This "mother" is another level of mental psychosis. Depression. Whatever label you want to give her.

At the very best I wish her a life in a prison for the insane where she can never harm another life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 01, 2026 02:16 PM (hzuYO)

407 "To be legally insane and not culpable of a crime, you have to be so disturbed that you cannot tell right from wrong."

Massachusetts laws is broader than that, it also includes the defect preventing them from being able to comply with the law. I.e. the defect prevents them from being able to control themselves.

The defense is only required to prove there is a mental defect. The burden is then on the prosecution to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defect did not prevent them from being able to comply with the law. A very high hurdle.

Posted by: You're in hell, the world ended at September 01, 2026 02:54 PM (sIbQO)

408 Ace: "To be legally insane and not culpable of a crime, you have to be so disturbed that you cannot tell right from wrong. "

Like, you mean, the typical Philosophy PhD.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at September 01, 2026 03:56 PM (VrQ+c)

409 "Pepperidge Fahms remembahs ... that Massachusetts is wicked fulla crazy bitches."

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 01, 2026 04:02 PM (H4qGm)

410 Women are broken. The final stages of a dying society.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at September 01, 2026 04:12 PM (uYPG+)

The Tuesday Morning Rant

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Selective outrage. We've seen it countless times. Difficult to predict, but very clear when it happens.

Often times results in "Whataboutism"

Whataboutism often serves to reduce the perceived plausibility or seriousness of the original accusation or question by suggesting that the person advancing it is hypocritical or that the responder’s misbehavior is not unique or unprecedented.

That is from britannica.com

A great recent example comes from the golf world. Well known equipment and apparel manufacturer Callaway found them selves in hot water over an ad produces by a partner company of theirs called Good Good Golf. The backlash was strong. The outrage seems -- selective.

Good Good Golf has taken the brunt of the immediate criticism and consequences. Callaway - for now at least - not so much.

Not familiar with Good Good Golf? Allow Grok to summarize:

Founded in 2020 by Garrett Clark, Stephen Castaneda, and Matt Scharff (later joined by others including Micah Morris and Tom Broders). Channel created July 2020; first video September 2020. Based in Frisco, Texas (founders originally from the Kansas City area).

Concept: friends playing golf challenges, trick shots, and casual matches. Aimed at younger viewers rather than traditional golf TV.

Matt Kendrick (previously involved with YouTube fishing channel Googan Squad) became CEO and pushed the business side — apparel, merch, events, and brand deals.

Grew rapidly: main channel passed 1 million subscribers by the time of the Callaway deal and later exceeded 2 million. Expanded into hats/apparel (strong seller at Dick’s and Golf Galaxy), live events, a women’s-focused channel, and later a $45 million funding round (2025).


No let's get to the current situation


The ad itself is said to be based on a movie called Obsession. From Wikipedia:

Obsession is a 2025/2026 supernatural horror movie written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker, a 26-year-old filmmaker who started with YouTube/TikTok shorts and a prior low-budget film (Milk & Serial). It premiered at TIFF in September 2025, then opened theatrically in the U.S. on May 15, 2026 (Focus Features / Blumhouse involvement). Shot for about $750,000–$1 million, it became a surprise hit, grossing hundreds of millions worldwide.

Bear (Michael Johnston), a shy music-store employee, has a long crush on his friend/coworker Nikki (Inde Navarrette) but can’t tell her. He uses a supernatural novelty item called the “One Wish Willow” to wish that she will fall in love with him. The wish works — but she becomes violently, unnaturally obsessed. It’s a modern “monkey’s paw / be careful what you wish for” story that starts like awkward romance and turns into horror.

The ad created a firestorm. It was said to promote violence against women. The tie-in to the movie was lost on most. From Grok (citing multiple sources):

CEO Matt Kendrick and Garrett Clark said the driver spot was meant as a parody of Obsession — Clark being “obsessed” with the new Callaway driver the way the movie’s characters get possessed by obsession, so anyone who touched the club would trigger that. In Clark’s later apology video he called the concept “super dumb” and “the worst ad known to man” once he saw the finished product. The connection was loose: the movie is about romantic/supernatural obsession turning dangerous, not a guy shoving someone over a golf club. Critics of the ad said the execution didn’t read as parody of that film.

It really was a bad ad. But was the backlash warranted?

Here's where some "whataboutism" abounds.

Snickers


Michelob


And who can forget Terry Tate?


Good Good Golf has been "cancelled".

Callaway terminated it's partnership with them. The partnership began in 2023

They lost a PGA Tour event title sponsorship

Dick's Sporting Goods and their subsidiary Golf Galaxy pulled their products - which had been selling quite well


Meanwhile, Callaway seems much less harmed. Probably because they issued this CYA memo with the proper woke homage to "diversity and inclusion"


From Nick Adams on X

1. Callaway approved this ad from Good Good

2. The full 60 second ad clearly shows that it's a skit mimicking the film Obsession, not an endorsement for violence

Would I have run the ad? No, it's a bad ad.

Do they deserve to have their company destroyed? Absolutely not.

I agree with him completely. This is selective outrage in 2 ways - the previous ads weren't met with that kind of reaction, and Callaway isn't facing anywhere near that kind of heat.

Although time will tell about the long term consequences to Callaway. Perhaps "get woke, go broke" will apply. I was a big fan of Callaway products before this situation. I spent a lot of money on Callaway irons earlier this year. I use their golf balls and have several hats and shirts of theirs. The irons are too expensive for me to get rid of. But I won't be wearing their apparel any longer. And I will be switching to a different golf ball manufacturer as well.

I don't think I'm alone in this regard.

Posted by: Doof at 11:00 AM




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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 11:00 AM (u9Xr5)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 Yep, too.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 11:01 AM (/hk2L)

4 Smooth Monkey

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 01, 2026 11:01 AM (VkY89)

5 Me three

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 11:01 AM (u9Xr5)

6 Advertising is cut throat. Some cut, others get cut.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2Cry5)

7 Morning Doof and the Horde! I like the happy monkey.

Posted by: Buck at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (z6ONu)

8 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (+gK6I)

9 I do not even get the ad. It's retarded. It's all... bizarre non sequiturs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Y/06r)

10 Just tell the mob to eat shit. Do not give an inch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (u9Xr5)

11 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

It's Schrodinger's feminism: women are either YAAS QWEEN or a pathetic victim depending on what gives them the most advantage in a given situation.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (2ocoG)

12 6 Advertising is cut throat. Some cut, others get cut.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2Cry5)

How is this even an ad?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Y/06r)

13 8 embrace the power of and.

Posted by: Buck at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (z6ONu)

14 lol I like the ad!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (j+aD2)

15 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (+gK6I)


Exactly

Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (QLC6i)

16 Because I don't have a working TV and don't have FB, Twitter or TikTok, I miss a number of things people get enraged about. I am not sorry about this .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (xSAlF)

17 9 I do not even get the ad. It's retarded. It's all... bizarre non sequiturs.


it's a take off of Obsession (good movie btw)

I'm sure this was an online-only ad! probably very selective placement

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (j+aD2)

18 So was Good, Good Golf connected to Trump in any way because that would explain the cancellation...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (+gK6I)

19 14 lol I like the ad!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (j+aD2)

*sideeye*

*backs away slowly without turning around*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Y/06r)

20 that chick should just be happy the guys let her golf with them

heh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (j+aD2)

21 @1 yup
*goes back to whittling*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 01, 2026 11:07 AM (cWLG3)

22 Let that bitch have it!

Posted by: Michael Skskel at September 01, 2026 11:07 AM (u9Xr5)

23 >>Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?


If they have to tell you...

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2026 11:07 AM (Shi2G)

24 18 So was Good, Good Golf connected to Trump in any way because that would explain the cancellation...


no it was just "he pushed the girl"

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:07 AM (j+aD2)

25 23 >>Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?


weak little snowflakes WHO RULE YOU

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:07 AM (j+aD2)

26 Men and women are the same

Also, men can’t hit women while women can hit men because shut up

Also women can murder children because having kids gave them sad fee fees

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:08 AM (fapp/)

27 it's a take off of Obsession (good movie btw)

I'm sure this was an online-only ad! probably very selective placement
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (j+aD2)

I only know the movie from people talking about it. But I am still not getting the connection aside from the creepy smile.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:08 AM (Y/06r)

28 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)

29 26 Men and women are the same

Also, men can’t hit women while women can hit men because shut up

Also women can murder children because having kids gave them sad fee fees
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:08 AM (fapp/)

Don't do drugs, kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (Y/06r)

30 The Betty White/Abe Vigoda one is hysterical. The Callaway one is eerie. Nobody but a therapist would approve the Callaway ad.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (dfgzq)

31 I'm not a golfer. Never heard of this kerfuffle.

I'll loan my share of outrage to the highest bidder.

Posted by: Will Robinson. at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (A3xvt)

32 Bad marketing has repercussions. I've bought the last set of clubs I'll ever own so no outrage here. Maybe these companies should be marketing stretching and form and other such fundamentals to help customers improve their game?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (Ujrb8)

33 I only know the movie from people talking about it. But I am still not getting the connection aside from the creepy smile.



yeah good point I assume the One Wish Willow was somehow involved tho

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (j+aD2)

34 If you're going to be switching golf balls, try the Taylor Made TP5 or TP5X. They are sweet!

Posted by: Giles Overreach at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (cOor7)

35 The office linebacker guy turned out to be a foaming at the mouth leftie.

Posted by: steevy at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (YwEeS)

36 One of the problems with the GG/Callaway ad is it relies on knowledge of a specific subset of the zeitgeist.

I would never have connected the ad to Obsession if someone hadn't pointed it out to me because I've never seen that movie.

Modern advertising runs a big risk when they try to connect with the zeitgeist because pop culture is so, so fragmented these days you'll never be able to really grasp what the "cool kids" are into.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

37 The ad was very meh. I didn't really understand it as I don't see many new movies, so it missed me completely.

I'm not cancelling shit over it, tho.

Woman gets pushed out of the way by a man. Big F*cking Deal.

What happened to equality? Women can do what men, right?

The hypocrisy. It knows no bounds.


I f*cking HATE what they're turning the world into.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (ccf/V)

38
Meh, I honestly don't see it as an offensive or "bad ad."

It's obviously a silly ad that this guy is so obsessed with his great new golf club that social norms go out the window for him.

Even without the "Obsession" connection that's obvious.

But...what makes it a poor ad is that it offends enough libtardsd and AWFLs that it becomes a negative thing. Not because the ad is bad but because of the voices in their heads.

Still, the ad company did their clients no service by not figuring this out ahead of time.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (iJfKG)

39 well I know what new driver the boys are getting for xmas this year!

also has cool name

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (j+aD2)

40 Somebody organized this. Hire a forensics IT guy and return the favor.

PS
For the best golf balls, go with Pinnacle.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

41 2. The full 60 second ad clearly shows that it's a skit mimicking the film Obsession, not an endorsement for violence

Caucasian, please. Most people never saw the movie, and had no idea it was an homage. Just how dumb do you have to be in 2026 to think that was a smart thing to put in an ad?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

42 Men and women are the same

Also, men can’t hit women while women can hit men because shut up

Also women can murder children because having kids gave them sad fee fees


ShoeOnHead said the Clancy case is "OJ Simpson for women", which is perfect. We all know she's gonna skate, she's gonna collect the million-plus dollars in GoFundMe, she might even have a few more kids to murder them on stage at the DNC.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)

43 can somebody tell me what I'm supposed to be bothered about regarding this golf commercial?

Posted by: DanMan at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (8uzBS)

44 >>Bad marketing has repercussions.


This guy gets it.

Posted by: Quiznos at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (Shi2G)

45 Don't do drugs, kids.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:09 AM (Y/06r)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (FZ29D)

46 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

I enjoyed Michelob's answer.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (dfgzq)

47 The world of sports is being ruined by hole for a head woman and their homosexual back hole allies in the media. Name one popular sport from the 1980s or earlier that they have not ruined. Make sure to wear your pink ribbon.

Posted by: October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (+iYtA)

48 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

It's Schrodinger's feminism: women are either YAAS QWEEN or a pathetic victim depending on what gives them the most advantage in a given situation.
Posted by: Ian S.



THIS times a Brazilian!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (U0c5a)

49 Oh well ... there will be a new selective outrage "social media" mass-formation-psychosis virtue-signaling "controversy" next week for The Left to wet their diapers over (and this will eventually be forgotten) ... so we've got that going for us.

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (m0vIZ)

50 Modern advertising runs a big risk when they try to connect with the zeitgeist because pop culture is so, so fragmented these days you'll never be able to really grasp what the "cool kids" are into.


exactly true.

yeah it is hard. that's why the tie to the film is kinda not exact. they were trying to shock tho, yes.

which can be .. it depends on what the audience is. if this get shared around some young guys will be happy to buy the club

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (j+aD2)

51
ShoeOnHead said the Clancy case is "OJ Simpson for women", which is perfect. We all know she's gonna skate, she's gonna collect the million-plus dollars in GoFundMe, she might even have a few more kids to murder them on stage at the DNC.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)

The thought of that makes me furious and very sad

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (+gK6I)

52 but Michelob was WAY ahead of them and put a much better comedic twist on theirs years ago 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/o2zVwS4FeY



"Ohhh. Late hit!"


Actually kinda funny........F*cking GET OVER YOURSELVES.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ccf/V)

53 we should be discussing the extremely gay new Eagles (and Patriots!) male cheerleader/dancer abomination

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (j+aD2)

54 40 Somebody organized this. Hire a forensics IT guy and return the favor.

PS
For the best golf balls, go with Pinnacle.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

Nice new pro shirt you have there!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (Y/06r)

55 I'm beginning to think CNN can't be entirely trusted.

🚨 NEW: CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer just issued a “quick note of clarification” after falsely suggesting U.S. troops would be impacted by Trump's executive order cracking down on mail-in ballots following an exchange he had with Dem Virginia Gov Abigail Spanberger last week.
“A quick note of clarification. We discussed legal challenges to the Trump administration’s directives for the Postal Service on mail-in voting. A comment I made suggested that U.S. military and overseas voters' ballots would be impacted by these directives. I want to be clear right now: those ballots are exempt from the Postal Service’s new rules implementing the president’s March executive order. Those groups are covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, just to be specific on that point.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

56 The golf ad would have been fine if it had been the woman assaulting the man.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (vTZFs)

57 The thought of that makes me furious and very sad


trying not to think about this

yes very mad

furious

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (j+aD2)

58 Because I don't have a working TV and don't have FB, Twitter or TikTok, I miss a number of things people get enraged about. I am not sorry about this .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 11:06 AM (xSAlF)


I do have all of those except for TikTok, and I never saw the ad. And, like you, I'm okay with that.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (KKJEY)

59 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?



Just because the left says and does stupid things doesn't mean we should follow suit.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

60 Meh.

I am going to make a wild a$$ guess that it's feminists who are outraged about this. How original. I am reminded of a Super Bowl ad a few years back in which a giant rooster kicked the sh#t of a famer, set in an office - selling cornflakes or something?

Ads in general have gotten meaner, weirder and sort of mystifying as to what they are trying to say/sell. Millennials are one f'd up generation, generally speaking, with obvious caveat that I don't mean ALL Millennials, nor do I want to start a flame war over this classification. They have had their perspectives warped by being the first very online generation, with early Tumblr/Reddit brain rot affecting some of them.


Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (X8xt3)

61 I remember in... '96 or so a buddy was getting me into golf. I enjoyed it. But I remember going into the pro shop and looking at the clothing and being astounded. The shirt feels nice, but $70?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (Y/06r)

62 The ad sucks as an ad. Golf sucks as a game. The woke progtard cancel squad sucks. Lots of suckage to go around here.

Posted by: All suckage all the time at September 01, 2026 11:14 AM (TbWk/)

63 The office linebacker guy turned out to be a foaming at the mouth leftie.

Posted by: steevy at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (YwEeS)

---------------

They were able to get in a mocking shot at Christians there in the final seconds.

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 11:14 AM (m0vIZ)

64 I just have to ask why these guys were singled out.

Is it simply because they were an easy target?

The ad isn't funny, but it's not offensive either.

I have to assume the cruelty and the raw exercise of power was the point of destroying them.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 11:14 AM (zjgNU)

65 I do have all of those except for TikTok, and I never saw the ad. And, like you, I'm okay with that.


yeah it was a targeted ad! someone (as suggested above) decided to push this to the media to hurt Callaway and Good Good.

normies weren't supposed to see this

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:14 AM (j+aD2)

66 I have to assume the cruelty and the raw exercise of power was the point of destroying them.


probably just a competitor

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:15 AM (j+aD2)

67 The office linebacker guy turned out to be a foaming at the mouth leftie.

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

Yeah he was awesome right up to when he tackled Sarah Palin to give Obama a free campaign ad, then he was assho

I hope he aged badly like this fucking guy did

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:15 AM (fapp/)

68 Name one popular sport from the 1980s or earlier that they have not ruined. Make sure to wear your pink ribbon.

Posted by: October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (+iYtA)

Hockey.

The NHL has banned all pride night/unique jersey/pay-attention-to-me events of any kind.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:15 AM (PGK1w)

69 PS
For the best golf balls, go with Pinnacle.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

Nice new pro shirt you have there!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (Y/06r)

***

*tapes up camera eye*

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 11:15 AM (2WIwB)

70 Golf is gay as fuck

Now miniature golf, that’s a man’s game

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (fapp/)

71 >>I've bought the last set of clubs I'll ever own so no outrage here.

Me, too. Played Hogan irons for years before switching to Titleist's "old man" irons. They will probably be tossed in the trash by my daughter after I die.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (J4Dwc)

72 If you're going to be switching golf balls, try the Taylor Made TP5 or TP5X. They are sweet!
Posted by: Giles Overreach at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (cOor7)


Probably going with Taylor Made SpeedSoft. Especially as the cooler weather of fall approaches. I currently use Callaway SuperSoft, and they work well for me.

Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (QLC6i)

73 ShoeOnHead said the Clancy case is "OJ Simpson for women", which is perfect. We all know she's gonna skate, she's gonna collect the million-plus dollars in GoFundMe, she might even have a few more kids to murder them on stage at the DNC.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)


I haven't been all that plugged into the trial, and until recently I was kinda on the fence about it: not about Clancy having actually murdered her kids, but I was willing to entertain the possibility that, okay, maybe she was so out of her mind she really didn't know what she was doing.

But after reading through some of the stuff last night--her calling her husband in the middle of the murdering, lawyering up the second she got to the hospital, etc.--no, she's guilty and ought to spend the rest of her life in solitary.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (KKJEY)

74 Golf is gay as fuck

Now miniature golf, that’s a man’s game
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (fapp/)
----
Preach it!

Posted by: Leo Wong from Futurama at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (FZ29D)

75 I've long been a Bridgestone golf ball guy. Not that I'm any good or anything, but found that ball more fit my game. The e6 was preferred. The B330's were pricy, but fine.

I won't shun playing a Pro V1 or 1x found in the woods, tho.

*I suck at golf so it's likely the ball used means naught to me or my game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (ccf/V)

76 Ads in general have gotten meaner, weirder and sort of mystifying as to what they are trying to say/sell. Millennials are one f'd up generation, generally speaking, with obvious caveat that I don't mean ALL Millennials, nor do I want to start a flame war over this classification. They have had their perspectives warped by being the first very online generation, with early Tumblr/Reddit brain rot affecting some of them.



I think it's a reflection of modern life's absolute saturation with ads. You have to do SOMETHING to stand out from the clutter, or you're just wallpaper. Being offensive is probably the easiest way to do that.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

77 >>Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

It's Schrodinger's feminism: women are either YAAS QWEEN or a pathetic victim depending on what gives them the most advantage in a given situation.
- - - -
Sadly, this.

Shorter: Being a (feminist*) woman means never being held responsible for the consequences of their actions and values.

*Not all women think and behave this way, but this is so for those that dominate the media and politics.
We need another Phyllis Schlaefly!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (X8xt3)

78 37 The ad was very meh. I didn't really understand it as I don't see many new movies, so it missed me completely.

I'm not cancelling shit over it, tho.

Woman gets pushed out of the way by a man. Big F*cking Deal.

What happened to equality? Women can do what men, right?

The hypocrisy. It knows no bounds.


I f*cking HATE what they're turning the world into.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (ccf/V)

Yeah it is all beyond ridiculous now. Checked out a show on Paramount Plus - Marshals. US Marshalls thing. The caricatures of women and Indian Marshalls have become cartoonish and so, so, so predictable. You know the drill without even watching the show, I will bet.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (Gqar8)

79 70 Golf is gay as fuck

Now miniature golf, that’s a man’s game
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (fapp/)

Spending all day with a bunch of other dudes swinging your shafts around and handling balls? Yeah...totally gay.

Posted by: Wash my balls and I'll wash yours! at September 01, 2026 11:18 AM (TbWk/)

80 Women Warriors, the new zeitgeist.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

81 But after reading through some of the stuff last night--her calling her husband in the middle of the murdering, lawyering up the second she got to the hospital, etc.--no, she's guilty and ought to spend the rest of her life in solitary.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (KKJEY)

https://youtu.be/9UEGIW_W1hQ

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Y/06r)

82 Thx Doof.
The difference with the Michelob and Snickers ads is that they were funny and obvious jokes. The golf ad , not so much.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (rNkEQ)

83 And if it DIDN'T have a woman it, well, that would also be sexist.

I saw a cartoon a while back with four panels.

1) Black guy has a white guy at gunpoint. Screeching communist: "Why is the black guy the criminal?"
2) White guy has a black guy at gunpoint. Screeching communist: "Racist violence against a minority!"
3) White guy has another white guy at gunpoint. Screeching communist: "No black people in this movie! Erasure of minorities!"
4) Black guy has another black guy at gunpoint. Screeching communist: "Portraying violent crime as only a problem for minorities!"


On the positive side, perhaps this new ad featuring Sadie Sink, coupled with last week's Sydney Sweeney lingerie ad, signals that the era of using obese, ugly ham-beasts of indeterminate sex as "models" is over. We may hope.

https://tinyurl.com/325rnrtk

Am I a little fat myself? Yes. Am I therefore a hypocrite? No. I'm not pretending to be a model.

Using a fat ugly model is like hiring Peter Dinklage as a basketball player.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (c+HDg)

84 Ads in general have gotten meaner, weirder and sort of mystifying as to what they are trying to say/sell.

Because ads used to be based on our common pop culture and that no longer exists. Everyone has their own self-curated music, TV, movies, memes, etc, etc.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (2ocoG)

85 That Michelob ad was funny as hell. I wonder if those two ended up together....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Fv808)

86 79 70 Golf is gay as fuck

Now miniature golf, that’s a man’s game
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (fapp/)

Spending all day with a bunch of other dudes swinging your shafts around and handling balls? Yeah...totally gay.

Posted by: Wash my balls and I'll wash yours! at September 01, 2026 11:18 AM (TbWk/)

=======

The only true manly existence is to live alone in the forests, killing your meat with your bare hands, and using the little leisure time you have reading Marcus Aurelius.

All else is gay, female shit not worthy of a man, and if you disagree, then you're gay and female.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (BKQOu)

87 82 Thx Doof.
The difference with the Michelob and Snickers ads is that they were funny and obvious jokes. The golf ad , not so much.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (rNkEQ)

That's where I would agree. It is like a horrifying joke without the punchline.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Y/06r)

88 I ran across a thread from some leftwing entertainment mag arguing Olivia Rodrigo's current concert tour is the logical next version of Lillith fair and I have to laugh.

I watched a couple of her videos and she can't really sing but she does have nice gams she likes to show off in mini-dresses.

Way to go feminism!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

89 48 THIS times a Brazilian!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (U0c5a)

Citizen or wax?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (/hk2L)

90 I want to be clear right now: those ballots are exempt from the Postal Service’s new rules implementing the president’s March executive order. Those groups are covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, just to be specific on that point.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)



Congrats, dipf*ck.

The executive order deals DIRECTLY with those NOT ON VOTER ROLLS or are ILLEGALLY VOTING.

NOTHING to do with military members in areas of combat or remote bases getting their absentee ballots.

F*cking biased retards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (ccf/V)

91 >>I think it's a reflection of modern life's absolute saturation with ads. You have to do SOMETHING to stand out from the clutter, or you're just wallpaper. Being offensive is probably the easiest way to do that.


Yeah, I suppose they grew up watching Madonna and other play this game to great success.
The problem is that when everyone is rebelling in the same way, you are the norm.

There is no “Bougeois” left to "Épater."

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (X8xt3)

92 And who's behind Pinnacle?

Hint: It also starts with a 'P', albeit with a 'Big' in front of it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (0sNs1)

93 The thought of that makes me furious and very sad

-
Well, then, don't watch this.

https://tinyurl.com/yntdw7tc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

94 For the best golf balls, go with Pinnacle.
Posted by: Diogenes


It doesn't matter what golf balls I use. I hit them so hard that it changes the name on them.



(Reread that as many times as you need to to get it)

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (U0c5a)

95 44 >>Bad marketing has repercussions.


This guy gets it.
Posted by: Quiznos at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (Shi2G)

You shut your whore mouth. Quiznos marketing was hilarious!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (zjgNU)

96 The only true manly existence is to live alone in the forests, killing your meat with your bare hands, and using the little leisure time you have reading Marcus Aurelius.

All else is gay, female shit not worthy of a man, and if you disagree, then you're gay and female.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM (BKQOu)

Marcus was odd. A fatalistic outlook (which is stoicism) on life.

"Always remember when you embrace your children at night, that they could be dead by morning."

We get it, guy. Give it a rest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (Y/06r)

97 THIS times a Brazilian!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM


Tell us you're a hardwood man without telling us you're a hardwood man.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (0sNs1)

98 https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/
2094802738483704292

"@OpenSourceZone
CNN: Republicans win both the House and Senate if the polls underestimate them like they did in 2024

2026 Midterms if polls underestimate the GOP

House:
🔴 Republicans: 218
🔵 Democrats: 217

Senate:
🔴 Republicans: 53
🔵 Democrats: 47"

-------

The summer polls in 2026 are 100% accurate because the final polls in 2024 were 60% accurate, guys.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:21 AM (BKQOu)

99 Was it Nick Fuentes who argued sex with women is kind of gay?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

100 Comedy is hard. It is also subjective. Not everyone appreciates slapstick. The ad didn't work for me because the comedy was poorly executed, making the violence a bit too real. I was not aware of the movie reference, and maybe basing a joke on a movie that less than 1% of your demographic are familiar with is not the wisest marketing decision...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (nbLIj)

101 Heh. They played the 'Mistakes were made' card.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (XeU6L)

102 And who's behind Pinnacle?

Hint: It also starts with a 'P', albeit with a 'Big' in front of it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax


Big Pharma????

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (U0c5a)

103 we should be discussing the extremely gay new Eagles (and Patriots!) male cheerleader/dancer abomination
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:12 AM (j+aD2)

No. It's horrible and indicative of everything wrong in our culture.

No discussion needed.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (zjgNU)

104 Comedy is hard. It is also subjective. Not everyone appreciates slapstick. The ad didn't work for me because the comedy was poorly executed, making the violence a bit too real. I was not aware of the movie reference, and maybe basing a joke on a movie that less than 1% of your demographic are familiar with is not the wisest marketing decision...

Posted by: Joe Kidd


Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (U0c5a)

105 We'll never get to Mars or have a decent space elevator if we're going to cry over spilled commercials.

Posted by: Captain Video at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (JM9I6)

106 THIS times a Brazilian!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:11 AM (U0c5a)

Citizen or wax?
Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 11:20 AM (/hk2L)


Steakhouse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

107 Probably going with Taylor Made SpeedSoft. Especially as the cooler weather of fall approaches. I currently use Callaway SuperSoft, and they work well for me.
Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (QLC6i)



I don't mind some of the Calloway offerings, for sure. They're one of the few balls, however, that sometimes my iron shots damage the cover. The grooves in the clubhead sometimes leave some slight louvers on the outside.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

108 The only true manly existence is to live alone in the forests, killing your meat with your bare hands, and using the little leisure time you have reading Marcus Aurelius.

All else is gay, female shit not worthy of a man, and if you disagree, then you're gay and female.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:19 AM


So, no watching the Director's Cut of {insert movie title here}?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (0sNs1)

109 > The caricatures of women and Indian Marshalls have become cartoonish and so, so, so predictable.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:17 AM (Gqar

Yeah, I gave up on that one early on. I didn't mind the Indian guy as much as some of the other "stepped out of a rejected Sesame Street episode" casting. At least having an Indian cop in Montana is plausible. The black woman is uber-annoying, though, and after the first episode or two, it seemed like every episode was All About Her.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (c+HDg)

110 108 So, no watching the Director's Cut of {insert movie title here}?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (0sNs1)

=======

Why?

You gay and female?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (BKQOu)

111 99 Was it Nick Fuentes who argued sex with women is kind of gay?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

"The straightest thing you can do is suck another man's dick!'
-Andrew Tate, probably

Wait, wasn't that a horrifying joke from Tim Allen?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Y/06r)

112 I miss Mister Mayhem.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (XeU6L)

113 >>Bad marketing has repercussions.


"True!"
-- Jaguar

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (X8xt3)

114 >>>Golf is gay as fuck

Now miniature golf, that’s a man’s game

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos

>Golf and tennis have both taken a dive into the septic system so they did it to themselves. We're going to need a bigger sump pump.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Ujrb8)

115 Doof at both ends of the day is more upsetting than the silly commercial.

Posted by: Guess I'll Just Have To Get Used To It at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM (JM9I6)

116 The NHL has banned all pride night/unique jersey/pay-attention-to-me events of any kind.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:15 AM (PGK1w)

but the literary world has persevered: last time I was at the library I saw on the new arrivals shelf what appeared to be a hockey-themed gay romance novel. who knew?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (VyBeY)

117 They literally said "Mistakes were made..." smh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (RIvkX)

118 Been a fan of good good and youtube golf in general for a long time. I own mulitple GG polo's and they are very well made, I believe South Korean origin on the tag.

I saw the ad originally and like all ads I skipped through it 5 seconds at a time. These guys are funny, make good content, and are getting crushed by this. Bad press is still press, I hope they just weather the storm and find better partnerships going forward. Callaway stuff sucks, my guess they will be signed by Takomo in the next 3 months.

Posted by: Fletch at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (lUL0U)

119 I am usually very good with predicting case results.

The Clancy one is tough but I am confident they are not gonna buy the insanity defense. That I would bet on.

Whether they will go with 2nd or 1st degree I don't know but I can see them going 1st degree. Less confident on that score but pretty sure she's not gonna get away with it. Too much planning and calculation involved to be a pure "the voices and/or depression made me do it" outcome.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (j6dNk)

120 Big Pharma????
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM


Good ... good ...

There'll be an extra tin of sardines in your paybox this week.

Posted by: Big Penguin at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (0sNs1)

121 Golf is also hilarious because so many people focus so hard on the tools (balls, clubs) that they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Y/06r)

122 I watched a couple of her videos and she can't really sing but she does have nice gams she likes to show off in mini-dresses.

Milli Vanilli got robbed. All of the record labels pick "talent" by looks and fix it in post now, it's not even controversial. Even when someone slips through who can actually sing (Lady Gaga) they computerize them into numerically perfect oblivion.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:26 AM (2ocoG)

123 Not sure what Pinnacle balls are like now, but when they first came out, it was like hitting rocks. Sure, the went far, but good luck trying to spin one from 100 yards out on an approach shot from the fairway.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 11:26 AM (J4Dwc)

124 Whether they will go with 2nd or 1st degree I don't know but I can see them going 1st degree. Less confident on that score but pretty sure she's not gonna get away with it. Too much planning and calculation involved to be a pure "the voices and/or depression made me do it" outcome.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (j6dNk)

The voices she did not tell anyone about or record in her journal but only relayed months after she murdered her children?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Y/06r)

125 Just a dumb, boring, tasteless ad. Hard to believe the company watched this and said "looks good to me."

Also super gay. What guy gets angry when hot girls try to touch his wood?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)

126 Doof at both ends of the day is more upsetting than the silly commercial.
Posted by: Guess I'll Just Have To Get Used To It at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM


To really appreciate Doof, you must observe him discoing at a MoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (0sNs1)

127 119 I am usually very good with predicting case results.

The Clancy one is tough but I am confident they are not gonna buy the insanity defense. That I would bet on.

Whether they will go with 2nd or 1st degree I don't know but I can see them going 1st degree. Less confident on that score but pretty sure she's not gonna get away with it. Too much planning and calculation involved to be a pure "the voices and/or depression made me do it" outcome.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (j6dNk)

She in a death penalty state, I hope?

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar8)

128 They literally said "Mistakes were made..." smh

Unless that's immediately followed by "those responsible have been sacked" and something about moose bites, I assume it was deliberate.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

129 42 Men and women are the same

Also, men can’t hit women while women can hit men because shut up

Also women can murder children because having kids gave them sad fee fees

ShoeOnHead said the Clancy case is "OJ Simpson for women", which is perfect. We all know she's gonna skate, she's gonna collect the million-plus dollars in GoFundMe, she might even have a few more kids to murder them on stage at the DNC.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG


This. Its the husband's fault for either over medicating her or undermedicating her or providing a nanny or not providing a chauffeur something something.

But its the dudes fault. He should be on trial.

Posted by: Handmaidens everywhere at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (/WHpM)

130 ShoeOnHead said the Clancy case is "OJ Simpson for women", which is perfect. We all know she's gonna skate, she's gonna collect the million-plus dollars in GoFundMe, she might even have a few more kids to murder them on stage at the DNC.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)


And while she's living large, her poor husband will be beaten from pillar to post for the rest of his life, because it will have been his fault that she was driven to such a tragic act.

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (qRla/)

131 Women Warriors, the new zeitgeist.

Posted by: tubal

Uhhh . . .

https://tinyurl.com/3b97dndh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

132 127 She in a death penalty state, I hope?

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar

======

MA, so no.

It'll be a hung jury, obviously at this point.

Hopefully prosecution reprosecutes and the judge gets a kick to the balls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (BKQOu)

133 "Obsession" wasn't popular enough to give the ad context.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (v7UJz)

134 She in a death penalty state, I hope?
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar

Massachusetts, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (Y/06r)

135 She in a death penalty state, I hope?
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar


If there were any possibility of her getting the death penalty, she'd have been found guilty on day one as should have happened.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (ExV1e)

136 they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
------------
I am right here, Aetius451AD.

Posted by: scampydog at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (yPJaS)

137 Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (U0c5a)

SOOOO Close, but not quite there. I fixed it for you:

Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
Posted by: Stalin at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (U0c5a)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (zjgNU)

138 You thought I was dead? Nope.

Posted by: Wokeness at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (NK89z)

139 My question for anybody who has seen both the movie and now the ad is, how well does the ad actually parody the film? My guess is not well at all-- no pre-obsession set up, no supernatural MacGuffin, just a dude who inexplicably obsessed with a golf club.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (/hk2L)

140 I don't mind some of the Calloway offerings, for sure. They're one of the few balls, however, that sometimes my iron shots damage the cover. The grooves in the clubhead sometimes leave some slight louvers on the outside.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)


Cool trick if you can do it on purpose!

Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (QLC6i)

141 BREAKING NOW

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial informs the judge they are DEADLOCKED - cannot reach a unanimous verdict.

The judge sent them back to continue deliberations.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (U0c5a)

142 >>The NHL has banned all pride night/unique jersey/pay-attention-to-me events of any kind.
- - - -

>>but the literary world has persevered: last time I was at the library I saw on the new arrivals shelf what appeared to be a hockey-themed gay romance novel. who knew?
- - - -

Yes, and it's an HBO(?) show, too!
I have no doubt this was written and fast-tracked precisely because the NHL had resisted woke.

IIRC, there were a lot of Gen X girls, who are fans of the books and show, who were crushed that the US Olympic hockey team win didn't include a big, gay kiss between two players after the OT goal.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (X8xt3)

143 The Clancy one is tough but I am confident they are not gonna buy the insanity defense. That I would bet on.

Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (2ocoG)

144 Congrats, dipf*ck.

The executive order deals DIRECTLY with those NOT ON VOTER ROLLS or are ILLEGALLY VOTING.


Translation: I repeated the leftist lies mindlessly because there was nobody in the entire CNN newsroom who recognized them as lies or, if they did, were willing to say so.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (vTZFs)

145 Why?
You gay and female?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM


Just FYI, a ranking of the films of Ridley Scott I perused last week had Prometheus at #21, and Covenant at #15.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (0sNs1)

146 Doof at both ends of the day is more upsetting than the silly commercial.
Posted by: Guess I'll Just Have To Get Used To It at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM

To really appreciate Doof, you must observe him discoing at a MoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (0sNs1)


Worth the price of admission!

Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (QLC6i)

147 143 The Clancy one is tough but I am confident they are not gonna buy the insanity defense. That I would bet on.

Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (2ocoG)

Tell me you are joking.Please.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar8)

148 Golf gets mildly interesting when someone like Tiger Woods (before he went insane) is playing at the peak of their game. Or someone like John Daily is playing (just so I can snicker at his outfit and DGAF attitude.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (2Cry5)

149 Regarding the Clancy case. Hard to get past the fact that no one disputes she killed the kids with her bare hand, one after the other while her husband was miles away from the scene.

She deserves life in prison or a mental ward.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (/WHpM)

150 136 they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
------------
I am right here, Aetius451AD.
Posted by: scampydog at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (yPJaS)

LOL. It is exactly like shooting. You give someone good a shitty rifle, I bet they could still hit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (Y/06r)

151 The only true manly existence is to live alone in the forests, killing your meat with your bare hands, and using the little leisure time you have reading Marcus Aurelius.

Reading is for fagz.

A real man only needs to draw on the wall of his cave.

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (qRla/)

152 145 Why?
You gay and female?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:24 AM

Just FYI, a ranking of the films of Ridley Scott I perused last week had Prometheus at #21, and Covenant at #15.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (0sNs1)

=======

Gotta wait for the definitive ranking to figure that out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (BKQOu)

153 121, and not just golf, Aetius!

marketing encourages this, of course ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (VyBeY)

154 Comedy is hard. It is also subjective.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 01, 2026 11:22 AM (nbLIj)

My humor is like food in Somalia.

Not everybody gets it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (PGK1w)

155 If you're going to pay the money for Chrome golf balls you might as well spend the extra $2 a dozen for ProV1s.

Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (oqH4h)

156 Obsession was very well done, even the acting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (RIvkX)

157 She in a death penalty state, I hope?

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar

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MA, so no.

It'll be a hung jury, obviously at this point.

Hopefully prosecution reprosecutes and the judge gets a kick to the balls.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (BKQOu)
_____

I saw this coming. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. The dude couldn't shut up about what a great mom the murderer of his kids was. Jury sees that and thinks "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't we?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

158 summer polls in 2026 are 100% accurate because the final polls in 2024 were 60% accurate, guys.

-

60% of the time it works 100% of the time

Posted by: Math at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (NK89z)

159 Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.

A blatant display of impartiality should be cause for their removal or a mistrial.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (v7UJz)

160 Tell me you are joking.Please.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar

He's not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (Y/06r)

161 >>>Golf is also hilarious because so many people focus so hard on the tools (balls, clubs) that they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

>Contractor I worked with decided he would buy a new set of clubs and he was generous enough to give me his old clubs, being a rookie beginner. First time we played a round, I kicked his ass by several strokes and he was pissed off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (Ujrb8)

162 You thought I was dead? Nope.

Posted by: Wokeness


I'm about the last person anyone would accuse of wokeness, but this is just a bad, stupid ad. It should never have been aired. Just because the wokes don't like it, doesn't mean the rest of us do.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

163 In re: Lindsay Clancy- I see that Nate the Laywer posted a video saying thst the jury sent a note to the judge saying they are deadlocked.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (/hk2L)

164 141 BREAKING NOW

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial informs the judge they are DEADLOCKED - cannot reach a unanimous verdict.

The judge sent them back to continue deliberations.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (U0c5a)

Yup. Got a couple of handmaidens on that Jury for sure.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (/WHpM)

165 134 She in a death penalty state, I hope?
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar

Massachusetts, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:28 AM (Y/06r)

Massachusetts. Near Plymouth. Definitely not a death penalty state. Worse, MA just passed a law permitting abortion up to birth.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (N39Ws)

166 but the literary world has persevered: last time I was at the library I saw on the new arrivals shelf what appeared to be a hockey-themed gay romance novel. who knew?

Checks out. It's a sport in which stick handling is very important.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (2ocoG)

167 The voices she did not tell anyone about or record in her journal but only relayed months after she murdered her children?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Y/06r)

The very same.

Oh and a hung jury does not mean she "walks"

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (j6dNk)

168 A real man only needs to draw on the wall of his cave.

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett


With his genitals.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

169 The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial informs the judge they are DEADLOCKED - cannot reach a unanimous verdict.

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DEADHEADS DEADLOCKED!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

170 I saw this coming. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. The dude couldn't shut up about what a great mom the murderer of his kids was. Jury sees that and thinks "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't we?"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

I made the point this morning on Facebook:

If we find out a school shooter was on psychotic meds, does that mean he is not responsible? How is this any different?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Y/06r)

171 The voices tell me to order a pizza.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

172 Women showing up in pink is like an OJ juror showing up in a Bills sweatshirt. Judge and prosecutor gonna sit on their asses about this? Magic Eight Ball sez yes.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Gqar8)

173 Reading is for fagz.

A real man only needs to draw on the wall of his cave.

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at September 01, 2026 11:31 AM (qRla/)


How queer.

What real man sits on his ass making marks on a damn cave wall when he could be out there doing manly shit ?

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (ZEFzw)

174 Golf is also hilarious because so many people focus so hard on the tools (balls, clubs) that they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Y/06r)


With modern technology, they make a huge difference...maybe more than their swing(assuming it's not awful)

I learned and played through college on my Grandads clubs. I was not great at golf.

When I got my first job, I bought some latest and greatest new clubs. Instant improvement.

Then I played with a friends super-sized sweet spot, fancy golf clubs. Massive improvement in position and distance.

So, yeah. Tools won't make you a pro but they will make you better with no practice.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

175 Tell me you are joking.Please.


not joking

it's in Mass btw so def no death penalty

the first juror showed up wearing bright pink like the protestors then the next day her buddy did the same

no they are not sequestered btw

so hung jury is best case. I don't think the three guys can convince the Karens.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (j+aD2)

176 And while she's living large, her poor husband will be beaten from pillar to post for the rest of his life, because it will have been his fault that she was driven to such a tragic act.
Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (qRla/)


Nuts to that. Some of her supporters are going one further and claiming that he's the real murderer; she's been framed by the cops because, you know, that's just what men do.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (KKJEY)

177 To really appreciate Doof, you must observe him discoing at a MoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Word is, he wore out his knee doing The Hustle and is now a mere shadow of his former dancin' self. Sad.

Posted by: Acorn Stairlift at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (JM9I6)

178 And while she's living large, her poor husband will be beaten from pillar to post for the rest of his life, because it will have been his fault that she was driven to such a tragic act.
Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (qRla/)

It's his fault for not fulfilling his role as the Christlike servant-leader God had called him to be.

Posted by: Tradcon at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (TbWk/)

179 167 The voices she did not tell anyone about or record in her journal but only relayed months after she murdered her children?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Y/06r)

The very same.

Oh and a hung jury does not mean she "walks"
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:33 AM (j6dNk)

The judge can have her committed to a state mental hospital. If/when she is deemed healthy, she would have to reappear before the court - with the DA's office there as well, and determine if she should remain in the mental hospital or set free.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (N39Ws)

180 Deadlocked does not mean she goes free. You are not gonna get 12 people to agree she was too insane to know what she was doing. Not IMO.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (j6dNk)

181 Oh and a hung jury does not mean she "walks"


exactly

I think it's hung jury OR she gets off (insanity plea stands). the second degree thing is DUMB btw

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:36 AM (j+aD2)

182 "Obsession" wasn't popular enough to give the ad context.

I think you're onto something there. There used to be such a thing as "popular culture." We all watched the same TV shows because that's all there was to watch. Now all culture is niche but everyone thinks that their particular niche is popular.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:36 AM (vTZFs)

183 Hung jury in the Clancy case. Coming soon, Casey Anthony and Lindsay Clancy Day School and Learing Center.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 11:36 AM (gm9Sb)

184 Its about time for spankings all around I'd say.

Spankings until morale improves.

Posted by: McClintock at September 01, 2026 11:36 AM (anL5R)

185 Not sure I buy into the "whataboutism" thing either.

Consistency matters and hypocrisy should be criticized.

If you say you hate chocolate ice cream, fine.
If you then say you love chocolate, then do you hate ice cream or are you inconsistent about chocolate?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (RIvkX)

186 Clancy's lawyers got enough of her peers on the jury to deadlock the verdict.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (2CeDH)

187 Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.

Hung jury.

Lee Kuan Yew abolished jury trials in Singapore, because he observed that Chinese jurors voted to acquit Chinese defendants, Malay jurors voted to acquit Malay defendants, and Indian jurors voted to acquit Indian defendants.

Juries don't work if people are motivated entirely by ethnic solidarity.

But not even LKY could predict the rise of the American AWFL, and how destructive that would be.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (aD4fx)

188 so hung jury is best case. I don't think the three guys can convince the Karens.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (j+aD2)

With three dead children you do not have 9 women that agree she shouldn't be punished. The world is far gone but not that far gone.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (j6dNk)

189 184 Its about time for spankings all around I'd say.

Spankings until morale improves.

Posted by: McClintock at September 01, 2026 11:36 AM (anL5R)

========

"And then, the oral sex!"
-Zoot

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (BKQOu)

190 I saw this coming. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. The dude couldn't shut up about what a great mom the murderer of his kids was. Jury sees that and thinks "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't we?"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

I made the point this morning on Facebook:

If we find out a school shooter was on psychotic meds, does that mean he is not responsible? How is this any different?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Y/06r)
_____

It's different because no woman can be held responsible for anything, no matter how heinous or evil or intentional. Not ever. It will always be someone else's fault. Always. The husband, the "system," the dog, the cat, Big Foot, the milking Minotaur, something, anything.

The fish does really need a bicycle.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

191 If I was one of the male jurors in the Clancy trial, I would reach for the pictures of the kids on the autopsy table with the abrasions on their neck visible. Keep them up in front of the room.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (N39Ws)

192 190 It's different because no woman can be held responsible for anything, no matter how heinous or evil or intentional. Not ever. It will always be someone else's fault. Always. The husband, the "system," the dog, the cat, Big Foot, the milking Minotaur, something, anything.

The fish does really need a bicycle.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

=======

Those women and their fierce independence...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (BKQOu)

193 the first juror showed up wearing bright pink like the protestors then the next day her buddy did the same

The protestors are also offering free beejers to her legal team, allegedly.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (2ocoG)

194 Golf is also hilarious because so many people focus so hard on the tools (balls, clubs) that they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.

-

100%!!

I have a set of clubs I bought sometime in the Bush Jr. Administration. I buy cheap refurbished balls from Walmart. And I wipe the floor with most people I play against who have the latest Taylor Made whatever the fuck XL-2-JZ-E $700 driver and play with $6 balls.

It’s amazing how effective marketing is to get 20 handicap players to spend a fortune on equipment that does nothing for them.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (NK89z)

195 I saw this coming. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. The dude couldn't shut up about what a great mom the murderer of his kids was. Jury sees that and thinks "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't we?"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

I made the point this morning on Facebook:

If we find out a school shooter was on psychotic meds, does that mean he is not responsible? How is this any different?
Posted by: Aetius451AD


You know who else was having a psychotic break?
Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. was when he stabbed Iryna Zarutska. So he's good, right?


Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (U0c5a)

196 191 If I was one of the male jurors in the Clancy trial, I would reach for the pictures of the kids on the autopsy table with the abrasions on their neck visible. Keep them up in front of the room.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (N39Ws)

=======

"Yeah, but the eight month old was asking for too many snacks, so he had it comin'."
-Cell Block Tango

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (BKQOu)

197 But not even LKY could predict the rise of the American AWFL, and how destructive that would be.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 11:37 AM (aD4fx)

I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

Good. They fucking should. Women, you have boobs and vagina, but there is some shit that should not be tolerated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:39 AM (Y/06r)

198
Cool trick if you can do it on purpose!
Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:29 AM (QLC6i)



Best part about it is, it happens when I do hit it well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:40 AM (ccf/V)

199 Hey, Doof. My local ABC store had a huge bottle of bourbon on sale for $5,000 the other day.

Weller was the brand.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)

200 But not even LKY could predict the rise of the American AWFL, and how destructive that would be.

I was in a fancy grocery store in a rich Portland suburb yesterday, and a woman was wearing a "No Person Is Illegal On Stolen Land" t-shirt.

I mused on how unpleasant her life would become if we actually threw the borders wide open.

Perhaps she thinks that the rich Portland suburb would be unaffected by that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2026 11:40 AM (aD4fx)

201 Everyone gets a pass for their evil nowadays. Well, some of us don’t.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Gqar8)

202 Probably should have run the ad past some comedians or comedy-watchers instead of past some corporate PR people.

At least then it might have been funny, like the other ads are.

Posted by: Tar Bae at September 01, 2026 11:41 AM (snPrD)

203 And I will be switching to a different golf ball manufacturer as well.

this is all fake outrage ginned up by big titleist, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at September 01, 2026 11:41 AM (oY6Yp)

204 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

The left circa 2025: Of course you should dump a boyfriend if he voted for Trump. I mean he's literal Hitler!

The left circa 2026: Just because a woman supports a child murderer and thinks murdering your children is acceptable is no reason to break up with her. I mean people can have their own options.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

205 Golf is also hilarious because so many people focus so hard on the tools (balls, clubs) that they ignore the most important thing they don't want to admit- their shitty swing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Y/06r)
________

True, but this is the same in almost every sport where most of the players are affluent and can afford expensive gear. You should try cars ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

206 I learned and played through college on my Grandads clubs. I was not great at golf.

So, yeah. Tools won't make you a pro but they will make you better with no practice.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)
----

The improvement you saw with game-improvement clubs is likely due in large part to the fact that you cut your teeth playing with what I assume are forged blades. If you can start as a beginner swinging blades and not give the game up immediately, you're going to groove a pretty damn good swing, because anything else means your hands hurt when you miss and the ball goes 54 yards.

Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (oqH4h)

207 It's a bad add... however.

Terry Tate ads are excellent. Bout to go down the you-tube terry tate rabbit hole...

Posted by: Inogame at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (53oGX)

208 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

As well they should. If she supports murdering kids, it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience, to justify murdering you.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (2ocoG)

209 If you wonder how these AWFLs outside the Clancy courtroom think, I offer a quote from the movie "As good as it gets" - Melvin Udal (Jack Nicholson)

"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (N39Ws)

210 > determine if she should remain in the mental hospital or set free.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:35 AM (N39Ws)

In this state we have "guilty and mentally ill" as a possible verdict.

That means you get to go to a mental hospital until the docs decide that you're all better, then you get moved to regular prison to serve a normal sentence.

Two for the price of one!

This was instituted after a guy with a long history of violence, including beating a retarded supermarket bag boy to death, started getting passes from the mental hospital because they thought he was "better".

Then he murdered four teens after they caught him robbing their camp site.

Oops.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (c+HDg)

211 Geez I was telling you good people that "women" were about to be weaponized, back as far as 2012 when we were still on "12 Years a Slave".

If you know how the Left operates and what motivates them, the only thing that's truly difficult is to overestimate their perfidy.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (j6dNk)

212 199 Hey, Doof. My local ABC store had a huge bottle of bourbon on sale for $5,000 the other day.

Weller was the brand.


big fan of their soldering irons.

Posted by: anachronda at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (oY6Yp)

213 Everyone gets a pass for their evil nowadays. Well, some of us don’t.
Posted by: tubal



Probably a good thing.
Because I have a list.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (U0c5a)

214 Damn. Off, sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (qRla/)

215 194 We had a Corporal in our detachment in DC. Came to light his Dad was pro at some big time golf course in SC, and the kid was an up and coming replacement for him. The Corporal was kind of the detachment ringer, and even the officers would invite him along (Andrews AFB links). Guy killed everybody one time using nothing but a six iron.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (gm9Sb)

216 So exactly as predicted, the Lindsey Clancy jury is hung.

The only question is how many of the women think it was acceptable to murder three children if she felt sad.

Given this is Massachusetts, and seeing how insane liberal women have gone, honestly my money is that all 9 women want to acquit her and the 3 men are saying 'fuck no you crazy bitches'

Posted by: DudeAbiding at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (setIA)

217 This was predictable it not predicted.

Abortion during the 1st quarter, well that’s reasonable, they assured us. At least in certain narrow circumstances and rare complications.

Fast forward 20 years - 3rd Trimester.

Another 10 years - up to moment of Birth.

You can see where this going, right? “Up to 2 years old …” Anyone can be forgiven for that, I mean they aren’t even really people ….

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (IkLDu)

218 208 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

As well they should. If she supports murdering kids, it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience, to justify murdering you.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:42 AM (2ocoG)

Look for the crazy eyes. It can be difficult sometimes. Even John Wayne Bobbit missed it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (N39Ws)

219 How do you write women so well?

First I think of a man and then I remove reason and accountability.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (/WHpM)

220 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

Good. They fucking should. Women, you have boobs and vagina, but there is some shit that should not be tolerated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:39 AM (Y/06r)

Marry me and I might kill your kids!

Speaking of bad marketing, that's not really a good sales pitch.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (PGK1w)

221 I saw this coming. The best witness for the defense was ... the husband. The dude couldn't shut up about what a great mom the murderer of his kids was. Jury sees that and thinks "well, if he is giving her a pass, why shouldn't we?"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

I made the point this morning on Facebook:

If we find out a school shooter was on psychotic meds, does that mean he is not responsible? How is this any different?
Posted by: Aetius451AD


You know who else was having a psychotic break?
Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. was when he stabbed Iryna Zarutska. So he's good, right?


Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:38 AM (U0c5a)
_____

The left has diluted and watered-down the mens rea requirement for even the most heinous crimes to the point where they're basically letting stone-cold murderers off because they're fucked in the head. Well, no shit -- of course they are. Rational, sane people don't murder other people.

But that should never absolve anyone of any guilt.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

222 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

As well they should. If she supports murdering kids, it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience, to justify murdering you.
Posted by: Ian S.


It's because guys want the possible future mother of their children to not be baby killers.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (U0c5a)

223 If you know how the Left operates and what motivates them, the only thing that's truly difficult is to overestimate their perfidy.


well sure. Stan always goes for us ladies first. we're a soft touch for him.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (j+aD2)

224 215 Not kill kill. You know what I mean.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2026 11:45 AM (gm9Sb)

225 Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.
Posted by: Ian S.


You'd think that right there would be grounds for a mistrial

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 01, 2026 11:45 AM (vJrRc)

226 First I think of a man and then I remove reason and accountability.


when I first saw the film, I was like "yep"

I didn't get why people were laughing

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:45 AM (j+aD2)

227 216 So exactly as predicted, the Lindsey Clancy jury is hung.

The only question is how many of the women think it was acceptable to murder three children if she felt sad.

Given this is Massachusetts, and seeing how insane liberal women have gone, honestly my money is that all 9 women want to acquit her and the 3 men are saying 'fuck no you crazy bitches'
Posted by: DudeAbiding at September 01, 2026 11:43 AM (setIA)

To be sure, the ones who forced a hung jury will be out their running their mouths on podcasts.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 01, 2026 11:45 AM (/WHpM)

228 There are plenty of women who want to punish a woman who murders children. Maybe not as many as their used to be but not everyone is a raving leftist sack of crap.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (j6dNk)

229 Marry me and I might kill your kids!

Speaking of bad marketing, that's not really a good sales pitch.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (PGK1w)

Washington Nearsider has tied the threads together!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Y/06r)

230 221

The left has diluted and watered-down the mens rea requirement for even the most heinous crimes to the point where they're basically letting stone-cold murderers off because they're fucked in the head. Well, no shit -- of course they are. Rational, sane people don't murder other people.

But that should never absolve anyone of any guilt.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

Preach. The Age of No Consequences is the fever dream of this depraved time.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar8)

231 Tools won't make you a pro but they will make you better with no practice.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

I know absolutely nothing about golf. I relate this to buying a high-end gun instead of a lesser model.

The good gun [set of clubs] doesn't necessarily make you better right away.

But it DOES give you a higher ceiling if you put the work in.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (PGK1w)

232 Yeah, I've already decided that the Clancy case is going to be my new "tell" when it comes to women I hang out with.

It's easier to bring that in a casual conversation than trying to find out if they've ever had an abortion (one of my previous red flags... another being a seemingly endless recitation of all the assholes she's dated before).



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:47 AM (c+HDg)

233 228 There are plenty of women who want to punish a woman who murders children. Maybe not as many as their used to be but not everyone is a raving leftist sack of crap.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (j6dNk)

You are chip diller in animal house here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:47 AM (Y/06r)

234 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

One of the biggest drivers of the crazy that is modern society. This idea that we'll all use politics to attack each other's best interest - yet somehow put that aside and pretend its "just a difference of opinion" and still be civil at the end of the day.

Fuck that. Personal Politics DO matter when Personal Politics determine who gets a job. Who can shop. Who can bank. Who can walk the street without fear and who can not.

I am sick, to my guts, of the "don't let Politics ruin a relationship" crap. It's the same bullshit pushed by Liberals that want a free pass to destroy, and Conservatives that want a free pass to ignore the destruction.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 11:47 AM (ZEFzw)

235 Two of the female jurors showed up in all pink outfits. She's gonna walk.
Posted by: Ian S.

You'd think that right there would be grounds for a mistrial
Posted by: FeatherBlade


That's why they have alternate jurors. Sack those two.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 11:48 AM (U0c5a)

236 Guitars are the same. There are some differences in tone or intonation, but a good guitarist can pick up a $200 guitar and make it sound like gold. It’s all in the right hand. I watched for years hoping used Martin guitars would come down in price. That ain’t happening, I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 11:48 AM (IkLDu)

237 Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (IkLDu)

Where it's going, and right on schedule, is human sacrifice.

And it looks like they've gone straight to child sacrifice.

Like I said, you can only ever *under*estimate the treachery of the Left.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:48 AM (j6dNk)

238 Once I got good enough, I played Maxfli balata-covered balls. They were good for about five holes as long as I didn't hit one a little thin along the way. Hit one a little thin and it would smile at you when you arrived at its location.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (J4Dwc)

239 Look, all you patriarchal SOBs on this website need to take it easy on Clancy. Afterall she just lost her three kids.

Posted by: Handmaidens everywhere at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (/WHpM)

240 She admitted to murdering her kids.

The fact that the jury can't conclude that she should be punished for admittedly murdering her kids shows that we don't have a serious society and everything is f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (ccf/V)

241 223 If you know how the Left operates and what motivates them, the only thing that's truly difficult is to overestimate their perfidy.


well sure. Stan always goes for us ladies first. we're a soft touch for him.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 11:44 AM (j+aD2)
The making of a semenary doctoral thesis.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (LHPAg)

242 You are chip diller in animal house here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:47 AM (Y/06r)

LMAO

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (j6dNk)

243 In a sense, they already have human sacrifice in Canada and some Euro countries. To what god is the open question.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar8)

244 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

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Dumping them is easier than sleeping with a 12 guage shotgun for the rest of your life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

245 The only question is how many of the women think it was acceptable to murder three children if she felt sad.

Given this is Massachusetts, and seeing how insane liberal women have gone, honestly my money is that all 9 women want to acquit her and the 3 men are saying 'fuck no you crazy bitches'
---
Liberal women think they have the unfettered absolute right to kill the most innocent and defenseless. Why would they bat an eyelash at killing toddlers?

Posted by: witches in plain sight at September 01, 2026 11:50 AM (anL5R)

246 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (ccf/V)

It also mean they can't conclude she's not guilty. Only takes one or two activists to fuck things up.

. Remain calm. All is well.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:50 AM (j6dNk)

247 "I use their golf balls and have several hats and shirts of theirs. The irons are too expensive for me to get rid of. But I won't be wearing their apparel any longer. And I will be switching to a different golf ball manufacturer as well."

What a pu$$y! Destroy it all!

Posted by: Max K at September 01, 2026 11:50 AM (WAUGm)

248 Tools won't make you a pro but they will make you better with no practice.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

I know absolutely nothing about golf. I relate this to buying a high-end gun instead of a lesser model.

The good gun [set of clubs] doesn't necessarily make you better right away.

But it DOES give you a higher ceiling if you put the work in.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:46 AM (PGK1w)
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Depends on the tools. In golf in particular, a lot of the expensive stuff that's selling will actually hurt your game unless you are very good. It's gear designed for advanced players with good swings, etc. But it's new and shiny and looks good at the club, so people buy it.

Same as beginning track drivers who buy all kinds of aero and suspension tunings that will only make the car more difficult for beginners to drive.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

249 240 She admitted to murdering her kids.

The fact that the jury can't conclude that she should be punished for admittedly murdering her kids shows that we don't have a serious society and everything is f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:49 AM (ccf/V)

She murdered them one by one- including an 8 month old. While sending her husband off on errands.

Then did a half assed job (or show) at killing herself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Y/06r)

250 I am sick, to my guts, of the "don't let Politics ruin a relationship" crap. It's the same bullshit pushed by Liberals that want a free pass to destroy, and Conservatives that want a free pass to ignore the destruction.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 11:47 AM (ZEFzw)

Yup.

Politics is now a GO/NOGO for me when it comes to dating. Interestingly, though, that's the only part of my life it's relevant. My friend group is already almost entirely free of lefties, with the exception of a few guys on my hockey team.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 11:52 AM (PGK1w)

251 Guitars are the same. There are some differences in tone or intonation, but a good guitarist can pick up a $200 guitar and make it sound like gold.

I'd agree that a MexiTele, set up, can play as well as something from the Custom Shop in the right hands.

But I'd also say equipment matters - and it varies by the player. For me ? Jumbo Frets and a Humbucker at the neck makes all the difference. Its a matter of mating equipment with style.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 11:52 AM (ZEFzw)

252 Maybe certain actions should be illegal, rather than thoughts or feelings.

Posted by: davidt at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (Q+gd/)

253 Hey, Doof. My local ABC store had a huge bottle of bourbon on sale for $5,000 the other day.

Weller was the brand.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)


Sounds like Weller Millennium. Someone with more money than brains will buy it.

Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (QLC6i)

254 Somehow though the husband did it. They aren't supporting a child murderer you see, they are supporting an innocent framed woman...

Posted by: steevy at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (YwEeS)

255 252 Maybe certain actions should be illegal, rather than thoughts or feelings.
Posted by: davidt at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (Q+gd/)

Why, I think they already are!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (Y/06r)

256 People are way too sensitive. Sheesh.

Back from the vet, Saijo was a very good boy despite being nervous. He placed on the scale like a champ. He is the only Shiba Inu at the practice, so everyone always wants to come look at him. He was good about that but toward the end he was like “okay, okay, I am adorable, but can we have a little less looking and a little more vetting? I really don’t want to be a zoo exhibit!” He got 3 shots so I expect he will be a little sore and not quite his normal Mexican jumping bean self today.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (ZdaMQ)

257
Sounds like Weller Millennium. Someone with more money than brains will buy it.
Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (QLC6i)



I've had my share of Weller in the past. I can't imagine them producing something worth even CLOSE to $5k.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)

258 But it DOES give you a higher ceiling if you put the work in.

Back in the day I used to hang out with some hobbyist drag racers. The wisdom there was "Speed costs money but you can't buy enough to win. So buy all you can afford and work like hell for the rest."

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (vTZFs)

259 They aren't supporting a child murderer you see, they are supporting an innocent framed woman...

And people wonder how Candace Owens has an audience.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (2ocoG)

260 Maybe certain thoughts or feelings shouldn't justify criminal acts.

Posted by: davidt at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (Q+gd/)

261 Take the irons in to the shop, grind off the Callaway logo, and use metal stamps to print "Fuck You, That's Why".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 11:55 AM (1z8ji)

262 There are extenuating circumstances. They were constantly changing her meds. Dosage. She was not reporting what she was taking. She was not taking it at dosage (by what they say about most of the bottles being full), etc.

At the same time, don't matter. She murdered three kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Y/06r)

263 Problems with Proton Mail again
https://status.proton.me/

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Jr5Lq)

264 But I'd also say equipment matters - and it varies by the player. For me ? Jumbo Frets and a Humbucker at the neck makes all the difference. Its a matter of mating equipment with style.
Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 11:52 AM (ZEFzw)



Same with golf. I've never done it, and I'm a hack. But If you're going to go drop $8k on a set of golf clubs because you think they'll improve your game, GO GET A FITTING.

Pay the extra coulple hundred bucks to get your clubs fitted to YOUR SWING. It will go quite a ways.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:55 AM (ccf/V)

265 How come the "voices" in a woman's head are always saying do something terrible and not "clean the house, cook a nice meal and provide sex to your husband"?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (MNCvZ)

266 Compare and contrast. E. Jean Carroll case v. Lindsay Clancey case.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)

267 > The wisdom there was "Speed costs money but you can't buy enough to win. So buy all you can afford and work like hell for the rest."
Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (vTZFs)

My favorite one was "Many men have become moderately wealthy through auto racing. They were millionaires when they started."


(this was long enough ago that being a millionaire still meant something)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (c+HDg)

268 Compare and contrast. E. Jean Carroll case v. Lindsay Clancey case.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)



Huge abominations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ccf/V)

269 She planned the circumstance and the time, procured pharmaceuticals in advance for it. Too much premeditation. This wasn't a woman freaking out and shaking her baby in a fit of seeing red.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (j6dNk)

270 Talking about equipment quality and no Paolo reference. Be better, Horde.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

271 How come the "voices" in a woman's head are always saying do something terrible and not "clean the house, cook a nice meal and provide sex to your husband"?
==
They call me the divider, not the uniter.

Posted by: Stan at September 01, 2026 11:57 AM (anL5R)

272 I do not even get the ad. It's retarded. It's all... bizarre non sequiturs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Y/06r)

Didn't watch the ad, and never heard of the movie, so any "parody" would be lost on me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 11:57 AM (1z8ji)

273 Sounds like Weller Millennium. Someone with more money than brains will buy it.
Posted by: Doof at September 01, 2026 11:53 AM (QLC6i)


I've had my share of Weller in the past. I can't imagine them producing something worth even CLOSE to $5k.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)
______

I bought a bottle of whatever that Weller that was being discussed on the food thread a few months ago. Just for s&g. The alcohol so overwhelms all the other flavors that I had flashbacks of downing cheap grain alcohol back in college. I had a few fingers and then the bottle has been collecting dust in my liquor cabinet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

274 244 I've seen a bunch of videos saying that 'Guys are dumping their girlfriends over their Lindsey Clancy opinons!?'

-
Dumping them is easier than sleeping with a 12 guage shotgun for the rest of your life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

This is my rifle
This is for gun
This is for wifin'
This is for fun

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 11:57 AM (N39Ws)

275 > "clean the house, cook a nice meal and provide sex to your husband"?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (MNCvZ)

Some phrase this as "keep his belly full and his balls empty".

Crude, perhaps. It's also excellent advice. Couple those with "don't nag" and you need never fear your man leaving.

We are simple creatures, fundamentally.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:58 AM (c+HDg)

276 Problems with Proton Mail again
https://status.proton.me/
Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Jr5Lq)



When the only thing working is their main website, they have a serious lack of redundancy.......

BAD architect. BAD architect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:58 AM (ccf/V)

277 How come the "voices" in a woman's head are always saying do something terrible and not "clean the house, cook a nice meal and provide sex to your husband"?

Something something the lyrics from the garbage part of "Aquarius" (before Hal Blaine and Joe Osborn go off).

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:58 AM (2ocoG)

278 Amazing how the voices instructed her on how to plan it without getting caught. The best voices. The best. Only the most competent voices. Some people say the voices were really the most amazing voices in the history of the world.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (j6dNk)

279 The wisdom there was "Speed costs money but you can't buy enough to win. So buy all you can afford and work like hell for the rest."
Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2026 11:54 AM (vTZFs)

My favorite one was "Many men have become moderately wealthy through auto racing. They were millionaires when they started."


(this was long enough ago that being a millionaire still meant something)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 11:56 AM (c+HDg)
_______

"It's easy to make a small fortune in auto racing. You just have to start with a large fortune."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

280 >>>Guitars are the same. There are some differences in tone or intonation, but a good guitarist can pick up a $200 guitar and make it sound like gold.

Posted by: Common Tater

>I know I guy who can barely play three chords and he owns 10 guitars. I told him, dude, stop spending all of your money on guitars and buy your wife some new teeth. He didn't like that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Ujrb8)

281 Sigh
No Geezer Golf today. I hurt my shoulder and can't swing a club.
Sadz...

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (2WIwB)

282 Sounds like Weller Millennium. Someone with more money than brains will buy it.
Posted by: Doof

Yes, that's exactly what it was.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

283 Yeah, but it really ain’t the clubs, and it ain’t the guitar, and it ain’t the rifle, and … so on and so forth.

Even crappy equipment with practice, a buddy of mine found an old .22 in a dumpster, it was bent. But he was a crack shot with that thing. “Beware the man with only one gun, for you may be sure he knows how to shoot it.”

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 12:00 PM (IkLDu)

284 starts like awkward romance and turns into horror.

But enough about my romantic history...

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 12:00 PM (/k3in)

285
I consider myself blessed that I do not follow this nonsense. The worst of the Spanish Inquisition was tiddlywinks next to today's Wokeism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:00 PM (wHs2E)

286 You stick “ Millenium “ in the name of anything, expect to be gouged.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar8)

287 I don't 'golf', so … meh.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (ayRl+)

288 "It's easy to make a small fortune in auto racing. You just have to start with a large fortune."
Posted by: Elric The Blade

There's a similar saying about owning a thoroughbred race horse.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

289 286 You stick “ Millenium “ in the name of anything, expect to be gouged.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar

Also 'Centenary.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Y/06r)

290 You play a Slazenger 1, don't you?

Posted by: James Bond at September 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Cqx++)

291 Finished removing the last of the second floor wall-to-wall carpet this AM. It should be way easier to keep this place clean without it. Soon I will tackle the first floor, with four rooms to tear out.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

292 "...starts like awkward romance and turns into horror."

Used to date her.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at September 01, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

293 286 You stick “ Millenium “ in the name of anything, expect to be gouged.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar


You try to find something affordable that will make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs...

Posted by: Han Solo at September 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Ucgf4)

294 I bought a new set of Mizuno irons this year after playing my old ones for 10 years. They didn't make me any better but they didn't make me any worse, either. They also look great in my bag and new grooves spin the shit out of the ball, which is nice.

Posted by: ballistic at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (oqH4h)

295
There's a similar saying about owning a thoroughbred race horse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

_________

Or showing dogs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (wHs2E)

296 They were constantly changing her meds. Dosage.

How about that. Therapists in the spotlight again. Now I get it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Uh88k)

297 May fav bourbon is ... Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask.

Yes, I know this is scotch. But it's very bourbon-y.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

298 Women are no different than men.
Women can be men.
Men and women are athleticly identical.
Women can easily beat up men larger than themselves.
Men are required to treat women just like they treat men.
Gender is a social construct.

Also: Men should never be violent toward women because.....?


Make it make sense.

Posted by: 29Victor at September 01, 2026 12:04 PM (0MjtC)

299 @ 280 >>> Guitars are the same. There are some differences in tone or intonation, but a good guitarist can pick up a $200 guitar and make it sound like gold. Posted by: Common Tater
>I know I guy who can barely play three chords and he owns 10 guitars. I told him, dude, stop spending all of your money on guitars and buy your wife some new teeth. He didn't like that. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Ujrb

___________________________

True dat. I just sold 2 of my '70s-era Gibsons (LP Custom, black, and an ES-335 12-string dbl-cutaway. I paid about $900 each when I bought 'em. Let's say I got a handsome multiple of that purchase price when I sold 'em a couple weeks ago. Now I have a Fender 12-string acoustic and an Ovation 6-string Spanish-style 'troubador' on offer …

Posted by: Dr_No at September 01, 2026 12:05 PM (ayRl+)

300 How ironic that a (stupid) golf ad gets outrage-cancelled for showing a woman get pushed by a man, on the same day that a woman murders three of her kids and ... gets off.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

301 Or showing dogs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (wHs2E)

Not so costly if you are OH. Professional handler fees have become ridiculous. $120 or so for five minutes of work. Spread that over a four-day cluster.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (J4Dwc)

302 Yeah, but it really ain’t the clubs, and it ain’t the guitar, and it ain’t the rifle, and … so on and so forth.

Blah. And again - to a point. I play a Blues Junior mostly. Fine amp.

I've heard some amps I don't think Clapton could have made sound good. Thin and buzzy. Same with some pickups. Some stuff is just so cheap its just not playable.

Hence the problem with "absolutes" like the above argument. Yes, some equipment is just awful.

Posted by: Howdy at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ZEFzw)

303 297 May fav bourbon is ... Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask.

Yes, I know this is scotch. But it's very bourbon-y.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Tin Cup is like $25 a bottle and very solid, especially for the price.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (BKQOu)

304 But I'd also say equipment matters - and it varies by the player.
——

It does, but not enough to matter. Those old blues guys didn’t have the scratch to buy expensive Gibson or Martin guitars. Stellas and Sears and pretty crappy guitars.

If you really want to nail their sound, that’s what you have to use, essentially a crappy guitar.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (IkLDu)

305 > There's a similar saying about owning a thoroughbred race horse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

Boats, too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 12:07 PM (c+HDg)

306 But after reading through some of the stuff last night--her calling her husband in the middle of the murdering, lawyering up the second she got to the hospital, etc.--no, she's guilty and ought to spend the rest of her life in solitary.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (KKJEY)

What's wrong with strapping her into a sturdy wooden chair, and frying her azz with 3500 volts of three-phase juice?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 12:07 PM (1z8ji)

307 Justin Johnson. Brilliant guitarist. Check out the guitars he plays sometime.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

308 This being Massachusetts, I wouldn't be surprised if it was only one holdout for a guilty verdict.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 12:08 PM (VaC8w)

309 There's a similar saying about owning a thoroughbred race horse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

Boats, too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 12:07 PM (c+HDg)
_____

... and women ... just saying ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)

310 309
... and women ... just saying ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026


Not all of…wait. Never mind.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 12:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

311 @ 304 But I'd also say equipment matters - and it varies by the player. —— It does, but not enough to matter. Those old blues guys didn’t have the scratch to buy expensive Gibson or Martin guitars. Stellas and Sears and pretty crappy guitars. If you really want to nail their sound, that’s what you have to use, essentially a crappy guitar. Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (IkLDu)
________________________________

Get an old '60s-era Silvertone (Sears & Roebuck era) or some other 'off-brand' name from the era and run it thru an old tube amp (pref. w/tremolo that's the original kind) with a bad speaker and 'pump up the volume!' to 11 … it'll sound terrible - which is, in turn, great.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 01, 2026 12:10 PM (ayRl+)

312 Nice story about a dad and his son fixing cars for whatever the customer can afford . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yvpc85t9

I think Clancy is an evil person who premeditated the killings and deserves to be punished with life imprisonment or confinement to a mental health facility . I also think a majority of mothers including liberals ( not the nutty leftists on Tik Tok during performance videos ) feel the same.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 12:10 PM (xSAlF)

313 I've heard some amps I don't think Clapton could have made sound good.
——

If we were talking about electric guitars (or amps) you might have a point, I guess.

Most of those limey poofters were pretty lousy, actually. Relatively. Clapton might not be overrated but there a gazillion guys who could play rings around him, never mind the country, folk, and session musicians. Kind of sad, really.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 12:10 PM (IkLDu)

314 Or the death penalty. But I don't think Mass has that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 12:11 PM (xSAlF)

315 ... and women ... just saying ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)

Ask Jeff Bezos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:12 PM (Y/06r)

316 so...Is Quantum Driver on big sale now, or what???

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 12:12 PM (g47mK)

317 312- "doing" performance videos.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 12:12 PM (xSAlF)

318 "I think Clancy is an evil person who premeditated the killings and deserves to be punished with life imprisonment or confinement to a mental health facility."

At the very least, she should be sterilized so she can't do it again.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

319 278 Amazing how the voices instructed her on how to plan it without getting caught. The best voices. The best. Only the most competent voices.

top. voices.

Posted by: anachronda at September 01, 2026 12:13 PM (oY6Yp)

320 I should have thought of this at the tip of the thread, but how many of those outraged by this ad support "trans" women in women's sports? Aren't they advocating for the very thing they claim to be disgusted by?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 12:13 PM (/hk2L)

321 re: sidebar

Hmmm, ranking for Mel Brooks movies seems... typical.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Y/06r)

322 Floats, flies, or f....

Best to rent.

/

Posted by: man at September 01, 2026 12:14 PM (cGjQu)

323 315 ... and women ... just saying ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)

Ask Jeff Bezos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 12:12 PM (Y/06r)

All of the sudden sh*tting the bed isn't so crazy after all.
--Amber Turd

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 12:14 PM (N39Ws)

324 320 I should have thought of this at the tip of the thread, but how many of those outraged by this ad support "trans" women in women's sports? Aren't they advocating for the very thing they claim to be disgusted by?


interesting concept - what if it WAS a troon in the ad?!?! now that would be funny!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 12:14 PM (j+aD2)

325 No Geezer Golf today. I hurt my shoulder and can't swing a club.

==

you know what to do ! *hot iron

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 12:15 PM (g47mK)

326
$120 or so for five minutes of work. Spread that over a four-day cluster.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 12:06 PM (J4Dwc)

________

More if it's a group placement. More if it's a specialty. More if it's Orlando or Westminster.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 12:15 PM (wHs2E)

327 >>>There's a similar saying about owning a thoroughbred race horse.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

Boats, too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 01, 2026 12:07 PM (c+HDg)
_____

... and women ... just saying ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade

>I'd be a millionaire if it wasn't for boats, horses and women. I may be poor now, but I still had fun.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 12:15 PM (Ujrb8)

328 But I'd also say equipment matters - and it varies by the player.

That's what she said.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)

329 nood

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

330 A family friend does golf marketing, mostly for clothing rather than gear, and mostly to the ladies.

One of the most important things for ladies' golf attire is to make each piece in many different colors and patterns.

Ladies do not like to see other ladies wearing the same outfits.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 01, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

331 I'd take any of these ads over the incessant female personal hygiene ads on TV that have gotten way too graphic. I won't go into what they say, but if you've seen them, you know.

Posted by: Cheri at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (oiNtH)

332 "the incessant female personal hygiene ads on TV that have gotten way too graphic."

Kill your TVs.

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 12:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

333 8 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?
-------------------------------------
Yes

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 01, 2026 12:21 PM (8SnSQ)

334 Some good news:

A Texas judge and jury have sent serial squatter Heather Schwab, with more than 22 evictions on her record, to prison for 20 years due to the fraud she committed in order to rent these properties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD)

335 11 Which is it ? Women are strong warriors or weak little snowflakes ?

It's Schrodinger's feminism: women are either YAAS QWEEN or a pathetic victim depending on what gives them the most advantage in a given situation.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:05 AM (2ocoG)

Ding ding ding...give the man a cigar. Closely related to "looking at a woman is assault unless you are handsome\rich in which case that was the intent of her presentation"

Posted by: Azjaeger at September 01, 2026 12:31 PM (3/XaG)

336 Weller 12yr old...very good but $$

Woodford Double Oaked excellent daily/weekly sip.

10yr old Ping G25 irons, 5 year old Ping G410 driver, 70.00 chinese sandwedge from amazon(i'm always losing them, wife pissed) 8year? old TaylorMade burner rescue woods.

Posted by: dananjcon at September 01, 2026 12:44 PM (8C1eU)

337 I work at a golfing arena, and, I feel that full contact goalie style defense is a style of play that is long overdue

Especially co-ed shirts and skins

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 01, 2026 02:02 PM (jrgJz)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Potter Bull.jpg


The Bull

Paulus Potter

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (9Q+nP)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (9Q+nP)

4 No boobs, no dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (XwY6p)

5 Title checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (9Q+nP)

6 This is because we were talking about cows with guns yesterday, isn't it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

7 Bull Balls. They hang.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Gqar8)

8 "Big balls in cow town."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

9 Oh my!
-- David French

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

10 Hung like...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (2Cry5)

11 Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Y/06r)

12 Food.......food everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

13 Is the dude taking a leak?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (XvL8K)

14 Those do not look like calves. I think the cow has been stepping out on the bull.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Y/06r)

15 Where all the Hereford heifers at?

Posted by: The Bull at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

16 13 Is the dude taking a leak?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (XvL8K)

I hate my brain.

'There's another sheep, behind that tree.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

17 Hung like...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM


Stronk like...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (9Q+nP)

18 Looks like the guy's taking a piss on the tree.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (2Cry5)

19 15 Where all the Hereford heifers at?
Posted by: The Bull at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

Bestest job ever, dairy bull.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Gqar8)

20 Such is life. A man and his animals, lounging in the shade, in between milking and feeding time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (b5+R3)

21 Ohhhhh! This is in the Hague and it’s huge!

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZdaMQ)

22 The Bull
Paulus Potter
---
Shouldn't that be Paulus "The Paolo" Potter?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

23 The bull was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 01, 2026 09:34 AM (V7AYW)

24 That's a lot of bull...

Posted by: dantesed at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

25 ‘Meh’

— That Minotaur

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (6iuvY)

26 This painting affects me, it's very moo-ving!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

27 A brothel! Inshallah!

Posted by: Muhammed M Muhammed at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (u9Xr5)

28 Ohhhhh! This is in the Hague and it’s huge!
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM


Which museum? I don't recall it. Of course, I haven't been there in over 20 years, so...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (9Q+nP)

29 Even though the comment I want to type is on topic, it's close enough to political that I'll wait.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:35 AM (U0c5a)

30 Looks like me on the left there, but I'm a lot taller.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at September 01, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

31 He's got the protein portion of his diet covered for the month.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:36 AM (U0c5a)

32 Just shaking the dew off the lily.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (u9Xr5)

33 >>Ohhhhh! This is in the Hague and it’s huge!


Oh, I assumed it was in Jersey. Or Guernsey. .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

34 21 Ohhhhh! This is in the Hague and it’s huge!
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZdaMQ)

...

...

That's what she said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

35 'Scuse me while I whip this out

Posted by: The new bull at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (HcoTw)

36 Without any ground cover, erosion is going to be a problem.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

37 Kind of a bleak landscape there.

Posted by: Rick Steves at September 01, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)

38 Alternate title:

"The Cow is Sad, The Ewes and Ram Frightened Because The Bull Identifies As a Sheep"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

39 You need to zoom in, there is a frog in front of the cow, there are flies on the animals. The artist died at 28 from TB, he was 22 when he painted this. The controversy with this painting is the scale of the animals and they are not subordinate to the farmer.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ZdaMQ)

40 Ah, from his cow period.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (BKQOu)

41 Those are some funny-looking dogs.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (/hk2L)

42 Meanest animal on the farm when I was a kid was a Jersey bull we had. Not the biggest but definitely the baddest.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Gqar8)

43 I'll STEER away from art today...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

44 Aw, shucks. I wanted to be on the Morning Report "live."

Happy New Month, y'all.

I live in cattle country. I recognize what that is on the ground behind the bull. Democrat policies.

And that farmer got old by wisely keeping the tree between himself and the bull.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bullish on life at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (Cl/mc)

45 I guess the darkness of the storm clouds on the right is supposed to balance the mass of the figures on the left. I don't think it succeeds.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (lFFaq)

46 I hate my brain.

'There's another sheep, behind that tree.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)



He doesn't LOOK muslham.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (ccf/V)

47 I cud hang this one, but have to ruminate on which room would be best.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (X8xt3)

48 Alternate Title:

"Box Wine AWFLs Wonder If That Bull Is For Milking Like a Minotaur"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

49 it behooves me to mention the goat behind the tree.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

50 The cuck is hiding behind the trees, watching.

Posted by: Roy at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (qwype)

51 Mess with the bull, you get the horns! I like this one; pastoral

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (sBAAu)

52 I hate my brain.

'There's another sheep, behind that tree.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)


He doesn't LOOK muslham.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


He's not. He's Scottish.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (U0c5a)

53 Ah, from his cow period.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (BKQOu)




Ewwwwwww.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

54 I'll STEER away from art today...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ram home that point.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (u9Xr5)

55 Which museum? I don't recall it. Of course, I haven't been there in over 20 years, so...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState


The Mauritshuis. They just restored this in 2024, the sky is brighter.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

56 Piper's right. If you click, the painting is incredibly detailed and lifelike. The animals are better done than the dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

57 I thought it was the lion who lays down with the lamb; not the bull

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (sBAAu)

58 This is a remarkable painting.

Worth downloading and zooming in, just to take in all the amazing detail.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

59 Is that you, Ferdinand?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

60
Wang and Testicle Porn For the Ladies!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

61 I cud hang this one, but have to ruminate on which room would be best.
Posted by: Lizzy

I'm not gonna say anything. Not gonna bovine on that.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

62 In my experience, the hand up on the tree would indicate that Jethro is taking a leak.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Ujrb8)

63
I'd stay on the other side of that tree from that bull as well.

I wonder how much the dude got paid to pose?

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Y8DZL)

64 He's not. He's Scottish.
Posted by: rickb223

He owns no clothing with zippers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (u9Xr5)

65 I'm embarrassed for the Bull. Scrotum on display for 400 years?

Posted by: A Little Decency Here at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

66 Wang and Testicle Porn For the Ladies!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)



But no donkey for the show......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (ccf/V)

67 The Mauritshuis. They just restored this in 2024, the sky is brighter.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM


Hmm. Fair enough. Lovely little museum. Like I said, been 23 years since I was there, so my memory isn't the best.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:42 AM (9Q+nP)

68 would hang

because accurate depiction of land with cattle

cow pie in the right foreground

Posted by: Gref at September 01, 2026 09:42 AM (5rh/l)

69 Mornin' Horde. Still not sure if what I did yesterday is a leap of faith or the dumbest thing I've ever done. I suppose time will tell.

Posted by: Brother Tim needs rest at September 01, 2026 09:42 AM (OUMaO)

70 >>Meanest animal on the farm when I was a kid was a Jersey bull we had. Not the biggest but definitely the baddest.


Was he named Tommy DeVito?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:42 AM (X8xt3)

71 Piper's right. If you click, the painting is incredibly detailed and lifelike. The animals are better done than the dude.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)



You act like there's content we should be paying attention to......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

72 The Mauritshuis. They just restored this in 2024, the sky is brighter.
Posted by: Piper

Wasn't yesterday's art also at the Mauritshuis?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

73 Wang and Testicle Porn For the Ladies!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)


But no donkey for the show......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

You're sick.

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (u9Xr5)

74 Ah, from his cow period.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Leave Rosie O'Donnell alone!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (ndZc7)

75 Is that guy rubbing one out behind the tree?

Posted by: dantesed at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)

76 65 I'm embarrassed for the Bull. Scrotum on display for 400 years?
Posted by: A Little Decency Here at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

If you got ‘em, flaunt ‘em, I guess.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Gqar8)

77 70 >>Meanest animal on the farm when I was a kid was a Jersey bull we had. Not the biggest but definitely the baddest.


Was he named Tommy DeVito?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:42 AM (X8xt3)

Heh. No, Clyde.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Gqar8)

78 29 even that broke the rule though.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

79 You act like there's content we should be paying attention to......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

It is extremely well done. But it is like he had a collection of figures in mind he wanted to paint and just needed a setting. Background is an afterthought- but the figures are superb. (the animals, not the dude so much.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

80
Beef Bull Yon! - a limerick

There once was a farmhand named Lockett
Who saw a bull and thought he would mock it
"As sure as you're born
I never should have worn
That red handkerchief in my pocket!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 01, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)

81 76 65 I'm embarrassed for the Bull. Scrotum on display for 400 years?
Posted by: A Little Decency Here at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

If you got ‘em, flaunt ‘em, I guess.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Gqar

This too is a form of immortality.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:45 AM (Y/06r)

82 I'm embarrassed for the Bull. Scrotum on display for 400 years?
Posted by: A Little Decency Here at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

Goode Company BBQ in Houston has one tacked up on the wall above the ordering line. More than enough leather there to cover an ottoman, make a couple of messenger bags, computer bags, etc. Impressive size.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

83 Mornin' Horde. Still not sure if what I did yesterday is a leap of faith or the dumbest thing I've ever done. I suppose time will tell.
Posted by: Brother Tim


Praying it all works out.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:45 AM (U0c5a)

84 Wang and Testicle Porn For the Ladies!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)


But no donkey for the show......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


They killed the donkey.

https://tinyurl.com/4apsrmee

Posted by: Brother Tim needs rest at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (OUMaO)

85 Is this where the whole "tanning your perineum" idea got started?

Posted by: Trendy Tim at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (JM9I6)

86
"Paulus Potter and the Nekkid Bull"
was J k Rowling's worst novel and her only foray into porn.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

87 Vreemd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

88 a ps to my 68

also has flies

a painting of cattle and no flies is inaccurate

Posted by: Gref at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (5rh/l)

89 Guess I should have noticed if you click on the painting, it takes you to the museum wrote up on it. Duh. Sorry, CBD.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

90 . (the animals, not the dude so much.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Look at you! This is exactly the critique of this painting by those who do such things!

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:48 AM (ZdaMQ)

91 More seriously, this is a lovely painting, beautiful scene rendered beautifully. Bucolic. Would hang!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

92 Amazing level of detail. You could walk right into it. I can almost smell it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (aJQbY)

93 So is this going to be Dutch week on the art thread?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (XvL8K)

94 47 I cud hang this one, but have to ruminate on which room would be best.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM

On your biggest blank wall! It’s really big in person.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (ZdaMQ)

95 My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night

Posted by: Bull Scott at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (HcoTw)

96 They like to moooooove it moooooove it

Posted by: Cowa of Madagascar at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (TbWk/)

97 It's the kind of painting that would have inspired Gary Larson's "Far Side" cartoons.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 09:51 AM (FZ29D)

98 So is this going to be Dutch week on the art thread?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:50 AM (XvL8K)


Yep. Separate checks and everything!

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 09:51 AM (rbvCR)

99 Yes, I would hang this. The farmer is almost unimportant but the animals are superb. Same for the trees and landscape. The phrase that comes to mind is "The Peaceable Kingdom". The animals are relaxed, cared for, and getting settled as a storm moves in. The Young bull stands as a defense for the weaker animals. I enjoy bucolic scenes, even when somewhat idealized. (The farmer and animals are too clean for reality.) he colors are muted as the clouds gather which is restful.

Looking through Potter's Wiki page I found I prefer his realistic animals and landscapes to the humans when present. There is one that could serve for the Wolfhound club chapter of the AKC. It would have been interesting if he had done still life scenes as well as landscapes. What a loss that he died so young.

Posted by: JTB at September 01, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

100 Nice details, and I like the animals and fields in the distant right back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 09:52 AM (xPsv8)

101 More seriously, this is a lovely painting, beautiful scene rendered beautifully. Bucolic. Would hang!!
Posted by: Lizzy

Agree. I just can't unsee the guy pissing on y the tree

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at September 01, 2026 09:52 AM (u9Xr5)

102 Damn

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 09:53 AM (u9Xr5)

103 Caption:

"Heifer? I hardly knew her!*




*Why haven't you already made this joke?
And, who are you people?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

104 Headline (KRON San Francisco):

"‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 09:53 AM (rj6Yv)

105 Would that be a bull frog I see in the foreground? Wonderful painting. Would hang.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Ujrb8)

106 The bull is proof positive that there are only two genders and you can't trans a male into a female.


Go ahead and milk that bull.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (U0c5a)

107 86
"Paulus Potter and the Nekkid Bull"
was J k Rowling's worst novel and her only foray into porn.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

Outstanding!!

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar8)

108 104 Headline (KRON San Francisco):

"‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"
Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 09:53 AM (rj6Yv)

River otter?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r)

109 This is arty. Anything a girl can do, a guy can do better.

https://tinyurl.com/5bz2y766

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

110 No boobs.

Small rack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ccf/V)

111 This is one to go see live. The more you stare at it, the more you notice. The cow nose is wet, there are whiskers. Napoleon stole it for the Louvre, he thought it was better than Starry Night. Field trip to the Netherlands!

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ZdaMQ)

112 The Bull

The one wearing the hat?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 09:57 AM (VaC8w)

113
I saw Wild Otter In Lake Tahoe open for Cage the Elephant in 2008 at Madstock.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

114 >>"‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"


Local game warden quoted as saying "She otter know better than to pester the wildlife!"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:57 AM (X8xt3)

115 That's the calmest bull I've ever seen, especially around a cow.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (rj6Yv)

116 Would that be a bull frog I see in the foreground? Wonderful painting. Would hang.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Ujrb

No relation.

Posted by: Michigan J. Frog at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

117 This is arty. Anything a girl can do, a guy can do better.

https://tinyurl.com/5bz2y766
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)



If there are men on the squad, they should be hurling the ladies into the air and catching them on their way down. Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)

118 104 Headline (KRON San Francisco):

"‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"
Posted by: mrp

That’s evil River otters for you.

Bastards will rip your face off.

The same people petting the fluffy cows are playing with river otters. Idiots.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (hC7dH)

119 >>That's the calmest bull I've ever seen, especially around a cow.

Why - does he have a beef with the cow?

Maybe the painter asked them all to say "Cheese!"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (X8xt3)

120 "‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"
Posted by: mrp
-----

We had a female paddle boarder attacked by a beaver here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (XeU6L)

121 Field trip to the Netherlands!
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ZdaMQ)



Wear your burka!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

122 Whatever happened to bumper nuts?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (V7AYW)

123 Whatever happened to bumper nuts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (V7AYW)



You still see them on occasion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

124 Lift to the future First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before after scientific breakthrough

-
Why not the best? Put Gavin Newsom in charge!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

125 "‘Fighting for my life’: Woman recovering after being attacked by wild otter in Lake Tahoe"
Posted by: mrp
-----

We had a female paddle boarder attacked by a beaver here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (XeU6L)



The more man encroaches on nature, the more nature reminds us it's not giving up without a fight.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

126 116 Would that be a bull frog I see in the foreground? Wonderful painting. Would hang.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Ujrb

No relation.
Posted by: Michigan J. Frog at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)


Jeremiah had some mighty fine wine.

Posted by: Hoyt Axton at September 01, 2026 10:01 AM (c3YdQ)

127 That's the calmest bull I've ever seen, especially around a cow.

Why - does he have a beef with the cow?

Maybe the painter asked them all to say "Cheese!"
Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (X8xt3)


Elsie what happens next...

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

128 Lift to the future First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before after scientific breakthrough



This is the dumbest f*cking pipe dream boondoggle money grab ever........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)

129 Why - does he have a beef with the cow?

Maybe the painter asked them all to say "Cheese!"
Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM (X8xt3)
=====

The only thing true to nature about that painting is that the farmer is focused on the bull and puts the tree between himself and the beast.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 10:03 AM (rj6Yv)

130 Beautiful painting CBD. Thanks for featuring it.

Posted by: Tuna at September 01, 2026 10:03 AM (lJ0H4)

131 128 Lift to the future First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before after scientific breakthrough

This is the dumbest f*cking pipe dream boondoggle money grab ever........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)


I'm interested.

Posted by: Somalian Space Engineer, formerly CEO of a Quality Learing Center at September 01, 2026 10:04 AM (c3YdQ)

132 126 116 Would that be a bull frog I see in the foreground? Wonderful painting. Would hang.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Ujrb

No relation.
Posted by: Michigan J. Frog at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

Jeremiah had some mighty fine wine.
Posted by: Hoyt Axton at September 01, 2026 10:01 AM (c3YdQ)

Joy to the fishes in the deepest sea; joy to you and me…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 10:04 AM (sBAAu)

133 bucolic buffalo.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

134 was that tumbleweeds?

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

135
Ursula von der Leyen calls personal savings accounts "lazy" and calls for a savings and investment union to direct funds to local european businesses the E.U. likes.

But this isn't confiscation or a statist money grab at all, she explained.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (Y8DZL)

136 I have to take Saijo to the vet in a few minutes. I already feel terrible about it, I know he will think we are going to go on a fun adventure once we get into the car like we do normally. I wanted J to do this, not me, but something about a job that supports all of us.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)

137 Hey! There's a guy behind the tree!

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2026 10:07 AM (GNqmQ)

138 106 bill curtis did that for a rhino conservancy project.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)

139 I have to take Saijo to the vet in a few minutes. I already feel terrible about it, I know he will think we are going to go on a fun adventure once we get into the car like we do normally. I wanted J to do this, not me, but something about a job that supports all of us.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)




Isn't that the one that gave you the killer tumor?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

140 119 "a beef with the cow" extra giardiniera.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:09 AM (Bep7s)

141 I have to take Saijo to the vet in a few minutes. I already feel terrible about it, I know he will think we are going to go on a fun adventure once we get into the car like we do normally. I wanted J to do this, not me, but something about a job that supports all of us.

Posted by: Piper

Saijo to the other dogs: "Hey guys, she's taking me to get tutored!"

(from The Far Side)

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

142 He was trying to him.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 01, 2026 10:10 AM (hGjAx)

143 Cow art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 01, 2026 10:10 AM (hGjAx)

144 123 is that a chinese brand?

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

145 I missed the ONT birthday salute to Van Morrison, but I would like to contribute a duet he did with his daughter Shana that (in these tumultuous days especially) should be heard more often.

https://tinyurl.com/ycveaxwa

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 10:10 AM (nB2bU)

146
...

464th Floor Ladies Underwear

...

677th Floor Food Court - Chik-Fil-A Now featuring Vomit Comet Peach Shake for a Limited Time

...

808th Floor - Famous Last Words Bungee Jumping Park

...
...
...

Posted by: Space Elevator Operator at September 01, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

147 That’s evil River otters for you.

Bastards will rip your face off.

The same people petting the fluffy cows are playing with river otters. Idiots.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 09:59 AM


I was at a cookout Sunday where the property abutted part of a large pond. I was told river otters have visited. I decided to hold my tongue on the subject, but thought of you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:11 AM (9Q+nP)

148 Scott Bessent Arrives at G20 Summit, Vows to Make Iran “Come to Their Senses”

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Warm up by teaching pigs to fly

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

149 Whatever happened to bumper nuts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (V7AYW)

Bumper nuts. What happens when you accidentally jostle a tranny on a crowded sidewalk.

Posted by: Mike Obama, izzat you? at September 01, 2026 10:11 AM (TbWk/)

150 Hey! There's a guy behind the tree!
Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2026 10:07 AM


He's the sniper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:12 AM (9Q+nP)

151 Alternate title:

"The Cow is Sad, The Ewes and Ram Frightened Because The Bull Identifies As a Sheep"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

-------------

"The bull shall dwell with the ram."

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:12 AM (m0vIZ)

152 I was at a cookout Sunday where the property abutted part of a large pond. I was told river otters have visited. I decided to hold my tongue on the subject, but thought of you.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState


❤️🦦

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:13 AM (k1CAF)

153 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM (sl73Y)

154 Isn't that the one that gave you the killer tumor?
Posted by: Sponge

I think the coroner was wrong. I suspect it was really the kale did poor Piper in.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

155
I have to take Saijo to the vet in a few minutes. I already feel terrible about it, I know he will think we are going to go on a fun adventure once we get into the car like we do normally. I wanted J to do this, not me, but something about a job that supports all of us.
Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)


Long ago and far away...

Our Basenji, Sheba, who loved car riding also learned (by smell?, by sites?) when we were going to the Vet and would immediately go into her "help me, please!!!" whining act.

She was probably too smart to be a dog.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:16 AM (iJfKG)

156 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM


Yeah...tomorrow's traffic is going to suck.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:16 AM (9Q+nP)

157 If there are men on the squad, they should be hurling the ladies into the air and catching them on their way down. Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)


NFL cheer squads just need to add jump splits to their routine like the Cowboys cheerleaders. I bet that would curtail men wanting to join the squad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

158 Scott Bessent Arrives at G20 Summit, Vows to Make Iran “Come to Their Senses”

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Warm up by teaching pigs to fly

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

---------------

"When Jahannam freezes over, Infidels!"

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:17 AM (m0vIZ)

159 153 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM (sl73Y)

Reminds one of just how traumatic and shitty school was.

Posted by: School's out completely at September 01, 2026 10:17 AM (TbWk/)

160 Yeah...tomorrow's traffic is going to suck.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Um...Doesn't the traffic in Beantown ALWAYS suck?

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

161
"Abutted."
Sounds naughty.

Posted by: But it's not at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (V7AYW)

162 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. A cow. Cow pasture pool. Golf! It's all connected.
Woohoo.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (2WIwB)

163 Um...Doesn't the traffic in Beantown ALWAYS suck?
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:17 AM


It will suck more. Like Mega Maid on crack.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (9Q+nP)

164 Putin Considers Escalating Ukraine War As Trouble Grows at Home

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That's right. Double down on stupid and evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

165 The Bull Of The Wood.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)

166 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM (sl73Y)

Reminds one of just how traumatic and shitty school was.

Posted by: School's out completely


I loved the start of the school year. Especially in high school, going back to see the developing girls and being in plays again.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

167 Dude can legitimately refer to them as his cow-orders.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)

168 Putin Considers Escalating Ukraine War As Trouble Grows at Home

-
That's right. Double down on stupid and evil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

Works for Democrats.

Posted by: Putin on the ritz at September 01, 2026 10:20 AM (TbWk/)

169 Trump at 37% approval.
Blue Tsunami 2026
Sad!

Posted by: MAGA lol at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (onpYi)

170 Putin Considers Escalating Ukraine War As Trouble Grows at Home

-
That's right. Double down on stupid and evil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)


Putin figures if he gets enough of his population killed in battle, there won't be anyone to riot.

...eh...It's a plan.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (iJfKG)

171 "...going back to see the developing girls..."
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:19 AM


We would have also accepted "sporting pronounced hooterage."

Posted by: The Judges at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (V7AYW)

172 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:15 AM (sl73Y)

----------------

🎵
Summer, it turns me upside down
Summer, summer, summer, it's like a merry-go-round
🎶

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (m0vIZ)

173 Posted by: MAGA lol at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM

Pretty sure Spiccoli thinks you're a dick, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:22 AM (9Q+nP)

174 pronounced hooterage > hooterslop

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:22 AM (m0vIZ)

175 123 Whatever happened to bumper nuts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (V7AYW)


You still see them on occasion.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

I have a meme saved where a guy who had a cybertruck had oversized electrical wiring nuts hanging from the hitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 10:22 AM (Y/06r)

176 Once we pass mid-July, I start looking forward to summer.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

177 hope they like kimchee.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

178 Know who else considered escalating a war?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM (V7AYW)

179 I love love love autumn.

Tomorrow we are supposed to get some much needed rain. And temps in the mid to upper 60s. The season has certainly changed over here.

May need to break down and get a Starbucks PSL soon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM (tHKLd)

180 Not just September, but raining, cool and dreary. At least I paid all the bills last night, so don have to look at them too.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 10:24 AM (sl73Y)

181 Let's try this again:

Once we pass mid-July, I start looking forward to fall.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

182 I see the troll is one the bs polls again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:24 AM (xSAlF)

183 I loved the start of the school year. Especially in high school, going back to see the developing girls and being in plays again.
Posted by: Bulg

Yup, somehow Linda Hutchins transformed from a little pixie into Farrah Fawcett over the Summer. I joined Chorus because the F/M ratio was 80/8.

Posted by: Memories of 1971 at September 01, 2026 10:24 AM (JM9I6)

184
I love love love autumn.


Eh, our twenty minutes of Fall here in Texas is okay.


Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

185 September here means the end of tourist season when we get Perdido Key back. Yay!

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (J4Dwc)

186 Not just September, but raining, cool and dreary.

I love that kind of weather. Sunshine is overrated.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

187 The troll is right.

Blue wave 2026 IS an LOL moment.

Ain't happenin'

They're running f*cking LUNATICS in too many races to be taken as a serious blow to the Right Wing Freedom Movement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (ccf/V)

188
I love that kind of weather. Sunshine is overrated.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)



Yeah, no. You couldn't BE more wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:26 AM (ccf/V)

189 183 damn, what was i thinking?

Posted by: member of glee club at September 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)

190 The Pumpkin Spice fad is sickening and the people who start putting out Halloween decorations today are beneath contempt.

Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at September 01, 2026 10:26 AM (JM9I6)

191 The Bull
Paulus Potter

A very cute, folksy painting. And I think there maybe a dog in the distant background so this is a good overall pick for the Horde. (Maybe 🤷‍♀️ )

I'm not familiar with the artist. Wikipedia, in part: Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter who specialized in landscapes featuring animals, often from a low vantage point. Before Potter died of tuberculosis at the age of 28 he produced about 100 paintings, working continuously.

A nice Tuesday art selection. Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic at September 01, 2026 10:28 AM (NFX2v)

192 I find my mind playing tricks on me re: fall.

It's going to be another hot day outside.

Yet I sit at my desk, look out the window, and see the trees start to drop their leaves, which makes me think it's a lot cooler outside than it is.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 10:28 AM (FZ29D)

193 Speaking of hanging nutsacks, hows Mitch doing?

Dead yet?

Posted by: Old Farts Never Die, They Just Smell That Way at September 01, 2026 10:28 AM (+iYtA)

194 The troll is right.

Blue wave 2026 IS an LOL moment.

Ain't happenin'

They're running f*cking LUNATICS in too many races to be taken as a serious blow to the Right Wing Freedom Movement.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:25 AM (ccf/V)


The Dims will be cranking up the cheat where they can, so they're trying to depress the Rep vote enough for that to work with fake info.

So, vote.

That's it. That's your one job.

Help out and/or give money if you want two jobs for the upcoming elections.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

195 Tourist season doesn’t wind down here until the cruise ships go away. They will be here through most of September, unfortunately

We got snow in the upper elevations over the weekend. It will be glorious when my Olympic mountains get their first dumping. They are magnificent in the morning light when they get a new blanket.

Sweater weather is the best!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:29 AM (tHKLd)

196 Yeah, no. You couldn't BE more wrong.
Posted by: Sponge

I mean, I need a certain amount of it, like everyone else. But not all the freakin' time.

Rainy weather is better for thinking, IMHO.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

197 Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:22 AM

What is hooterslop ?

I know that I'll probably be sorry I asked.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (xSAlF)

198 190 The Pumpkin Spice fad is sickening and the people who start putting out Halloween decorations today are beneath contempt.
Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at September 01, 2026 10:26 AM (JM9I6)

Three days ago.

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (LHPAg)

199 The Pumpkin Spice fad is sickening and the people who start putting out Halloween decorations today are beneath contempt.
Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at September 01, 2026 10:26 AM (JM9I6)



That's on board with the "this land is STOLEN!!!!!" bullshit as they're doing everything they can to eliminate Thanksgiving.

Well, not so much the pumpkin stuff, since pumpkin pie is a thing at Thanksgiving meals, but Halloween decorations now is just downright sacrilegious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)

200 You mean that cow with only one teat?

Yeah, she was pretty mean until I started milking her.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (c+HDg)

201 What is hooterslop ?

I know that I'll probably be sorry I asked.😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (xSAlF)



Kinda like flopsweat, just more gross.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)

202 Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:29 AM (tHKLd)

Nurse, I think for once we have found a subject that you and I are in total agreement on.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

203 But you love our money.

Posted by: The tourists at September 01, 2026 10:31 AM (V7AYW)

204 September. Just seeing it kills me. And I have not been on an academic schedule in over half a century.
Posted by: From about That Time
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There have been a number of tunes written about September:
https://shorturl.at/ABXFt

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 10:31 AM (XeU6L)

205 That's on board with the "this land is STOLEN!!!!!" bullshit as they're doing everything they can to eliminate Thanksgiving.

Well, not so much the pumpkin stuff, since pumpkin pie is a thing at Thanksgiving meals, but Halloween decorations now is just downright sacrilegious.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:30 AM (ccf/V)
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I'd argue that eliminating Thanksgiving is also sacrilegious in the literal sense, as the whole POINT of that holiday is to give thanks to our Creator for the many blessings He's given us throughout the year.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (FZ29D)

206 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)

207 I don't get the point of this work. Also, the man must be 2 or 3 times the size of the bull.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:33 AM (2ap+5)

208 > There have been a number of tunes written about September:

Hey, what about me?

It's late September and I really should be back at school...

Posted by: Maggie May at September 01, 2026 10:33 AM (c+HDg)

209 The reason they conduct polls is to give trolls pollslop to slop.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 10:33 AM (RIvkX)

210 206 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)

I can.. Guilty of murder... Next..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 10:33 AM (+gK6I)

211 Pumpkin? Yes.
Pumpkin spice? No hell no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

212 207 that's just the perspicuity.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

213 It will be glorious when my Olympic mountains get their first dumping. They are magnificent in the morning light when they get a new blanket.

Sweater weather is the best!


Phrasing: 10/10!

Posted by: The Judges at September 01, 2026 10:34 AM (E/qck)

214 That cow should be polled.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)

215 Mitch’s official death date is being coordinated between the Democrat Governor and alleged Senate Republican Leader John Thune to assure that no America First candidate can compete for Mitch’s Uniparty seat.

Posted by: Voter theater. at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (FCPbW)

216 Fall.......


Season of wither......


https://youtu.be/PgIsxxq4EBg?t=48

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)

217 Axually,

As we pull into the ferry dock, I don’t see any cruise ships in port.

Oh wait. Nope. I’m wrong. There’s two.


Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (tHKLd)

218 Paulus Potter. Is he one of the Back Bay Potters?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (4Je4D)

219 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)

The majority of the jury is wimmin so that tracks.

Posted by: Repeal the 19th and ban them from jury service at September 01, 2026 10:36 AM (TbWk/)

220 Paulus Potter

Wow, he died at age 28

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 10:37 AM (+gK6I)

221 The majority of the jury is wimmin so that tracks.

From MA too...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)

222 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)




And they've been given manslaughter as an option.

FFS......SHE. MURDERED. HER. KIDS. Admittedly. In front of each other. She CHASED ONE DOWN and drug it back into the room.......

Satanic beast........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ccf/V)

223 Go ahead and milk that bull.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (U0c5a)

-----------

If you can milk a Minotaur you can milk a bull.

Posted by: Literotica.com at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (4Je4D)

224 Is that you, Ferdinand?
Posted by: Count de Monet

He was gay you know.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (01XUU)

225 203 But you love our money.
Posted by: The tourists at September 01, 2026 10:31 AM (V7AYW)

The restaurant and bar owners love the money.

The county commissioners love the "tourist tax" money collected so they can spend it on their pet projects that do nothing to improve the quality of life for the locals living in and around Perdido Key.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)

226 Whatever happened to bumper nuts?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 01, 2026 10:00 AM (V7AYW)

---------------

True story: in my early 20s, a bunch of young guys I worked with (in Las Vegas) got into playing a fun new unique game in a midnight league (forget what it was called).

Basically like indoor team field hockey (on an old covered-floor ice rink) while driving bumper cars and passing/scoring by flinging a large plastic wiffleball into a small net ... using a large curved plastic basket-like glove (a la jai alai -- which used a wicker version and used to be played and gambled on in Vegas back in the day).

One day I coaxed my girlfriend to come watch us play after work. She claimed afterwards that the loose shorts I was wearing were showing off my nuts while riding around in the bumper car.

I blushed -- and now that awful memory was what I think of when I hear "bumper nuts." Thanks ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (m0vIZ)

227 Bradbury liked October Wine - wrote a whole book about it.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (Gqar8)

228
He was gay you know.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (01XUU)



This is about me, isn't it.......

Posted by: Dr. Smith at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (ccf/V)

229 I expected MA would give Clancy a slap on the wrist and she would be out in 5 years but it looks like feminists want their own OJ trial

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (sKqQm)

230 FFS......SHE. MURDERED. HER. KIDS. Admittedly. In front of each other. She CHASED ONE DOWN and drug it back into the room.......

Satanic beast........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ccf/V)

And strangulation... The struggle must have been terrible.. RIP for their little souls...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (+gK6I)

231 minotaur sounds like minute hour. minute rice. uncle ben's perverted rice.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (Bep7s)

232 Is there a generally understood term for receiving text messages sent to past owners of a cell phone number?

Because I'm getting a lot of "gimme money" campaign requests from the Roy Cooper campaign. When good ol' Roy sends a heart-breaker, he calls out "MAGA" with the fervor of a DSA acolyte.

Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (rj6Yv)

233 And strangulation... The struggle must have been terrible.. RIP for their little souls...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (+gK6I)



With an exercise band......


The Lord weeps while accepting their young souls into the Kingdom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ccf/V)

234 I prefer clean polled simmentals because I don't care for dirty polls.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:40 AM (2ap+5)

235 And they've been given manslaughter as an option.

FFS......SHE. MURDERED. HER. KIDS. Admittedly. In front of each other. She CHASED ONE DOWN and drug it back into the room.......

Satanic beast........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ccf/V)

But she couldn't have done it because like she's a Leo and like lions don't kill their cubs, and like Saturn was in promenade so like Patrick totally did it. Like totally.

Posted by: Average TikTok chick at September 01, 2026 10:40 AM (TbWk/)

236 Rainy weather is better for thinking, IMHO.
Posted by: Bulg

No thinking allowed here! We are Morons after all.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (01XUU)

237 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Fisher - drowned her three children, declared insane, declared better, had three more children, drowned them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

238 And strangulation... The struggle must have been terrible.. RIP for their little souls...

If we executed Clancy this was the FNM would tell us it was cruel and unusual...

As an aside Iran executes people this way. The traditional western hanging aimed to break the criminal's neck for a quick death, Iran slowly pulls them up to strangle to death over time.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (sKqQm)

239 Whirleyball. I played it!

Posted by: Buck at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (z6ONu)

240 Ram-a-lamb-ding-dong~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (diia5)

241
Weird, that list of "September Songs" left out probably the most famous and long standing September song:

September Song

https://tinyurl.com/5n7hu28e

Jeff Lynne's version.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (iJfKG)

242 I got a little mailer catalog from a company that sells home decor. Not only did it have Halloween stuff for sale in it but also Christmas decorations. My thought was, it's August and a hundred degrees outside! My mind is not set for these holidays. And won't be for awhile.

Posted by: Case at September 01, 2026 10:41 AM (rxS1L)

243 I read a post a couple days ago about the Clancy trial, specifically the "supporters" gathered outside. Many of them are reportedly wearing pink, as a show of solidarity with the murderer.

It was noted that two of the jurors were also wearing pink at times during the trial.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 10:43 AM (2Cry5)

244 226 there's a whirlyball place near here. same game, with alcohol.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)

245 The only thing they should be deliberating in the Clancey trial is method of execution. We haven't had a good steaming in so long...

Posted by: Gatherer Hade at September 01, 2026 10:43 AM (7Q0e+)

246 Earth Wind and Fire made the best September song of all time. I can't remember what it's called.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:44 AM (2ap+5)

247 > Basically like indoor team field hockey (on an old covered-floor ice rink) while driving bumper cars and passing/scoring by flinging a large plastic wiffleball into a small net

We had one of those here... called "Whirlyball" or something like it.

We didn't have anything as formal as a league, though. The son? Cousin? Nephew? of the guy who owned it was a friend of a friend, and the owner didn't mind if he brought a bunch of guys in at night after the official closing time.

The advantage of this over a formal league is that you could drink.

I'd bet that more than a few jobs were lost due to this.

Posted by: Maggie May at September 01, 2026 10:44 AM (c+HDg)

248 There have been a number of tunes written about September:

Posted by: Mike Hammer

“Ba-dee-ya” with Earth, Wind and Fire may be, in fact, the most epic lyric ever.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2026 10:44 AM (01XUU)

249 The only thing they should be deliberating in the Clancey trial is method of execution. We haven't had a good steaming in so long...

Posted by: Gatherer Hade

Imma go with drawing and quartering.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

250 245 The only thing they should be deliberating in the Clancey trial is method of execution. We haven't had a good steaming in so long...
Posted by: Gatherer Hade at September 01, 2026 10:43 AM (7Q0e+)

Strangulation by exercise band.

Posted by: Let the punishment fit the crime at September 01, 2026 10:45 AM (TbWk/)

251 > Because I'm getting a lot of "gimme money" campaign requests from the Roy Cooper campaign.
Posted by: mrp at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (rj6Yv)

Unfortunately the guy who used to have my number is a deadbeat.

Lots-o-blocking on my phone.



Posted by: Maggie May at September 01, 2026 10:45 AM (c+HDg)

252 Morning, Morons.

Big old Bull Moose just walked through the backyard. Been a couple years since I have seen a Moose down here.

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (Shi2G)

253 I've seen a few posts arguing that feminists are not going to like the impact if they succeed in arguing that a woman can be excused for even murder due to hormones/depression.

But they don't care. They are celebrating now what second gen feminists would have called rank misogyny...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)

254 It's sad, the number of no longer with us's who's phone number is in my phone......including some past Hordians........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

255 I have an idea for Clancy. It involves a sturdy exercise band and a chain hoist.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (u9Xr5)

256 Strangulation by exercise band.

Posted by: Let the punishment fit the crime at September 01, 2026 10:45 AM (TbWk/)


Honestly I would like to see this encoded in law.

Kill someone and you die by however you killed them.

It would have a slight impact on reducing worse types of murders for semi-rational killers but more to the point it is logically consistent. You took someone's life, we will take yours in the same way.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:47 AM (sKqQm)

257 206 The jurying the Clancy trial has said they can't reach a verdict . The judge said keep deliberating. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 10:32 AM (rNkEQ)

Recall that a couple of female jurors showed up for deliberations wearing pink. I'm sure they didn't see any news or read anything about the trial. (sarcasm)

I wondered if 1st Degree murder would be hard to get a verdict on. 2nd Degree I would've thought they could agree on - especially since she already admitted she murdered her three precious kids.

At a bare minimum, I hope she spends the rest of her wretched life in a state hospital never breathing free air again.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM (N39Ws)

258 I've seen a few posts arguing that feminists are not going to like the impact if they succeed in arguing that a woman can be excused for even murder due to hormones/depression.

The sort of people making/celebrating that argument are the sort of people who won't make the connection between it and the outcome.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

259 I have an idea for Clancy. It involves a sturdy exercise band and a chain hoist.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (u9Xr5)



I'd like something along the lines of that one Jackass scene where they rip out a tooth with a Lamborghini.........only different.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM (ccf/V)

260 254 It's sad, the number of no longer with us's who's phone number is in my phone......including some past Hordians........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

I wonder sometimes about the regulars who just stop posting and - disappear from the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM (Gqar8)

261 I have an idea for Clancy..I 'm assuming she can't walk so take her out to the middle of the Mohave dessert dump her out of the chair and leave her there...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 10:49 AM (+gK6I)

262 Lex Talionis.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Gqar8)

263 I've seen a few posts arguing that feminists are not going to like the impact if they succeed in arguing that a woman can be excused for even murder due to hormones/depression.

The sort of people making/celebrating that argument are the sort of people who won't make the connection between it and the outcome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

What impact will that be? They get a pass on pretty much everything up to and including murder because they're female so what negative effect would that have for them?

Posted by: Serious question at September 01, 2026 10:50 AM (TbWk/)

264 Put Clancy in a cell with a noose and a screen showing nothing but stories of infanticide. She will eventually do the right thing.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)

265
I wonder sometimes about the regulars who just stop posting and - disappear from the HQ.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:48 AM



Some have job changes that take them away. Some get pissed off and flounce. Some have health issues. Some get banned. Some do move on to the next plain, where it's unfortunate they don't have any Horde contact info shared with and we never know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:51 AM (ccf/V)

266 254 and i've lost contacts a couple times as well and still they pile up. kind of miss having them in there.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:51 AM (Bep7s)

267 Put Clancy in a cell with a noose and a screen showing nothing but stories of infanticide. She will eventually do the right thing.
Posted by: Oglebay

Probably like porn for her.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 10:52 AM (u9Xr5)

268 256 paolo does not like this.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:52 AM (Bep7s)

269 Because I'm getting a lot of "gimme money" campaign requests from the Roy Cooper campaign.
------

I begrudge the man the very air that he breathes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 10:52 AM (XeU6L)

270 264 Put Clancy in a cell with a noose and a screen showing nothing but stories of infanticide. She will eventually do the right thing.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 01, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)

You mean thrice-daily autoerotic asphyxiation and bean-flicking? I don't think that's going to play out how you want.

Posted by: Don't threaten her with a good time at September 01, 2026 10:52 AM (TbWk/)

271 I love love love autumn.

Tomorrow we are supposed to get some much needed rain. And temps in the mid to upper 60s. The season has certainly changed over here.

May need to break down and get a Starbucks PSL soon.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM


*fistbump*

Rainy and in the 70s this week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 10:53 AM (9Q+nP)

272 Friend died a month or two ago. Still have his text threads on my phone. Strange, but not really bad, when I read them.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:53 AM (Gqar8)

273 The Pumpkin Spice fad is sickening and the people who start putting out Halloween decorations today are beneath contempt.
Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down


Stopped at Wal Mart last night. They already have their big cardboard bins of Halloween gourds out front.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:54 AM (U0c5a)

274
An up close and personal hands-on tortuous murder of children,

must be punished by death.

However, if our society is too sick to manage that then life without parole in a maximum security prison is...I suppose acceptable.

Just sad all the way around.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2026 10:54 AM (iJfKG)

275 Stopped at Wal Mart last night. They already have their big cardboard bins of Halloween gourds out front.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:54 AM (U0c5a)
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Once school starts, the local Walmart immediately swaps out the shelves of school supplies with Halloween candy and costumes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 10:54 AM (FZ29D)

276 May need to break down and get a Starbucks PSL soon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 01, 2026 10:23 AM



You're in Seattle. There's GOT to be another option than Starbucks......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (ccf/V)

277 Friend died a month or two ago. Still have his text threads on my phone. Strange, but not really bad, when I read them.
Posted by: tubal


Still have my wife's. Been a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (U0c5a)

278 Put Clancy in a cell with a noose and a screen showing nothing but stories of infanticide. She will eventually do the right thing.

If by "the right thing" you mean pure unbridled joy at no longer being "burdened with a child".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (2ocoG)

279 What impact will that be? They get a pass on pretty much everything up to and including murder because they're female so what negative effect would that have for them?

Posted by: Serious question at September 01, 2026 10:50 AM (TbWk/)

If we all know that women can kill people and get away with it just because they're hormonal or depressed, businesses are going to stop hiring women (too much risk) and men are going to - by another order of magnitude - stop interacting with women out in the wild.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (PGK1w)

280 When a problem comes along, you must whip it
Before the cream sets out too long, you must whip it
When something's going wrong, you must whip it

Posted by: BEVO at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (XnGK2)

281 arguing that a woman can be excused for even murder due to hormones/depression.

Did every Commandment have an asterisk? I did not know that.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (ReYtg)

282 The left: We have to take your rights away...for the children!

Also the left: So what if she killed her kids, she was sad and needed to live as her authentic self.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)

283 When a problem comes along, you must whip it
Before the cream sets out too long, you must whip it
When something's going wrong, you must whip it


I like this song.

Posted by: Christian Grey at September 01, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)

284 Once school starts, the local Walmart immediately swaps out the shelves of school supplies with Halloween candy and costumes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

CostCo already has Christmas stuff up.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

285 The Pumpkin Spice fad is sickening and the people who start putting out Halloween decorations today are beneath contempt.
Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down

It's fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (u9Xr5)

286 252 Morning, Morons.

Big old Bull Moose just walked through the backyard. Been a couple years since I have seen a Moose down here.
Posted by: garrett

Go tell him he belongs out front.

Posted by: Tradition! at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (JM9I6)

287
Still have my wife's. Been a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (U0c5a)



I still have both of my parent's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ccf/V)

288 Posted here a couple of weeks ago about post partum depression. Saw that with my mother. Real, not good, no excuse for what Clancy did. She is a triple murderer, and should die for her crimes. The right thing would have been for her to admit her crime, ask God for forgiveness, and accept the consequence for her actions. Won’t budge on this.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (Gqar8)

289 I wonder sometimes about the regulars who just stop posting and - disappear from the HQ.
Posted by: tubal

Alien abduction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

290 Still have my wife's. Been a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (U0c5a)

I do too. Also been a year as of 8/18.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (J4Dwc)

291 The left: We have to take your rights away...for the children!

Also the left: So what if she killed her kids, she was sad and needed to live as her authentic self.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)
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The "pro-choice" Left only cares about ONE choice -- the absolute right for parents to kill their own children at any age.

Every other parental right must be subservient to the state.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D)

292 277 same. two for me, thirty years.
used to call me at work constantly. now silence.
kids have a bunch too.
crazy making.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

293 If the artist were Paolo Potter, the bull would be more... obvious.

Posted by: GWB at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (kU0PQ)

294 277 Friend died a month or two ago. Still have his text threads on my phone. Strange, but not really bad, when I read them.
Posted by: tubal


Still have my wife's. Been a year.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (U0c5a)

I get that.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)

295 Also the left: So what if she killed her kids, she was sad and needed to live as her authentic self.
Posted by: 18-1

I guess that's just how Lindsay Clancy rolls.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (01XUU)

296 I've seen a few posts arguing that feminists are not going to like the impact if they succeed in arguing that a woman can be excused for even murder due to hormones/depression.


Lot of jobs will be restricted to women.
Can't be cops. We can't trust you with a gun if your hormones can go out of whack.

Damn sure can't be president. You're one baby away from nuking Canada. Why do you want to nuke our northern neighbor?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 10:59 AM (U0c5a)

297 When a problem comes along, you must whip it
Before the cream sets out too long, you must whip it
When something's going wrong, you must whip it
Posted by: BEVO

Texas mascot got a hard hat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 10:59 AM (u9Xr5)

298 I wonder sometimes about the regulars who just stop posting and - disappear from the HQ.
Posted by: tubal

Alien abduction.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)


Don't forget us!!!

Posted by: The Mole Men (Who have Secret Tunnels Underneath Your House!) at September 01, 2026 10:59 AM (iJfKG)

299 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

300 The "pro-choice" Left only cares about ONE choice -- the absolute right for parents to kill their own children at any age.

At the higher levels (Soros/WEF) the one thing they care about is eliminating the white race, because everyone else has demonstrated sufficient compliance to Communism.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

301 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 11:00 AM (u9Xr5)

302 I have a voice mail from my sister, who passed five years ago.

Also have my Mom's phone number.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 01, 2026 11:01 AM (PSEDc)

303 >>Rainy and in the 70s this week.


Dipped down to 38 this AM.

Posted by: garrett at September 01, 2026 11:02 AM (Shi2G)

304 I do too. Also been a year as of 8/18.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 10:57 AM (J4Dwc)



Condolences, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 11:03 AM (ccf/V)

305 If we all know that women can kill people and get away with it just because they're hormonal or depressed, businesses are going to stop hiring women (too much risk) and men are going to - by another order of magnitude - stop interacting with women out in the wild.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 01, 2026 10:55 AM (PGK1w)

Businesses will be punished by lawfare if they do so. Hiring women, especially minority women, is a high-risk proposition but they don't have much of a choice. As for relationships, maybe, although men have been seeing just how polluted the pool is more and more over the past 10-15 years or so anyway. So I'm not convinced this will be a cause and effect thing since vagina privilege has been around for a very long time. But I could be wrong.

Posted by: I honestly hope I'm proven wrong at September 01, 2026 11:04 AM (TbWk/)

306 Friend died a month or two ago. Still have his text threads on my phone. Strange, but not really bad, when I read them.
Posted by: tubal


Still have my wife's. Been a year.
Posted by: rickb223
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I still have voice mail from a dear neighbor lady.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 11:13 AM (XeU6L)

307 Time to slip in a link to Chad & Jeremy tune,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvD0_aeAf2E

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2026 11:16 AM (XeU6L)

308 Bull? More like a Bear, amirite? Delicious. Would hang.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at September 01, 2026 12:00 PM (XziC1)

309 Whatever happened to Big Balls, anyway?

Edward Coristine

Posted by: Smallish Bees at September 01, 2026 03:48 PM (8Q86n)

The Morning Report — 9/ 1 /26

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Good morning kids. Wow, welcome to September, but am I alone in being confused in that today is not Labor Day? Alas, for some bizarre reason it was moved to the second week in September. But be that as it may, there's lots of ground to cover, so Lez-be-on our way...

Well, I'm sure you'll all be relieved at this news:

A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, bringing an end to one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.

If only he had formed a band with Meatloaf, they could've been the Tupac Aday men. But, all seriousness aside, the now decomposing and Kaput Tupac was related to this evil, vile, degenerated fiend

Was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in the early 1970, Murdered NJ State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973, Escaped from prison in 1979, Had been a fugitive in Cuba since 1984
* Icon of the Black Lives Matter movement. . .Shakur was the godmother and step-aunt of the famed rapper Tupac Shakur, who was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting. Assata Shakur died on September 25, 2025 in Havana, Cuba. According to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, her death was due to “health conditions and advanced age.”

So why is this relevant today, well look what's running for the Senate in Florida1!

Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member who is vying to be the next senator of Florida, is still pulling quotes from Marxist cop killer Assata Shakur, although conveniently leaving out the origins of her words now that she secured her nomination and is trying to appeal to general election voters. . . “I’m gonna open this up for questions, but I’m gonna leave y’all with these words of a famous freedom fighter before we open it up: Assata Shakur,” Nixon said of the Marxist cop killer who at one time appeared on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of “most wanted” terrorists.“‘It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and protect one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains,’” Nixon continued.

And so are there enough spawn of Beelzebub and Pazuzu in Florida to actually drag this freak over the finish line?

But what of the rest of the nation?!

“The Democrat Party is becoming the party of socialism. Fifty-eight percent view socialism positively. 50 percent view capitalism negatively. I’m a proud free market capitalist. This is lunacy,” posted Senator Fetterman (D-PA) on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month in reference to a similar poll, which revealed that Democrats have a more positive view of socialism than capitalism. . . However, while it is clear that support for socialism and communism has grown within the Democratic Party, far-left ideologies remain widely unpopular. For instance, despite New York City’s election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is a member of the DSA, a poll published earlier this month found that only 30 percent of people in New York state support the organization.

And yet, and yet, and yet...

There is something redolent here of the seeming takeover of the Democrat Party half a century ago by a younger generation of voters and activists opposed to the Vietnam War that resulted in the nomination of George McGovern in 1972 and had a continual influence on elected Democrats and policymakers through most of the 1970s and 1980s. That came from a protest movement incubated on college and university campuses, centered on Vietnam but also influenced by tomes such as Charles Reich’s 1970 “The Greening of America.”

Similarly, the great motivating cause of DSA-adjacent Democrats seems to be statehood for Gaza, opposition to Israel, and, in very many cases, hostility toward Jews.

And speaking of "And yet" This Obama Advisor Just Denounced the DSA...

HE'S RUNNING: "They believe in defunding the police, letting prisoners out of prisons, opening the borders, eliminating the Pentagon," former Barack Obama advisor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Fox News Sunday, denouncing his party's Democratic Socialist rivals. Emanuel continues testing the waters for a presumed 2028 presidential run.

For those unaware, not only is Rahm a Jew - by birth since his entire life is wholly unholy and antithetical to Judaism, America and civilization, but I believe his lineage is Israeli so you can multiply no shot in hell by orders of magnitude right there!

With that, and speaking of steak knives... I'll leave you with this lovely local crime story as I begin to plan my trip back to my old hometown...

A maniac was shot dead by police in the heart of Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people, one fatally, and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives and threatening to kill them, the NYPD said. The caught-on-camera mayhem erupted in the Crossroads of the World after Pamela Cisneros, 49, randomly knifed a man and a woman in a 20-second span near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue just before 4:30 p.m., cops said. . . Cops spoke to the woman for four minutes and gave her “numerous commands” to drop the knives, but she refused, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference on Monday night. “I’m not dropping anything, I would rather kill both of you. I will kill you,” Cisneros told cops during the encounter, Tisch said. Officers discharged several tasers at Cisneros, but they “proved to be ineffective,” and she continued charging toward officers with the knives, according to Tisch. . . Two officers then opened fire, striking the Cisneros, who had a known history of mental illness with the department. She was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.

Well, too bad that Rahm lost a potential voter!!! Not that being dead is a deterrent to ever casting a ballot for a Democrat, as we know all to well...But sadly and frighteningly there are thousands more just like this now mercifully ventilated psychopath who will go after any and all of us at the drop of a hat, because we're Trump voters, Jews or just normal Americans... And with that I bid you all to...

Have a good day.

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1 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

2 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM (/+uur)

3 You too, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 07:33 AM (2Cry5)

5 September Morn, Horde!

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at September 01, 2026 07:34 AM (2CeDH)

6 Top 10 and still in the game! Morning all!

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:35 AM (/k3in)

7 >Trump threatens to blow Kharg Island 'to smithereens' after Iran hits US airbases in Jordan

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Not just KABOOM
no no

KABLOOEY!

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:35 AM (ZxPkt)

8 Paul, call your father and make amends for your behavior before it's too late.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:35 AM (/k3in)

9 "1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur"

They are going to wait until 2028 to try KSM. This is what swift justice looks like.

Posted by: Guy who always says at September 01, 2026 07:35 AM (MWfyi)

10 I laughed at the Heartland Institute link. Go to the page and the name of the actor is apparently "Kevin & Sorbo."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:37 AM (/k3in)

11 >New York Governor Kathy Hochul Dons Hijab for Event at Muslim Organization
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There's pandering, and then there's putting your lips right up against the asscheeks and dropping a big wet kiss

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:38 AM (ZxPkt)

12 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

13 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 07:39 AM (GXElQ)

14 Morning all. Thanks JJ

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 07:39 AM (sBAAu)

15 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

16 Lots of stupid people of low IQ will vote for Angie Nixon, just like they voted for Obongo and Joe.

Not enough to win as Floridians may be scum but they know a clown when they see one.

Posted by: Zombie Alcee Hastings, Class Clown at September 01, 2026 07:42 AM (+iYtA)

17 Pezeshkian and his son, who is his press secretary, have both come out saying enrichment is not worth what is happening to the economy and the people of Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 07:42 AM (PbWRL)

18 Arab-American Tom Barrack

With a name of Barrack, he's got to be good. Mmm, mmm, mmm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:43 AM (l3cgK)

19 (formerly Twitter)

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Can't we stop with this already?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

20 Good morning, I believe Labor Day is the first Monday in September.

Posted by: El Borak at September 01, 2026 07:44 AM (BSNnK)

21 16 Lots of stupid people of low IQ will vote for Angie Nixon, just like they voted for Obongo and Joe.

Not enough to win as Floridians may be scum but they know a clown when they see one.
Posted by: Zombie Alcee Hastings, Class Clown at September 01, 2026 07:42 AM (+iYtA)


Well, they did block that asshole Gilliam and gave us Meatball Ron!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

22 Moronin'', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at September 01, 2026 07:44 AM (kmSxS)

23 @J.J. Sefton: Text for the "Tip Jar" link at the end is truncated. (The actual link goes to the correct place, it's just the text that got trimmed short.)

(Almost socked this as "Lorena Bobbit")

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:44 AM (O7YUW)

24 “The Democrat Party is becoming the party of socialism. Fifty-eight percent view socialism positively. 50 percent view capitalism negatively.

Maybe in small software projects or home remodeling there is Capitalism but everything else out there is about 30% Socialism and Maybe 50% Capitalism.

The other 20% regulations, rules, and taxes really move our system closer to a Socio-Controlled Semi-Market that forces consumer into a Trade Off world.

And the Four Pillars of US Social Spending; SS, Medicare/Caid, and Food Stamps are basically
50% socialist public benefits
25% graft and greed
and
25% regulation and paperwork.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 07:44 AM (/+uur)

25 Johnson said public exposure may be the most significant form of accountability because criminal prosecutions would be difficult.

Bull. Shit. Fauci, Birx and Pence need to be exposed completely and the politicians, media lickspittles, and bootlicking sycophants that supported them need to be shunned by society.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (3Ope8)

26 Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:38 AM (ZxPkt)

Why would any woman who is not a Muslim do that? I have met with Muslims, not in a mosque Thankfully nobody asked me to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (xPsv8)

27 J.J. Sefton

Fast reflexes banning Paul. Way to go. Thank you.

May you and yours have blessing of good health.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

28 one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.

Behold my field of f*cks, and see that it is barren.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (9Q+nP)

29 When Martha's Vineyard has a data center installed, I will permit lecturing about the opposition to them.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:47 AM (/k3in)

30 Another internal FBI review concluded the memo �almost explicitly states that RTC ideology is violent and extremist without offering any evidence.�

Traditional Roman Catholics wouldn't have been a problem for Obama and Biden if they'd only supported him. That's the whole crux. If your not with them and supporting them, you're against them, and will feel the full force of Gov't go after you, even if you were only engaging and expressing your God-given, Constitutionally-guaranteed rights.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:47 AM (l3cgK)

31 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM


Always sage advice, NaCly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 07:48 AM (9Q+nP)

32 Did I miss something? The IRGC lobbed some missiles at Jordan but I saw that they had all been intercepted.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 07:48 AM (PbWRL)

33 Joanne Chesimard, was her name, and I’m not too sure that was her only/real name. Fled to Cuba. Whack job “revolutionary” nutbars.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 07:48 AM (IkLDu)

34 >Why would any woman who is not a Muslim do that? ....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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for votes
to curry favor

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

35 "Sacrifice the comfort, safety and security and even the very future of our own people"
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"But not me," she continued.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

36 28 one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.

Behold my field of f*cks, and see that it is barren.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (9Q+nP)

There was a kids show called "Hip Hop Harry"...it wasn't as filled with gang violence as I expected...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (l3cgK)

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

Well, this is good news, in a way. Thanks for posting it.

A rational analysis is stated in public by erstwhile Iranian leaders. Favoring the Iranian people.

Alas, the IRGC wants No Surrender. They have the guns and power. For now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

38 I just wanna say, the list of links raises many questions

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

39 34 >Why would any woman who is not a Muslim do that? ....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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for votes
to curry favor

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

for money

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:50 AM (l3cgK)

40 (and just like that, they're gone)

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

41 “Traditional” Catholics. Clowns like Biden, well that’s OK. For now.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 07:51 AM (IkLDu)

42 Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

Yes; it was more an expression of incredulity on my part than not knowing why the politicians are doing this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:52 AM (xPsv8)

43 Common Tater

Going from the US to Cuba is like going to a bigger, more open jail. I hope her life sucked with no power and only Commie TV. Any cats were probably eaten by neighbors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

44 Michigan AG Urges Jews to Sacrifice �Survival� to Elect Abdul El-Sayed

This is like the story of the chicken and the pig...
Chicken says, "The farmer has been so good to us, we should make him breakfast! Bacon and eggs!"
The pig replys, "For you, it's a donation; for me, it's complete dedication..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:52 AM (l3cgK)

45 For fear that someone, somewhere, somehow at some time might be inconvenienced by these rules to protect the public, nearly 20,000 illegal aliens obtained commercial driver’s licenses from a compliant state of California without even proving rudimentary knowledge of English.

Laws and Regulations only apply to Citizens.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 07:52 AM (/+uur)

46 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 07:52 AM (77rzZ)

47 Hochul in a hijab?

Beautification of America continues apace.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 07:53 AM (2GVsD)

48 FenelonSpoke

The lust for power has twisted their very souls.
Sad.

Fortunately, you preach a path of redemption to your flock.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

49 At Townhall, Mark Minella's column about our addiction to reckless debt is so darn good, I wish I had written it myself:

"We sacrifice tomorrow to have what we want today. We borrow from our children, our grandchildren, people who will never have a voice in the decisions being made at their expense. Then we point to everything that borrowed money purchased and call it prosperity. It is not prosperity. It is consumption financed by somebody else’s future."

https://tinyurl.com/vdny2cja

Posted by: gp at September 01, 2026 07:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

50 NaCly it remains to be seen if the IRGC lets Pezeshkian live or not.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 07:54 AM (PbWRL)

51 Besides mental illness, what else was on Cisneros' rap sheet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 07:54 AM (2GVsD)

52 I don’t know why it popped up, but on my LinkedIn feed this morning some total retard who’s a “Professor of Intersectional Justice” at the University of Sussex had posted some Kamala- level word salad. I think the UK is a zombie; it’s dead Jim…. So many people with so many lofty titles paid so much to do so little. Not sustainable

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 07:55 AM (sBAAu)

53 Anna Puma

Does that mean her husband can beat her with a small diameter stick? And be one of four wives?

She is married, two kids.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

54 Nope. Not getting on any Space Elevator. Escalator, maybe.

Posted by: Klaus Trophobia at September 01, 2026 07:56 AM (JM9I6)

55 I'm thinking that, whether deep in their subconscious or in the forefront of their mind, the American Left is favorable to socalism/communism BECAUSE it brings a high body count to their enemies.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 01, 2026 07:57 AM (CYBB0)

56 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 07:57 AM (U0c5a)

57 They basically allow anybody to register to vote on the honor system. There�s nobody in government that is checking to confirm you�re a citizen

Yeah, it's terrible. My son turned 18, had drivers license, got a ballot the very next election. No checks, just ballots and voting material sent through the mail. What could possibly go wrong?
The first year they did this, my ballots did not arrive...I contacted them, and later I got my ballots. To this day I don't know if my legitimate ballots were thrown away due to the ones "lost" being counted instead. I don't know if any of my ballots have been counted since they started this f'd up system...even though I *do* get texts saying they received my ballot...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:58 AM (l3cgK)

58 LinusVanPelt

You know the real reason the UK can not stop the islamics from crossing the Channel?

France wants them out of their country. They provide transport.

The UK can not produce enough power for the country. They import a big percentage of electrical power from France. So France wins, with nuclear power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

59 .DATA: Majority of Voters Alarmed by Rise of Socialism and Communism in America.

And it's not just a socialist party, it's a NATIONAL socialist party...now, how to insert "workers'" in there somewhere...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:00 AM (l3cgK)

60 Cray Cray

In both Iran and Indonesia the Muslims used the Left to seize power, then killed the Leftist helpers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

61 Nope. Not getting on any Space Elevator. Escalator, maybe.
Posted by: Klaus Trophobia

Lowest bid doesn't help things.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 08:01 AM (GXElQ)

62 Hochul in a hijab?

Beautification of America continues apace.
Posted by: Anna Puma
___________

She only covered her hair, not her hideous mug.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 08:01 AM (XvL8K)

63 In both Iran and Indonesia the Muslims used the Left to seize power, then killed the Leftist helpers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)


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I didn't say they were the most forward thinking...

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 01, 2026 08:02 AM (CYBB0)

64 Biff Pocoroba

Hard to decide which is uglier; Hochul's policies, or her personality?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

65 I don't know if any of my ballots have been counted since they started this f'd up system...even though I *do* get texts saying they received my ballot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:58 AM (l3cgK)

I actually remember (I’m sure you do too) standing in line in Cali to vote (how quaint)! I remember the line being particularly long for the 2004 prez election (W vs Kerry)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 08:03 AM (sBAAu)

66 The UK can not produce enough power for the country. They import a big percentage of electrical power from France. So France wins, with nuclear power.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Wow. Embarrassing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 08:04 AM (GXElQ)

67 I think the MSM really amplifies the so called Democratic Socialists. Anything to tweak the normies and Trump.

They hate us. And him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 08:04 AM (2Cry5)

68 Nope. Not getting on any Space Elevator. Escalator, maybe.
Posted by: Klaus Trophobia

Lowest bid doesn't help things.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 08:01 AM (GXElQ)
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There's at least one science fiction story that I know of (can't remember the name of it) where a space elevator experiences catastrophic failure.

As it collapses, it proceeds to wrap itself around the earth a few times.

The destruction it causes is basically an extinction-level event.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:04 AM (FZ29D)

69 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

70 As it collapses, it proceeds to wrap itself around the earth a few times.

The destruction it causes is basically an extinction-level event.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Thank you for allaying my fears.

Posted by: Klaus Trophobia.. at September 01, 2026 08:06 AM (JM9I6)

71 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
Assata Shakur is Joanne Chesimard. Tupac Shakur is Parish Crooks. But Shakur be revolutionary , yo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:06 AM (rNkEQ)

72 I thought Barrack had already been recalled from Turkey? Is the article dealing with news a few days old or something?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 08:06 AM (aJQbY)

73 Sorry Fen
I guess I sometimes see you as a wide-eyed innocent amongst all these mooks and skels

Posted by: Don Black at September 01, 2026 08:07 AM (ZxPkt)

74 20 million dumb ass ignorant illegals
gooderer economy and country
100 AI data centers
baderer economy and country

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

75 Damage to the tether from space junk whizzing around low Earth orbit remains a top concern, said Swan, which is why he proposes something like five tethers per elevator, for backups and other uses, as well as a no-fly zone for satellites around it.

Chinese won't give a fk...China is asshoe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:08 AM (l3cgK)

76 I don't know if any of my ballots have been counted since they started this f'd up system...even though I *do* get texts saying they received my ballot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Jim, I'm sure they received your ballot. I'm also sure that if you didn't vote the way they needed, they promptly circular-filed it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 08:08 AM (aJQbY)

77 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:09 AM (ccf/V)

78 Yow

49 year old Myra Paule Shulenberg of Colorado is charged with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. Her nephew John Paul Rivera is also charged with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud along with making false statements under oath and unlawfully procuring citizenship.

John came to the US from the Philippines on a J-1 visa. The pair then altered his birth certificate to show Myra as his mother. Rivera was granted a green card on this forgery, proceeded to enlist in the US Air Force, and was granted US citizenship.

Then Rivera screwed up by trying to get his real mother from the Philippines into the US on a green card by filing his actual birth documents to show relationship.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

79 Also, JJ, no, you are not alone in thinking today should be Labor Day (personally I kept thinking yesterday was, until I was told "no it's not" Sunday night)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 08:10 AM (aJQbY)

80 His joint China project used nonpublic data modeling Houston’s reservoirs, pumps and 5,607 water pipes.

EXCLUSIVE: The CCP Infiltrated EPA’s Drinking-Water Committee

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (wYwUY)

81 Reading up on the Clancy trial. Are liberal white women going to burn down cities if she's found guilty?

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (/k3in)

82 65 I don't know if any of my ballots have been counted since they started this f'd up system...even though I *do* get texts saying they received my ballot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 07:58 AM (l3cgK)

I actually remember (I’m sure you do too) standing in line in Cali to vote (how quaint)! I remember the line being particularly long for the 2004 prez election (W vs Kerry)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 08:03 AM (sBAAu)

I do. I still go to the local voting station on or a couple of days before election "day" (yes, how quaint) and drop my ballot, in it's signed and dated envelope, into their collection bag.
In 2000, my wife was an election worker. We learned all about "hanging chads" before they were a thing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (l3cgK)

83 Labor Day is the first Monday in September.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)

84 live science.com:

A century-old trick for tuning musical instruments has been repurposed to power robots that fly, float and steer themselves using nothing but sound waves.

Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves alone

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (wYwUY)

85 A maniac was shot dead by police in the heart of Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people, one fatally, and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives and threatening to kill them, the NYPD said.

Did the police consider that she have had postpartum depression and, therefore, should be permitted to kill anyone she wanted? -- Lindsay Clancy Supporters, Inc.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

86 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Not the Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

87 Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull a trigger, kill a nigga*, he's a hero
Mo' nigga, mo' nigga, mo' niggas
I'd rather be dead than a po' nigga
Let the Lord judge the criminals
If I die, I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
And I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto...

Posted by: Zombie Tupac Shakur at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (+iYtA)

88 Was getting my truck inspected yesterday (didn't need it, diesel Farm Truck, but I forgot) and they had whatever channel running in the small waiting room. It was one of the new Top Gear episodes.

It now still has Joey from Seinfeld, then a brown and a black co-hosts. I have no idea who these guys are. The episode is where they go to Cuba, then extol the greatness of the car scene there, all being classics, and they made "HISTORY" by setting up a race course on some abandon lot and held a race with all the old cars. Racing has been banned in Cuba for decades.

Nicely done, Top Gear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

89 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Not the Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
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No, that's not the one I was thinking of. I think aliens were involved somehow.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:14 AM (FZ29D)

90 Between Nessel saying Jews should be willing to sacrifice their security for al-Sayed and watching lefty Brad Lander being called a "Zionist ballsack" , JJ your idea of a self gassing Jew is in full force

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:14 AM (rNkEQ)

91 True capitalism has never been tried.

What we have now is the "third" way socialism of the 60s and 70s--socialism supported by a limited free market.

What the youth hate now--and call capitalism--is 50 years of increasing government control over the economy.

No one who supports socialism can explain what is wrong with capitalism--what they identify as the evils of capitalism are the inevitable result of businesses exploiting government regulations.

But, this is not an intellectual argument we are engaged in:
It is emotional.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 08:15 AM (3cUTc)

92 I firmly intend to stay the hell away from space.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)

93 Another thought: A bear will kill cubs and mate with the sow.

This explains women choosing the bear.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:15 AM (/k3in)

94 >New York Governor Kathy Hochul Dons Hijab for Event at Muslim Organization
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There's pandering, and then there's putting your lips right up against the asscheeks and dropping a big wet kiss

==

I saw these photographs yesterday. I say this will all sincerity. She looked utterly ridiculous. I almost felt embarrassment for her. It was craven pandering of the worst kind. I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 01, 2026 08:15 AM (qBdHI)

95 I refuse to travel North of the NC/VA line because all the states north of it are in Commie hands. Maybe I could pay someone though, to lay a wreath at the WTC Bollard on September 11, the tenth anniversary of Hillbag collapsing in a heap, being chucked into a van like a sack of spuds. That van should be on permanent display at the Smithsonian.

Posted by: oldnorthstate at September 01, 2026 08:16 AM (JM9I6)

96 89 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Not the Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
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No, that's not the one I was thinking of. I think aliens were involved somehow.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:14 AM (FZ29D)

Were they illegal aliens?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:16 AM (l3cgK)

97 For every MLK Jr. Boulevard in America we need an adjacent, parallel, Tupac Shakur Boulevard. No justice, no peace.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 08:18 AM (Ujrb8)

98 Jury Reaches Verdict In Tupac Murder Trial 30 Years After His Death

I have to admit that this issue, and the trial, have consumed me with a burning indifference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

99 92 I firmly intend to stay the hell away from space.
Posted by: Bulg

No gravity means perky boobies, though.

Posted by: Have You Fully Though This Through? at September 01, 2026 08:18 AM (JM9I6)

100 On September 1 1907, Alberta officially became a Province.
We will be celebrating all over with BBQs and various parties.
On October 19, next month, we will have a 9 question referendum including the question of whether there is enough support or not for a true binding single question referendum of separating from Canada and being an independent nation.

Posted by: Speller at September 01, 2026 08:19 AM (pSotA)

101 No, that's not the one I was thinking of. I think aliens were involved somehow.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:14 AM (FZ29D)

The Apple+ TV series "Foundation" has a collapsing space elevator in the very first episode, I think. Maybe the second. The series is based upon a book.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 08:19 AM (J4Dwc)

102 I was promised a moonbase.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

103 99 92 I firmly intend to stay the hell away from space.
Posted by: Bulg

No gravity means perky boobies, though.

Posted by: Have You Fully Though This Through? at September 01, 2026 08:18 AM (JM9I6)

Well, my moobs HAVE grown since I put on almost 40 lbs from my low of 135lbs in December...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)

104 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:14 AM (FZ29D)

Were they illegal aliens?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:16 AM (l3cgK)
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No, that's a separate book...(Illegal Aliens by Nick Pollota and Phil Foglio is a fun romp involving an alien gang of criminals who abduct a human gang of criminals for "testing." The humans get the upper hand and we are unleashed on the galaxy at large. Much hilarity ensues.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (FZ29D)

105 102 I was promised a moonbase.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

Did it have Nazis and dinos?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)

106 > New York Governor Kathy Hochul Dons Hijab for Event at Muslim Organization
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Did she costume up willingly or was this conditional on being able to speak?

Either way, she's dumb to do it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 08:20 AM (2Cry5)

107 "Perfessor" Squirrel

https://tinyurl.com/mr7phkj6

Engineering analysis saying no Earth ending problems from a broken space elevator.

The article mentions Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars in which a massive Martian space elevator falls to the ground with cataclysmic violence.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

108 President Trump ordered a shock voter fraud crackdown on Monday in nine states, including Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York, and Connecticut.

It starts on Tuesday.

Homeland Security Investigations, ICE’s investigative arm, will launch what officials are calling a ‘coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative to pursue investigative leads, conduct field interviews, and support timely prosecutorial review.’

Agents will be authorized to pursue investigative leads through mid-October — right as the midterm election season gets underway.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:21 AM (wYwUY)

109 In other UK follies: if you date a girl for 3 years and then break up, she can take your house and other possessions. That will definitely not help the birth rate.

https://tinyurl.com/4a27dct8

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (KLKSV)

110 DATA: Majority of Voters Alarmed by Rise of Socialism and Communism in America.

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Then they'd better darned well pay close attention to whom they're casting their votes for and which political party will bring about such calamity upon America.

One can only hope they'll put 2+2 together on just exactly what we're facing and who's trying desperately trying to take us down that apocalyptic road...and get their butts out to vote like their lives depended on it, because it's now the ugly truth we're facing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

111 I firmly intend to stay the hell away from space.
Posted by: Bulg

No gravity means perky boobies, though.
Posted by: Have You Fully Though This Through?
___________

Perky? Or tubular? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: San Fran Nan at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (XvL8K)

112 Spheris Tower was supposed to be an orbital elevator rising out of Tokyo Bay but just before completion, it was destroyed in a battle between Lucifer Hawks and the Attacked Mystification Police in 2024.

Naturally to prevent panic from people learning of killer extra-dimensional beings, the government announced that Spheris Tower was destroyed by terrorists.

This was depicted int the 1991 anime movie of Silent Mobius.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:23 AM (2GVsD)

113 "1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur"

They are going to wait until 2028 to try KSM. This is what swift justice looks like.
Posted by: Guy who always says at September 01, 2026 07:35 AM (MWfyi)


In fairness to the folks in the Tupac murder case, I believe that they weren't even seriously looking at this guy until he wrote a book implicating himself in Tupac's murder.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

114 Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan recently wrote a letter to General Caine asking him whether the Pentagon plans to deploy troops to the polls this November.

General Dan Caine stated, “The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections.”

… Democrats just won’t take ‘NO’ for an answer

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:24 AM (wYwUY)

115 Anna Puma

A Space elevator not near the Equator? Fan service bad science.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

116 108 President Trump ordered a shock voter fraud crackdown on Monday in nine states, including Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York, and Connecticut.

It starts on Tuesday.

Homeland Security Investigations, ICE’s investigative arm, will launch what officials are calling a ‘coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative to pursue investigative leads, conduct field interviews, and support timely prosecutorial review.’

Agents will be authorized to pursue investigative leads through mid-October — right as the midterm election season gets underway.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:21 AM (wYwUY)

Yay! Expect hard resistance from the Gov'ts of said states...they do love their fraud.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:24 AM (l3cgK)

117 Lots of stupid people of low IQ will vote for Angie Nixon, just like they voted for Obongo and Joe.

Stupid? If you're someone satisfied with the bare minimum in life just so long as someone else has to do the work to provide it, the DSA sounds fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

118 I was promised a moonbase.

The one with purple haired women? Or the one with a nuclear dump?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (2GVsD)

119 Today is American Chess Day. ♟️

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

120 97 For every MLK Jr. Boulevard in America we need an adjacent, parallel, Tupac Shakur Boulevard. No justice, no peace.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 08:18 AM (Ujrb

I attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (awhile ago). I happened to be looking at the area on google maps yesterday and I had missed this but maybe 10 years ago or so they renamed Rodeo Road and it’s now Obama Blvd…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (sBAAu)

121 On October 19, next month, we will have a 9 question referendum including the question of whether there is enough support or not for a true binding single question referendum of separating from Canada and being an independent nation.

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I wonder how sophisticated the fraud machine in Alberta is. Because I'd really like to see them break away from their Canadian fetters. I wish them luck.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 01, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

122 "Perfessor" Squirrel

https://tinyurl.com/mr7phkj6

Engineering analysis saying no Earth ending problems from a broken space elevator.

The article mentions Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars in which a massive Martian space elevator falls to the ground with cataclysmic violence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)
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Thanks. I think I'll use that in my class this semester!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:26 AM (FZ29D)

123 I'd rather see Isla Fisher saying anything at all with her chest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 08:26 AM (wzUl9)

124 When Martha's Vineyard has a data center installed, I will permit lecturing about the opposition to them.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:47 AM (/k3in)


There's a data center very close to Mar-a-Lago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

125 Bulg

I've been mulling over a novel where the first Bollywood movie in Space is being made. Somewhat transparent space suits were involved.

A NASASutra movie would be a big hit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

126 107 "Perfessor" Squirrel

https://tinyurl.com/mr7phkj6

Engineering analysis saying no Earth ending problems from a broken space elevator.

The article mentions Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars in which a massive Martian space elevator falls to the ground with cataclysmic violence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

Kim Stanley Robinson. I read a book by him once. “ Aurora”. It is about a Generational spaceship. Thoroughly depressing.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:27 AM (Gqar8)

127 Salty Dawg

Silent Mobius was more heavily influenced by Blade Runner and Tron.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

128 Laubacher's massive 10-1 fundraising advantage over Boebert, however, is in part thanks to donors who don't live in Colorado's fourth district. The bulk of the $10.3 million Laubacher raked in through June came from supporters whose contributions are so small their identities can remain hidden. But if the itemized donations are any indication, Laubacher would represent very few of them.

Of the nearly $2.8 million in itemized donations, 75 percent came from other states

ActBlue is 110% fake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

129 118 I was promised a moonbase.

The one with purple haired women? Or the one with a nuclear dump?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (2GVsD)



Gabrielle Drake in the Silver miniskirt!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2026 08:27 AM (x0n13)

130 109 In other UK follies: if you date a girl for 3 years and then break up, she can take your house and other possessions. That will definitely not help the birth rate.

https://tinyurl.com/4a27dct8

Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (KLKSV)

Granted, the key wording is if the woman can't make due with living space and food without the guy...So much for independent women.

Laws have consequences...in this case, men will just screw around with lots of different women to avoid the 3-year cutoff...
Congrats! You're rewarding even worse behavior!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:27 AM (l3cgK)

131 The one with purple haired women? Or the one with a nuclear dump?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (2GVsD)
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I was promised the purple-haired women too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

132 119 Today is American Chess Day. ♟️
Posted by: redridinghood

I am just pawn in game of life.

Posted by: Mongo at September 01, 2026 08:28 AM (JM9I6)

133 Roughly 90 percent of Eileen Laubacher’s donations come from donors who live outside her district
Colorado Dem House Candidate Who Says Her Opponent Has ‘Forgotten’ Her District Gets Most of Her Campaign Cash From Outside the State

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This is Boebert's district, isn't it....

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

134 Anna Puma

Those purple-haired women got my attention when I was younger. Today, I treat multi-colored women's hair like I treat a coral snake. Avoid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

135 You know the real reason the UK can not stop the islamics from crossing the Channel?

Because they lack the will to call it an invasion and sink the boats coming across the channel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

136 Danger Hair. It is a Thing.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:29 AM (Gqar8)

137 >>The Apple+ TV series "Foundation" has a collapsing space elevator in the very first episode, I think. Maybe the second.

It was Episode 1:

"Gaal instead confirms Seldon's model during his trial and condemns them both, but they are spared by Brother Day (Emperor Cleon XII) after the Star Bridge, Trantor's space elevator, is destroyed by apparent terrorists from the feuding Periphery kingdoms of Anacreon and Thespis."

Posted by: one hour sober at September 01, 2026 08:31 AM (J4Dwc)

138 83 Labor Day is the first Monday in September.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)

Can be 1st thru da 7th

7th this year

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

139 I frequently post about leftist folks I know who post on Facebook. A lady attorney I used to work with put a comment about Hochul in a hijab on Facebook. She's a conservative Christian and a friend. Another leftist attorney who used to work with us but has moved out of state with her wealthy boyfriend commented that Hochul was engaging in "to each their own".
Leftist white women, especially Boomers, will be the death of this country

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:31 AM (rNkEQ)

140 Time to forage for food nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:31 AM (2GVsD)

141 I used to have a different nic

Well, lacking a Royal Navy that can use Naval supremacy in the Channel, or a British Army that can defend the beaches, they just surrender.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

142 131 The one with purple haired women? Or the one with a nuclear dump?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2026 08:25 AM (2GVsD)
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I was promised the purple-haired women too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

We have those...except it's danger hair...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM (l3cgK)

143 Reading up on the Clancy trial. Are liberal white women going to burn down cities if she's found guilty?
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:11 AM (/k3in)


She won't be found guilty at this trial. Either the ones who know she's guilty will cave or the jury will be hung.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

144 Ailing Burning Man festival hit by another hammer blow as it’s revealed most attendees are now MIDDLE AGED.

… the horror, the horror

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM (wYwUY)

145 Army chief Driscoll is good friends with the Vindermans.

He's been leaking.
He's been the lead on pushing back against un-woking and revitalizing the military.

He's been the Uniparty's "man" on the inside.

High enough up and with just enough Republican support to have kept his job this long.

No longer.

And that's why you see so many pretend conservatives upset
(e.g. Erick Erickson who says he should have been head of the DoW)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM (3cUTc)

146 132 119 Today is American Chess Day. ♟️
Posted by: redridinghood

I am just pawn in game of life.

Posted by: Mongo at September 01, 2026 08:28 AM (JM9I6)

Heard a joke...
Why are Brits bad at Chess? They lost their queen...
Why are kids bad at Chess? Because they're told to avoid the Bishops...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)

147 And here I always thought he was just a valet:

"2 Parks-ur-car"

Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2026 08:33 AM (NTVPI)

148 Two officers then opened fire, striking the Cisneros, who had a known history of mental illness with the department. She was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.


Make Asylums Great Again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:33 AM (ccf/V)

149 Smell the Glove

Nay, my brother. The Amish are dropping many more kids than Leftist cat women.

In general, Conservative Moms are doing their thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

150 “There’s no sense bubble wrapping it — we’ve got a race in Texas. … [Paxton] is going to have to point out the deficiencies of Mr. Talarico. … [But] you can’t win an election by saying the other guy’s worse than me. Money is an issue,” Kennedy said. “We in the Senate don’t have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president. The president says he has $850 million in his campaign accounts. That’s a lot of jack.”

Kennedy like many other GOPers would sell his mother and sister on the streets to keep his senate power.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

151 144 Ailing Burning Man festival hit by another hammer blow as it’s revealed most attendees are now MIDDLE AGED.

… the horror, the horror

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM (wYwUY)

So it's like going to a nude beach?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:34 AM (l3cgK)

152 jim (in Kalifornia)

Change the name to WrinkleFest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

153 Was getting my truck inspected yesterday (didn't need it, diesel Farm Truck, but I forgot) and they had whatever channel running in the small waiting room. It was one of the new Top Gear episodes.

It now still has Joey from Seinfeld, then a brown and a black co-hosts. I have no idea who these guys are. The episode is where they go to Cuba, then extol the greatness of the car scene there, all being classics, and they made "HISTORY" by setting up a race course on some abandon lot and held a race with all the old cars. Racing has been banned in Cuba for decades.

Nicely done, Top Gear.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)


BBC has announced that they're bringing it back after a 4 year hiatus. My guess is that they still don't understand why the original was successful and the new series will fail as well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

154 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at September 01, 2026 08:35 AM (53oGX)

155 Another thought: A bear will kill cubs and mate with the sow.

Posted by: NR Pax



But enough about The View.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 08:36 AM (U0c5a)

156 VulnCheck researcher Jacob Baines registered an abandoned internet address that Speakingstone had been programmed to contact. Routers began sending information to it almost immediately, according to VulnCheck.

By Aug. 21, 392 routers had contacted the researchers. Of those, 390 were in China, and 83 percent were connected through China Mobile. Another 304 used Wi-Fi names beginning with "CMCC," China Mobile's commonly used abbreviation. Baines also detailed the figures in an Aug. 27 post on X.

Most - 363 of the 392 routers - were the same model running the same software version.

Baines said the pattern appeared to be a large deployment of routers provided by a telecommunications carrier to customers inside China. VulnCheck described it as "domestic Chinese surveillance technology."

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:36 AM (wYwUY)

157 and they made "HISTORY" by setting up a race course on some abandon lot and held a race with all the old cars. Racing has been banned in Cuba for decades.

Nicely done, Top Gear.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Where they get the gasoline?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 08:37 AM (U0c5a)

158 They're already trying to turn that psychotic murderer, the fat black woman in NYC, into the victim.

All the usual suspects are crying fake tears over her--not the person she killed and not the other she wounded.
Her. The murderer.
Because she must have been having a mental health episode.
And because she's black.
All because she's black.
See, they should have deescalated.
While she stood there, bloody from her murder, swinging the knives, threatening to kill the officers, having just shook off two tasers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (3cUTc)

159
Where they get the gasoline?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 08:37 AM (U0c5a)



Not knowing when the episode was actually filmed, I have no idea. Seems they've been on hiatus for quite a while, so it has likely been years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (ccf/V)

160 > President Trump ordered a shock voter fraud crackdown on Monday in nine states, including Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York, and Connecticut.
-----------
I can see quite a bit of resistance. Maybe violence.

*shrugs* They brought it on themselves by allowing the fraud to take over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (2Cry5)

161 In other UK follies: if you date a girl for 3 years and then break up, she can take your house and other possessions. That will definitely not help the birth rate.

https://tinyurl.com/4a27dct8
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (KLKSV)


I foresee a lot of women getting tossed to the curb after 33 months.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

162 28 one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.

Behold my field of f*cks, and see that it is barren.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 07:45 AM (9Q+nP)

"In-famous is when you're MORE than famous. This man Keffe D, he's not just famous, he's IN-famous."

Posted by: Ned Nederlander at September 01, 2026 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

163 She won't be found guilty at this trial. Either the ones who know she's guilty will cave or the jury will be hung.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
_________

Somebody here mentioned that she supposedly took a seroquel shortly before the killings in order to set up the overmedicated defense. If so, did she have a piss or blood test shortly afterwards that would shed any light on the levels in her system?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 08:39 AM (XvL8K)

164 Space Elevator Shoes. Now Robby DeNiro's career can really take off!

Posted by: ACME at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (VAajM)

165 The UK is the nation with the second largest population of Penguins, so they still have that going for them.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (JM9I6)

166 164 Space Elevator Shoes. Now Robby DeNiro's career can really take off!

Posted by: ACME at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (VAajM)

Can't wait for him to get slung out into the void of space...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (l3cgK)

167 And here I always thought he was just a valet:

"2 Parks-ur-car"
Posted by: Boswell at September 01, 2026 08:33 AM (NTVPI)



Reminds me of the racist lyric swap in the "No Diggity" song......

"N**** do ya work here....No Diggity....come bag my stuff."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (ccf/V)

168 It's also,
National Little Black Dress Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

169 When does the Tupac murder conviction violence start?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (rNkEQ)

170 Missouri vote fraud. Two areas. Kansas City, St Louis. Pockets of suppurating corruption. Lance those boils. Places are controlled by racist communists.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:41 AM (Gqar8)

171 168 It's also,
National Little Black Dress Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

I'd look awful in one of those...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)

172 Ailing Burning Man festival hit by another hammer blow as it’s revealed most attendees are now MIDDLE AGED.

… the horror, the horror
Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:32 AM


*considers conservative Burning Man in Corsicana*

*declines to comment*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:41 AM (9Q+nP)

173 It’s a simple yet mind-bending concept: an ultra-strong electrified cable running from a point on the ground at Earth’s equator, extended out beyond geostationary orbit (GEO), where a counterweight will float in space keeping it taut. Vessels then climb the cable to deliver goods, people and machines, passing through the atmosphere and into space.

what pulls on the counterweight?

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

174 We in the Senate don’t have the money budgeted for Texas.

You had $100M or so for Texas during the primaries.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

175 158 They're already trying to turn that psychotic murderer, the fat black woman in NYC, into the victim.


she wasn't black?

that was a Latina for sure!

very spicy one

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (j+aD2)

176 "In-famous is when you're MORE than famous. This man Keffe D, he's not just famous, he's IN-famous."
Posted by: Ned Nederlander at September 01, 2026 08:39 AM


I bet he doesn't have a plethora of pinatas, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (9Q+nP)

177 In other UK follies: if you date a girl for 3 years and then break up, she can take your house and other possessions. That will definitely not help the birth rate.

https://tinyurl.com/4a27dct8
Posted by: Ian S. at September 01, 2026 08:22 AM (KLKSV)

I foresee a lot of women getting tossed to the curb after 33 months.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

"33 months, time's up. Punch-out time. Eject! Eject! Eject!"

Posted by: Right Jolly UK Cocksman at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

178 171 168 It's also,
National Little Black Dress Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

I'd look awful in one of those...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)

Although my legs ARE smooth...so smooth the pores don't even show...all the hair fell out years ago...dunno why...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (l3cgK)

179 President Donald Trump has endorsed a federal tax incentive for film and television with the aim of shifting production back to the United States.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) detailed the Hollywood decline during a Burbank City Hall chambers meeting by noting that roughly 45 percent of all U.S. films and scripted shows are being shot abroad.

Schiff said more 42,000 jobs have been lost along with livelihoods and careers, adding that entertainment projects are being “lured abroad” by “foreign governments that have invested aggressively in building their own film industries.” The senator noted that 45 percent of all U.S. films and scripted television shows last year were shot abroad – a full 12 percent spike from 2022’s 33 percent.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:43 AM (wYwUY)

180
I foresee a lot of women getting tossed to the curb after 33 months.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)



I see the dating scene being destroyed and the prostitution world exploding very soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:43 AM (ccf/V)

181 175 158 They're already trying to turn that psychotic murderer, the fat black woman in NYC, into the victim.


she wasn't black?

that was a Latina for sure!

very spicy one
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (j+aD2)

Saw the vid on NY Post. Nutter, she was. Cops gave her lots of time to stop.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:44 AM (Gqar8)

182 Democrats plan is to publicly distance themselves from their radical candidates who now form a majority in their party while privately assuring them once they gain power, it’s game on with the destruction. It’s a move that in concert with their voter fraud they believe will get them a majority.

This ain’t just the DSA and what Rahm is trying to do is distract voters from the comments, promises and proposed policies of current Democrat senators and House members. They are the ones pushing impeachment, investigations, refunding the fraud, stacking the Supreme Court and getting rid of the senate filibuster.

None of this, and I mean exactly zero is going to improve the lives of anyone. In fact it will make things worse.

Trump’s and the Republicans agenda is starting to pay dividends. Taxes are lower, prices are coming down, and oil is poised for a big drop. Manufacturing is skyrocketing and wages are starting to rise. Employment in key industries is improving.

Why anyone would want to kill that because they are impatient with the pace is beyond reason.

Show up in November and vote in droves. It’s the only way we protect these gains.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 01, 2026 08:44 AM (ScG/9)

183 >>>I attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (awhile ago). I happened to be looking at the area on google maps yesterday and I had missed this but maybe 10 years ago or so they renamed Rodeo Road and it’s now Obama Blvd…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

>Just think, when we terraform the moon and populate it, we can name every road and city after our DEI heroes for posterity.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (Ujrb8)

184 Space Elevator



Get stuck halfway up on a Sunday and have to wait for the union repair guy to come out and fix it.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (U0c5a)

185 168 It's also,
National Little Black Dress Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

That's every day up in here!

Posted by: Tank Abrams-Define Little at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)

186 Although my legs ARE smooth...so smooth the pores don't even show...all the hair fell out years ago...dunno why...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM


My lower shins are like that. It's weird.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (9Q+nP)

187
That's every day up in here!
Posted by: Tank Abrams-Define Little at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)



Imagine her romance novels.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

188 I liked Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but it, like a lot of recent sci-fi, is climate change apocalypse all the time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (rNkEQ)

189 179 President Donald Trump has endorsed a federal tax incentive for film and television with the aim of shifting production back to the United States.


Think imma go see Coyote vs Acme today.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (V7AYW)

190 That's every day up in here!
Posted by: Tank Abrams-Define Little at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)


Imagine her romance novels.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)


Eeeeew

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (+gK6I)

191 173 It’s a simple yet mind-bending concept: an ultra-strong electrified cable running from a point on the ground at Earth’s equator, extended out beyond geostationary orbit (GEO), where a counterweight will float in space keeping it taut. Vessels then climb the cable to deliver goods, people and machines, passing through the atmosphere and into space.

what pulls on the counterweight?

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

https://youtu.be/wFFX2U3xNNU&t=177s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (l3cgK)

192 144 Ailing Burning Man festival hit by another hammer blow as it’s revealed most attendees are now MIDDLE AGED.

Yeah...people don't stay in their twenties forever. Funny that.

Now wait until they learn about Grateful Dead concerts.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (/k3in)

193 Space elevator is conceptually doable but like most things Space, not even close to being implemented. We will be long gone before it might even happen.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (Gqar8)

194 what pulls on the counterweight?
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)
=====

A balloon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

195 Imagine her romance novels.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM


*shudders*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (9Q+nP)

196
Eeeeew
Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (+gK6I)




"He entered the room where bacon fat and barbeque sauce aroma filled the air........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ccf/V)

197 I see the dating scene being destroyed and the prostitution world exploding very soon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:43 AM (ccf/V)


I'm not sure how much more the dating scene can be destroyed. Dating app's data shows that 2/3 of men get no responses, a lot of the time when men do get responses the women just want a free dinner, judges have ruled that pre-dating agreements are void...

There is a percentage of women who will end up destroying western civilization.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

198 Happy Monday!

>>Assata Shakur,” Nixon said of the Marxist cop killer who at one time appeared on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of “most wanted” terrorists.“‘It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and protect one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains,’” Nixon continued.


So, she's the BLM candidate.
Assata Shakur was the godmother of BLM, their divine inspiration and role model, the woman they prayed to at the opening of every BLM meeting.

Dear Florida: DO NOT elect another BLM deadbeat!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 08:48 AM (X8xt3)

199 193 Space elevator is conceptually doable but like most things Space, not even close to being implemented. We will be long gone before it might even happen.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (Gqar


Wait... How long would it take to get up there ? They better have a bathroom...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:48 AM (+gK6I)

200 180
I foresee a lot of women getting tossed to the curb after 33 months.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)


I see the dating scene being destroyed and the prostitution world exploding very soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:43 AM (ccf/V)

just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)

201 "where hundreds of millions have transcended the age-old struggle to live one more day and now enjoy the unchecked freedom and affluence of democratic market capitalism."

VDH says it all right there. Mankind is proving once again the hazards of prosperity. I heard someone say the other day that when he looks into the eyes of young people he sees a gleam of thrill over the prospect of reducing the world around them to rubble. I believe it. This is where Trump comes a cropper -- he is missing the reality of this spiritual deprivation and its consequences. But its not only his blind spot, and I don't fault him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (BdmD3)

202 Dear Florida: DO NOT elect another BLM deadbeat!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 08:48 AM (X8xt3)



What are the odds Florida Man isn't listening........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

203 Duane's big mistake was wrath. He ordered the killing of one of the most famous young black men in the world, over a relatively small pecadillo. There were many better ways to handle his Tupac problem.

If he had stuck to calling shots on non-famous young black men, he'd still be killing people and turning their lives into flashy jewelry as we speak, because nobody cares about them, even in their own communities. They sure cared about 'Pac, though.

He's the dog who caught the drop-top Eldorado with the 26" rims.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)

204 @161/I used to have a different nic: "I foresee a lot of women getting tossed to the curb after 33 months."

Too close to the limit, a legal claim would be made that you only ended the relationship so you wouldn't be legally liable for costs that would have been incurred if the relationship had lasted 3 years, per the law.

Go instead with a practical limit of 30 months minus a day, aka: A Six month window. This is the same standard governments use when deciding if a foreign passport holder may enter the country. If your passport is up for renewal within 6 months, it may well not be valid for entry because they can't guarantee your passport will stay valid during your entire stay.

(If I'd been a lawyer, I'd be dead by now.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (O7YUW)

205 ...Hochul in a hijab...

Wasn't it just a few years ago she was blaspheming God in a "church" calling for people to be her Covid Disciples?

I'm really beginning to think that the demons from Hell are staffing most government roles.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 08:50 AM (nAS9C)

206
just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)



If you pay her to go away every time, it's a job, not a relationship.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)

207 "This is where Trump comes a cropper"
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM

What does that mean?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 01, 2026 08:51 AM (V7AYW)

208 ..Hochul in a hijab...

A Burka would have been better

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

209 They're already trying to turn that psychotic murderer, the fat black woman in NYC, into the victim.

I'll keep the helicopter warm while Jim wrestles the Cisneros...

Posted by: Zombie Marlin Perkins, Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom at September 01, 2026 08:51 AM (+iYtA)

210 Any doubt that disgraced "Army Chief" Driscoll is the leaker??

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)

211 The lady who the police shot in NYC was a five foot tall, three hundred pound black , Hispanic lady. Tasers didn't work because of fat deposits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:52 AM (rNkEQ)

212 >>That's every day up in here!
Posted by: Tank Abrams-Define Little at September 01, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)


Imagine her romance novels.........
Posted by: Sponge
- - -

Think I saw one at the used bookstore a few weeks ago. It was a legal drama type plot -- just couldn't buy it, even just to mock it.

Which reminds me of the time my brother was assigned to read Shonda Rymes' book at work (at height of BLM madness). He said it was truly the dumbest book he's ever read. Like, it made him mad this garbage was published and widely praised. Oh, his rant about it. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)

213 210 Any doubt that disgraced "Army Chief" Driscoll is the leaker??
Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK

One of for sure

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:52 AM (+gK6I)

214 House Intelligence Committee Warns a New ‘Failure of Imagination’ Could Be Setting America Up for an AI Attack

New and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, are reshaping the post-September 11th threat landscape.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:53 AM (wYwUY)

215 195 Imagine her romance novels.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM

*shudders*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (9Q+nP)

"Morning Glory Milking Farm", except she's the minotaur...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)

216 I see the dating scene being destroyed and the prostitution world exploding very soon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:43 AM (ccf/V)

I'm not sure how much more the dating scene can be destroyed. Dating app's data shows that 2/3 of men get no responses, a lot of the time when men do get responses the women just want a free dinner, judges have ruled that pre-dating agreements are void...

There is a percentage of women who will end up destroying western civilization.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


This is one topic that I follow closely on facebook. The whole premise will have to flip. Women will have to start asking guys out and paying for the first date.

Too many men have figured out that they are only Wednesday night's dinner ticket or this week's "ick" to be filmed and put on tiktok, instagram or facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (U0c5a)

217 199 193 Space elevator is conceptually doable but like most things Space, not even close to being implemented. We will be long gone before it might even happen.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM (Gqar


Wait... How long would it take to get up there ? They better have a bathroom...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 08:48 AM (+gK6I)

Two words...Astronaut Diapers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)

218 Travel outside of Solar system is just scifi material. People won’t ever do that. Physics is not amenable to fiction. Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar8)

219 One of the most galling aspects of all this lawfare is that so much of it is run through 501(c)(3) organizations, meaning organizations whose activities are effectively subsidized by taxpayers. They then use the aura of “IRS approved nonprofit” status to confer a kind of legitimacy on themselves, as though the government has somehow endorsed what they do. It has not. These are private activist organizations pursuing their own agendas.

The ballroom case is even more egregious because the 501(c)(3) pushing this utterly ridiculous lawfare calls itself the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, a name that sounds governmental even though the organization is entirely private. Incredibly, it sits on half a billion dollars in reserves and brings in around $100 million a year.

There is something deeply grotesque about a system in which organizations with resources on that scale enjoy taxpayer subsidized status and then deploy those resources to wage lawfare against the outcome of the democratic process.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (wYwUY)

220 @210 runner, he was buddies with the Vindmans and his wife supported never Trumpers , so it definitely tracks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (rNkEQ)

221 >>They're already trying to turn that psychotic murderer, the fat black woman in NYC, into the victim.


Was she black? Couldn't get a good read on ethnicity, which sadly matters in 2026.
Was she just randomly crazy, or is there a back story?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (X8xt3)

222 206
just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)


If you pay her to go away every time, it's a job, not a relationship.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)

Well, her ability to make a living, at that point, is highly dependent upon you...so how would UK courts look at it, eh?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:55 AM (l3cgK)

223 Dating app's data shows that 2/3 of men get no responses, a lot of the time when men do get responses the women just want a free dinner

Don't forget the women that DEMAND the kind of men that meet their precise standards in terms of height and income before they acknowledge them.

But on the bright side, I did see one young lady who said that her boyfriend only made about 30K and she was happy with him.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:56 AM (/k3in)

224 "He entered the room where bacon fat and barbeque sauce aroma filled the air........"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:47 AM


That was not a nice thing you did.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 08:56 AM (9Q+nP)

225 218 Travel outside of Solar system is just scifi material. People won’t ever do that. Physics is not amenable to fiction. Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar

To escape the libbie crazies that inhabit this planet in astonishing numbers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:57 AM (l3cgK)

226 Was she just randomly crazy, or is there a back story?


she looked like she just needed a Snickers bar

or three

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 08:57 AM (j+aD2)

227 @221 Lizzy, see my comment @211 and yeah she was randomly crazy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:57 AM (rNkEQ)

228 The Democrat Party is becoming the party of socialism.

Not really. We're the Party of Decline, Decay, Deterioration, and finally Destruction. Capitalism, Marxism, Fascism are all the same to us because they are all systems, which means they can all be corrupted to our needs.

Posted by: Dems at September 01, 2026 08:57 AM (moGJJ)

229 Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.


lol what a question

are you actually XY or?

WHY. FUCKING. NOT.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (j+aD2)

230 Missouri vote fraud. Two areas. Kansas City, St Louis. Pockets of suppurating corruption. Lance those boils. Places are controlled by racist communists.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:41 AM (Gqar
---
Like EVERY state, red or blue, the greater the urban concentration, the increased likelihood of voter fraud being the main mechanism of government control.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (FZ29D)

231 I am usually very good with predicting case results.

The Clancy one is tough but I am confident they are not gonna buy the insantiy defense. That I would bet on.

Whether they will go with 2nd or 1st degree I don't know but I can see them going 1st degree. Less confident on that score but pretty sure she's not gonna get away with it. Too much planning and calculation involved to be a pure "the voices and/or depression made me do it" outcome.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (j6dNk)

232 ..Hochul in a hijab...

A Burka would have been better


Or an urn

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (nAS9C)

233 No one has said "bodice-ripper" yet, so I'm just tossing it out there.

Posted by: Happy To Pitch In at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

234 just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)

If you pay her to go away every time, it's a job, not a relationship.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)

"Hi, I'm Frank Lyman from Oxford, Fawn's fiancée."
Never give your real name or identity.

Posted by: Right Jolly UK Brother Otter at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

235 >>>The lady who the police shot in NYC was a five foot tall, three hundred pound black , Hispanic lady. Tasers didn't work because of fat deposits

Posted by: Smell the Glove

>Penetration could be an issue. Most likely she was just sizzling and crackling like a pork rind.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 08:59 AM (Ujrb8)

236 sorry I'm giddy the Phils won AGAIN late last night!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 08:59 AM (j+aD2)

237 >>Hochul in a hijab...


Everywhere you look there are women doing the dumbest, most society-destroying things.

Hochul thinks the hijab is like the flannel shirt you put on when you visit rural voters - a gimmick to broadcast that you're just like them! No, you just told them (and us) you have been conquered, you submit to Islam.

Then there are the freaks who are fangirling a woman who killed he three kids. There is no good reason to defend her. Get mad at all the drugs she was subscribed, recognize post-partum depression happens, but for heaven's sake, do not excuse/normalize infanticide!!!

Gah! I need coffee.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

238 234 just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)

If you pay her to go away every time, it's a job, not a relationship.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)

"Hi, I'm Frank Lyman from Oxford, Fawn's fiancée."
Never give your real name or identity.

Posted by: Right Jolly UK Brother Otter at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

from the movie "50 First Dates"...
"Hi, I'm Harry Paratestes"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:59 AM (l3cgK)

239
just don't see the same one continuously for more that 3 years?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)



The odds on you being her only source of income are INCREDIBLY high. Plus, odds are lower that he gets sick of her shit and finds another.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)

240 225 218 Travel outside of Solar system is just scifi material. People won’t ever do that. Physics is not amenable to fiction. Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar

To escape the libbie crazies that inhabit this planet in astonishing numbers?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 08:57 AM (l3cgK)

Soon as we got anywhere someone would find something that is “JUST NOT FAIR” and start bitching about it and making trouble. Space would be a great place if it weren’t for the people.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (Gqar8)

241 Dating app's data shows that 2/3 of men get no responses, a lot of the time when men do get responses the women just want a free dinner

Don't forget the women that DEMAND the kind of men that meet their precise standards in terms of height and income before they acknowledge them.

But on the bright side, I did see one young lady who said that her boyfriend only made about 30K and she was happy with him.
Posted by: NR Pax


One lady on facebook ran the numbers. After filtering out everything, sex, height, weight, salary, in jail, not gay, single, etc., they were 40,000 men that met their criteria.

That's 800 men per state on average. Including dating outside their race.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (U0c5a)

242 218 Tubal — alien p***y. ‘Nuff said.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (77rzZ)

243 235 >>>The lady who the police shot in NYC was a five foot tall, three hundred pound black , Hispanic lady. Tasers didn't work because of fat deposits

Posted by: Smell the Glove

>Penetration could be an issue. Most likely she was just sizzling and crackling like a pork rind.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 08:59 AM (Ujrb

Is this another quote from Tank Abram's romance novel?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

244 runner, he was buddies with the Vindmans and his wife supported never Trumpers , so it definitely tracks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (rNkEQ)

He is buddies with Vance, he was recommended by Vance, allegedly he constantly undermined Hegseth and tried to get Sec Of War job. Maybe he thinks he will be made sec of War after 2028, hoping his buddy is the nominee. Over the last year, I noticed that he jumped ahead of Hegseth, trying to negotiate with Ukraine or something. So, he is one of those cvnts, that ended up in the administration without proper vetting.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (g47mK)

245 tubal

Space contains resources we can use, like metallic asteroids and better solar power, . A life boat for Earth, using water from Saturn to populate Mars, is a plus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

246 Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 08:58 AM (j6dNk)


I'm thinking they are gonna go with the lowest punishment they can... Just a gut feeling

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 09:01 AM (+gK6I)

247 >>No one has said "bodice-ripper" yet, so I'm just tossing it out there.


"Bodice" and "Stacey Abrams" should never, ever be in the same sentence - aw crap.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:01 AM (X8xt3)

248 "no reason was given"? Yeah, "your services are no longer required" is the reason, then.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 09:01 AM (aJQbY)

249 even though I *do* get texts saying they received my ballot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Texts from Waste Management?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 09:02 AM (VaC8w)

250 @244 true. Apparently he went to Ukraine and spoke with Zelensky without authorization. Way out over his skis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 09:04 AM (rNkEQ)

251 Travel outside of Solar system is just scifi material. People won’t ever do that. Physics is not amenable to fiction. Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar


In space, no one can hear you ask to speak to the manager. A Karen horror story.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

252
Is this another quote from Tank Abram's romance novel?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)



I thought the same......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ccf/V)

253 Imagine her romance novels.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

In my shocking and transgressive tale of forbidden love off the coast of Georgia, Chad Seaworthy, the stern but sensual skipper of the SS Manticore, learns that his hatred of white whales is surpassed by his passion for the black ones, when he chums the water with Hostess cupcakes on one fateful day.

Pre-order "Moby Dick II: Dick Harder" on Amazon today.

Posted by: Cornelia Flickbean at September 01, 2026 09:05 AM (BI5O2)

254 Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.
----
Maybe Christopher Columbus should have just stayed home.

What could possibly justify traveling across an ocean of unknown dangers?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 09:05 AM (FZ29D)

255 There is a percentage of women who will end up destroying western civilization.

Its been going for forever. Started with Eve.

Even when Abraham took Isaac up to the mountain for the Akedat Yitzchak. The two left early in the morning and never came back while Sarah was alive. They only returned to bury her.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (U4c/V)

256 It's speculated that there's trillions upon trillions of dollars of untapped minerals and valuable materials in the solar system.

At some point in the future, if mankind's still around, we'll make a play for it. Some might be needed for survival, some might just be to harvested to get rich.

Data suggests there's plenty of rare earth minerals out there, deposits of gold, silver, precious gems, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (2Cry5)

257 But on the bright side, I did see one young lady who said that her boyfriend only made about 30K and she was happy with him.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 08:56 AM (/k3in)


I don't doubt that there are plenty of normal women out there, possibly a majority - who knows - but the media amplifies the others and the damage gets done, regardless. Every new law, every court ruling, to make it still harder on men helps ensure the death of everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

258 218 Tubal — alien p***y. ‘Nuff said.
Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:00 AM (77rzZ)

Private Frost: Hey, I sure wouldn't mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang! Remember that time?

Private Spunkmeyer: Yeah, Frost, but the one that you had was a male!

Private Frost: It doesn't matter when it's Arcturian, baby!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (wVcYX)

259 Penetration could be an issue. Most likely she was just sizzling and crackling like a pork rind.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone


Gotta remember that line.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:07 AM (U0c5a)

260 Socialism is inherently a crime both because it calls for the other throw of the Constitution and because it calls for robbing and enslaving the people of the nation.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

261 Sorry....I'll likely not forget for a LONG time the moment where some libtard media show had Abrams on with Biden and they thought they were going to have the exclusive where Biden picked her for VP.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:07 AM (ccf/V)

262 I'm thinking they are gonna go with the lowest punishment they can... Just a gut feeling

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 09:01 AM (+gK6I)

You mean they will ignore the insanity and convict her but not punish hard? Possible.

But I think three dead makes that less likely. If they don't believe the insanity stuff they will want her punished. Especially for trying it on as a defense. Don't forget that. But we will see. Like I said it's kind of a tough one. The only thing that would shock me is if they buy insanity. I reviewed the case and don't see it.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM (j6dNk)

263 That's 800 men per state on average. Including dating outside their race.

I used to say that Women only want Troy Aikman in his prime.

Until another commenter noted that Tom Brady was cheated on.

(sigh)

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM (U4c/V)

264 Count de Monet

How To Use Green Body Paint On The Love Of Your Life, a new Captain Kirk adventure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ)

265 @WesternLensman
Chris Hayes on @elonmusk funding Republican campaigns:

Unfathomable amounts! He could be saving lives with that money!

On Soros:

Ok sure they spend a lot of money for Democrats, but the right wingers are drowning them out!

So on the nose, it's funny.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

266 256 It's speculated that there's trillions upon trillions of dollars of untapped minerals and valuable materials in the solar system.

At some point in the future, if mankind's still around, we'll make a play for it. Some might be needed for survival, some might just be to harvested to get rich.

Data suggests there's plenty of rare earth minerals out there, deposits of gold, silver, precious gems, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (2Cry5)

Supply and demand...the "value" of such minerals will drop if you change the balance of supply and demand.
I remember one article I read that was so economically ignorant about this fact...it claimed some incredible, inordinate amount of value for space minerals, ignoring what would happen once these minerals became available for use.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

267 There is a percentage of women who will end up destroying western civilization.
----------

Only if we are back to knowing what a woman is.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (j6dNk)

268 255 There is a percentage of women who will end up destroying western civilization.


yeah it's all of us

ignore the purple unicorns with uteri

women are risk-averse, child like, less intelligent on average, solipsistic, "socialist" and disloyal BY NATURE. nature made us this way! so we could care for children and adjust when our tribe was overrun by more aggressive hominids.

look at the D party. it's the female polis

look at the R party. it's the male polis (including of course feminized males)

I'm finding it kind of interesting. the hope is, if the R party behaves in a strong commanding manner, chicks will peel off from the loser party and join up.

that is our nature.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (j+aD2)

269 The UN has admitted that it does not always independently confirm every detail before publication of its reports.

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Look. They're creating utopia. They can't be bothered with emptying the trash cans and trimming the lawn.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)

270 Physics won't allow any intergalactic travel. I'm kinda down on Science, these days, Chemistry included. On what planet can you combine an explosive metal-Sodium-with a poison gas-Chlorine-and get Table Salt. It don't make no sense.

Posted by: Larry the Luddite at September 01, 2026 09:10 AM (JM9I6)

271 >>One lady on facebook ran the numbers. After filtering out everything, sex, height, weight, salary, in jail, not gay, single, etc., they were 40,000 men that met their criteria.

That's 800 men per state on average. Including dating outside their race.
- - - -
Bet there were a lot more potential men to date before she chose to pursue career over family. A lotta good ones scooped up by those willing to build a life together, help their partner build the killer CV that facebook lady now thinks she deserves to be available to her to marry.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3)

272 "Women are idiots and men are lunatics."

Rebecca West

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 01, 2026 09:10 AM (BdmD3)

273 Your musical interlude for this morning...

https://youtu.be/Kq4OtRsdXls - video contains neither nudity nor foul language but could be considered NSFW

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

274 Posted by: Paul at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM

I'm pretty sure that Spiccoli guy thinks you're a dick.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:10 AM (9Q+nP)

275
But I think three dead makes that less likely. If they don't believe the insanity stuff they will want her punished. Especially for trying it on as a defense. Don't forget that. But we will see. Like I said it's kind of a tough one. The only thing that would shock me is if they buy insanity. I reviewed the case and don't see it.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM (j6dNk)




I think the biggest factor is whether she's here legally or not.

If she's an illegal, she's walking in 2 weeks. If she's legal, she'll be charged, tried, convicted and let out on time served after 8 months. She really needs to work on curing cancer, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:11 AM (ccf/V)

276 Count de Monet

How To Use Green Body Paint On The Love Of Your Life, a new Captain Kirk adventure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ)

Nurse! Prepare another round of interspecies antibiotics. The Captain is taking shore leave again. - Bones McCoy

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:11 AM (wVcYX)

277 Aluminum was once the most expensive metal in the world...Napoleon had special "silverware" made of aluminum due to its rarity. Thanks to the Bayer and Hall–Héroult processes, it's inexpensive enough to sell in long rolls for cooking use and for beverages today.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:11 AM (l3cgK)

278 Missouri vote fraud. Two areas. Kansas City, St Louis. Pockets of suppurating corruption. Lance those boils. Places are controlled by racist communists.
Posted by: tubal

I've argued KCMO (and Jackson County) haven't had a true election in 100 years.

Posted by: MkY at September 01, 2026 09:11 AM (+Pp+Q)

279 272 "Women are idiots and men are lunatics."

Rebecca West



oh very good. concise.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:11 AM (j+aD2)

280 Watching the Donut Operator video on the Lindsey Clancy stuff.

https://youtu.be/9UEGIW_W1hQ

Jeez.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:12 AM (Y/06r)

281 I think the biggest factor is whether she's here legally or not.



there is literally no question she is not a legal citizen BUT that doesn't matter in NYC

she's legal enough!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)

282 I don't doubt that there are plenty of normal women out there, possibly a majority - who knows - but the media amplifies the others and the damage gets done, regardless. Every new law, every court ruling, to make it still harder on men helps ensure the death of everything.

One specific thing I've seen played out repeatedly, the media has led women to believe there are more tall men, more ripped men, and more wealthy men then there are.

I've seen "on the street" interviews where the interview asks women what they want in a man and it comes out to a fraction of a percent of men in America.

Avg Height: 5'9
Avg Income: $55K
Avg Weight: 199 lbs

So if you want 6 ft, 6 figures and a 6 pack well...unless you are also a "1%" you aren't getting it.

Though on the flip side as advice for men while you can't do anything about your height, and income is hard to increase, any guy can improve your level of fitness with a small investment of time...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

283 I'm finding it kind of interesting. the hope is, if the R party behaves in a strong commanding manner, chicks will peel off from the loser party and join up.

that is our nature.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:09 AM (j+aD2)

This is I think what they are hoping with the abduls and the mamdanis and this new hypermasculine way. They know their customers.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (j6dNk)

284 Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Posted by: tubal
________

Saw something explaining that getting to Mars is not a problem, but even if the fuel for a return trip could somehow be carried or produced on Mars, the launch window for the return trip would be so far off that no one going is ever coming back. It would be a one way trip for colonists.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (XvL8K)

285 explosivereactive metal-Sodium-
Posted by: Larry the Luddite

FIFY. Would you prefer aggressively electropositive?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

286 I saw this on a YT Short:

Trump: More Jobs
Obama: No Jobs
Clinton: Blow Jobs
Biden: What Jobs?

#TeamMoreJobs

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

287 That's 800 men per state on average. Including dating outside their race.

That looks like something Kait Willet would say as a "relationship coach" on the toobs.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (pUU4E)

288 Bet there were a lot more potential men to date before she chose to pursue career over family. A lotta good ones scooped up by those willing to build a life together, help their partner build the killer CV that facebook lady now thinks she deserves to be available to her to marry.

One thing that amazes me is that women in aggregate don't get that men are way, way less interested in the career success of a romantic partner then women are.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

289 This is I think what they are hoping with the abduls and the mamdanis and this new hypermasculine way. They know their customers.


yeah three dots exactly

it's clearly working

just have to undermine them "socially"

meanwhile this is my problem with JD. he's a sort of smushy "white knight" loser type. sorry JD. same thing with Ron sadly. Mario would play better with the ladies

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (j+aD2)

290 285 explosivereactive metal-Sodium-
Posted by: Larry the Luddite

FIFY. Would you prefer aggressively electropositive?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

Don't lick it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Y/06r)

291 Though on the flip side as advice for men while you can't do anything about your height, and income is hard to increase, any guy can improve your level of fitness with a small investment of time...
Posted by: 18-1


But then all you get to pick thru when you are done is 300 lb black ladies who crackle & sizzle.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (U0c5a)

292 One specific thing I've seen played out repeatedly, the media has led women to believe there are more tall men, more ripped men, and more wealthy men then there are.

And they are either hiding away from those crazy chicks, happily married or gay.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (/k3in)

293 The tippy top of the Washington Monument is an 18" pyramid of aluminum.

Posted by: Renolds Wrap Is Oven-Tempered For Flexible Strength at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (JM9I6)

294 One thing that amazes me is that women in aggregate don't get that men are way, way less interested in the career success of a romantic partner then women are.


see here you're assuming they care

they do not think long term

they have easy fun jobs and freedom! that's it. they're happy.

they do not need sex for the most part.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (j+aD2)

295 there is literally no question she is not a legal citizen BUT that doesn't matter in NYC

she's legal enough!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)



That's what I said. If she's an illegal, she'll be back on the streets in no time. If she's legal, she'll be back on the streets in a few months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)

296 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

Thanks for affirming that there are normal women
"Out there." Sometimes it seems like a minority opinion here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (ONl1C)

297 So if you want 6 ft, 6 figures and a 6 pack well...unless you are also a "1%" you aren't getting it.

And the "modern woman" insists that she is in that 1% even when reality says otherwise.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (/k3in)

298 How dare they violate that insane woman's rights by putting her on camera! That's not who we are.

Posted by: Case at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (rxS1L)

299 New York Governor Kathy Hochul Dons Hijab for Event at Muslim Organization

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Didja see this?

Governor Hochul Press Office
@NYGovPress
This is a lie. Donald Trump made it up.

Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X
@TrumpTruthOnX
Governor Kathy Hochul just released 7000 hard core criminals onto the streets on New York. What is wrong with her? She is grossly incompetent and must be voted out of office! President DJT

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And she's right if you don't count the 7000 illegal aliens she protected from ICE.

The 7000 number refers to a December 2025 DHS report of 6947 criminal non-citizens released in New York since January 2025 after local officials did not honor ICE detainers. Governor Hochul granted clemency to six individuals on August 28 2026.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

300 Aluminium for you Anglophiles.

Posted by: Forge Ahead! at September 01, 2026 09:17 AM (JM9I6)

301 So if you want 6 ft, 6 figures and a 6 pack well...unless you are also a "1%" you aren't getting it.

Its the 6 pack + 6 figures for a young guy. Any dude who is busting it to get well into the six figures probably hasn't the time to live in the gym and do the other things that get him into the 40k hypothetical "ideal" men.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 09:17 AM (pUU4E)

302 284 Inside the system? Yeah, maybe possibly someday far far away. Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Posted by: tubal
________

Saw something explaining that getting to Mars is not a problem, but even if the fuel for a return trip could somehow be carried or produced on Mars, the launch window for the return trip would be so far off that no one going is ever coming back. It would be a one way trip for colonists.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (XvL8K)

Yeah, that sounds enticing. Get there, walk around saying wow we made it! Now - what? Hang around for a while, die. Mars is extremely toxic at all levels, inimical to life. Because it’s there is not a great business plan.

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (Gqar8)

303
PSA! PSA! PSA!

You have to be 1% to get 1%. *Or $20, same as in town

End PSA.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (g47mK)

304 see here you're assuming they care

they do not think long term

they have easy fun jobs and freedom! that's it. they're happy.

they do not need sex for the most part.


One interesting aspect of the Trump admin is that by reducing payments to NGOs and stopping the federal push for DEI he has ended the careers of a number of these women with easy fun jobs.

I've seen a few in various leftist forums bemoaning it and demanding to know if they now have to get married, to a...man!?!...to make ends meet which is a hilarious discussion on leftist forums...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

305 290 285 explosivereactive metal-Sodium-
Posted by: Larry the Luddite

FIFY. Would you prefer aggressively electropositive?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

Don't lick it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Y/06r)

Yeah, there are periodic charts about what you can and shouldn't lick...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (l3cgK)

306 Stephen A. Smith: "The ONLY people that run from me are Liberals. The GOP, the Right, don't run. They ALL accept!"

The Left is scared of tough questions — but the Right isn't.

Democrat ideas don't hold up to scrutiny.

This is why they avoid fair interviews with independent thinkers like Smith, Bill Maher, and Joe Rogan.

If Democrats were confident in their ideology, they would take advantage of these massive platforms.

Republicans have become the Party of free speech and debate.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

307 300 Aluminium for you Anglophiles.
Posted by: Forge Ahead! at September 01, 2026 09:17 AM (JM9I6)

Al-U-Min-E-UM IS a cool way to say it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Y/06r)

308 my intention is to keep females' limitations front of mind - SO WE CAN OVERCOME THEM!!!

which we absolutely can. but not if we gloss over them

if I were male I'd do the same thing but I am not so I don't know the interior male space as well. I do try.

humans in general should accept their weaknesses and fight to overcome them - to ascend our base. that is what life is for. that is what God loves to see! yes love yourself! but yes also work hard to move beyond what's easy

that's also why we should be trying to ascend (literally) off of the Earth, btw.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 01, 2026 09:19 AM (j+aD2)

309 The media's responsible for telling women what they "should want" in a man. Whether it's idiots on social media or idiots in the newz rooms doesn't matter. They've been conditioned over time to think about men in a certain way.

The women who think for themselves probably don't buy into the artificial hype.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2026 09:19 AM (2Cry5)

310 One specific thing I've seen played out repeatedly, the media has led women to believe there are more tall men, more ripped men, and more wealthy men then there are.

And they are either hiding away from those crazy chicks, happily married or gay.
Posted by: NR Pax


Someone has sold young girls a line of shit.
Those "man on the street" questions they ask about how much money a man should make and the are sll either saying $1 to $3 million a year or minimum $250k.

That right there drops the available number of men to below .00001 of the population.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (U0c5a)

311 Thanks for affirming that there are normal women
"Out there." Sometimes it seems like a minority opinion here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 09:16 AM (ONl1C)


In fairness, it was speculation. I assume they exist but it's the others who get talked about. That, in turn, causes more women to be excessive and foolish in order to get fame. That, in turn, causes...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

312 Hasan Piker announces he has deleted twitter.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

313 And the "modern woman" insists that she is in that 1% even when reality says otherwise.

I saw as skit where a guy interviewed young women:

How would you describe Lizzo? Beautiful!

And what would you say if I told you that you looked just like her? I AM NOT FAT

Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

314 Yeah, that sounds enticing. Get there, walk around saying wow we made it! Now - what? Hang around for a while, die. Mars is extremely toxic at all levels, inimical to life. Because it’s there is not a great business plan.
Posted by: tubal
__________

Yes, I think it also said that any colonists would have to burrow well underground to keep the radiation from killing them.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (XvL8K)

315 Yeah, there are periodic charts about what you can and shouldn't lick...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (l3cgK)

In general, nothing on the periodic table is particularly lickable- it is just a matter of whether it is going to get nasty about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (Y/06r)

316 Rahm Emanuel sounds as relevant as bringing up Harold Stassen and has the same chance at being President.

Posted by: Votes For Sale Or Rent at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)

317 Yeah, that sounds enticing. Get there, walk around saying wow we made it! Now - what? Hang around for a while, die. Mars is extremely toxic at all levels, inimical to life. Because it’s there is not a great business plan.
Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (Gqar

Like climbing Everest. The most dangerous part is the climb down

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (sBAAu)

318 Hasan Piker announces he has deleted twitter.

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)



He should delete his existence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

319 >>>"Women are idiots and men are lunatics."

Rebecca West

>Democrats are malignant imbeciles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (Ujrb8)

320 DOJ Report: FBI Targeted Catholics Over Traditional Beliefs

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Damn funny hat wearing Bible thumpers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (ndZc7)

321 >>One thing that amazes me is that women in aggregate don't get that men are way, way less interested in the career success of a romantic partner then women are.


Thanks, feminism!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

322 Then the question arises - why? What is out there that justifies spending umpteen trillions and decades and decades of time and purpose.

Because our highways are failing!

Posted by: CA High-Speed Rail to Nowhere at September 01, 2026 09:21 AM (dfgzq)

323 Rahm Emanuel sounds as relevant as bringing up Harold Stassen and has the same chance at being President.

Posted by: Votes For Sale Or Rent at September 01, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)



"Never let a crisis go to waste........."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:21 AM (ccf/V)

324 This is I think what they are hoping with the abduls and the mamdanis and this new hypermasculine way. They know their customers.
Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (j6dNk)

A lot of it is simple risk assessment. Men will fight against encroaching outsiders, because they'll be killed if they don't. Women will usually be kept alive by the outsiders, even if it's a lower status life. They just want to optimize for status. Slavery is better than death, so they have zero motivation to resist if they think the outsiders are stronger.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

325 290 285 explosivereactive metal-Sodium-
Posted by: Larry the Luddite

FIFY. Would you prefer aggressively electropositive?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

Don't lick it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Y/06r)

Yeah, there are periodic charts about what you can and shouldn't lick...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:18 AM (l3cgK)

Does this chart also align the "Dare Levels"? e.g. Double Dare, Double Dog Dare, Triple Dare, Triple Dog Dare?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)

326 NYPost: Trump warns Chicago ‘will die’ if lefty Gov. "Fat Boy" Pritzker refuses federal help after bloody weekend leaves 41 shot

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

327 Yeah, there are periodic charts about what you can and shouldn't lick...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


There's a t shirt that says:
Yes
Once
See You On The Other Side

And lists those answers color coded to what you can do on the chart. Green, yellow, & red.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:22 AM (U0c5a)

328 "Sacrifice the comfort, safety and security and even the very future of our own people"
Michigan AG Urges Jews to Sacrifice “Survival” to Elect Abdul El-Sayedthumper!

-
"Juden raus!" is more pithy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

329 In general, nothing on the periodic table is particularly lickable- it is just a matter of whether it is going to get nasty about it.

Sodium- the original Alka-Seltzer

Posted by: Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (dfgzq)

330 Hasan Piker announces he has deleted twitter.
Posted by: SMOD


He'll be back. He's too much of an attention whore to stay away.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (/k3in)

331 Can we make this sizzle crackle thing lore? I'm gonna do my best.

Damn it's good.

So like, later ace says that some crazy bitch is whining about men or jobs or has some opinion or whatever. Then someone can pipe up "I bet she sizzles like a pork rind when she goes out in the sun".

Granted memes and lore don't usually come with instructions but I'm writing this one. Help me make it happen.

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (j6dNk)

332 FenelonSpoke

The widows I walk with have standards low enough that they will be seen in public with me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

333 Men's dating criteria -

Pleasant
Fit
Youthful
Nice rack
.
.
.
.
.
killer CV

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (VaC8w)

334 DeSantis has done a great job in Florida and set an example for the nation. I hope he runs for President, and I look forward to a great contest of ideas between him, Rubio, Vance, and whoever runs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (svKyi)

335 Like climbing Everest. The most dangerous part is the climb down
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


Down is easy.

Leeeeeeroyyyyyy Jenkins!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (U0c5a)

336 328 "Sacrifice the comfort, safety and security and even the very future of our own people"
Michigan AG Urges Jews to Sacrifice “Survival” to Elect Abdul El-Sayedthumper!

-
"Juden raus!" is more pithy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

All must be fed to the Revolution.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (Y/06r)

337 Discovered a lovely classic Hollywood actress over the weekend: Cathy O'Donnell in They Live by Night.

Just a lovely woman. Not possessed of extremely pronounced hooterage, just a beautiful face and great warmth.

Posted by: Bulg at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

338 >>Hasan Piker announces he has deleted twitter.

Translation: I'll hide my ugly thoughts from the X crowd because they noticed what a hateful creep I am.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)

339
He'll be back. He's too much of an attention whore to stay away.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (/k3in)



The Keith Olbermann Method of Attention Getting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ccf/V)

340 Yeah, that sounds enticing. Get there, walk around saying wow we made it! Now - what? Hang around for a while, die. Mars is extremely toxic at all levels, inimical to life. Because it’s there is not a great business plan.

Pursuing Mars is yet another war against God.

Scriptures plainly teach that the Earth and all that is in it is for the enjoyment and sustenance of man.

So naturally, the misotheists want to go some place else.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (pawvM)

341 Hasan Piker announces he has deleted twitter.
------

Ellipsis announces he has deleted giving a shit

Posted by: ... at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (j6dNk)

342 326 NYPost: Trump warns Chicago ‘will die’ if lefty Gov. "Fat Boy" Pritzker refuses federal help after bloody weekend leaves 41 shot
Posted by: SMOD

Those darn lax gun laws in Indiana!

Posted by: "Fat Boy" Pritzker at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (JM9I6)

343 Benjamin Netanyahu's son evacuated from US over significant threat after Israeli leader warned of Iran plot.


https://tinyurl.com/ym2bzzmh

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

344 "Sacrifice the comfort, safety and security and even the very future of our own people"
Michigan AG Urges Jews to Sacrifice “Survival” to Elect Abdul El-Sayedthumper!

-
"Juden raus!" is more pithy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)
========================
Is she insane? Has brainwashing really gone this far? If she represents (ie, typical of) a sizeable group, I fear for humanity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (svKyi)

345 342 326 NYPost: Trump warns Chicago ‘will die’ if lefty Gov. "Fat Boy" Pritzker refuses federal help after bloody weekend leaves 41 shot
Posted by: SMOD

Those darn lax gun laws in Indiana!
Posted by: "Fat Boy" Pritzker at September 01, 2026 09:25 AM (JM9I6)

Which is exactly what fat boy Prick said... Illegal guns are the problem

Posted by: It's me donna at September 01, 2026 09:26 AM (+gK6I)

346 Down is easy.

Leeeeeeroyyyyyy Jenkins!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM


I laughed way too hard at that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:26 AM (9Q+nP)

347 Which is exactly what fat boy Prick said... Illegal guns are the problem
Posted by: It's me donna


No gun is illegal on stolen land.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (U0c5a)

348
I have an announcement: I deleted Twitter some time ago. Make sure to tell your friends. It's important for people to know that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

349 Chitcongo:


heyjackass.com

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (ccf/V)

350 Story time. This is a no shitter. Back from the days withour women in the crew of a Navy ship.

As a Fleet sailor you arrive in a port with only a few hours to find a woman. This time compression leads to strange behavior.

There was one old salt, a BMCS (Boatswain's Mate Senior Chief), who was the most successful in getting non-compensated sexual partners. I finally asked him his secret.

"LTJG, I go ugly early."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

351 I have an announcement: I deleted Twitter some time ago. Make sure to tell your friends. It's important for people to know that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

Good for you, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:28 AM (Y/06r)

352 Down is easy.

Leeeeeeroyyyyyy Jenkins!
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM

I laughed way too hard at that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState



My job here is done for the day. I made someone laugh.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:28 AM (U0c5a)

353
Nessel is an alcoholic lesbian.

None of the Michigan fem-triumvirate is mentally well.

Posted by: Auspex at September 01, 2026 09:28 AM (Y8DZL)

354 HeyJackass is back after a month long pause. Just in time for the Chicago festivities

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2026 09:29 AM (rNkEQ)

355 333 Men's dating criteria -

Nice
Cute
Doesn't have a penis.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:29 AM (/k3in)

356 348
I have an announcement: I deleted Twitter some time ago. Make sure to tell your friends. It's important for people to know that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

Did you bury it with a stake in it, though????

Posted by: tubal at September 01, 2026 09:29 AM (Gqar8)

357 I have an announcement: I deleted Twitter some time ago. Make sure to tell your friends. It's important for people to know that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)



Never had a twatter account. Haven't had an Xcrement account.

Deleted Facebook 5 or 6 years ago.

The only thing I have is a LinkedIn account, but the more they try to turn that into Facebook and try to force me to follow liberal shittards, the quicker I'll delete that too.

Just may need a job at some point, so I keep it around, but don't update it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

358 355 333 Men's dating criteria -

Nice
Cute
Doesn't have a penis.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:29 AM (/k3in)

THIS. Vagina is key.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Y/06r)

359 NR Pax

Women who gain men:

Show up naked.
Bring beer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

360 Nood. Art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (9Q+nP)

361
My job here is done for the day. I made someone laugh.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2026 09:28 AM (U0c5a)



Hey! That's no fair. I laugh at you quite often.

/sarc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

362 Are there any lesbians who are not alcoholic?

Posted by: Never Met One at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (JM9I6)

363 Just may need a job at some point, so I keep it around, but don't update it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

I have played around with facebook the past couple of years. Always been suspicious of social media in general as it seems to be a bad influence.

Two years has not changed that opinion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Y/06r)

364 Men's dating criteria -


===

I was told that men look for short term, and women long term, that is why criteria is different...

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (g47mK)

365 Michigan AG Urges Jews to Sacrifice “Survival” to Elect Abdul El-Sayed

“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” Nessel told attendees.

Nessel acknowledged that Jews were being forced into a “stark choice” thanks to “members of our own party who seek the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state and place the Jewish diaspora in jeopardy.”

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

366 Lift to the future First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before after scientific breakthrough

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Put Gavin Newsom in charge!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Mr. September 2026 at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

367 163 Somebody here mentioned that she supposedly took a seroquel shortly before the killings in order to set up the overmedicated defense. If so, did she have a piss or blood test shortly afterwards that would shed any light on the levels in her system?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 01, 2026 08:39 AM (XvL8K)

I believe i heard she tried to OD. Blood tests at the hospital didn't show any toxic levels of any of her meds. Failed to OD. Failed to slit her wrists and throat. Failed to kill herself by jumping out a window. But boy she sure was successful at murdering her kids.

Personally, I don't care if she spends the rest of her life in prison or a mental institution. Just as long as she never breathes free air again.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2026 09:32 AM (N39Ws)

368 John Roberts wrote this, not KBJ:

"A historic preservationist such as Hoagland can be aesthetically injured in a concrete, particularized way by the transformation of a historic building that she frequently enjoys..."

I'm embarrassed for him.

Posted by: Commodore at September 01, 2026 09:34 AM (V6W16)

369 339
He'll be back. He's too much of an attention whore to stay away.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 09:23 AM (/k3in)


The Keith Olbermann Method of Attention Getting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ccf/V)

I think the term is "Attention Whoring"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

370 I'm embarrassed for him.
Posted by: Commodore at September 01, 2026 09:34 AM (V6W16)
=================
Roberts has been teetering on the edge of chardonnay swilling libtard-ism for years, what with decades of life in the Capital, Maine in the summers, a partisan wife, and he has finally gone over. He cares not what the law says as written, only what he can mould it to be, "making a better America".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 09:39 AM (JYE7p)

371 When was the last time a mob of Jewish people were assaulting people, vandalizing property, and shouting “death to America” or demanding we replace the Constitution with the Levitical law ?

Also, is the Israeli government still persecuting Christians ?

Just trying to keep up.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at September 01, 2026 09:40 AM (jt/rW)

372 Has the podcasting / blogging / X posting legions of the best and brightest finally determined that every Republican on the ballot is “weak on the 2nd Amendment” and, therefore, MAGAMAGAMAGA should not vote this time ?

Just trying to keep up. I have a slow internet connection.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at September 01, 2026 09:49 AM (jt/rW)

373 Labor day is first Monday in September. School always started Wednesday after. This was a prime occassion.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2026 09:54 AM (sl73Y)

374 One specific thing I've seen played out repeatedly, the media has led women to believe there are more tall men, more ripped men, and more wealthy men then there are.

I've seen "on the street" interviews where the interview asks women what they want in a man and it comes out to a fraction of a percent of men in America.

Avg Height: 5'9
Avg Income: $55K
Avg Weight: 199 lbs

So if you want 6 ft, 6 figures and a 6 pack well...unless you are also a "1%" you aren't getting it.

Though on the flip side as advice for men while you can't do anything about your height, and income is hard to increase, any guy can improve your level of fitness with a small investment of time...
Posted by: 18-1
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I think that like a lot of media tropes, this one only applies to a certain population of women. Those attending somewhat prestigious colleges, are urbanites/suburbanites and with high SES jobs.

Like the blue collar class for men is invisible, so is the blue collar class of women. And that goes double for rural areas.

Gell-Mann amnesia all over again. A media that lies on polling and politics, lies on sociology, lies on foreign news reports, etc. Including lies of omission.

Posted by: whig at September 01, 2026 09:56 AM (E4rtv)

375 Posted by: whig at September 01, 2026 09:56 AM (E4rtv)


It's odd. I didn't think of those things when I was dating . I just wanted a man who was kind and funny and smart and worked hard and also someone who shared my faith.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (JrHfD)

376 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. Safe trip for you and yours. 🙏🤗

Interesting but no surprise Rahm Emanuel is tossing his hat into the 2028 presidential hopefuls' ring. Reportedly, O is out there, though mostly behind the scenes, and likely willing to support AOC but the Clintons are not onboard with that.

Rahm Emanuel, a mixed bag of politics, served as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton; a U.S. Congressman from Illinois; White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama; Mayor of Chicago, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan.

Even as a U.S. Ambassador, he pushed standard diplomatic boundaries and established a reputation as a combative "warrior diplomat." His aggressive public messaging trolled China, pushed LGBTQ+ rights in Japan, etc., as he basically did his own thing...as always.

And he belongs to a highly prominent, hyper-competitive trio of brothers.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

377 Brother billionaire Ari Emanuel is an entertainment executive, the real-life inspiration for the Hollywood super-agent in Entourage.

Dr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel is a renowned oncologist, bioethicist, and University of Pennsylvania professor. He served as a key health policy advisor during the Obama administration, helping design the Affordable Care Act.

In October 2014, he authored a highly controversial essay for The Atlantic titled “Why I Hope to Die at 75.”

Remember Biden Inc.'s Penn connections? And Dr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel played a major role in shaping Joe Biden’s pandemic strategy, serving as a core scientific voice during both the 2020 presidential campaign and the official White House transition period.

Immediately after winning the 2020 election, President-elect Biden appointed Dr. Emanuel as one of the 16 members of his official Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. The doctor was a fierce proponent of strict vaccine mandates and used his platform to construct private-sector momentum that supported the Biden administration's broader goals.

He & other advisers pushed the administration to stop ...

Contd

Posted by: L - No nic at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

378 trying to completely eliminate the C19 virus & move towards a "new normal" of living with Covid-19 while upgrading infrastructure, & employing universally accessible rapid testing. So, now here to stay. (Did ya know mandatory public health disease surveillance is legally exempt from standard consumer privacy consent rules under state reporting laws?)

And regarding PA's newest debacle, the Shapiro administration’s proposed 500-page update to Chapter 27 of the PA Code, with several "concerns" that the updated administrative rules that could lay the groundwork to revive pandemic-era overreach, specifically to & for the newer county Boards of Health - which are totalitarian in nature, completely unnecessary, overstaffed with not the highest degree of personnel, and flat broke.

But if PA Governor Josh Shapiro and the state Health Secretary didn't hold a press conference & try to spin the death of an Amish infant to a state health department upgrade, the backlash to the update may have gone largely unnoticed. (The alleged 2nd person wasn't documented. Ha!)

The moral is even the more 'conventional' Democrats are an untrustworthy lot, and that includes Rahm Emanuel.
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🤗

Posted by: L - No nic at September 01, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

379 374 One specific thing I've seen played out repeatedly, the media has led women to believe there are more tall men, more ripped men, and more wealthy men then there are.

I've seen "on the street" interviews where the interview asks women what they want in a man and it comes out to a fraction of a percent of men in America.
...
Gell-Mann amnesia all over again. A media that lies on polling and politics, lies on sociology, lies on foreign news reports, etc. Including lies of omission.
Posted by: whig

Don't Worry!
That's what AOC's 9/11 Psycho-dancin' performance will set straight; to lift the solemn, somber mood to something more uplifting, a moment of Celebration! :: IT'S RAINING MEN, HALLELUJAH !!!

Because she knows we're all watchin'

Prancin' around Suicide Squad/Rama who has NO RHYTHEM WHATSOEVER...

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 01, 2026 10:35 AM (LQR/1)

380 I just wanted a man who was kind and funny and smart and worked hard and also someone who shared my faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:18 AM (JrHfD)
===============
Pretty good list Fen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (eCS0V)

381 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 10:39 AM (eCS0V)

Thanks. Because why would I expect that my husband who was working two jobs but also going to school at night putting himself through on his own would be making that much money?. He wasn't and neither was I.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 10:45 AM (rHgXV)

Daily Tech News 1 September 2026

Top Story



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Disclaimer: Glitter is the Devil's bath salts.

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

2 Poke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 01, 2026 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 04:58 AM (/aZwr)

4 Woo hoo!

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 04:58 AM (/aZwr)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Mornin'

Going for a walk now. Going to be very hot later. September coming in like mid July in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 01, 2026 04:58 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning Techsters.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2026 05:02 AM (NIsaq)

8 Attack the Day!

Posted by: the country place that no one knows about at September 01, 2026 05:03 AM (LOZbR)

9 After three+ years with my Intel i7-based PC, I have decided that it is a slow piece of crap.

I want to yank the CPU and replace it with anything else that will fit.

Does Tonka make chips?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2026 05:06 AM (HwKLm)

10 76° and humid, late summer very much like mid summer.

Posted by: Accomack at September 01, 2026 05:07 AM (/Chlc)

11
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 01, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)

12 Amazon is taking Jane Doe line workers and having them work on satellites.

You have got to be kidding me.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2026 05:12 AM (c/R9o)

13 The article by the Amazon HR leader about getting back to programming was interesting. I’m not a big corporate type so I don’t see the tech integration often. How people will think about using data and combining stuff out side the traditional accounting two column approach is changing so rapidly.

I am enjoying learning about it but glad my career is at a stage where I’m almost phased out anyway.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2026 05:15 AM (L+WVi)

14 The safest job from AI may be writing. (Murat Buffalo)

Press X to doubt.

I want to believe! But this is the second time I've tried to read that piece and to me it is unreadable. Oh, the irony, maybe.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:21 AM (odBC9)

15 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps of the vast and powerful AoSHQ Empire! Look upon our threads and comments, Ye Mighty, and despair!

Tiu's Day. Trudge, trudge, trudge.

A fedora hat I've had for sale on eBay for months has finally sold, and I have to get it into the mail today. Whatchoo up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:22 AM (wzUl9)

16 ... although he does concede that his own writing is "broken yet soulful." Maybe a better writer could better make the argument.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

17 From the "writing" article: "I think it is wicked hard to bride the final 20% . . ."

Ain't easy to groom it either. Uh, spell-check, anybody?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

18 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:22 AM (wzUl9

Good morning. all!. I am glad that your hat sold. I have always thought it would be a good idea to sell things on the Internet, but I'm not sure how to do that.

I am teaching a Bible study today with the seniors at the nursing home today. I don't know how many will show up because several of the dear ones are not well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 05:29 AM (rHgXV)

19 Well, gee willikers! I've always wanted to work on a X-band corrugated-horn orthomode transducer with cryogenically cooled INP HEMT low-noise blocked harmonic mixed downconverter!

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2026 05:30 AM (c/R9o)

20 The (177!) comments under the article in its posting at Hacker News are substantive.

https://tinyurl.com/48zwxphy

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

21 *the writing article

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

22 I think that the AI writing article was written by AI...how else to explain how poorly written it is!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2026 05:37 AM (HwKLm)

23 Good morning. all!. I am glad that your hat sold. I have always thought it would be a good idea to sell things on the Internet, but I'm not sure how to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026


***
Good morning, Fen,

No, it's not difficult to sell on eBay, though I suppose if you had lots of items (a "store"), it could get tough to keep it all straight. You take pics of the item and get them on your computer, write up the description, then sign in to eBay and follow its "How to sell" instructions. It will tell you the fields to fill out and when to upload the pics. I kept it simple with the hats: No returns, honest descriptions. You estimate the weight of the package when it is mailed -- put it into its box and bring it to the post office to be weighed, or go to Office Depot. EBay calculates a range of shipping prices for you based on that weight and your zip code.

When it sells, you print out a prepaid shipping label, which deducts some money from your payout (but the buyer paid for it), package it up, and ship it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

24 I am reading "True Grit" again after about 30 years. It is very entertaining. I had to laugh at this quote on the back, because my son is a Cormac McCarthy fan, and Roy Blount, Jr says this about McCarthy and Charles Portis: "Charles Portis could be Cormac McCarthy, but he'd rather be funny." My son disagreed. He finds Cormac McCarthy funny.

This is an amusing line where Rooster Coburn is talking about whiskey, and a brand he says is very good and recommends it to help Mattie's cold:

"I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains," she says.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 05:40 AM (rHgXV)

25 Oh, and Fen, you need to link a bank account with PayPal so eBay can direct-deposit your money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

26 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

Thanks. That is very helpful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 05:41 AM (rHgXV)

27 It occurs to me that Pixy was being facetious.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 01, 2026 05:42 AM (36x1j)

28 This is an amusing line where Rooster Coburn is talking about whiskey, and a brand he says is very good and recommends it to help Mattie's cold:

"I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains," she says.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026


***
Used in the 1969 film, as was a great deal of Portis's dialog. Except for its ending, the John Wayne-Kim Darby film is a very faithful adaptation of the novel, almost as much as Polanski's Rosemary's Baby was the year before.

The new movie with Jeff Bridges is faithful too, but it is drab and colorless --"ashen," as one of our commenters said about another film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

29 27 It occurs to me that Pixy was being facetious.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 01, 2026 05:42 AM (36x1j)

This is evergreen!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)

30 Temp of 81 F. now. I don't want to look up the heat index, as it will cause me not to work out. When I get back I can check and have my heat stroke retroactively.

We have another 60% chance of rain starting around noon, thanks to the storm off the coast. Just the usual summertime downpour, probably. I intend to be back from the post office and library by then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

31 Fen, if you want to keep it simpler, you can pay for the shipping instead of the buyer. Just set your price a bit higher to cover it. I suppose it'll work the same: You enter the weight of the total package and the destination zip code (or eBay gets it from the buyer), and the shipping label will take care of it by deducting that from your payout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

32 heh

from the Hacker News comments on the "writing" article:

Safest job from AI is also the oldest job.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

33 "Amazon's HR leader used AI to write 100,000 lines of code -- 25 years after she last coded."

And how efficient and optimized is that code? If the code a human designed and wrote would run in O(n) time, but the AI generated something that runs in O(n log n), or worse yet O(n^2) time, it might look okay on a single instance run but as soon as that thing has to scale up, the time delay is going to make itself felt harshly (the total runtime will be ghastly long.)

I've experienced this personally on a project (way before the days of LLM generated code.) A module written by another project team member was imperceptibly slower on a single call when used by an end-user, but when it was called repeatedly in a large-scale batch processing run, it caused the total run time of the batch to balloon from 2 to 3 hours into days. (He wasn't paying attention to the efficiency.)

It's starting to make sense why they want a ridiculous number of data centers with the obscene amount of processing power. They're willing to lean hard on the hardware layer to make up for code that is generated quickly, but is inefficient, or at least that's my guess.

Ugh. I hope I'm wrong. I fear I'm right.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl

Thanks. I was wondering how the two films compared . I have only seen the original one years ago, which I enjoyed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 05:55 AM (W90Ou)

35
Thanks. I was wondering how the two films compared . I have only seen the original one years ago, which I enjoyed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026


***
Oh, the new one is a worthy adaptation, I

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

36 *wakes up*
*yawns*
*considers going back to sleep vs commitment to walk each morning*
.
.
.
*still considering*

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 01, 2026 05:57 AM (aJQbY)

37 @17/Wolfus: {From the "writing" article: "I think it is wicked hard to bride the final 20% . . ."

Ain't easy to groom it either. Uh, spell-check, anybody?
}

You wound that poor author! Thankfully we can debride that wound...

*ducks and runs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

38 Ugh. I hope I'm wrong. I fear I'm right.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)


Have no fear. Agentic code optimization is on the way!

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2026 06:01 AM (EKs60)

39 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 01, 2026 06:01 AM (V0/Sp)

40 Oops! Hit "post" too soon.

The newer True Grit is a worthy adaptation, I guess. Bridges is pretty good, though he does mumble a few of the lines; the actress playing Mattie is actually close to Mattie's age; Matt Damon makes a good Texas Ranger, and Josh Brolin a good Tom Chaney. But, like so many movies nowadays, it's filmed in a drab style, and night scenes are so dark you find it hard to tell who's speaking or doing whatever is going on in the scene.

This one does give you the book's ending, though, if that's important. Personally I love the 1969 film's ending.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

41 Thanks. I was wondering how the two films compared . I have only seen the original one years ago, which I enjoyed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I actually prefer the more recent version because I always thought Kim Darby as Maddie was terrible casting. Glen Campbell too.

Brolin as Tom Chaney comes across as meaner and maybe a little mentally slow. The scene in the courthouse is great and I liked the music.

The language kept me on my toes like when they came across the hanged man and Maddie asked why they hanged him so high up in the tree and Rooster said "I do not know. Perhaps in the belief it would make him more dead."

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 01, 2026 06:04 AM (l26NL)

42 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9

Thanks. That was an interesting review.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 06:05 AM (W90Ou)

43 33 If the code a human designed and wrote would run in O(n) time, but the AI generated something that runs in O(n log n), or worse yet O(n^2) time
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

MATH

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:06 AM (odBC9)

44 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 01, 2026 06:04 AM (l26NL)

Thanks. It's so interesting to read people who have seen both movies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 06:07 AM (W90Ou)

45 You're filmed in a drab style. Drabby.

Posted by: I'm not drab, you're drab! at September 01, 2026 06:11 AM (R003y)

46 I was reading an article yesterday, translated into English, which used the word "pilfer," and I thought, I don't think that word gets used much anymore. It sounded like it was from the era of footpads!

Google Book Ngram Viewer agrees:

https://tinyurl.com/2vddf73x

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)

47 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: All that glisters is not gold.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2026 06:14 AM (amcLV)

48 I see the Linus of the Linux fame used LLM to find and fix a bug and people are upset.

Is not that the point of LLM to do large tedious work?

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 06:14 AM (/+uur)

49 29 27 It occurs to me that Pixy was being facetious.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 01, 2026 05:42 AM (36x1j)

This is evergreen!
Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 05:47 AM (odBC9)

NTTAWWT

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:15 AM (odBC9)

50 47 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: All that glisters is not gold.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2026 06:14 AM (amcLV)

Haha!

glister, Ngram:

https://tinyurl.com/yey6mae3

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

51 My own "coding heroism" story: Working in FoxPro, I was asked to improve the processing time of a report. Digging into it, I found the programmer had set it up to compare every single record in a 1000-record table with every record in another 1000-record table. One million comparisons every time the report ran -- an hour or more!

There were only about twenty-five records that met the condition needed for the report. I set up a relation between the two tables and searched for the condition in the first table, then looked to see if the corresponding record had been found in the second. If so, do some stuff; if not, go back to the first table and search again.

The report ran in a few minutes, and I looked like a genius. (Until I got laid off, that was.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

52 At 400 AM CDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Edouard was located near latitude 29.0 North, longitude 92.8 West. Edouard is moving toward the west-northwest near 8 mph (13 km/h). A west-northwestward to northwestward motion is forecast during the next day or two. On the forecast track, the center of Edouard is forecast to reach the northwestern Gulf Coast within the warning area later today and move inland over southeast Texas tonight.

Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h)

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 06:18 AM (/+uur)

53 33 He wasn't paying attention to the efficiency.

...

Ugh. I hope I'm wrong. I fear I'm right.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant


LLMs have even less sense of time than interns.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 01, 2026 06:20 AM (BLOW1)

54 Tropical Storm Edouard

headed for Texas and Louisiana

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)

55 APNews on the storm

https://tinyurl.com/25hrvskr

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

56 R E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

Posted by: The Man from REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE at September 01, 2026 06:23 AM (+Gg0A)

57 mornin yall. What happened to Microsquat's office servers yesterday? I had some reports of email not working.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:24 AM (MWfyi)

58 "Y tho"

haha

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)

59 19 where is the continuum transfunctioner?

Dude!

Posted by: Fenderbender at September 01, 2026 06:25 AM (1FEc1)

60 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 01, 2026 06:25 AM (Hbeqj)

61 Gas is above $4.40 in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 06:26 AM (XfTt/)

62
National Weather Service

https://www.weather.gov

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

63 Repeat Gospel song, " I heard my Savior call" sung by Hank Williams, Sr:

https://tinyurl.com/2kf3tdz5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 06:27 AM (rHgXV)

64 Oh, they finally said what was going on:

"An issue within a core authentication configuration used by multiple Microsoft 365 services is resulting in impact."

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

65 "is resulting in impact"

The resulting impact has my composition teacher is spinning in her grave.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:29 AM (MWfyi)

66 "Glitter is the Devil's bath salts."

a not-Dolly sentiment

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:29 AM (odBC9)

67 "As recovery signals continue to trend positively, we're maintaining extended monitoring across affected service workflows to ensure improvements are sustained."

Gawd I hate Microsoft.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:31 AM (MWfyi)

68 "an issue ... is resulting in impact"

Like when Pixy poked us.

2 Poke.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 01, 2026 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)

69 When it sells, you print out a prepaid shipping label, which deducts some money from your payout (but the buyer paid for it), package it up, and ship it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

Just don't forget to pay your taxes on the sale proceeds.

Posted by: your friends at the tax office at September 01, 2026 06:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

70 No Internet will take you straight to the cops.

3WP:

https://tinyurl.com/2drks5n8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2026 06:32 AM (x8PQF)

71 My car left the road and encountered a tree, resulting in impact.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:32 AM (MWfyi)

72 Greetings and good morning, everyone! We just got back from vacation and I'm taking the day off to unwind.

On the topic of Microsoft, I was helping do some photo editing with Paint. Win10? No problem. The menu is laid out clearly and editing is simple. Win11 which is on my wife's laptop? The interface is laid out in a way that says "We hate you and want you to die."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 06:34 AM (/k3in)

73 Speaking of retarded people, California. (Linuxiac)

Just unanimously passed an age of consent law for keyboards.

-

/opens los angeles storefront selling nothing but ancient keyboards

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2026 06:34 AM (x8PQF)

74 I stopped selling on ebay. After shipping, ebay fees , PayPal, and taxes are paid and then you have to take the item to be dropped off, it's almost not worth the effort.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:34 AM (MWfyi)

75 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 01, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

76 My car left the road and encountered a tree, resulting in impact.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:32 AM (MWfyi)
-

Are you saying that the accident left an impression on you? Should we send flowers?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2026 06:35 AM (x8PQF)

77 " Birdbath status?"

The lack of water is resulting in impact.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:36 AM (MWfyi)

78 Ha! I remember that. They made a BIG DEAL about ordinary folks selling more than $600 on eBay.

When MFers are stealing billions and billions. There really aren’t any suitable words for people like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 06:36 AM (IkLDu)

79 74 I stopped selling on ebay. After shipping, ebay fees , PayPal, and taxes are paid and then you have to take the item to be dropped off, it's almost not worth the effort.
Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:34 AM (MWfyi)

No stars. A quitter. Not a good Ebayer.

Posted by: 0/5 Stars at September 01, 2026 06:37 AM (QHvF0)

80 eBayer = electronic aspirin.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 01, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)

81 Hahaha. Office 365 admins may not be able to log in to the admin portal. I need to get away from this crap asap before it all goes to megacrap.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:39 AM (MWfyi)

82 I used to sell some parts for some specialized equipment on ebay. What would happen though is some bozo would order a part to troubleshoot their equipment and then want to return it after it did not fix the problem. That's another reason I gave it up.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:42 AM (MWfyi)

83 earth.nullschool.net's prevailing winds map, centered on Tropical Storm Edouard:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8rbrkz

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

84 @48

>> Is not that the point of LLM to do large tedious work?

Indeed, and the LLM probably found and fixed the bug within seconds to minutes at most.

It’s always amuses me when you give an LLM a task with verbose mode turned on and it’s says, thought for 247 milliseconds and then proceeds to provide the complex code or answer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2026 06:43 AM (XV/Pl)

85 83 earth.nullschool.net's prevailing winds map, centered on Tropical Storm Edouard:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8rbrkz
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

wow

I have a good friend in Houston.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:45 AM (odBC9)

86 "Hunter Biden admits he used cushy Burisma gig to fund crack cocaine addiction"

In other news, water is wet.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

87 62
National Weather Service

https://www.weather.gov
Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

That site is really old-school-looking.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)

88 "Trump warns communities without data centers will be ‘backwards and poor’ "

I'm ok with that. The more backward the better.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

89

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 01, 2026 06:52 AM (QuiDg)

90 CNN Tropical Storm Edouard

https://tinyurl.com/2yhvdfs4

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

91 Huey Lewis and the News is a wake up call for Ace, but you're 6 hours too early.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 01, 2026 06:56 AM (Ujrb8)

92 Before we get too far into the day, Happy Pumpkin Spice Season!

Anyone up for some pumpkin spice carols?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 01, 2026 06:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

93 It was great for a few years. Could make some picks at garage sales for a small, but useful profit. eBay made bank on 5%, I think it’s 15% now?

They decided every seller is like LL Bean, lifetime warranty. I think a buyer has a year to decide “I don’t want it” and demand a refund. Sometimes you’ll see sellers try to say “All sales final. No returns” Doesn’t work that way. In fact it works opposite, they have an option “Seller accepts returns” - this actually protects against that, because return shipping costs are on the buyer in that situation. Weeds a lot of the scammers out that way.

“Used” items can be a minefield to sell. Most people don’t expect a 75 year old antique to be in perfect running order, but that’s what it means to eBay. “For Parts Only” is your friend here. Many minefields on the new and improved eBay. For a while it was nice, apparently. 20+ years ago.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 06:57 AM (IkLDu)

94 Wendell Berry passed away at age 92. He was a writer and farmer

https://tinyurl.com/mrywy9dd

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 01, 2026 06:58 AM (bkuEU)

95 Roberts write 6 pages dissent against White House East Wing construction.
His dissent does not come until page 4 or 5.
He is trying to claim the separation of powers means only congress can spend money, even private money on public things.
This argument makes zero sense as for the entire history of building people make private buildings that have public view or public use.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 06:59 AM (/+uur)

96 One count. I suppose you could say "something happened":


A Marina Del Rey woman earned a slap on the wrist after she pled guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.

Armstrong in May took a plea deal for one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. On Monday she was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)

97 G'mornin' everyone!

amazon story just confirms what I've known for months; they're vibe-coding their storefront, and it is losing little bits of functionality here and there. how long until something seriously screws up?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (VyBeY)

98 "Trump warns communities without data centers will be ‘backwards and poor’ "

Exactly opposite thinking. Build the damned data center and surround it with Section 8 housing to act as a fearsome moat. Ferry the employees in/out using MRAPs.

No protestors, no HOA Karens, and no one effectively screaming about noise and lights.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (9Hs2w)

99 That site is really old-school-looking.
——

The trick is to find a site that just gives the damned temp & forecast. I don’t need to get a lecture about how my lawnmower is destroying the planet, or how vital sex deviant contributions are to meteorology.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (IkLDu)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (odBC9)

101 @72/NR Pax: { On the topic of Microsoft, I was helping do some photo editing with Paint. Win10? No problem. The menu is laid out clearly and editing is simple. Win11 which is on my wife's laptop? The interface is laid out in a way that says "We hate you and want you to die." }

Windows 10 has a "User Interface" (UI).

Windows 11 has a "User eXperience" (UX).

And yes, that new term makes me stabby because:
"The Stupid. It burns."

(Thank you for using the correct term!)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:02 AM (O7YUW)

102 Didn't Amazon just get slapped with 20 billion in fines for ripping off advertisers?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2026 07:02 AM (PbWRL)

103 ...120 hours of community service...

GOTV is "community service". The punishment is to continue to do her crimes.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:02 AM (9Hs2w)

104 99 That site is really old-school-looking.
——

The trick is to find a site that just gives the damned temp & forecast. I don’t need to get a lecture about how my lawnmower is destroying the planet, or how vital sex deviant contributions are to meteorology.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (IkLDu)

I thought that was a USGov site, and the skeeziness surprised me.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

105 The trick is to find a site that just gives the damned temp & forecast. I don’t need to get a lecture about how my lawnmower is destroying the planet, or how vital sex deviant contributions are to meteorology.

Accuweather recommended, on Ozone Action Day, with temps into the triple digits and air quality low to ride a bicycle or walk rather than take a car to travel.

Conclusion: The climate is more important than human life.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:04 AM (9Hs2w)

106 "Jackson County Indiana deputy allegedly used Flock cameras to search same license plate 2,055 times"

Probably just a fluke.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 07:04 AM (MWfyi)

107 “Construction of the ballroom has proceeded apace for the better part of a year. That construction is likely unlawful,” Roberts wrote.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 07:05 AM (/+uur)

108 Thanks for the article on AI writing!

I'm going to use it in my class on Thursday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 07:06 AM (FZ29D)

109 I'm not against data centers, per se, but that's a dumb thing Trump said. These data centers don't employ many people at all, and none from a given local area, unless it's already an engineering center.

There's probably some tax revenue involved, but it can't be much - these companies aren't headquartered in the far flung areas where they build them, and the data centers aren't selling products that can generate sales tax revenues at the local level.

They are not building out power infrastructure or paying utilities to do it as used to be the case with most industrial capacity, and the burden of demand is spread amongst customers.

I do not see how a data center can make a big difference in the overall wealth of some community or another. That doesn't add up.

Trymp is bullish on these data centers and he's talking his own book, but this talking point is dumb.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2026 07:06 AM (BI5O2)

110 One count. I suppose you could say "something happened":


A Marina Del Rey woman earned a slap on the wrist after she pled guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.

Armstrong in May took a plea deal for one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. On Monday she was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi.
Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)

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How convenient. Most elections are two years apart. So she can serve her eighteen months probation and get right back into the vote fraud business.

Absolutely disgraceful

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 01, 2026 07:07 AM (llBIB)

111 And yes, that new term makes me stabby because:
"The Stupid. It burns."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant


I am happy to report that some enterprising soul took it upon themselves to create a site called jspaint that copies the interface for our use in case I change to Linux at some point.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:09 AM (/k3in)

112 National Weather Service

https://www.weather.gov
Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

That site is really old-school-looking.
Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)
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It has a certain "AoSHQ" sort of charm to it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 07:09 AM (FZ29D)

113 And in other good news, another monarch hatched in our front yard. Little dude's wings still have not completely opened but it's getting there.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:09 AM (/k3in)

114 Wttr.in will give you just the weather, complete with ascii art

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 01, 2026 07:09 AM (bkuEU)

115 "An issue within a core authentication configuration used by multiple Microsoft 365 services is resulting in impact."

Now say that in the voice of the Indian programmer or help desk clerk and it makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:10 AM (/TiS1)

116 It has a certain "AoSHQ" sort of charm to it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


So Val-U-Rite Vodka ads are being displayed?

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:10 AM (/k3in)

117 @97/sock_rat_eez: "amazon story just confirms what I've known for months; they're vibe-coding their storefront, and it is losing little bits of functionality here and there."

THIS. When going to manage my "content library" (which contains Amazon purchased books, as well as Documents uploaded via the Send-to-Kindle function), the "Docs" (Documents) portion was completely GONE.

Thankfully there's still a link on the new user interface to the old interface, at least for now, so I can still manage uploaded Documents.

Also, the new interface is missing the page selector, which lets you select a given index page full of books in your library, or simply key it in by number at the end of the URL. "Oh, nobody has hundreds or thousands of books in their library, we can get rid of that, the user can just scroll infinitely until they find their title."

IDJITS. They need to go learn about Chesterton's Fence!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:10 AM (O7YUW)

118 88 "Trump warns communities without data centers will be ‘backwards and poor’ "

I'm ok with that. The more backward the better.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)


no kidding! sign me up!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:10 AM (VyBeY)

119 This argument makes zero sense as for the entire history of building people make private buildings that have public view or public use.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 06:59 AM (/+uur)
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Especially because the PDJT argument cites specific statutory language allowing the President to modify, renew, or construct federal buildings. White House not excluded.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:11 AM (N3b7w)

120 114 Wttr.in will give you just the weather, complete with ascii art
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 01, 2026 07:09 AM (bkuEU)

haha!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

121 “Edouard” instead of Edward - does that mean this tropical storm is fake and gay?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 07:12 AM (IvPuo)

122 @91/Rev. Wishbone: "Huey Lewis and the News is a wake up call for Ace, but you're 6 hours too early."

https://youtu.be/N6uEMOeDZsA?t=26

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)

123 Here's Accuweather on Tropical Storm Edouard:

https://tinyurl.com/43er74v8

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:14 AM (odBC9)

124 My daughter is telling me a Canadian level scary story about a prenatal visit yesterday with her OBGYN where the doctor offered her an abortion, because she wanted to make a political point about how great the new Massachusetts law is. My daughter is at seven months and the baby is perfectly healthy, but the libtard doctor wanted to glory in her legal ability to murder up until first grade, or whatever.

More covevfe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (N3b7w)

125 I like how Roberts says Trumps actions are likely unconstitutional, he doesn't really say what he finds unconstitutional or where the power to attenuate Trumps actions springs from.

The President is charged with the maintenance and upkeep of the WH and it's grounds.

Renovations seems to be right smack dab in the wheelhouse of maintenance and upkeep.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)

126 99 That site is really old-school-looking.
——

The trick is to find a site that just gives the damned temp & forecast. I don’t need to get a lecture about how my lawnmower is destroying the planet, or how vital sex deviant contributions are to meteorology.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 01, 2026 07:00 AM (IkLDu)

yeah, that's what I like about it; very old-school, as in nothing but (mostly useful) information.

ventusky.com is useful for more detailed info.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

127 Ed O Ward
Ed ou ard
Ed ward
Ed ooo ard

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (/+uur)

128 the doctor offered her an abortion, because she wanted to make a political point about how great the new Massachusetts law is.

Really? Saying that in front of my wood chipper?

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:17 AM (/k3in)

129 wow, Huck, that veers way past "canadian-level scary" ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:19 AM (VyBeY)

130 "Ed ou, Brutus!"

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

131 Especially because the PDJT argument cites specific statutory language allowing the President to modify, renew, or construct federal buildings. White House not excluded.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:11 AM (N3b7w)
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Which raises an interesting question...Does the Supreme Court really *need* a grand, fancy building?

Or could they make do with something much simpler...about the size of a double-wide trailer in the middle of nowhere?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 07:19 AM (FZ29D)

132 126 99
ventusky.com is useful for more detailed info.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

That looks cool! I'm looking at Texas.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

133 I am glad she told me that story before my workout. It woke me the hell up; chased all the cobwebs away.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:20 AM (nShWT)

134 thank you, notsothoreau, that's cool!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

135 I enjoy seeing the attractive young people on the campus of the local institution of higher learning, who respond very nicely when I say, "I hope you have a good day." I did not enjoy the sign for a local. ( Episcopal ) church to attract young people "Jesus came to save you from your sins. Not to check your brain at the door. Come to a church where your brain is respected. "I guess it appeals to some young people, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:20 AM (G7WXk)

136 I like how Roberts says Trumps actions are likely unconstitutional, he doesn't really say what he finds unconstitutional or where the power to attenuate Trumps actions springs from.

The President is charged with the maintenance and upkeep of the WH and it's grounds.

Renovations seems to be right smack dab in the wheelhouse of maintenance and upkeep.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)

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Rabbits would have been fine with it if Obama had done it. Except the ballroom would have looked like a Nazi gun emplacement from the Atlantic wall

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 01, 2026 07:20 AM (llBIB)

137 Huck Follywood

Yikes! If she chokes the doctor, it is not murder, but a post-birth abortion.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

138 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

139 it's gonna come to that one of these days, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:22 AM (VyBeY)

140 JM in Illinois

Nothing says Communist Brutalism lover like the Obama Library.

North Korea is missing a DMZ guard tower.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

141 Whew. False alarm, it wasn't my daughter's regular doctor, it was a rando reviewing sonogram results. She works for the radiology department at the hospital.

My adrenaline can calm down now, please.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (nShWT)

142 Rabbits >> Roberts. Ugh

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (llBIB)

143
Which raises an interesting question...Does the Supreme Court really *need* a grand, fancy building?

Or could they make do with something much simpler...about the size of a double-wide trailer in the middle of nowhere?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2026 07:19 AM (FZ29D)

__________

Before 1935, they were located in the Capitol.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (O0L8i)

144 sock_rat_eez

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

145 She works for the radiology department at the hospital.

That still implies that the people working there are perfectly comfortable in saying things like that to patients. Invitations to play Screaming Lawn Darts off a rooftop may be required.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:24 AM (/k3in)

146 I like how Roberts says Trumps actions are likely unconstitutional, he doesn't really say what he finds unconstitutional or where the power to attenuate Trumps actions springs from.

Yeah, the unconstitutional part is a world class real-estate developer with a track record of five star properties is freely giving his expertise, has managed to make the construction of this totally private funded (not the bunker part, but no one is complaining about that) and will not personally benefit from the project.

But some uncircumsized Philistine with TDS is having a psychotic episode over it, so therefore its "Unconstitutional".

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:25 AM (PVBkQ)

147 124 My daughter is telling me a Canadian level scary story about a prenatal visit yesterday with her OBGYN where the doctor offered her an abortion, because she wanted to make a political point about how great the new Massachusetts law is. My daughter is at seven months and the baby is perfectly healthy, but the libtard doctor wanted to glory in her legal ability to murder up until first grade, or whatever.

More covevfe.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (N3b7w)

141 Whew. False alarm, it wasn't my daughter's regular doctor, it was a rando reviewing sonogram results. She works for the radiology department at the hospital.

My adrenaline can calm down now, please.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (nShWT)

The rando working for the radiology department at the hospital, reviewing sonogram results, offered your daughter an abortion?

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:25 AM (odBC9)

148 Just the fact that the SCROTUMs have to hear something as silly as can the President fix up his ballroom shows how fucked up the courts are and washington dc is.

Posted by: Roberts Is A Chomo at September 01, 2026 07:26 AM (+iYtA)

149 Before 1935, they were located in the Capitol.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (O0L8i)
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Really? Wow- did not know. Maybe they should be in Texas, or Idaho.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:26 AM (nShWT)

150 Huck Follywood

Would a sharp letter work?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

151 124 My daughter is telling me a Canadian level scary story about a prenatal visit yesterday with her OBGYN where the doctor offered her an abortion, because she wanted to make a political point about how great the new Massachusetts law is. My daughter is at seven months and the baby is perfectly healthy, but the libtard doctor wanted to glory in her legal ability to murder up until first grade, or whatever.

More covevfe.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:15 AM (N3b7w)

At 12 weeks with my last, I got offered one at 12 weeks by a Catholic nurse b/c my resting BP was over 200...I told her that wasn't even in the picture of possibilities...ever...

Just to say this isn't uncommon if mom is sick, even if baby is not...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 07:28 AM (tOcjL)

152 Off to the gym. Thank you horde. Catch you in Morning Report.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 01, 2026 07:28 AM (5KN7H)

153 I have a prayer request. A friend of mine is having a major argument with a daughter who now does want to go to Disney World where they were to meet my friend's grandchildren and the daughter's brother and his wife. Just for peace and a reconsideration by the daughter . Friend is named P. Daughter is K. Thanks so much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:29 AM (6UQAR)

154 Nova Local

Bless you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

155 But some uncircumsized Philistine with TDS is having a psychotic episode over it, so therefore its "Unconstitutional".

The majority of these problems can be summed up as "I'm not mad that things are being done! I just don't like Trump's tone of voice when he's doing it!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 01, 2026 07:29 AM (/k3in)

156 @124/Huck Follywood: "My daughter is telling me a Canadian level scary story about a prenatal visit yesterday with her OBGYN where the doctor offered her an abortion, because she wanted to make a political point about how great the new Massachusetts law is. My daughter is at seven months and the baby is perfectly healthy, but the libtard doctor wanted to glory in her legal ability to murder up until first grade, or whatever. "

Talk about an absolute destruction of the patient's trust. Can you imagine how into overdrive Mama's protective instincts must have been at that suggestion? That ObGyn is lucky she didn't get a beat-down right then and there.

GTFO and find another ObGyn. Maybe report her to the Massachusetts Board of Medicine as well.

(Yeah, I know, it's Massachusetts, nothing will happen.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:29 AM (O7YUW)

157 Come to a church where your brain is respected.

No one does that. Most churches seem like either a Sham Wow infomercial or the Eddie Bauer model on stage is trying to sell you a time share.

I get more Bible theology in one paragraph of Dennis Prager's "Rational Bible" and he isn't even Christian.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:30 AM (NzX/y)

158 151 124 At 12 weeks with my last, I got offered one at 12 weeks by a Catholic nurse b/c my resting BP was over 200...I told her that wasn't even in the picture of possibilities...ever...

Just to say this isn't uncommon if mom is sick, even if baby is not...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 07:28 AM (tOcjL)

Thanks for this info.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 07:30 AM (odBC9)

159 Good morning! Gonna be another hot, dry day in paradise here in Cowtown. I see a little swirly down in the Gulf though, so maybe some of that will work its way up here.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 01, 2026 07:30 AM (3Ope8)

160 At 12 weeks with my last, I got offered one at 12 weeks by a Catholic nurse b/c my resting BP was over 200...I told her that wasn't even in the picture of possibilities...ever...

Just to say this isn't uncommon if mom is sick, even if baby is not...
Posted by: Nova Local

Damn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2026 07:30 AM (GXElQ)

161 Nothing says Communist Brutalism lover like the Obama Library.

North Korea is missing a DMZ guard tower.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ

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Everything done there was wrong. Overrode the wishes of the community. Destroyed a huge amount of parkland. Create new traffic problems. Chicago taxpayers ripped off. Ugly. Costly. Not a library. EVERYTHING is wrong.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 01, 2026 07:31 AM (llBIB)

162 J.J. Arriving Runway 310.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

163 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

164 As a ending to my story, after 9 prescriptions by the end (sleep apnea was way scarier than the BP b/c I had had that previously) and a lousy 27 more weeks, I did birth my sole family athlete...so if I didn't already have a Tim, he'd have been my personal Tim Tebow (it's why we watch football, and I let him play flag football...he does have mom wrapped a little around her finger...

PS - My spouse was always a gem b/c I was the world's worst pregnant woman...I never glowed!

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 07:33 AM (tOcjL)

165 inspirational in its own way, Nova Local!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)

166 @141/Huck Follywood: "Whew. False alarm, it wasn't my daughter's regular doctor, it was a rando reviewing sonogram results. She works for the radiology department at the hospital."

Sounds to me like someone is practicing medicine without a license by offering medical advice to a patient. Pretty sure that's a crime, or at least a firing offense.

The lawyers for the hospital sure wouldn't be happy with that legal risk she just exposed the hospital to.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 01, 2026 07:37 AM (O7YUW)

167 Posted by: Community Notes at September 01, 2026 07:30 AM (NzX/y)

I appreciate Dennis Prager, but of course there are churches where one's brain is respected.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:38 AM (xPsv8)

168 And Dennis Prager is an intelligent, thoughtful man of faith and I think a courageous one , but he is not a Christian, so I would not expect to look for him for insights on the process of Christian sanctification.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2026 07:42 AM (xPsv8)

169 Hahaha. Office 365 admins may not be able to log in to the admin portal. I need to get away from this crap asap before it all goes to megacrap.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2026 06:39 AM (MWfyi)

Too late.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at September 01, 2026 10:01 AM (dK+Kv)

170 California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

Posted by: SMOD at September 01, 2026 10:46 AM (RHGPo)

171 164 As a ending to my story, after 9 prescriptions by the end (sleep apnea was way scarier than the BP b/c I had had that previously) and a lousy 27 more weeks, I did birth my sole family athlete...so if I didn't already have a Tim, he'd have been my personal Tim Tebow (it's why we watch football, and I let him play flag football...he does have mom wrapped a little around her finger...

PS - My spouse was always a gem b/c I was the world's worst pregnant woman...I never glowed!
Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2026 07:33 AM (tOcjL)

Blessings on you, Nova Local!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 10:58 AM (odBC9)

The Monday Over Night Thread (8/31/26) The Dental Plan Has Expired Edition (Short)

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["Fog Shrouded Falls" - 24" x 30" Acrylic - Mis. Hum.]


Two weeks ago in the midst of writing my Monday ONT my old PC died. The admirable CBD filled in and completed my task. You owe him big time. Thanks CBD.

*****


The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

Voluntary ignorance is the American condition. In the form of a smartphone, a citizen carries in his pocket the complete Federalist, Madison’s notes on the Convention, every ratification debate, and all of Blackstone, and he uses the device to watch strangers dance. Cicero warned that to remain ignorant of what came before you were born is to remain forever a child. We have raised a nation of toddlers holding voter-registration cards. Joe Wolverton II, J.D.


Quote II

"It's been two weeks since he showed me his junk. You shouldn't have to be afraid in your own neighborhood to walk a trail. ... That's what they built it for." Jeanne Wolverton


Let's take a look at our friendly know-nothings working for the federal government. Any one in the private sector who would push this would lose his/her/whatever position. Ugh.

Your Carry-On Might Be Too Big for the TSA’s New Scanners

In an effort to expedite the screening process, the TSA has spent the last several years installing new, highly advanced scanners at airports across the country. But for all the security benefits these machines offer, there’s a potential snag when it comes to carry-on luggage: The bag you’ve been traveling with for years may be too big for the new devices. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache.

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What in the name of Allah is happening in Michigan? The recent statewide convention of Democrats Communists saw their beloved Jewish lesbian Attorney General refuse to attend because of safety concerns.

The convention is also being held just a few weeks after Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel who describes their military actions as "genocide," narrowly edged Stevens to win the Democratic Senate nomination for a crucial seat the Democrats must hold in the midterm elections.

So Jewish lesbians aren't secure. What about indigenous lands?
If you are going to blow wet sloppy meaningless kisses at least pronounce their tribes correctly.



Things that make me laugh for $500, please.


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The ONT Musical Interlude & Happy Birthday Salute Van Morrison

One of my more recent favorites of Mr. Morrison's.......


Is it sad or is it happy? September.


One of the very first songs of his I heard..................



Just imagine reading the following in Bugs Bunny's voice, "What's up Doc Genius Award Winner"

Dog walker ‘distressed’ after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve



The Horde is our Jury this evening.

L’Osteria Mondello in Cheyenne had been having an especially busy Friday when someone placed an order for 18 pizzas.

“We had like over 40 pizzas in the same time,” owner Dave Agovic told Cowboy State Daily.



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1 The Dental Plan Has Expired Edition (Short)
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Good thing I had my root canal procedure done last week...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:59 PM (FZ29D)

2 Global warming is caused by UFOs. It's Science!

Posted by: mindful webworker - nitter, natter, nutter, moosk at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (Cl/mc)

3 5th

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (PE5pE)

4 railgun launches

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (ogcfP)

5 Golly, I just paid for the dental plan!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

6 Crap. Look at that painting. Another glacier is giving way!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:01 PM (4Je4D)

7 Dog walker �distressed� after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve
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I'll bet even the dog was a bit freaked out...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:02 PM (FZ29D)

8 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 10:02 PM (01XUU)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2026 10:02 PM (+9wcF)

10 Good to see you again Mis Hum!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (PE5pE)

11 Well poop. I had a cleaning scheduled Wednesday.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

12 The bag you’ve been traveling with for years may be too big for the new devices. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache.

Don't fly.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the world is my no-fly zone at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (Cl/mc)

13 Those who want to be ignorant and free
Want what never was nor ever shall be

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (ogcfP)

14 The more I drink, the harder it is to delete the pop-up without clicking to some Privacy Notice webpage.

Someone's making big bank on my inebriation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (4Je4D)

15 Global warming is caused by UFOs. It's Science!
Posted by: mindful webworker - nitter, natter, nutter, moosk at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (Cl/mc)
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I've seen episodes of the future documentaries Futurama and Doctor Who that confirm this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

16 Shoot. No pizza tonight, MisHum.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 And for those who remember that my wife (Mrs NotKerry) was in the hospital, she came home on Sunday and is recovering. Thank you for your prayers.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (PE5pE)

18 The Dental Plan Has Expired Edition (Short)
—Misanthropic Humanitarian

Oh, how horrible!
Does that imply more MisHum visitations?

And thank you for the ONT

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)

19 Dog walker �distressed� after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Got to give the rabbits some reason to crawl in there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)

20 Good news, JFNK!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 31, 2026 10:04 PM (Jr+re)

21 I had a cleaning scheduled Wednesday.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

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Teeth? Carpet? Fish Tank?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:05 PM (4Je4D)

22 Sorry I'm late, but I didn't want to disappoint my wife, who gave me strict instructions not to come early.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 10:05 PM (/hk2L)

23 The Horde is our Jury this evening?

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The Jury's out

Posted by: mindful webworker - cam at August 31, 2026 10:05 PM (Cl/mc)

24 Sucks about the fire but that is an awesome photo.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)

25 17 And for those who remember that my wife (Mrs NotKerry) was in the hospital, she came home on Sunday and is recovering. Thank you for your prayers.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (PE5pE)

That is fantastic news. Now take better care of her.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 31, 2026 10:06 PM (CkDaS)

26 Just think. Only about five hours until Pumpkin Spice season begins! The holiday season, too!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 31, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

28 Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 31, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

That checks. Sun's down.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

29 "Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache."

Drive in a car. Air travel should be the absolute last resort.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

30 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Maybe he was trying to dislodge that turnip

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

31 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

That probably hurt a bunch.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (01XUU)

32 Drive in a car. Air travel should be the absolute last resort.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

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You try getting to Seoul in your car.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (4Je4D)

33 Hey, Mis Hum, and everyone!

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

34 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Maybe he was trying to dislodge that turnip
Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

Nah. Gerbils gotta eat, same as men.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

35 ***If you are going to blow wet sloppy meaningless kisses at least pronounce their tribes correctly.
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Here you go ...

https://tinyurl.com/4m666y6a

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (ogcfP)

36 I'll bet even the dog was a bit freaked out...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I'm sad for the rabbit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 10:10 PM (NnhvP)

37 untouched photo of sunset recently…

Certainly brighter and more colorful than this morning's Art mud puddle.

Scrolling down, at first I thought it was one of those Moderne Arte paintings, you know, just a red canvas. Turned out much nicer.

Posted by: mindful webworker - red dye #40 at August 31, 2026 10:10 PM (Cl/mc)

38 The Dental Plan Has Expired Edition


Well, crap. Back to reusing the dental floss.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

39 18 The Dental Plan Has Expired Edition (Short)
—Misanthropic Humanitarian

Oh, how horrible!
Does that imply more MisHum visitations?

And thank you for the ONT
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)

Nope.
The dental plan expired so you get short content.
But you are welcome!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 31, 2026 10:10 PM (CkDaS)

40 Don't need Dental Plan-no teefs. What you got in a Mental Plan?

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital at August 31, 2026 10:10 PM (JM9I6)

41 I am, for some reason, reminded of the Saturday Club ONT joke.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 10:11 PM (/hk2L)

42 >>>It's been two weeks since he showed me his junk.

The link is blocked for me. Alternate:
https://shorturl.at/A592f

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2026 10:11 PM (syz1S)

43 From Quick Hits:

175 She's actually attractive. You can't convince me she couldn't have a date every Friday if she wanted . Something else is going on with her.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (KC5Lt)


It wasn't clear to me what her little pendant is, but if it's scissors, Brave AI had this to say:

"Scissor-shaped jewelry is a widely recognized symbol of lesbian pride and identity within the LGBTQ+ community. It references historical codes, such as the "Sewing Circle" of the Hollywood Golden Age, where scissors served as a discreet emblem for lesbian social groups."

Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 10:11 PM (ke3zm)

44 Bracess? We don' need no steenkeen bracess!

Posted by: Mexican Bandit #1 at August 31, 2026 10:12 PM (4Je4D)

45 The Al Green up top is outstanding. Some of the best singing anywheres. I wore out an Al Green cassette in my bitchin' Torino, back in the early 70s.

Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at August 31, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

46 Well poop. I had a cleaning scheduled Wednesday.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)


Wrong end.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 31, 2026 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

47 Those new Donald Ducks, are they going to quack or are they going to honk?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (ogcfP)

48 MisHum,

I don't think this link goes to where you meant.

'The Horde is our Jury this evening.'

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (NnhvP)

49 The Dental Plan Has Expired?

Whatever happened to Nevergiveup, anyway? He was the Ace backup plan, wasn't he?

Posted by: mindful webworker - won tooth rhee at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (Cl/mc)

50 Thanks for the outstanding Monday ONT, Mis Hum! Sorry your premium dental plan expired.

That final photo of the sunset is amazing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

51 Evening all,

We have a spacewalk in the morning.

NASA - ISS Spacewalk #284 - Meir & Adenot
International Space Station ISS - Space Affairs Live
Date: September 1, 2026
Coverage Begins: 7 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC, 13:00 CEST)
Spacewalk Time: 8:30 a.m EDT (1230 UTC, 14:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/QcaVdx6Ar9k

Posted by: Joyenz at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (2F0/Y)

52 You try getting to Seoul in your car.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (4Je4D)

I base it on the fact that I have no desire to travel overseas ever again. America has plenty for me to enjoy. I'm old.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

53 Wow, Headline at MSNOW... Supreme Court just gave Trump his ILLEGAL Ballroom...

uh... so the Supreme Court, who decides what is legal... has their legal judgement overturned by a Journalist headline...

OK then.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)

54 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Maybe he was trying to dislodge that turnip
Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

Nah. Gerbils gotta eat, same as men.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
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God forgive me for laughing...hard.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (Rln0i)

55 50 Thanks for the outstanding Monday ONT, Mis Hum! Sorry your premium dental plan expired.

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MisHum does it purely for the art.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (4Je4D)

56 52 You try getting to Seoul in your car.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (4Je4D)

I base it on the fact that I have no desire to travel overseas ever again. America has plenty for me to enjoy. I'm old.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

And... well.. my car once made it from Oahu to San Diego... so...

Yeah, was on a ship but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)

57 TSA is in cahoots with luggage manufacturers to get kickbacks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)

58 Nifty painting MisHum. Can't shake that curiosity to know more about the process of how it came together... If only there were a way...

Posted by: TRex - downstream dino at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (GVtCz)

59 Love the painting, Mis Hum. The atmospheric perspective is excellent.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)

60 Floss can be bleached, rinsed, dried, rewound. It just takes a little initiative.

Posted by: One-armed Violinist at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (JM9I6)

61 54 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Maybe he was trying to dislodge that turnip
Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

Nah. Gerbils gotta eat, same as men.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
____

God forgive me for laughing...hard.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (Rln0i)

And Bugs Bunny Opined, 'What a maroon'...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

62 MS NOW is full of Urinalists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)

63 Went to Costco today...
Merry Happy HallowThanksChristmas!!!
🎃🦃🎄

Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 10:16 PM (VCgbV)

64 TSA is in cahoots with luggage manufacturers to get kickbacks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)
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Nah. It's one more facet of CONTROL by our federal government.

I'm guessing the devices are tailored to be exactly 1 cm smaller in every dimension than the most common carry on luggage.

Next year they will make them yet smaller.

This continual shrinkage will persist until even purses and wallets will no longer be allowed as carry-on items.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

65 Al Bundy, "Number 1, have the President make everyday Halloween."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

66 19 Dog walker �distressed� after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

Got to give the rabbits some reason to crawl in there.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)

Did he forget to add it to the chili he just ate?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (oEZi/)

67 Good evening morons und danke mh

Love the way the water moves in your painting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

68 Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve


Ummm....just who's bum are we talking about here? The man, the dog walker, or the dog.
And now that I consider this, why was the dog walker in a nature reserve?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

69 The Ballroom should be built for National Security! Any fool should understand that.

Posted by: Case at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (5+vyU)

70 Imagine the federal government controlling the horizontal and vertical.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (2GVsD)

71 You try getting to Seoul in your car.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:09 PM (4Je4D)

Can I get there on the Soul Train?

(cue "Sounds of Philadelphia" theme song)

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (gvBhq)

72 85% of carrots are sold as "baby carrots". It's a market that didn't even exist 40 years ago. Does cut down on the fun, though.

Posted by: Bum-Stuffer Watson at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (JM9I6)

73 Howdy all. Thanks for the ONT MisHum.

Good news JohnF... I was going to head to WI today to have someone check out selling Dad's stuff, but Jules got sick so I stayed home. During his last hospitalization I went up to help out and came home to a sick wife who had to go to the ER. She almost died from septic shock due to a perforated ulcer.

Not going thru that again so I stayed home. She's still sick today, flu-like symptoms, so glad I stayed. You have to prioritize things.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (4Qj8V)

74 >>>Dog walker 'distressed' after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve


How else do you expect me to feed the gerbils?

Posted by: Richard Gere at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (lHPJf)

75 Evening, MisHum, and ONT Horde. Lovely painting up top. Maybe the Jewish Democrats need to wake up and smell the coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)

76 The demoncraps don't have to use the ball room.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (VCgbV)

77 Are these carrot puns going to be ever green?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

78 Greetings Everyone! Thank you MIs Hum for content.

Tonight is the final night of our RV odyssey. We left our California home Aug 3.Tomorrow we expect to return in the early evening. We made it as far east as the Mississippi, stopping in Hannibal, Mo and Lake Village, Arkansas. We went to three Buc-ee's. Had great steaks at Prime 9 in Dodge City, Ks and Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo. We suffered torrential downpours a number of times*, with accompanying howling wind and lightning and thunder, including one storm at Lake Chicot SP which knocked out power for 5 hours overnight and dropped a tree branch h on the camper. On the plus side, it's a beautiful park and we practically had it all to ourselves.

• For context, I can count on one hand the number of times we've had howling wind, lightning and rain in the 45+ years I've lived in So. Cal.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (9uADs)

79 65 Al Bundy, "Number 1, have the President make everyday Halloween."
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

I'm not the one who's so absurd.

Posted by: Al Jourgensen at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (88C+u)

80 The demoncraps don't have to use the ball room.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (VCgbV)
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They can go build their own ballrooms! With hookers! And blackjack!

Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (FZ29D)

81 >>>The Horde is our Jury this evening.

The link is broken. Alternate:
https://shorturl.at/JFO9Y

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (syz1S)

82 And for those who remember that my wife (Mrs NotKerry) was in the hospital, she came home on Sunday and is recovering. Thank you for your prayers.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (PE5pE)
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Hope you can celebrate her birthday now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

83 Imagine the type of ballroom Andrew Cuomo and Fredo would build.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

84 The whack job leftys want the next Democrat president to tear down the new White House ballroom as first order of business. They have a kind of wish list, which also includes you, or anyone who voted for him.

Years ago, it was obvious to me that the left had a death grip on certain things, and would never really accept a peaceful democratic change of plans, as it were. It’s always their way or the highway. They would go completely scorched earth, was my conclusion. I got that pegged correctly anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (IkLDu)

85 Dog walker �distressed� after seeing man put carrot up his bum at nature reserve

and introducing...CarrotBottom

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (oEZi/)

86 Nah. Gerbils gotta eat, same as men.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:09

You watching Gutfeld too OE?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (4Qj8V)

87 Nobody needs the amount of ballroom that Trump needs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:22 PM (4Je4D)

88 The bag you’ve been traveling with for years may be too big for the new devices. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache.

Don't fly.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world is my no-fly zone at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (Cl/mc)

So the new scanners conform to the published carry-on bag size of the major airlines. If you have been getting away with a larger bag, time to shape up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:22 PM (1z8ji)

89 We’ve had several sunsets like that one from the Hopland Fire this year, but to this point the various fire agencies have been jumping on the fires in California pretty quickly, especially with air attack.
We’ve also been fortunate to have had no major wind events this season, and the fires have been spread out over time rather than simultaneous, keeping resources from getting stretched too thin.
My son is fighting the Timber Fire in Big Sur currently…been on it for a week.

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at August 31, 2026 10:22 PM (DzC+b)

90 Went to Costco today...
Merry Happy HallowThanksChristmas!!!
🎃🦃🎄
Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 10:16 PM (VCgbV)

Yep. Fall decor goes up tomorrow indoors and out.

Sure, it's still gonna be over a hundred degrees for a few weeks, but gotta get in the spirit of the holidays.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

91
Climate change is caused by orbital mechanics (both local and galactic to some extent) and geology.

We're cooler now than we've been in the last 300 million years. In fact, we're about 18F cooler now than the average over Erf's history.

We are still in an Ice Age.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

92 God forgive me for laughing...hard.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (Rln0i)

I hope you didn't hurt yourself.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

93 Did he forget to add it to the chili he just ate?

Now THAT'S twisted!

Newsletter?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)

94 Twisted would be if the carrot is a corkscrew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:25 PM (2GVsD)

95 L’Osteria Mondello makes really good pizza. Whoever ordered 18 pies knew what he was doing

Posted by: 496 at August 31, 2026 10:25 PM (G0GDR)

96 The fire sunset photo is absolutely incredible....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 31, 2026 10:25 PM (XfIK1)

97 Maybe the Jewish Democrats need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)
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They won't talk to us anymore.

Because they cannot face up to it. Although to her credit Mrs. F.'s rich lib cousin actually apologized for years of political b.s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

98 I hope you didn't hurt yourself.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)
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lol, I'm okay.

Just glad I wasn't drinking anything.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (Rln0i)

99 Climate change is caused by orbital mechanics (both local and galactic to some extent) and geology.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
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I suspected the Andromeda galaxy had something to do with it.

It is heading for us on a collision course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (FZ29D)

100 Just imagine reading the following in Bugs Bunny's voice...

__________________________

I did it. It was worth the effort. BUT THEN, I read it in the voice of Marvin the Martian, I think Marvin edges out Bugs just barely...especially if you refer to the carrot as a disguised "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator".

Give it a shot. You'll see what I mean.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)

101 Dental floss is all worthless shit now, made in You Know Where. Not good for anything.

What you want, are those plastic “Flosser Picks”, which are still probably made in You Know Where, but they work great and aren’t expensive.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (IkLDu)

102 Jewish Democrats cannot backtrack because they have committed the sin of Pride.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

103 was it a baby carrot or a regular full-size carrot

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 10:27 PM (ZxPkt)

104 43 From Quick Hits:

175 She's actually attractive. You can't convince me she couldn't have a date every Friday if she wanted . Something else is going on with her.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (KC5Lt)

It wasn't clear to me what her little pendant is, but if it's scissors, Brave AI had this to say:

"Scissor-shaped jewelry is a widely recognized symbol of lesbian pride and identity within the LGBTQ+ community. It references historical codes, such as the "Sewing Circle" of the Hollywood Golden Age, where scissors served as a discreet emblem for lesbian social groups."
Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 10:11 PM (ke3zm)

Looked more like a ribbon or bow than scissors.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 10:27 PM (wAvmd)

105 May not seem like it most days, but we live in an age of wonders. In this case, some one decided that box office bomb "Mars Attacks" needed a 4K release, and I just finished watching it.

This film was a very early entry in the CGI realm, and you can tell because the folks doing the effects really went all in to make them terrific. As opposed to CGI in later films where it was some guy took a course. These weren't settlers, they were pioneers and the effects look awesome 30 years later.

Also, this was the film that told me "You must be someone who creates computer animation." So there's that. Somewhere I've got 3D Martians that I built myself.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 31, 2026 10:28 PM (CHHv1)

106 Dental floss is all worthless shit now, made in You Know Where. Not good for anything.

Reminds me of the meme where the dentist asks the patient when he last flossed and the patient replies, "Dude, you were there!"

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2026 10:28 PM (+9wcF)

107 Nah. Gerbils gotta eat, same as men.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:09

You watching Gutfeld too OE?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 31, 2026 10:21 PM (4Qj8V)

No, just thought about the Richard Gere story. The things some people will do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

108 Evening, all.

The job search continues - the 'interview' today was a screening call, and while the job posting said "A and/or B, C and/or D", I had A and C, and they secretly wanted B and D, they had plenty of people for A and C.

Oh well.

No word back yet from last Friday's interview - which seems like a good fit, from my angle - and no word on the other interview I'm pre-expecting this week. But it's 'only' Monday, I suppose.

If I have a job by then, I may try to attend the TxMoMe, it's closer than I thought.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 10:29 PM (aJQbY)

109 95 L’Osteria Mondello makes really good pizza. Whoever ordered 18 pies knew what he was doing

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Hey, nice goin' Beev!

Posted by: L'Arry Mondello at August 31, 2026 10:29 PM (4Je4D)

110 >> It is heading for us on a collision course.

Turns out the latest data from Gaia and Hubble has refined velocities. That collision is no longer as certain as it was before. Andromeda may make a close pass, and we do a long dance before merging some time well past 10 billion years from now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

111 Seen on X:

What does a golf course have in common with a communist?

It's an awesome day when you make a hole in one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (c+HDg)

112 Goodbye Dental Plan!

Lisa Needs Braces!

Goodbye Dental Plan!

Lisa Needs Braces!

Goodbye Dental Plan!

Lisa Needs Braces!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (qwx/I)

113 “You don’t have to floss all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep”

We had a genuine Dentist who posted here iirc? albeit a member of the military, who have a certain predilection or propensity for torture.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:31 PM (IkLDu)

114 Also Quick Hits:

96 The Feds should buy the California refineries (at a more than fair price) that are being forced to close by socialist overregulation, then use Pre-emption to overrule the state and run the facilities profitably. They really do have a legitimate national security interest in fuel availability for all their military assets in the area, and in particular the supply for a hypothetical war with a country that rhymes with China.

Posted by: SciVo
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Yes. And,
The Fed will eventually take over greater parts of the West Coast.
It will segregate all Federal properties from the indigenous peoples and their rules. Military presence will increase to insure safety and security of fed properties, which will increase by community petition and acquisition for more bases and import infrastructure. Parks and joined communities will be safe for tourists and communities within the new federal jurisdiction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM (ogcfP)


I'm uncomfortable with the creeping distant authority depicted, but if the alternative is losing our ability to project power in the Pacific, pick a dystopia.

Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 10:31 PM (ke3zm)

115 I want two thanx Mike Hut for he be suggedertion to improve the FART Tube. I was glad to listen to Mike Hunt

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 31, 2026 10:31 PM (HJ5Fv)

116 Ten billion years?

Is that before or after Taylor Lorenz gets a date?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:32 PM (2GVsD)

117 87 Nobody needs the amount of ballroom that Trump needs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:22 PM (4Je4D)

Michelle Obama does.
Wide stance.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 10:32 PM (wAvmd)

118 Turns out the latest data from Gaia and Hubble has refined velocities. That collision is no longer as certain as it was before. Andromeda may make a close pass, and we do a long dance before merging some time well past 10 billion years from now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

That's a relief! One more thing I can stop worrying about.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:32 PM (1z8ji)

119 Feds buy the refineries, then we really get into PRC territory of a Military-Industrial Complex.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

120 118 Andromeda may make a close pass, and we do a long dance before merging some time well past 10 billion years from now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)


OMG we Kami Harris to save us before this happens !!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 10:33 PM (qDw3H)

121 117 87 Nobody needs the amount of ballroom that Trump needs.

Bon Scott has entered the chat.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 31, 2026 10:34 PM (qwx/I)

122 Adam carolla - we are number one because we are number one in ball busting.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

123 Well going to watch The Longest Day again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

124 OMG we Kami Harris to save us before this happens !!!!!!!

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Could we have a Venn diagram to explain this?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:35 PM (4Je4D)

125 Could we have a Venn diagram to explain this?
Posted by: Cicero

Explain it to me in yellow school buses.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

126 79 I'm not the one who's so absurd.
Posted by: Al Jourgensen at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (88C+u)

Golf clap.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 10:36 PM (/hk2L)

127 lol, I'm okay.

Just glad I wasn't drinking anything.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:26 PM (Rln0i)

Good. I'm a bit short of funds, so I couldn't replace your monitor.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

128
At the stellar and solar system scale, a galactic collision is nothing. Think of two swarms of bees merging together. From a distance, you see two blobs hitting each other.

At the scale of the individual bees, nothing much happens. In the aftermath, some stars get ejected from the galaxy, the big central black holes merge and all that, but for any individual star, nothing much happens.

The view of Andromeda looming large in the sky a few billion years from now will be spectacular.

Of course, life on earth will be gone by then anyway.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

129 70 Imagine the federal government controlling the horizontal and vertical.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (2GVsD)

That would be outside my limits.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (/hk2L)

130 Well going to watch The Longest Day again.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)
__

Excellent movie.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (Rln0i)

131 @108 Good luck RandomDave.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)

132 Imagine the federal government controlling the horizontal and vertical.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (2GVsD)

That would be outside my limits.
Posted by: tankdemon at

The margins would be forever blown.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

133 Found a new old time radio stream site. Constant 24/7, with several different channels based on genre. Westerns, Drama, Comedy, and even sports. They pull all the episodes from the Internet Archive, I think, but do it in an organized way and it works well. https://oldtime.radio/

If you’re like me, it’s nice to have something to listen to in the background without commercials. Or at least not modern commercials. Rice Chex! Wheat Chex!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (IkLDu)

134 Face it, the man needs his ballroom.

Posted by: Hon. Clarence Thomas at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (4Je4D)

135 Adam carolla - we are number one because we are number one in ball busting.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)
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No spoilers! We are recording it to speed through the commercials later. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

136
I suspected the Andromeda galaxy had something to do with it.

It is heading for us on a collision course.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


That's why I can't get homeowners insurance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

137 "It's been two weeks since he showed me his junk. You shouldn't have to be afraid in your own neighborhood to walk a trail. ... That's what they built it for." Jeanne Wolverton


"up on Wolverton Mountain..."

Posted by: Claude King as recalled by Miklos at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (4RYRd)

138 The view of Andromeda looming large in the sky a few billion years from now will be spectacular.

Of course, life on earth will be gone by then anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)
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For all we know humanity will have transferred over to the Andromeda galaxy and we'll watch ourselves hurtling towards the Milky Way galaxy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (FZ29D)

139
We are still in an Ice Age.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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I miss going to the fair's on the frozen Thames.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (ogcfP)

140 This dental plan bites

Posted by: Miklos is dissappoint at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (4RYRd)

141 >>>The Horde is our Jury this evening.

The link is broken. Alternate:
https://shorturl.at/JFO9Y
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous


If/when they track down the dickhead that sent in the fake pizza order, they should make him pay for them. With a typical emergency-room markup, so $60000 or so.

Posted by: mikeski, aka juror #6 at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

142 Of course, life on earth will be gone by then anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)
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But I had plans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

143 Of course, life on earth will be gone by then anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

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We'll still be around.

Posted by: Cockroaches at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (4Je4D)

144 Turns out the latest data from Gaia and Hubble has refined velocities. That collision is no longer as certain as it was before. Andromeda may make a close pass, and we do a long dance before merging some time well past 10 billion years from now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

Ten billion? Whew, that's a relief. I thought you'd said million.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

145 29 "Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache."

Drive in a car. Air travel should be the absolute last resort.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

That's a bit problematic for a few of us, anyway.

DH will only fly first class. He doesn't fit in coach and when we get to wherever, it's usually long after the first three hour flight to Seattle, and then he can't move, at all. So, we don't fly much anymore, but may entertain the MoMe every other year or so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 10:40 PM (dEHLq)

146 Ten billion? Whew, that's a relief. I thought you'd said million.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Now it makes more sense to get the rear deck rebuilt.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:41 PM (4Je4D)

147 You youngsters don't know but flying 40 years ago was pretty chill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

148 TSA is in cahoots with luggage manufacturers to get kickbacks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)
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Nah. It's one more facet of CONTROL by our federal government.

I'm guessing the devices are tailored to be exactly 1 cm smaller in every dimension than the most common carry on luggage.

Next year they will make them yet smaller.

This continual shrinkage will persist until even purses and wallets will no longer be allowed as carry-on items.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

In the near future: Airline passengers will be allowed to enter the terminal thru the security checkpoints and board their flights wearing only TSA-issued hospital gowns and carrying nothing else.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 10:43 PM (wVcYX)

149
The Horde is our Jury this evening.


Link-y is nogoodnik-y

maybe this

https://tinyurl.com/48fzu9u5

Posted by: You had Miklos at pizza at August 31, 2026 10:43 PM (4RYRd)

150 With a typical emergency-room markup, so $60000 or so.

Posted by: mikeski, aka juror #6 at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov
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I took my wife to that emergency room a couple weeks ago. She cut herself between her index and middle finger needed a stitch (one stitch only, Vasily).

The bill exceeded $3k. I'm in the wrong line of work

Posted by: 496 at August 31, 2026 10:43 PM (bWjRF)

151 Heya tcn!

It was so nice to meet you!

Unfortunately, TxMoMee isn't in the cards for us this year.

Moving took a huge bite out of our finances, and we have to get ready for winter.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (Rln0i)

152 In the near future: Airline passengers will be allowed to enter the terminal thru the security checkpoints and board their flights wearing only TSA-issued hospital gowns and carrying nothing else.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 10:43 PM (wVcYX)
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Well, at least our ass will be able to breathe!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (FZ29D)

153 Now it makes more sense to get the rear deck rebuilt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:41 PM (4Je4D)

That couple extra years of life sure helps with amortizing the cost!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

154 Last time I flew, you could smoke. Little ashtray in the armrest.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)

155 Les sanglots long
Des violons d'l'automne
Blessent mon coeur
D'une langeur
Monotone

Posted by: Key line in The Longest Day at August 31, 2026 10:45 PM (U/Byj)

156 Well, at least our ass will be able to breathe!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (FZ29D)

Make the gowns out of gold lame. Twenty-four carrot gold!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

157 I took my wife to that emergency room a couple weeks ago. She cut herself between her index and middle finger needed a stitch (one stitch only, Vasily).

The bill exceeded $3k. I'm in the wrong line of work
Posted by: 496

Super glue is your friend.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

158 154 Last time I flew, you could smoke. Little ashtray in the armrest.
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)

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The plane had propellors, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:46 PM (4Je4D)

159 And, by the way, Mis. Hum, as someone with minimal to special needs art abilities, I'm in awe at how you were able to show fog so well in that painting. That can't be easy.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

160 Hexie the Polydactyl Wonder Kitty has decided it's time for bed. She's kneaded the futon and assumed her usual curled-up sleeping position.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:46 PM (FZ29D)

161 Could we have a Venn diagram to explain this?
Posted by: Cicero

Two pizzas make for a pretty tasty Venn diagram.

Three even

Posted by: Miklos Supreme with Extra Cheese at August 31, 2026 10:47 PM (4RYRd)

162 119 Feds buy the refineries, then we really get into PRC territory of a Military-Industrial Complex.

Posted by: Anna Puma
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Is there another alternative for CA?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (ogcfP)

163 147 You youngsters don't know but flying 40 years ago was pretty chill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

Yes, it was. There were seats that were actually bigger than the average ass. There were arm rests that allowed your arms to rest. And they served food and drinks, instead of charging you a fortune.

And you could check how ever many bags you had, and still carry one on.

Now, it's worse than Greyhound in the air. At least the seats on a Greyhound are reasonably comfortable, even if the clown sitting next to you is not.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (dEHLq)

164 Is there another alternative for CA?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (ogcfP)

Neutron bomb?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

165 You know who else was rumored to need modest ball room?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 10:49 PM (wVcYX)

166 Super glue is your friend.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:45 PM (YZ0Fo)
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No doubt.

Posted by: 496 at August 31, 2026 10:49 PM (Giz+5)

167 Now, it's worse than Greyhound in the air. At least the seats on a Greyhound are reasonably comfortable, even if the clown sitting next to you is not.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (dEHLq)

They use clown cars now? Wow, what a downgrade.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

168 Next year they will make them yet smaller.

This continual shrinkage will persist until even purses and wallets will no longer be allowed as carry-on items.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

In the near future: Airline passengers will be allowed to enter the terminal thru the security checkpoints and board their flights wearing only TSA-issued hospital gowns and carrying nothing else.
Posted by: Count de Monet


In the slightly-less-near future, no checked luggage will be allowed, either, so they can stack sedated passengers in the cargo area like cordwood. You'll fedex your luggage to your destination beforehand.

Coach will be the same. The difference between business class and first class is that first class will still have seats, at somewhat less than the current "coach" size. Business class will be standing-room-only.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

169 D'une langeur
Monotone
Posted by: Key line in The Longest Day at August

Jean-Pierre!

John-the guy with the ling moustache-he's reciting Verlaine from his chair against the wall

Posted by: Le Mikleuse at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (4RYRd)

170 You youngsters don't know but flying 40 years ago was pretty chill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Flying used to be a treat. People dressed for it etc. it's now just over priced greyhound of the sky. But that's everything. Look at videos of baseball games in the 40s and 50s everyone is wearing a suit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

171 157 I took my wife to that emergency room a couple weeks ago. She cut herself between her index and middle finger needed a stitch (one stitch only, Vasily).

The bill exceeded $3k. I'm in the wrong line of work
Posted by: 496

Super glue is your friend.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

I fear for the bill for last week's adventures in health care. Ambulance, ER, five staples to the cranium, and heaven knows who all is going to bill us.

I'm always amazed at the bills from ER, Ambulance, Doctor, Nursing Care, Cat Scan Reader, etc.

They are supposed to give you an estimate of costs, but they somehow never manage to do so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (dEHLq)

172 I commuted to Phoenix by air weekly for about 16 months in the 90s it was almost glam.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (RIvkX)

173 A big thank you to the poster who recommended microwaving corn on the cob by leaving it in the husk, cooking, then cutting off the stalk end and squeezing the pointed end. It worked great.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 31, 2026 10:51 PM (gvBhq)

174 Did a lot of domestic flying in the 80s, just after deregulation. As Franpsycho says, it was mostly great. Not that many people flying, usually. Row to yourself. Once you learned the tricks, very easy. The current self-inflicted dangerous and immensely time-consuming idiocies such as carry-on luggage didn't exist yet. You could carry on, but most people didn't bring that much, as they weren't yet obsessed with never going to the baggage area.

Did lots of domestic and int'l flying after that golden era faded, but there was a 2nd golden-ish era just before 9/11, before airlines right-sized (so still lots of excess capacity). The excess capacity met the internet era in the 90s, and again if you knew what you were doing, amazing prices. I once flew RT DC-SD for around $130.

There was a period where you could use the new ticket sites like Orbitz to pretty much determine the minimum fares offered on a given itinerary. Then you could go to Priceline and bid just perfectly to get the lowest fare possible.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)

175 Flying used to be a treat. People dressed for it etc. it's now just over priced greyhound of the sky. But that's everything. Look at videos of baseball games in the 40s and 50s everyone is wearing a suit.

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Also, no fatties

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:51 PM (4Je4D)

176 Flying used to be a treat. People dressed for it etc. it's now just over priced greyhound of the sky. But that's everything. Look at videos of baseball games in the 40s and 50s everyone is wearing a suit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

Managers used to wear suits too. Connie Mack, for one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

177 Tonight is the final night of our RV odyssey. We left our California home Aug 3.Tomorrow we expect to return in the early evening. We made it as far east as the Mississippi, stopping in Hannibal, Mo and Lake Village, Arkansas. We went to three Buc-ee's. Had great steaks at Prime 9 in Dodge City, Ks and Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 31, 2026 10:20 PM (9uADs)

Big Texan was where I had my worst steak ever. We sent Little's prime rib back, as it was undercooked and had a lobe of fat that had no business coming out of the kitchen. I ordered the Texas strip, which I'm pretty sure was previously frozen, and I'm damn sure was served in a pool of beef bullion. Friend of mine raved about the place, but I'll not be back..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)

178 173 A big thank you to the poster who recommended microwaving corn on the cob by leaving it in the husk, cooking, then cutting off the stalk end and squeezing the pointed end. It worked great.

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I would love to take credit for this corn life hack, but alas.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 10:52 PM (4Je4D)

179 big thank you to the poster who recommended microwaving corn on the cob by leaving it in the husk, cooking, then cutting off the stalk end and squeezing the pointed end. It worked great.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

1 min ear per side. Air fryer is better tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

180 Is there another alternative for CA?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:48 PM (ogcfP)

Engineer a situation in which California cops fire on Federal agents. Declare California to be in a state of insurrection. Send in the Army, declare martial law, arrest all Democrat politicians, and execute them for treason. Without the Cali congresscreeps and senators in the chambers, the SAVE act should easily pass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

181 133 Found a new old time radio stream site...
If you’re like me, it’s nice to have something to listen to in the background without commercials. Or at least not modern commercials. Rice Chex! Wheat Chex!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:38 PM (IkLDu)

"Post Toasties Heap Good Corn Flakes! The Best thing that's happened to corn since the Indians discovered it!"

Posted by: Joemarine at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)

182 Moving took a huge bite out of our finances, and we have to get ready for winter.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 10:44

Hey SMH, good to see ya here. So you did escape IL, now in MO?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (4Qj8V)

183 Jean-Pierre!

John-the guy with the ling moustache-he's reciting Verlaine from his chair against the wall


Eh,

It's probably nothing

Posted by: Jean-Pierre at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (4RYRd)

184 The bill exceeded $3k. I'm in the wrong line of work

Posted by: 496
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Back in the day we had, what you call, GP's (general practitioners), he's sew you up for a twenty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (ogcfP)

185 A big thank you to the poster who recommended microwaving corn on the cob by leaving it in the husk, cooking, then cutting off the stalk end and squeezing the pointed end. It worked great.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 31, 2026 10:51 PM (gvBhq)

Hm.

Posted by: Dr. Cutts, Chief of Trans Surgery, Massachusetts General at August 31, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

186 The Best thing that's happened to corn since the Indians discovered it!"
Posted by: Joemarine

Maize

We call it Maize

Posted by: my People at August 31, 2026 10:54 PM (4RYRd)

187 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.

Posted by: scampydog at August 31, 2026 10:55 PM (BmBwv)

188 Engineer a situation in which California cops fire on Federal agents. Declare California to be in a state of insurrection. Send in the Army, declare martial law, arrest all Democrat politicians, and execute them for treason. Without the Cali congresscreeps and senators in the chambers, the SAVE act should easily pass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

"Oh San Andreas, we humbly beseech thee..."

Posted by: Miklos has heard this prayer at August 31, 2026 10:56 PM (4RYRd)

189 Back in the day we had, what you call, GP's (general practitioners), he's sew you up for a twenty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (ogcfP)
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Whatever happened to "walking it off"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

190 Look at videos of baseball games in the 40s and 50s everyone is wearing a suit.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Also, in the days before artificial lights, games during the work day in the big cities were very well attended. According to an uncle that played MLB for the Yankees and others during the 30s and 40s this was due to the fact that the office workers of the day were so inefficient while at work that it didn't hurt the productivity of the firm too much if they weren't there.

I dunno about that but it's interesting to contemplate.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 10:56 PM (01XUU)

191 Big Texan was where I had my worst steak ever. We sent Little's prime rib back, as it was undercooked and had a lobe of fat that had no business coming out of the kitchen. I ordered the Texas strip, which I'm pretty sure was previously frozen, and I'm damn sure was served in a pool of beef bullion. Friend of mine raved about the place, but I'll not be back..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)

I had a fine meal there, back in May of this year.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

192 "Also, no fatties."

Not just accurate but actually pretty meaningful. Flew for the first time in ages a few weeks ago, and there were two people in the boarding area I feared we'd be next to. Sad. Fortunately didn't happen.

Once on a work trip thru Yurrup our group got the 6 middle seats of a .... DC-10? It was late 90s. We were stuck on the ground for 3 hours by t-storms at Newark. Person on the end had an enormous obese person next to them. Quite a treat for 8 hours.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (U/Byj)

193 179 big thank you to the poster who recommended microwaving corn on the cob by leaving it in the husk, cooking, then cutting off the stalk end and squeezing the pointed end. It worked great.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

1 min ear per side. Air fryer is better tho.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

Slap that shit on the grill, already. Soak it in a bucket, slap it on the grill, husk and smear with butter.

Nothing better.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (dEHLq)

194 Back in the day we had, what you call, GP's (general practitioners), he's sew you up for a twenty.

Posted by: Braenyard

Even on a house call

Posted by: same as in town at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (4RYRd)

195 >>>But that's everything. Look at videos of baseball games in the 40s and 50s everyone is wearing a suit.

Posted by: BruceWayne
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Formality. Formality is discipline, lack of formality is chaos.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (ogcfP)

196 Flying has become such a nightmare I won’t do it if I can drive without getting a hotel. I would seem the entire process has been taken over by a cabal hell bent on destroying commercial airlines.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 10:58 PM (PTDkx)

197 You youngsters don't know but flying 40 years ago was pretty chill.

I remember late night flights, waiting until everyone was boarded and switching to an empty row. Then laying down for a nap after takeoff.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 10:58 PM (kYmoU)

198 Person on the end had an enormous obese person next to them. Quite a treat for 8 hours.
Posted by: rhomboid

But perhaps that well-upholstered individual was a lively conversationalist with many stories.

Posted by: Miklos in Seat 2B, enjoying his third pre-departure Mimosa at August 31, 2026 11:00 PM (4RYRd)

199 Medical billing is essentially fraud. Anyone else would go to jail for doing what the healthcare industry does.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 11:00 PM (wAvmd)

200 The bill exceeded $3k. I'm in the wrong line of work

Posted by: 496
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Back in the day we had, what you call, GP's (general practitioners), he's sew you up for a twenty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (ogcfP)

Once, and only once, was I able to get an injured de Monet spawn to the primary care doc's office before they closed, avoiding the exorbitant ER price list.

Youngest daughter apparently broke a ring finger in PE -volleyball. Primary doc/nurse x-rayed it, confirmed, taped it up and wrote an Rx for painkiller. Went back in 2 or 3 days for a proper splinting. All for the cost of a normal office visit co-pay.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)

201
Whatever happened to "walking it off"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Rub some dirt on it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

202 Also, in the days before artificial lights, games during the work day in the big cities were very well attended. According to an uncle that played MLB for the Yankees and others during the 30s and 40s this was due to the fact that the office workers of the day were so inefficient while at work that it didn't hurt the productivity of the firm too much if they weren't there.

I dunno about that but it's interesting to contemplate.
Posted by: Tonypete

I went to wrigleys first night came as a lil tyke. And after living there and getting to go to games after work I'm not gonna be the Luddite that says night games sucks. But at the same time when I lived there we tried to go to as many day games as possible.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

203
Luckily, I only have to fly every couple of years. Every time I do, it's worse. Last trip I left the plane and there was a line of wheelchairs all the way up the jetway. Everything is gamed by assholes now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

204 Feds buy the refineries, then we really get into PRC territory of a Military-Industrial Complex.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)


They may just wind up under federal jurisdiction, and the feds will tell the CARB and DEQ to go piss up a rope

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

205 If commercial aviation had been taken over by a cabal of its enemies...

Or maybe that's "Since commercial aviation has...."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 11:01 PM (aJQbY)

206 Burnt corn gives me a headache, same with peanut butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:01 PM (ogcfP)

207 Slap that shit on the grill, already. Soak it in a bucket, slap it on the grill, husk and smear with butter.

Nothing better.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I prefer grilled corn. But air fryer isn't bad at all.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

208 You have dust up there, tcn?

Quite a bit here. Even though it was cloudy this morning, I knew it was going to be up there, just from the way the air felt.

Sometimes I think I've been here too long.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 31, 2026 11:02 PM (c+HDg)

209 Flying has become such a nightmare I won’t do it if I can drive without getting a hotel…

I’m going to be taking a train from Austin to Chicago next month, in a “roomette”. I expect it will give me a new respect for air travel, but I will be able to say I tried it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:02 PM (kYmoU)

210 I remember late night flights, waiting until everyone was boarded and switching to an empty row. Then laying down for a nap after takeoff.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Did that on a red-eye, SF to Atlanta. The three center seats of the center aisle, L1011. ~1977

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 11:03 PM (XeU6L)

211 Hey SMH, good to see ya here. So you did escape IL, now in MO?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 31, 2026 10:53 PM (4Qj8V)
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Yes we did, bought a rural spread back in June, and Ex-Ex had to get a a new job closer to the house.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:03 PM (Rln0i)

212 Whatever happened to "walking it off"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Rub some dirt on it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


What, you cryin'?
I'll give you something to cry about

Posted by: Bad Parent Miklos at August 31, 2026 11:04 PM (4RYRd)

213 Most of the problems with flying today are crowding, and carry-on idiocy. Other than that, med/short flying is the same. Of course the ridiculous system of charging for checked bags is just useless annoyance, as it just be included in the ticket price as before. Almost literally no savings or profit to be gained by the airline. All the labor and infrastructure are built to handle all the luggage as they were prior to charging.

So now the carry-on idiocy, which was already stupid and a huge stain on the FAA, became much worse, as people struggled to save $35 by taking everything in carry-on. So now you have comically delayed boarding/deboarding times, along with injuries and disputes. Took 20/twenty minutes to get off a plane in Denver on the way to Miami 2 years ago. No special incidents/passengers/etc, just took that long. Twenty minutes to get off a plane. Used to be 5-10 max in the old days.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:04 PM (U/Byj)

214 >>>
They may just wind up under federal jurisdiction, and the feds will tell the CARB and DEQ to go piss up a rope

Posted by: Kindltot
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That would be the best outcome. Clear the field and get out the way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:04 PM (ogcfP)

215 I’m going to be taking a train from Austin to Chicago next month, in a “roomette”. I expect it will give me a new respect for air travel, but I will be able to say I tried it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I did Denver to Detroit when I lived in Denver. 4 effing days. I'll take the shitty airplane.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

216 I’m going to be taking a train from Austin to Chicago next month, in a “roomette”. I expect it will give me a new respect for air travel, but I will be able to say I tried it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:02 PM (kYmoU)

Take this advice from Bob Sweet, Vitamin Salesman, the rolling action of the train does something to the ladies. There's a lot of action to be found. *wink wink nudge nudge*

Posted by: Silver Streak at August 31, 2026 11:06 PM (wVcYX)

217 Everything is gamed by assholes now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

FREE CURRY AND EXTENDED FAMILY VISAS

Posted by: Miklos at the rear of the Boarding Area at August 31, 2026 11:07 PM (4RYRd)

218
On the infrequent occasions that I fly, I check my bags. Paying the money is better than the angst of finding a spot in the overhead because some Experienced Traveler has gotten there first and shoved a grand piano in there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:07 PM (O0L8i)

219 I’m going to be taking a train from Austin to Chicago next month, in a “roomette”. I expect it will give me a new respect for air travel, but I will be able to say I tried it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:02 PM (kYmoU)
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What's the ticket? $4,200?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)

220 Stephen Blair I became a master at that, used to take redeyes coast-coast all the time. Would spend long weekends in LA to do bike races and other stuff. Still couldn't sleep, even with a row, but was pretty nice.

Still remember a good buddy calling me first thing Monday morning at the Senate job, normally asked what I'd done that weekend, and for 20 seconds I couldn't think of an answer, just blanked out. I'd been in LA since Friday night, got back on the redeye hours before. Was funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:09 PM (U/Byj)

221 What's the ticket? $4,200?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

3x the price and 10x the time what's not to love?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

222
My father once had to take the train from Chicago to Philadelphia. He said he'd rather fly in turbulent weather in an ice storm with an engine on fire rather than take a train again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:09 PM (O0L8i)

223 What's the ticket? $4,200?

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20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: A Very Tired Meme at August 31, 2026 11:09 PM (4Je4D)

224 >>> 143 Of course, life on earth will be gone by then anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

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We'll still be around.
Posted by: Cockroaches at August 31, 2026 10:39 PM (4Je4D)

Will not.

*stomp*

Posted by: Opus at August 31, 2026 11:10 PM (+fdRY)

225 Need to fly soon. Does the body scan thing pick up the carrot?

Posted by: Bashful Traveler at August 31, 2026 11:10 PM (JM9I6)

226 They may just wind up under federal jurisdiction, and the feds will tell the CARB and DEQ to go piss up a rope

Posted by: Kindltot

It has been mooted that the OilCorps could sell the refineries to FedGov for $1 then lease back for $1/year.

Posted by: Miklos hears things at August 31, 2026 11:11 PM (4RYRd)

227 225 Need to fly soon. Does the body scan thing pick up the carrot?

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Just don't wrap it in foil.

Posted by: Derek Smalls at August 31, 2026 11:11 PM (4Je4D)

228 My father once had to take the train from Chicago to Philadelphia. He said he'd rather fly in turbulent weather in an ice storm with an engine on fire rather than take a train again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A long time ago we took the train from Chicago to Detroit ti see friends for a hawks/wings game. The trip there was mostly fine. The return trip took 10 hours.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

229 What's the ticket? $4,200?

$550 as I recall. A bit over twice the cost of just a seat.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:11 PM (kYmoU)

230
Old bad thing: carrots in chili

New bad thing: carrots in assholes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (O0L8i)

231 Brought forward from JJ's MR,

This coming weekend, you'll see firefighters collecting money for MDA during their fill the boot campaign. I would encourage everyone not to give their money to this effort. While the money does go to research, some of this money is given back to the IAFF, the firefighter's union. Since 2007, the IAFF has received over $15 million from MDA. It's a kickback scheme for the union. One year I looked at, the IAFF was the second largest recipient of MDA money, only behind John's Hopkins. Don't fall for the "this money only goes to helping kids with MD."

Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (J3Cv/)

232 Baseball games were first and foremost cheap entertainment. That’s why day games were well attended.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (IkLDu)

233 My father once had to take the train from Chicago to Philadelphia. He said he'd rather fly in turbulent weather in an ice storm with an engine on fire rather than take a train again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Not me

Posted by: Gladys Knight on the Midnight Train ooo-ooo-ooo at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (4RYRd)

234 I started to do long weekends in Rome at one point, when I was exploring a hot/crazy matrix situation. Good overnight Dulles-Fiumicino, she'd pick me up and go to work. Would get 3 full days there. Also would be funny when the "what'd you do this weekend?" questions happened in the hockey locker room Tuesday night.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:13 PM (U/Byj)

235 Not me

Posted by: Gladys Knight on the Midnight Train ooo-ooo-ooo at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (4RYRd)

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*fistbump*

Posted by: Ricky Nelson at August 31, 2026 11:14 PM (4Je4D)

236 New bad thing: carrots in assholes
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (O0L8i)

This unruly behavior needs to be parsnipped in the bud.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)

237 We'll still be around.
Posted by: Cockroaches

I'll be around

Posted by: The Spinners, in the collective sense at August 31, 2026 11:15 PM (4RYRd)

238 3x the price and 10x the time what's not to love.

Yeah, it doesn’t make much sense really. It’s mostly a bucket list item. Also I’ve been watching the old Thin Man movies.

I’m betting my roomette is nowhere near the size of theirs.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:15 PM (kYmoU)

239 I’m betting my roomette is nowhere near the size of theirs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Hahahah. No they are not.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

240 This unruly behavior needs to be parsnipped in the bud.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)
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Where's Muldoon when you need him to write a limerick about a rutabaga

Posted by: 496 at August 31, 2026 11:15 PM (y5h6+)

241
Speaking of collisions, a little bugger called the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy has already collided, well passed through the Milky Way disc several times over the last few billion years.

It's a little satellite galaxy of ours, and is/was in a tight polar orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

242
Baseball games were first and foremost cheap entertainment. That’s why day games were well attended.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:12 PM (IkLDu)

_________

Back in the 30s and 40s, a team that averaged 10,000 a game was doing very well. The 1935 St. Louis Browns had a season home attendance of 82,000.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 11:16 PM (O0L8i)

243 We'll still be around.
Posted by: Cockroaches

Pikers
-Keith Richards

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

244 Last train trip was Oakland to Reno and the sights climbing through the Sierra were breathtaking.

The train back was over 5 hours late and I had already hitched a ride back to SF.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

245 I’m betting my roomette is nowhere near the size of theirs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:15 PM (kYmoU)

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Please to help me with my rucksack?

Posted by: Inge, from Sveeeden at August 31, 2026 11:17 PM (4Je4D)

246 Soviet trains were nice. Cleanest bathrooms outside Intourist hotels or the Kremlin in the country. Cickety-clack (no welded rails). Spacious - wider beam on their tracks and cars. Birch trees and lakes under moonlight passing by. Very russki.

Still want to take the Trans-Siberian, east as far as Khabarovsk (have done Vladivostok-Khabarovsk). See Baikal. Once the current unpleasantness has passed have lots of boxes to check over there.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:17 PM (U/Byj)

247 Please to help me with my rucksack?
Posted by: Inge, from Sveeeden

Are you stuck under your bed?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

248 I plan to brush them while I have them. If yours ran out does that mean the brush or the toothpaste?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 31, 2026 11:19 PM (0VjQs)

249 246 Soviet trains were nice. Cleanest bathrooms outside Intourist hotels or the Kremlin in the country. Cickety-clack (no welded rails). Spacious - wider beam on their tracks and cars. Birch trees and lakes under moonlight passing by. Very russki.

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I did the bullet train from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The "food" was nasty and the train was dirty.

Posted by: Inge, from Sveeeden at August 31, 2026 11:19 PM (4Je4D)

250 I’m betting my roomette is nowhere near the size of theirs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Hahahah. No they are not.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Sleep in the upper bunk, or your head will be next to the toilet.

Posted by: or maybe just put the pillow at the other end at August 31, 2026 11:19 PM (4RYRd)

251 Old bad thing: carrots in chili

New bad thing: carrots in assholes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Don't feed your chili to assholes. Solved.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 11:19 PM (VHUov)

252 Sleep in the upper bunk, or your head will be next to the toilet.
Posted by: or maybe just put the pillow at the other end at August 31, 2026 11:19 PM (4RYRd)

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Hey, I remember that from prison!

Posted by: Jelly Roll at August 31, 2026 11:20 PM (4Je4D)

253 Last train ride was White Pass & Yukon RR. In a couple of places one could see cars that had tumbled down the cliffside.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 11:21 PM (XeU6L)

254 We'll still be around.
Posted by: Cockroaches

Pikers
-Keith Richards
Posted by: BruceWayne


Hey Keith? You'll lighten up in another million years when all you've had to eat are cockroaches and twinkies.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

255 The "Krasnaya Strela" (Red Arrow) metroliner-style thing from Leningrad-Moscow - now surely renamed - must be a different thing. And I'm talking long ago, during the days of Glorious Soviet Power. Now? I assume the trains are not that good. Still thinking the Trans-Siberian will be kept to high standards, hope some day I find out.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)

256 Where's Muldoon when you need him to write a limerick about a rutabaga
Posted by: 496

Silenced by the rutabaga hate-as

Posted by: of whom Miklos is one at August 31, 2026 11:21 PM (4RYRd)

257 The "Krasnaya Strela" (Red Arrow) metroliner-style thing from Leningrad-Moscow - now surely renamed - must be a different thing. And I'm talking long ago, during the days of Glorious Soviet Power. Now? I assume the trains are not that good. Still thinking the Trans-Siberian will be kept to high standards, hope some day I find out.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)
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I traveled to Yaroslavl by rail from Leningrad and it was very creaky and old fashioned they even brought tea in glass.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)

258 The train back was over 5 hours late and I had already hitched a ride back to SF.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I took care of this.

Posted by: Il Duce at August 31, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

259 225 Need to fly soon. Does the body scan thing pick up the carrot?
Posted by: Bashful Traveler at August 31, 2026 11:10 PM (JM9I6)

Only when you're flying out of here...

Posted by: Pensacola International Airport (PNS) at August 31, 2026 11:26 PM (R0XxO)

260 In the late 80s, I met an enterprising Australian guy who bought Trans-Siberian tickets by the fistful at the bizarrely cheap East Bloc price (Budapest).

Sold them to Ozzies and Englishters for a very very substantial markup (I think about 1000% or so).

Posted by: Miklos never went at August 31, 2026 11:26 PM (4RYRd)

261 I think about 1000% or so).

Posted by: Miklos never went at August 31, 2026 11:26 PM (4RYRd
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I think he runs my local ER now

Posted by: 496 at August 31, 2026 11:28 PM (v3EFS)

262 Male (? maybe) cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles.

https://tinyurl.com/4r7zfrs5

This is not the Philadelphia I remember, or the NFL I remember, either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 31, 2026 11:28 PM (c+HDg)

263
That Sagittarius Dwarf wasn't discovered until the '90s -- It's close on the other side of the Galaxy.

The first pass it made through our disc was around 6 billion years ago. And that likely triggered a burst of star formation, of which our Sun and solar system were likely part of.

So that thing is sort of our daddy or something. It also caused a ripple or wave structure in the disc. If you looked at the Milky Way edge on, you'd see a little wave structure, not just a flat edge.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

264 260 In the late 80s, I met an enterprising Australian guy who bought Trans-Siberian tickets by the fistful at the bizarrely cheap East Bloc price (Budapest).

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Because of greedy pigs like him, I'll never see Irkutsk.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 11:30 PM (4Je4D)

265 Franpsycho all our trains were nice and new (this was almost a decade earlier). And I still regret noticing that the glass-holders (podstakainiks) on one train featured ...... Stalin. Instead of just pocketing it quietly, I mentioned it, and sure enough 6-7 more were discovered and tucked away.

Next morning - Lvov? - a hilarious Hogan's Heroes scene developed. Our group leader had to deal with the furious dezhurnaya who ran our car (this system also explained why the cars we used were clean). She wasn't letting us out of the station til the things were returned. So the culprits including mois silently passed the things - behind our backs to those standing next to us, til they were gathered by the group leader. He was not happy with us (this was a US professor).

Didn't know I could easily pick up Stalin knick-knacks in Georgia decades later. Still would have been a score.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:30 PM (U/Byj)

266 Nice short Russian train vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6GgUG-kho

Posted by: Strelnikov at August 31, 2026 11:30 PM (XeU6L)

267 Reprise:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Treasury Department@SecScottBessent

In her latest sciolistic letter to me, @SenWarren made it clear that she knows even less about foreign exchange markets than she does about banking.

What is equally shocking, but not surprising: not a single member of the media mob has a rudimentary-enough level of financial market literacy to spot her remedial error.

To reiterate: under @POTUS, the United States delivers for America’s trusted partners.

For a fuller explanation, I recommend Senator Warren take any entry level course in international finance for her and her staff, or I can personally give her a tutorial on Foreign Exchange for Dummies. Although I am not holding my breath, I hope her next letter will demonstrate that she has learned the difference between a currency purchase and a swap or a loan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:31 PM (ogcfP)

268 Male (? maybe) cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles.

https://tinyurl.com/4r7zfrs5

This is not the Philadelphia I remember, or the NFL I remember, either.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Smh. Ya know actual male cheerleaders are strong af and mostly manly. That's just more fagottry

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

269 206 Burnt corn gives me a headache, same with peanut butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:01 PM (ogcfP)

__________________________

Back before I knew any better, and the company wasn't hiring dress-up drama drag queens, I used to drink Budweiser every once in a while. ALWAYS got a headache. I finally figured out that it was because they used rice in their beer (still do). Same with most Japanese beers. I have no problems with regular rice...just Budweiser products.

(Fun Fact: Budweiser can sell their garbage in Germany even though it doesn't pass the beer purity laws aka "Reinheitsgebot" due to the rice, but the EU claimed it was a violation of free trade....but they can't use the Budweiser name because a real beer, Czech Bud uses it. Also called Budvar...best beer on the planet IMO)

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 11:32 PM (dIske)

270 Mr. Bessent understands formality and discipline.



Bitch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:32 PM (ogcfP)

271 To reiterate: under @POTUS, the United States delivers for America’s trusted partners.

For a fuller explanation, I recommend Senator Warren take any entry level course in international finance for her and her staff, or I can personally give her a tutorial on Foreign Exchange for Dummies. Although I am not holding my breath, I hope her next letter will demonstrate that she has learned the difference between a currency purchase and a swap or a loan.

Posted by: Braenyard

To be fair she should take a high school evomoce course first.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

272 Bessent's colossal smack-down of the vile idiot Warren is a model and should be SOP. But alas not everyone in the cabinet has the expertise or brainpower of Bessent (not saying any are unfit, just that they probably couldn't pull this off like he does).

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:33 PM (U/Byj)

273 Didn't know I could easily pick up Stalin knick-knacks in Georgia decades later. Still would have been a score.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:30 PM (U/Byj)
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I commented this morning about some Russian medical school that was restoring to its former place of honor a bust of Stalin, to join busts of Marx, Engels, and Lenin. What is old is new again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:33 PM (RIvkX)

274 Econ*

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

275 The Iggles with male cheerleaders? (of the non-studly variety, as they often are, in order to throw/catch the wimmenz cheerleaders in those dangerous stunts)

WTF

The folks who savage *their own* players and throw batteries at Santa at Christmas - male cheerleaders? Glorious, really.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:35 PM (U/Byj)

276 Because of greedy pigs like him, I'll never see Irkutsk.
Posted by: Cicero

It's right there

Posted by: Miklos points at Risk board at August 31, 2026 11:35 PM (4RYRd)

277 Bessent's got that stone-cold bitch quality. Like Adam Carolla says, he's not afraid to break balls, and Make America Great Again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

278 Franpsycho as long as those medical schools know the difference between men and women and don't go on strike for "Palistein!", they're ahead of many schools here.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 11:36 PM (U/Byj)

279 Bessent's got that stone-cold bitch quality. Like Adam Carolla says, he's not afraid to break balls, and Make America Great Again.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm smarter than you and I'm not afraid to point it out.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

280 sciolistic

I will absolutely be adopting this word.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)

281 Well, since everyone is bitching about air travel... Alaska Airlines, which is my go-to for several reasons, just bumped my November flight from a very reasonable mid-morning departure to a "why bother going to sleep at all?" zero-dark-thirty departure. I guess the good news is that the sleep deprivation will help me adjust to the different time zone once I land. Bleh.

Posted by: PabloD at August 31, 2026 11:39 PM (6oTRF)

282 Warren would probably understand international finance if it were expressed in terms of beads and trinkets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

283 Warren would probably understand international finance if it were expressed in terms of beads and trinkets.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

twenty wampum

same as in wigwam

Posted by: Heap Big Lizzie at August 31, 2026 11:42 PM (4RYRd)

284 282 Warren would probably understand international finance if it were expressed in terms of beads and trinkets.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

Fire water.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:45 PM (Y/06r)

285 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:45 PM (Y/06r)

286 I do still have one workaround for viewing X videos, despite Eloon's war on helpful websites (tweetviewer.com is now gone, apparently).

I create a web page and embed the videos in it.

Tedious, but I can watch them without joining X. And once I've got a bunch, like all of a cafe's worth, on a webpage, it's easy to go through them all.

When Eloon kills embed viewing, I'll quit watching X vids. Even Ace's cute cafe vids.

What's funny is, before they killed off twitterviewer and twitter webviewer, and the ability of anybody to watch them on x itself, I was seriously considering getting an x account myself.

But needles to say, this means whar!

https://youtu.be/uYrFVJNekes

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Marvin Musk the Martian out to eliminate Earthlings at August 31, 2026 11:47 PM (Cl/mc)

287 CALIFORNIA: Muslim Holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha To Become State Holidays
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Hey yo, CA moving ever closer to a Fed takeover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 11:49 PM (ogcfP)

288 nature boy the carrot fucker needs to be put down like Ol' Yeller. fucking freak

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 31, 2026 11:50 PM (YaZAP)

289 After seeing The Longest Day in the theater as a kid, I bought the book and discovered that one of my neighbors had been present. I asked Art about D Day. He said he had been a mere ensign at the time and didn't get near the beach itself. Sadly, I was too young at the time to realize what questions to ask and how to ask them. And to be honest, our dads, uncles, and their friends did not talk to anyone outside of their fellow vets about their experiences. Had I been older and more trained in the art of history I might have gotten more out of those men than a couple of humorous stories.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 31, 2026 11:54 PM (DK5Sh)

290 A long time ago we took the train from Chicago to Detroit ti see friends for a hawks/wings game. The trip there was mostly fine. The return trip took 10 hours.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

Back in the day, before Canada lost its way, we'd go to Montreal to see the Sabres / Habs game at the old Forum. Took ViaRail in Niagara Falls up to Montreal. Great trip, very easy, drink the whole time. Back then their trains ran on time, were clean, and the riders spoke English (or Quebecois).
Thats as opposed to taking Amtrak from Buffalo to Detroit ... that was a fuqing train wreck. No heat, broken door wouldn't close, no booze car. That trip sucked!

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 11:54 PM (oCio0)

291 @287-California Muslim Holidays To Become State Holidays .

Does that mean state employees get those days off with pay?

Posted by: Case at August 31, 2026 11:58 PM (5+vyU)

292 Thats as opposed to taking Amtrak from Buffalo to Detroit ... that was a fuqing train wreck. No heat, broken door wouldn't close, no booze car. That trip sucked!
Posted by: browndog says woof

Was delayed to start. Got delayed like 5x on the trip. I was like I coulda filed or drover for less

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 31, 2026 11:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

293 Spain reached a new historical record of inactive population during the second quarter of 2026, with 17.35 million people aged 16 or older who are neither employed nor actively seeking a job, according to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The record became the highest in the entire statistical series, which began in 2002,
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And all of them are voting for Pedro.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:00 AM (ogcfP)

294 Marco Rubio, met with the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Cuba, Mike Hammer, to discuss the situation ...
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Is there something we need to know?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:06 AM (ogcfP)

295 nature boy the carrot fucker needs to be put down like Ol' Yeller. fucking freak
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 31, 2026 11:50 PM (YaZAP)

Woooo! Wait.

Posted by: Nature Boy, Ric Flair at September 01, 2026 12:08 AM (1Ff7Z)

296 The Trump administration has opted to distribute these resources ($100 million of them) outside of the structures controlled by the Cuban state, arguing to prevent the regime from appropriating the funds or using them to strengthen its political and economic apparatus.
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So, we go into the country, tell all of the existing government and policing authority to step aside while we take care of the welfare of its people.
_Teddy Roosevelt says, man, that's like awesome.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:12 AM (ogcfP)

297 258 The train back was over 5 hours late and I had already hitched a ride back to SF.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I took care of this.
Posted by: Il Duce at August 31, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)


When I spent a semester in Italy, I became convinced that it was either sarcasm (meaning he did nothing), or said by people who had never been to neighboring Switzerland and literally didn't know what "on time" means. There is no force on this Earth that can make Italians precise.

Posted by: SciVo at September 01, 2026 12:12 AM (ke3zm)

298 Wow, Headline at MSNOW... Supreme Court just gave Trump his ILLEGAL Ballroom...

uh... so the Supreme Court, who decides what is legal... has their legal judgement overturned by a Journalist headline...

OK then.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)

It's a typical MSNOW headwhine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)

299 Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini...
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A one anna, two anna, three anna four.

It's not genetic its culture.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:20 AM (ogcfP)

300 Amtrac train schedule: enter your departure time and date.
No there is no train leaving at that time. Enter another time.
They would have more passengers if they had a realistic
schedule.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:23 AM (ogcfP)

301 I’m betting my roomette is nowhere near the size of theirs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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My wife is a big fan of rail travel, and, now that I'm well.and truly re-tired and don't have to worry about actually being somewhere on time, so am I. If you need to be at the other end of your trip in less than 150% of the total.scheduled time, Amtrak is not for you.
Roomettes are not at all.spacious. They are the width of a first class airline seat, and the length of a dinette in a small RV. If you want to be able to stand in your rented space, get a room -no "ette".
Watching America go by is very relaxing.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 01, 2026 12:29 AM (1QaG1)

302 Transsiberian is a really good movie.

Posted by: polynikes at September 01, 2026 12:33 AM (KC5Lt)

303 https://archive.org/
details/transsiberian-2008.dvdscr

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 12:40 AM (ogcfP)

304 299 Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini..

They always come home eventually

Posted by: Lazy Mary at September 01, 2026 12:47 AM (r7+Q7)

305 Howdy, horde!

Thanks for MONT, MisHum! I really like your paintings.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

306 Canning more plums tonight. Got 17 pints of jam yesterday (mostly in the little quilted jars). On the second batch of canned half-plums now. Then I'm going to sanitize some more jars and make slivovitz (plums and vodka).

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 12:51 AM (rcENI)

307 If I could travel the way I wanted to I would travel all the time.
Unfortunately I don't have the money to fly on a private jet.

Posted by: Case at September 01, 2026 12:55 AM (5+vyU)

308 I scald my plums and let the soak in the water before putting them in the jars. It gets them to shrink a bit in the bowl so they shrink less in the jar.
The current ripe tree is some sort of yellow egg, and it doesn't make decent jam, though it is a wonderful cooking plum.
I take it that you are canning the Italian type plums?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 12:58 AM (rbvCR)

309 Nice work, frammish!

My canning days are over, I think. Well, I dunno-- it's just so much work and now there's hardly anyone left to share the bounty.

I used to can 2 boxes (16-20lb each) of peach halves every summer. Made jam out of the bits n pieces. Had plenty of fam that enjoyed it & they always returned the jars, sometimes even filled with goodies they had made!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

310 Got a good day in today. Did some more fiberglass work on the dune buggy body, and some areas are looking like they are done, and all potential repair sites have had at least one dab of filler or a couple of layers of glass/resin put down. One the downhill slope of that job.

Put a ladder up, and caulked some gaps around the south wall kitchen window of the house. Last driving rain with a South wind, water was pouring in at the top of the window. I think the entry points are now sealed off.

And I squirted a whole can of spray foam sealant on the flange of the septic tank. Didn't stick too well. Good thing I bought 2 cans.

Anyway, a busy day, and I am tired. Going to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2026 12:59 AM (1z8ji)

311 308 I take it that you are canning the Italian type plums?

I dunno! My wife picked out the tree. The jam is good though.

We planted it maybe 10 years ago. The triple-variety pear tree died within two years. (That same spot has since killed a dogwood and a weeping cherry, and a star magnolia is clinging to its bitter withered life.) The two apple trees do okay, I guess. One of the cherry trees is still mostly a vertical twig with leaves, and the other never produces enough to survive the birds and 7 & 5yo. But the plum tree is a huge success.

The four little ones helped me with everything yesterday, along with two of their friends: climbing the ladder (or just the tree), picking, cutting, etc.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:05 AM (rcENI)

312 I noticed today that my star jasmine on the upstairs bedroom porch got completely scorched while we were away. I don't see a single green leaf. Poor thing, it has never had an easy life. Oregon winters are rough, and summer vacations are worse. I had hoped to get something like the pungent inner courtyards of Greece or Cyprus, but I think that must be a different variety.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:10 AM (rcENI)

313 Good night AOP.

How are you Horde? I got very tangled up in some of the content tonight, great ONT.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:11 AM (ibDUx)

314 309 My canning days are over, I think. Well, I dunno-- it's just so much work and now there's hardly anyone left to share the bounty.

My 11yo got really into canning a year ago when we did some asparagus. I don't think I'd do it if it wasn't a family activity. And I'm blessed to have in-laws in Tacoma who appreciate the gifts. I've been doing a lot of smoked & preserved meats the last 7-10 years, and it feels like there is an affinity with canning there.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:14 AM (rcENI)

315 Yesterday when the friends were leaving I gave each of them a jar of jam in each hand and got some hugs in return. That was the best part. :-)

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:15 AM (rcENI)

316 Canning is best when it is a family sport. Dad would get me to can applesauce and pears with him. Mom never wanted help canning peaches or jam, but she would send me out to the orchards to pick them for her.

My wife does not can, but my niece wanted help last year making cider, and that was lots of fun.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 01:15 AM (rbvCR)

317 65 days till the people take back the country from dump and his dumpsters despite rethugliKKKans closing down polling places in texas. 100 in tennet county alone.

Posted by: raimondo at September 01, 2026 01:16 AM (9FAp7)

318 'night AOP, Hello, Debby.

Grandma had a yellow plum in the back yard.
Yummy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:18 AM (ogcfP)

319 I sent some photos of my pancetta to the Food Thread email a month or two ago. I haven't noticed it get posted yet though. It was fun to have it hanging in our kitchen window for two weeks, to the exasperation of my wife---especially on book club night.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:19 AM (rcENI)

320 I have a volunteer plum on the fenceline, it is a round yellow plum with an intense sweet flavor. The downside is that it seems to go directly from too green to spoiled on the tree in about a day, so I will have to cut it down quite short so I can reach the fruit

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 01:20 AM (rbvCR)

321 I've never done pressure-canning. Just water-bath for high-acid foods like fruits, jam/jelly, salsa & pickles.

It was fun while it lasted and I always felt a real sense of accomplishment. Mom was glad that she could enjoy the goodies without having to do the labor any more, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

322 I try to stay away from sugars and carbohydrates. Stopped eating any type of bread unless I go out and its served with the meal, then its cornbread if possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:21 AM (ogcfP)

323 Hi, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

324 "I stand with Lindsay" should be taken as a statement about Hell.

Posted by: Axeman at September 01, 2026 01:26 AM (Fi81e)

325 My grandfather would make jelly but not a preserve, it had to be consumed in a timely fashion. Took him about ten minutes to make a jar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:27 AM (ogcfP)

326 Did you hear/read Trump's eulogy to Lindsey?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 01:28 AM (ogcfP)

327 Hi JQ and Braenyard.

We never had many farms or orchards in the town that I grew up in but we did have high bush blueberries that grew in the wilds, those were delicious right of the tree and they made great pies too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

328 oof, off.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:29 AM (ibDUx)

329 321 I've never done pressure-canning.

Same here. Just a big black pot with while speckles (what my parents used to call when we lived in Boston "the lobster pot"; wow those were the days!). Still using one just like it. I'm not even sure where to buy lobster anymore. I think Uwajimaya might have them.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:30 AM (rcENI)

330 Yep, frammish: "Just a big black pot with while speckles" I bought myself one of those, when first starting to can. Got the complete outfit, with rack & tongs & jar lifter, etc.

Couple years later, Mom gave me her canning set. So now I have double everything. More stuff to pass along.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

331 >>>my old PC died

yikes

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 01:40 AM (odBC9)

332 Finally we get some closure on Tupac. 30 years. Am I getting old?

Posted by: Bearded Spock at September 01, 2026 01:41 AM (Ujrb8)

333 The first time I was on a commercial flight was on my 6th birthday, we were going to see relatives cross country. And just like in Airplane, I really did get invited into the cockpit and given a little American Airlines pin to wear. It was pretty awesome for a 6 year old boy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2026 01:43 AM (IvPuo)

334 I spent youthful days out in the wilds, picking Oregon Grapes for Mom & Grandma. They'd make jelly with them. Nasty bitter, so no eating off the bush, LOL! But man that jelly was good.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

335 framish, I didn't know that you spent some of you youth in Boston. Everybody has a lobster pot around here, it is usually the biggest pot in the kitchen, black, red or blue speckled. I think that publius and Miley were really into canning a few years back.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 01:47 AM (ibDUx)

336 make slivovitz (plums and vodka).
Posted by: frammish
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No, that's a plum liqueur.
You want slivovitz, you start with the plums, mash them up and let them ferment. The whitish coating on grapes and plums are a natural yeast, you don't need to add any yeast, they will ferment on their own. The result is plum wine.
Distill it. Viola'! Slivovitz.
One of the world's shittiest boozes.
My wife brought back a couple of bottles of slivovitz from Croatia. I've had better 2 week old weasel piss from a West Virginia moonshine still.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 01, 2026 01:49 AM (1QaG1)

337 I remember reading Miley's & publius' posts about their canning adventures! Awesome. I hope they still do...

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:49 AM (rdVOm)

338 My dad was at Hanscom AFB, and we lived in Chelmsford. All the houses on our block had an acre of woods in the back. What a place for a boy! My mom says she would drive into Boston and buy the lobster from the fisherman off the dock. That was in the late 70s/early 80s. When I was six we moved to a suburb in California. A good town, but I lamented that for years. After college I moved back to Boston for five more years and had a blast there.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:52 AM (rcENI)

339 Pressure cooking is not hard, the worst parts are accidentally touching the pot with your arm while it is at temperature, and cooking in the kitchen making it hot indoors in the late summer.

The best thing to do is buy a copy of the Ball Blue Book of canning, and follow the instructions.
I canned potatoes this year, and I will be canning beans. It is just the processing time.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2026 01:52 AM (rbvCR)

340 334 I spent youthful days out in the wilds, picking Oregon Grapes for Mom & Grandma.

Our kids love to point out Oregon Grape! I will have to find a recipe and have them pick some for me.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:53 AM (rcENI)

341 336 No, that's a plum liqueur.

That's what I get for using a recipe from the Washington Post. :-)

I'm not ready to try distilling my own liquor though, so I'm happy to go with an easy imitation for now.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 01:56 AM (rcENI)

342 Frammish--

Cook down your Oregon Grapes, at least a dry gallon worth, with just enough water to cover them. Mash 'em up & simmer about 10 minutes. Put into jelly bag and let the juice drain. Should yield 3-4 cups of juice.

Add apple juice (either homemade or bottled) no more than half and half apple:O.Grape, to make enough for a batch of jelly-- follow your favorite "Concord Grape" recipe from there.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

343 frammish, I am sorry for misspelling your nic above, unintended, I can assure you. My youngest kid moved from Boston to Cali this summer and he is thus far unhappy, which breaks my heart. We agree that he needs to give it a chance, but if he still hates it after that, well then he has other options.

It was great growing up here, but oh how the state has changed. It makes me sad sometimes, my roots are here, my grandkids are here, and all I want to do is escape to a red state sometime.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 02:02 AM (ibDUx)

344 Kindltot-- I have several editions of the Ball Blue Book and love it! But I don't have a pressure cooker. Mom gave me her old one, but it needs a new gasket and to be checked, and only holds ~4 pint jars iirc. It's in the barn.

I'll look into 'fixing' it, when I go to the county fair & check the County Extension Office booth.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

345 I spent youthful days out in the wilds, picking Oregon Grapes for Mom & Grandma. They'd make jelly with them. Nasty bitter, so no eating off the bush, LOL! But man that jelly was good.
Posted by: JQ
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I had an Oregon Grape in the corner of the back yard.that I thought was a holly bush until someone pointed out that the berries were purple and not red. There were holly farms all over my neighborhood when I moved in, which is why I thought that. By the time I left, most of them were housing tracts.
I didn't realize that the berries were in any way edible because, after hearing the word "grape", I tried one. Ptooie!
Props for picking them, though. The leaves were just like holly: pointy, sharp and dangerous.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 01, 2026 02:05 AM (1QaG1)

346 >> Awesome. I hope they still do...

Unfortunately, not this year. With all this going on with Mama, just didn't get a garden in, and if we did, we wouldn't had time to work it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 01, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)

347 I put up more rosehip jelly today, which isn't easy in a camper kitchen, but that's what I have right now. Also, I'm dehydrating carrots and peppers, and probably potatoes, too. Will make soup and can that once I have a whole kitchen back. This remodel is really changing how I get things done this fall.

I got the salmon smoked and canned before they ripped out that part of the house, thank heaven. And it's a damned good batch this year. Been snackin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:08 AM (dEHLq)

348 Unfortunately, not this year. With all this going on with Mama, just didn't get a garden in, and if we did, we wouldn't had time to work it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 01, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)

It'll be happier next year with the rest.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:09 AM (dEHLq)

349 I didn't realize that the berries were in any way edible because, after hearing the word "grape", I tried one. Ptooie!
Props for picking them, though. The leaves were just like holly: pointy, sharp and dangerous.
Posted by: buddhaha

Oh, yeah! They're not pleasant, right off the bush. And very 'buggy' in these parts. Washing and picking off the stems is a real PITA! Takes a whole afternoon to get one good batch.

The apple juice sweetens it up, dilutes the very strong flavor, and adds pectin.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

350 Mrs. BD and I just picked some grape here at our vacation home in northern Israel. They taste like mango candies! Much more will ripen in a few weeks.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2026 02:11 AM (1o8D5)

351 I also froze about 8 gallons of raspberries, big honkin' variety, grows wild now along the garden. I whacked those down to the ground this spring, and now they are taller than DH and thick as snot. Have to wear long sleeves to harvest.

I think there's still about that much out there, but I have nowhere to put all of it. Got a friend coming to collect a bunch tomorrow, and the contractor takes some home most evenings. I will need to market the damned things next year.

Is there such a thing as raspberry wine? Hmm...

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:11 AM (dEHLq)

352 A tiny flat of raspberries at the store runs about $8. If I figure that out to 8 gallons.... I'm way ahead.

They are damned good in pies and smoothies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:12 AM (dEHLq)

353 Unfortunately, not this year. With all this going on with Mama, just didn't get a garden in, and if we did, we wouldn't had time to work it.
Posted by: publius

Understood, publius! You're a good son and Mama needs you right now. Priorities.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

354 Thanks, MisHum. Fog shrouded falls and Al Green - fantastic!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 01, 2026 02:13 AM (NFX2v)

355 342 Cook down your Oregon Grapes . . .

Thank you JQ! I will try it and report back. I think there is still time for us to gather some.

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 02:14 AM (rcENI)

356 Is there such a thing as raspberry wine? Hmm...
Posted by: tcn in AK

Yes! My parents made wines back in the 70s. The raspberry was my favorite!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

357 Is there such a thing as raspberry wine? Hmm...
Posted by: tcn
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If there isn't, there should be.
Find a recipe for blackberry wine (which I have had, so I know that there is such a thing) and substitute.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 01, 2026 02:15 AM (1QaG1)

358 I did five pints of pseudo-slivovitz. Now I'm plum out of jars. I'd better clean up or my wife will cry in the morning. And I have a minivan appointment early in the morning. . . .

Posted by: frammish at September 01, 2026 02:18 AM (rcENI)

359 One of my old drummers used to make raspberry mead. That was some shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 02:19 AM (S41Gd)

360 287-California Muslim Holidays To Become State Holidays .

Does that mean state employees get those days off with pay?
Posted by: Case

Yes, but they can't spend it on pork or alcohol.

Posted by: Mullah Miklos at September 01, 2026 02:21 AM (4RYRd)

361 Website says I can also grow one of three varieties of grapes up here too. Maybe that's next year's adventure. DH is dying to make wine and/or hard cider, but our apple trees are crabapples and make rotten cider. He is the arborist, so next year I think he will be replacing those with something useful.

Website also says that most vintners up here do a mix of berries with their grape wines, so the raspberry thing might make a good mix. Sounds like a fancy project.

Now, where in hell do you buy grape vines up here?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:21 AM (dEHLq)

362 Did Boone's Farm offer a raspberry version? I love raspberries, neither of my parents did when they reached their 80's though, said that the seeds did a number on their intestines.

publius, I figured as much, you and Miley are doing far more important work this summer.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 02:22 AM (ibDUx)

363 359 One of my old drummers used to make raspberry mead. That was some shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 02:19 AM (S41Gd)

Recipe, please.

Maybe we need a new Horde cookbook, but a booze one. Seems appropriate.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:22 AM (dEHLq)

364 Unfortunately, not this year. With all this going on with Mama, just didn't get a garden in, and if we did, we wouldn't had time to work it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Peach jam and canning?

Posted by: Miklos got the Good Stuff at September 01, 2026 02:22 AM (4RYRd)

365 Maybe we need a new Horde cookbook, but a booze one. Seems appropriate.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Put me down for QA

Posted by: Miklos probably wouldn't get past page 4 at September 01, 2026 02:25 AM (4RYRd)

366 My friend's son worked as a park ranger in the Boston harbor islands many years back. He brought us out to Grape Island and she and I picked a few gallons of blackberries each, I should have tried to make some alcohol with them, mostly I baked pies.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 02:27 AM (ibDUx)

367 Four frenchmen have gone to Starbase to build a 50-foot, bronze Prometheus in honor of @SpaceX. They've spent $1m on the project and encountered corndogs for the first time along the way.

https://tinyurl.com/4mr8dw5b

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:28 AM (ogcfP)

368 Four frenchmen have gone to Starbase to build a 50-foot, bronze Prometheus in honor of @SpaceX. They've spent $1m on the project and encountered corndogs for the first time along the way.


Posted by: Braenyard

If it's anything like the Statue of Liberty, they'll leave it half finished and stick us with the bill.

Posted by: Miklos also thinks Emma Lazarus was a lousy poet and even worse on immigration at September 01, 2026 02:31 AM (4RYRd)

369 There's a huge mess of blackberry behind Dad's house. One year, I spent about an hour picking them & *filled* a 5-gallon bucket! Had purple hands and scabby scraped forearms for a few days, but it was worth it.

So many berries-- I made seedless BB jam. Cut the yield (which was fine with me) by half because they're so very seedy. Oh, it was divine.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

370 Gave a couple pints of peach jam to a friend, who told me later that she'd used it as glaze for her Christmas ham & just raved about it, begging for more. Of course I obliged...

So happy to spread the joy!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

371 I have an apricot tree in the backyard that came with the house. I'm guessing it's at least 40 years old. Generally a late frost will take out all the blossoms and wipe out that year's crop. Occasionally I'll get a bumper crop and force myself to make apricot jam, which I give away as fast as I can.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 01, 2026 02:38 AM (0vB2I)

372 The only booze I've ever made at home, was Mom's recipe for "kahlua"-- not sure it counts, because it was just store-bought likker with coffee & vanilla flavorings added.

Took a whole month and was almost as expensive as buying the real thing.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

373 Hell yeah JQ, after my friend and I picked our blackberries we took the ferry back to the mainland and went to a bar and had a couple of drinks. When I got home hubs was trying to watch a baseball game with the five kids running all through the house, He asked how my day was and inquired if I had been attacked by a wild animal of some kind, my arms were all scraped up.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 02:45 AM (ibDUx)

374 I have my mom's Pink Elephant flip book from the 1950's, all the weird cocktails served at many a house party through the 70's. She included her hand written recipe for rum punch, which is very boozy and probably not entirely safe for consumption in large quantities. And it did get consumed. Oh yes, it did.

I'm thinking that the drinks section of the Horde Cookbook would be a good start, but folks here must be vintners of some quality, at least a couple of us. And there's always hard ciders, and whatnot.

I think we could publish the definitive drinks and cocktails manual for members of the Horde. Somebody call Bluebell and get her fired up. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:47 AM (dEHLq)

375 Apricots are the one fruit that I will NEVER eat again. I was broke, barely getting by, and there was an apricot tree in the back yard.

I swear that apricots were the only thing I ate for *weeks* that summer. Hot, miserable, hungry, poor.... and fkn apricots. *shudder*

Also: ramen and grape koolaid, 5c per pack, once I'd gotten a crappy job.

Never again.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

376 We could also probably do quite the food preservation book. The knowledge here is extensive and varied.

We may need a CoBoMoMe to work out the details.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:48 AM (dEHLq)

377 "Recent satellite imagery suggests that the Department of War has conducted a covert dredging operation to open up a never-before-used shipping corridor through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz.

The corridor in question is an approximately 1,600-foot-wide waterway with a natural depth of about 93 feet, meaning that only a small amount of dredging would have been necessary to make it safe for VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers)."

Posted by: Miklos likes they way this Trump guy thinks at September 01, 2026 02:53 AM (4RYRd)

378 Think I'm going into sugar shock.
Enjoy the evening, it's getting cooler outside.
'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 01, 2026 02:54 AM (WY+aP)

379 Dump lets his friend the leader of Argentina export beef to lower beef prices for the election ;but most has been rejected for having mad cow disease.

Posted by: raimondo at September 01, 2026 02:55 AM (9FAp7)

380 Night, Braenyard.

Don't go into sugar shock-- think of all the recipes as using stevia or some other sugar-substitute!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

381 I grew a stevia plant just for fun (years ago) and the leaves *really are!* very sweet! A few leaves were great in our sun tea.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

382 Talk show she begs for free. Democrats retake americans. Trump support of the day. The murder of my enemy is millegal alien puritans sneak into the fraud found infirm showing the tankers.

Posted by: raimondo's mom at September 01, 2026 03:00 AM (4RYRd)

383 Duh FuK?

Go to bed already, rainmandodo, yer drunk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 03:04 AM (dEHLq)

384 One of my old drummers used to make raspberry mead. That was some shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 02:19 AM (S41Gd)

Recipe, please.

Maybe we need a new Horde cookbook, but a booze one. Seems appropriate.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 02:22 AM (dEHLq)

I couldn't tell you how how he made it. I haven't seen him in years. Last I heard he sold his drums. Thats just fucked up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 01, 2026 03:04 AM (S41Gd)

385 It's cooling off nicely in the evenings, lately. So glad the nasty heat has passed.

Looks like some rain is coming up later this week; I can relax on watering. Yay!

The days will still be warm, or even hot, but there will be reliable relief overnight now.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

386 I couldn't tell you how how he made it. I haven't seen him in years. Last I heard he sold his drums. Thats just fucked up.
Posted by: Berserker

Sad, Bers. But our lives move on...

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

387 Well it is trash day eve and those barrels aren't going to walk themselves down the driveway. Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 01, 2026 03:10 AM (ibDUx)

388 Night, Debby. See ya next time.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

389 53 Wow, Headline at MSNOW... Supreme Court just gave Trump his ILLEGAL Ballroom...

uh... so the Supreme Court, who decides what is legal... has their legal judgement overturned by a Journalist headline...

OK then.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 10:14 PM (mP0Kj

Something the previous TEN presidents have wanted done. People have to go outside for their state dinners all because MSNOW is throwing a temper tantrum.

We do not hate the media nearly enough.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 01, 2026 03:11 AM (8HjLl)

390 Looks like PM Carney won tonight’s three by elections. But things still get interesting. QC has an election on 5 October, and one fortnight later AB has the referendum for a referendum on independence.

PM Carney may well be facing down two separatist movements in his own country by 20 October. All the while his obsessive devotion lives in his head rent free, as well as Premier Ford’s head. And Wab’s.

But he is in Europe, sucking up to the EU, and perhaps wanting to join the EU as he declares the relationship between the U.S. and Canada to be “over” because his programmers in the PRC say so, and because he considers the EU to be the paragon of civilization.

Someone show the blithering idiot a map.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 01, 2026 03:15 AM (8HjLl)

391 Rules are what the Leftists say they are, nothing more nor less

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

392 191 Big Texan was where I had my worst steak ever. We sent Little's prime rib back, as it was undercooked and had a lobe of fat that had no business coming out of the kitchen. I ordered the Texas strip, which I'm pretty sure was previously frozen, and I'm damn sure was served in a pool of beef bullion. Friend of mine raved about the place, but I'll not be back..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)

I had a fine meal there, back in May of this year.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

I rather enjoyed The Big Texan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 01, 2026 03:29 AM (8HjLl)

393 391 Rules are what the Leftists say they are, nothing more nor less
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)


My word is the law.

Posted by: Mao at September 01, 2026 03:30 AM (8HjLl)

394 You figured we’d get over 400.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 01, 2026 03:30 AM (8HjLl)

395 391 Rules are what the Leftists say they are, nothing more nor less
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

Perhaps so, but everyone is entitled to my opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 03:32 AM (dEHLq)

396 Had alarm a little later because working a bit closer to home

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0)

397 The days will still be warm, or even hot, but there will be reliable relief overnight now.
Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

We have a frost warning tonight on hillside, which means about 1500 feet up the mountains. I put the heat on in the greenhouse today. First frost can happen as soon as Sept 5, so, root crops will be good for a couple more weeks, at least, and the greenhouse with heat can be stretched two more beyond that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 03:35 AM (dEHLq)

398 Wow, tcn, that's early. But, well, Alaska.

I woke up chilled last night, about 4am. Turned on the electric blanket (lowest setting, but still...) so I could get back to sleep!

Glad for modern conveniences.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)

399
Well, Nancy Grace is about 200,000 miles from earth now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 01, 2026 03:45 AM (w6EFb)

400 Heh, it's *almost* time... but not quite...

tinyurl.com/3de8dnja+

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)

401 Now that *outdoors* is no longer a freaking convection oven, I can continue some chores out there.

Rain won't stop me, unless full downpour. Just need to keep the place un-jungled, if not tidy. I'm almost beyond GAF. Almost.

Really miss having a functional partner!

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:51 AM (rdVOm)

402 Hey Hordlings, greetings from Singapore, from your "Old Asia Hand" Publius Redux.

I read Robert's dissent in the Ballroom case. It may just be the stupidest thing from the Supreme Court not written by Kitenji Action Jackson I have ever read - and I am an admitted attorney with over 35 years experience in the law/Insurance and have read a LOT of S. Ct. decisions. The concept that someone simply not liking the aesthetics of an act by the Federal Government is enough to confer standing is, to quote a movie "stupid, stupid, stupid." I cannot believe he authored it. Simply ridiculous. The party with standing is Congress, it has not acted to stop the executive. And, if Congress wanted to, they could pass a law to demolish the new structure and put it back the way it was. Open and shut, no concrete harm, no standing decision is what was called for. Roberts is an *ss.

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 03:52 AM (/aZwr)

403 Oh - on the quick hits - some one posted this: There is a theory of sorts that citizens of ancient civilizations didn't have the same full consciousness we do today...
https://tinyurl.com/kcaxjs75
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (2b4M2)

Could not disagree more. Eratosthenes looked down a well and figured out how to measure the circumference of the earth. If a millennial looks down a well, today, you know that they think? "Huh? What's this?"

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 03:54 AM (/aZwr)

404 Good night, ya all... I gots stuff to do in the morning.

Posted by: JQ at September 01, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)

405 Roberts is an *ss.

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 03:52 AM (/aZwr)

Just following the age old concept of make shit up BECAUSEIWANTTO. How do you think we got a right to murder babies in the womb?

BECAUSEIWANTTO is a staple of various SCOTUS rulings over the years.

Dred Scot, Row v Wade, Obamacare, and now Trump's ballroom.

Sheesh, didn't they teach this in law school?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 04:15 AM (dEHLq)

406 402 Kitenji Action Jackson
Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 03:52 AM (/aZwr)

LOL

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:19 AM (odBC9)

407 Could not disagree more. Eratosthenes looked down a well and figured out how to measure the circumference of the earth. If a millennial looks down a well, today, you know that they think? "Huh? What's this?"
Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 03:54 AM (/aZwr)

I am constantly amazed at the crap every generation comes up with to "prove" they are the smartest people who ever lived.

It is very much like the old "Dark Ages" theory, that somehow people got stupider during the centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire. And yet, somehow, we preserved millennia of written history, science, medical texts, and the Bible throughout that time, invented brilliant things like jurisprudence, the horse collar, fallow field rotation, medicinal herbaria, charitable housing and sustenance, and of course silly things like the scientific method, all while apparently in the "Dark Ages."

Now kids don't even know how to use a slide rule.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 04:20 AM (dEHLq)

408
Homo sapiens in essentially modern anatomical form have been around for at least 300K years. And I suspect that might get pushed even farther back.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 01, 2026 04:21 AM (w6EFb)

409 There're two publiuses on here at the same time!
Publii!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:22 AM (odBC9)

410 Ah yes - The "because I want the result" theory of jurisprudence, of course! How silly of me!

lol

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 04:23 AM (/aZwr)

411
Homo sapiens means "man the wise". We named ourselves of course....

A more objective classification might say Homo Lamonticus, Man the Big Dummy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 01, 2026 04:25 AM (w6EFb)

412 "wise man"
(There's no "the" in there.)

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

413 I am constantly amazed at the crap every generation comes up with to "prove" they are the smartest people who ever lived.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 01, 2026 04:20 AM (dEHLq)

I SO agree with this. Also - the "aliens built the pyramids" crowd makes my blood boil. I tend to think that the ancients who did plan and engineer/build them roll in their graves when this is said.

And yes - there are a couple of Publii here - I tend to comment a bit less than the other Publius. Mostly because of the time zone thing (am in Singapore). But have been here a long while - since around 2015

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 01, 2026 04:29 AM (/aZwr)

414 Homo Sheepians

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

415 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at September 01, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

416 389: surely you have proof.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 01, 2026 06:56 AM (8HjLl)

Monday Cafe

airplanecrossbenwolf.jpg
Ben Wolf

The Battle.

What is going on here? Note the baby goat in background.

Cats have no boundaries, and their jurisdiction is infinite.

Cute couple.

Another cute pair.

Helping a baby goat who got stuck in a canal.

She's a real lady.


A family of bears was rescued from a deep cistern in California.

Although they were totally out of control, we should all be happy that they are safe. Perhaps they will learn the error of their ways. Or should I say the bear-or of their ways. No I probably shouldn't say that and neither should you.

And why were the cyclists there? Cyclists should mind their own business and keep their noses out of everything. Probably selling drugs!!!


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM




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1 Primus!

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (/hk2L)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (/hk2L)

3 Now to the content...

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (/hk2L)

4 Excellent job, Ben Wolf, on that airplane phone. Kudos. (Do people still say "kudos"?)

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:22 PM (/hk2L)

5 "Note the baby goat in background."

Are you kidding me?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:24 PM (/hk2L)

6 Probably found the first cistern to be too cold, and the second cistern to be too hot. The one they got stuck in however . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (rbvCR)

7 Why put any effort into rescuing bears? Bears are ugly, smelly, shit-assed murderbeasts that do nothing for humans. Just shoot the damn things.

Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (2Drhq)

8 Dinner almost ready! Taco salad, grilled chicken, pintos, fajita veggies.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

9 Cat hammock that mounts in a window frame. Clever.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 07:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 6 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 07:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

11 4 Excellent job, Ben Wolf, on that airplane phone.

Airplane phone?

Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:27 PM (2Drhq)

12 Kindltot, well played, sir.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:28 PM (PbWRL)

13 Piper, that sounds delicious!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 07:29 PM (aJQbY)

14 Offering a nice Cab with blackberries to snack on.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:29 PM (PbWRL)

15 Pupper actually wants treats.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 07:29 PM (NnhvP)

16 Groundskeeper Willie promptly posted a 'Stay Out' sign on the cistern.

If there are cisterns there must also be transterns.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 07:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

17 Cesar Milan used to say that giving a dog a chore when walking was a help if they were pulling or getting distracted - carrying something like the bag, putting on a pack and carrying water, putting a little wagon, something like that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:30 PM (uhVAy)

18 If there are cisterns there must also be transterns.
Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 07:29 PM (Jr5Lq)


[golf clap]

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:31 PM (rbvCR)

19 Goldilocks and The Three Bears?

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:31 PM (LHPAg)

20 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

21 20%. A great start to the Café week! Let us hope, for our spiritual and olfactory-sense well-being, we can continue!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

22 My cats are starting to be a pain in the ass in their requests to go out for a walk. They now expect it every morning . It's like having dogs. Eliminated one of the advantages of having a cat instead of a dog.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)

23 Sorry I’m late. Tankdemon sent me on a snipe hunt. Again.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)

24 What kind of cat is with the Great Dane? Great coloring.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)

25 7 Why put any effort into rescuing bears? Bears are ugly, smelly, shit-assed murderbeasts that do nothing for humans. Just shoot the damn things.
Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (2Drhq)

Really?

https://tinyurl.com/tbe4383r

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:34 PM (/hk2L)

26 Duke Lowell

How you doing?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:34 PM (u82oZ)

27 {i]Why put any effort into rescuing bears? Bears are ugly, smelly, shit-assed murderbeasts that do nothing for humans. Just shoot the damn things.
Posted by: Delurker

Because then you'd have a bunch of bear carcasses you'd have to haul out of the pit?

Much better to figure out how to get them to climb out on their own.

Then you can shoot them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 07:34 PM (C0Nlv)

28 Duke Lowell, how are you doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:35 PM (PbWRL)

29 Goldilocks and The Three Bears?
Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:31 PM (LHPAg)


That hussy! She ate our food, ruined my chair, stole my bed, and then we threw her out as a squatter

Posted by: Baby Bear at August 31, 2026 07:35 PM (rbvCR)

30 Sorry I’m late. Tankdemon sent me on a snipe hunt. Again.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM


Did you wear a cowboy hat whilst upon it?

You know, Rhinestone thong cowboy and all ... ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

31 What kind of cat is with the Great Dane? Great coloring.
Posted by: JackStraw


Either a Bengal or a Savannah cat, I think

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 07:36 PM (C0Nlv)

32 Bears are climbers. Stick a ladder down there and walk away.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:36 PM (PbWRL)

33 11 Airplane phone?
Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:27 PM (2Drhq)

Photo. Stupid autocucumber.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:36 PM (/hk2L)

34 Bottom doggeh has a very cute punim.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:36 PM (RIvkX)

35 >>Either a Bengal or a Savannah cat, I think

Thanks

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 07:37 PM (viF8m)

36
Poor bears. The low water levels is probably what allowed the bears to find a way in that is usually under water.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 31, 2026 07:37 PM (OkYzo)

37 San Franpsycho, is Molinari's still in business?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:38 PM (PbWRL)

38 23 Sorry I’m late. Tankdemon sent me on a snipe hunt. Again.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)

Come back with a snipe sometime and we'll see if further excursions are necessary.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:39 PM (/hk2L)

39 Hey Salty and Ben! Getting better every day. Still not where I’d like to be but getting closer.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2026 07:40 PM (u73oe)

40 Dove season opens in the morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:40 PM (PbWRL)

41 Dinner almost ready! Taco salad, grilled chicken, pintos, fajita veggies.
Posted by: Piper

Tell us the taco salad contains kale! Lie if you must!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 07:42 PM (NnhvP)

42 I've got a concrete-capped outhouse pit in the backyard. When I show guests around, I call it a cistern. They oooh and aaah.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 07:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

43
Man, you can't travel to any of those tropical-type or exotic places without wanting to rescue an animal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 07:43 PM (mmrXZ)

44
(Do people still say "kudos"?)

Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos the executioner.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)

45 Tell us the taco salad contains kale! Lie if you must!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 07

It would be a lie! Hydroponic lettuce is the base.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

46 Golden Dumdums will preen in the mirror.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

47 1 Primus!
Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (/hk2L)
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There is no excuse for this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

48 Dove season opens in the morning.
Posted by: Ben Had
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[cleans Fox Model B]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

49 What kind of cat is with the Great Dane? Great coloring.
Posted by: JackStraw

A spotted one?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 07:46 PM (NnhvP)

50 44
(Do people still say "kudos"?)

Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos the executioner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
Kudos is what they give you when they won't give you a pay raise.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:46 PM (LHPAg)

51 Bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers stuffed with dove breast and oxaca cheese on the menu soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:47 PM (PbWRL)

52 San Franpsycho, is Molinari's still in business?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:38 PM (PbWRL)
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Yeah, as far as I know.

BTW used your tuscan herb oil to soften the mire poix for soup tonight. Had a little spoonful too, could easily be addictive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:48 PM (RIvkX)

53 >>A spotted one?

Spot on.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)

54 Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos the executioner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
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Me too.

Posted by: Lt. Kevin Kyle at August 31, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX)

55 San Franpsycho, I wasn't kidding when I said I could drink it out of the bottle.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:51 PM (PbWRL)

56
Picked up Dutchess's ashes at the vet's this afternoon. Our merry, star-crossed girl is home for good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 07:53 PM (O0L8i)

57 Mike Hammer, I use a Remington 20 ga.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:54 PM (PbWRL)

58 Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos the executioner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
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This is an interesting episode, there is little action but the story, directing, and acting are very good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

59 San Franpsycho, I wasn't kidding when I said I could drink it out of the bottle.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:51 PM (PbWRL)
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Yes not extra strong or cloying can't wait to try the soup.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 07:57 PM (RIvkX)

60 Finishing off my chocolate pie from Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Falls.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:57 PM (LHPAg)

61 I think in Cute Pair II doggie will have enough soon

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Primus!
Posted by: tankdemon


Unicron!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 07:59 PM (aJQbY)

63 24 What kind of cat is with the Great Dane? Great coloring.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 07

I think that is a Savannah, but probably an SBT one. Bengals have rosettes, Savannahs have more solid spots. A Savannah should have the spots crossing over the back instead of the stripes, Savannahs should never have marbling, and this one is getting close to that, and the ears should be much larger and more triangular.

But even an imperfect Savannah is a fun cat! And who amongst us doesn’t have a few flaws?

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

64 Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos the executioner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
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This is an interesting episode, there is little action but the story, directing, and acting are very good.
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That's one of my favorites.

Another I really like is the one where Abraham Lincoln (no, really, Abraham Lincoln) appears to help Kirk and Spock battle an opposing team of baddies all because some alien entity wanted to study good versus evil.

Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 08:00 PM (TN0g+)

65 Evenin’, All: Happy Monday night.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:00 PM (77rzZ)

66 Hadrian that is sad.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

67 Picked up Dutchess's ashes at the vet's this afternoon. Our merry, star-crossed girl is home for good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 07:53 PM (O0L8i)
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Hoping that brings you and HM some comfort.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

68 Dove season opens in the morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:40 PM (PbWRL)


Morning doves?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 08:02 PM (rbvCR)

69
Cistern. What's the water for?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 31, 2026 08:03 PM (zqeQL)

70
Just got The Word from Her Majesty. The Big Dummy will return to his Ohio mom for good next month. He performed valiantly this year but can't catch the current #1 Borzoi in the remaining shows. He may have a million-dollar body and a two-cent brain but he's a perfect gentleman and a delightful guest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:03 PM (O0L8i)

71 My cats are starting to be a pain in the ass in their requests to go out for a walk. They now expect it every morning . It's like having dogs. Eliminated one of the advantages of having a cat instead of a dog.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)
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The elder cat is terrified of the outdoors. I carried her outside once on a sunny day and she started crying. The other one is fine with it, and eldest would take her out to play, but of course bugs love cat fur, so we put a stop to that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)

72 56 I’m so sorry, Hadrian.

May God’s love be upon you, Her Majesty, and the other pups.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

73 “Lincoln” gets whacked in that episode.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 08:04 PM (IkLDu)

74 Kudos is what they give you when they won't give you a pay raise.
Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:46 PM (LHPAg)


A head knocking? Wow, tough employer.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

75 Help me, Spock!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 08:05 PM (Cqx++)

76 Better call it a day
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

77 Kindltot, morning is the best time to hunt them. You have to get the pair so they are not mourning doves.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:06 PM (PbWRL)

78
We started 2026 with 10 dogs. When TBD leaves, we'll be down to 4. It's been a hard year.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:06 PM (O0L8i)

79 For those who care about Chy-na, I've got a new post up about the hypothetical invasion on Taiwan, and this is about Taiwan could lose. If you care, it's at ahlloyd.com. I'm also working on a new post on the Tibet-Nepal flash flood and how Nepal saved thousands of people and China saved none.

I think this gives us a clue to the PLA's operation effectiveness and willingness to take risks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)

80 72 56 I’m so sorry, Hadrian.

May God’s love be upon you, Her Majesty, and the other pups.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)
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Amen.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 08:07 PM (Rln0i)

81 “Lincoln” gets whacked in that episode.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 08:04 PM (IkLDu)
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I imagine he was used to it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)

82 Hey, A. H. Lloyd. I hope that you and your missus are well, and that she is healing wonderfully.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:08 PM (77rzZ)

83 Bless you, precious Duchess.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

84 Hadrian, any litter in the near future?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:10 PM (PbWRL)

85 SMH, may God also bless you, Ex-ex, and all of your families.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

86
Hadrian, any litter in the near future?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:10 PM (PbWRL)

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No, we're too old to make a 10-year commitment. But we will always have dogs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:13 PM (O0L8i)

87 Hey, A. H. Lloyd. I hope that you and your missus are well, and that she is healing wonderfully.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:08 PM (77rzZ)
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Yes, she's doing quite well. As soon as she has healed up, she will have to do some chemo, but it is mild and of short duration - basically killing off the stragglers. She will also get some drug therapy that says "Fuck you in particular" to that specific type of cancer. She's actually relieved because she was afraid she'd get crushing chemo and the oncologist stressed that she would not be given more than she could handle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)

88 Ditto, Bulg. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 08:14 PM (Rln0i)

89 Hadrian, I understand that. I have a two year old stud that I have to make plans for.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:15 PM (PbWRL)

90 "Do people still say "kudos"?"

I do! Kudos CNN!

Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at August 31, 2026 08:15 PM (MWfyi)

91 Mmmm.

>@DailyMail

>>Mistress who turned in treacherous FBI spy Charles McGonigal is mysteriously found DEAD: Her haunting final texts revealed... as grieving dad insists she 'would never' take her own life

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:15 PM (viF8m)

92 "I have information that will lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton."

Posted by: Her haunting final texts revealed... at August 31, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

93 Good morning Miss Dove.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 08:18 PM (Cqx++)

94 89 Hadrian, I understand that. I have a two year old stud that I have to make plans for.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:15 PM (PbWRL

If you want to take the cow horse right out of him, you know who to send him too! 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 08:19 PM (Rln0i)

96 >>I have information that will lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton."

Oddly enough, she might have.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)

97 I do! Kudos CNN!
Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at August 31, 2026 08:15 PM (MWfyi)
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Who is paying that grifter's bills?

I missed the post on MILO but geez, talk about just desserts. That guy's on what, his third reinvention? First he was Breitbart's Magic Homo, but then said the quiet part out loud about teenagers being groomed like he was, and was banished to the Outer Darkness.

He then prayed the gay away, and became Catholic, which is basically the same story arc as C.O., and both of them became obsessed with Jews and other weirdness, but he also for some reason decided to swear allegiance to Iran, so not surprised he was shown the door.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)

98 @DailyMail

>>Mistress who turned in treacherous FBI spy Charles McGonigal is mysteriously found DEAD: Her haunting final texts revealed... as grieving dad insists she 'would never' take her own life

Posted by: JackStraw
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Nothing is as deep as DeepState.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:21 PM (ogcfP)

99 But even an imperfect Savannah is a fun cat! And who amongst us doesn’t have a few flaws?
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

One of my cats is a shaded golden Brit Shorthair. His flaw is that the gene that moves the stripes off the tips of the fur isn't strong enough so he has some stripes on the tail and some dusting on the body. He looks like a lion cub.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:21 PM (uhVAy)

100 Nothing is as deep as DeepState.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:21 PM (ogcfP)
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The Paolo agrees, and he has gone the very deep.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 31, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

101
Good morning Miss Dove.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 08:18 PM (Cqx++)

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Good movie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)

102 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons.

Put a ladder down into that cistern, and the bears can climb out. They climb trees very well, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:23 PM (1z8ji)

103 Small family here. One brethren, no cistern.

Posted by: Well, Well, Bud Fell In The Well at August 31, 2026 08:23 PM (JM9I6)

104 “I imagine he was used to it.”
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LOL, I’m pretty sure I’m not supposed to find this hilarious. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 08:23 PM (IkLDu)

105 Goldilocks and The Three Bears?

She was juusst right.

Posted by: Papa Bear, licking his chops at August 31, 2026 08:24 PM (vTZFs)

106 Star Trek is on. Did you ever notice that McCoy never attempts to resuscitate anyone? No CPR, no mouth to mouth, nothing. Just a "He'd dead, Jim" and then they move on.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

107 One of my cats is a shaded golden Brit Shorthair. His flaw is that the gene that moves the stripes off the tips of the fur isn't strong enough so he has some stripes on the tail and some dusting on the body. He looks like a lion cub.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08

That sounds adorable!

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

108 I’m getting more experience with black bears than I’d like. They do respond to “incentives” put it that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 08:26 PM (IkLDu)

109 AOP, I mentioned that at 32. Mind meld, my friend,

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:26 PM (PbWRL)

110 story arc as C.O., and both of them became obsessed with Jews and other weirdness, but he also for some reason decided to swear allegiance to Iran, so not surprised he was shown the door.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August

In between he was MTG’s social media manger and ghost wrote her book. Milo is incredibly intelligent. What a waste.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

111 Do people still say "kudos"?

I don't to use spell check like I do with "congratulations."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 08:27 PM (vTZFs)

112 I do however need to use grammar check. "I don't have to..."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM (vTZFs)

113 Piper, you will be on the list.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM (PbWRL)

114 The funny thing about MILO is that I never have had any interest in him, but he keeps getting throw at me. Breitbart made him their golden boy even though I found him utterly obnoxious and was happy to see him crash and burn.

I then stumbled on him through Catholic sites talking about his conversion and decision to abandon the gay lifestyle. Uh, sure, we'll see how this goes, but also: good for you, God bless, but I don't care.

Latterly it was the weird CPAC blowup about Christian "influencers" doing drugs and banging each other with wild abandon. He drove part of it. Again, not my crowd, but okay. The part that got my interest was that at the same time he was exposing fake Christians, he was DESTROYING Owens, calling her stupid, ignorant, etc. but then he did a 180. That was the curious thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)

115 113 Piper, you will be on the list.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM

Oh my gosh, I was kidding, but am tearing up you actually trust me enough to even consider that! Wow.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

116 Milo -
Might be high INT... but WIS is clearly his dump stat lately.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (aJQbY)

117 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:03 PM (O0L8i

Sounds like a beautiful dog.

I'm going to bed very early after congratulating him on making it though another month! When you're 105 in dog years, every month is a party.

Snowflake killed a bird and I have remains to clean up tomorrow. It's always a bit weird with her sleeping peacefully on my bedroom chair knowing she killed that day. I hope she comes in soon.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (Sco7b)

118 Star Trek is on. Did you ever notice that McCoy never attempts to resuscitate anyone? No CPR, no mouth to mouth, nothing. Just a "He'd dead, Jim" and then they move on.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)
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The idea is that they have sensors that can tell you not to bother. We don't have that level of tech, so we have to make a good faith try. Also: imagine the trope of Bones doing CPR and it never working.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

119 AOP, I mentioned that at 32. Mind meld, my friend,
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:26 PM (PbWRL)

Yeah, catching up on the thread. Day late, and a dollar short, I am.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:31 PM (1z8ji)

120 QE II wound down her ownership, breeding, of her Corgis the last 15 years of her life. I don't think any were still with her at the end.

Posted by: The Royal Warrant at August 31, 2026 08:31 PM (JM9I6)

121 In between he was MTG’s social media manger and ghost wrote her book. Milo is incredibly intelligent. What a waste.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 08:27 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yeah, I saw that. Wild. And "advising" Kanye - presumably on hating Jews and fish dicks.

He needs to go offline permanently and focus on his soul.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

122 He's a nut.

Posted by: Barney Fife at August 31, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

123 The part that got my interest was that at the same time he was exposing fake Christians, he was DESTROYING Owens, calling her stupid, ignorant, etc. but then he did a 180. That was the curious thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)

There sure is somebody or several somebodies turning these dopes. You'd think they would see what the longevity of those who turn on DJT has been these last 10 years. Meanwhile the prototypical white supremacist operator keeps his nose clean for the most part.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:32 PM (uhVAy)

124 I used to have a Chow Chow. I would have loved to see someone hitch him up to a wagon

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 31, 2026 08:32 PM (jrgJz)

125 In between he was MTG’s social media manger and ghost wrote her book. Milo is incredibly intelligent. What a waste.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

If Milo had been a big cheese, would he have been a whey in the manger?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:32 PM (1z8ji)

126 I just put all of Saijo’s toys back in the basket and he is pulling them all out again, one by one.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

127 "they have sensors that can tell you not to bother."

Kinda like Canada.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

128 "I just put all of Saijo’s toys back in the basket and he is pulling them all out again, one by one.
Posted by: Piper"

I do that sometimes with Bruno's toys and he kicks the bucket over and plays with the bucket.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

129 Milo -
Might be high INT... but WIS is clearly his dump stat lately.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (aJQbY)
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In his third act (exposing influencer Christians), he also offered some pretty bracing commentary on the actual experience of being gay and the toll it takes on one's body. Pretty gruesome stuff. He could turn a phrase, I'll give him that, which is probably why he was a ghostwriter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

130 The idea is that they have sensors that can tell you not to bother. We don't have that level of tech, so we have to make a good faith try. Also: imagine the trope of Bones doing CPR and it never working.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

When they do have someone in the infirmary who is ill there seems to be an apparatus over them giving the vitals and performing whatever life support they need somehow.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)

131
We're proud to have gotten a Best in Show on The Big Dummy. Of all the dogs competing annually in all-breed conformation shows, I've estimated that about 0.1% manage a BIS.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:35 PM (O0L8i)

132 "they have sensors that can tell you not to bother."

Kinda like Canada.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)
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Canadian tricorders say everyone is dead. Cheaper that way.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

133 131
We're proud to have gotten a Best in Show on The Big Dummy. Of all the dogs competing annually in all-breed conformation shows, I've estimated that about 0.1% manage a BIS.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Congrats.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:36 PM (E4rtv)

134 I was honored to be entrusted with life time care for two horses so that the owner and family never had to worry about what happened to them.

This also why I have a bunch of geriatrics around here.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:36 PM (PbWRL)

135 Regarding Leonard McCoy and CPR, due to a Space-Time paradox, 'Stayin Alive' had yet to be written.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

136 I just put all of Saijo’s toys back in the basket and he is pulling them all out again, one by one

"What toy do I want to play with... was it this one... or this one... or this one... hey Mommy are you watching? Pay attention to me!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 08:36 PM (aJQbY)

137 Star Trek is on. Did you ever notice that McCoy never attempts to resuscitate anyone? No CPR, no mouth to mouth, nothing. Just a "He'd dead, Jim" and then they move on.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (FZ29D)

138 But even an imperfect Savannah is a fun cat! And who amongst us doesn’t have a few flaws?
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

Exactly ... I mean no one holds your Kale fetish against you (at least out loud).

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (oCio0)

139 Kinda like Canada.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

If Canada had lawyers instead of doctors to assist "terminally ill" people in offing themselves, would that mean you could get LAID in Canada?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (1z8ji)

140 We're proud to have gotten a Best in Show on The Big Dummy.

Congat...

Congradu..


Kudos to TBD!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (vTZFs)

141 When they do have someone in the infirmary who is ill there seems to be an apparatus over them giving the vitals and performing whatever life support they need somehow.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)
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Yeah, and they administer hypos or put gizmos on, but I think the criticism is when Mr. Redshirt goes down Bones waves a salt-shaker over him rather than checking his pulse or trying CPR. Again, we do that because we don't have a gizmo that says "Don't waste your time."

He does use his kit to dose people, and sometimes it even works!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

142 There's gay and then there's this.

https://tinyurl.com/2n3d6h63

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:38 PM (viF8m)

143 >>>he was MTG’s social media manger and ghost wrote her book. Milo is incredibly intelligent. What a waste.

Posted by: Piper
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Another link in the chain of odd bedfellows.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:39 PM (ogcfP)

144 If Canada had lawyers instead of doctors to assist "terminally ill" people in offing themselves, would that mean you could get LAID in Canada?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM


Aren't they yclept Barristers in Canada, and therefore it would be BAID?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 08:39 PM (0sNs1)

145 If Canada had lawyers instead of doctors to assist "terminally ill" people in offing themselves, would that mean you could get LAID in Canada?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (1z8ji)
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I am reliably informed by an friend who spent a decade in Toronto that this is embarrassingly easy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

146 The older I get the more I understand why a cat walks away in the middle of a conversation.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB)

147 "I just put all of Saijo’s toys back in the basket and he is pulling them all out again, one by one.
Posted by: Piper"

I do that sometimes with Bruno's toys and he kicks the bucket over and plays with the bucket.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

Way back in the day, my toddler son would waddle to the book shelf and start pulling books onto the floor. Gleefully. He would look at me, grinning while doing so. I actually took a photo or two of him in action. I need to find it. Boys are a caution, that's for sure.

I miss having little kids in the house. They grow up way too damn quickly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

148 There's gay and then there's this.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:38 PM (viF8m)
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No. Not gonna click it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (ZOv7s)

149 Canadian tricorders say everyone is dead. Cheaper that way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

Hah! That would make a great meme. Pic of Bones, with a Maple Leaf logo on his Starfleet uniform, waving his tricorder over a very obviously alive Redshirt. "He's dead, Jim."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (1z8ji)

150 Congat...

Congradu..

Kudos to TBD!
Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (vTZFs)
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When I played World of Warcraft and was part of a guild, we'd simply say "Grats" in the chat when someone accomplished an achievement (everyone in the guild gets notified).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (FZ29D)

151
I just put all of Saijo’s toys back in the basket and he is pulling them all out again, one by one

________

I put Diana's toys in a box in order to vacuum the house. 1 hour later, they're scattered over the living room.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (O0L8i)

152 Again, we do that because we don't have a gizmo that says "Don't waste your time."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM


Soon, Mr. Lloyd, soon.

Posted by: A.I. at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

153 What toy do I want to play with... was it this one... or this one... or this one... hey Mommy are you watching? Pay attention to me!"
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 08:36 PM (aJQbY)

The kid is turning it into a game and telling him what toy to bring. He is solid with 3 of them (chicken, Dragon and Penguin), but the others are random guesses on his part, clearly. It’s funny to watch.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

154 123 The part that got my interest was that at the same time he was exposing fake Christians, he was DESTROYING Owens, calling her stupid, ignorant, etc. but then he did a 180. That was the curious thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)

There sure is somebody or several somebodies turning these dopes. You'd think they would see what the longevity of those who turn on DJT has been these last 10 years. Meanwhile the prototypical white supremacist operator keeps his nose clean for the most part.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Deepstate is getting pretty frantic and probably giving countermanding orders from different factions paying for all this shit. Getting cut off from Uncle Sam's AID tit is probably scrambling issues, Iran and Venezuela going down is affecting more including comms, etc.

And the Eurotrash WEF crowd is getting whipsawed by their own nasty anti growth plans, the restive natives under their thumb, astronomical energy prices combine with China eating their lunch and US rebalancing trade.

It is if we are in the later stages of a chess match where suddenly moves and countermoves pop out in rapid succession.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)

155
Did I just hear Trump announce we're gonna have a Star Fleet? And an academy for it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (w6EFb)

156 Yeah, and they administer hypos or put gizmos on, but I think the criticism is when Mr. Redshirt goes down Bones waves a salt-shaker over him rather than checking his pulse or trying CPR. Again, we do that because we don't have a gizmo that says "Don't waste your time."

He does use his kit to dose people, and sometimes it even works!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

The salt shaker (or perhaps pepper - yes that is what the prop is) is doing the pulse measurement and other life signs, or the medical tricorder can a more complete sort of analysis. He can mix up or generate a number of medications in the hypo device, sometimes he fiddles with it to adjust it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (uhVAy)

157 142 There's gay and then there's this.

https://tinyurl.com/2n3d6h63
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:38 PM (viF8m)

***facepalm***

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (oCio0)

158 I miss having little kids in the house. They grow up way too damn quickly.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
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I'm glad that the grandkids are doing the grade school thing. Yeah, they were precious when they were crawling and toddling around, but I'm too old to be chasing them. Visits? Sure, but living here has been a chore. They are now to the point where they can do chores and provide a net positive to the household. Thank God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

159 Aren't they yclept Barristers in Canada, and therefore it would be BAID?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 08:39 PM (0sNs1)

The "L" stands for "legal", just as the "M" in "MAID" stands for "medical". Parallel construction, what is it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:42 PM (1z8ji)

160 It is if we are in the later stages of a chess match where suddenly moves and countermoves pop out in rapid succession.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)

Some of the smaller pawns should just look to their ability to play in these deep games with any hope of success.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (uhVAy)

161 142 There's gay and then there's this.

https://tinyurl.com/2n3d6h63

Posted by: JackStraw
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You missed this:
https://tinyurl.com/4m666y6a

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (ogcfP)

162 So McCoy just takes the little device's word for it?

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)

163 143 >>>he was MTG’s social media manger and ghost wrote her book. Milo is incredibly intelligent. What a waste.

Posted by: Piper

She denies it now despite obvious evidence that she was associated with him including pictures, past web posts, etc. That whole crowd of right wing grifters have some puppet master pulling their strings and I suspect it is both globo homo WEF donors and their GOPe allies in the US.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (E4rtv)

164 >>Did I just hear Trump announce we're gonna have a Star Fleet? And an academy for it?

He announced when he was in Houston awarding the Space Force medals that he's authorized the founding of a Space Force Academy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

165 Exactly ... I mean no one holds your Kale fetish against you (at least out loud).
Posted by: browndog says woof at August

Oh the flaws i possess! Kale is the least of them.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

166
Odd that the US can't get the chemicals for lethal injection, but Canada has plenty for MAID.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)

167 Neither Jaeger or the cats have any interest in toys. One less thing to pick up and put away. I do have to pick up all the dead rats and mice.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:44 PM (PbWRL)

168 Sorry I’m late. Tankdemon sent me on a snipe hunt. Again.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)


Well, September is the month when they are most active. Usually just after sunset. Holding a big cucumber in your hand can attract them.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB)

169 It is if we are in the later stages of a chess match where suddenly moves and countermoves pop out in rapid succession.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)
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Agreed. Making Carny blow up the trade deal was stupid. After three years of choking on Canadian smoke, the Upper Midwest wants to kick Canada in the shins. Again and again.

Alberta is not going to rally 'round the flag but run screaming because the dipshits in Ontario gleefully talked about destroying their entire economy.

It's all Kaiserschlacht all the time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)

170 Did I just hear Trump announce we're gonna have a Star Fleet? And an academy for it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 08:41 PM (w6EFb)

Space Force yes. Funny, I was looking up Spain's military size the other week and their Air Force is their Air and *Space* Force. Not sure when they will be colonizing that frontier.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (uhVAy)

171 I suspect it is both globo homo WEF donors and their GOPe allies in the US.
Posted by: whig at August

He is almost blind, and has some health issues. We will see what happens to him now. And his properties here.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

172 What was the difference between Spock's science tricorder and Bone's medical tricorder? There was no overlap Spock never declared any of the redshirts dead.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 08:46 PM (Ujrb8)

173 ---
No. Not gonna click it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Hey, hey, glad the Mrs. is doing OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:46 PM (ogcfP)

174 Odd that the US can't get the chemicals for lethal injection, but Canada has plenty for MAID.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)

They just use maple syrup.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)

175 Odd that the US can't get the chemicals for lethal injection, but Canada has plenty for MAID.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)
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If you use a drug "off label" to kill someone, that is the worst thing ever. If you do it to chemically castra a minor, you're being heroic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

176 Spock's tricorder is Android, Bones has an i-Corder.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)

177 Space Force yes. Funny, I was looking up Spain's military size the other week and their Air Force is their Air and *Space* Force. Not sure when they will be colonizing that frontier.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (uhVAy)
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You know who wrote a book on Spain's military...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:47 PM (ZOv7s)

178 Some of the smaller pawns should just look to their ability to play in these deep games with any hope of success.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I think Iceland just did. Putting kibosh on joining the sinking EU. Norway told the EU to fly a kite on restricting their Barent Sea oil and gas exploration.

Russia appears inching closer to a general mobilization of about 600k troops to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses, China probably has its own plans but for now is destroying the Euro auto business with their cheap electric cars among other things.

Japan is close to a yen crisis. UK lurches from crisis to crisis, Ireland is reaching a boiling point on migrants, and of course Spain where a corrupt leader of a minority government is trying desperately to destroy his own country rather than face jail time with his bride and fellow party members.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)

179 167 Neither Jaeger or the cats have any interest in toys. One less thing to pick up and put away. I do have to pick up all the dead rats and mice.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026

My cats play with their toys. But the favorite is this goofy stuffed emoji from a happy meal 10 years ago. The send that thing flying!

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

180 Space Force yes. Funny, I was looking up Spain's military size the other week and their Air Force is their Air and *Space* Force. Not sure when they will be colonizing that frontier.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:45 PM (uhVAy)
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Maybe there's a lost space-faring Aztec empire we don't know about...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (FZ29D)

181
Seriously, Jesse Waters played some clip of Trump speaking to some NASA bunch, and he mentioned the nuclear powered Mars probe in the works, and said we're gonna have a "star fleet" of those things. :-) Or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

182 139 would that mean you could get LAID in Canada?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ace's girlfriend is from up in your country.

You probably wouldn't know her, though.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (Y8DZL)

183 What was the difference between Spock's science tricorder and Bone's medical tricorder? There was no overlap Spock never declared any of the redshirts dead.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 08:46 PM (Ujrb

Not sure if it is a different prop in real life. But the medical ones do different stuff. I think Spock has used a scanner to get elemental compositions in the field with his. Presumably different software, perhaps different types of scanners as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)

184 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 31, 2026 08:49 PM (5rX7u)

185
Got the lawn mowed today. Rain is expected tomorrow. Counties to the north and east of Houston may get 10 inches (in a pretty short time) but we may get 1 or less here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:49 PM (O0L8i)

186 He is almost blind, and has some health issues. We will see what happens to him now. And his properties here.
Posted by: Piper
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Human wreckage from dancing with the devil for too long. The Lord may redeem him but he is now permanently barred from the US and as damaged goods, I doubt anyone serious in the UK is going to take a flyer on him. His former editor at Breitbart indicated he was trouble from day one there.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:49 PM (E4rtv)

187 The Marines and the Navy can share an academy because they are both warfighters and they have to work together.

Space Force is really out on its own. They are digital warfighters, and so the usual regimen of marching, small arms proficiency and the manual of arms only tangentially applies. I mean, they should know how to use sidearms, but will they even have security forces, or will the Air Force provide them? Their facilities are going to be on someone else's base.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

188 Not sure if it is a different prop in real life. But the medical ones do different stuff. I think Spock has used a scanner to get elemental compositions in the field with his. Presumably different software, perhaps different types of scanners as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)
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In the "real" future, people might just download an app to their smart device that does whatever they need at that moment.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:50 PM (FZ29D)

189 He's dead, Bones.

Posted by: Bearded Spock at August 31, 2026 08:50 PM (Ujrb8)

190 Neither Jaeger or the cats have any interest in toys. One less thing to pick up and put away. I do have to pick up all the dead rats and mice.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026

My cats play with their toys. But the favorite is this goofy stuffed emoji from a happy meal 10 years ago. The send that thing flying!
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

Cats are strange - it is understandable that an old well loved catnip toy might make them happy because of memories, but I have seen old toys from cats long passed on be found by a new cat and treated like the best toy ever by the new ones. Even ones where the catnip itself was virtually gone.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)

191 Not sure if it is a different prop in real life. But the medical ones do different stuff. I think Spock has used a scanner to get elemental compositions in the field with his. Presumably different software, perhaps different types of scanners as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)
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I've got a copy of The Making of Star Trek by Roddenberry and IIRC, Spock took a medical tricorder and hot-rodded it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)

192 In the "real" future, people might just download an app to their smart device that does whatever they need at that moment.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:50 PM (FZ29D)

They also have little attachments to do credit card reading and the like for your phone.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:52 PM (uhVAy)

193 Balding pink-haired man pretending to be a woman appears to be praying for the death of President Trump.
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Remember you weren't even allowed to *disagree* with Obama on anything, including when he insulted you or the dead or anyone. Remember it was the absolute end of the world. This was of course back when the Left loved to swan dive onto their fainting couches.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 08:52 PM (vE0+H)

194 Not sure if it is a different prop in real life. But the medical ones do different stuff. I think Spock has used a scanner to get elemental compositions in the field with his. Presumably different software, perhaps different types of scanners as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)

Such tools now exist in the real world. Hand-held instrument that can tell you the bulk atomic make-up of a rock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 08:52 PM (1z8ji)

195 Cats are strange - it is understandable that an old well loved catnip toy might make them happy because of memories, but I have seen old toys from cats long passed on be found by a new cat and treated like the best toy ever by the new ones. Even ones where the catnip itself was virtually gone.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)
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One of the first toys I ever got for my cats was a gift from a friend. My cat Jasmine loved to play with it.

Now Chloe, my newest cat, also loves to play with it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:52 PM (FZ29D)

196 Agreed. Making Carny blow up the trade deal was stupid. After three years of choking on Canadian smoke, the Upper Midwest wants to kick Canada in the shins. Again and again.

Alberta is not going to rally 'round the flag but run screaming because the dipshits in Ontario gleefully talked about destroying their entire economy.

It's all Kaiserschlacht all the time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The way that leaders are purposefully burning down their own countries to rule in ashes and enough support from their own citizenry to burn down their own societies to destruction is a mass psychosis that makes those marching off to war in 1914 cheering seem sane. And this is country after country are doing that in the EU. Russia and Ukraine are killing each other to a scale not seen since the 2nd World War or the partition of India.

Madness that makes the Donald look calm, cool, and collected.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

197
Japan is close to a yen crisis. UK lurches from crisis to crisis, Ireland is reaching a boiling point on migrants, and of course Spain where a corrupt leader of a minority government is trying desperately to destroy his own country rather than face jail time with his bride and fellow party members.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)

_________

France is a riot away from having the Fifth Republic collapse. Germany is adopting the Morgenthau Plan on its own. But we should be ashamed of ourselves because of Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)

198 Hell, if a drug is used “off label” to make someone better, they’ll prohibit doctors from being able to do that.

I think the Governess of Kansas or someplace like that did this during “Covid”. Since when do elected leaders of a state get to practice Medicine, anyway?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 08:55 PM (IkLDu)

199 Japan is close to a yen crisis. UK lurches from crisis to crisis, Ireland is reaching a boiling point on migrants, and of course Spain where a corrupt leader of a minority government is trying desperately to destroy his own country rather than face jail time with his bride and fellow party members.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)

Think we have propped the Yen up. There was apparently a trick all the bad actors knew where you could buy yen from Japan for no interest and then flip it and generate cash for your shady dealings. The US and Japan are plugging that leak.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)

200 PDT has changed the whole world.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:56 PM (PbWRL)

201
That "nuclear Mars probe" is Space Reactor-1 Freedom, a test of nuclear-electric propulsion. It will use a constant thrust trajectory to Mars, and deploy the "Skyfall" payload, which is three helicopters to fly around and explore on Mars.

Note this is low thrust, high specific impulse, not Epstein Drive-like high thrust.

Unlike a typical transfer orbit and gravitational-only trajectories, ballistic you might call them, although that's generally not used, it uses a continuous little thrust the whole way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 08:56 PM (w6EFb)

202 One of the first toys I ever got for my cats was a gift from a friend. My cat Jasmine loved to play with it.

Now Chloe, my newest cat, also loves to play with it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 08:52 PM (FZ29D)

i wonder if they can smell the love on it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:57 PM (uhVAy)

203 185
Got the lawn mowed today. Rain is expected tomorrow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Of course it is.
Looked at the radar. There's a storm south of LA but it looks doubtful to make Houston area landfall. Straight up the Sabine baby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 08:57 PM (ogcfP)

204 France is a riot away from having the Fifth Republic collapse. Germany is adopting the Morgenthau Plan on its own. But we should be ashamed of ourselves because of Trump.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yes absolutely. Poland seems to be one of the few sane countries in the EU. Even the Swiss are going nuts by refusing to put a lid on immigration.

Some group of ne'er do wells in the background have the elected leaders of Western Europe in a gimp suit and a ball gag taking orders while their masters dictate the destruction of Western civilization.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

205 Being a forensic accountant would be an interesting job. I am amazed at all the places and shell companies the IRGC has money stashed.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:59 PM (PbWRL)

206 Think we have propped the Yen up. There was apparently a trick all the bad actors knew where you could buy yen from Japan for no interest and then flip it and generate cash for your shady dealings. The US and Japan are plugging that leak.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Bessent went full bitch-mode on Liawatha about how currency swaps are not bailouts and how the US has an interest in stabilizing the yen.

Japan may actually have turned the corner. They are pushing the muslims out, defending their heritage and arming up. I saw a report that they are getting tactical advice from the Filipinos because their army component is so inexperienced. Strange days.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

207 Think we have propped the Yen up. There was apparently a trick all the bad actors knew where you could buy yen from Japan for no interest and then flip it and generate cash for your shady dealings. The US and Japan are plugging that leak.
Posted by: Oldcat

Japan has sailed beyond 300 percent debt to GDP, the only comparable of that size is China and it is about there with regional and national government debt. Both are aging rapidly, Japan's population is declining and I suspect that China's is there or about to be. I also think both China and India's population figures are likely bogus just as the USSR's was.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)

208 Japan is close to a yen crisis. UK lurches from crisis to crisis, Ireland is reaching a boiling point
Spain where a corrupt leader is trying desperately to destroy his own country
France is a riot away from having the Fifth Republic collapse. Germany is adopting the Morgenthau Plan on its own

So, a buying opportunity coming up?

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (Y8DZL)

209 My cats are starting to be a pain in the ass in their requests to go out for a walk. They now expect it every morning . It's like having dogs. Eliminated one of the advantages of having a cat instead of a dog.
Posted by: polynikes at

Open door, let out, wish it well insofar as not getting eaten and such. It will come back when hungry.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (sl73Y)

210
They also have little attachments to do credit card reading and the like for your phone.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026

I have tap to pay on the studio cell phone. No need to even swipe it.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

211 "Hand-held instrument that can tell you the bulk atomic make-up of a rock.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon "

It can tell you the kind of rock? That would be so useful. We have a variety of rocks at our farm, feldspar, quartzite, biotite gneiss, mica and such, among other things, and it would be handy and interesting to be able to do that with a thing that plugs into your cellphone.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi)

212
Being a forensic accountant would be an interesting job. I am amazed at all the places and shell companies the IRGC has money stashed.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:59 PM (PbWRL)

__________

Strikes me that's a job where if you're asked what you do, you say you're an ice cream salesman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (O0L8i)

213 Yes absolutely. Poland seems to be one of the few sane countries in the EU. Even the Swiss are going nuts by refusing to put a lid on immigration.

Some group of ne'er do wells in the background have the elected leaders of Western Europe in a gimp suit and a ball gag taking orders while their masters dictate the destruction of Western civilization.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

Sane ish. Their government head was installed by the EU in one of their shady backroom deals a while back. They need to be careful that their distrust of Russia doesn't get them turned into a pawn for the EU / UK Russian haters. Because in the final analysis, there's no military oomph behind any of their plans.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (uhVAy)

214 They also have little attachments to do credit card reading and the like for your phone.

Posted by: Oldcat
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Just scan the QR code on your screen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:03 PM (ogcfP)

215 Japan may actually have turned the corner. They are pushing the muslims out, defending their heritage and arming up. I saw a report that they are getting tactical advice from the Filipinos because their army component is so inexperienced. Strange days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Interesting fact. You and Oldcat have an eye for strategic details as does Hadrian.

When Elon opened X to Japanese by autotranslation to English and vice versa, I see a lot of Japanese in my feed that are really pissed off at the Muslim invaders and whoever is sponsoring them. Plus their ancient shrines are like churches in the West, mysteriously catching fire.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

216 In G-d I trust, all others pay cash.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 09:03 PM (PbWRL)

217 They also have little attachments to do credit card reading and the like for your phone.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026

I have tap to pay on the studio cell phone. No need to even swipe it.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

Can you charge other people's cards though?

Yes bluetooth has a funky little interface for tap actions in there, can transfer a snippet of bytes.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:04 PM (uhVAy)

218
Neither Jaeger or the cats have any interest in toys. One less thing to pick up and put away. I do have to pick up all the dead rats and mice.
Posted by: Ben Had
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My cats play with their toys. But the favorite is this goofy stuffed emoji from a happy meal 10 years ago. The send that thing flying!
Posted by: Piper

MegaRoy has a basket of toys in Junior-ette's room. Every night between midnight and 0400, he'll dig a random one out and drag it into the master bedroom and play with it while 'mrrrp-ing". He has a few repeat favorites, like a plush bunny rabbit he stole from Junior-ette, that get a more frequent turn in the cycle.

Buggy, my triangle headed siamese back in the late 90s had a toddler teething ring he attached himself to. Slept with it, carried it around, etc.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 31, 2026 09:05 PM (QVmho)

219
For some numbers, SR-1's thrust will be just 3 to 4 oz. Yes, ounces of thrust.

So, just a little extra non-gravitational acceleration. These low thrust trajectories are interesting. Basically, you do a long outward spiral.

SR-1 will actually take a bit longer to get to Mars than usual, but with much less fuel mass than usual. That's what high specific impulse, but low thrust does for you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:06 PM (w6EFb)

220 ---
Bessent went full bitch-mode on Liawatha about how currency swaps are not bailouts and how the US has an interest in stabilizing the yen.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Treasury Department@SecScottBessent

In her latest sciolistic letter to me, @SenWarren made it clear that she knows even less about foreign exchange markets than she does about banking.

What is equally shocking, but not surprising: not a single member of the media mob has a rudimentary-enough level of financial market literacy to spot her remedial error.

To reiterate: under @POTUS, the United States delivers for America’s trusted partners.

For a fuller explanation, I recommend Senator Warren take any entry level course in international finance for her and her staff, or I can personally give her a tutorial on Foreign Exchange for Dummies. Although I am not holding my breath, I hope her next letter will demonstrate that she has learned the difference between a currency purchase and a swap or a loan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:06 PM (ogcfP)

221 So, a buying opportunity coming up?
Posted by: Auspex

Pain eventually even overcomes citizen fear in the EU of the puppet masters and I think the next two years are going to reveal a lot of ugliness that is being directed by a small cadre of very rich families that are trying to implode Western civilization to rule over the ashes.

They are bringing in the Muslims purposefully to bring capitulation and yet, they have to know that Muslims are fine at terror, not so good as soldiers.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:07 PM (E4rtv)

222 Bif, I saw the message. We can work something out.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 09:08 PM (PbWRL)

223 216 In G-d I trust, all others pay cash.
Posted by: Ben Had

A heartwarming book by Jean Shepard. Christmas Story is a chapter in it. The others are just as good. Closest thing to O. Henry, I've read.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

224
Yow. We're happy to have gotten a BIS on The Big Dummy, but the #1 all-breed dog has 63 as of the end of July.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:08 PM (O0L8i)

225 Can you charge other people's cards though?

Yes bluetooth has a funky little interface for tap actions in there, can transfer a snippet of bytes.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:04 PM (uhVAy)

Yes, they can tap their card or their phone using their digital wallet. Or their Apple Watch, even. I still have the ability to swipe or you can always manually enter a card number as a back up. It connects into my POS on my iMac.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 09:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

226 Bessent is one of those prissy people who one must, if he chose to confront, have his p's & q's in order lest he be taken to the woodshed in a most embarrassing manner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:09 PM (ogcfP)

227
When the great EU-Russia war starts, y'all will be grateful for the stout muslum lads in the trenches defending the west.

Guessing the 600,000 man call up was the reason for the CIA to go to Moscow last week.

Bloody mess coming, I fear.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:10 PM (Y8DZL)

228 Japan has sailed beyond 300 percent debt to GDP, the only comparable of that size is China and it is about there with regional and national government debt. Both are aging rapidly, Japan's population is declining and I suspect that China's is there or about to be. I also think both China and India's population figures are likely bogus just as the USSR's was.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)

China's demo is probably worse than Japan or Korea for that matter. The madcap building of cardboard real estate was a way to fool people into thinking their retirement was covered now that most kids have multiple parents and grandparents all depending on one child. Now that is blowing up in their face.

The recent natural disasters might have modified things a bit since the loss of life is being hugely suppressed by the CCP.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:11 PM (uhVAy)

229 They are bringing in the Muslims purposefully to bring capitulation and yet, they have to know that Muslims are fine at terror, not so good as soldiers.
Posted by: whig

That's why the Ottoman Empire's elite troops were abducted/"taxed" European children (Janissaries). As the Muslim immigrants take all normal, legitimate blue collar jobs, the military might be the only option for ethnic Europeans. They get to be slaves soldiers again!

Posted by: Military Moron at August 31, 2026 09:11 PM (2b4M2)

230 It can tell you the kind of rock? That would be so useful. We have a variety of rocks at our farm, feldspar, quartzite, biotite gneiss, mica and such, among other things, and it would be handy and interesting to be able to do that with a thing that plugs into your cellphone.
Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi)

Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Analyzers. Figure on 30,000 bucks or so. But they will become cheaper, I'm sure. If you know bulk composition, and plug in other things like color, crystal habit, and associated minerals, you can probably nail the identity of the mineral under the spot beam.


https://tinyurl.com/zjd85s35

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 09:11 PM (1z8ji)

231 I had a feral cat bring me a snake once. We gave him treats but he didn't seem like it was a fair trade.

Posted by: Bearded Spock at August 31, 2026 09:12 PM (Ujrb8)

232 Holy shit. Mariners are going to blow another lead late in the game.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:12 PM (rFS/C)

233 When the great EU-Russia war starts, y'all will be grateful for the stout muslum lads in the trenches defending the west.

Guessing the 600,000 man call up was the reason for the CIA to go to Moscow last week.

Bloody mess coming, I fear.
Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:10 PM (Y8DZL)

Put a gun in the hand of a musloid, and he will point it at you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 09:14 PM (1z8ji)

234 227
When the great EU-Russia war starts, y'all will be grateful for the stout muslum lads in the trenches defending the west.

Guessing the 600,000 man call up was the reason for the CIA to go to Moscow last week.

Bloody mess coming, I fear.
Posted by: Auspex
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The muzzies would run like hell from any army conscription and I think the natives would just as soon take allegiance to Vlad as to their vile elected overlords in that case. No one wants to fight for Globohomo is the reality.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)

235 Guessing the 600,000 man call up was the reason for the CIA to go to Moscow last week.

Bloody mess coming, I fear.
Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:10 PM (Y8DZL)
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There is also a rumor that Russia was going to declare the UK a co-belligerent unless they cut ties with Ukraine. Article 5 doesn't apply if you provoke the war.

I'm just spitballing, but what if Iran really is on the ropes and is calling in all its favors. Russia rattles the sabre, and Carney dutifully provokes a trade war, all in the hopes of blunting what would be a game-changing win for the US.

If Iran comes to terms, that's it for the Dems. Big parade in DC, mullahs vanquished, their defenders humiliated, and the midterms become a blue bloodbath. Abdul Jihadi gets smoked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

236 I had a feral cat bring me a snake once. We gave him treats but he didn't seem like it was a fair trade.
Posted by: Bearded Spock at August 31, 2026 09:12 PM (Ujrb

I always praised the kitty bringing me gifts, it was the least I could do.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:15 PM (uhVAy)

237 So, a buying opportunity coming up?
Posted by: Auspex

Real estate! Homes in Ceuta are at a discount right now, but the Spanish government has already deported all the migrants. Threat's gone, property is still cheap...buy now, and in 6 months, home values will skyrocket. Don't miss out on this easy investment opportunity!!!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at August 31, 2026 09:15 PM (2b4M2)

238 Put a gun in the hand of a musloid, and he will point it at you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I think the guns are already in the mosques to be brought out. Literally thousands of mosques now in France, UK, Germany, and spreading in other nations as well.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:16 PM (E4rtv)

239 Just got home.

Our main campus downtown had a water pipe burst and destroy all of our elevators. It’s a nine story building. Stairwell is badge access only.

What a mess. I’m supposed to expect patients with back pain to climb the stairs? And what about my patients who just got back injections? Their legs are fucking numb.

What a shitshow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:17 PM (rFS/C)

240 The muzzies would run like hell from any army conscription and I think the natives would just as soon take allegiance to Vlad as to their vile elected overlords in that case. No one wants to fight for Globohomo is the reality.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, they are pampered pets now. Hard to turn that into warriors, even if you have the weapons for them, which you do not. Or the leadership.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:17 PM (uhVAy)

241
Bif, I saw the message. We can work something out.
Posted by: Ben Had

I figured you had, but are just swamped with daily duties, training world class cow horses, and MoMe planning. I'll probably be back in Diana around Veteran's day, but otherwise am busier than a one armed paper hanger with work. Only home two weekends, and three weekdays this month!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 31, 2026 09:18 PM (QVmho)

242 238 Put a gun in the hand of a musloid, and he will point it at you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I think the guns are already in the mosques to be brought out. Literally thousands of mosques now in France, UK, Germany, and spreading in other nations as well.

Posted by: whig
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Here too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:18 PM (ogcfP)

243 "If you know bulk composition, and plug in other things like color, crystal habit, and associated minerals, you can probably nail the identity of the mineral under the spot beam."

Those are cool. Build AI in it and let it figure out the mineral.

You need an x-ray generator so it may be a while before a cell phone can do it.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

244 If Iran comes to terms, that's it for the Dems. Big parade in DC, mullahs vanquished, their defenders humiliated, and the midterms become a blue bloodbath. Abdul Jihadi gets smoked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Possible. That would explain the continuing leaks and Driscoll being forcibly retired. Dems in the nat sec community are getting desperate.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv)

245 China's demo is probably worse than Japan or Korea for that matter. The madcap building of cardboard real estate was a way to fool people into thinking their retirement was covered now that most kids have multiple parents and grandparents all depending on one child. Now that is blowing up in their face.

The recent natural disasters might have modified things a bit since the loss of life is being hugely suppressed by the CCP.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 09:11 PM (uhVAy)
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Japan got rich before it got old. China got old before it got rich. The Tibet-Nepal flooding is really interesting because it shows how the PLA and NAP function in an operational environment. TL;DR version: they don't. They moved assets to the region and then sat there, waiting for everyone to die. Then, three days later, they made propaganda films of guys with clean uniforms calling out for survivors and gingerly shoveling dirt into a pile.

Nepal had helos racing all over the place, guys pulling people out of muck on ropes, heroic rescues galore, more than 7,000 people save. China has saved exactly zero.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

246 Yeah, they are pampered pets now. Hard to turn that into warriors, even if you have the weapons for them, which you do not. Or the leadership.
Posted by: Oldcat
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My guess is some underpants gnome plan that resembles the Hutus deciding to chop up the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

247 7 Why put any effort into rescuing bears? Bears are ugly, smelly, shit-assed murderbeasts that do nothing for humans. Just shoot the damn things.
Posted by: Delurker



I LOVE Bears!!

Posted by: Barack Obama, heterosexual at August 31, 2026 09:21 PM (sAmhv)

248 Here too."

Purchase ammunition. Boxes of more than 100 can be unwieldy.

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 09:21 PM (XuXeR)

249 Japan got rich before it got old. China got old before it got rich. The Tibet-Nepal flooding is really interesting because it shows how the PLA and NAP function in an operational environment. TL;DR version: they don't. They moved assets to the region and then sat there, waiting for everyone to die. Then, three days later, they made propaganda films of guys with clean uniforms calling out for survivors and gingerly shoveling dirt into a pile.

Nepal had helos racing all over the place, guys pulling people out of muck on ropes, heroic rescues galore, more than 7,000 people save. China has saved exactly zero.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Looks like you can reuse your title.

Walls of Dead: Chinese Response to Disasters.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)

250 Twoday is be a goods deyto join the FARTTube revelation.
Did yew FART Tube tw I dey ?

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 31, 2026 09:22 PM (HJ5Fv)

251 Possible. That would explain the continuing leaks and Driscoll being forcibly retired. Dems in the nat sec community are getting desperate.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv)
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The leak of the War Book or whatever is suicidal. That's a desperation move. "See, the generals said it would never wooooork!!1!" is meaningless once Iran surrenders.

The Iranians are screwed and so this is a Hail Mary to try to get the whole thing called off but the WaPo is a dirt rag worth a dollar these days. No one cares.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

252 I'm going to build a mosque on my property. Just for arms storage. No one would even dare try.

Posted by: RI Red at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (2+C8T)

253
Did I hear aright that the China-Nepal flooding was caused by a geological collapse that led to the glacier breaking away? That Shell executives did not, in fact, cause it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

254 Here too.

Posted by: Braenyard

Difference is we have so many firearms that we could provide almost every European with one if we wished and still have enough left to finish off invaders. In Euroland, apart from perhaps the Swiss and the Finns, a lot fewer people own firearms there.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)

255 252 I'm going to build a mosque on my property. Just for arms storage. No one would even dare try.
Posted by: RI Red

Oh, so you've read Sixth Column by Heinlein.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)

256 Looks like you can reuse your title.

Walls of Dead: Chinese Response to Disasters.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)
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I'm actually backing off on my China watching because it's becoming really dark. The bit about delivery drivers lacing their orders with herbicide was deeply disturbing. Supposedly the hospitals noticed the spike, informed the government, which promptly told everyone to shut up because if word got out, the last line of defense for the economy (food delivery) would collapse.

Well, word got out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

257 253
Did I hear aright that the China-Nepal flooding was caused by a geological collapse that led to the glacier breaking away? That Shell executives did not, in fact, cause it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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That has been my take from the news.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)

258 I'm actually backing off on my China watching because it's becoming really dark. The bit about delivery drivers lacing their orders with herbicide was deeply disturbing. Supposedly the hospitals noticed the spike, informed the government, which promptly told everyone to shut up because if word got out, the last line of defense for the economy (food delivery) would collapse.

Well, word got out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Their elites are every bit as rapacious as ours, just not as traitorous to their own country as ours appear to be.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

259 There are mile long gas lines in Iran, No Jobs, No Food, and people have not been paid in weeks. The Iranian currency is worthless, and they have not sold any oil to China in over two months.

Yet you will never see this on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc...

Now if His Highness Sir Barry of Obama were POTUS he would proclaimed the Ruler of the World and Chocolate Moses.

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 09:27 PM (eO806)

260 Difference is we have so many firearms that we could provide almost every European with one if we wished and still have enough left to finish off invaders. In Euroland, apart from perhaps the Swiss and the Finns, a lot fewer people own firearms there.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)
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There are actually several countries with "gun cultures," Germany among them. France also has a non-trivial rate of civilian firearms ownership. The Czechs lifted a lot of restrictions because of fears of external/internal issues, and Poland is embracing the "nation in arms" concept and encouraging gun clubs as deterrence against Russia.

All the Baltics are planning on Guerilla warfare as well. The arms are not in homes, but in caches to be accessed after the Russians move past.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

261 Now if His Highness Sir Barry of Obama were POTUS he would proclaimed the Ruler of the World and Chocolate Moses.
Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 09:27 PM (eO806)
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If Sir Barry was in charge, Israel would be a smoking crater.

He would have expedited Iran's nuclear program and given them the go-ahead to use it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:29 PM (FZ29D)

262 Oh, so you've read Sixth Column by Heinlein.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)

I had read it years ago, but I had to look it up.
Yes, I will be the pastor and it will be something like Michael Valentine Smith's church.

Posted by: RI Red at August 31, 2026 09:29 PM (2+C8T)

263 Did I hear aright that the China-Nepal flooding was caused by a geological collapse that led to the glacier breaking away? That Shell executives did not, in fact, cause it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)
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That is one theory. The other is that the Chinese were doing yet another ill-considered hydro project and overfilling a reservoir which caused a slope to become unstable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

264
Well, Nurse, the Bosox tied it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)

265 If Sir Barry was in charge, Israel would be a smoking crater.

He would have expedited Iran's nuclear program and given them the go-ahead to use it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:29 PM (FZ29D)
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He did everything in his power to help them short of delivering actual nukes. And somehow, Trump thwarted it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:32 PM (ZOv7s)

266 252 I'm going to build a mosque on my property. Just for arms storage. No one would even dare try.
Posted by: RI Red

I would, too, but the amount of pork I've put through the grills out back would disqualify me.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:32 PM (Y8DZL)

267 Kinda want to watch 9 to 5. But I fucking loathe Hanoi Jane.

Way to go, bitch! Wrecking all the nice things.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

268 >> Did I hear aright that the China-Nepal flooding was caused by a geological collapse that led to the glacier breaking away?

A huge chunk of glacier broke off a mountain and plummeted down. Don't hold me to it, but IIRC that chunk was about 2000' wide, and it fell on the order of 4000' down. There may have been some rock under it that gave way.

The usual suspects are screaming globull warmmuning of course, but tectonic uplift likely had as much to do with it as melting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

269 I've said this on my blog and here before, but China missed the boat. The time to act against Taiwan was 2023, when the US was distracted and demoralized, and all our generals were sucking Beijing's dick. Milley would never attack his fwends.

The way to beat Taiwan is by making the US abandon it, because then the fifth columnists could make the case that life is better than death. But Xi figured that Harris would follow, and it would be even easier.

He was wrong.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

270 PDT has changed the whole world.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 08:56 PM (PbWRL)

I wish I could dig up my posts from 2016 and 2017 saying he had the ability to do exactly that, and that's why they had to manufacture Russia to try to ruin him. That was the reason for their nonstop opposition. They knew what he was capable of and had to stop it at any cost. And almost did, several times...

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 09:35 PM (vE0+H)

271 Their elites are every bit as rapacious as ours, just not as traitorous to their own country as ours appear to be.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

On the contrary they're as loyal to their country as ours is... to their country.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 09:36 PM (vE0+H)

272 The usual suspects are screaming globull warmmuning of course, but tectonic uplift likely had as much to do with it as melting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)
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Global warming did not prevent China from using established protocols to sound an alert as soon as it was detected and give downstream communities more time to evacuate.

Don't trust China, China is asshoe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)

273 Kinda want to watch 9 to 5. But I fucking loathe Hanoi Jane.

Way to go, bitch! Wrecking all the nice things.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

Oddly enough my dad hated that cunt with a passion few could conjure, but loved 9 to 5.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 09:37 PM (vE0+H)

274
Oh, so you've read Sixth Column by Heinlein.

Anti-Chinese ray gun at the ready.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 09:38 PM (Cqx++)

275 I'm going to build a mosque on my property. Just for arms storage. No one would even dare try.
Posted by: RI Red

I would, too, but the amount of pork I've put through the grills out back would disqualify me.
Posted by: Auspex


"Reform branch?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 09:38 PM (VHUov)

276 There are actually several countries with "gun cultures," Germany among them. France also has a non-trivial rate of civilian firearms ownership. The Czechs lifted a lot of restrictions because of fears of external/internal issues, and Poland is embracing the "nation in arms" concept and encouraging gun clubs as deterrence against Russia.

All the Baltics are planning on Guerilla warfare as well. The arms are not in homes, but in caches to be accessed after the Russians move past.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I hope you are correct.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)

277 259 There are mile long gas lines in Iran, No Jobs, No Food, and people have not been paid in weeks. The Iranian currency is worthless, and they have not sold any oil to China in over two months.
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Isn't it romantic?
America, the great siege engine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:39 PM (ogcfP)

278 On the contrary they're as loyal to their country as ours is... to their country.
Posted by: ...
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Heh. Well put.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:39 PM (E4rtv)

279 The usual suspects are screaming globull warmmuning of course, but tectonic uplift likely had as much to do with it as melting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

Massive landslides are a regular occurrence in mountainous country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 09:39 PM (1z8ji)

280 No cattle from trebuchets yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (ogcfP)

281 "Map Battle: Google Maps Displays ‘Lake America’ While Apple Maps Shows ‘Lake Ontario’"

APPLE! GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (g47mK)

282 My mosque will be for a new religion - slamI.
Instead of "submit", it means '"rise up".
Dihaj is is the requirement to vanquish all foes of the Constitution. Every household will be required to own a minimum of one automatic rifle. Sunday is Church of the Holey Target.

Posted by: RI Red at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (2+C8T)

283 Why put any effort into rescuing bears? Bears are ugly, smelly, shit-assed murderbeasts that do nothing for humans. Just shoot the damn things.
Posted by: Delurker


Humans are 100x worse. We do nothing but pollute the planet, kill things and lay waste to the oceans and the skies. Is there anything we make better?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:41 PM (+Lnfw)

284
The amount of money the CCP is spending to direct U.S. politics and policy is greater than can estimated.

They want civilizational collapse. No schools, manufacturing, and a fentanyl addled population.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:41 PM (Y8DZL)

285 Looks as if Eloon may have nuked yet another helpful site.

This site can’t be reached
tweetviewer.com took too long to respond.


I am not happy with xwitter, don't want to join.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nitter, natter, nutter, moosk at August 31, 2026 09:42 PM (Cl/mc)

286 The usual suspects are screaming globull warmmuning of course, but tectonic uplift likely had as much to do with it as melting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

Massive landslides are a regular occurrence in mountainous country.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 09:39 PM (1z8ji)
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I blame the quantum weather butterfly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:42 PM (FZ29D)

287 All this science, I don't understand.

Posted by: The Rocket Man at August 31, 2026 09:42 PM (4Je4D)

288 I hope you are correct.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)
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German and French firearms ownership is around 30%, which is low to us, but much better than the UK. In fact, one could argue that American gun culture is because of Germany, which lacked the class distinctions of the English. The whole notion of the independent riflemen comes from Jaegers, not upper-class twits shooting birds.

Things have doubtless changed since I was there 10 years ago, but you could buy knives and swords and maces in Germany without anyone caring. Not at all like the UK.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

289 PDT has changed the whole world.
Posted by: Ben Had

I wish I could dig up my posts from 2016 and 2017 saying he had the ability to do exactly that
Posted by: ...


Don't do that.

"Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 09:43 PM (VHUov)

290 The top photo...is that what I fear it is?

Have never seen it before.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 09:43 PM (hzuYO)

291 This site can’t be reached
tweetviewer.com took too long to respond.

I am not happy with xwitter, don't want to join.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nitter, natter, nutter, moosk
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He's being very bitchy about, it's mine, it's all mine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:44 PM (ogcfP)

292 "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 09:43 PM (VHUov)

Call me Cassandra

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 09:44 PM (vE0+H)

293 Massive landslides are a regular occurrence in mountainous country.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 09:39 PM (1z8ji)
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NO! CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES ALL THINGS! IF YOU JUST GIVE UP CARS AND EAT BUGS THERE WILL BE NO DISASTERS EVER!

Posted by: Climate Change Cultists at August 31, 2026 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

294 Is there anything we make better?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:41 PM (+Lnfw)

Yes, nurse, your little baby granddaughter will make the world better.

Posted by: RI Red at August 31, 2026 09:45 PM (2+C8T)

295 The amount of money the CCP is spending to direct U.S. politics and policy is greater than can estimated.

They want civilizational collapse. No schools, manufacturing, and a fentanyl addled population.
Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:41 PM (Y8DZL)
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And yet they are failing. Trump got elected twice. That's got to sting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

296 282 My mosque will be for a new religion - slamI.
Instead of "submit", it means '"rise up".
Dihaj is is the requirement to vanquish all foes of the Constitution. Every household will be required to own a minimum of one automatic rifle. Sunday is Church of the Holey Target.
Posted by: RI Red
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Hey, You truly are Bearded Spock!!! I knew it.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)

297 They want civilizational collapse. No schools, manufacturing, and a fentanyl addled population.

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So, LA County then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:46 PM (4Je4D)

298 Just get a burner Gmail account and sign up
For the X. Elon did save the country. You can at least sign up. Costs you nothing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:46 PM (+Lnfw)

299 There are mile long gas lines in Iran, No Jobs, No Food, and people have not been paid in weeks. The Iranian currency is worthless, and they have not sold any oil to China in over two months.
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Isn't it romantic?
America, the great siege engine.
Posted by: Braenyard


Everyone has a plan until they get Trumped in the mouth.

Posted by: mikeski tyson at August 31, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

300 And stop your fucking whining.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:47 PM (+Lnfw)

301
I was reading and listening some more about "climate change" over the late Pleistocene through the Younger Dryas and into our current Holocene.

That puts all this climate change nonsense in perspective. What's happening now is nothing compared to what Erf can do and has done many times. The current glacial retreat got really started back in the early 1800s, coming off the advance due to the "Little Ice Age".

We had the Maunder Minimum, and the glaciers advanced a little. That ended, and here we are. The current "warming" is just part of the oscillation well apparent over thousands of years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

302 Trump should rename the Eiffel Tower the America Tower. Hilarity would ensue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (4Je4D)

303 "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Posted by: mikeski


Just leave, raise an army, and conquer that native place then. Pfff.

Posted by: big mo at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (88C+u)

304 294 Is there anything we make better?
Posted by: nurse ratched

We seem to make dog and cat lives a little better.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (Y8DZL)

305 Yes, the falling piece of glacier flash melted and released a few million tons of water that at mixed with dirt and rock and did what a couple of million tons of a water, dirt rock slurry will do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (XV/Pl)

306
He's being very bitchy about, it's mine, it's all mine.

Posted by: Braenyard

He lost billions buying it and I suspect he wants to recoup some of his losses and tolerating third party apps that steal his content and deny him user numbers are on the chop.

Jack Dorsey's twitter was run as Pee Wee's Playhouse for Lefties and not designed to run a profit on purpose.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (E4rtv)

307 Trump should rename the Eiffel Tower the America Tower. Hilarity would ensue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:48 PM (4Je4D)
---
Trump doing the "Lake America" thing was hilarious because it immediately reminded everyone how the left has been renaming everything, and Canada has been worse than we are.

They hate their country. They need to just abolish it and become serfs of Indian tribes. Enough already.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

308 268 >> Did I hear aright that the China-Nepal flooding was caused by a geological collapse that led to the glacier breaking away?

A huge chunk of glacier broke off a mountain and plummeted down. Don't hold me to it, but IIRC that chunk was about 2000' wide, and it fell on the order of 4000' down. There may have been some rock under it that gave way.

The usual suspects are screaming globull warmmuning of course, but tectonic uplift likely had as much to do with it as melting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

Small Dead Animals has a post to a YouTube video, done by a geologist, that I've watched. His theory is that the bedrock gave way underneath the ice field. Seems the most likely scenario ...

It's in today's entries on SDA

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 09:51 PM (oCio0)

309 And the Mariners lose.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:52 PM (b/YnV)

310 Instapundit was claiming that China (asshoe) was doing some mining around that mountain on the Tibet side which caused the collapse.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 09:52 PM (88C+u)

311 They hate their country. They need to just abolish it and become serfs of Indian tribes. Enough already.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)
----
There's probably more than a few "Americans" who want to do the same here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:53 PM (FZ29D)

312 Rockies and Angels are tied for last. Cripple Fight '26!

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 09:53 PM (88C+u)

313 Is there anything we make better?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 09:41 PM (+Lnfw)

I don't even know how to respond to this.

So I'll just go somewhere else for a while, He said from his computer, in his comfortable home office, paid for by his fulfilling career as a CAD tech in a land survey company in the greatest society the world has ever seen.; loving his wife and cherishing the sons they both raised to manhood.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 09:53 PM (0aYVJ)

314 Instapundit was claiming that China (asshoe) was doing some mining around that mountain on the Tibet side which caused the collapse.

==

China is cracking down on all videos of what happened, deleting all evidence. Kinda like they did during COVID. When first videos of people collapsing in the streets were starting to come out.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:54 PM (g47mK)

315 I've been through that border crossing. It was elaborate. It's weird to see it gone in an instant.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:54 PM (4Je4D)

316 a geologist, that I've watched. His theory is that the bedrock gave way underneath the ice field. Seems the most likely scenario ...
Posted by: browndog says woof


Bedrock doesn't just "give way." That's why it's bedrock and not just rock.

Posted by: warmist geologists at August 31, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)

317
Our current Holocene is just an interstadial. We're still in an Ice Age. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

318 My happy fun day was reorganizing my reloading area. Disassembled some rounds using my Piledriver which does a good job on rifle ammo.

Found 1k 7.62x51 and about 250 or so of Garand 30-06 already preloaded on clips. Plus some assorted other range fodder. Thought those boxes had old holsters in them.

Plus I found a bunch of cassette tapes, figured they would be demagnetized by now--nope, played just fine. 70's and 80's galore in cassette tapes.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:55 PM (E4rtv)

319 He's being very bitchy about, it's mine, it's all mine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August

Well it is a business and he isn’t a billionaire because he is bad at it.

You don’t have to get a premium one, just get the free one of you aren’t going to actually use it to read news, etc. if it’s just to get random access, build a Gmail or proton you won’t use, and sign up.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 09:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

320 280 No cattle from trebuchets yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (ogcfP)

I.guess that means railgun launches are still a long way off.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 09:56 PM (/hk2L)

321 Well, I've put my marker down. The Dems fear Iran will cave around Labor Day and so they created a tariff war to bury it. That's my take. Good night!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 09:56 PM (ZOv7s)

322 I vote the MLB put the Angels and Rockies in their own series, which will be whiffle ball. Loser has to exit the MLB and not waste our time in '27. That team can reapply in '28.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 09:57 PM (88C+u)

323 ...deny him user numbers are on the chop.
...

Posted by: whig
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I don't mind being a user number. I do mind putting my information out there in order to do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:57 PM (ogcfP)

324 You don’t have to get a premium one, just get the free one of you aren’t going to actually use it to read news, etc. if it’s just to get random access, build a Gmail or proton you won’t use, and sign up.
Posted by: Piper
=======
Pretty much. News is fine if you pick and choose the right people to follow. Avoid the comment sections and with a free account, avoid commenting as much as you might want to. X has automated complaint systems and you want to avoid that.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:58 PM (E4rtv)

325 I vote the MLB put the Angels and Rockies in their own series, which will be whiffle ball. Loser has to exit the MLB and not waste our time in '27. That team can reapply in '28.
Posted by: 88C+u


Do it like metric kickball. Demote them to AAA and promote the best AAA teams to the majors.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 09:59 PM (VHUov)

326 320 280 No cattle from trebuchets yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (ogcfP)

I.guess that means railgun launches are still a long way off.

Posted by: tankdemon
---

Now, see, that's what great American forward thinking is all about.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 09:59 PM (ogcfP)

327
Canada is a great example of a Euro-socialist state that stays in power long enough to regulate the strangulation of free economy.

Difference is, we are right next door, not across an ocean.

Companies have been moving here since Trudeau got started, and that's ramping up bigly since Carney went elbows up.

We don't need their shit or their lip.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 10:00 PM (Y8DZL)

328 I don't mind being a user number. I do mind putting my information out there in order to do it.

Posted by: Braenyard
------
If you want X, you will, if you don't then you won't but the third party apps are unlikely to continue to be able to access X.

I used a throwaway Gmail account email and provided the minimum.

Then again, I have paid id protection services that notify me of data brokers buying my info and I request and they have to follow laws that remove that data.

I use a free service every now and again that gives privacy scans to check up on the original service. My profile online is pretty thin.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:02 PM (E4rtv)

329 Do it like metric kickball. Demote them to AAA and promote the best AAA teams to the majors.
Posted by: mikeski
======
That would be humorous. Piss the nasty owners off too if they get their team demoted by being cheapskates.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:03 PM (E4rtv)

330 If you really think anonymity truly exists, you’re living in a clown world.

You’re on a lot of lists.

Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 10:07 PM (ti1MH)

331 No cattle from trebuchets yet.
Posted by: Braenyard

I.guess that means railgun launches are still a long way off.
Posted by: tankdemon

Now, see, that's what great American forward thinking is all about.
Posted by: Braenyard


Cattle don't make good railgun ammo, though, so you'd need some sort of cow sabot to launch them.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

332
If you really think anonymity truly exists, you’re living in a clown world.
You’re on a lot of lists.
Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched

^^^that, right there^^^^

Wait until DIS tells you that Chyna hacked your MIC network, and the only stuff downloaded was 750mb of your work. Shit gets real paranoid after that.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 31, 2026 10:12 PM (QVmho)

333 ONT posted a while ago.

Posted by: clarence at August 31, 2026 10:15 PM (vqfj6)

Quick Hits

billieeilishsocialism.jpg

She's still living on stolen land, too.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

Aug 29

WOW! Elon Musk CALLS OUT socialist Billie Eilish as a massive hypocrite

"[She hates] on capitalism and 'stolen land' while selling PERFUME and living in LUXURY on that SAME LAND."

Speaking of stolen land, the Supreme Court has rebuked a lower court order to halt Trump's repair and remodeling of the East Wing of the White House.

Specifically, they issued a stay, putting the lawless rogue lower court's injunction against Trump on hold.


On April 17, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed the district court's injunction, effectively allowing construction to proceed, while it considered the government's appeal. On August 7,
2026, the court of appeals resolved that appeal and upheld the district court's injunction. At the same time, the court indicated that its existing stay would expire on August 21, 2026, and the district court's injunction would thus take effect.

Confronted with an imminent order requiring it to substantially halt its ongoing construction activities, the government filed a motion in this Court seeking a stay of the district court's injunction pending a forthcoming petition for a writ of certiorari and any further proceedings in this Court. THE CHIEF JUSTICE issued an administrative stay to facilitate review of the government's application and referred the matter to the Court.

We grant the requested stay. The government has established that it is likely to succeed on the merits of a significant legal question, that it would likely suffer irreparable harm without a stay, and that the balance of equities tips in its favor.

Essentially this is a full and final reversal -- by the time the full case is decided, the remodeling will be concluded, rendering this lawsuit moot.

Two points: The Supreme Court ruled that the National Trust, which brought the suit, has no standing to sue at all, and Chief Justice Roberts, of course, sided with the liberals, because he is one.


Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed tells his audience to fake their enthusiasm for his stump lines -- he actually tells them to "go nuts" -- so that his Advertising Jihadis can use the crowd's reaction in its political ads to "push back on AIPAC."

Mike Rogers makes the subtext into text in an anti-Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed ad: "ABDUL IS JUST WEIRD." Indeed.

Speaking of radical Muslims who hate America: Tuq'r Qarlson has on a "Missouri farmer" -- who he refuses to tell his audience is a former Democrat lieutenant governor -- to trash Trump for allowing the importation of Argentinian beef. (Was this ever not allowed? They make a lot of it.)

The Islam First agitator then explains who The Real Villain Here is: Can you guess?


@MaxNordau


Tucker Carlson brings on "Missouri farmer" Joe Maxwell to attack President Trump's decision to import Argentine beef.

Carlson knows exact who the culprit is: Israel. "The president of Argentina is a close ally of the prime minister of Israel, unlike President Maduro, who was an opponent."

(Not mentioned: Maxwell is the Democrat former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri)


Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter

This Washington Post article claims that an NORC survey found 400,000 trans people have recently fled to another state.

As @kittypurrzog pointed out on @TheBARPod, the 400K figure was, with some faulty math, extrapolated by Erin Reed based on the NORC survey, which included just 10 trans people who said they'd fled a state. The survey did not provide a representative sample either. So this figure has been all but plucked out of the air and was not actually reached by NORC themselves. It is a figment of Erin Reed's work with a calculator.

This is not to say that trans people are not fleeing red states. But it is extremely unlikely that 400,000 of them have.


Even leftwing media hacks have to admit that X's user-produced community note system of corrections works. And I'd add it works 10,000% better than media hacks' tendentious, political-ax-grinding "corrections."

The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox

MSNBC contributor reluctantly admits 𝕏 Community Notes actually works, even though it physically pains her to say so.

Rolling Stone called @ElonMusk
and 𝕏 "the biggest purveyors of online misinformation."

Now liberals like Molly Jong-Fast are admitting that false information and missing context get kept in check "pretty well" by Community Notes.

MAHER: "In this current atmosphere we live in, I never believe anything I read just from that one thing I read."

JONG-FAST: "X has community notes, and I think community notes -- I don't want to compliment X here, but community notes works pretty well."

MAHER: "Well, then compliment them. Why can't you?"

JONG-FAST: "I'm doing it! I'm doing it. Yes, I'm doing it, but I don't want to."

Some things in life just aren't funny, and prominent among them is Bill Maher. So I don't find this funny, but it is an accurate point:

RedWave Press
@RedWavePress

HILARIOUS: Bill Maher: "Trump is so mad at Canada, he renamed Lake Ontario Lake America... Liberals are very pissed at this. They say you can't just go around renaming to suit your political agenda. Just ask any Latinx birthing person."

The Babylon Bee:

bbgaynorthdakota.jpg




Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:00 PM




Comments

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1 Quickies!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

3 James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
UNDEFEATED: It was early Friday morning that my attorney,
@BenjaminBarr1A, called me with the news neither of us will ever forget: we had just overturned the verdict against me in Democracy Partners v. O’Keefe before the hostile D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

This established undercover reporting as protected by the First Amendment in federal court as a matter of law.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7kjwpj

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

4 Its depression thays doing it

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

5 LOL @ "Intense," hahaha!

Eilish is stultifying. Soporific. It's music for elderly heroin addicts waiting to die in hospice.

This is like if Slayer introduced their new fragrance "Tranquility."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 06:06 PM (BI5O2)

6 Gay North Dakota is a pretty good description of the majority of Canada.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:06 PM (Shi2G)

7 I've always said X got community notes from aos.

Ours is called : hey idiot you're wrong

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:07 PM (KC5Lt)

8 Billie Eilish is very strange looking. No idea how she can sell fragrance/cosmetics to the masses. Sure, her followers will buy, but who else?

Posted by: Ann at August 31, 2026 06:08 PM (SHHm+)

9 Now that's a TicToc vidya.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 06:08 PM (9tX4s)

10 In "Just try and see what happens" news, The New Republic is lamenting that "soaring number of mail in ballots are being rejected for lateness."

You mean, like they are supposed to be?
If anyone ever bothered to try and enforce the law--as written?

Trump, by just trying, is doing more than 30 years of "iron-clad, rock-solid, I guarantee it" establishment Republican promises.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:09 PM (3cUTc)

11 Is my good friend and prayer partner Jimmy Said the second-greatest hero in history or is he merely one of many patriotic Americans who have been victimized by a vicious cancel culture at the behest of money men eating hummus in Tel Aviv?

Just asking questions.

Serious questions.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 31, 2026 06:09 PM (5PF8b)

12 you know what doesn't help kids? Five buck a pound hamburger at Costco.
Screw it, bring Argentine beef in until the herds are back to size.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:10 PM (rbvCR)

13 Eilish doesn't look like she uses soap, shampoo, or deodorant.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 06:10 PM (9tX4s)

14 Neo had a article the other day about lonely people and young people are off worse than older people.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

15 "Balding pink-haired man pretending to be a woman appears to be praying for the death of President Trump."
=====

"Embrace my psychosis, you MAGAts!"

We closed the asylums, and now the lunatics are in the wild.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 06:10 PM (rj6Yv)

16 At no point did that girl in the car crash appear to lose eye contact with her cell phone.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:11 PM (Shi2G)

17 Almost killed herself. That's sad.

Speaking of sad, since we were talking about that hottie Rosie, I decided to further punish myself, watch local Detroit news and see what they are saying politics wise.

All three covered VP Vance in Michigan. CBS actually brought up El-Sayed's comments about 9-11 and let him explain it away. The others didn't even mention it. Commie, terrorist supporting assholes.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:11 PM (Sco7b)

18 10=400000. It's transmath you bigots

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 06:11 PM (j/Ml9)

19 Speaking of radical Muslims who hate America: Tuq'r Qarlson has on a "Missouri farmer" -- who he refuses to tell his audience is a former Democrat lieutenant governor -- to trash Trump for allowing the importation of Argentinian beef. (Was this ever not allowed? They make a lot of it.)
----

He abated the tax on ground beef for three months or something like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:12 PM (ogcfP)

20 Billie Eilish Introduces New Fragrance 'Socialism' On Sale Now For $72,000

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:12 PM (ndZc7)

21 Remember:
If you don't call that man by his fake female name and treat him as a female, he will go and kill himself.

So please don't call him by his male name that he was born with and that will cause him to kill himself.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (3cUTc)

22 Billie is cute I think but certainly not gorgeous. She seems always to homely down herself.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

23 Speaking of stolen land, the Supreme Court has rebuked a lower court order to halt Trump's repair and remodeling of the East Wing of the White House.
======
The judiciary is out of fvcking control.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

24 6 Gay North Dakota is a pretty good description of the majority of Canada.
Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:06 PM (Shi2G)

The eastern part is probably more like gay New Jersey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (dEHLq)

25 I bet that lonely woman's man requirements are unattainable.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (KC5Lt)

26 I save myself a fair amount of angst by not looking at any videos of leftists acting nutty in their Tic Top or other "performance" videos. . Besides, at this point , I would probably be unable to tell if the videos were really people or AI.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:14 PM (W90Ou)

27 >>The eastern part is probably more like gay New Jersey.


Gayer Minneapolis, I'd say.

And, Montreal.
Which is French. And nothing is gayer than that.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:15 PM (Shi2G)

28 Speaking of radical Muslims who hate America: Tuq'r Qarlson has on a "Missouri farmer" -- who he refuses to tell his audience is a former Democrat lieutenant governor -- to trash Trump for allowing the importation of Argentinian beef. (Was this ever not allowed? They make a lot of it.)

-
Were they Jew cows?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:15 PM (ndZc7)

29 Most disturbing part of the car crash girl's video is that the airbags didn't deploy. Did she turn them off?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 06:16 PM (nlLAo)

30 "Tic TocK" not "Tic Top"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:16 PM (W90Ou)

31 There was a very effective anti-Mike Rogers ad her really hammering the war and gas prices.

The ad didn't mention Abdul was the alternative but if I was struggling in Michigan, that'd hit a few pain points.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

32 White liberal filming a TikTok video ends up almost killing herself in a crash.
=====

I have some advice for her. Call me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 06:17 PM (RIvkX)

33 >>Most disturbing part of the car crash girl's video is that the airbags didn't deploy. Did she turn them off?


Depends. Takata Airbags might have actually killed her.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:17 PM (Shi2G)

34 12 you know what doesn't help kids? Five buck a pound hamburger at Costco.
Screw it, bring Argentine beef in until the herds are back to size.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:10 PM (rbvCR)

I would be very happy if they lowered the price of ground beef to $5.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 06:17 PM (dEHLq)

35 Hypocrite all around. From the CA Post:

Billie Eilish is being mocked for officiating her brother’s wedding on what she may refer to as “stolen land.”

The singer, 24, hosted 29-year-old Finneas O’Connell’s marriage to longtime girlfriend Claudia Sulewski, 30, at the luxurious San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif. Saturday.

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (kX27y)

36 Eilish doesn't look like she uses soap, shampoo, or deodorant.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
......

or personal shavers.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (UjdFS)

37 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed kissing another guy, that's disgusting, it's pornographic. Will the people of Michigan accept this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (ogcfP)

38 29 Most disturbing part of the car crash girl's video is that the airbags didn't deploy. Did she turn them off?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 06:16 PM (nlLAo)

Yeah, I was going to mention that; I'm wondering if it's fake. Also, who would post something that embarrassing? I would think even an uber-performative wyt womyn would hold off on that one.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (9ZFZd)

39 Many musicians are swept ito Leftism yet living the high life of capitalism. Probably feeling guilty about it yet not giving it up.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Eilish Intense Eau de Parfum 3.4oz bottle at Ulta: $88.00.

Eight Eight.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 So you're saying that Abdulwhatever is saying:

"please clap"

Huh.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 06:19 PM (U/Byj)

42 Were they Jew cows?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:15 PM (ndZc7)

So hard to tell if the cows are Jews. They are the girls, so, no permanent marks on them. But maybe check to see if they keep their hair covered?

/s

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 06:19 PM (dEHLq)

43 >>Most disturbing part of the car crash girl's video is that the airbags didn't deploy.
.....

and the lack of blood.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

44 Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

Society has lost the ability to look beyond a day . That's the big picture for them. And it's worse for the Left because they already are without the ability to determine cause and effect.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:19 PM (KC5Lt)

45 Gay North Dakota is a pretty good description of the majority of Canada.
Posted by: garrett

No, it's not a majority of Canada.

and, North Dakota is MAGA, the top producer of wheat and the 3rd oil producing state.

Posted by: old chick at August 31, 2026 06:20 PM (F3Dlr)

46 If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 06:20 PM (V362x)

47 From Trump Announces:

90 We should be building more refineries.

That would help lower prices in the long term if we had more capacity and output.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)


The Feds should buy the California refineries (at a more than fair price) that are being forced to close by socialist overregulation, then use Pre-emption to overrule the state and run the facilities profitably. They really do have a legitimate national security interest in fuel availability for all their military assets in the area, and in particular the supply for a hypothetical war with a country that rhymes with China.

Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 06:21 PM (ke3zm)

48 I could only watch sad girl for 45 seconds. I may not be the man for her.

Hey, accident lady held my attention for her entire video. She needs to do that every day. That big yellow thing may have saved her life.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:21 PM (Sco7b)

49 White liberal filming a TikTok video ends up almost killing herself in a crash. How did this generation end up this way????

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Willowed but maybe on point.

I think she needs to talk to her doctor and have her meds adjusted.

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New Tik Tok trend.

J͎Λ͎Y͎u
@TakeThiamine
I remember seeing a TikTok where some girl was at a birthday party(?) going around interviewing people wrt meds and everyone was on like 2-6 things. It’s bleak.

swan song
@swansong
When I lived in America a girl looked at me in complete horror when I told her I wasn't on any meds. She couldn't believe it

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Well, at least all the AWFLs are completely sane now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:21 PM (ndZc7)

50 I don't know squat about Eilush so I looked her up. She was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, synthesia and depression. She a vegan and bisexual
In other words your typical idiot celeb

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 06:22 PM (j/Ml9)

51 The positions of Chief Justice John Roberts might be more easily understood if he would just remove Norm Eisen's cock from his mouth.

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 31, 2026 06:23 PM (X+xvk)

52 >>The Feds should buy the California refineries (at a more than fair price) that are being forced to close by socialist overregulation, then use Pre-emption to overrule the state and run the facilities profitably.


Never understood why the Native Tribes didn't get into the refinery business. Being your own sovereign does wonders for dealing with regulatory impediment.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 06:23 PM (Shi2G)

53 Is Javier Milei, who is forcing cheap Argentinian beef down the throats of our children, history's second greatest monster, behind only Winston Churchill, or is he merely one of many supposed popular leaders who seem to have won elections but were really installed in office due to the machinations of money men eating hummus in Tel Aviv?

Just asking questions.

Serious questions.

Also, have you noticed how expensive it's become to fill your burrito with beef? Another failure of this administration that puts Israel first and America last.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at August 31, 2026 06:24 PM (5PF8b)

54 >>>Gay North Dakota is a pretty good description of the majority of Canada.
Posted by: garrett

No, it's not a majority of Canada.

>Gay North Dakota was from 2024. Now it Trans North Dakota.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 06:24 PM (nlLAo)

55 25 I bet that lonely woman's man requirements are unattainable.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:13 PM (KC5Lt)

I bet not. It's a totally atomized generation. It's a lot of stuff that feeds into that, but these people are increasingly isolated from one another, particularly in urban areas. There is no shared community left in many places, and none of the social structures remain outside of artificial, sterile digital engagement - and now that online dating is going the way of the buffalo, they can't even find a date on the stupid phone anymore. It's just them and their phones.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 06:24 PM (BI5O2)

56 >>>ends up almost killing herself in a crash.
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When she crashed, she was looking out the side window, she was not looking where she was going.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:25 PM (ogcfP)

57 How does Billie Eilish's parfum smell compared to Gwenyth Paltrow's?

Asking for the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 06:25 PM (0sNs1)

58 garrett might have an idea there. Refineries certainly would beat casinos for "social impact".

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 06:26 PM (U/Byj)

59 Most disturbing part of the car crash girl's video is that the airbags didn't deploy. Did she turn them off?"

It's either AI or British...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

60 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 06:17 PM (dEHLq)

Hell, ground beef is going for what we used to pay for New York's.
New York's are now what we used to pay for King crab.
It's nuts.

Posted by: Bosk at August 31, 2026 06:26 PM (VMFAF)

61 I am alone with my phone.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

62 $ 88 for 3.4 oz. That stuff must smell like cat piss. Any decent perfume starts at $200 an oz.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM (PbWRL)

63 Eilish Intense Eau de Parfum 3.4oz bottle at Ulta: $88.00.

Eight Eight.
Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Favorite perfume for the ladies of the Aryan Nation

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 06:28 PM (INNA5)

64 She seems always to homely down herself.

I saw something that said that when she first got a boyfriend she prettied herself up and her fans lost their shit so she stopped.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 06:28 PM (ExV1e)

65 Never understood why the Native Tribes didn't get into the refinery business."

No need. The "elders" are all in on extraction (less risk)

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 06:29 PM (XuXeR)

66 Look on the bright side, Dems: if Michelle Obama ever gets back in the White House, now there's a great place for you to hold her balls!

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 31, 2026 06:29 PM (IhL8c)

67 I am alone with my phone.
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM


The call is coming from inside the phone!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 06:29 PM (0sNs1)

68 My new perfume makes fun of Ronnie Reagan's "Rising Tide" ... Try my new perfume, L'eau Tide. Be the hit of the party!

Posted by: Billie Eilish at August 31, 2026 06:29 PM (cXHM+)

69 Too Far? Trump Renames Hockey 'Gay Ice Football'

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Tough but fair.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:29 PM (ndZc7)

70 I know it's unimaginably past the comprehension or ability of the GOP (usually) to actually make a point/educate/change the landscape in their statements or ads, but how about explaining that gas prices were even worse under the Dems for no good reason. And explain the reasons. Then explain current all-time maximum domestic production, and that current prices are temporary and will resume their downward trend once a vile nutso generational foreign adversary is defeated.

Of course that last part would be beyond the understanding of almost all voters including robot GOP types, as well as most of the commentariat, but include it just for fun.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 06:30 PM (U/Byj)

71 That stuff must smell like cat piss.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM


You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Fritz the Cat & Fat Freddie's Cat at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (0sNs1)

72
Just a side note: Molly Jong-Fast is a major advisor for The Lincoln Project. Yet the Lincoln Man-Boy Love Project is totes conservative, yo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (y9nCu)

73 Any decent perfume starts at $200 an oz."

What's an 8 ball run nowadays?

/asking for a friend. Yeah, that's it

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (XuXeR)

74 ...and now that online dating is going the way of the buffalo, they can't even find a date on the stupid phone anymore. It's just them and their phones.
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I worry about our society and the addiction to the dopamine hits from our phones. I've started paying attention to social gatherings I've recently attended. 6 of us gather to have a meal and watch the horse races from the comfort of an air-conditioned restaurant, and at any given time 2-4 of the people there are scrolling their phones. A work team meeting with a *legitimate* big hitter from our industry, and at any given time 6-8 of the 12 people in the room are scrolling their phones.

There's "Next Generation" episode where Ryker gets introduced to a tech-game while on leave and brings it back to the ship...where it spreads like wildfire and soon the entire crew is addicted to the game and only the game and no longer maintaining the Enterprise or the mission. Its revealed that the "game" was created to do just that by the Romulans. I fear we're well on our way to that ourselves.

Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

75 I thought the ground beef was $5.99/lb today at Costco.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (VCgbV)

76 Cute girl? In that one video? But I, like, hate uptalking?
Annoys the fuck out of me?

Make a declarative statement! FFS!

I have actually been told, timidly, of course, that I speak too directly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 06:32 PM (0aYVJ)

77 That chick in the D'Souza video could have a man in less than 15 minutes. I'm convinced these are actresses practicing their craft.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 06:32 PM (wGerL)

78 Its revealed that the "game" was created to do just that by the Romulans. I fear we're well on our way to that ourselves."

Hey, check out this tic tac vid!

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR)

79 So this figure has been all but plucked out of the air and was not actually reached by NORC themselves.

I think the figure was pulled out of a tranny fake hole...also known as a second asshole...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

80 I am alone with my phone.
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

Me: "Is that a good thing?"

Zod AI: "Kill yourself"

Posted by: Boswell at August 31, 2026 06:33 PM (j10i6)

81 >>>Eilish Intense Eau de Parfum 3.4oz bottle at Ulta: $88.00.

Eight Eight.
Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Favorite perfume for the ladies of the Aryan Nation

Posted by: Huck Follywood

>Wait until the bees, hornets and yellowjackets get a whiff of that fragrance. Just call her fuckface.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 06:33 PM (nlLAo)

82 Society has lost the ability to look beyond a day . That's the big picture for them. And it's worse for the Left because they already are without the ability to determine cause and effect.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:19 PM (KC5Lt)

I've been watching a lot of stoicism videos on YouTube. Idea one is you can only control your reaction to items out of your control. And the Left wants full control over how everyone thinks, everything they say, no bad times to ever arrive, etc.

No wonder they're so miserable.

Nightly News updates. Americans are being gaslit on these items....

I love how Dems have no indication in their ads that they're Dems.

-stabbings in Times square "woman with a knife'
-Grand Canyon flooding
-storms
-Nepal
-Ballroom goes forward. Roberts is a prick
-Secretary of Army? Resigns
-youth football update.
-Dolly, Lionel Ritchie hospital


ABC - stabbing - a woman....we'll see about that.
NBC - stabbing - looked like a big, black 'woman'
CBS - Grand Canyon

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

83 I'm convinced these are actresses practicing their craft."

Well, there just aren't a lot of daytime game shows anymore...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 06:34 PM (XuXeR)

84 I am alone with my phone.
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 06:27 PM


It is dark.

You will be eaten by a grue.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 06:35 PM (9Q+nP)

85 That chick in the D'Souza video could have a man in less than 15 minutes.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 06:32 PM


A dab of parfum on the popliteal regions if very effective.

Posted by: Things I learned in the AoSHQ comments at August 31, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

86
Many musicians are swept ito Leftism yet living the high life of capitalism. Probably feeling guilty about it yet not giving it up.
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)



Nuh unh! You lie!

Posted by: Rage Against The Machine at August 31, 2026 06:35 PM (y9nCu)

87 The clown trans with pink hair: who is on her necklace? That's all I want to know. I can tell he made his trashy earrings. Did not listen.

The chick wailing about being alone almost made me laugh because she's so pathetic. Not in how she wants to be for pity clicks. Pathetic in weeping online because she's lonely. Waaa! She walks the Pacific Hwy alone & is going to Swizerland alone. Alone time. I figure when she is around others it is I,I,I blah, boring. Shut up. Do you expect a prince in Swizerland to pop out and marry you?

She never mentions a job, just snotting into her dinner, which I've also never done.

I've never been lonely or bored in my entire life, being a feral farm girl who liked parties. While I didn't date much in college I had a posse of mostly male friends I hung out with at concerts or parties or bonfires, camping, hiking, skiing. She also goes in & out of a lisp like a Gilmore girl. Maybe stop looking at your phone and read a book.

The second chick who wrecked her car, nearly filming her death...what did she say at the beginning? She needs to be locked up. I missed her point and thought the yellow thing on the rear view mirror was a weird airbag at first.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 06:35 PM (hzuYO)

88 Molly Jong-Fast's mother is Erica Jong who wrote popular crap like Fear of Flying. She's a complete nepo lefty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 06:36 PM (j/Ml9)

89 Posted by: Sam Adams at August 31, 2026 06:23 PM (X+xvk)

Pretty sure that is why his positions are understood.

Posted by: Ann at August 31, 2026 06:37 PM (SHHm+)

90 ...allowing the importation of Argentinian beef...

This is retarded on so many levels.

Its a 90 day pause on the tariffs on imported ground beef.

90 days—which is 2-3 years less time than it takes for a calf to be ready for market. Ranchers are greedily exploiting the current high price of beef by culling young heifers now — their future herds. Herds are at a 1960s low.

its ground beef not steaks, not regular cuts of meat. its the cuttings and trimmings to make hamburger.

Also no mention that the Trump administration is working to break up the slaughter house cartels that have been screwing ranchers for decades.

I hate these lying grifters. Sowing hate and distrust through lies stacked upon lies.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:37 PM (+4Cf6)

91 Re: ballroom

I can’t think of a times when there has been universal well earned hatred toward the president, senate, congress, SCOTUS, republicans and Democrats. Every layer of governance has failed us.

Means next president has the full green light to tear everything the fuck down and do whatever they want to alter Trump's monstrosity since no one will have the standing to stop them.

What is the point of the Supreme Court at this juncture in history? They act like a Republican super legislature, with special handouts for their favorite president. To know something is illegal, shrug and say “no one has standing” is a joke.

start by tearing down SCOTUS and let the justiced work out of construction trailers for 10 years. Strip them of their right to pick and choose cases. If we can’t pack the court, humiliate them into submission because they are an equal branch, not a super legislature.

There is literally no decision that they won't roll over on. They've lost any claim of legitimacy.

This is why elections matter. And none of this both sides shit. EVERY. SINGLE. STATEMENT. CONVINCING YOU. NOT. TO. VOTE. IS. DRIVEN. BY. AN. IDEOLOGY.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 31, 2026 06:37 PM (2b4M2)

92 Looking at that young, fit women talking about loneliness gives me one thought. Just one.



Is her grandmother widowed?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:37 PM (u82oZ)

93 I, for one, grill only the finest of hamburger.

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at August 31, 2026 06:38 PM (0sNs1)

94 "Molly Jong-Fast"

I like the way she twists and strangles her hair while she's talking. Like wringing a mop.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 06:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

95 Missed opportunity. He could've named it Lake Dontario.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:38 PM (ndZc7)

96 The Feds should buy the California refineries (at a more than fair price) that are being forced to close by socialist overregulation, then use Pre-emption to overrule the state and run the facilities profitably. They really do have a legitimate national security interest in fuel availability for all their military assets in the area, and in particular the supply for a hypothetical war with a country that rhymes with China.

Posted by: SciVo
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Yes. And,
The Fed will eventually take over greater parts of the West Coast.
It will segregate all Federal properties from the indigenous peoples and their rules. Military presence will increase to insure safety and security of fed properties, which will increase by community petition and acquisition for more bases and import infrastructure. Parks and joined communities will be safe for tourists and communities within the new federal jurisdiction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM (ogcfP)

97 Its revealed that the "game" was created to do just that by the Romulans. I fear we're well on our way to that ourselves.
Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

It worked on everybody but Wesley Crusher who refused to play it or something.

Social Media is more addictive than that game.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM (6ydKt)

98 First time I had heard of Molly Jong Fast she was tweeting about Sidney Powell unleashing the Kraken after the 2020 election. She referred to Sidney Powell has he, meaning she had no idea who she was or had not watched any of the daily news conferences with Rudy and Jenna Ellis. Just a complete clown.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM (wGerL)

99 The urban atomization is interesting to me. I notice it more than others because I only ever lived in a big city for six years, but I commuted into one from an early age.

When I was young, I was never attracted to city life, but many of my friends moved to the city for one reason: the social life. School, work, blah blah, sure. But the main attraction was all the people to meet and and things to do, and the opportunity to build a new friend group outside of small town life.

By the time I had to move down there, it was completely different than when I was in college or starting my career... very, very hard to meet people my own age. Wherever you go, it's just older people hanging out, going to bars, events, etc.

The strange way our society has developed, you now have to go to small towns and rural areas if you want anything we used to recognize as a normal social life, and it's been a very rapid change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 06:40 PM (BI5O2)

100 Me thinks crash test dummy girl will learn zero from her experience and has probably already started a go fund me page because...Trump bad.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 31, 2026 06:40 PM (Mx+TJ)

101 I can’t think of a times when there has been universal well earned hatred toward the president, senate, congress, SCOTUS, republicans and Democrats. Every layer of governance has failed us.

Yes, Gov't left to its own devices is an evil thing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 06:40 PM (l3cgK)

102 No need. The "elders" are all in on extraction (less risk)

And zero effort. Let others do all the work and DD the royalties into the tribal bank accounts.

Gives the "elders" more time to spend with their fire water.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:41 PM (/TiS1)

103 It worked on everybody but Wesley Crusher who refused to play it or something.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM


And yet, I receive nearly 100% condemnation here.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

104 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:42 PM (PbWRL)

105 Welp, turned in my resignation/retirement effective September 30. Either a leap of faith or a really dumb move.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 31, 2026 06:43 PM (F5T1n)

106
The Fat Electrician had a vid short come up on yootoob about Robert Smalls, the first Black US Naval captain, during the Civil War, dood was awesome. And hated Donks with the heat of a thousand Suns.

I did a quick wiki search and found this anecdote. When Woody Wilson the Klan Lover was running for President in 1912 Smalls wrote the following: "I ask that every colored man in the North who has a vote to cast would cast that vote for the regular Republican Party and thus bury the Democratic Party so deep that there will not be seen even a bubble coming from the spot where the burial took place."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 31, 2026 06:43 PM (y9nCu)

107 104 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had

Maybe adding the pregnancy time?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 31, 2026 06:44 PM (2b4M2)

108 Brother Tim

Good luck.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:44 PM (u82oZ)

109 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had

Gil Favor will get that beef to market.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

110 Cute girl? In that one video? But I, like, hate uptalking?
Annoys the fuck out of me?

Make a declarative statement! FFS!

I have actually been told, timidly, of course, that I speak too directly.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 31, 2026 06:32 PM (0aYVJ)

Mmm hmmm. My thought exactly. But I do feel sorry for her- at her age, she shouldn't be eating dinner at 5 or she'll have nothing to look forward to when she turns 60.

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2026 06:45 PM (lCppi)

111 Molly Jong Fast also hated her Fear of Flying famous mother, Erica Jong. Wrote a memoir called Losing Your Mother. She hated her mother and allegedly abused her when she was old and suffering from dementia.

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 06:45 PM (kX27y)

112 NBC - Israeli settlers attack woman and NBC 'News' crew.

Update - not attacked enough.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)

113 Its revealed that the "game" was created to do just that by the Romulans. I fear we're well on our way to that ourselves.
Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

It worked on everybody but Wesley Crusher who refused to play it or something.
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Yep, and the others eventually got Wesley too, but not before he had repaired Data who eventually figured out something was wrong and began reversing things (I think I have that right).

Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 06:46 PM (TN0g+)

114 I wonder if Roberts understands that in 3 years the SCOTUS will be irrelevant?

Either Vance wins, and so he'll have enough of a mandate to just ignore the courts.
Or Harris wins and the Dems stack the Court.

But there is no path to "and then America realizes the Supreme Court is the Best and Most Wise Institution in America."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:46 PM (3cUTc)

115 111 Molly Jong Fast also hated her Fear of Flying famous mother, Erica Jong. Wrote a memoir called Losing Your Mother. She hated her mother and allegedly abused her when she was old and suffering from dementia.
Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 06:45 PM (kX27y

But she doesn't mind using her mother's name..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 06:46 PM (+gK6I)

116 And yet, I receive nearly 100% condemnation here.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)
******************

Can't imagine why.

Posted by: Usenet group alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (8jn83)

117
Sigh, another girl crying on social media. Just stop. Finding meaning in your life or yourself isn't "bullshit."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (mmrXZ)

118 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:42 PM (PbWRL)


How many cows are being slaughtered at 18 months if you are trying to rebuild a cattle herd?
My understanding is that the steers are done in at about a year and a half, and the cows are kept for at least a couple of years to have calves before they are slaughtered.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (rbvCR)

119 Mmm hmmm. My thought exactly. But I do feel sorry for her- at her age, she shouldn't be eating dinner at 5 or she'll have nothing to look forward to when she turns 60.
Posted by: LASue

She'll always have us.

Posted by: Box wine, cats and anti-depressants at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (2b4M2)

120 But I do feel sorry for her- at her age, she shouldn't be eating dinner at 5 or she'll have nothing to look forward to when she turns 60.
Posted by: LASue
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Right???

Posted by: lin-duh at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (VCgbV)

121 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Can't they just eat veal?

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (3cUTc)

122 ...start by tearing down SCOTUS...

One thing about the Left that is purely their signature—the lack of Theory of Mind.

Curiously, Koko the Ape and possibly Kanzi, a bonobo, were able to understand English phrases, had cognitive abilities compared to a young human child, yet also lacked theory of mind.

I'm wondering if these shaved apes have learned how to type.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:48 PM (/TiS1)

123 {{{Ben Had}}}

Had discussions with two ranchers in the area. They run with my peeps.

Using Hereford cows, 3 years works for a grass fed self-sustaining herd size. For grass-fed Angus, the other rancher culls at 18 months for some, but likes 3 years for the extra weight.

If you need fodder, 18 months works.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)

124 "O, Gay North Dakota"?

O Gay North Dakota! Our home and native land!
True patriot love thou dost in us command.
We see thee rising fair, dear land,
The True Gay North, strong and free;
And stand on guard, O Gay North Dakota,
We stand on guard for thee.

It works for me!

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2026 06:49 PM (lCppi)

125 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had


I have a PhD in cattle ranching from Twitter University.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:49 PM (/TiS1)

126 76 Cute girl? In that one video? But I, like, hate uptalking?
Annoys the fuck out of me?
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Uptalk? I turn it off. If it's live I walk away as soon as possible.
I don't want input from a brain weaker than mine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:49 PM (ogcfP)

127 BTW, there's millions of tons of beef available in America.

Ready to harvest beef.

Just stop subsidizing milk and dairy farmers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

128 I did like the part where, after her car did several uncontrolled donuts followed by rolling over a few times before finally landing in a ditch, the first thing the girl did after figuring out up from down again was to look straight at her phone to see if it was still recording her in frame.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 06:49 PM (6ydKt)

129 AI sez "Theory of mind is our ability to understand that other people have unique thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from our own." IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 06:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

130
I'd forgotten what beef tastes like.

I went to Fogo de Chao and got unlimited beef and had forgotten what I was missing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 31, 2026 06:50 PM (OkYzo)

131 If you need fodder, 18 months works.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You need to wait until at least 7 or 8 years...they can't even lift a pistol until that age!

Posted by: African Warlord abducting child soldiers at August 31, 2026 06:50 PM (2b4M2)

132 People;s Hippo Voice. You got it . Veal is processed at 90 days. Eat more veal!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:50 PM (PbWRL)

133 103 It worked on everybody but Wesley Crusher who refused to play it or something.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 06:39 PM

And yet, I receive nearly 100% condemnation here.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

You're forgiven because in this case you WERE trying to score with that rules chick.

And you weren't slapping the device on her or asking the replicators for chloroform and a rag.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

134
Moo.

Posted by: Candy Crowley at August 31, 2026 06:51 PM (UjdFS)

135 My understanding is that the steers are done in at about a year and a half, and the cows are kept for at least a couple of years to have calves before they are slaughtered.

In my post I specifically referred to heifers, not steers, since taking a heifer to slaughter early is a sign that the ranchers are not interested in growing the herds but taking their profits now.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:52 PM (/TiS1)

136 African Warlord abducting child soldiers

Cannon fodder is lit.
Now where is that video of the chimpanzee given a full auto AK-47 and an attached 20 round mag?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:53 PM (u82oZ)

137 Wasn't sure if Tim.Curry was dead or just close, looks room temperature

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

138 Malogato's take on Lake America is that it is a huge flex on Trump's part, and it is a flex on the Libs and Canadians who have been renaming streets and changing nouns, tearing down and cancelling memorials, reversing history and making everyone miserable and afraid.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)

139 This makes me so happy. Leftists owned the Supreme Court for decades and obviously they own much of the federal court system but we get a conservative court for a couple years and the whole system is now corrupt.

>>What is the point of the Supreme Court at this juncture in history? They act like a Republican super legislature, with special handouts for their favorite president. To know something is illegal, shrug and say “no one has standing” is a joke.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)

140
Where's the Beef?

Posted by: Little old Gray haired Wendy's customer from 1984 at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)

141 Rebuilding a herd requires heifers not steers. You can have all the grass fed beef you want. I prefer mine with a 90 day corn finish.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (PbWRL)

142 Moo.
Posted by: Candy Crowley at August 31, 2026 06:51 PM (UjdFS)

More like long pork

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (+gK6I)

143 Kindltot

Interesting angle on it I had not considered. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:55 PM (u82oZ)

144 Old McDonald had a dog
And Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed was his name-o!
A-M-ELS!
A-M-ELS!
A-MELS and Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed was his name-o!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:55 PM (Sco7b)

145 It's me donna

Is that what the nose ring is for? To ID the long pork candidates?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

146 Wasn't sure if Tim.Curry was dead or just close, looks room temperature
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)
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Only Miracle Max knows for sure...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (FZ29D)

147 Why would you post that accident?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (uhVAy)

148 142 Moo.
Posted by: Candy Crowley at August 31, 2026 06:51 PM (UjdFS)

More like long pork

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (+gK6I)

Sure she's not a river horse (Hippopotamus)?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (l3cgK)

149 By the way there is a *great* post on Substack by Mark Atwood. Its titled "All the Worst Features of Church" and shows how Communist took their communication model from traditional church, and kept the worst aspects of it while discarding grace, love, and any of the beautiful parts of Christianity. Its worth a read!

Posted by: Crusader at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (TN0g+)

150 40 Eilish Intense Eau de Parfum 3.4oz bottle at Ulta: $88.00.

Eight Eight.
Posted by: gp



LoL!!! How soon will she be a special guest on Tuq'r Qarlson's show?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (sAmhv)

151 129 AI sez "Theory of mind is our ability to understand that other people have unique thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from our own." IDNKT!
Posted by: gp

There is a theory of sorts that citizens of ancient civilizations didn't have the same full consciousness we do today...
https://tinyurl.com/kcaxjs75

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (2b4M2)

152 116 And yet, I receive nearly 100% condemnation here.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)
******************

Can't imagine why.
Posted by: Usenet group alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die at August 31, 2026 06:47 PM (8jn83)

Good times.

Posted by: alt.sexy.bald.captain at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (9ZFZd)

153 Why would you post that accident?
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (uhVAy)
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Ego is a helluva drug...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (FZ29D)

154 Paid $10.43# for markdown NY Strips. Ridiculous.

Posted by: Miflin at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (aA6YN)

155 From Reddit: "Means next president has the full green light to tear everything the fuck down and do whatever they want to alter Trump's monstrosity since no one will have the standing to stop them."

In fact, Congress certainly has standing to try and oppose this move, if they wanted to. They do not want to. Someone rando walking down the street who has "feels" does not have standing to sue in federal court.

It's another demonstration of what a disgrace John Roberts, who sided with the three Trump hating libs is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (edUvp)

156 151 129 AI sez "Theory of mind is our ability to understand that other people have unique thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from our own." IDNKT!
Posted by: gp

There is a theory of sorts that citizens of ancient civilizations didn't have the same full consciousness we do today...
https://tinyurl.com/kcaxjs75

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (2b4M2)

Probably because their educational systems didn't turn them into semi-functioning retards...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)

157 153 Why would you post that accident?
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 06:57 PM (uhVAy)
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Karma

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (+gK6I)

158 109 I don't know where people are getting this 2 to 3 years for cattle going to slaughter.

18 months is the average age.
Posted by: Ben Had

Gil Favor will get that beef to market.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)


Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the steams are swollen
Keep those doggies rollin'...

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (5rh/l)

159 146 Wasn't sure if Tim.Curry was dead or just close, looks room temperature
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

According to his resume, Jason Arday could have brought him back.
But, um...

Good night. I'm going to bed early. I have a bird corpse to pick up tomorrow,

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (Sco7b)

160 Interesting angle on it I had not considered. Thanks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 06:55 PM (u82oZ)


Well, you can thank Adam Curry, that is where I got the initial information from. He also has some critical things to say about the EO on slaughtering, which I have to comb through before I am willing to make known my opinion.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (rbvCR)

161 154 Paid $10.43# for markdown NY Strips. Ridiculous.

Posted by: Miflin at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (aA6YN)

All the prices are ugly. I've been doing oink and cluck for quite a while...when on sale. $1/lb chiki legs and thighs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)

162 Taking a heifer to slaughter around 2 to 3 means that she is a poor producer and not worth keeping.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:00 PM (PbWRL)

163 The more fevered leftists want the next democrat president to tear down the new ballroom. Really, I’m not making this up.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 07:01 PM (IkLDu)

164 ’Scuse me while I kiss the sky, but: WHO GIVES A FUCK about Eyelash, Carlsson, etc etc ad nauseam ad vomitus … I am SO fucking fed up with these people I think I'm just gonna go pleasure myself for a little while (at least I know how that ends).

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:01 PM (ayRl+)

165 Mohamed El-Sayed kissing another guy going to get the queer vote for sure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 07:02 PM (ogcfP)

166 162 Taking a heifer to slaughter around 2 to 3 means that she is a poor producer and not worth keeping.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:00 PM (PbWRL)

I prefer to think of my beef purchases on Styrofoam trays with saran over them not the icky slaughter..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 07:02 PM (+gK6I)

167 There is a theory of sorts that citizens of ancient civilizations didn't have the same full consciousness we do today...
https://tinyurl.com/kcaxjs75
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 06:58 PM (2b4M2)

I would argue, on the basis of reading some highly intelligent ancient writings, that many, if not most citizens of ancient civilizations had a much greater consciousness than we do today.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:02 PM (edUvp)

168 I wonder if Roberts understands that in 3 years the SCOTUS will be irrelevant?

Either Vance wins, and so he'll have enough of a mandate to just ignore the courts.
Or Harris wins and the Dems stack the Court.

But there is no path to "and then America realizes the Supreme Court is the Best and Most Wise Institution in America."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 06:46 PM (3cUTc)

Roberts is the dumbest person on the Supreme Court. Ok, you want to make an empire out of the Court system for your own power. Yet every decision he makes is sure to bring his SC into disrepute by allowing every random judge to play to the press instead of him, I can't recall any decisions he has given a written opinion on to wow history, he votes left or right by flipping a coin along with his clique.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

169 it's me donna, the old " where does beef come from" gambit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:04 PM (PbWRL)

170 In fact, Congress certainly has standing to try and oppose this move, if they wanted to. They do not want to. Someone rando walking down the street who has "feels" does not have standing to sue in federal court.

It's another demonstration of what a disgrace John Roberts, who sided with the three Trump hating libs is.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (edUvp)

its trivial, make it a historic building.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)

171 AI sez "Theory of mind is our ability to understand that other people have unique thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from our own." IDNKT!
Posted by: gp


Jean Piaget spoke about the levels of human child development, and the earliest stages, pre-terrible 2s, the child does not have this understanding. As they get older, it becomes important, but it is also inevitable in proper development. I never considered it in other primates, I figured it was also innate like having a thumb.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)

172 Tom Servo

Time is a great filter to preserve the best. All the dross is lost.

We laud Elon and Thomas Sowell, not the woman driving the car that she crashed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (u82oZ)

173 All the prices are ugly. I've been doing oink and cluck for quite a while...when on sale. $1/lb chiki legs and thighs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)

Chicken legs here are about $1.99 a pound or less at times. I hate cooking them every week.

I still have tons of Whey powder and 600 cans of sardines and sardine fillets from the supply shock times. I'm fine with that. And my sardine portfolio is up about 100%

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (Sco7b)

174 Children need encouragement.
If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.

Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (V362x)

175 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 06:24 PM (BI5O2)

She's actually attractive. You can't convince me she couldn't have a date every Friday if she wanted . Something else is going on with her.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (KC5Lt)

176 @ 86 Many musicians are swept ito Leftism yet living the high life of capitalism. Probably feeling guilty about it yet not giving it up. Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Nuh unh! You lie! Posted by: Rage Against The Machine at August 31, 2026 06:35 PM (y9nCu)

___________________________________________-

I can't remember ANY of the musicians I played with in the '60s and '70s being anything other than straight-up conservatives … but yeah, the times, they been a'changing … It was still surprising that, in the days of Woodstock, etc that as many musicians were still not only conservative but anti-lib …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:07 PM (ayRl+)

177 Ben Had, you spoke of "cattle" and average of 2-3 years, which between steers for slaughter and cows meant for breeding to increase the herd, would be averaged higher than just the steers going down at 18 months.
I think I misunderstood your point.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:08 PM (rbvCR)

178 Ugh - from the Daily Mail:

A knife-wielding woman was shot and killed by police officers in New York City on Monday after she allegedly went on a stabbing spree in the heart of Times Square, killing one.

The unidentified woman had stabbed a woman and a man just before 4.30pm at the intersection of West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan's busy downtown, sources told the New York Post.

She then fled north toward the New York Police Department substation, where police confronted her.

Video from the scene showed the woman pointing a large knife as NYPD officers surrounded her, while frightened tourists screamed and swarmed the area.

When the suspect - dressed in a pink T-shirt, jeans, and a cross-body bag - then charged at cops, several officers drew their guns and shot the woman multiple times, causing her to fall to the ground.

The women and her two victims were then rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where the suspect and one of her victims, a female tourist, were pronounced dead, according to AMNY.

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 07:08 PM (kX27y)

179 She's actually attractive. You can't convince me she couldn't have a date every Friday if she wanted . Something else is going on with her.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (KC5Lt)

No man is good enough for her. Maybe that was her brainwashed thinking. Could be she's coming out of it. Hopefully so. You're right. There's plenty of guys out there who would be lining up for a date if she's not whacko.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

180 168 Roberts is the dumbest person on the Supreme Court.

I dissent!!

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at August 31, 2026 07:10 PM (wGerL)

181 AI sez "Theory of mind is our ability to understand that other people have unique thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from our own." IDNKT!
Posted by: gp

Jean Piaget spoke about the levels of human child development, and the earliest stages, pre-terrible 2s, the child does not have this understanding. As they get older, it becomes important, but it is also inevitable in proper development. I never considered it in other primates, I figured it was also innate like having a thumb.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)

I doubt that is true, babies I've interacted with seem to know I'm not the same as them when I've thrown the toy over their head to make them chase it for the 27th time.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:10 PM (uhVAy)

182 Kindltot, I am famous for not being clear.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:11 PM (PbWRL)

183 168 Roberts is the dumbest person on the Supreme Court.

I dissent!!
Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at August 31, 2026 07:10 PM (wGerL)

She's ideologically crippled. Roberts can't help acting against his stated aim pretty much every other day.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:11 PM (uhVAy)

184 >>>a huge flex on Trump's part, and it is a flex on the Libs and Canadians who have been renaming streets and changing nouns, tearing down and cancelling memorials, reversing history and making everyone miserable and afraid.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)
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Heck of a billiard player, he is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 07:12 PM (ogcfP)

185 The women and her two victims were then rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where the suspect and one of her victims, a female tourist, were pronounced dead, according to AMNY.
Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 07:08 PM (kX27y)

There's some feminism for you.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

186 154 Paid $10.43# for markdown NY Strips. Ridiculous.

Posted by: Miflin at August 31, 2026 06:59 PM (aA6YN)

We get Costco cryo-vac prime rib eye and new works, trim it and freeze it at home. Usually about $17/lb before trimming for fantastic, rich steaks- I think they're a better deal because you can't eat as much as a leaner cut.
Dinner at 5 pm, sharp.

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2026 07:13 PM (lCppi)

187 Our SCOTUS is about as effectual as Mitch McConnell.

I want proof of life.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 07:13 PM (Ujrb8)

188 All these idiots falling for the "Democratic Socialist Party" are really Super Low IQ.

Democratic Socialism contradicts itself and does not exist ..

Does the younger generation that supports this crap remember the Hippies from the 1960's and watch out for "Big Brother" ie the Federal Government.

Now the Federal Government is your mother, and you can suck on the governments Tit only if you vote for these Commies.

Welcome to Obamacare on Steroids, Section 8 Housing for all, Minimum wage of $50 and 500% inflation. Let's build a wall around California and send all these idiots to live there in the Mandani/Newsome Paradise and see how they like it ....

I spend 10 years babysitting a B-52 on Nuke Alert for these F**king Idiots....... I think Not !!!!!!!!



Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 07:13 PM (j93VM)

189 Children need encouragement.
If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.
Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (V362x)

lol

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2026 07:15 PM (lCppi)

190 it becomes important, but it is also inevitable in proper development.

Other than the Sally/Anne Test, I find that those who have not had proper social development show evidence lacking ToM, one course grain "test" is to see if the subject ever asks any questions or just asserts knowledge all the time.

One of the more peculiar examples is when a Mill potential home buyer brings along a posse to evaluate homes during Open House. They aren't necessarily asking them what their thoughts on the property are, but are they getting the crowd's approval.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 07:15 PM (a3CJ+)

191 This SC did basically overturn Wade v Roe and has ruled in favor of almost every 2nd amendment case.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:15 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Jackson K.

I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons onboard USS ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:16 PM (u82oZ)

193 Who the hell is Billy Eyelash?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 31, 2026 07:16 PM (P4bJX)

194 Re last vid:

Hammer rule No. 5: Disregad vids made in automobiles, if bird hands are used, just shut it off immediatedly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 07:16 PM (XeU6L)

195 I would argue, on the basis of reading some highly intelligent ancient writings, that many, if not most citizens of ancient civilizations had a much greater consciousness than we do today.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:02 PM (edUvp)


I think there is a number of things to sieve out the ancient writings.
Learning writing involved much deeper education than average, and was such an investment in time that higher outcome was required to justify it
Copying was time and labor intensive, and books needed to have value to have that effort put into them
Maintaining libraries of books was time and labor intensive, as was translating into modern tongues, printing them is time and cost expensive, and then they had to get some currency by being taught widely.

Supposedly the dullest book from Classical times was Caesar's Gallic Wars and that was because it was so simple it was used as a entry level text for teaching Latin

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:16 PM (rbvCR)

196 *disregard

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 07:17 PM (XeU6L)

197 179 She's actually attractive. You can't convince me she couldn't have a date every Friday if she wanted . Something else is going on with her.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (KC5Lt)

No man is good enough for her. Maybe that was her brainwashed thinking. Could be she's coming out of it. Hopefully so. You're right. There's plenty of guys out there who would be lining up for a date if she's not whacko.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
**************
No one is good enough for her as she wants to marry herself. Or something.

I think, based on her perfect hair for dinner alone, she's full of herself. Talks about HER adventures. I guess to spark interest.

The only thing I was interested in is shy she had a lisp to be girlie (I guess), then did not have a lisp.

If nothing else go out and read a book at dinner alone vs in your kitchen performing for a phone. And weeping.

I remain unclear what the weeping is supposed to do for the audience? Have others weep with her? Join a cult? She does it will less blotching and red nose, I'll give her credit for that and her pretend tears.

What does the wrecking girl say at the beginning?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)

198 Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 07:08 PM (kX27y)

Really, it's Stabbi McStabperson who's the victim here.

Posted by: lindsay clancy juratrix at August 31, 2026 07:17 PM (88C+u)

199 Brother Tim, Prayers for you with your retirement/resignation. Hope your situation improves.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 31, 2026 07:19 PM (yTvNw)

200 @ 174 Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling. Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 07:06 PM (V362x)
_________________________________

Dr Spock wouldn'ta agreed wit' dat - but that'd be one helluva way to teach math, yes … ? And later they could hear "No, Jonny, a + b ≠ 27" …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:19 PM (ayRl+)

201 Probably good news...

A live-action reboot of the mid-90s animated television series Gargoyles is not moving forward at Disney+.

It had previously been reported that a live-action reboot of the series from Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster was in early development at the streamer in 2023, but original series co-creator Greg Weisman told Comics Online in an interview that a live-action series is not in the works.

“That’s dead,” Weisman replied, when asked about the project. “I have no idea about animation, but there are no current plans for live-action,” he said

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 07:19 PM (Sco7b)

202 No one is good enough for her as she wants to marry herself. Or something.

Judging by the internet, women are only interested in dating Troy Aikman in his prime.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (+4Cf6)

203 The dating issue- the left has made it unbelievably scary for men to actually ask a girl out. It’s easier to just hook up on an app.

I am wholly convinced one of the few places for women to meet men and be asked out is a vibrant Church where you attend the socials. Which if you are on the left, you aren’t a member of such a place.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

204 The very best beef to be had is a jersey steer. Makes angus taste like shoe leather.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (PbWRL)

205 Supposedly the dullest book from Classical times was Caesar's Gallic Wars and that was because it was so simple it was used as a entry level text for teaching Latin
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:16 PM (rbvCR)

its not dull at all, I've translated a lot of it and read the rest a few times. It was written to be clear to be posted in the Forum in Rome so the general public could read it themselves, or if illiterate have a passerby read it to them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)

206 No one is good enough for her as she wants to marry herself. Or something.

Judging by the internet, women are only interested in dating Troy Aikman in his prime.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (+4Cf6)

Tom Brady got cheated on.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)

207 Cafe NOOD!

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (/hk2L)

208 Alone Girl needs to enlist in the Marine Corps, go to Parris Island, she'll never be alone again.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (LHPAg)

209 Stabby Girl might be a tranny. They used “she”, “woman” and “her” very prominently.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (IkLDu)

210 I am wholly convinced one of the few places for women to meet men and be asked out is a vibrant Church where you attend the socials

Tried it. It might work if I were in the market for 72 year old widows. Which I'd have considered if I was 72.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (88C+u)

211 Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

Lot of places to meet guys other than bars. In your house ain't one of them.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 07:22 PM (KC5Lt)

212 its not dull at all, I've translated a lot of it and read the rest a few times. It was written to be clear to be posted in the Forum in Rome so the general public could read it themselves, or if illiterate have a passerby read it to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)


The argument was made by scholars who considered its simplicity to be a mark against it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

213 Dr Spock wouldn'ta agreed wit' dat - but that'd be one helluva way to teach math, yes … ? And later they could hear "No, Jonny, a + b ≠ 27" …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:19 PM (ayRl+)

At one point they were teaching reading by guess and hope methods in school. Lucky for me my mom had taught all of us to read before kindergarden to keep us relatively quiet for her sanity.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:23 PM (uhVAy)

214 88C+u

72? Those are the young widows. I was hit on by one that is 93 years old. Dodged that incoming, I did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)

215 @ 203 The dating issue- the left has made it unbelievably scary for men to actually ask a girl out. It’s easier to just hook up on an app. I am wholly convinced one of the few places for women to meet men and be asked out is a vibrant Church where you attend the socials. Which if you are on the left, you aren’t a member of such a place. Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Dating … ha! When I go to W'mart or Da Kroge, I flirt my ass off with ladies in the aisles (or at the register). It's my 'social time, it's fun, I meet new ladyfriends, and some I'd prolly consider askin' out if it weren't for that 'keep away' rock on 3d finger left hand. One of these days, tho' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:24 PM (ayRl+)

216 its not dull at all, I've translated a lot of it and read the rest a few times. It was written to be clear to be posted in the Forum in Rome so the general public could read it themselves, or if illiterate have a passerby read it to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)

The argument was made by scholars who considered its simplicity to be a mark against it.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

The actual Romans of the time disagreed, loved the purity of the language.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:24 PM (uhVAy)

217 The nood is losing freshness, come join me.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (/hk2L)

218 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)

Sure, she could be full of herself, but she seems at least to recognize what she's been told is best, ain't.

She won't change overnight. She's been led astray by today's philosophy of feminism's anti-man positions. It won't be easy, but it seems her hiking interest should be enough to get her started on being with other people. It can be a group first, then a guy later. Are her tears pretend? I dunno. Hope not. I have to watch close with my own kids to make sure they don't fall into that trap. One seems to be on her way there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

219 Have no idea what the young woman in the last vid is ranting about, but I note that she is in a right-hand drive vehicle.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 07:25 PM (XeU6L)

220 I am wholly convinced one of the few places for women to meet men and be asked out is a vibrant Church where you attend the socials

Tried it. It might work if I were in the market for 72 year old widows. Which I'd have considered if I was 72.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (88C+u)

There is a trend for 'born again virgins' to work the local churches in a lot of places.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:26 PM (uhVAy)

221 @ 220 I am wholly convinced one of the few places for women to meet men and be asked out is a vibrant Church where you attend the socials
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Tried it. It might work if I were in the market for 72 year old widows. Which I'd have considered if I was 72. Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 07:21 PM (88C+u)
There is a trend for 'born again virgins' to work the local churches in a lot of places. Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 07:26 PM (uhVAy)

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I could prolly do that if I could avoid all the 'Let me tell you about Jesus!' stuff all the time. It's kinda like, "Honey, when can we talk about gittin' all nekkid 'n stuff?"… I've run into some 'aged hotties' in Da Grocery 'n other places - and some of 'em still have 'the gleam' in the eye (and 'the rock' on the finger). They still look mighty damned good, tho' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 07:35 PM (ayRl+)

222 I like how crash test dummy girl reaches over to right the camera. And posted this after it happened. And is that a right hand drive car (UK/Australia) or is she one of those idiots who posts mirror reversed videos?

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 31, 2026 10:18 PM (7Lzky)

223 Judging by the internet, women are only interested in dating Troy Aikman in his prime.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 07:20 PM


Poor Troy can't seem to keep a wife or girlfriend. His homosexuality is probably a part of that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 11:23 PM (4NO2D)

Trump Announces Truly Huge Deal to... Take Over 65 Billion Barrels' Worth of Venezuela's Oil Reserves?!

Why would they do this?

Because successive socialist governments have, get this, run the oil industry into the ground. They did not do basic maintenance and never bothered to upgrade and modernize their infrastructure. They have billions of barrels of oil they never invested any money in so the oil remains underground.

The socialists, if you can believe this, simply extracted oil (and embezzled the money) while doing nothing to safeguard the future health of the industry.

So Venezuela needs outside help to do the most basic things.

Let's elect socialists in America to work the same Economic Miracles!

I don't know if I like this. Venezuela has a nasty habit of repudiating past agreements and "nationalizing" -- stealing -- foreign investments in their oil industry.

But, who knows, if there's a Trumpian president, maybe they'll remember what happened to Maduro before nationalizing the newest capital improvements.

The US has struck a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, Donald Trump said.

The US president wrote that the agreement would more than double American oil reserves and "substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans".

In a late-night address on Saturday, Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez hailed the deal as one that would help her nation's economic revival.

The media's stories all push the same attack line: The oil will not be extracted for years so Trump is a Big Orange Liar when he says that the deal will lower gas prices.

Try Googling it. Every single media story claims Trump is a liar about this reducing gas prices and he's doomed, doomed in the midterms.

They've managed 100% narrative coordination. Putin is envious.


But some analysts have reacted with scepticism, including questioning whether it would address long-running obstacles that have deterred investment in its oil industry.

Trump has recently been under domestic pressure to tame petrol prices, which have spiked due to the Iran war.

He vowed to tap into Venezuela's reserves, the world's largest, after the US captured its then-President Nicolás Maduro in January, ostensibly to stand trial on drug charges in New York.

Rodriguez, who is Maduro's former vice-president and who the US backed following his capture, said on Saturday that the energy agreement with the US would remain in force for 25 years.

She said it would target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day and preserve the country's sovereignty over its natural resources.

Rodriguez hailed the accord as a "historic" deal that would help revive the economy and boost government revenue, saying it would help shape the country's future.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:56 PM




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1 Trump is playing the long game

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:57 PM (+gK6I)

2 I believe the President over whatever bitter teenager is copy-and-pasting the "news."

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2026 04:58 PM (lCppi)

3 The Paolo, how you say, he also plays the long game.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 31, 2026 04:59 PM (01XUU)

4 This was great news.

MS Now hated it. The words colonialism and dictator were being tossed around like it was a day ending in 'y.'

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:59 PM (Sco7b)

5 Still not tired of winning.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 05:00 PM (zjgNU)

6 And PDT can continue the WH Ballroom project. Of course Roberts sided with the insane portion of the Supremes.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (2NHgQ)

7 This deal along with crushing Iran is moving the center of gravity in the oil world from the Middle East to the US. Ramifications go way beyond the price of a gallon of gas.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

8 The media is in full gaslight mode for Trump's entire presidency.

Posted by: steevy at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (YwEeS)

9 Increasing America's oil supplies is a bad deal, because we won't get it immediately. OK. Go with that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)

10 "The media's stories all push the same attack line: The oil will not be extracted for years so Trump is a Big Orange Liar when he says that the deal will lower gas prices.

Try Googling it. Every single media story claims Trump is a liar about this reducing gas prices and he's doomed, doomed in the midterms"

Also...

The debt is $40 TRILLION dollars!

Why do you care about a little fraud here and there. It's so tiny.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (Sco7b)

11 From a philosophical point of view I don't like this. However it will lower oil prices, keep an eye on the Venezuelans and does stick it to the Canadians

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 05:02 PM (j/Ml9)

12 Of course the media hates the idea.

They hate everything they don't understand.

Which is *EVERYTHING.*

Completely illiterate on EVERY. SINGLE. TOPIC.

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 05:02 PM (FZ29D)

13 8 The media is in full gaslight mode for Trump's entire presidency.
Posted by: steevy at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (YwEeS)

Trump hurt their widdle feelings... He called them fake news...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 05:02 PM (+gK6I)

14 Prices are up 20 cents more since this was announced. I don't blame Trump, I blame the assholes in Olympia and their bullshit carbon tax nonsense.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 05:03 PM (2WIwB)

15 Look up the conditions we have put on how Venezuela uses the money they make from this deal. It goes into an account we monitor and control. Any disbursement has to be approved by us and be beneficial to the Venezuelan people so the leadership there cannot simply embezzle it.

There is also a whole separate set of incentives and punishments aimed at making them liberalize.

We have some really smart people in charge now. They think outside the box and are highly competent.

Posted by: Thatch at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (S6YCM)

16 14 Prices are up 20 cents more since this was announced. I don't blame Trump, I blame the assholes in Olympia and their bullshit carbon tax nonsense.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 05:03 PM (2WIwB)


Up that much here .. Of course I'm in CA. so....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (+gK6I)

17 We have a lot of untapped oil fields . Why aren't oil companies pumping like crazy?

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt)

18
Pump up the jams, pump it up

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 31, 2026 05:05 PM (NtVYv)

19 Trump's position changes little with regard to midterms. Vetos. Impeachment theater. That's all that changes.

It's not as if Republican legislatures do a fucking thing he wants, ever. He always has to do everything by EO. He can't possibly care about midterms as much as all the professional jabberers and news junkies do. He's living this reality.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)

20 "9 Increasing America's oil supplies is a bad deal, because we won't get it immediately. OK. Go with that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)"

eh, whatthehell, it worked when they did it to Sarah Palin ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:05 PM (VyBeY)

21 The media is in full gaslight mode for Trump's entire presidency.
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It reminds me of Reagan. Even when the economy had obviously turned around and everyone was working who wanted to work, the media keep trying to sell despair every night on the news. Reality would not cooperate with their wishcasting. Yes, I am old.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at August 31, 2026 05:06 PM (anL5R)

22 It is crappy oil ( harder to refine) but seems like a good deal. Also a good time to build a national refinery.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:07 PM (KC5Lt)

23 "17 We have a lot of untapped oil fields . Why aren't oil companies pumping like crazy?

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt) "

all run by demonrats, all in on making Trump look bad for midterms?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:07 PM (VyBeY)

24 Increasing America's oil supplies is a bad deal, because we won't get it immediately. OK. Go with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

The left has been using the "it won't reach the market for ten years" excuse for at least 50 years.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 31, 2026 05:07 PM (DbObV)

25 However it will lower oil prices, keep an eye on the Venezuelans and does stick it to the Canadians

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 05:02 PM (j/Ml9)

I laughed. This was an amazing move.

And Lake America rules. I'll care after all the unpronouncable Indian crap that replaced white guys is reversed. I'm not responsible that they fought and negotiated like shit.

Hmmm. Door, I never get visitors.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 05:07 PM (Sco7b)

26 6 And PDT can continue the WH Ballroom project. Of course Roberts sided with the insane portion of the Supremes.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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The funny part was that the 5 member majority shoved "no standing" for the plaintiff up Robert's chapped ass.

You just know that Clarence and Alito were laughing their ass off at that turn of events.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)

27 >>> Prices are up 20 cents more since this was announced. I don't blame Trump, I blame the assholes in Olympia and their bullshit carbon tax nonsense.

I'm confused... Trump announces this deal today, and suddenly gas prices jumped 20 cents higher in WA? Doesn't that require legislative edicts, or is it some bullcrap rule already in place?

Posted by: LizLem at August 31, 2026 05:08 PM (Toos7)

28 Literally every article mentioning Venezuela and oil casually remarks that Venezuela has the ‘world’s largest oil reserves.’

I find that very very hard to believe. In fact, I don’t believe it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 31, 2026 05:08 PM (DKeOf)

29 Remember their line about ANWAR drilling was the same " it won't do any good for 10 years"

Posted by: steevy at August 31, 2026 05:08 PM (YwEeS)

30 I don't know if I like this. Venezuela has a nasty habit of repudiating past agreements and "nationalizing" -- stealing -- foreign investments in their oil industry.
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Well, less than a year ago they did sign an energy and security deal with Russia (under Maduro). That seems to have been negated.

Venezuela certainly has the crude, but they don't have the ability to refine. They were circumventing economic sanctions by sending to Iran for refining (who would push it back to Cuba and over to China). Each of these countries was ignoring economic sanctions, and this was the vehicle.

Now, the US is in negotiations with Canada who uses Crude as a negotiation point. Well, that leverage just took a nose dive with the Venezuelan agreement. Since January (Maduro's exit) the US has be averaging 500,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude to be refined at Gulf state refineries. By, comparison Canada provides 4 Million barrels to the US daily for refining. So, we covered 1/8th of that amount without an agreement in place with Venezuela...and now it will speed up. Wouldn't want to be Canadian right now. They are royally and truly screwed.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)

31 6 And PDT can continue the WH Ballroom project. Of course Roberts sided with the insane portion of the Supremes.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (2NHgQ)

Here's a small sentence from the dissent...

"Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

https://tinyurl.com/5avdap56

Basically, some chick's feelings would be hurt seeing the ballroom and thus its construction needs to end.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 05:08 PM (Rl7KJ)

32 And Lake America rules. I'll care after all the unpronouncable Indian crap that replaced white guys is reversed. I'm not responsible that they fought and negotiated like shit.

Hmmm. Door, I never get visitors.
Posted by: Stateless

I guess Trump might as well name the rump area north of that lake, Non-Terio.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)

33 Over 20 years ago, the entire media was singing the same chorus:
We can't "Drill, baby, drill" because it'll take ten year for the oil to come online.

So they shut down drilling in ANWAR, costing tens of thousands of jobs, and billions and billions in revenue all so they can continue to complain about the high price of gas.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 05:09 PM (3cUTc)

34 I just realized that the coconut oil I use to make the bread dough manageable probably causes the soft crust and lack of oven spring.

Posted by: Accomack at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (T8bqm)

35 How long does it take to set up a rig and start drilling at a spot you are 100% certain of hitting oil? And again, and again.
How long after establishing a platform do you have to pump before recouping your initial investment?
That's the ticket. After you have recouped your investment it's profit. Even if Venezuela does go Chavez it may be a write off but it's not a loss. You made bank with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (ogcfP)

36 Of course the media hates the idea.

They hate everything they don't understand.

Which is *EVERYTHING.*

Completely illiterate on EVERY. SINGLE. TOPIC.

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
==
Well, you are correct, fundamentally. However, you seem to be laboring under the impression that they even think. They do not. They do what they are told. The average news reader is a simpleton. Nice teeth, nice hair, can read. That's what they do. They read whatever is put in front of them or say what is whispered in their ear. Have you read any Jake Tapper Novels? I rest my fcking case.

Posted by: Its not like am an expert or anything at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (anL5R)

37 24 The left has been using the "it won't reach the market for ten years" excuse for at least 50 years.

i'm right here, you know

Posted by: nuclear fusion, power too cheap to meter at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (sGtp+)

38 Here's a small sentence from the dissent...

"Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

https://tinyurl.com/5avdap56

Basically, some chick's feelings would be hurt seeing the ballroom and thus its construction needs to end.
Posted by: Thrawn

And that is specifically against prior precedent in Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992).

AI summary below,
The Court established that plaintiffs must demonstrate a concrete and imminent "injury in fact," rather than a generalized grievance or hypothetical harm. Although the plaintiffs argued that the lack of consultation for foreign projects increased extinction rates, the Court found their alleged injuries too speculative and not sufficiently distinct from those of the general public. This decision effectively hindered the ability of private citizens to bring environmental citizen suits for much of the 1990s by requiring a direct, personal stake in the outcome.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)

39 Venezuela can only refine about 300-400,000 barrels per day, on good days, so much of the refining capacity for their oil has traditionally been the US anyway. In recent years both China and India have built refineries that can handle heavy, sour Venezuelan oil, so this may well be as much a way to control oil flow to those countries as anything else.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (yE2CW)

40 They'll throw us out again or the next Dem President gives it all back to them.

Isn't it funny that socialism basically needs a cheat code to "work" like billions in oil treasure that's free? And even then, it fails.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:11 PM (eIzlH)

41 Oil is a futures market. So a deal to bring substantial new reserves online in the future will reduce the futures price and thus the overall price.

We saw that in reverse during the Iran war. The threat of oil shipments that wouldn’t be refined for years affected the price of gas at the pump.

This is economics 101.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 31, 2026 05:11 PM (DKeOf)

42 I don't know if I like this. Venezuela has a nasty habit of repudiating past agreements and "nationalizing" -- stealing -- foreign investments in their oil industry.

But, who knows, if there's a Trumpian president, maybe they'll remember what happened to Maduro before nationalizing the newest capital improvements.

- Ace

It's possible the Venezuelans have had enough of "21st Century Socialism" for awhile.

For at least a generation or two.
Then they'll be right back at it.

Get all the oil you can get while the getting is good, I say.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

43 Based on a Council of Foreign Relations article from June 3, 2026, I'd say we're off to a good start.

"Based on tanker-tracking data from Bloomberg and reports on discounts applied to Venezuelan crude, the estimated value of U.S.-controlled oil exports has increased from $600 million in January (about 380,000 barrels per day) to about $3.7 billion in April alone (about 1.1 million barrels per day). The largest recipients of Venezuelan oil since January 3 have been the United States (43 percent), India (26 percent), and Spain (8 percent)."


LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3uc4thh3

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)

44 They are and always have been parrots of the Democrats.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 31, 2026 05:12 PM (Q/FnY)

45
They've managed 100% narrative coordination. Putin is envious.

Kim Jong Un is envious.


Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 05:13 PM (Cqx++)

46 36 Well, you are correct, fundamentally. However, you seem to be laboring under the impression that they even think. They do not.

hmm. lefties are llms, thus explaining the massive push for data centers?

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 05:13 PM (sGtp+)

47 "Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

https://tinyurl.com/5avdap56
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HOLY SHIT. Now anyone with a focused and substantial interest in viewing something can potentially stop me from building???? Talk about unleashing lunatic Karens and Kens

Posted by: Its not like am an expert or anything at August 31, 2026 05:13 PM (anL5R)

48 We should be building nuclear plants in every state right now . And if the blue states don't want to then the red states should double up and not sell any power to the blue states.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:13 PM (KC5Lt)

49 Nobody wants Trump’s Venezuela oil deal to pay off. Not even the oil companies.

Posted by: Accomack at August 31, 2026 05:14 PM (T8bqm)

50 Between this, and managing to grab Iran's oil infrastructure (mostly) intact... the US becomes the largest exporter of petroleum products on Earth.

Bold move Cotton.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 05:14 PM (2Cry5)

51 Oil is a futures market. So a deal to bring substantial new reserves online in the future will reduce the futures price and thus the overall price.

We saw that in reverse during the Iran war. The threat of oil shipments that wouldn’t be refined for years affected the price of gas at the pump.

This is economics 101.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

==

Let's be honest and say Trump deeply cares about the short term price movement of oil on his watch probably more than any long lasting "deal" this forges.

I mean the reality is, it will probably take a decade of American investments to make venezuela an oil powerhouse again

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:14 PM (eIzlH)

52 her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."
Posted by: Thrawn


Someone should tell Roberts his smug, shit-eating grin causes aesthetic injury.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 31, 2026 05:14 PM (diia5)

53 If the GOPe were losers some things congress could do right now...

1) No federal funds for any state that doesn't suspect its gas tax

2) No federal funds for any state that requires special gas blends

Yes the blue states would refuse and sue...let them

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

54 Hugo Chavez spins in his grave.

Well, if it wasn't blown to smithereens, that is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (RIvkX)

55 President Trump should rename the "Milky Way" galaxy to the "American Way" galaxy. That way everyone in the whole world would get a good, patriotic feeling about being in the best galaxy ever.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (V362x)

56 We saw that in reverse during the Iran war. The threat of oil shipments that wouldn’t be refined for years affected the price of gas at the pump.

This is economics 101.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 31, 2026 05:11 PM (DKeOf)

It happened in the mid-00s as well.
When prices were about to hit $140 because of the Iraq War and the instability of supply Bush signed an executive order opening up more territory on the coasts for oil exploration.

Oil prices dropped almost immediately and never really got that close to $140 again, because fracking was on the horizon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (6ydKt)

57 OT - "needs of the world"??? She is nuts.

Clifford Asness
@CliffordAsness
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To: Michigan AG Dana Nessel

From: Jews

Nuts
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Josh Kraushaar

@JoshKraushaar
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel called on Jewish Dems to "place the needs of the world" even "over our own survival" in speech Sunday.

“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival"
https://jta.org/202

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (kX27y)

58 Anything to rely less on middle east oil is fine with me.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (n5tGW)

59 This is economics 101.
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Which is so far beyond the reasoning capacity of the average democrat that the media can safely ignore it completely.

Posted by: Livin' in America at August 31, 2026 05:16 PM (anL5R)

60 39 Venezuela can only refine about 300-400,000 barrels per day, on good days, so much of the refining capacity for their oil has traditionally been the US anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:10 PM (yE2CW)

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Much higher than that. The US is documenting (receiving) over 500,000 barrels daily. That's about to increase significantly.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

61 Basically, some chick's feelings would be hurt seeing the ballroom and thus its construction needs to end.
Posted by: Thrawn
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Chief Justice Taft, had this snowflake raised her suit in the 1920's would sit on her just like the Court ruled in Frothingham v. Mellon in 1922.

Taxpayers do not have standing to sue over spending of fed gov with the only exception as violations of the US Constitution or where statutes specifically authorize such lawsuits.

As Frothingham wisely noted, the redress is political, not courts.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)

62 This is yuge re:negotiating with Canada.
In the current trade talks, Canada was threatening to cut us off from their heavy, dirty oil. But now that we have access to Venezuela's lighter, clean oil that's easier to get to America, Canada doesn't have anything to threaten us with.
They should be coming to the realization that we really don't need them at all.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (0MjtC)

63 >>>The largest recipients of Venezuelan oil since January 3 have been the United States (43 percent), India (26 percent), and Spain (8 percent)."


LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3uc4thh3

Posted by: mrp
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Thinking that Spain's cut may sharply decrease.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (ogcfP)

64 re 9: "Increasing America's oil supplies is a bad deal, because we won't get it immediately"

wsj 2018: "Readers of pre-millennial vintage may recall the 2008 presidential campaign when Republicans and especially Sarah Palin picked up the chant "drill, baby, drill" as a response to soaring oil prices. The theme was much derided, not least by Barack Obama, who as late as 2012 called it "a slogan, a gimmick, and a bumper sticker" but "not a strategy."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (CWTWj)

65 Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

We can't refine much more than that. It ink we only have a couple of refineries in Texas that can handle that heavy oil.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

66 Lower the price of kerosene so I can afford to soak my feet to get rid of toenail fungus.

Posted by: Todd the Bum at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (JM9I6)

67 I've been hearing about container-portable micro reactors since I was a kid. We're almost there.

A company called Radiant has shipped their prototype 1MW helium-cooled, TRISO-fueled micro reactor from California to INL/Battelle (on a semi!) as a PoC... its review process at INL has been fast-tracked and is expected to be approved with 8-10mos.

They have selected the old K-25 site in Oak Ridge as the production facility, due to its proximity to X-Energy's TRISO-X fuel production plant, and plan to build one reactor per week there, once they have commercial approval.

The first 15 have been pre-ordered by the Army for Ft. Benning.

Alongside the salt-cooled modular reactors being developed there by Kairos and others, the face of energy is about to change. It really is just over the horizon, now.

This is in its infancy, but the toothpaste is out of the tube.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (BI5O2)

68 55 President Trump should rename the "Milky Way" galaxy to the "American Way" galaxy. That way everyone in the whole world would get a good, patriotic feeling about being in the best galaxy ever.

and he should rename the "solar system" to the "american system".

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (sGtp+)

69 60 39 Venezuela can only refine about 300-400,000 barrels per day, on good days, so much of the refining capacity for their oil has traditionally been the US anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I have come to believe that most analysts on TV are simply bullshit actors there to say what market players want them to say. Same group of assholes during the Iraq crisis argued it would take years to fix Kuwaiti oil wells and infrastructure from the fires and other damage.

Too many hedge funds are frantic for volatile commodity prices and end up like the recent silver squeeze, often getting their tits in a wringer.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)

70 If leftists can sue over the ballroom can I sue over welfare for illegals?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

71 Michigan AG Dana Nessel called on Jewish Dems to "place the needs of the world" even "over our own survival" in speech Sunday.
==
this is suicidal empathy. Its right there. She's running on: VOTE FOR ME I'M SUICIDAL AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU WITH ME.

And, sadly, a lot of women in Michigan are going to do just that. . .
Michigan, you are SUCH the disappoint.

Posted by: O H EYE O at August 31, 2026 05:19 PM (anL5R)

72 Dear AG Nessel, if you wish to commit suicide , like Ms Richner a white lady who works for al-Sayed, feel free. Leave the rest of us alone.
Sincerely , non idiots

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 05:19 PM (j/Ml9)

73 Thinking that Spain's cut may sharply decrease.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (ogcfP)

Yep. Because fuck them. And India can go horsefuck, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 05:19 PM (9tX4s)

74 "Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

How can any serious person, much less a Supreme Court Justice write those words with a straight face and sign his/her name below them? Gobsmacking stupidity.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (vTZFs)

75 Pretty sure this is heavy crude-in my pants!

Posted by: Pride Of Wilmington! at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (JM9I6)

76 Right now it's all about the price of Diesel. It's in that $5-$6 range and really hurts a lot of commerce.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (eIzlH)

77 Leftists: You need to put the greater good over your own wealth and health

Also leftists: Of course I and my clients need to get paid, we don't do this shit for free

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (sKqQm)

78 It happened in the mid-00s as well.
When prices were about to hit $140 because of the Iraq War and the instability of supply Bush signed an executive order opening up more territory on the coasts for oil exploration.
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His dumb-ass brother, gov of FL, signed a bill - No drilling off the FL Gulf Coast.
_Skull and Bones

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (ogcfP)

79 76 Right now it's all about the price of Diesel. It's in that $5-$6 range and really hurts a lot of commerce.
Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (eIzlH)


$7.19 here....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (+gK6I)

80 Chy-na hardest hit ...

... having absorbed approximately 65–80% of total Venezuela oil exports prior to Maduro's arrest.

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (RW1OD)

81 Try Googling it. Every single media story claims Trump is a liar about this reducing gas prices and he's doomed, doomed in the midterms.

They've managed 100% narrative coordination. Putin is envious.

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Who needs enemies when the media will do the enemies' job?

What's even funnier, they insist that Trump is a tyrant. If he were a tyrant they would be singing his praises. Just look over at North Korea, China, Russia, Iran.

Posted by: Decaf at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (ZNpJk)

82 We can't refine much more than that. It ink we only have a couple of refineries in Texas that can handle that heavy oil.
Posted by: polynikes
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That appears to be a canard nowadays. Part of the increased flexibility in more US refineries comes from the import of even heavier tar sands petroleum from Canada. Should help with diesel prices, asphalt, and tar as well. Second, Venezuela does produce light crude as well from different fields that can be mixed onsite to fit what refineries can handle.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

83 Dear AG Nessel, if you wish to commit suicide , like Ms Richner a white lady who works for al-Sayed, feel free. Leave the rest of us alone.
Sincerely , non idiots
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 05:19 PM (j/Ml9)
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Do not mistake it. In no way was she referring to herself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (RIvkX)

84 Aesthetically the Ball Room design kicks ass.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (KC5Lt)

85 This is in its infancy, but the toothpaste is out of the tube.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (BI5O2)


SMRs are going to change the world.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (HwKLm)

86 Alongside the salt-cooled modular reactors being developed there by Kairos and others, the face of energy is about to change. It really is just over the horizon, now.

This is in its infancy, but the toothpaste is out of the tube.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


Good to read. Now, about that Thorium...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (diia5)

87 >>> "Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

Not that democrats and turncoat republicans care what the founding fathers wanted... but the founders were split on how grand DC and the White House should be. Washington wanted it all huge and grand. Big bold layout, a fancy White House. Washington and Trump were on the same page.

Jefferson wanted DC as small and as ungrand as possible, as a sign the people ruled and DC didn't turn into an empirical city. I believe he slept in like one tiny room or wing of the WH as president and did everything possible to keep it unfancy.

Which vision should we have, libs? You hate both men, whose vision prevails?

Posted by: LizLem at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (Toos7)

88 Diesel is over taxed. It's cheaper to produce than gasoline and has more btu's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (ogcfP)

89 >>Let's be honest and say Trump deeply cares about the short term price movement of oil on his watch probably more than any long lasting "deal" this forges.

It's not just about the price of oil today or next year, it's about national security as well. For all intents, the US is now the big dog in the oil world.

OPEC is breaking down. The UAE has already left and Venezuela is on the way out. China and Russia were all over Venezuela, China was Venezuela's biggest customer. They also controlled the Panama Canal.

If you step back and look at what Trump is doing with Venezuela and Iran he is moving the the US into the leadership role of the world's energy. He's also making the hemisphere the place of the future which is exactly what he said he was going to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

90 We should be building more refineries.

That would help lower prices in the long term if we had more capacity and output.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

91 In regards to the ballroom, I hope the first event in which Roberts is invited to the ballroom, Trump sits him by the kitchen entrance and his chair gets smacked every time a waiter comes out.

Posted by: WisRich at August 31, 2026 05:24 PM (G0vdT)

92 Josh Kraushaar

@JoshKraushaar
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7h
Michigan AG Dana Nessel called on Jewish Dems to "place the needs of the world" even "over our own survival" in speech Sunday.

“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival"
https://jta.org/202
Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 05:15 PM (kX27y)
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So, she says, please vote for Hitler.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:24 PM (Zjq06)

93 How can any serious person, much less a Supreme Court Justice write those words with a straight face and sign his/her name below them? Gobsmacking stupidity.
Posted by: Oddbob

Seriousness went out of the court during the Warren Court era and the liberal wing of the court does not realize that the era of winging bad judicial decisions by writing crap like this no longer flies. Like academia, Big Med over covid, and other institutions, the left has put on clown makeup and dress for judges and the judges concur by issuing bizarre and fantastical rulings that have no basis in history, nor law. But muh feelz instead.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)

94 Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

It's not a canard if you can't tell me where the oil is being refined. Also when did our Pre Venezuelan deal lack of refineries issue disappear?

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:24 PM (KC5Lt)

95 I have come to believe that most analysts on TV are simply bullshit actors there to say what market players want them to say. Same group of assholes during the Iraq crisis argued it would take years to fix Kuwaiti oil wells and infrastructure from the fires and other damage.

Too many hedge funds are frantic for volatile commodity prices and end up like the recent silver squeeze, often getting their tits in a wringer.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)

whig, you are so correct about this. My latest bugaboo with the financial media is their view on Warsh and hiking interest rates. It was not two weeks ago that Core PCE was flat, and three weeks ago that CPI was down. The press pesters Warsh to sound more hawkish or else 'Fed credibility' is in jeopardy, and he folds and sounds more hawkish. It's like the press wants to tank the economy in Sept just to hit Trump on Election Day.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 31, 2026 05:25 PM (0CU3H)

96 Next announcement will be for new refinery construction, which will truly drive the leftards insane.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:26 PM (Zjq06)

97 I remember back in the Obama era Dems ridiculed the idea of drilling to lower gas prices because it would take 5 years or something to produce so investing in renewables and electric cars would be so much better. That was 20 year years ago. And here we are and those renewables and electric cars are STILL mostly just a pipe dream but those oil well are producing and bringing benefits.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (GUOwU)

98 The first event Trump should hold in the Ballroom is a State Dinner for King Charles III.

Democrats will of course refuse to attend any event in TRUMP'S Ballroom. (While Trump is in office.) But the top Democrats who are invited will cry all night long about missing an opportunity to be at a glitzy party with their favorite royal in the world!

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (5rh/l)

99 Needs of the world. Fuck you, bitch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (9tX4s)

100 If you step back and look at what Trump is doing with Venezuela and Iran he is moving the the US into the leadership role of the world's energy. He's also making the hemisphere the place of the future which is exactly what he said he was going to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

Canada is natural resource rich but national leadership poor.
It's a shame they can't get their shit together up there with their oil & mineral exports.

Net zero & environmentalism has hobbled the country's economy worse than any other G7 member, and the Liberals are too busy playing politics and counting their money to do anything about any of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

101 It's like the press wants to tank the economy in Sept just to hit Trump on Election Day.
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Oh come now. How could you possibly suggest a coordinated effort by the press to hurt Donald Trump? Pshaw. Such a conspiracy could never be kept secret if such a thing ever existed! My word how outlandish a suggestion. Its almost as if you are suggesting there is fake news or something.

Posted by: Mock Serious Guy at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (anL5R)

102 96 Next announcement will be for new refinery construction, which will truly drive the leftards insane.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:26 PM (Zjq06)

That does seem like the pt 2 of the announcement...planned for next Tuesday or so (or Labor Day as a jobs thing)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (tOcjL)

103 After 30 years of the Left chanting "No war for oil" I'm thinking, why the f not?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (X8xt3)

104 >>> Aesthetically the Ball Room design kicks ass

Georgian revival was about symmetry, and I hate the ballroom makes it so asymmetrical.

The solution, clearly, is to knock down the other wing and make TWO huge symmetrical ballrooms! (I'm kidding. Sort of.)

It's annoying that because the libs were so screechy about the details, our enemies know we're putting a huge master bunker under the ballroom. But then they also know POTUS will be safe and ready to kick their butt if crap goes down.

Posted by: LizLem at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (Toos7)

105 If you step back and look at what Trump is doing with Venezuela and Iran he is moving the the US into the leadership role of the world's energy. He's also making the hemisphere the place of the future which is exactly what he said he was going to do.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

This is important as you just stated it. Thank you for posting that.

Posted by: dantesed at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (Oy/m2)

106 Chy-na hardest hit ...

... having absorbed approximately 65–80% of total Venezuela oil exports prior to Maduro's arrest.
Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:21 PM (RW1OD)
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Yes. This is about making it impossible for China to invade Taiwan for lack of fuel. And of course the oil will flow in a non-linear way. There will be some lag, but even the expectation of future supply is going to drive prices down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:28 PM (ZOv7s)

107 88 Diesel is over taxed. It's cheaper to produce than gasoline and has more btu's.

Posted by: Braenyard

Big trucks do a lot more damage to roads than cars. Mass times velocity does a number on interstates, bridges, and highways. Reason that they should never be on regular streets not designed for heavy trucks either when they use those streets for a shortcut.

So either tax diesel appropriately which catches most of the heavy truck damage or apply mileage taxes to them. Or you raise car fuel taxes and/or mileage taxes. Your choice.

FWIW, a lot of that traffic used to be on railroads where the RR bear all the costs of maintenance and pay for diesel as well.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (E4rtv)

108 I remember back in the Obama era Dems ridiculed the idea of drilling to lower gas prices because it would take 5 years or something to produce so investing in renewables and electric cars would be so much better. That was 20 year years ago. And here we are and those renewables and electric cars are STILL mostly just a pipe dream but those oil well are producing and bringing benefits.
Posted by: Ripley

==

Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?

And mccain made fun of it and then quickly had to apologize, lest he be called a racist.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (eIzlH)

109 We have refineries all over the Mid West even Mon f'ing tana that their primary function is to refine Canadian tar sand. They can handle Venezuelan just fine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (ogcfP)

110 How can any serious person, much less a Supreme Court Justice write those words with a straight face and sign his/her name below them? Gobsmacking stupidity.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 05:20 PM (vTZFs)

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You've obviously never been to a good ol' fashion DC Cocktail Party (emphasis on "Cock" & "Tail") Ho Down Throw Down, Plebe!"

/Only WE Have Standing, Sitting, and Laying there ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (RW1OD)

111 Needs of the world. Fuck you, bitch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (9tX4s)
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Orange Man Bad is term-limited. He's also old. So Jews are willing to elect their executioners for what, exactly?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:30 PM (ZOv7s)

112 It ink we only have a couple of refineries in Texas that can handle that heavy oil.

Well, ink it that we have three hum-dingers in Ahia that can handle it just fine, and a nice pipeline from Texas, too.
The Canadians are going to have to sell their tar on the west coast. I wish them luck getting it over Mount NamedforInjuns.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 05:30 PM (zdLoL)

113 101 It's like the press wants to tank the economy in Sept just to hit Trump on Election Day.
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Oh come now. How could you possibly suggest a coordinated effort by the press to hurt Donald Trump? Pshaw. Such a conspiracy could never be kept secret if such a thing ever existed! My word how outlandish a suggestion. Its almost as if you are suggesting there is fake news or something.
Posted by: Mock Serious Guy
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I think a stock meltdown is unlikely in September/October this time. If you note, the AI tops have receded a bit and the economy continues to pour investment into the US economy.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)

114
I love this whole the deal sucks because nothing will happen for 10 years, when-

the same retards are always telling us about the great deals to cut the budget that always seem to be negotiated to happen 10 years later.

A.
Holes.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 05:30 PM (iJfKG)

115 It's not a canard if you can't tell me where the oil is being refined. Also when did our Pre Venezuelan deal lack of refineries issue disappear?
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:24 PM (KC5Lt)
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American refineries are (except when geopolitics gets in the way) a major export destination for Venezuelan crude, and the best suited US refineries are several in Port Arthur, two in Baymont and Beaumont (Texas), Marathon Galveston Bay, and many other Gulf Coast refineries.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (Zjq06)

116 I remember in like the late 2000's it was pointed out the US hadnt built a new refinery since the 70's. Curious if that has changed.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (eIzlH)

117 Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?
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and not letting the last drops dribble out of the pump handle to the ground.

He was the first Karen president.

Posted by: Mock Serious Guy at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (anL5R)

118 107 88 Diesel is over taxed. It's cheaper to produce than gasoline and has more btu's.

Posted by: Braenyard

Big trucks do a lot more damage to roads than cars. Mass times velocity does a number on interstates, bridges, and highways. Reason that they should never be on regular streets not designed for heavy trucks either when they use those streets for a shortcut.

So either tax diesel appropriately which catches most of the heavy truck damage or apply mileage taxes to them. Or you raise car fuel taxes and/or mileage taxes. Your choice.

FWIW, a lot of that traffic used to be on railroads where the RR bear all the costs of maintenance and pay for diesel as well.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (E4rtv)

I wonder what the collective effect of a whole lot of heavy electric cars has on bridge and road lifespan over time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (0CU3H)

119 We have refineries all over the Mid West even Mon f'ing tana that their primary function is to refine Canadian tar sand. They can handle Venezuelan just fine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (ogcfP)
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The Premier of Alberta flat-out said that if Canada tried to embargo the US, they would lose access to our refineries, which would simply use Venezuela to take up the slack and they would be completely screwed.

She also reviewed how there are no pipelines going to Ontario and Quebec that don't entire US territory. They were proposed, but blocked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

120 Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

This is important as you just stated it. Thank you for posting that.
Posted by: dantesed

Agree with dantesed, props to JackStraw for a pithy and correct statement.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)

121 "Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?
Posted by: Leupold"


To be fair I recall I happened to put some air in my tires around that time and prices dropped 10 cents the next few days. I never received any credit for that though.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (GUOwU)

122 >>Chy-na hardest hit ...

... having absorbed approximately 65–80% of total Venezuela oil exports prior to Maduro's arrest.


I did not know that.
Cool.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (X8xt3)

123 Predent obama makes this happen and they cl I wn trump taking kresdet !!! This bothers us ands calls on Presdent obonodew something abouts this

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (FAEmw)

124

What happened in the room where El-Sayed spoke to Jewish Michigan Dems

https://t.ly/Cd57-

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (Cqx++)

125
The market will tank if the Democrats win in November.

Look for the economy and markets to rocket up if the Republicans win.

The history is pretty clear on this.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (iJfKG)

126 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (ogcfP)

It was faster for me to copy and paste why Montana and Midwest refineries aren't getting Venezuelan oil.

Incompatible Chemistry: Refineries in Montana (such as the refinery near Billings) are built to process light-to-heavy crude oil coming overland from western Canada.Logistical Focus: Venezuelan crude is a heavy, sour blend. It goes to specialized refineries located on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana, which were specifically designed for that type of dense, sulfur-rich oil.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (KC5Lt)

127 >>Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?



That was Obama's way of saying FU to normies.

He knew it was ridiculous, and no doubt enjoyed everyone having to pretend it was a serious recommendation.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (X8xt3)

128 I wonder what the collective effect of a whole lot of heavy electric cars has on bridge and road lifespan over time.
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They are already crushing elevated parking garage floors...

Posted by: Mock Serious Guy at August 31, 2026 05:34 PM (anL5R)

129 Big trucks pay for the highways that Eisenhower intended for them. The intent of the Interstate Highway System was not for our easy commute to work or a long trip vacation. It was built for big military trucks to move materiel across country.
Big trucks pay the lions share of road taxes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:34 PM (ogcfP)

130 >>This is important as you just stated it. Thank you for posting that.

USAID gets taken down and 7 Latin American countries flip to conservative leaders. Trump takes down Maduro and basically kicks Iran and China out of Venezuela. Cuba is circling the drain. The Panama Canal is back in western hands. The largest funder of state sponsored terrorism is being strangled to death. China's economy is sucking air.

I don't think these are all random occurrences. Trump is literally realigning the world order and giving us the country we deserve. Not happening overnight but for something of this magnitude it's happening at light speed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)

131 Cloggenstein is especially bad today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 05:34 PM (9tX4s)

132 I wonder what the collective effect of a whole lot of heavy electric cars has on bridge and road lifespan over time.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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They do accelerate damage being heavier as a rule. Dunno about outside of specialist publications thought where any popular studies exist other than parking deck problems with weight.

Has been some work on that because those decks were designed for lighter vehicles and substitute 25-50 percent electric for gas burners probably means that the decks are not rated for that weight.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

133 The first event Trump should hold in the Ballroom is a State Dinner for King Charles III.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (5rh/l)
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Better to host a dinner for the construction workers who built the place.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 05:35 PM (Zjq06)

134 The market will tank if the Democrats win in November.

Look for the economy and markets to rocket up if the Republicans win.

The history is pretty clear on this.

Posted by: naturalfake

==

I feel like it's usually a short term phenomenon.

My best guess is Dems narrowly take House and Republicans keep Senate.

They cant repeal the BBB so the effect will be limited.

But Trump ill be impeached again, 100%. The lunatic Left will demand it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 05:35 PM (eIzlH)

135 131 Cloggenstein is especially bad today.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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ExLax will open that passageway right up.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

136 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (Cqx++)

Suicidal empathy. And clearly none of them are students of history.

Posted by: Ann at August 31, 2026 05:35 PM (SHHm+)

137 She also reviewed how there are no pipelines going to Ontario and Quebec that don't entire US territory. They were proposed, but blocked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

That's because Danielle Smith isn't entirely stupid and realizes where the oil comes from and how it gets to places in Canada, unlike her fellow politicians, and she has been begging for an East-to-West pipeline from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with ports on each end so they can transport their own oil across their own country and export some to the world instead of just south of the border.

If they'd listen to her, and other Albertans, for decades about a pipeline they wouldn't be in the pickle they've put themselves in.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

138 USAID gets taken down and 7 Latin American countries flip to conservative leaders. Trump takes down Maduro and basically kicks Iran and China out of Venezuela. Cuba is circling the drain. The Panama Canal is back in western hands. The largest funder of state sponsored terrorism is being strangled to death. China's economy is sucking air.

I don't think these are all random occurrences. Trump is literally realigning the world order and giving us the country we deserve. Not happening overnight but for something of this magnitude it's happening at light speed.
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HOW DARE YOU BE OPTIMISTIC!!!!

Posted by: Black Pill Crowd at August 31, 2026 05:36 PM (anL5R)

139 China's economy is sucking *polluted* air.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)
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Fixed it for ya.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:36 PM (ZOv7s)

140 127 >>Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires

Yea but that was air from the moon which is lighter then air on the earth.

So according to the laws of physics Barry Soetoro, PHD Bullshitology has was correct and you MAGA Rednecks just hate him because he is a 0.5 Black Man.

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (j93VM)

141 Prices are up 20 cents more since this was announced. I don't blame Trump, I blame the assholes in Olympia and their bullshit carbon tax nonsense.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 05:03 PM (2WIwB)

Up that much here .. Of course I'm in CA. so....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (+gK6I)


Oil prices are up because 'investors' are still pretending that Iran matters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)

142 >>"Given the distinctive nature of the White House and Hogland's focused and substantial interest in viewing it in its traditional form, her aesthetic injury from the construction of the ballroom is concrete and particularized."

How can any serious person, much less a Supreme Court Justice write those words with a straight face and sign his/her name below them? Gobsmacking stupidity.
- - - -

Honestly, I think it's all a game to them.
They know this is coordinated, petty lawfare and they get to pretend it's serious while laughing with its originators at DC parties.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (X8xt3)

143 "Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?
Posted by: Leupold"

To be fair I recall I happened to put some air in my tires around that time and prices dropped 10 cents the next few days. I never received any credit for that though.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (GUOwU)

Then prices went back up, and then some.

Thanks a lot.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (8EdAy)

144 131 Cloggenstein is especially bad today.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Any time the month has 31 days, she runs out of meds.

Posted by: Rex Ulti at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (JM9I6)

145 The price of energy is a big deal, but think about the remote power capacity as well.

Did you find a mineral deposit in the middle of nowhere and you want to mine it?

I know! Build a big ass power station that depends on local fuel sources, at an ungodly cost.

Or... lease a set of modular reactors and have them come drop it off on some trucks, put it together, and get cracking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:38 PM (BI5O2)

146 108 Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?

carb remembers.

Posted by: california air resources board, outlawing the tires you want at August 31, 2026 05:38 PM (sGtp+)

147 99 Needs of the world. Fuck you, bitch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (9tX4s)


It's all about Tikkun Olam.

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 05:38 PM (kX27y)

148 ...and DC didn't turn into an empirical city.

Well that worked. I've never heard DC described as "empirical."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 05:38 PM (zdLoL)

149 If they'd listen to her, and other Albertans, for decades about a pipeline they wouldn't be in the pickle they've put themselves in.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)
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It's being said that the tariff war was set up by Obama's people and the Clintons (a Hillary staffer is now "advising" Carney) in the hopes to crater the economy for the midterms and also boost the Liberals in bye elections. Also create a "rally round the flag" movement in Alberta.

I don't think that's going to work. Trump is playing coy at the moment, but at some point he's going to release the draft agreement. He's not doing that now, because timing is everything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

150 >>Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires

Yea but that was air from the moon which is lighter then air on the earth.

So according to the laws of physics Barry Soetoro, PHD Bullshitology has was correct and you MAGA Rednecks just hate him because he is a 0.5 Black Man.

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 05:37 PM (j93VM)

To be fair, we only hated the black half.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (8EdAy)

151 65 Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

We can't refine much more than that. It ink we only have a couple of refineries in Texas that can handle that heavy oil.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)
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Apparently Louisiana is getting in on it. Lake Charles and St. Charles refineries are taking in Venezuelan crude. Pascagoula Refinery in Mississippi is also doing the same in addition to the Texas refineries.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (dIske)

152 When I lived up North I kept my tires under inflated in the winter .

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (KC5Lt)

153 Yes, the Gulf Coast is the main end point for Venezuelan oil.
I went through this last week with AI and made a post here.
There are refineries in Ohio, Michigan and a couple of other states capable of refining Venezuelan oil.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (ogcfP)

154 118 107 88 Diesel is over taxed. It's cheaper to produce than gasoline and has more btu's.

Posted by: Braenyard

Big trucks do a lot more damage to roads than cars. Mass times velocity does a number on interstates, bridges, and highways. Reason that they should never be on regular streets not designed for heavy trucks either when they use those streets for a shortcut.

So either tax diesel appropriately which catches most of the heavy truck damage or apply mileage taxes to them. Or you raise car fuel taxes and/or mileage taxes. Your choice.

FWIW, a lot of that traffic used to be on railroads where the RR bear all the costs of maintenance and pay for diesel as well.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:29 PM (E4rtv)

I wonder what the collective effect of a whole lot of heavy electric cars has on bridge and road lifespan over time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 31, 2026 05:31 PM (0CU3H)


One effect: Local politicians, construction contractors, and unions were drooling at the coming opportunity to build, or rebuild to new specifications, a whole lot of roads, overpasses, and bridges.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:40 PM (5rh/l)

155 OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!


Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
Rosie O’Donnell: “We’re making concentration camps. We’re rounding up people without a warrant. We’re raping children in ICE detention, they’re all getting pregnant."

I think Rosie has been reading some ficton.

How do you even say this with a serious face? She has completely lost it

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)

156 Sarah Palin campaigned on Drill, baby drill! in 2008 and these people laughed at it because it would take 10 years to get any of this oil to the pump. That was 18 years ago.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 05:41 PM (wGerL)

157 Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:39 PM (dIske

Yes I meant to say Louisiana too and I'm from Lake Charles though I didn't know Mississippi had one that could refine

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (KC5Lt)

158 >>To be fair I recall I happened to put some air in my tires around that time and prices dropped 10 cents the next few days. I never received any credit for that though.


Yeah, but this advice was equivalent to a finance guy advising you to stop buying Starbucks to save money, or a time management person telling you to not answer the phone (no interruption = stay on task).

It is the most basic, obvious advice, the lowest of hanging fruit that will not fix the overall, complex problems at hand.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (X8xt3)

159 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 05:33 PM (Cqx++)


It's chilling to me that Nessel would say that and the Jews gathered there might nod their heads in agreement

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (5JD6s)

160 The first event Trump should hold in the Ballroom is a State Dinner for King Charles III.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:27 PM (5rh/l)

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I heard last week that Trump has threatened to demolish The [Trump] Kennedy Center if Rogue District Clown and other Judges keep obstructing his plans to renovate it.

At this point, he should just go ahead and do it on general principle. Plus, I could use a good schadenboner and exploding heads fireworks show ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (kqBRX)

161 129 Big trucks pay for the highways that Eisenhower intended for them. The intent of the Interstate Highway System was not for our easy commute to work or a long trip vacation. It was built for big military trucks to move materiel across country.
Big trucks pay the lions share of road taxes.

Posted by: Braenyard

Eisenhower intended both. And exactly how to allocate road taxes is a political question that each state has to answer. A few states like Arkansas designed their highways way back when 73k was the maximum weight limit. They were forced to go to 80k along with some other states and the road bed simply could not take it.

And fwiw, when trucks speed, it increase the damage because of physics. So another way is to reduce truck speed to 55-60 mph maximum to limit damage.

And Eisenhower never intended for trucks to replace heavy rail either. It was more both than either or.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (E4rtv)

162 How do you even say this with a serious face? She has completely lost it
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She never had it to lose.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (anL5R)

163 And if the blue states don't want to then the red states should double up and not sell any power to the blue states.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:13 PM (KC5Lt)


Or... sell to the blue states at a price which allows you to charge people in the red states less.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (ExV1e)

164 But I've already voted for Trump three times.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2026 05:43 PM (FmCOO)

165 To be fair I recall I happened to put some air in my tires around that time and prices dropped 10 cents the next few days. I never received any credit for that though.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (GUOwU)

Then prices went back up, and then some.

Thanks a lot.
_-_
Must have sprung a leak.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 05:43 PM (8cylk)

166 146 108 Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?

Remember Al Gore's Carbon Credit Scam ????

Sad thing about it was people actually bought some of his bogus credits for millions. The question is why are this people so stupid ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 31, 2026 05:44 PM (j93VM)

167 It is the most basic, obvious advice, the lowest of hanging fruit that will not fix the overall, complex problems at hand.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (X8xt3)

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AKA Cult "Virtue" Signaling

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:44 PM (kqBRX)

168 GPT-5.6-Luna

Several Midwestern refineries were historically capable of processing Venezuelan heavy, sour crude, especially refineries connected to the former northbound pipeline system from the Gulf Coast. Examples include:

Citgo Lemont refinery near Chicago, Illinois
Citgo Corpus Christi–Midwest supply system, historically supplying the Lemont refinery with Venezuelan crude
Marathon Petroleum’s Robinson refinery in Illinois
Marathon’s Detroit refinery in Michigan
BP’s Whiting refinery in Indiana
ExxonMobil’s Joliet refinery in Illinois
Potentially other complex refineries in the Chicago and Wood River markets

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:44 PM (ogcfP)

169 161 And fwiw, when trucks speed, it increase the damage because of physics.

curse you, physics!

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 05:45 PM (sGtp+)

170 The intent of the Interstate Highway System was not for our easy commute to work or a long trip vacation.
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Yup. Thus the actual name:

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:45 PM (XeU6L)

171 Nothing exposes the baboon's red ass of the judiciary more than the suit over the WH ballroom.

Roberts et al. are just throwing a tantrum.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 05:45 PM (3cUTc)

172 Yes I meant to say Louisiana too and I'm from Lake Charles though I didn't know Mississippi had one that could refine
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (KC5Lt)

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From what I've read, the Mississippi refinery is the primary and they're unloading right from their own personal harbor to speed up the process.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)

173 166 Remember Al Gore's Carbon Credit Scam ????

Sad thing about it was people actually bought some of his bogus credits for millions. The question is why are this people so stupid ???


*whistles innocently*

Posted by: nft of a monkey at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (sGtp+)

174 CBC is echoing MS Now hopium.

The vast American population is against...the trade war with Canada, the Iran war, tariffs, insert issue,...and only Trump and the hardcore MAGA don't realise this.

When WILL THEY WAKE UP and revolt, etc, etc, yawn.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)

175 On an unrelated note I saw an AI video pitting various movie martial artists against each other so I in turn asked a duck AI who was the great actual fighter.

Its answer? Chuck Norris or Benny Urquidez with Bruce Lee as a potential third but he just didn't fight competitively enough

The most interesting part of this list? These are older guys. Newer artists aren't in the list

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (sKqQm)

176 Ike drove a Chrysler. Heavy car. Should have been taxed more.

Posted by: VW Trends at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (JM9I6)

177 It's chilling to me that Nessel would say that and the Jews gathered there might nod their heads in agreement
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (5JD6s)
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It's perfectly on brand for her, though. Nasty piece of work and completely corrupt. Also a falling-down drunk. Only got re-elected because of the FBI fake plot and vote fraud.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

178 Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)

Interesting. Thanks for that info.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (KC5Lt)

179 I hope gas prices drop soon, still above $4,15 in se Pa and PRoNJ

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

180 curse you, physics!
Posted by: anachronda
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Gravity isn't just a good idea, it's the law.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (XeU6L)

181 Hang down your head, John Roberts
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, John Roberts
Trump's ballroom is going to fly

Supreme Court approves Trump's ballroom construction despite Roberts siding with liberals

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (ndZc7)

182 Yeah, but this advice was equivalent to a finance guy advising you to stop buying Starbucks to save money...

To be fair, if you spend $5 at Starbuck's on your way to work 200 days a year, that's a thousand dollars which is real money for most people. It's more like advising you to stop tipping at Starbuck's.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (vTZFs)

183 Or... sell to the blue states at a price which allows you to charge people in the red states less.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (ExV1e)

It's already happening... Nevada sells Electricity to Calif at a WAY higher rate than to Nevadans.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

184 Remember when obama's "plan" for lower energy prices was putting more air in your tires?
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Remember when Biden's plan was to tell you to download the GasBuddy app?

And all the news, right down to the locals, breathlessly ran stories on how you could save up to 2 cents a gallon if you'd but drive half an hour out of your way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (3cUTc)

185 CBC is echoing MS Now hopium.

The vast American population is against...the trade war with Canada, the Iran war, tariffs, insert issue,...and only Trump and the hardcore MAGA don't realise this.

When WILL THEY WAKE UP and revolt, etc, etc, yawn.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)
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Michigan Dems are trying to make hay out of this by of course siding with Canada, you know, the assholes who make it hard for use to BREATHE.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (ZOv7s)

186 No, wait, that was Truman.

Posted by: VW Trends! at August 31, 2026 05:47 PM (JM9I6)

187 Rail is better for commodities and bulk and items so large they won't fit in trailers.

We lost a lot of that traffic because of manufacturing off-shoring and then the railroads consolidated due to loss of business and went to hubs. Trucking became the answer for a lot more shipping, especially when containerized shipping took off and you could move the containers around so much more efficiently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

188 Rosie O’Donnell: “We’re making concentration camps. We’re rounding up people without a warrant. We’re raping children in ICE detention, they’re all getting pregnant."
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Oh, boy. Somebody's getting hot and bothered.

Get ready for Rosie's shocking and transgressive bodice ripper "Sophie's Choice II: Passion Camp," wherein an obese and mentally defective Irish girl is forced to the live in the shadows... of the hulking, musclebound ICE agents whose contempt for The Other is overtaken by their forbidden desire.

Will Sophie choose Alex, the stern but sensual guard-tower sniper? Or Steve, the strapping border patrolman with his proud steed and trusty bullwhip? Or will she embrace the power of "and?"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

189 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:44 PM (ogcfP)

None of those refineries are receiving any of the current Venezuelan oil imports.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (KC5Lt)

190 And Eisenhower never intended for trucks to replace heavy rail either. It was more both than either or.

Posted by: whig
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We were talking taxes, the cost of fuel and road maintenance.
Big trucks pay a disproportionate amount of money for road maintenance that an automobile driver. And diesel fuel is disproportionately taxed. If it were not for the tax and CAFE we would be driving diesels.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (ogcfP)

191 162 How do you even say this with a serious face? She has completely lost it
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She never had it to lose.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (anL5R)


Only 5-4 on this case? Good Grief! One vote away from SCOTUS allowing one person in every neighborhood, town, and city to effectively stop all future construction in the US. Leftists, especially Leftist lawyers, would be ecstatic! Roberts is insane.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (5rh/l)

192 And fwiw, when trucks speed, it increase the damage because of physics. So another way is to reduce truck speed to 55-60 mph maximum to limit damage.

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Not to mention the damage to highways & freeways caused primarily during icy & snowy winters (including de-icing chemicals, chains, et. al.) plus the freeze-thaw cycle in such climates (e.g. the interstates -- 40 & 17 -- around Flagstaff).

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:50 PM (kqBRX)

193 We’re raping children in ICE detention, they’re all getting pregnant

When an illegal raped a 14 year old in MA the governor responded by saying, "Well these things happen". That's a real rape not one of Rosie's theoretical ones

And for added fun is she claiming ICE agents are raping illegal alien kids or that other illegal alien kids are doing it? Because if its that later it is not a good argument for "hey we need to keep them here"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 05:50 PM (sKqQm)

194 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydK

Criminals have rediscovered hijacking trucks again like in the 70's.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:50 PM (KC5Lt)

195 I hope gas prices drop soon, still above $4,15 in se Pa and PRoNJ
Posted by: Skip
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Paid $3.49 here twodays ago.

As an aside, I see that you are reading 'The Gathering Storm'. The parallels of the actions/non-actions of politicians and diplomats during the inter-war years bear an uncanny resemblance to the past 20 or so years of dealings with Iran.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:51 PM (XeU6L)

196 >>Rosie O’Donnell: “We’re making concentration camps. We’re rounding up people without a warrant. We’re raping children in ICE detention, they’re all getting pregnant."


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE OBAMA'S "UNACCOMPANIED MINORS" POLICY/PROCESSING LEGITIMATELY CREATED THE HORRORS SHE'S DESCRIBED (W/OPPOSITE FLOW OF HUMAN TRAFFICK).

AND REALLY, DOESN'T SHE LIVE IN IRELAND NOW?

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 31, 2026 05:52 PM (X8xt3)

197 Roberts is insane.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (5rh/l)

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W's greatest mistake ... whose daddy GWB was Reagan's greatest mistake (although my understanding is that Ronnie had little choice in the matter).

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:52 PM (kqBRX)

198 OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!


Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
Rosie O’Donnell: “We’re making concentration camps. We’re rounding up people without a warrant. We’re raping children in ICE detention, they’re all getting pregnant."

I think Rosie has been reading some ficton.

How do you even say this with a serious face? She has completely lost it
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)
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I think she needs to talk to her doctor and have her meds adjusted.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)

199 Not to mention the damage to highways & freeways caused primarily during icy & snowy winters (including de-icing chemicals, chains, et. al.) plus the freeze-thaw cycle in such climates (e.g. the interstates -- 40 & 17 -- around Flagstaff).
Posted by: ShainS

True.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

200 Whoo hoo the BBB continues

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 05:54 PM (Ia/+0)

201 I don't know if the country has become just a bunch of whiny pussies or haven't considered the big picture . Probably a little of both.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:54 PM (KC5Lt)

202 I think she needs to talk to her doctor and have her meds adjusted.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)

Doesn't she have kids to strangle?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 05:55 PM (8EdAy)

203
Speaking of EVs...

While I was out today I happened to drive by Rivian showroom,

So I thought I'd check it out for yucks.

I test drove the their R1S.

I have to say I liked it a lot. Well-made, one pedal driving is cool, their driver's assist was scary good.

If it weren't for all the issues associated with EVs, I might consider buying one.

But then there's the price, you can get a pretty great ICE spending roughly half what it would cost for an R1S.

Nice car though.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 05:55 PM (iJfKG)

204 Rosie was on a few episodes of 'Mom' and didn't look completely untouchable.

Unlike today when TDS took away all and the only cure is a woodchipper.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)

205 None of those refineries are receiving any of the current Venezuelan oil imports.

Posted by: polynikes
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Didn't say they were. Said they have the capacity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:55 PM (ogcfP)

206
I think she needs to talk to her doctor and have her meds adjusted.
Posted by: mrp
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See also: Sugar intake

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:55 PM (XeU6L)

207
As an aside, I see that you are reading 'The Gathering Storm'. The parallels of the actions/non-actions of politicians and diplomats during the inter-war years bear an uncanny resemblance to the past 20 or so years of dealings with Iran.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:51 PM (XeU6L)

Are we talking about the Wheel of Time novel or something else?

Posted by: pookysgirl, girding for The Last Battle at August 31, 2026 05:56 PM (Wt5PA)

208 it would take 10 years to get any of this oil to the pump. That was 18 years ago.

We now produce about four times as much as we did then.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 05:56 PM (zdLoL)

209 And Eisenhower never intended for trucks to replace heavy rail either. It was more both than either or.

Posted by: whig
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We were talking taxes, the cost of fuel and road maintenance.
Big trucks pay a disproportionate amount of money for road maintenance that an automobile driver. And diesel fuel is disproportionately taxed. If it were not for the tax and CAFE we would be driving diesels.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (ogcfP)
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Eisenhower wanted an American Autobahn. Think AFV carriers and towed 240mm howitzers.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 05:56 PM (rj6Yv)

210 197 Roberts is insane.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (5rh/l)

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W's greatest mistake ... whose daddy GWB was Reagan's greatest mistake (although my understanding is that Ronnie had little choice in the matter).
Posted by: ShainS
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I think Roberts is fighting a losing battle to maintain judicial supremacy over the policy process. But the clowns judges appointed by Dems just keep getting more idiotic and spastic in their rulings. And Mr. Roberts who intoned no standing over and over again to thwart investigation of Democrat voter theft in 2020 just cashed in his principle to join with the idiotic opposition of Orange Man Bad.

Standing because one person was 'offended' esthetically which is fundamentally stupid and contrary to past precedents. It is the muh feelz addendum to standing.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)

211 194 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydK

Criminals have rediscovered hijacking trucks again like in the 70's.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:50 PM (KC5Lt)

There were some train cars being broken into and looted a few years back. In Los Angeles I think it was. There were TV helicopters filming it they were so brazen.

They were running out of the car with big flat screen TVs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

212 Looked it up. Ike drove a Chrysler, too.

Posted by: VW Mann at August 31, 2026 05:57 PM (JM9I6)

213 W's greatest mistake ... whose daddy GWB was Reagan's greatest mistake (although my understanding is that Ronnie had little choice in the matter).
Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 05:52 PM (kqBRX)

The 'true conservatives' pushed hard for Roberts. Also Thomas was appointed by Sr. He could have easily abandoned him but he did just the opposite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 05:58 PM (KC5Lt)

214 176 Ike drove a Chrysler. Heavy car. Should have been taxed more.

Posted by: VW Trends
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Many states taxed by the pound until VWs and Nissans became the rage.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 05:58 PM (ogcfP)

215
Are we talking about the Wheel of Time novel or something else?
Posted by: pookysgir
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Churchill's memoir of the inter-war period.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 05:59 PM (XeU6L)

216 =====

Eisenhower wanted an American Autobahn. Think AFV carriers and towed 240mm howitzers.

Posted by: mrp
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Too heavy/ not allowed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 06:00 PM (ogcfP)

217 My understanding is the interstate system was.built with national defense in mind for aircraft use.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 06:00 PM (KC5Lt)

218 Yeah, but this advice was equivalent to a finance guy advising you to stop buying Starbucks to save money, or a time management person telling you to not answer the phone (no interruption = stay on task).

It is the most basic, obvious advice, the lowest of hanging fruit that will not fix the overall, complex problems at hand.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 05:42 PM (X8xt3)


Is this about the price of burritos?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 06:01 PM (rbvCR)

219 From a philosophical point of view I don't like this. However it will lower oil prices, keep an eye on the Venezuelans and does stick it to the Canadians
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 05:02 PM (j/Ml9)

We need to replenish our reserves squandered by Biden. Deals like this give it to us cheaper, in exchange for our operating and repairing their fields and equipment. I'd guess they were operating at a loss for a while before Maduro was grabbed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

220 Man, the Freedom 250 Indy race came and went without a hitch and hardly anyone in the MSM mentioned it.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 06:01 PM (rj6Yv)

221 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

222 Rosie needs a .38Fuck-it-all.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 06:04 PM (9tX4s)

223 You give all of the lunatic muslim savages a billion dollars for their resources, allow them to enter the country with their tribal psychosis, and then everybody wonders why they are rampaging on 4 continents with a huge bankroll and an IQ of 65.

We shouldn't be giving these fucking scumbags anything. Let them develop their own resources.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 06:04 PM (nlLAo)

224 Eisenhower wanted an American Autobahn. Think AFV carriers and towed 240mm howitzers.
Posted by: mrp
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The original principle was for defense, but everyone wanted a piece of the new interstate system because it allied construction, developers, state governments that would administer them, industry, tourists, etc.

But to address your point Braenyard, trucks do pay more but the question is whether they pay enough or not.

This is Brave AI's take
"Heavy trucks cause significantly more damage to interstate roadways than passenger cars, with estimates ranging from 300 to 10,000 times more damage per pass, depending on the pavement type and calculation method. This disparity exists because pavement damage is proportional to the fourth power of the axle load."

You can dig up highways studies that add support to this. Even the Amer Trucking Institute admits the ratio is They cite studies suggesting the actual damage ratio is 300:1 or so.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)

225 218 Is this about the price of burritos?

i expected it to come down once the alameda-weehawken burrito tunnel was completed.

sadly, there's no longer a page about it on wikipedia...

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 06:04 PM (sGtp+)

226 I think she needs to talk to her doctor and have her meds adjusted.

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New Tik Tok trend.

J͎Λ͎Y͎u
@TakeThiamine
I remember seeing a TikTok where some girl was at a birthday party(?) going around interviewing people wrt meds and everyone was on like 2-6 things. It’s bleak.

swan song
@swansong
When I lived in America a girl looked at me in complete horror when I told her I wasn't on any meds. She couldn't believe it

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Well, at least all the AWFLs are completely sane now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 06:06 PM (ndZc7)

227
I have come to believe that most analysts on TV are simply bullshit actors there to say what market players want them to say. Same group of assholes during the Iraq crisis argued it would take years to fix Kuwaiti oil wells and infrastructure from the fires and other damage.




Along with the dumbass "military analysts" who confidently promised that we would lose 10s of thousands of troops in the Gulf War when US units would charge the Iraqi trenches and be cut down like Limeys at the Battle of the Somme.

In fact, we lost less than 150 in combat deaths, about the same number in non-combat accidents.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 31, 2026 06:14 PM (y9nCu)

228 FWIW, a lot of that traffic used to be on railroads where the RR bear all the costs of maintenance and pay for diesel as well.

Its even worse than that. RRs pay property taxes on their rail roads.

I'm sort of curious if RRs will start to reclaim the railbanking they have done over the years.

Could you imagine if these massive retailers dropped Lights Out distribution centers on Rails-to-Trails and the RRs reverted those trails back to spurs to feed the distribution centers.

With AI inventorying, Lights Out warehouse operations and with CP and KCS merging into CPKC making a continuous Mexico to Canada routes and Union Pacific impending merger with Norfolk Southern, making a contiguous east-west route, rail operations should become even more efficient than they are now.

With DOT crushing the illegal alien and fake trucking training centers, the move to rail may just increase.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:22 PM (a3CJ+)

229 The funny thing about this oil deal is that it’s a direct flick in the dick to the Chinese. Remember, it was their diplomats nearly caught in the middle of the Maduro raid, no doubt trying to squeeze the country for some sweet crude and get a foothold in America’s backyard.

Posted by: red speck at August 31, 2026 07:51 PM (Ve/HL)

230 Really when someone doesn't be aware of afterward its up
to other people that they will help, so here it occurs.

Posted by: shaved beaver at September 01, 2026 12:58 AM (BnsxR)

Muslim Brotherhood Spawn Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Begins Deleting Old Tweets Making Light of 9/11, Claims That Anyone Who Wants to Judge a Senatorial Candidate Based on His Statements and Sympathies Is Engaging in "Cancel Culture"

Some people deleted some tweets about some people doing some things.

Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed an old tweet trashing America on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as he faces mounting pressure from Democrats to disavow far-left streamer Hasan Piker.

In the now-deleted tweet, El-Sayed mourned the terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 and then noted that he planned to grieve the deaths he blamed on America over the wars that followed.

"Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith," El-Sayed wrote on Twitter, as it was then called.

"Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country."


That appears to be a reference to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the fighting that took place in Pakistan during the 2000s.

It's not entirely clear when he scrubbed that tweet, which was first uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon, but has gained renewed attention as the country approaches the 25th anniversary of the attack.

A copy of the since-deleted tweet has been saved on the Wayback Machine.

...

During his campaign, El-Sayed has faced scrutiny over his ties to Piker, with whom he stumped on the final day of his Democratic primary campaign.

Piker infamously said in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11," before later, very begrudgingly, sort of conceding it was an "inappropriate" comment. He was later spotted with a framed copy of a front-page newspaper showing the Twin Towers in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

Piker, a multimillionaire socialist, also defended the US-designated terrorist group Hezbollah, gushed over the "brave mujahideen" who injured outgoing Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), and contended that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack was a "direct consequence" of Israeli actions. He also said that if Hamas engaged in rape, it "doesn't change the dynamic for me."

In the time since, Piker has tried to claim that he was joking and that critics don't understand streaming culture.

...

"Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has so far refused to condemn the words of Hasan Piker, his friend and frequent campaign surrogate," Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) said in a statement.

"It is disingenuous for El-Sayed to try and distance himself from Piker without specifically condemning, refuting, or even just rejecting Piker's hateful rhetoric."

...

El-Sayed has tried to downplay his ties to Piker, arguing the campaign is about his policies, not a streamer from California. But he repeatedly campaigned with Piker during the primary and has refused to disavow him.

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed must know he's in trouble because he's apologizing to, get this, Jews, over his justification/minimization of a fellow Muslim's murder of Jewish children at a synagogue by saying "Hurt people hurt people."

In other words: Muslim get mad, Muslim kill Jews. Deal with it, and stop making Muslims mad.


Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, met individually with Jewish party leaders over the weekend to apologize for controversial statements he made in the past. The meetings are part of an effort to win over skeptical Jewish Democrats, CNN reported.

"I don't ever want my comments to hurt anybody's feelings. It's important to me that people understand that I take seriously the pain of all communities in this state," El-Sayed told CNN.

El-Sayed declined to discuss his relationship with Hasan Piker, a far-left Twitch streamer who campaigned with El-Sayed during the primary, saying it's "not a serious conversation." Piker had told his audience earlier this month that the issue of Israel has become so toxic that American Jews who support the country could be met with retaliation.

"If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker said earlier this month.

By the way: Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's white female liberal communications director hates, get this, white women.

No, she's not a self-hating white woman. Because her ideological religion makes her among The Elect and above the contempt that normal (spit) white women deserve.


Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's communications director Roxie Richner previously posted a series of messages targeting white people and white women, including one declaring that "all white women are policy failures."


The posts, made on X, then known as Twitter, date back to 2019 and 2020. Richner has worked with El-Sayed since at least his 2018 campaign for Michigan governor, according to previous social media posts. On May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd died, Richner wrote: "I don't care if it's scary or makes you uncomfortable. Black people are being murdered by the police and white women are making shit up trying to get Black people killed. snap [the f---] out of it and start taking action."


She followed with another post saying, "all white women are policy failures."

...

In another 2020 post, during violent unrest following Floyd's death, Richner responded to people questioning her comments about looting. "[I]f one more white ann arbor person dms me asking why i'm 'dEFeNdiNG LoOtiNG' i'm seriously gonna explode. your racism is showing. check yourselves. I'm not holding back on this s--- anymore, i'm dropping names if u keep it up," she wrote.

Following the 2020 presidential election, Richner also posted: ""!!! POC youth really carried us [purple heart emoji] and let's be very clear not ALL youth.. very disappointed in white youth and white women," according to the posts.

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is a gleeful leftwing cancel culture asshole, but he says that, if you ask him about his prior statements or associations in judging his fitness to be one of only two federal senators from Michigan, You're doing cancel culture, you Soyboy Beta Cuck.

And he still refuses to say a single cross word about the man he has repeatedly invited to campaign with him.


Kyle Martinsen
@KyleMartinsen_


This keeps getting worse.

Abdul El-Sayed: "I am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California."

Reporter: "Why did you bring him to Michigan then?"

Abdul: *waves off question*

Different reporter: "There are Jewish voters who DO want to have that conversation. Everyone I've talked to has been asking me to ask you whether you condemn Hasan Piker."

Abdul (not condemning): "I'm telling you this is not a campaign about a single streamer in California."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 31, 2026 03:40 PM (hG5L0)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 31, 2026 03:40 PM (hG5L0)

3 If he has nothing to hide, why delete?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:41 PM (EaLE4)

4 Afternoon.

We trying to be centrist again?

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (tpKiB)

5 islam is not compatible with America.

GTFO.

Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

6 Technically I believe some people did some tings.

Posted by: Clay at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (qMBeu)

7 Free Kaya!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (EaLE4)

8 China is considering doing things.

https://tinyurl.com/2ukuza96

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (tpKiB)

9 He's going to somehow be swapped out.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (eIzlH)

10 Why does UT have Talarico ahead by 3?

Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

11 Shock, Shock, Shock...

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (Shi2G)

12 The Jews deserve a thousand 9/11's is free speech, grab them by the pussy is End of Days. Got it.

Don't you love how quick the Left transitions to watching every single thing every person says for 20 straight years and ending lives over syllables of words, to "fuck you, we'll say what we want and who gives a shit what you thin and by the way the Jews deserved 9/11".

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (eZQ1g)

13 I see China caused the disaster in Nepal. An energy project they were working on upstream caused the glacier to collapse.

Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (jBtak)

14 Macaca

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (eZQ1g)

15 >>>9 He's going to somehow be swapped out.

hmmm.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)

16
Still a lot of yard signs up in nice neighborhoods for him around here.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 03:44 PM (Y8DZL)

17
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Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

18 It is unfathomable to me we are so balkanized as a country that this human is a serious candidate for an important position.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

19 Tomorrow the Left plans to lecture us that there are only two genders.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (eZQ1g)

20 Excellent! The commie communications bint has given us the perfect response to people who advocate for the revocation of sane women's right because Leftist women are crazy on Xwitter:

"You sound like a communist woman"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (vJrRc)

21 He's a plant, he will "win".

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (eZQ1g)

22 Nobody trained Mr Goatraper how to deal with the media.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (UdymR)

23 Piker is a funny character. He's a gym bro that obviously has used performance enhancing drugs to get his body. It's not a stretch to imagine him snorting lines of coke off a hooker's ass.

How very bougie.

I wonder where in the Koran that's allowed.

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (tpKiB)

24 If it ain't close, we can't fund-raise.

Posted by: The Political Class at August 31, 2026 03:46 PM (Q+gd/)

25 Most of the islam cult followers truly believe we deserved 9/11. They celebrate it as a great day for them. Same with the attack on Israel. These people are ignorant, murderous savages who want nothing more than the complete collapse of our country.

Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:46 PM (0RGA5)

26 Are Jewish voters going to be fooled by a guy named Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed?

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

27 That Hasan Piker, 'I never said I hate America...I hate America' vid is hysterical.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 03:46 PM (Shi2G)

28 Tofu dreg engineering kills thousands?

Hey Tampon Timmy, comment?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:46 PM (EaLE4)

29 I suppose they could use him to show they are rejecting their crazies - but I don't think that's the direction of this particular op.

This op is a Brand New Day in America Time.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (eZQ1g)

30 Michigan, Michigan, Michigan. I did not think it possible you could disappoint any more. And yet, you Michigan on.

Posted by: O H EYE O at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (anL5R)

31 Some people deleted some tweets about some people doing some things.

Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were done in the enthusiasm of the moment.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.

This is all a distraction from the Epstein Files.
OrangeMan Bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)

32 “Cancel Culture”

It’s not cancel culture to consider the previously stated views or opinions from a candidate for U.S. Senate to judge who they are as a person and how they will conduct themselves in office, you slick-talking Persian rug salesman.

This is called “politics” and “running for office”, you mealy-mouthed, islamo-communust, dogkiller

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (6ydKt)

33 'Piker', the actual name of a Democrat politcian.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

34 Fuck that guy in particular.

Posted by: huerfano at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM (2Xqig)

35 13 I see China caused the disaster in Nepal. An energy project they were working on upstream caused the glacier to collapse.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (jBtak)

Oops...I don't see China paying Nepal and the dead damages for that. But this no longer surprises me...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 31, 2026 03:48 PM (tOcjL)

36 >>>9 He's going to somehow be swapped out.

hmmm.


Yeah, hmmmmmm. I don't see it. They'd rather lose this election than alienate a prospective big new voting bloc.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:48 PM (Riz8t)

37 We got this seat. Mike Rogers is gonna roll this loathsome toad in bacon fat and throw him to the rats. Electorally speaking, natch.

My only fear is that the oppo on this scumbag is peaking too soon and will be forgotten--or dismissed as old news-- by the time of the November elections.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)

38 It's not a stretch to imagine him snorting lines of coke off a hooker's ass.
I wonder where in the Koran that's allowed.
Posted by: Robert


Germany being Germany, I'm sure that's on the brothel's menu.
As long as the hooker he's rented is not muslim, where isn't it allowed?

... I am so terminally online...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 03:48 PM (vJrRc)

39 Muslims consider all non Muslims to be kaffars , aka infidels. All Kaffars must be killed , reconverted or enslaved. Muslims can lie about this to non Muslims to further or protect Islam. It's called taqqiya.
Act accordingly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (j/Ml9)

40 If he was gonna be swapped out he would have been Honged. Somebody clearly thinks he can win, and wants him to.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (eZQ1g)

41 I see China caused the disaster in Nepal. An energy project they were working on upstream caused the glacier to collapse.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (jBtak)

China building up energy infrastructure? A win for China.

China causing a disaster that kills thousands of Nepalese along their shared border? Also a win for China.

Fucking commies...

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (tpKiB)

42 Muslim Brotherhood Spawn Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Begins Deleting Old Tweets Making Light of 9/11, Claims That Anyone Who Wants to Judge a Senatorial Candidate Based on His Statements and Sympathies Is Engaging in "Cancel Culture"

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He is a hero ace, he does not want to bend the knee and be cancelled !

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (g47mK)

43
When you've lost Dana Nessel...

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (Y8DZL)

44 Fuck that guy in particular.
Posted by: huerfano at August 31, 2026 03:47 PM


Sorry, not even with David F. bull's minotaur-like member.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)

45 Abdul (not condemning): "I'm telling you this is not a campaign about a single streamer in California."

You sir are totally being judged by the people you associate with, every day.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (NnhvP)

46 No. Charlie Kirk was Cancel Culture you motherfucker.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (eZQ1g)

47 >>Muslims consider all non Muslims to be kaffars


What...like some Drinkable form of Yogurt?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (Shi2G)

48 The MSM will not call these assholes out.

40% of the general population has no clue. And they will hop and skip to the polls and vote for the D.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (W2Pud)

49 Piler and El-Sayed are really lame characters, hamhanded operatives. Of course the knuckleheads who are their supporters do not care about any of that.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

50 Why does UT have Talarico ahead by 3?

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sTop BeinG AlarmiST ! PollS areFor STRippers !

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (g47mK)

51 35 13 I see China caused the disaster in Nepal. An energy project they were working on upstream caused the glacier to collapse.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (jBtak)

Oops...I don't see China paying Nepal and the dead damages for that. But this no longer surprises me...


We were discussing this this morning. I've seen precisely no evidence to support the assertion that it was Chinese construction that caused it. Likewise, I've seen precisely no evidence that it was caused by global warming. I'll wait until there's some actual evidence to decide.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

52 "all white women are policy failures"

What does that even mean? I think this ridiculously named porn star-ish "Roxie Richner" is a fucking retard.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

53 Whenever I see a candidate like this (and there are more than a few)...and understanding the ultimate strategy/ goal of overtaking the West through slient (and not so silent Jihad), I question the overall orchestration. Who is running these guys? This isn't just the serendipity of being in the right place at the right time.

There has to be coaching, planning, and advising going on from a specific source. Because, candidates like El-Sayed are going to continuously "shit the bed" because they can't help themselves. And, considering the outlandish truths that have popped up so far, you have to wonder what this guy has in his skeleton closet.

Are the Saudis running these guys?

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)

54 Moslems are dirty, nasty, duplicitous, four flushing lowlifes who smell...bad.

Evict them all.

Posted by: The Truth at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (+iYtA)

55 This guy is a plant, an embed. Why is he offering opinions about anything but what concerns his Michigan constituency? This dude is a malignant anti-American infiltrator.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (nlLAo)

56 Piler and El-Sayed are really lame characters, hamhanded operatives. Of course the knuckleheads who are their supporters do not care about any of that.
+++++++
I KEEL YOU!!!

Posted by: Achmed the Dead Terrorist at August 31, 2026 03:52 PM (anL5R)

57 These are the best Muslims have to offer. Everything you need to know about them happened 25 years plus 11 days ago.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 31, 2026 03:52 PM (bX16E)

58 China building up energy infrastructure? A win for China.

China causing a disaster that kills thousands of Nepalese along their shared border? Also a win for China.

Fucking commies...
Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (tpKiB)

It's also going to be used as more "evidence" of "climate change" and thus reason to neuter even more Western energy production.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 03:52 PM (Rl7KJ)

59 Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's communications director Roxie Richner previously posted a series of messages targeting white people and white women, including one declaring that "all white women are policy failures."

She's so close. All Democratic women are failures.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 03:53 PM (2ocoG)

60 This guy is a plant, an embed. Why is he offering opinions about anything but what concerns his Michigan constituency? This dude is a malignant anti-American infiltrator.
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So you're sayin he's completely at home on the campus of Ann Arbor?

Posted by: O H EYE O at August 31, 2026 03:53 PM (anL5R)

61 >>It's also going to be used as more "evidence" of "climate change" and thus reason to neuter even more Western energy production.


Earthquakes are from Fracking!!!/

*Lights Tap Water on Fire*

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 03:54 PM (Shi2G)

62
Does Xi do land acknowledgement statements when visiting Tibet?

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)

63 45 Abdul (not condemning): "I'm telling you this is not a campaign about a single streamer in California."

You sir are totally being judged by the people you associate with, every day.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 03:50 PM (NnhvP)

That guy running against Asshole-off in Georgia gets nearly daily hit pieces written about him about people loosely associated with him (one was linked to him via marriage) saying something kooky.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 03:54 PM (Rl7KJ)

64 I've seen precisely no evidence to support the assertion that it was Chinese construction that caused it.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

Dude, it's China. As sure as the sun rises you can bet they fucked up somehow.

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 03:54 PM (tpKiB)

65 Ads on Detroit tv have already shown up showing other Dem candidates and linking them to El-Sayed and the crazier parts of the DSA Dems. There's one ad like that showing up for Jocelyn Benson running for Governor.

I have to imagine their are ads like that in other battleground states linking any Dem running with the asylum people.

Considering how easy it is to simply create a few web pages and fund a few ads, I'm actually kind of surprised we haven't seen 'natural outpouring of support' with fake, made-up groups like "Michigan Jews for El-Sayed" or "Michigan Gays for El-Sayed"

They do it with other issues. Some fake made up coalition with a great name and if you do research you find they stand completely opposite to the values you'd expect them to have.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 31, 2026 03:55 PM (Sco7b)

66 >>> islam is not compatible with America.

GTFO.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

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Ninth circuit judge says "Nein!".

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 31, 2026 03:55 PM (QFchU)

67
>>"Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith," El-Sayed wrote on Twitter, as it was then called.


"Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country."

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What am I missing? This actually seems like the right thing to say, aside from kind of lumping unrelated things together.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

68 Hasan Piker is a psyop created by Trump to take down the entire American left.

Prioe me wrong.

Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 03:56 PM (Av6i5)

69
Are the Saudis running these guys?
Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske

The Saudi’s hate the Muslim brotherhood so I doubt it.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

70 It doesn't matter that Abdul is a lying liar, every mussie in MI will vote for him. ( and they'll bring the cheat as well)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 03:57 PM (NnhvP)

71 Prioe me wron = Prove me wrong.

Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 03:57 PM (Av6i5)

72 I've seen precisely no evidence to support the assertion that it was Chinese construction that caused it.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

Dude, it's China. As sure as the sun rises you can bet they fucked up somehow.
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Hold up Hold up - its almost as if you are trying to say they don't run safe bioweapons facilities either. That's crazy talk bro. Being Chinese means never having to skimp on safety. Everybody knows the highest priority is safety followed closely by environment.

Posted by: nothing in china ever fails at August 31, 2026 03:58 PM (anL5R)

73 see China caused the disaster in Nepal. An energy project they were working on upstream caused the glacier to collapse.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (jBtak)

Oops...I don't see China paying Nepal and the dead damages for that. But this no longer surprises me...

We were discussing this this morning. I've seen precisely no evidence to support the assertion that it was Chinese construction that caused it. Likewise, I've seen precisely no evidence that it was caused by global warming. I'll wait until there's some actual evidence to decide.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)
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It's not that uncommon for glaciers or pieces of glaciers to collapse in that area. Collapses and avalanches happen. It's just that this time it was a big collapse in a populated area.

Avalanches happen all the time in mountains. We only hear about them when they kill people.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

74 "Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country."

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What am I missing? This actually seems like the right thing to say, aside from kind of lumping unrelated things together.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

Who is he talking about with that "1M lives in the name of my country" you need to ask yourself.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 03:58 PM (g47mK)

75 He goes beyond the saying of if you get in a hole stop digging.

He's excavated himself in lies and trying to cover up his truth.

I say "his truth" because I'm cool, man.



Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 03:58 PM (hzuYO)

76 I love how the left uses variations of the Chewbacca Defense all the damn time.

And the sad thing is, it works.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 03:59 PM (fqnOq)

77 51 We were discussing this this morning. I've seen precisely no evidence to support the assertion that it was Chinese construction that caused it. Likewise, I've seen precisely no evidence that it was caused by global warming. I'll wait until there's some actual evidence to decide.

where's the fun in that?

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 03:59 PM (sGtp+)

78 "all white women are policy failures"

What does that even mean? I think this ridiculously named porn star-ish "Roxie Richner" is a fucking retard.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
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She seems nice.

Posted by: That guy who thinks people seem nice at August 31, 2026 03:59 PM (amcLV)

79 Likewise, I've seen precisely no evidence that it was caused by global warming. I'll wait until there's some actual evidence to decide.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

Southeast Asis into Tibet and Nepal have had a really wet summer and several typhoons come ashore because of the El Nino affect this year.

The North Atlantic usually gets less storms and hurricanes because of increased wind shear while (which is proving true - we’re only on storm F which just formed today) the North Pacific gets the opposite less shear, warmer water and lots more storms.

China has been getting hammered with flood after flood all summer.

I think that was the cause, a lot if upstream rainfall, but the media will call it climate change and everybody will nod and go on with their day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

80 Sure, yes, it's Cancel Culture.

What you and your side have been doing for over a decade.

ALINSKY #4 M'FER
Good and hard.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 03:59 PM (X8xt3)

81 This actually seems like the right thing to say, aside from kind of lumping unrelated things together.
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False moral equivalence is a leftist paradigm

Posted by: sheesh at August 31, 2026 04:00 PM (anL5R)

82
Local communist congressmonster Hillary Scholten has disassociated her self from the turd.

Not sure if Debbie Dingle has jumped ship yet.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 04:00 PM (Y8DZL)

83 Dems sure have had a lot of false starts this election cycle. Do not seem like a juggernaut.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 04:02 PM (Gqar8)

84
The Hiroshima & Nagasaki jokes were a riot.

Posted by: Tetsuo Sekiguchi at August 31, 2026 04:03 PM (OkYzo)

85 all white women are policy failures"

What does that even mean? I think this ridiculously named porn star-ish "Roxie Richner" is a fucking retard.
==
Wine moms are acutely effected by bullying from another in group woman or women. It triggers their safety checks of in group status and they comply with the demand, no matter how stupid, as long as it is sufficiently threatening to their in group status. Being in the group is a survival mechanism.

Posted by: sheesh at August 31, 2026 04:03 PM (anL5R)

86 If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I think you should buck him off right away.

Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 04:04 PM (V362x)

87 "Why does UT have Talarico ahead by 3?"

Same reason I was ahead!

Posted by: Senator "Beatoff" O'Roarke at August 31, 2026 04:05 PM (A3xvt)

88 A liar lands on Politician Island. A sign on the beach says, "Welcome to Politician Island. Everything a politician says is a lie. This sign was written by a politician."

He walks off the beach and comes to a fork in the road, with an old man sitting next to it. The old man says, "This road leads to paradise, with a chicken in every pot and free stuff for everybody. The other road leads to a Mad Max hellscape of roving cannibals and toxic waste."

The liar says, "I don't believe you."

The old man says, "Well, since you're a liar, that means you do believe me.

The liar says, "Are you a politician?"

The old man says, "Vote for me and find out."

Which road do you take?

Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (Av6i5)

89 >> "all white women are policy failures"

What does that even mean? I think this ridiculously named porn star-ish "Roxie Richner" is a fucking retard.


A guess?

She 100% into the Saira Rau brand of BLM feminism that told white women that they were ultra-totally racist by default, privileged by default, and that they should both STFU and LISTEN to brown* women yet also, silence is violence, so they MUST SPEAK OUT on behalf of brown people*.

*Their terminology, not mine.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (X8xt3)

90 Fauci deleting emails.
Abdul deleting tweets.
AWFLs deleting children.

Sensing a pattern here.....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (wtvvX)

91 Talarico is going to win and then go on to become the next President of the United States in a huge landslide!!!!

Posted by: Polling which is really wishcasting you pay for at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (anL5R)

92 I love it when every cocksucker running for office thinks he can speak for America on a national level. Shut the fuck up do your job. If you come to my state and get cocky, I will punch you in the face. You have no authority here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 04:07 PM (nlLAo)

93 I say "his truth" because I'm cool, man.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Oprah will come looking for her royalty check.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 04:07 PM (Y8DZL)

94 Yeah, no shit, fuckstick. It's not about one guy in California. It's about you and a billion of your sandmaggot compadres, and how we don't want your barking-mad retard homo inbreed religion in our country.

Hope that clears things up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)

95 I just dont think the Dems are going to allow this guy to be the face of the midterms.

Republicans had this issue with some of the retards running in 2010.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 04:08 PM (eIzlH)

96 He walks off the beach and comes to a fork in the road, with an old man sitting next to it. The old man says, "This road leads to paradise, with a chicken in every pot and free stuff for everybody. The other road leads to a Mad Max hellscape of roving cannibals and toxic waste."

The liar says, "I don't believe you."

The old man says, "Well, since you're a liar, that means you do believe me.

The liar says, "Are you a politician?"

The old man says, "Vote for me and find out."

Which road do you take?
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Take off and Nuke the whole place from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Hicks at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

97 >>"Tomorrow, I'll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country."

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

>>What am I missing? This actually seems like the right thing to say, aside from kind of lumping unrelated things together.



He is mourning

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (X8xt3)

98 Which road do you take?
Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (Av6i5)

The one less travelled?

Can I just get back on the boat, leave Politician Island and move to Florida?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (6ydKt)

99 Why is it that every election every two years feels like the most important election in history, in an ever-escalating spiral of apocalyptic urgency? 2028 feels more important than every election since 1980 combined.

Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (Av6i5)

100 IT but I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube that are the fucking hysterical. One with a woman walking outside of a gay nightclub with the most absurd flaming queers behind her. It's so over the top I wouldn't be surprised if it was made by a closeted self-hating gay man. Only thing it's missing is the balding gay pedo diddling an eight year old boy.

Posted by: Robert at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (tpKiB)

101 90, exactly.

destruction is the only thing they actually believe in; everything they say is a lie.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (VyBeY)

102 Hasan Piker is a psyop created by Trump to take down the entire American left.

Nah, he's real and was created by Chunk Yogurt so there'd be somebody more cringe on the left than his horse-fucking self.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)

103 Which road do you take?
Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 04:06 PM (Av6i5

Mad Max road.

If the government tells you something is dangerous it will extend your lifespan by twenty years, whiten your teeth, and add three inches to your dick.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (BI5O2)

104 What am I missing? This actually seems like the right thing to say, aside from kind of lumping unrelated things together.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

In that moment - pure insult.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (eZQ1g)

105 I just dont think the Dems are going to allow this guy to be the face of the midterms.

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I think on this one, they are all in. Not much time left. Biden was forced out in July, and they still whined that was not enough time for Kramala to do a good job. With 60 or so days left, this is it!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (g47mK)

106 Yeah, no shit, fuckstick. It's not about one guy in California. It's about you and a billion of your sandmaggot compadres, and how we don't want your barking-mad retard homo inbreed religion in our country.

Hope that clears things up.
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This is concentrated Islamophobia. I KEEL YOU!!!

Posted by: Achmed the Dead Terrorist at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (anL5R)

107 Taqqiya reminder # 5,432.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (Gqar8)

108 Dude, it's China. As sure as the sun rises you can bet they fucked up somehow.
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Hold it...are you saying that all of the Yang Poon* products being used here are crap?

*Hat Tip to Bers

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 04:10 PM (XeU6L)

109 Ugh --

He is mourning the loss of those killed by American soldiers in the ME wars following 9/11.

The problem is the framing.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:11 PM (X8xt3)

110 Talarico > Buttigieg

Posted by: Scale of Gayness at August 31, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)

111 After Obamas shucking and jiving chickens have come home to roost pastor on 9/16/01, I don't think there's anything people won't vote for as long as it has a (D).

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 04:12 PM (eZQ1g)

112 This "outrage" is just islamophobia. Muslim politician says anything about 9/11 and is condemned because muslim.

At a glance idk if I disagree with him. Saying during COVID that there should be a commensurate response to COVID compared to 9/11? Think I would have upvoted that at the time

Agreed, I don’t see anything inherently wrong with these statements. Probably a good idea to completely disavow the “America deserved 9/11” terrorist supporter guy

His comments aren't crazy, some are incredibly based. Reading that "he hoped 'that means we'll spend the next ten years fighting a war for public health & against poverty'" makes me like him more.

especially as we're seeing the consequences of RFK and MAGA dismantling public health. I'd love to get back to no measles or diarrhea lettuce.

This is the best snark that Bari Weiss could find? What a fucking moron. She can't even bad-faith regardlican snark correctly. Trump has a special ability to always pick the worst person for the job, even if that job is being bad at your job.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 31, 2026 04:12 PM (2b4M2)

113 I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube that are the fucking hysterical. One with a woman walking outside of a gay nightclub with the most absurd flaming queers behind her.
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I don't know what that is, and I don't want to know either.

Posted by: seriously we can do better can't we? at August 31, 2026 04:12 PM (anL5R)

114 I'm not fan of Mitch Mcconnell but I remember all sorts of poling that showed his race being "close" and then he wins by nearly 17%.

texas is still a red state and talarico is not the right Dem that could somehow threat that needle.

Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 04:13 PM (eIzlH)

115 Ughh. I came upstairs, look out the patio window and my friends' cat Snowflake is going to town on a bird. Ralphy barked. Situational awareness is your friend.

News 4:09

CBC - 3 by-elections. We'll see how popular the libs are.
CNN - El-Sayed apologizes for comments about Synagogue attack. They have scrolling comments from their retard viewers. Oh boy.

MS Now - WAPO - it must be true. Military leaders warn against prolonging Iran war. Give up now.

FoxNews - Vance in Michigan

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

116 Reminder on Hasan Piker: He was part of a show named after a genocidal group - "Young Turks" - who mass-murdered Armenian Christians.

Imagine a couple of immigrants hosting a mainstream, Google-promoted podcast named after the Red Guard.
How would you feel about a Senate candidate palling around with those guys?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:14 PM (X8xt3)

117 "I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube"

YT ads can be blocked. Just sayin.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 04:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

118 Imagine a couple of immigrants hosting a mainstream, Google-promoted podcast named after the Red Guard.
How would you feel about a Senate candidate palling around with those guys?
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Its only a matter of time, and money.

Posted by: sad but true at August 31, 2026 04:15 PM (anL5R)

119 The Saudi’s hate the Muslim brotherhood so I doubt it.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)
______________________________

One thing I've learned about the Saudis is that there is no unified position. I'd cite 9/11 as a good example of that. There are always a multitude of "Princes" in the royal family that don't subscribe to the powers that be. AND, someone is running these interlopers.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske)

120 I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube that are the fucking hysterical. One with a woman walking outside of a gay nightclub with the most absurd flaming queers behind her.

The ads should just be Fauci burning in Hell. I forget what the fake vaxx he was pushing back then was called, but he certainly made history rhyme.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 04:16 PM (2ocoG)

121 Which road do you take?
The one behind me, back to the boat

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 04:16 PM (aJQbY)

122 especially as we're seeing the consequences of RFK and MAGA dismantling public health. I'd love to get back to no measles or diarrhea lettuce.

—-

RFK is responsible for letting in hundreds of thousands of non-vaccinated people from around the world and germy lettuce from Mexico?

You give the man way too much credit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 04:16 PM (6ydKt)

123 There are always a multitude of "Princes" in the royal family that don't subscribe to the powers that be. AND, someone is running these interlopers.
Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske)

Yes, but give MbS his due - he imprisoned his MB cousins in a hotel and tortured them until they adjusted their attitudes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:17 PM (BI5O2)

124 Why is it that every election every two years feels like the most important election in history, in an ever-escalating spiral of apocalyptic urgency? 2028 feels more important than every election since 1980 combined.

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I feel the same. Because every 2 years, we inch closer and closer to communist takeover. Because that's where the Democrat Party sits right now, and one look at the incoming crop of freaks, weirdos and other assorted anti-Americans running for office corroborates this. They turn farther and farther left with each passing day, with each passing election.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 04:17 PM (qBdHI)

125 Posted by: Leupold at August 31, 2026 04:13 PM (eIzlH)

Killjoy...

Posted by: just another black pill pusher at August 31, 2026 04:17 PM (A3xvt)

126 114 texas is still a red state and talarico is not the right Dem that could somehow threat that needle.
Posted by: Leupold

Losing the Jasmin Crockett support was devastating!

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

127 Mad Scientists who keep brains in jars: why not add a slice of lemon, for freshness?

Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (V362x)

128 I'm not fan of Mitch Mcconnell but I remember all sorts of poling that showed his race being "close" and then he wins by nearly 17%.

Polls are for strippers. This was made clear 2 weeks ago when a 21 year old kid admitted he just made shit up and the MSM immediately all cited it as a real poll.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (2ocoG)

129 Thunderstorms just struck! It is pouring.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

130 We've gone from war to gas prices to lettuce

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (eZQ1g)

131 The country of Mexico is famous for ...

yes a GI problem caused by a lack of sanitation. But of course that's Trump's fault.

Posted by: face palm at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (anL5R)

132 >>especially as we're seeing the consequences of RFK and MAGA dismantling public health. I'd love to get back to no measles or diarrhea lettuce.



Imagine typing that unironically, like these measles and poop lettuce just magically started happening.
No acknowledgement of WHO brought measles back into the US, and who is taking a poop in the lettuce field.

Oh right, that would be racist.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:19 PM (X8xt3)

133 It is unfathomable to me we are so balkanized as a country that this human is a serious candidate for an important position.
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I think a lot of it is an illusion, gaslighting to the extreme for so long. These candidates are empty suits forced upon the electorate with big money donors, and electoral fraud does the rest. We're not nearly as balkanized as they would have us believe. It looks that way, because that's how comprehensive propaganda and gaslighting works.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 04:19 PM (n1B4F)

134 You've been THUNDERSTRUCK!!!

Posted by: Brian Johnson at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM (anL5R)

135 It is designed and intended to demoralize you. And it works, that's why they do it, after all.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM (n1B4F)

136 0 I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube that are the fucking hysterical. One with a woman walking outside of a gay nightclub with the most absurd flaming queers behind her.


That’s not a woman.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM (W2Pud)

137 Fauci killed Klaus Nomi!

Posted by: Late Riser at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM (JM9I6)

138 124 Why is it that every election every two years feels like the most important election in history, in an ever-escalating spiral of apocalyptic urgency? 2028 feels more important than every election since 1980 combined

Because each side keeps getting more 'extreme.'

Dems - 'Hey! If you hated Clinton, wait until you see Obama! And puppet Obama afyer that!

Repubs - 'Yeah, remember calling 'W' Hitler! Here's Trump! Be more crazy!'

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:21 PM (Sco7b)

139 Nah, he's real and was created by Chunk Yogurt so there'd be somebody more cringe on the left than his horse-fucking self.
Posted by: Ian S.


Goats and sheep: What are we? Chopped liver?

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 31, 2026 04:21 PM (0Htd1)

140 Is the bad ad gone? I only noticed it a couple of weeks ago and wrongly assumed that whatever company was paying for the ad would just stop paying for it and it would go away. I didn't expect them to camp on the site forever.

I think it's gone now. I hope.


It is not gone.

Posted by: STAY FOR THE POP-UPS at August 31, 2026 04:21 PM (mc0fD)

141 It is unfathomable to me we are so balkanized as a country that this human is a serious candidate for an important position.
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Well, you could argue that Michigan really is more Canadian than the average US state.

Its obviously not right and hasn't been for decades.

Posted by: O H EYE O at August 31, 2026 04:22 PM (anL5R)

142 103, *fistbump*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 04:22 PM (VyBeY)

143 Polls are for strippers. This was made clear 2 weeks ago when a 21 year old kid admitted he just made shit up and the MSM immediately all cited it as a real poll.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 04:18 PM (2ocoG)

RON PAUL!!

I miss those crazy assholes.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:22 PM (Sco7b)

144 "Which road do you take?
Posted by: zombie"

I kick his teeth in and butt rape him.

Posted by: Graham Platner at August 31, 2026 04:23 PM (xy5Sp)

145 "It is not gone."

I recommend uBlock Origin extension, in case you haven't tried it yet.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 04:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

146 Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 04:19 PM (X8xt3)

_________________________________

The primary reason for the "loaded lettuce" and other products from Mexico (such as the green onion issue that shut down Chi Chi's and had Taco Bell stop putting green onions on tacos) is their lack of proper sewage treatment (also a problem in a lot of countries...India being a big one). Mexico dumps raw sewage in the ocean, AND the Tijuana River. Irrigation from that river includes human waste. They, also, have piss poor (excuse the pun) drainage from livestock areas, also leading to infectation of crops.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 04:23 PM (dIske)

147 Still getting my revenge!

Posted by: Montezuma at August 31, 2026 04:23 PM (JM9I6)

148 Anyone see this presser where a black woman speaking on behalf of Abdul looks like she's being held hostage???

https://tinyurl.com/32p5s5pb

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 04:24 PM (kX27y)

149 No acknowledgement of WHO brought measles back into the US, and who is taking a poop in the lettuce field.

As I understand, most of the measles cases are in Amish and similar communities. Not sure it they're getting it from unvaxxed illegals or not. But illegals pooping in vegetable fields because they work under terrible standards because Dems love their field slaves is certainly true.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 31, 2026 04:25 PM (2b4M2)

150 >>>RFK is responsible for letting in hundreds of thousands of non-vaccinated people from around the world and germy lettuce from Mexico?

You give the man way too much credit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

>Does that mean he's a Democrat plant trying to ruin the Trump Administration? Or a victim of circumstance?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 04:25 PM (nlLAo)

151 That’s not a woman.
Posted by: nurse ratched

It's my time to shine!!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 31, 2026 04:26 PM (2b4M2)

152 I come from a long line of field crappers, yet we never got exotic diseases/parasites.

Posted by: Must Be Immune at August 31, 2026 04:26 PM (JM9I6)

153 141 Well, you could argue that Michigan really is more Canadian than the average US state.
Posted by: O H EYE O

The irony is the Michigan democrat witches' coven greatest enemy up to a few months ago was Canada's Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 04:26 PM (Y8DZL)

154 Hasan Piker is a psyop created by Trump to take down the entire American left.

Prioe me wrong.
Posted by: zombie at August 31, 2026 03:56 PM


No, he's a distraction from the Epstein and UAP Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)

155 [Sophomoric Humor:] Trump allegedly thinking about renaming Lake Michigan “Lake Michelle Obama”

x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/
2094492626791584179

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 04:27 PM (RW1OD)

156 We're not nearly as balkanized as they would have us believe. It looks that way, because that's how comprehensive propaganda and gaslighting works.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026

I truly hope you are correct. I was also starving, so I may have been a hair more dramatic than was called for. I just ate yogurt and an apple, I feel much better now. 😊

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

157 That’s not a woman.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM


Who's to say what a woman is?

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at August 31, 2026 04:28 PM (0sNs1)

158 136 0 I keep getting ads for Prep on YouTube that are the fucking hysterical. One with a woman walking outside of a gay nightclub with the most absurd flaming queers behind her.


That’s not a woman.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 04:20 PM (W2Pud)

Are we talking about the orangutroon?

The size of "her" hands. lol.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 04:28 PM (wAvmd)

159 The irony is the Michigan democrat witches' coven greatest enemy up to a few months ago was Canada's Enbridge Energy's Line 5 pipeline.
==
Its because the proper parties weren't greased. In Michigan its all about who is getting paid to move things along.

Posted by: O H EYE O at August 31, 2026 04:28 PM (anL5R)

160 As I understand, most of the measles cases are in Amish and similar communities. Not sure it they're getting it from unvaxxed illegals or not. But illegals pooping in vegetable fields because they work under terrible standards because Dems love their field slaves is certainly true.


a) there are tons of illegales in Lancaster County

b) that said, PA govt has been pushing MMR vaccines HARD on the Amish communities. they have popups and immunization centers ALL OVER. trying to get everyone shotted up.

c) Amish don't all eschew vaccinations it's very much an individual decision

d) we still have zero info on the second case if it exists, I assume they're piecing some nonsense together. the first case was a birthing accident during an Amish home birth. very tragic. measles had zero to do with this death and the spotlight on the grieving parents is KILLING me. I really and truly hate Penn Med

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:28 PM (j+aD2)

161 Roxie Richner is a red headed white chick yelling about white supremacy and working for a muzzie. If you're suicidal lady go right ahead, leave the rest of us alone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 04:30 PM (j/Ml9)

162 Orangutroon. Heh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 04:30 PM (9tX4s)

163 This guy (redacted)

I kid of course!
Great stuff today, Ace

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 04:30 PM (ZxPkt)

164 Baby killer mom jury done for the day

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 04:31 PM (ZxPkt)

165 I think the family with the lost newborn had other children. and the MMR vax is famous for triggering measles "mini cases"

so maybe the family did have the measles - with all the vaccinations being pushed they will go through a period of more illness. MMR includes live measles virus

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:31 PM (j+aD2)

166 Orangutroon. Heh.
==
If you are making fun of me, I will slap your face
with my giant wang.

Posted by: "Mrs." Obama at August 31, 2026 04:31 PM (anL5R)

167 12 The Jews deserve a thousand 9/11's is free speech, grab them by the pussy is End of Days. Got it.

Don't you love how quick the Left transitions to watching every single thing every person says for 20 straight years and ending lives over syllables of words, to "fuck you, we'll say what we want and who gives a shit what you thin and by the way the Jews deserved 9/11".
Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:43 PM (eZQ1g)

We never said the Jews deserve a thousand 9/11s, liar.

It was a thousand 10/7s.

Posted by: Hamas lovers at August 31, 2026 04:32 PM (9ZFZd)

168 164 Baby killer mom jury done for the day


ugh this is really bothering me

I hope the guys who are standing up to pink-wearing idiot jurors hold their ground!!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:32 PM (j+aD2)

169 Abdul the al-Qaeda guy is not a true Democrat. If he were, he would be announcing he's transitioning to female and converting to Judaism in order to win the race.

Power is all that matters, if you are a true Democrat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 04:33 PM (iTZ6k)

170 >>>a) there are tons of illegales in Lancaster County

>There are many fronts in this war, the Amish seems to be a soft target.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 04:33 PM (nlLAo)

171
ugh this is really bothering me

I hope the guys who are standing up to pink-wearing idiot jurors hold their ground!!!!!
===
I have been avoiding this like the plague. I'd rather listen to a pod cast of Keith Olberman.

Posted by: its a hysterical madness that has descended on liberal women at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (anL5R)

172 I'm thinking maybe this El-Sayed and his buddy Piker might just be a couple of twats, eh?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (dEHLq)

173 I hope the guys who are standing up to pink-wearing idiot jurors hold their ground!!!!!

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Yeah, I just saw the tweet from Nick Sorter than several women on the jury showed up in pink. This Clancy baby strangler is going to either get a hung jury or the lightest possible "mental health" sentencing she can get.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (qBdHI)

174 The Saudi’s hate the Muslim brotherhood so I doubt it.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

They went to Aytaollah's funeral...after Iran bombed them. The are very "nuanced"...

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (g47mK)

175 Parts of the dead bird carcass are outside my patio door.

That cat sleeps in my bedroom with the dog and I. Purrs sweetly in my lap every night...

I'm screwed....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b)

176 "Cancel Consequence Culture" FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM (RW1OD)

177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 04:35 PM (j/Ml9)

178 Yeah, I just saw the tweet from Nick Sorter than several women on the jury showed up in pink. This Clancy baby strangler is going to either get a hung jury or the lightest possible "mental health" sentencing she can get.


yep praying for hung jury

no idea why they can't push to exclude those jurors now. it's two of them. they should have alternates.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:35 PM (j+aD2)

179 ***Abdul El-Sayed says you're engaging in cancel culture if you call out him and Hasan Piker_ _ _
-

I'm good with that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:35 PM (ogcfP)

180 "several women on the jury showed up in pink."

Cripes!

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 04:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

181 177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists


Jesus well that's a TELL, Judas Roberts!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:35 PM (j+aD2)

182 168 164 Baby killer mom jury done for the day


ugh this is really bothering me

I hope the guys who are standing up to pink-wearing idiot jurors hold their ground!!!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:32 PM (j+aD2)

I think the notion that you can be psychotic from post-partum depression is idiotic. Likewise, it was clear the acts were premeditated. Bitch should be locked up for life.

And why in hell are they putting her ass in a wheelchair in court? Talk about prejudicial.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 04:36 PM (dEHLq)

183 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Had no mobile connection today, no.idea why

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)

184 Here's a clue Abdull
It ain't hate and it certainly not a phobia. It is merely recognition of who is the enemy of America.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 04:36 PM (2WIwB)

185 skip there was a big outage around me I know that

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (j+aD2)

186 168 164 Baby killer mom jury done for the day

ugh this is really bothering me

I hope the guys who are standing up to pink-wearing idiot jurors hold their ground!!!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid

Mental insanity defense is legitimate is rare cases, like Austin Harrouff (deep case analysis here: https://tinyurl.com/yc4f6vyn )

You compare that case to the baby killer, and there's no comparison. She just murdered them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (2b4M2)

187 "several women on the jury showed up in pink."
==
because for a lot of women, its more important to be part of their "in group" than it is to be reasonable.

They'd rather signal "virtue" than apply real virtue to the job at hand.

Posted by: its a hysterical madness that has descended on liberal women at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (anL5R)

188 We're not nearly as balkanized as they would have us believe.

The media and internet are not real life.

But I suspect the balkanization is at least in part real. We increasingly lack a common culture. Teaching of civics is largely dead. Immigrants have not been expected to assimilate for a long while. We've drank pretty deeply from the "diversity is our strength" bowl when the opposite is true (homogeneity is our strength, so strong all sorts of weirdos and outsiders can harmlessly orbit around the core of normalcy that homogeneity provides). This kind of thing yields results. Not good ones. But results nonetheless.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (wAvmd)

189 177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Gotta' do something about that guy. He's looking old and tired.
Maybe it's time to retire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:38 PM (ogcfP)

190 >>>Anyone Who Wants to Judge a Senatorial Candidate Based on His Statements and Sympathies Is Engaging in "Cancel Culture"

Not our fault for noticing. That's all the law will allow, for now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 04:40 PM (dK+Kv)

191 189 177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists

Posted by: Smell the Glove

Roberts said it was likely "unlawful"... Really ? So everything that previous Presidents did to the WH and it was a lot, Is unlawful ? Roberts is a POS.
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Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:41 PM (+gK6I)

192

Democrats For Mike Rogers
@DemsForMike
·
1h
Unhinged. Unfit. Too extreme.

@cspan
·
3h
Michigan Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed on the Trump-Canada trade war: "So if you're starting a trade war with Canada is cause you're the asshole."

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 04:41 PM (kX27y)

193 I think the notion that you can be psychotic from post-partum depression is idiotic.
==
Well I take no position on that. I would listen to the evidence and make a call based upon the evidence and reason.

I would not dress up in costume "signaling" my "virtue" while the deliberations are ongoing. Making it all too obvious that my priority was how I was going to be perceived by the public, rather than reaching a verdict with my fellow jurors.

You get a couple of wackos on a jury that stick together, anything can happen. And if those whackos realize they might have a book deal coming ....

Posted by: don't ask me how I know at August 31, 2026 04:42 PM (anL5R)

194 When it comes to lies, deceit, insults, and graft, it looks like Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed found his happy home in the Democrat Party.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

195 You compare that case to the baby killer, and there's no comparison. She just murdered them.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (2b4M2)

And she did research on how to do the murdering... She's acting, and will most likely not get the conviction she deserves...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)

196
Yeah, I just saw the tweet from Nick Sorter than several women on the jury showed up in pink. This Clancy baby strangler is going to either get a hung jury or the lightest possible "mental health" sentencing she can get.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM

That's insane. I find it depressing how low these women have gone.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 04:43 PM (i9SW2)

197 189 177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists

Posted by: Smell the Glove
_________________

It was an inconsequential ruling for a number of reasons. First, Trump ignored the case and the ballroom is 65% done, and they didn't stop building waiting for the decision. They are knocking it out with a 24 hour schedule...which means by the time they get another lawsuit rolling it will be completed. The second reason the ruling is inconsequential is because it only found the suing party didn't have standing (some historical society or some entity of the like). Thirdly, the lower courts said the WH required congress to rule on funding to build it. Only, Honey Badger don't care. He's just building it anyway. Make them knock it down when it's done. Roberts wanted to give the National Trust for Historic Preservation standing. That's all this decision was about.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)

198 >>>>I would not dress up in costume "signaling" my "virtue" while the deliberations are ongoing. Making it all too obvious that my priority was how I was going to be perceived by the public, rather than reaching a verdict with my fellow jurors.
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That should be enough for the prosecution to request a re-trial.
Those jurors have dismissed themselves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:45 PM (ogcfP)

199 Good. From the CA Post:

Federal officials are set to launch a massive criminal investigation into voter fraud in California as part of a national effort to clean up the nation’s elections.

Sources with knowledge of the effort said that the Golden State is among eight states targeted in the sweeping operation to be executed by Homeland Security Investigations starting next week.

Other states slated for investigations include New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Georgia, Washington, Nevada, Wisconsin and Missouri.

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 04:45 PM (kX27y)

200 You compare that case to the baby killer, and there's no comparison. She just murdered them.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 31, 2026 04:37 PM (2b4M2)

And she did research on how to do the murdering... She's acting, and will most likely not get the conviction she deserves...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)

"Say goodbye to your children" is compelling evidence of premeditation and knowledge and recognition of the wrongness of the intended acts. Bitch should burn in hell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 04:46 PM (dK+Kv)

201 Roberts said it was likely "unlawful"... Really ? So everything that previous Presidents did to the WH and it was a lot, Is unlawful ? Roberts is a POS.
==
The worst sort. He's obviously far more effective than Justice Jackson Brown. If Eddie Haskell were Supreme Court Justice, he'd be Roberts. Unctuous, Deceitful, Selfish, Jealous and probably Depraved.

Posted by: Its the enemies within that get you at August 31, 2026 04:46 PM (anL5R)

202 196
Yeah, I just saw the tweet from Nick Sorter than several women on the jury showed up in pink. This Clancy baby strangler is going to either get a hung jury or the lightest possible "mental health" sentencing she can get.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 04:34 PM


Maybe they were wearing pick for the 5 year old girl ,her daughter, Clancy murdered... Of course we know it's for solidarity with women power or something... Clancy really put on a good act...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:46 PM (+gK6I)

203
I would not dress up in costume "signaling" my "virtue" while the deliberations are ongoing. Making it all too obvious that my priority was how I was going to be perceived by the public, rather than reaching a verdict with my fellow jurors.

You get a couple of wackos on a jury that stick together, anything can happen. And if those whackos realize they might have a book deal coming ....
Posted by: don't ask me how I know at August 31, 2026 04:42 PM (anL5R)

If she is acquitted all of the jurors responsible should be forced to watch the most realistic AI video of that monster murdering her children. More than once.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (i9SW2)

204 SCOTUS issued yet another order today in the silly litigation against PDJT's ballroom, saying he can build it.

The decision was 5-4, with John Roberts now fully transitioned to female libtard.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (AuLQB)

205 Roberts wanted to give the National Trust for Historic Preservation standing. That's all this decision was about.

Posted by: Orson
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Haven't they screwed up enough neighborhoods?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (ogcfP)

206 Posted by: don't ask me how I know at August 31, 2026 04:42 PM (anL5R)

Why is this not evidence to declare a mistrial?. Jurors basically declaring their partiality before a verdict had been declared?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (gsYaF)

207 Roberts said it was likely "unlawful"... Really ? So everything that previous Presidents did to the WH and it was a lot, Is unlawful ? Roberts is a POS.
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Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026

All men should be removed from being judges! They are far too emotional in their decision making. 😛😛😛

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

208 Ore election records clearing

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0)

209
I think Roberts votes with the left on lost cases to pretend impartiality.

He wants to pretend to be fair. It's taxing.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 04:48 PM (Y8DZL)

210 People always warn of balkanization in the US. Look around. You're swimming in it. This hasn't been a country in a long time. Just a political unit being held together by fraud and force.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

211 Why is this not evidence to declare a mistrial?. Jurors basically declaring their partiality before a verdict had been declared?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (gsYaF)

The jurors didn’t say they were wearing pink in support. Are they supposed to be sequestered from news on the case? If so, they wouldn’t know the significance of wearing pink.

But I am not a lawyer. So who knows, maybe it will come out they knew and it will be an issue.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

212 I want my pool back
_ghost of FDR

I want my bowling alley back
_ghost of Richard Nixon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:51 PM (ogcfP)

213 210 People always warn of balkanization in the US. Look around. You're swimming in it. This hasn't been a country in a long time. Just a political unit being held together by fraud and force.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

__________________________

Trademark infringement ™ "You're swimming in it" is an obvious play on "You're soaking in it."

Posted by: Palmolive Legal Team at August 31, 2026 04:51 PM (dIske)

214 islam is not compatible with America.

GTFO.

Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

This. 1000X this. Nothing but this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 31, 2026 04:52 PM (S41Gd)

215 SCOTUS issued yet another order today in the silly litigation against PDJT's ballroom, saying he can build it.

The decision was 5-4, with John Roberts now fully transitioned to female libtard.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 04:47 PM (AuLQB)
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Which branch of government is responsible for maintaining the Supreme Court building?

"Nice courthouse ya got here. We're gonna need to tear it down and move it ten feet to the left. Because why not?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 04:52 PM (FZ29D)

216 People always warn of balkanization in the US. Look around. You're swimming in it. This hasn't been a country in a long time. Just a political unit being held together by fraud and force.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)
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The USA - Hanging together since 1865.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 04:52 PM (rj6Yv)

217 I have not looked into it, but I assume the prosecution would want a hung jury rather than a mistrial. Mistrial late in the proceedings could come with double jeopardy complications.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 31, 2026 04:52 PM (wAvmd)

218 And she did research on how to do the murdering... She's acting, and will most likely not get the conviction she deserves...
==
Well, I don't know the facts. But if a woman doesn't want to be a Mom anymore a lot of them just LEAVE. Pick up their shit and boogie.

The ones that kill the kids seem to do it either because they think they are helping the kids - sending them to Heaven - or they do it because they are really trying to hurt someone else - Husband, or relatives. A malicious killing is generally speaking the act of criminal depravity. Just because a normal person would never do it, doesn't mean it was insane.

Posted by: But hey, if women can kill a child at its most defenseless state why not toddlers also at August 31, 2026 04:52 PM (anL5R)

219 I get the feeling the Clancy jurors aren't going to find first degree, but probably depraved indifference. It won't make sense legally or factually but it will serve the purpose

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 04:53 PM (j/Ml9)

220 197 189 177 SC allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Vote was 5-4 , with Dread Judge Roberts sucking the farts of, excuse me, siding with the leftists

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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It's obvious the party didn't have standing. I can't believe Roberts would say yep, that little old lady, who says she walks by the WH once a month (WTF), is harmed and has standing.

Really Roberts?

Posted by: WisRich at August 31, 2026 04:54 PM (G0vdT)

221 Gotta' do something about that guy. He's looking old and tired.
Maybe it's time to retire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:38 PM (ogcfP)
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Maybe Roberts just joined the Supreme Court for the cocktail parties. He didn't expect to actually *work.*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 04:54 PM (FZ29D)

222 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

Uh at least for 180 years. Let's not act like this is not the default setting for every country.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 04:54 PM (KC5Lt)

223 From Deadline...

Never heard it but good for her.

Ella Langley‘s stone smash “Choosin’ Texas” has racked up a phenomenal 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first non-holiday single to hit the milestone. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds the overall record with 22 weeks at the summit, but that includes chart-topping runs during the past seven years.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 04:55 PM (Sco7b)

224 The jurors didn’t say they were wearing pink in support. Are they supposed to be sequestered from news on the case? If so, they wouldn’t know the significance of wearing pink.

But I am not a lawyer. So who knows, maybe it will come out they knew and it will be an issue.
Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
____________________________

I think the big problem here is Juror coordination. They are not allowed to communicate outside the courtroom. No peer chats; No outside talk. These are CORE RULES of being a juror.

Posted by: Palmolive Legal Team at August 31, 2026 04:55 PM (dIske)

225 islam is not compatible with America.

GTFO.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

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In a nutshell.

But then it's not compatible with anywhere on earth, it hates everyone.

Posted by: Decaf at August 31, 2026 04:55 PM (ZNpJk)

226 What the F are the jurors thinking on this open and shut case.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (KC5Lt)

227
"Nice courthouse ya got here. We're gonna need to tear it down and move it ten feet to the left. Because why not?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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or
In our on going effort to balance the budget we have ceased maintenance and upkeep of the Supreme Court Building

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (ogcfP)

228 "f one more white ann arbor person dms me asking why i'm 'dEFeNdiNG LoOtiNG' i'm seriously gonna explode. your racism is showing. check yourselves. I'm not holding back on this s--- anymore, i'm dropping names if u keep it up," she wrote.

====

I'm calling bullshit on this.

No self respecting Ann arbor awfl would be caught dead judging the looters like that.

They'd be booted right of of Zingermans.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (4HoLg)

229 I think the notion that you can be psychotic from post-partum depression is idiotic. Likewise, it was clear the acts were premeditated. Bitch should be locked up for life.

———

Post partum psychosis is a thing. Unfortunately I know first hand. But what seems to be missing here is in the majority of cases, agency still exists. She needs help. She also needs to be in jail for the rest of her life.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

230 Well, there you go. He's drawn the line...and he's trash. (IMO)

He 1st 'mourned' the victims of the September 11 attacks, noting they were "perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith" (Islam).

He then states he would mourn the roughly 1 million lives lost of the subsequent post-9/11 wars fought "in the name of my county" (the United States).

Media coverage and analysts widely identify the three countries impacted by the post-9/11 military operations as Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.

My G-d, all as we rapidly approach the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, 3,000 dead with more & more still dying...

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (NFX2v)

231 I'm tired of temporary insanity defenses. What a crock of shit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 04:57 PM (KC5Lt)

232 The grand psychotic brainwashing of America is being tested. Do they have the inertial energy to escape the earth's gravity and enter into lunacy (commie) orbit? idk

Posted by: illiniwek at August 31, 2026 04:57 PM (vbXSk)

233 islam is not compatible with America.

GTFO.
Posted by: That Guy at August 31, 2026 03:42 PM (jBtak)

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In a nutshell.

But then it's not compatible with anywhere on earth, it hates everyone.
==
This is concentrated Islamophobia.

I KEEL YOU!!!

Posted by: Achmed the Dead Terrorist at August 31, 2026 04:57 PM (anL5R)

234 Of the National Trust For Historic Preservation's eight Trustees, six are white suburban women who are just appalled by Donald Trump. Board minutes usually start with "Don't you just hate that man?!!!".

The other two members portray themselves as men, and who am I to say different?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 04:58 PM (JYE7p)

235 NOOD

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 04:58 PM (+gK6I)

236 "Nice courthouse ya got here. We're gonna need to tear it down and move it ten feet to the left. Because why not?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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or
In our on going effort to balance the budget we have ceased maintenance and upkeep of the Supreme Court Building
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 04:56 PM (ogcfP)
===

You can bet that CJ Roberts will be one of the first in line waiting for an invite to the Ball Room's Grand Opening.

Posted by: mrp at August 31, 2026 04:58 PM (rj6Yv)

237 So what exactly is this Michigan Man cocksucker a doctor of? Is he more like Dr. Jill or Dr. Mengele?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 31, 2026 04:59 PM (FrJ8O)

238 What the F are the jurors thinking on this open and shut case.
==
Its not what they are "thinking" its what they are feeling.

They are feeling if they don't vote for acquittal they will be cast out of their social groups....

Posted by: Feelings, whoa whoa whoa feelings at August 31, 2026 05:00 PM (anL5R)

239 Representative Ilhan Omar used the phrase "some people did something" during a March 2019 speech to describe how the 9/11 terrorist attacks were followed by a loss of civil rights for Muslim Americans.

He's doing, saying the same thing.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (NFX2v)

240 You can bet that CJ Roberts will be one of the first in line waiting for an invite to the Ball Room's Grand Opening.
==
Oh believe me when I tell you, he's not making the list.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at August 31, 2026 05:01 PM (anL5R)

241 I want my pool back
_ghost of FDR

I want my bowling alley back
_ghost of Richard Nixon

Rifle test range on the lawn
_both T.R. and Abe, both Winchester men

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 05:04 PM (zdLoL)

242 215 SCOTUS issued yet another order today in the silly litigation against PDJT's ballroom, saying he can build it.

The decision was 5-4, with John Roberts now fully transitioned to female libtard.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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You left out the punch line. Now altogether now, The Plaintiff has NO STANDING. Thank you very much.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

243 These evil bastards should never be allowed to participate in government at all.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 31, 2026 05:05 PM (Q/FnY)

244 Fuck 'em. Kill all of them and be done with it. Think they'd hesitate if they were the ones with the power to do it … ? Think again …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 05:32 PM (ayRl+)

245 "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews," Piker said earlier this month.

Sounds a lot like:

If international finance Jews succeed in starting a war in Europe, it will not be the end of Germany, but it will be the end of the Jews in Europe.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 05:57 PM (wGerL)

Released Emails Show Anthony Fauci Routinely Told "Scientists" To Delete His Emails (So That Congress and Other Investigators Couldn't See Them)

No one is above the law, especially not a three-foot-seven malignant dwarf Bond villain.


Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has given the public another reason to doubt the efforts of COVID czar Anthony Fauci were benevolent, as the former director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases repeatedly told recipients of his emails to delete them after reading.

In late July, Fauci appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which Paul chairs. Here, he repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment rights despite being a once-proud health official who loved the spotlight, making numerous media appearances.

While Fauci has been held in contempt of Congress, Just The News reported Sunday that Paul has released evidence showing the doctor told officials with whom he was in correspondence to delete emails on at least five occasions.

The emails date as far back as September 2009.

One email from Fauci concerning the AIDS vaccine research and smallpox vaccine told NIAID deputy Greg Folkers to "please delete this email after you had read it."

...

In another email about a "doomsday virus," Dr. Cliff Lane was instructed to "please delete this email and then delete from the deleted file."

Perhaps less surprisingly, correspondence also showed Fauci trying to mislead the CIA and Director of National Intelligence's office, stressing that they should contract individuals associated with studies proving the virus occurred naturally.

That particular email is dated to July 2021.

Just The News noted that the Federal Records Act requires the preservation of documents relating to officials' work including emails.

Former President Joe Biden's pardon of Fauci dates to Jan. 1, 2014. In the case of the Folkers email, it was dated to 2009.


Could there be a way to prosecute Fauci for violating the Federal Records Act?

I did a quick search, and it appears that the statute of limitations for illegally deleting official federal records is just five years. So, no, not based on that email.

Despite the Biden pardon, states like Florida -- through the work of Attorney General James Uthmeier -- have subpoenaed Fauci over his diary entries released by Paul.

"Government officials have a certain level of immunity in their official capacities, but if Fauci personally profited off of the 'guidance' he issued, that very well could have broken Florida law," Uthmeier said.


Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke

41m

Over the weekend, Rand Paul released the latest batch of Fauci documents, this time concerning Fauci's efforts to delete federal records, his instructions to others to delete federal records, and his interactions with the CIA.

The most outrageous document in the batch, in my view, is the email below. It proves once and for all that Fauci himself unleashed the Proximal Origin fraudsters on the intelligence community. These were the very same scientists whose work he funded, whom he had enlisted to produce the fraudulent Proximal Origin paper to bury the Wuhan lab leak, and whom he later rewarded with enormous grants.

The depth of the cover up knows no bounds. It was not enough for Fauci to get the fraudulent paper published and use it to manufacture a false scientific consensus. He then also actively pushed his handpicked phony scientists into the intelligence community to sell the same deception there too.

And, of course, the intelligence community knew that these guys were total frauds. Yet rather than expose what was happening, it helped Fauci perpetuate the fake narrative.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:34 PM




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1 uno

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 02:34 PM (g47mK)

2 fauci will remain safe

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 31, 2026 02:35 PM (CWTWj)

3 dos

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 02:35 PM (u82oZ)

4 The best we can hope for is a stalinesque stroke.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 31, 2026 02:36 PM (QFchU)

5 All is fine. Everything's looking up!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:36 PM (hUS/0)

6 He was pardoned for all his past misdeeds. Save America Act is more important than stale emails for which he was already pardoned.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 02:36 PM (g47mK)

7 But Trump's bookkeeper--without his knowledge or direction--mislabeled some entries on the internal ledger!!!!

34 felonies, rheeeeee!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 02:37 PM (3cUTc)

8 This malignant little gnome is unlikely to face justice on this earth.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU)

9 even with statute of limitations, they will find that deleting emails is not criminal in itself

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (g47mK)

10 Numpty.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)

11 He's a little old for dwarf bowling, but maybe an exception can be made.

Posted by: Perfect Game at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (JM9I6)

12 Hell, Hillary, as SoS, just did her e-mails on an unsecured server. So they couldn't be read.


But Comey said he couldn't prove intent to deceive so no one could reasonably prosecute.


Makes me puke, still.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:39 PM (i2VYc)

13 "In another email about a "doomsday virus," Dr. Cliff Lane was instructed to "please delete this email and then delete from the deleted file.""

Gee, wonder what would happen to small fry (postdocs) like myself if we used emails to direct our peers and subordinates to delete emails and "delete from the deleted file" data that we didn't want others to see.

Especially now since there's a large push to digitize everything.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 02:39 PM (Rl7KJ)

14 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (dK+Kv)

15 This e-mail will self-destruct in five seconds. Unless you save it for future blackmail.

Posted by: Mission Impossible at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (Q+gd/)

16 I don't know if it would apply in this case, but there are scenarios where the statute of limitations can be tolled for fraudulent concealment.

Posted by: There are some who call me ... Tim at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (UMEOI)

17 Speaking of deletions:

Abdul El-Sayed's deleted 2 tweets regarding 9/11 per CBS

https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/2094455890434826279

Hmmm, wonder why?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (Rl7KJ)

18 Chasing Fauci, who knows so much that he earned more money than any other government employee, and who is protected by many, many people, seems like a dead end.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (g47mK)

19 I see that the "Nothing Will Happen" guy is going to be busy today in mortal combat in the Comment Thunderdome with that "And So it Begins" dude...

Posted by: Boswell at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (NTVPI)

20 Hopefully Fauci will end up in an old folk's home being beaten by a large breasted Negress when she changes his diaper 2 or 3 times a day.

Posted by: Fate at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (+iYtA)

21 Progtards don’t care.

The medical “professionals”
I work with blow all this off and say, “mistakes were made. Fauci saved millions of lives at
The end of the day. He had to inflate the danger to make people pay attention and take Covid seriously.”

They don’t care Fauci lied. Over and over and over again.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (W2Pud)

22 I'm a little surprised Fauci hasn't been eliminated yet.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Q+gd/)

23 16 I don't know if it would apply in this case, but there are scenarios where the statute of limitations can be tolled for fraudulent concealment.
Posted by: There are some who call me ... Tim
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Yep. Assholes like Fauci, like the fine folks at Enron before him, represent boundary cases.

All were purposefully trying to skirt and get around specific federal law provisions and then destroy evidence in order to conceal their activity so they could not be charged.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (E4rtv)

24 I'm certain our judiciary will keep Fauci safe from any repercussions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (2Cry5)

25 I see that the "Nothing Will Happen" guy is going to be busy today in mortal combat in the Comment Thunderdome with that "And So it Begins" dude...
Posted by: Boswell at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (NTVPI)
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Through an unholy merger the end result will be "And So It Will Happen" guy and "Nothing Begins" guy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (FZ29D)

26 Put him on trial.

Make a court say "sure he's guilty but the Democrats pardoned him so you gotta let him go"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

27 Nevada secretary of state warns that Republicans are trying to keep non-Americans from voting in American elections 😱

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Bastards!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (bt9Ux)

28
Innocent people always ask that proof of wrong doing be destroyed.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 31, 2026 02:45 PM (OkYzo)

29

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday his department is shutting down 110-plus driving schools that gave licenses to drivers who failed English language proficiency (ELP) tests.

In a release, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said it is shutting down the schools after they issued driver’s licenses to more than 5,000 individuals who failed ELP exams.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 02:45 PM (Cqx++)

30 Of course chasing Fauci is a dead end. Chasing anyone in the ruling class is a dead end. They're all above the law - it's the only reason this country still has for existing.

But beating the drum on his story (or anyone else's) helps to further erode the already severely damaged public confidence in these rotted edifices, and hastens the day when people finally kick the structure over.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 02:45 PM (BI5O2)

31 He just absolutely had to lie about everything to get everyone to do the "right thing".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:45 PM (hUS/0)

32 I'm a little surprised Fauci hasn't been eliminated yet.
Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Q+gd/)

Well, if you're suffering back up from Fauci constipation - a little explosive elimination lettuce from Taco Bell might be the solution...

Posted by: Boswell at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (NTVPI)

33 ""Nothing Will Happen" guy is going to be busy today"

Put me down as the "I have no frickin idea WTF will happen next" guy.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

34 The drug companies have his back. He's a made man. He's a member of a crew. Nobody fucks with Big Tony.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (nlLAo)

35 Something must be done!

Milwaukee strip club shuts doors because downtown is too violent

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (bt9Ux)

36 Nevada secretary of state warns that Republicans are trying to keep non-Americans from voting in American elections

I see this discussion repeated over and over again in various forums:

Lefties: Trump can't send ICE to election facilities that is intimidation!!!

Non-lefties: Why would a citizen by intimidated by ICE? And why would an illegal be in an election facility anyway?

Lefties: See this will stop people from voting!

Non-lefties: Will stop which people from voting?

Lefties: People that will vote for progressive non-fascist candidates!

Non-lefties: Like...illegals?

Lefties: That's racist!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)

37 This sounds serious! That means there will be consequences, right?

Right?!

Posted by: blaster at August 31, 2026 02:47 PM (xhfG9)

38 Fauci at age 6 = Kieran Cullkin character in "Home Alone".

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:47 PM (dIske)

39 35 Something must be done!

Milwaukee strip club shuts doors because downtown is too violent
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (bt9Ux)

The Badda-Bing in Jorsey seems like a more welcoming environment now.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 02:48 PM (Rl7KJ)

40 21 Progtards don’t care.

The medical “professionals”
I work with blow all this off and say, “mistakes were made. Fauci saved millions of lives at
The end of the day. He had to inflate the danger to make people pay attention and take Covid seriously.”

They don’t care Fauci lied. Over and over and over again.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I don't think those idiots trying to minimize what happened with Covid realize how many ordinary people have become radicalized by what the sheeple in the med community did. People lost loved ones due to lies, people had loved ones die alone, people saw dancing nurses and other kabuki bullshit while losing their jobs because they did not want the vaxx. The insider Big Pharma dealing, the slow and burning release of the lies of the Public Health Establishment.

Lot of sullen anger out there and each new revelation is like a red hot poker in those people's asses that were lied too, maltreated, lost jobs, and often their health by listening to 'professionals'.

Like academia did with slow poison over 50 years, Big Med decided to dump all their credibility in a couple of years at once.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

41 It proves once and for all that Fauci himself unleashed the Proximal Origin fraudsters on the intelligence community.
_________

Then at that WH press conference, he acts like he doesn't even know the names of the authors of this totally independent paper that he had nothing to do with. Said something like "I don't have their names now." Might have even done the glasses sucking move while he was saying it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (XvL8K)

42 @37

>>This sounds serious! That means there will be consequences, right?

The consequences will be that he will continue to sip Pina Coladas on a beach in Tahiti, comparing notes with Lois Lerner, and they will laugh and laugh, while cashing their taxpayer funded retirement checks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (fqnOq)

43 Could there be a way to prosecute Fauci for violating the Federal Records Act?
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There are about 976,000 federal, state, and local laws. (at a guess)

The problem is not a dearth of laws, nor guilty parties. There is " a way" but it hasn't been used for purpose since I don't know when. Maybe some of the Soviet spies in the 1940s. A few of the 60 anarchists and bomb throwers. Then the latter took over, and now they seem to run everything, or at least conveniently untouchable.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 02:50 PM (n1B4F)

44 I don't think he understands how emails are tracked from sender to recipient.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at August 31, 2026 02:51 PM (j3Fsw)

45 The consequences will be that he will continue to sip Pina Coladas on a beach in Tahiti, comparing notes with Lois Lerner, and they will laugh and laugh, while cashing their taxpayer funded retirement checks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (fqnOq)

Well, for a season, then...

"But God said unto him, ‘Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee. Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?" (Luke 12:20).

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 02:51 PM (Rl7KJ)

46 There is no lack of ways to prosecute Fauci but there is a lack of will.

The GOPe doesn't want to and the MAGA set are afraid the Dems will prosecute them for going after Fauci

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

47 Never see a day in jail, let alone prison. But if his reputation and fan base can be destroyed, its enough for this life. IF we can just get the sycophantic worshipers who bought Fauci tree ornaments, shirts, hats, and votive candles to turn on him, my heart will warm just a little.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:52 PM (K32Fz)

48 "especially not a three-foot-seven malignant dwarf Bond villain"

Bond villains are very cool.

Fauci is a fumbling homunculus with the emotional maturity of a star-struck tween writing in her diary that one of the guys in BTS looked at her during a concert.

Know the difference!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

49 24 I'm certain our judiciary will keep Fauci safe from any repercussions.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

They may not be able to keep him safe from some state prosecutions--pardons don't cover that.

My guess is IC is desperate not to have Fauci on trial because of all the unpleasant facts he can drop about gain of function and the intel community paying for that in foreign labs. That is why he got protected.

And there is a nonzero possibility that the virus might have purposefully been dumped onto the world by Chicoms in conjunction with some in our IC that wanted Trump gone by any means, even killing millions world wide.

Trillions were at stake and the WEF crowd is perfectly happy with millions of us dying if they can make a buck.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

50 Consequences would be so nice.

Posted by: Iris at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (286+n)

51 I'm a little surprised Fauci hasn't been eliminated yet.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Q+gd/)
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Why would he be? He's taking the rap for something much larger forces carried out (with his enthusiastic assistance).

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (eZQ1g)

52 Lot of sullen anger out there and each new revelation is like a red hot poker in those people's asses that were lied too, maltreated, lost jobs, and often their health by listening to 'professionals'.

Like academia did with slow poison over 50 years, Big Med decided to dump all their credibility in a couple of years at once.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

And my PCP wonders why my BP is 20 points higher in the office than at home.

He's knows why, and I know he knows. He's stopped pushing "all the shots" in order to conduct the yearly physical with out me striking out in rage ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (oCio0)

53 Fauci had to operate in secrecy because if his genius advice ever got out, The Right Wing and possibly also The Jews would get a hold of it and use it against him! He was doing it to keep all of us safe. Bless Fauci!

Posted by: Leftists, probably at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (oqH4h)

54 whig - "essential businesses" really, really torqued a lot of people off. It's a completely out of touch phrase.

Every business is "essential" from the standpoint it puts food on the table and pays the bills. It was obviously coined and deployed by the usual suspects who in all likelihood have never had a real job in their life, much less ran an actual business. Clown World.

"The Business of Business is Business" could have been the American Motto at one time. They managed to kill the golden goose, that's for sure. Free enterprise, the rule of law, property rights, all that stuff was what made America so successful compared to nations that went before. And it wasn't even close.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 02:55 PM (n1B4F)

55 If I recall several states have announced an investigation of Fauci but none has done so yet.

And I look at this with what NYS did to Trump over a dispute in the value of a property put up as collateral...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

56 44 I don't think he understands how emails are tracked from sender to recipient.
Posted by: Huxley Orwell
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Nor backup systems. I was very careful with my official email and very circumspect in whatever I said in them.

And imagine if he was comfortable sharing illegal actions with his recipients to delete federal records, what might he do or say when he talks to them in private meetings.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)

57 We could make him talk if we really wanted to.

Posted by: Sturdy Chair Bolted To The Floor at August 31, 2026 02:57 PM (7Q0e+)

58 >>>I did a quick search, and it appears that the statute of limitations for illegally deleting official federal records is just five years. So, no, not based on that email.

But the charge against Fauci wouldn't be the deletion of the email since he was asking someone else to delete it, but rather the conspiring with others to get the email deleted.

Maybe a different statue of limitations?

Posted by: No Name Today at August 31, 2026 02:58 PM (8mulE)

59 This is similar to what happens in global warming.
Michael Mann sent 'Delete all e-mails re AR4? We are getting X & Y to do so as well.'

Posted by: MikeN at August 31, 2026 02:58 PM (EzRIp)

60 57 We could make him talk if we really wanted to.
Posted by: Sturdy Chair Bolted To The Floor at August 31, 2026 02:57 PM (7Q0e+)

Word ...

Posted by: Le Chiffre at August 31, 2026 02:58 PM (oCio0)

61 54 whig - "essential businesses" really, really torqued a lot of people off. It's a completely out of touch phrase.

Every business is "essential" from the standpoint it puts food on the table and pays the bills. It was obviously coined and deployed by the usual suspects who in all likelihood have never had a real job in their life, much less ran an actual business. Clown World.

"The Business of Business is Business" could have been the American Motto at one time. They managed to kill the golden goose, that's for sure. Free enterprise, the rule of law, property rights, all that stuff was what made America so successful compared to nations that went before. And it wasn't even close.
Posted by: Common Tater

I think the whole cabal that foisted and supported this fiasco are at risk.

And frankly, it was and is Trump's largest policy failure as president and probably why he never talks much about it. I think he is a sadder and wiser man now but the human cost of the Covid years could not have been done without him giving way to Pence, Fauci, and Birx. He realized too late that he was sandbagged.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

62 Midget Mengele never thought he'd be called on his bullshit. Total arrogance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:59 PM (hUS/0)

63 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:59 PM (ccf/V)

64 Firing squad is too good for Fauci.

Why have no other countries come a calling for this walking crime against humanity?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:59 PM (ccf/V)

65 62 Midget Mengele never thought he'd be called on his bullshit. Total arrogance.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:59 PM (hUS/0)

Midgit Mengele ... lol

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 31, 2026 03:00 PM (oCio0)

66 Word ...
Posted by: Le Chiffre at August 31, 2026 02:58 PM (oCio0)

This presumes his equipment down south still can feel something.

Still, worth a try.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 31, 2026 03:00 PM (Rl7KJ)

67 But the charge against Fauci wouldn't be the deletion of the email since he was asking someone else to delete it, but rather the conspiring with others to get the email deleted.

Maybe a different statue of limitations?
Posted by: No Name Today
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Conspiracy charges can get around the tolling (fancy word for time elapsed) because the stopwatch begins when the conspiracy is uncovered. Difficult and not well studied area of the law. The question is whether a plenary pardon would have undercut any subsequent charges based on that. I think that would be an open legal question without resorting to my now non existent Lexis and Westlaw accounts.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)

68 A million sand fleas + Fauci, make it so.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:01 PM (EaLE4)

69 I'd prefer, pour encourage les autres, for Mengele-Pauci to swing, or at least live out his days in prison.

But, even if that is not possible thanks to autopen, I am glad his reputation is going to be shattered by the release of these papers of his and, thanks to these releases, even the idiot left is being educated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 03:03 PM (BVbFo)

70 Michael Mann sent 'Delete all e-mails re AR4? We are getting X & Y to do so as well.'
Posted by: MikeN
========
Depends on whether he was required to keep those emails as he was not a federal employee. So it would have been a PA state matter and whatever their records retention would be. Dunno about the nexis though between accepting federal grants and being an employee of PA State at the time.

Can't recall whether accepting a federal grant would also then require following Federal laws on document retention.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

71 Willowed from previous thread.

344 It’s a war. We just don’t know we’re in it. But islam sure does.
Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 02:50 PM (5/BcT)

Deepstate will fall to socio/commies, and those will fall to islam.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 03:04 PM (5/BcT)

72 Republican linguini will not take care of the fauch but the deep state will. The fauch is a liability, jus' sayin'.

Posted by: kingsman at August 31, 2026 03:04 PM (ehY6c)

73 Fauci knew and was up to his ears in gain of function. It was being done in a Level 2 lab and escaped either intentionally or accidentally. Every jurisdiction wherein someone died from COVID could prosecute him for Criminally Negligent Homicide. A presidential pardon doesn't help at state level IMHO

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 03:04 PM (j/Ml9)

74 The overriding problem we have is that we have an "elite" class that is made up of nepos and con artists and those who really belong in fulltime psychiatric care instead of actual achievers and leaders. They are also fully aware of that, just like Hollywood actors who know there are 100s of people who could replace them at any moment. They DO NOT want to give up their incredible perks and lifestyle. So every moment and idea of this crew is to defend and guard against outsiders taking them away. They would gladly sacrifice anyone who isn't them to do that. So the behavior of Fauci, WEC types, or the vast majority of pols and corporate execs doesn't surprise me one bit.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 31, 2026 03:04 PM (3/XaG)

75 I think Fauci's relationship with the CIA is what's going to keep him safe. There's no way the CIA will allow any of their work with him to be fully exposed.

Otherwise, I think Fauci might have a case of sudden death.

There may be hope yet....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 03:05 PM (2Cry5)

76 Sinister forces are why this little rat-fuck is still walking free.
The fact is, there are many billionaires that want you dead. It's not that difficult to see.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 03:05 PM (nlLAo)

77 And Biden pardoned this asshole because they all knew it had to be covered up.

Can’t have Trump coming in and Rand Paul making Fauci his mission with a FBI & DOJ that isn’t corrupted by Dem operatives.

The truth would’ve come out in open court, if Fauci didn’t take a plea deal to avoid that, and the media would not be able to deny the evidence we are seeing now.

Instead they just go along, pretending nothing is happening, because the Bureaucrats, Dems, and the Media all got together in 2020 and made it happen and then made it worse.

The hubris of the international left in the name of “The Science” killed millions of people and they covered it all up so they won’t get the blame due them for their arrogance, partisanship, incompetence and indifference while wearing a Science skinsuit..

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

78 But, even if that is not possible thanks to autopen, I am glad his reputation is going to be shattered by the release of these papers of his and, thanks to these releases, even the idiot left is being educated.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 03:03 PM (BVbFo)
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If torturing beagles didn't tarnish his reputation with the left, nothing will. Everyone who would be made to think that Fauci is an evil bastard by these emails already thinks that, and none of the retards on the left that would crawl over broken glass to sniff his taint will have their minds changed by any of this.

Posted by: ballistic at August 31, 2026 03:06 PM (oqH4h)

79 Did Midget Mengele open for Thousand Millimeter Reich in Berlin?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:06 PM (EaLE4)

80 Consequences would be so nice.
Posted by: Iris at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (286+n)

So would a pony that shits gold.

There will be no consequences for any of these monsters, until there are, and those will come all at once - and that won't be nice. That's gonna be a whole thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 03:07 PM (BI5O2)

81 Fauci lied and lied and profited ...

and that's when the murders started.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 31, 2026 03:09 PM (vbXSk)

82 68 A million sand fleas + Fauci, make it so.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:01 PM (EaLE4)

The problem, of course, is that the sand fleas would not harm him out of professional courtesy and a lack of motivation to harm one of their own.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 03:09 PM (dEHLq)

83 I declare myself First Runner-Up to the Nothing Will Happen guy.

If for any reason the Nothing Will Happen guy is unable to fulfill his duties, I stand ready to carry on in the proudest traditions of Nothing Happening.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 03:09 PM (ZxPkt)

84 The lackey representatives of the masses cannot begin to contemplate the service that we are actually doing them, thus for the good of SCIENCE, I beseech you to delete this email once you have read it!

Posted by: Dr. Tony Fraudci at August 31, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

85 Reports:

BREAKING: Trump WIPES Out IRGC Commanders - Iran Launch Missiles At Arabs

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 03:10 PM (RHGPo)

86 If torturing beagles didn't tarnish his reputation with the left, nothing will. Everyone who would be made to think that Fauci is an evil bastard by these emails already thinks that, and none of the retards on the left that would crawl over broken glass to sniff his taint will have their minds changed by any of this.
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And how many people in the general public actually know that? Our media practices omerta for made guys like Fauci and a discouraging word to the plebes is never heard. Fewer people, even here mention the horrible AIDS and deadly trial drugs used on orphans that killed enough of them to get a monument to them in NY State.

This guy has been causing people and animals to suffer for decades. A true psychopath.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

87 Sorry I'm late. I've been really busy. Lots of stuff not happening.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 31, 2026 03:11 PM (MWfyi)

88 Thanks for covering me, Don!

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (MWfyi)

89 Every year, I had to repeat a class that explained the penalties for deleting anything that might be a government record. It defined what constituted an official government record, and how they must be preserved, else I went to jail and was fined punitively.

That little fucker knew it, too, and did it anyway.

Damn that little shit to hell.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (dEHLq)

90 A "pony that shits gold" is not a reasonable expectation.

It is not unreasonable to expect a bunch of goddamned crooks and psychopaths be removed from the levers of government power.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (n1B4F)

91 I’m confused… I thought that even if I delete an email I receive that a copy of it is still saved on the email server used to deliver it and that saved copy can retrieved. So deleting an email really doesn’t accomplish anything

Don’t put anything in an email you don’t want the whole world to (potentially) read

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (sBAAu)

92 "So would a pony that shits gold"

Wait, that's an option??

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 31, 2026 03:13 PM (rPBx2)

93 74 The overriding problem we have is that we have an "elite" class that is made up of nepos and con artists and those who really belong in fulltime psychiatric care instead of actual achievers and leaders. They are also fully aware of that, just like Hollywood actors who know there are 100s of people who could replace them at any moment. They DO NOT want to give up their incredible perks and lifestyle. So every moment and idea of this crew is to defend and guard against outsiders taking them away. They would gladly sacrifice anyone who isn't them to do that. So the behavior of Fauci, WEC types, or the vast majority of pols and corporate execs doesn't surprise me one bit.
Posted by: Azjaeger
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As usual, your observation nailed it.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

94 hans deserves a medal

i used to listen to fool nelson’s twitter spaces with him and all the other greats from the sleuths corner and they were awesome

Posted by: cherries in season at August 31, 2026 03:13 PM (WEIfr)

95 @55

>>And I look at this with what NYS did to Trump over a dispute in the value of a property put up as collateral..

There was no dispute over the value of properties, LaTit James made up fraud charges out of whole cloth.

Deutsche Bank even testified in Trumps behalf basically saying, we have no idea what this bitch is even talking about, we'd do future business with Trump in a New York Minute.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 03:13 PM (fqnOq)

96 This guy has been causing people and animals to suffer for decades. A true psychopath.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

A lot of lefties know and don't care.

They kill babies for the crime of being unwanted. Puppies for #Science ain't gonna move their needle.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:14 PM (eZQ1g)

97 It was a late lunch.

Posted by: The REAL Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen at August 31, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)

98 85 Reports:

BREAKING: Trump WIPES Out IRGC Commanders - Iran Launch Missiles At Arabs
Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 03:10 PM (RHGPo)

This would solve a lot of problems.
Hope it’s true.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:14 PM (6ydKt)

99 This guy has been causing people and animals to suffer for decades. A true psychopath.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

Just looking at his pinched little face or hearing his whiny voice is torture enough. Dude is a fucking murderer and should be ended, legally.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 03:14 PM (dEHLq)

100 I AM The REAL Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen !

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)

101 Just looking at his pinched little face or hearing his whiny voice is torture enough. Dude is a fucking murderer and should be ended, legally.
Posted by: tcn in AK

No argument here but I would include his enablers and the yes men that he had carry out his deeds. Tony was like a crime boss, he didn't get his hands dirty, he let those he gave grants or hired to do that.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

102 You're too tall to be the guy who says nothing will happen.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 03:16 PM (Q+gd/)

103 100 I AM The REAL Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen !
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)

Looks like What's My Line is making a comeback at the AoSHQ.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 31, 2026 03:16 PM (dEHLq)

104 Heard one IIRG commander got vaporized during a live broadcast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:17 PM (EaLE4)

105 87 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

106 statue of limitations?

they no longer exist

Posted by: burp at August 31, 2026 03:17 PM (+yda9)

107 More fun from X


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Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)

109 He testified that he didn't delete emails. He did not testify that he never told anyone else to delete emails.

Posted by: Tom Locker at August 31, 2026 03:19 PM (RwkpB)

110 Heard one IIRG commander got vaporized during a live broadcast.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:17 PM (EaLE4)



during his MagBar Amrika, MagBar Israel rant !

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 03:20 PM (g47mK)

111 He was pardoned for all his past misdeeds. Save America Act is more important than stale emails for which he was already pardoned.

--

By all accounts, we know he'll never face any kind of justice for his past deeds...and we'll never get the SAVE Act passed with this Senate full of serpents and spineless quislings.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 03:20 PM (qBdHI)

112 Speaking of Iran, it sounds like at least one of our shitstain flag officers leaked non-concurring strategy opinions overruled by Hegseth to their shitstain media pals who publish this as if it's something shocking.

Tipping off our enemies about our general staff briefings, to get a measly news item for Democrats to use for campaign season... that's the Pentagon we know and love!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM (BI5O2)

113 91 I’m confused… I thought that even if I delete an email I receive that a copy of it is still saved on the email server used to deliver it and that saved copy can retrieved. So deleting an email really doesn’t accomplish anything

Don’t put anything in an email you don’t want the whole world to (potentially) read
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (sBAAu)

Same with text messages. My policy is say it forget it, write it regret it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM (i9SW2)

114 Trump should release like $5 million to the ICC to investigate Fauci's crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM (EaLE4)

115 By all accounts, we know he'll never face any kind of justice for his past deeds...and we'll never get the SAVE Act passed with this Senate full of serpents and spineless quislings.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 03:20 PM (qBdHI)

we'll know in #twoMonths

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM (g47mK)

116 That guy who says nothing will happen is overrated.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

117 "I thought that even if I delete an email I receive that a copy of it is still saved"

NSA Bob prolly has every keystroke and mouse gesture you've ever pumped into the internet.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 03:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

118 What little shocks me still about this isn't that he's a malicious self-worshipping twat. It's that literally you could fill out a bingo card of him hitting every single trope there is! If you tried to present someone this over-the-top in fiction, people would call it unbelievable!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 03:24 PM (aJQbY)

119 From Enron to Mortgage Backed Securities to Obamacare to Woke to TDS to COVID to the 2020 election, it’s obvious for awhile we’re being ruled over mostly by greedy idiots & psychos.

Our Elites are not, and probably never have been for two centuries, worthy of the name.

They all despise Trump, and his supporters, for pointing this out to them early and often.

I think most of the blame falls on education from K - College, but stupidity at the top seems to be a universal feature of every region and era.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

120 Hi! Just got home, have to catch up with the world. Dr. Fauci is an arrogant, tiny, tiny man, isn’t he?

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2026 03:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

121 It is not unreasonable to expect a bunch of goddamned crooks and psychopaths be removed from the levers of government power.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 03:12 PM (n1B4F)

Morally? Perfectly reasonable.

In practical terms? It’s unreasonable. Some scientist may conceivably invent a gold-shitting pony.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 03:26 PM (BI5O2)

122 At least he cured the boil on Streisand's ass.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)

123 Whether they ever find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be considered an enemy planet.

Posted by: Jack Handey at August 31, 2026 03:28 PM (V362x)

124 The states: Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York and Connecticut 🔥


good bc PA is FILTHY

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)

125 In the movie Twins, should cast Fauci instead of DeVito.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 03:30 PM (EaLE4)

126 If torturing beagles didn't tarnish his reputation with the left, nothing will.
Posted by: ballistic
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And how many people in the general public actually know that? Our media practices omerta for made guys like Fauci and a discouraging word to the plebes is never heard. Fewer people, even here mention the horrible AIDS and deadly trial drugs used on orphans that killed enough of them to get a monument to them in NY State.

This guy has been causing people and animals to suffer for decades. A true psychopath.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)
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Most lefties and commies wouldn't care even if they did know. The "wrong" kind of people were killed in those AIDS tests. Mostly low-class orphans and nobodies that were easily expendable in the quest to find a way for homosexuals to continue their insanely risky sex conduct.

Kinda like the old Tuskegee experiments. Sure, modern race pimps have tried to turn them into a white supremacy issue, but the reality is the experiments were conducted by blacks. Nobody cared about a bunch of dirt-poor black sharecroppers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

127 Even if Jupiter us harmless I’m keeping an eye on that sneaky little bastard Europa.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

128 Same with text messages. My policy is say it forget it, write it regret it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM


"Never write when you can speak. Never speak when you can nod. Never nod when you can wink."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 03:31 PM (bFu5X)

129 A million sand fleas + Fauci, make it so.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Stake him to a beach in Costa Rica.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)

130 Shocking, shocking, I tell you...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 03:35 PM (XeU6L)

131 129 A million sand fleas + Fauci, make it so.
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

Stake him to a beach in Costa Rica.
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)



I think North Sentinel Island would work better.
The natives there would kill him before the sun set.

With any luck, they’d tie him to a spit, light him up, and have a Fauci-Q.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)

132 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 03:31 PM (bFu5X)

Or as a friend of mine who I no longer associate with used to say "Don't say shit about shit to anyone ever"

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 03:38 PM (eZQ1g)

133 I still think the timing of the 2020 ammo shortage is mighty suspicious.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 03:39 PM (Q+gd/)

134
"Never write when you can speak. Never speak when you can nod. Never nod when you can wink."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 03:31 PM (bFu5X)

I like that one.

When my friends get in fights with their other friend I don't know well and they screenshot the text exchange to get my opinion, that's all it took for me to realize the say it forget it and write it regret it line.
The ladies love sharing screenshots.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 03:39 PM (i9SW2)

135
"I knew nothing of these experiments" --

From 'Stuff that Josef Mengele Said at the Nuremberg Trials"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 03:39 PM (XeU6L)

136 nood

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 03:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

137 Speaking of ponies that shit gold, I've been hearing about container-portable micro reactors since I was a kid. We're almost there.

A company called Radiant has shipped their prototype 1MW helium-cooled, TRISO-fueled micro reactor from California to INL/Battelle (on a semi!) as a PoC... its review process at INL has been fast-tracked and is expected to be approved with 8-10mos.

They have selected the old K-25 site in Oak Ridge as the production facility, due to its proximity to X-Energy's TRISO-X fuel production plant, and plan to build one reactor per week there, once they have commercial approval.

The first 15 have been pre-ordered by the Army for Ft. Benning.

Alongside the salt-cooled modular reactors being developed there by Kairos, the face of energy is about to change. It really is just over the horizon, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 03:41 PM (BI5O2)

138 Never nod when you can wink."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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One is as good as the other.

Posted by: A Blind Horse at August 31, 2026 03:41 PM (XeU6L)

139 If you tried to present someone this over-the-top in fiction, people would call it unbelievable!

One of the toughest parts of writing or doing other art is that real life contains stuff nobody would believe if you presented it to them as your creation. "Nobody has eyes that look like that, you suck as an artist!" (show a picture of Jack Elam).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 03:44 PM (K32Fz)

140 I posted up thread that Fauci's accomplices in the CIA are his real threat. They will not stand by if he begins to talk about his relationship with the Agency, specifically who he conned or worked with. Putting pressure on Fauci, or the CIA to come clean about their relationship is likely not going to end well for the doctor.

If Rand Paul has any info on the CIA's involvement, he needs to release it. That would make Fauci's position a bit more tenuous.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (2Cry5)

141 If Rand Paul has any info on the CIA's involvement, he needs to release it.

He'll get to it after Massie reads his list of names

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 03:45 PM (K32Fz)

142 3 dos

cp/m lives!

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 03:49 PM (sGtp+)

143
Speaking of Iran, it sounds like at least one of our shitstain flag officers leaked non-concurring strategy opinions overruled by Hegseth to their shitstain media pals who publish this as if it's something shocking.

Tipping off our enemies about our general staff briefings, to get a measly news item for Democrats to use for campaign season... that's the Pentagon we know and love!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 03:22 PM (BI5O2)


One of the really bad legacies in US military history is how often flag officers engage in gross insubordination against their superiors and especially against the civilian authority. Starting right at the beginning with Gates and the Conway Cabal, McClellan and Ripley in the Civil War (Ripley was the shit head who disobeyed Lincoln's order to buy Spencer Rifles), McArthur during WWII and Korea, etc.

Even McCrystal criticizing Chocolate Fonzie during the GWOT. If he felt that strongly about Obama being a shit head, he should have resigned his commission first, rather than commit clear violations of UCMJ.

Put a few generals up against the wall and the problem solves itself. To quote Stalin "No man, no problem."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 31, 2026 03:52 PM (y9nCu)

144 Fauci was always praised by Trump
Trump was in charge not Fauci

Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2026 05:49 PM (gNnNz)

Grifter Narcissist Milo Yiannopolis Deported by Homeland Security for Illegally Overstaying His Visa

He's to be deported. Good.

Not only is he a self-promoting grifter who tried to set Trump up by inviting the Nazi Nick Fuentes to a dinner with Trump, he's also a loud and proud degenerate.

And frankly, this is good counterpoint for when the left claims Trump is only deporting Black and Brown Folx.


Homeland Security
@DHSgov

On August 27, ICE arrested Milo Yiannopoulos, an illegal alien from the United Kingdom, at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) in Kenner, Louisiana. Yiannopoulos legally entered the country on May 14, 2019, through New York City, New York. He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation's laws.

Yiannopoulos was issued a final order of removal by an Immigration Judge on July 22, after failing to show up for his immigration hearing. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App. The United States is offering illegal aliens $3,000 and a free flight to self-deport now. We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return.

Yiannopolis is a loud, fake grifter advocate of deporting illegals. He champions whatever people will pay him money to champion.

Currently he's working to advance the "political" interests of mentally-ill moron Kanye West.

Good riddance.

International Airport in Louisiana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"DHS reversed the horrendous Biden-era policy that allowed aliens in our country illegally to jet around our country. Under President Trump, DHS will no longer tolerate this," the DHS spokesperson said in a statement. "This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport."

Reports indicated that Yiannopoulos was in New Orleans ahead of a concert by the formerly known as Kanye West. Yiannopoulos has done work for the political and corporate ambitions of West, who's now known as Ye.

...

He has also been a supporter of ICE's immigration enforcement efforts in the past.

"California needs ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, gas stations, strip malls, intersections and government buildings, with on the spot deportation for anyone who can't prove they are in the US legally," he posted on social media in June 2025.

He has now been deported back to the UK.

British right-wing political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the United States after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of Breitbart News and one time political aide to rapper Kanye West, was deported on Friday, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Yiannopoulos, "an illegal alien from the United Kingdom" had been sent "back to his home country", a DHS spokesperson said in a statement given to the BBC.

A Biden judge just ruled that the US cannot deport foreigners who advocate for Islamism. Which in turn justifies terrorism and murder against Americans.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh


🚨 UPDATE: ONE BIDEN JUDGE just stepped in and ruled AGAINST Sec. Marco Rubio having noncitizen students deported if they advocate for Islamism and other anti-American ideology

Judge Noël Wise just said those students have to stay here under the 1st Amendment.

I can't find any sources to confirm the below reports, but people are sharing video of what is claimed to be Muslim men moving guns into a mosque in Tallaght, Ireland.

The fact that Treason Media hasn't rushed to "debunk" this suggests to me they can't debunk it.

This is going to be a slow day for me. I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago. Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury. And I wind up getting little sleep because I keep waking up.

So expect posts to be brief and sporadic. Please amuse yourselves and provide content in the comments more than usual.

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1 !

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (UjdFS)

2 Judges.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

3 If he had self-deported using one simple app, he would have gotten $3,000 and a chance to re-enter the country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM (2GVsD)

4 FIRST CONTENT IS THE BESTEST CONTENT

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

5 Whatever will we do without Milo?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:25 PM (Gqar8)

6 Slap a hot iron to it.

Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1)

7 Ace, stop flapping!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:25 PM (Gqar8)

8 Please amuse yourselves and provide content in the comments more than usual.
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This will end in fire

Posted by: Some Technomancer at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (vSvIl)

9 Milo used to have clever and useful things to say but that's been years now and over time he's gotten increasingly bizarre and irrational. I don't know if its the AZT or recreational drugs or he's always been crazy but he's broken.

And I never have ever liked a super flamboyant homosexual being the voice of conservatism even when he did it well. Part of conservatism is SOCIAL and without that part, the other always inevitably corrupts and fails.

For a while at least he claimed he was no longer a homo, now I have no idea what he is saying.

All I know is that his Visa expired and he has to go.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (K32Fz)

10 FUCK THE FUCKING FAGGOT POP AP ADS
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (r4LUb)

11 The Dublin mosque is asking for a workplace accident.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (2GVsD)

12 I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago.

I'm sorry but this is just sad. Do you even lift, bro?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (wfgYt)

13 I am alone with a murder of crows.

Crows. I always thing of the (now banned?) scene in "Dumbo"

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (sFNX2)

14 Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury.
----
Now I'm picturing an Ewok running around his back porch at night, flapping his arms and going, "CAW! CAW!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (FZ29D)

15 Which is harder smuggle-in, 1,000 military-age males or one shipping container filled with rifles and ammunition?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (8cylk)

16 If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return.
=
Presumably this applies to Milo as an object lesson, yes?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (vSvIl)

17 10 FUCK THE FUCKING FAGGOT POP AP ADS
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (r4LUb)

You seem upset.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (Gqar8)

18 BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations

Just do it anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (hUS/0)

19 I completely adore the way they used the announcement to remind everyone that they can get paid to self-deport so they don't have to be taken into custody.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (lFFaq)

20 I just took a dump on that judges Mercedes.

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (vbdXu)

21 I get that from time to time Ace - I used various pillows to set the arm in position and keep from rolling over, especially when I had a broken arm some years back.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (uhVAy)

22 And no, the 1st amendment does not protect people from deportation if there is cause. If you are not a citizen, you are a guest. The executive department does not need special permission to exile you.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (K32Fz)

23 Nevermind his visa he overstayed the alphabet.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (eZQ1g)

24 If he had self-deported using one simple app, he would have gotten $3,000 and a chance to re-enter the country.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM



Yeah, the lifetime ban is much worse than the deportation. No more vacations in Miami for Milo.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (wfgYt)

25 Was that a First, for Noel?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (Gqar8)

26 Noel Wise needs to have a government paid vacation to Gaza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (2GVsD)

27 That "woman" judge looks like a trans Ron Howard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (1z8ji)

28 Milo used to have clever and useful things to say but that's been years now...

IIRC, he was the only gay person willing to admit that underage grooming was real.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 01:28 PM (vTZFs)

29 I am so old I remember when we were given permission to approve of Milo for saying the right things, before we were given permission to agree with the Left that he was the sort of people who should be cancelled for not saying only the right things.

But here we are, and now we get to beat on Milo in concert with the Progressive Left. Yay, us.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (rbvCR)

30 BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations

Just do it anyway.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (hUS/0)

Use that as a counter to deport all the other ones. By restricting it just to the terrorists, she's sanctioning everyone else being deported.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (uhVAy)

31 I'm sorry but this is just sad. Do you even lift, bro?

You must be young, heh

Nick DiPaolo has a bit where he talks about how he threw out his back flipping off his wife. As we age, things just stop working well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (K32Fz)

32 These fucking assclown in robe "judges" must be reined in. They have done profound damage to this nation over and over, and over, for decades now. Considerable blame is due to Congress, who first confirmed said assclowns in the first place, and then predictably refuse to impeach and convict, and instead act like spectators to the whole sordid affair.

It's all fake and gay at this point.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (n1B4F)

33 It's surprising how far this clown has fallen. Not long ago, he was a very well-known and influential political figure. I never trusted the guy -- I don't trust any of these guys -- but a lot of people on our side liked a lot of what he said.

Now he's ... some rando getting deported.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

34 Was Ace flapping his arms to impress the crows?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (2ocoG)

35 IIRC, he was the only gay person willing to admit that underage grooming was real.

At least seriously. George "oh my" Takei admitted it but he framed it as a joke.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (K32Fz)

36 >>This is going to be a slow day for me. I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago. Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury.


Are you sure it isn't from you giving Reach-a-Rounds on Fire Island all weekend?

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (Shi2G)

37 Have CBP check passports coming AND going to catch visa overstays. This is why they check your passport when you are leaving the Schengen Zone, Australia, Japan, the ROK, etc.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (WB/3O)

38 FUCK THE FUCKING FAGGOT POP AP ADS
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Sounds like somebody needs a festive little hat.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

39 Ouch. The pic just loaded up. I wouldn't trust that thing just lookin' at her. Jeeze Louise.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (n1B4F)

40 Advertising Nude Milo in the last thread and then having nothing of the sort is false advertising. You'll hear from my big gay lawyer

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (j/Ml9)

41 The moment Trump ever openly defies a court order they will jump on him for contempt. It will fill the Enemedia with ammo against him for months, or more.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (Gqar8)

42 BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations

Just do it anyway.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 01:27 PM (hUS/0)

And send her with them.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (vSvIl)

43 These fucking assclown in robe "judges" must be reined in. They have done profound damage to this nation over and over, and over, for decades now.

For all the wisdom beyond their age that the founding fathers showed in concern over abuse of power, government being a consuming fire, and so on... they seriously blew it on judges. Not enough checks and balances, not enough controls.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (K32Fz)

44 The Dublin mosque is asking for a workplace accident.

I was sort of hoping it would turn into one of Brandon Herrera's Darwin Award videos.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (vTZFs)

45 Sounds like somebody needs a festive little hat.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

I hear synagogues stockpile those.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (88C+u)

46 threw out his back flipping off his wife
_-_
That's the way it happens - do heavy work all weekend (or all week if your collar is blue), then pick up a pencil off of the floor the next day and BAM! your back is messed-up good.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (8cylk)

47 Ace - body pillows to help with positional stability ?

hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (3ZUWJ)

48 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (ccf/V)

49 10 FUCK THE FUCKING FAGGOT POP AP ADS
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (r4LUb)

FUCK YOU YOU FUCKIN FUCK

Posted by: Random t-shirt at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (WB/3O)

50 This guy was immediately deported. Immediately. What, no NGO-funded leftwing lawyer showed up to take his case, like they do for every other scab and criminal scumbag facing deportation?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

51 ONE BIDEN JUDGE just stepped in and ruled AGAINST Sec. Marco Rubio having noncitizen students deported if they advocate for Islamism and other anti-American ideology

Congrats on making the State Department revoke visas for all foreign students regardless of religion.

You sure showed Rubio who's boss. *sarcastic slow clap*

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (vJrRc)

52 is this the case those idiots at FIRE were crowing about? (on previous topic!)

so free speech! and yet so quiet when actual people on the Right have their speech pulverized

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (j+aD2)

53 provide content in the comments more than usual.

That’s a big ask there, Ace.

Posted by: RI Red at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (rYvai)

54 Grifter Narcissist Milo Yiannopolis Deported by Homeland Security for Illegally Overstaying His Visa


Frilly homos do frilly homo things, get noticed......sometimes you don't want to be noticed.

Silly fag......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (ccf/V)

55 Off sock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (j/Ml9)

56 I thought Milo said he had found religion and was giving up teh ghey.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

57
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'

~ Steven Wright

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

58 Flapping your arms?
Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Bosk at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (VMFAF)

59 50 This guy was immediately deported. Immediately. What, no NGO-funded leftwing lawyer showed up to take his case, like they do for every other scab and criminal scumbag facing deportation?


I mean ... I laughed, I admit it

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (j+aD2)

60 That's the way it happens - do heavy work all weekend (or all week if your collar is blue), then pick up a pencil off of the floor the next day and BAM! your back is messed-up good.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:31 PM (8cylk)

Pounded into my head since I was 20 working in manual labor.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (WB/3O)

61 Honestly... I'm getting more than a bit fed up with the judiciary in this country. I dislike the "hands off" approach the administration is using. Letting things sort themselves out though endless litigation isn't winning in my opinion.

The judiciary is clearly a tool of the left. They're squarely aligned with the left's agenda, so we constantly get shit like this. It'll be weeks or months before it's sorted out.

It shouldn't be like that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (2Cry5)

62 That picture of Neol Wise, Chat Music would be singing about her eating a banana sideways.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (2GVsD)

63 back flipping off his wife.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I think I can identify the problem!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 01:33 PM (NnhvP)

64 These fucking assclown in robe "judges" must be reined in. They have done profound damage to this nation over and over, and over, for decades now. Considerable blame is due to Congress, who first confirmed said assclowns in the first place, and then predictably refuse to impeach and convict, and instead act like spectators to the whole sordid affair.

It's all fake and gay at this point.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (n1B4F)
----
To add insult to injury, how many of these judges are naturalized citizens, born elsewhere?

They never grew up in America. They never fully integrated American values. Nor do they fully appreciate our legal system.

Yet they keep getting placed into positions where they are able to subvert the intent of our laws to suit their own whims, rather than implement the law as written.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 01:33 PM (FZ29D)

65 I was sort of hoping it would turn into one of Brandon Herrera's Darwin Award videos.

Its almost inevitable, isn't it? His last set had some truly gruesome mortar incidents. Launching, not hitting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

66 One of these days we're simply going to have to contravene these judges, if we want to save our country. I suggest making a very public issue out of it in explaining the reasons to the American people.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (b4LBp)

67 Judge Wise would look fetching in a burkha

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (j/Ml9)

68 What, no NGO-funded leftwing lawyer showed up to take his case, like they do for every other scab and criminal scumbag facing deportation?

He said the quiet part out loud, that gays reproduce by molestation. The left REALLY can’t allow that to get out.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

69 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (amcLV)

70 'Judge' Noël Wise … ? Really … ? ONE effing ADMINISTRATIVE judge? When are the 'pubs gonna learn to crack down on these assholes who think they have power/authority to make NATIONWIDE pronouncements when their charter is NOT nationwide … ? Can we not put their collective asses in jail for treason and/or subversion of our Constitution? If yes, why haven't we? If no, why not?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (ayRl+)

71 Well I guess those Irish will just have to go to those mosques with their own guns... oh, wait nevermind.

Not that they would if they could. They're all gay for Islam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)

72 Yiannopolis is a loud, fake grifter advocate of deporting illegals. He champions whatever people will pay him money to champion.


You just described a vast majority in the blogosphere, twatterverse (Xcrementverse?), TicTokverse, Instagramverse.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (ccf/V)

73 I thought Milo said he had found religion and was giving up teh ghey.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

Meh. He's a grifter. Said the right things for a while, and took in some folks here.

Maybe the musloids who run Britain now will throw him off a roof.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (1z8ji)

74 That picture of Neol Wise, Chat Music would be singing about her eating a banana sideways.

Yeah she doesn't look hideous to me, on the outside. I mean it will eventually show but for now she's okay. Foolish and wicked, but not ugly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (K32Fz)

75 The left and some of the channels were somehow cheering this like our political world was somehow going to collapse. I'm pretty sure I saw this on both CNN (670,000 viewers) and MS Now (1.7 million viewers.)

But they also believe you can play Mr. Potato Head with your privates, so research and reality aren't their strong suits.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (Sco7b)

76
"BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations"

they are deported for breaking the conditions of their Visa application and stay..I hope Rubio shows the way and IGNORES this judicial criminality

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (g47mK)

77 like Steven Seagal running

He runs? I thought he more like waddled around these days...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (l3cgK)

78 back flipping off his wife.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I think I can identify the problem!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 01:33 PM (NnhvP)
---------
Failed to nail the dismount?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (amcLV)

79 IIRC, he was the only gay person willing to admit that underage grooming was real.
Posted by: Oddbob


Which was then spun - by the QUERTY crowd! - as him advocating for it. As if they weren't advocating for it themselves when the accusation couldn't be used to hurt someone at least nominally on the right.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (vJrRc)

80 what is she gonna do, arrest Rubio ? HAHAHAHAH!!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK)

81 Ace, this is most appropriate about Milo, from Ben Shapiro:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxk44hd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (ebJJx)

82 While you were sleeping the Left turned executives into kings, legislators into pawns, and judges into lawmakers.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (eZQ1g)

83 These fucking assclown in robe "judges" must be reined in. They have done profound damage to this nation over and over, and over, for decades now.

------

Centuries.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (BI5O2)

84 18 BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations

Just do it anyway.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


My thoughts exactly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (W2Pud)

85 77 like Steven Seagal running

He runs? I thought he more like waddled around these days...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (l3cgK)

Steven Sea Gal has the body of a god...Buddha...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

86 I was sort of hoping it would turn into one of Brandon Herrera's Darwin Award videos.

Its almost inevitable, isn't it? His last set had some truly gruesome mortar incidents. Launching, not hitting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:33 PM (K32Fz)

I knew of a war game designer who burned his thumbs partly off slipping when firing a mortar and putting them in the blast zone. Had a good career, bought one of his Civil War games at the Gettysburg 125 reenactment.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (uhVAy)

87 He said the quiet part out loud, that gays reproduce by molestation. The left REALLY can’t allow that to get out.

This bears repeating. Homosexuals REALLY like young boys, they like to use terms like "twink" and "femboi" but what they mean is "barely through puberty if that." Its not universal but its extremely common. Lesbians less so from what I have seen, but still a real thing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:37 PM (K32Fz)

88 This is going to be a slow day for me. I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago. Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury. And I wind up getting little sleep because I keep waking up.

So expect posts to be brief and sporadic. Please amuse yourselves and provide content in the comments more than usual.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:22 PM




I really do pray for the trainwreck of a human being you appear to be, Ace. I really do.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

89 I am so old I remember when we were given permission to approve of Milo for saying the right things, before we were given permission to agree with the Left that he was the sort of people who should be cancelled for not saying only the right things.

But here we are, and now we get to beat on Milo in concert with the Progressive Left. Yay, us.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:29 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe don't pay attention to the people who ostensibly act as if it is their role to grant you permission to speak?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 01:37 PM (qIGFJ)

90 A few years ago, then-Alameda County Superior Court judge Noel Wise gave me an epic order sustaining my demurrer to the 30+ bullshit affirmative defenses in an answer to a complaint I had filed. So I'm 1-0 in her court.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (Fv808)

91 I kind of enjoyed Milo, he was a sort of conservative version of owning the leftist squares.

He was among the first to be cancelled-cancelled, and seems to have lost touch with reality.

Sad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (pIwiO)

92 Is Segal still married to Kelly LeBrock? Talk about a smokeshow back in the day...

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

93 If the sex crazed hippies like Gaza so much why don't they go there? Yeah, go be free in Gaza.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (wxsGM)

94 yeah ace how do you do that sleeping?!?!

diet stuff is fine but you need muscle and core work!!!!

and don't do GLPs they remove what little muscle tone you have!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (j+aD2)

95 Ace, this is most appropriate about Milo, from Ben Shapiro:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxk44hd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 01:36 PM (ebJJx)



Saw you post this earlier. It would be funny and poignant were I to give a flying f*ck about either one of those 2 bloviating sacks of protoplasm.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)

96 Note well, note very well:

The outfit suing Trump to give terrorist the right to come here and advocate for terrorism is Insty favorite FIRE.
They believe it's free speech--and anyone who steps toe on US soil should have full Constitutional rights.
Even (especially) those who explicitly advocate for the overthrow and destruction of America.

I've already put them on my shitlist due to being behind the suits against Trump's tariffs.

FIRE was all supposed to be the "conservative" alternative to the ACLU--turns out, they're just like the ACLU.

Fuck FIRE.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

97 They sure fast tracked the Milo punt I think we all can agree on. Must have pissed off the wrong person.A lot.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:39 PM (Gqar8)

98 Ace, don't ever get rotator cuff surgery unless it's an absolute last resort. Very high failure rate.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)

99 Deport the fucking judge!


I've really, really - fucking really - had enough.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (i2VYc)

100
Judge No�l Wise just said those students have to stay here under the 1st Amendment.

UNBELIEVABLE!�




If we were leftist retards, this judge would be doxxed, hounded, pestered, granted no peace anywhere whatsoever for this type of dipshittery.

But that's not who we are........


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

101 I really do pray for the trainwreck of a human being you appear to be, Ace. I really do.....

We men really do honestly need a woman around to help us be better and take care of us. Without it we are too self-destructive and stop caring. And not just a piece to have around once in a while, a wife.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (K32Fz)

102 Would love to see laws that 1) was able to remove judicial activists much easier and 2) removed people’s citizenship if they subscribed to an ideology that specifically subverts the Constitution as the law of the land.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (sIwi8)

103 INA, et al clearly allows removal based on incitement or support for terrorism ( see 212(a)(3)(B). Also Brandenburg v. Ohio.

This judge is about as smart a one of my turds. This will be immediately reversed upon getting to a sane court.

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:41 PM (vbdXu)

104 Did anybody bring popcorn … ? The cartoon's almost over and the movie's about to start … Bueller? … Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:41 PM (ayRl+)

105 They sure fast tracked the Milo punt I think we all can agree on. Must have pissed off the wrong person.A lot.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:39 PM (Gqar

One of the still functioning female GOP reps who grabs headlines, from what I heard. But she's in the right here.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

106 Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury.

That can only be referring to the Oscar winning classic Seagal movie, "Hard to Kill".

Nothing but the finest.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (iIyc0)

107 It would be funny and poignant were I to give a flying f*ck about either one of those 2 bloviating sacks of protoplasm.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)

This. At least BS's sister has big knockers we can talk about. Not a whole lot redeeming about MY, except that he is a loud mouth from a leftist protected group who sometimes says sane things.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (qIGFJ)

108 I thought Milo had stopped having sex with men. Did he relapse?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (xcxpd)

109 Fat chugger and pudgy GOPe lover Erick Erickson was on X claiming the whole of the right was suddenly reversing themselves deportations, saying "not that person, not that skin color" don't deport him.

Of course, he neither quoted nor cited a single person on the right saying that.

He's such a nasty, passive aggressive little bitch.

He should spend more time sucking off David French while they finger each other over how great Christians they are.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (3cUTc)

110 I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago. Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury. And I wind up getting little sleep because I keep waking up.
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They need to tighten the straps.

Posted by: Zombie Lavrentii Beria at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (RIvkX)

111 IIRC, he was the only gay person willing to admit that underage grooming was real.
Posted by: Oddbob

Unless they put it to music.

Posted by: Smalltown Boy at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (88C+u)

112 I've got a bad rotator cuff strain from sleeping wrong a week ago. Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury. And I wind up getting little sleep because I keep waking up.
=====

Prayer for a complete and speedy healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (RIvkX)

113 This judge is about as smart a one of my turds. This will be immediately reversed upon getting to a sane court.

The judge who blocked the Post Office rules again? This time she didn't even bother citing any legal precedent or justification, she just didn't like it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (K32Fz)

114 This bears repeating. Homosexuals REALLY like young boys, they like to use terms like "twink" and "femboi" but what they mean is "barely through puberty if that." Its not universal but its extremely common. Lesbians less so from what I have seen, but still a real thing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:37 PM (K32Fz)



And this is precisely why I am vehemently opposed to homosexuals adopting kids. Especially male homosexuals. The lesbians probably don't do the sexual abuse but they will still fuck the kid up mentally. In my not so humble opinion.


Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (i2VYc)

115 WHO will rid the US of these turbulent judges? It's such complete Bull SHIT.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (b5MGU)

116 He overstayed. Deport him.

That said, he and McInnes were offered up on a silver platter by the Right to the Leftist cancel mob, and just as I warned at the time, it immediately gave them carte blanche to cancel anyone to the right of Hasan Piker, and boy did they ever use it.

Don't lose sight of that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (BI5O2)

117 Of course, he neither quoted nor cited a single person on the right saying that.

yeah I called him on that but since I am nobody and mean nothing he ignored me, as well he should. But I thought it was particularly egregious.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (K32Fz)

118 @ 98 Ace, don't ever get rotator cuff surgery unless it's an absolute last resort. Very high failure rate. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)
_________________________________

I'm down with that advice. Every one of my friends who's had rotator cuff surgery seemed to recover quickly from it, but afterwards they never held their arms the way they did before they had the surgery. Don't know what caused that, but it was a commonality for all of 'em …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (ayRl+)

119 Fat chugger and pudgy GOPe lover Erick Erickson was on X claiming the whole of the right was suddenly reversing themselves deportations, saying "not that person, not that skin color" don't deport him.

Of course, he neither quoted nor cited a single person on the right saying that.

He's such a nasty, passive aggressive little bitch.

He should spend more time sucking off David French while they finger each other over how great Christians they are.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (3cUTc)

Well said

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (xcxpd)

120 That said, he and McInnes were offered up on a silver platter by the Right to the Leftist cancel mob, and just as I warned at the time, it immediately gave them carte blanche to cancel anyone to the right of Hasan Piker, and boy did they ever use it.

Don't lose sight of that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (BI5O2)

They are coming close to cancelling Hasan Piker himself.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (uhVAy)

121 I remember I used to sleep however I wanted (and I sleep in strange contortions). No longer.

First it was the left shoulder. Now it's the hip.

Not even a weekend warrior, and I've got injuries from sleeping.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (w6EFb)

122 Not sure which annoys me more....women who insist on the hyphenated surname, or women who use an umlaut.

Tough call.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)

123 I thought this homo was kind of maverick-y, rightwing curious at one point

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 01:45 PM (ZxPkt)

124 I can hear Space Ice doing commentary on Ace's sleeping patterns now.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 31, 2026 01:45 PM (CYBB0)

125 >>Lesbians less so from what I have seen, but still a real thing.


That doesn't explain the Gym Teaching and Softball Coaching.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:45 PM (Shi2G)

126
Fuck FIRE.
Posted by: People's Hippo
Now that's hot!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 31, 2026 01:46 PM (NnhvP)

127 Not sure which annoys me more....women who insist on the hyphenated surname, or women who use an umlaut.

Tough call.
Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)

Boy a hyphenated german woman must be a real problem.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:46 PM (uhVAy)

128 Blah blah blah, safety, blah blah, we know better than you, blah blah,

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2026 01:46 PM (wxsGM)

129 @ 98 Ace, don't ever get rotator cuff surgery unless it's an absolute last resort. Very high failure rate. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)


I've had the same experience with back surgeries. I've had 3 now and am far worse off as a result. I seriously regret getting them.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:46 PM (i2VYc)

130 See, ace, you just need one of those big tiddied Goth girls, who will tie you up at night so you can't flop around.

Try to get one that will untie you in the morning, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:47 PM (rbvCR)

131 I thought Milo had stopped having sex with men. Did he relapse?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (xcxpd)



I'd heard he wasn't running around sucking BBC and bragging about it to anyone happening to listen to his words, but don't know if he denounced the whole blasphemous lifestyle and repented........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)

132 Hello Horde!

Posted by: CA Token at August 31, 2026 01:47 PM (3X4Mc)

133 Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running

*fistbump*

Posted by: Harrison Ford Running at August 31, 2026 01:47 PM (GR1ap)

134 Is Segal still married to Kelly LeBrock? Talk about a smokeshow back in the day...
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)


They divorced back in 1996 and both have since remarried.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (iIyc0)

135 @ 122 Not sure which annoys me more....women who insist on the hyphenated surname, or women who use an umlaut. Tough call. Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)
_______________________________

What about the ones who use strap-ons … ? Just askin' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (ayRl+)

136 BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge Noel Wise just ruled that the Trump admin CANNOT deport foreigners who express support for terrorist organizations

Sounds like Aid and Comfort being provided to those providing Aid and Comfort.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (DbObV)

137 135 @ 122 Not sure which annoys me more....women who insist on the hyphenated surname, or women who use an umlaut. Tough call. Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)
_______________________________

What about the ones who use strap-ons … ? Just askin' …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (ayRl+)

On girls? Hot.
On guys? Not.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (xcxpd)

138 Cant debunk the terrorist wog video with the Linda Trip time and date stamp. Erin go brah!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (wxsGM)

139 >>I've had the same experience with back surgeries. I've had 3 now and am far worse off as a result. I seriously regret getting them.


Sounds like you got Fusion and/or hardware installed?

I had them do the old school discectomy and have never been better. Took me a long time to find the right surgeon, though. Everyone wanted to do the Robot-Assisted Fusion Bullshit.


Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (Shi2G)

140 Oh yeah? Every night I flap my arms around like a hummingbird at one of my feeders.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (i2VYc)

141 Not sure which annoys me more....women who insist on the hyphenated surname, or women who use an umlaut.

"He, ze hell vit you too!"
--Hilde Müller-Schröder

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (K32Fz)

142 I've had the same experience with back surgeries. I've had 3 now and am far worse off as a result. I seriously regret getting them.
Posted by: Chairborne!
___________

It too has a high failure rate. There's even something called "failed back syndrome."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (XvL8K)

143 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (qIGFJ)

Wait. Have we confirmed that the sister is related and the mommy milkers are real? For science.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (eZQ1g)

144 Point of order: in this case, that's a diaraesis, not an umlaut.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (BI5O2)

145 131 I thought Milo had stopped having sex with men. Did he relapse?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM (xcxpd)


I'd heard he wasn't running around sucking BBC and bragging about it to anyone happening to listen to his words, but don't know if he denounced the whole blasphemous lifestyle and repented........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)

ah, ok. Thanks Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (xcxpd)

146 WHO will rid the US of these turbulent judges? It's such complete Bull SHIT.
Posted by: Pamazon at August 31, 2026 01:43 PM (b5MGU)



Constitution says the impeachment process can only be used against Trump and any of his supporters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (ccf/V)

147 Sounds like you got Fusion and/or hardware installed?

I had them do the old school discectomy and have never been better. Took me a long time to find the right surgeon, though. Everyone wanted to do the Robot-Assisted Fusion Bullshit.


Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (Shi2G)



Fusion and hardware both. I have more titanium in my back than an F-15.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (i2VYc)

148 Milo used to have clever and useful things to say but that's been years now and over time he's gotten increasingly bizarre and irrational. I don't know if its the AZT or recreational drugs or he's always been crazy but he's broken.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM
————
Excessive splooge intake fogs the brain.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (m/MJs)

149 No such thing as a Biden Judge.

Posted by: Judas Roberts at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (eZQ1g)

150 Point of order: in this case, that's a diaraesis, not an umlaut.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (BI5O2)

There's a reason English has spent 1000 years throwing that crap out of the language.

Aint nobody got time for that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

151 > Every night I flap my arms around like Steven Seagal running and re-aggravate the injury.

Somebody swaddle the ewok, please.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)

152 >>What about the ones who use strap-ons … ? Just askin' …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (ayRl+)

>>On girls? Hot.


I have to disagree, here. It's comical to watch a woman try and fuck another woman with one of those things.
The physics just don't work out for them.


Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (Shi2G)

153 Cows with guns >>> Muslims with guns

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X)

154
They divorced back in 1996 and both have since remarried.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (iIyc0)



It was often rumored that he would lock her in closets and was pretty mean and abusive to her.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (ccf/V)

155 I had them do the old school discectomy and have never been better. Took me a long time to find the right surgeon, though. Everyone wanted to do the Robot-Assisted Fusion Bullshit.


Posted by: garrett
________

Did you go with a neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (XvL8K)

156 The problem is that too many congressmen are lawyers who never want to upset a judge, and lazy fools who rely on judges to implement what they are afraid and too worthless to pass into law. So they don't want to do any impeachment on judges unless really forced to. And my quick look at what federal judges have actually been impeached all seem to be money-related crimes, like the only thing a judge can do wrong is take a bribe.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (K32Fz)

157 Milo used to have clever and useful things to say but that's been years now and over time he's gotten increasingly bizarre and irrational.
____________

The ghey Ann Coulter.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (AOKQ/)

158
They divorced back in 1996 and both have since remarried.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 31, 2026 01:48 PM (iIyc0)

She lives near me and we used to go to the same hair person.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (i9SW2)

159 Cows with guns >>> Muslims with guns
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X)



That has the makings of one hell of an 'Eat Mor Chikin' commercial.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ccf/V)

160 It was often rumored that he would lock her in closets and was pretty mean and abusive to her.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (ccf/V)

His closets have locks?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (uhVAy)

161 heh. I'm working on my personal projects and 'Sodom and Gomorrah' just popped up. Perfect timing.

Sucks to be in a cesspool where you can't find 10 righteous men.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (Sco7b)

162 >>Fusion and hardware both. I have more titanium in my back than an F-15.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (i2VYc)


Man, sorry to hear that.

First surgeon I went to was all in on that procedure. He told me I would never be able to Mt Bike or Backpack again.

I had the old school surgery and have been back on my bike and in the woods since about 8 months after the procedure.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (Shi2G)

163 It's comical to watch a woman try and fuck another woman with one of those things.
The physics just don't work out for them.
Posted by: garret

And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

164 Point of order: in this case, that's a diaraesis, not an umlaut.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:49 PM (BI5O2)

If you eat an umlaut, and get diaraesis as a result, kaopectate can help.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (1z8ji)

165 Milo's one of those people who's relevance has diminished. Bigly. I would imagine people like this really have a difficult time adjusting to being a fairly insignificant nobody after years of popularity. I see this with politicians too. It's not all ego either. I think there's a mental defect somewhere that's in play too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (2Cry5)

166 >I have to disagree, here. It's comical to watch a woman try and fuck another woman with one of those things.
-----

so
you've seen this, then

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)

167 Milo used to have clever and useful things to say but that's been years now and over time he's gotten increasingly bizarre and irrational.
____________

The ghey Ann Coulter.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (AOKQ/)

Similar trajectory and timing too. Not unhappy she's off my radar too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)

168 Excessive splooge intake fogs the brain.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 31, 2026 01:50 PM (m/MJs)



Man should not swallow man juice. It effects the brain negatively. Same with women. Avoid woman juice intake, ladies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

169 >>Did you go with a neurosurgeon or orthopedic surgeon?


Orthopedic Surgeon.

Guy was a gem. Like talking to a mechanic, rather than a doctor.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (Shi2G)

170 The problem is that too many congressmen are lawyers. Period. Full Stop.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (i2VYc)

171
Oh, provide content in the comments more than usual? We've heard about the latest Medicaid fraud in Maine, right?

Unlike Minnesota, it's not autism care except there is no autism (i.e., no patients) -- Maine's fraudsters, mostly Iraqis, Somalians, Central Africans and Rwandans, have autism care except there's no care. The patients are being horrifically neglected. They were somehow the most profitable home health care centers in the US.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (mmrXZ)

172 The ghey Ann Coulter.

Somewhat related; I have long considered her at least a hermaphrodite

She lives near me and we used to go to the same hair person.

either she's had really good work done or has aged gracefully.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (K32Fz)

173 163 It's comical to watch a woman try and fuck another woman with one of those things.
The physics just don't work out for them.
Posted by: garret

And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

Textbook Begging the Question.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (Gqar8)

174 @ 159 Cows with guns >>> Muslims with guns
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X) That has the makings of one hell of an 'Eat Mor Chikin' commercial ....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ccf/V)

_____________________________

That is SUCH a great mind-picture … !

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (ayRl+)

175 And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (77rzZ)



97.35% of porn movies made since 1984, I'd imagine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (ccf/V)

176 Maybe don't pay attention to the people who ostensibly act as if it is their role to grant you permission to speak?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 01:37 PM (qIGFJ)


I don't but it is the ones who actively hate on me for not bending the knee that are the problem.
That sort is a liability since they don't need a reason to hate, they just need permission and a target. One day it is Milo because reasons. The next day they run off to hate on Left-handed Coptic Armenians or whatever, for reasons.

Being vocal about not bending the knee makes me the thing next to a troll. So yay. The abuse also makes me choose what I say carefully which I think is the purpose for ginning up the lynch mobs in the first place

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

177 The problem is that too many congressmen are lawyers who never want to upset a judge, and lazy fools who rely on judges to implement what they are afraid and too worthless to pass into law. So they don't want to do any impeachment on judges unless really forced to. And my quick look at what federal judges have actually been impeached all seem to be money-related crimes, like the only thing a judge can do wrong is take a bribe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (K32Fz)

Take the WRONG bribe, you probably mean.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (uhVAy)

178 To be honest, sadly...the law states that Non-citizens to the US enjoy the same protections under the Bill of Rights that Citizens receive. AND, as a proponent of absolute free speech (Movie theater "fire" shout excluded), I believe non-citizens have every right to profess who they like or hate with impunity. I agree with the judge.

I DON'T AGREE, with the immigration laws that make it so difficult to remove a non-citizen from the US. However, someone here legally with a VISA (which is, in effect, a contractual agreement) has every right to say whatever the hell they want to. I'd suggest an adendum to all VISA's that allow for removal in providing support (moral, financial and otherwise) to America's enemies, however.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (dIske)

179 >>And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?


On top of several on-line instructional videos...
there is a time and a place for everything and it is called: College.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (Shi2G)

180 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (mmrXZ)

Never forget when the GOP claimed that 4 billion was far too much to spend on a wall.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (eZQ1g)

181 And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?

Old Ace of Spades post probably

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:56 PM (K32Fz)

182 ...I had the old school surgery and have been back on my bike and in the woods since about 8 months after the procedure.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (Shi2G)



I'm glad to hear that my friend.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 01:56 PM (i2VYc)

183
His closets have locks?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (uhVAy)



I mean, the miracles of modern science.

Posted by: Matt Laurer's Rape Button at August 31, 2026 01:56 PM (ccf/V)

184 I thought Milo had stopped having sex with men. Did he relapse?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 31, 2026 01:42 PM


More likely prolaspe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (bFu5X)

185 Elsewhere the terrorist wog video would end with a drone. But with no audio.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (wxsGM)

186 It was often rumored that he would lock her in closets and was pretty mean and abusive to her.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

His closets have locks?
Posted by: Oldcat


Go on.

Posted by: Matt Lauer at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (DbObV)

187 The next day they run off to hate on Left-handed Coptic Armenians
----------

I mean, obviously.

Posted by: Right-handed Coptic Armenians at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (eZQ1g)

188 Steven Seagal can run?

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (UjdFS)

189 Take the WRONG bribe, you probably mean.

Yeah, probably true. As long as we have government we will have corruption, but it would be nice if we could keep it to a dull minimum. Slashing the power of governments would go a long ways toward this. Nobody bribes the traffic cop eighteen million dollars because he doesn't have enough power to make it worthwhile.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:58 PM (K32Fz)

190 181 And you have seen this WHERE, exactly?

Old Ace of Spades post probably
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:56 PM (K32Fz)

The HQ has always danced well on the Porn Display Line. Very artfully done. Huzzah!!

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:58 PM (Gqar8)

191 I had the old school surgery and have been back on my bike and in the woods since about 8 months after the procedure.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 01:53 PM (Shi2G)

Is there anything a hot iron can't do?

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:58 PM (eZQ1g)

192 I tried to give Milo a chance when he was allowed back on Twitter, but he proved he wasn't worth it very quickly.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 31, 2026 01:58 PM (PE5pE)

193
Regarding Milo, I liked him, and then right when he was at the pinnacle of his success, someone surfaced an old half-drunk comment he made about sexual activity of very young gay boys when he obviously meant very young gay men -- but it was enough. He was canceled left and right and driven out of public life. He spiraled and seemingly has never recovered.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 01:59 PM (mmrXZ)

194 >>>The United States is offering illegal aliens $3,000 and a free flight to self-deport now.

>I'm an American citizen. Will the federal government provide me with a passport and $3000 holiday pay? Is there something wrong here?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 01:59 PM (nlLAo)

195 @ 159 Cows with guns >>> Muslims with guns
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X) That has the makings of one hell of an 'Eat Mor Chikin' commercial ....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ccf/V)
_____________________________

That is SUCH a great mind-picture … !
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM


Ask and ye shall receive:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3bsytu

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:59 PM (bFu5X)

196
either she's had really good work done or has aged gracefully.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM

I'd say probably both, she's still strikingly beautiful.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (i9SW2)

197 Steven Seagal can run?
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (UjdFS)



Not in years. But when he did, it looked like a Special Olympics regional tryout session.......


https://youtu.be/nkskuSXqUD0


Sorry about the music, tho.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (ccf/V)

198 196
either she's had really good work done or has aged gracefully.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM

I'd say probably both, she's still strikingly beautiful.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (i9SW2)

Ann Coulter?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar8)

199 >>>The United States is offering illegal aliens $3,000 and a free flight to self-deport now.

>I'm an American citizen. Will the federal government provide me with a passport and $3000 holiday pay? Is there something wrong here?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 01:59 PM (nlLAo)

If you are about to cost the Feds about 10-100 times that sometime soon, you can call them up and ask for them to do so. It might work.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy)

200 It's officially a tropical depression in the northern Gulf of America.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (J4Dwc)

201 @ 167 The ghey Ann Coulter. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (AOKQ/) Similar trajectory and timing too. Not unhappy she's off my radar too. Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)
________________________________

Once upon a time, I actually thought Ann Coulter was kinda-sorta-semi-almost 'attractive' or 'cute'-ish-esque, but NOOOO! On closer inspection, she's pretty much just so much skin stretched over so much bone. There's no 'there' there … and I sho' 'nuf din't see much in the way of titties, either (fool me once …)

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (ayRl+)

202 Somebody swaddle the ewok, please.
Posted by: bonhomme


In broad daylight?

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (VHUov)

203
I'd say probably both, she's still strikingly beautiful.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (i9SW2)

Ann Coulter?
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar

Kelly Lebrock.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (i9SW2)

204 Ann Coulter?
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar
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My first comment here was defending her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 02:03 PM (RIvkX)

205 >>Is there anything a hot iron can't do?


Nothing that Duct Tape or Super-Glue can't fix.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 02:03 PM (Shi2G)

206 I'd say probably both, she's still strikingly beautiful.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (i9SW2)

Ann Coulter?
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar

Kelly Lebrock.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (i9SW2)



Phew........

Thought you'd gone completely insane there for a sec......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:04 PM (ccf/V)

207 203
I'd say probably both, she's still strikingly beautiful.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:00 PM (i9SW2)

Ann Coulter?
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Gqar

Kelly Lebrock.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:02 PM (i9SW2)

Ah. Thanks. Suffering from “ Lost in the Comments Effect”, for a moment.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:04 PM (Gqar8)

208 > In broad daylight?

Nah. Just when the poor injured fellow is trying to sleep.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 31, 2026 02:04 PM (mkw2N)

209 Something something, about fornicating a bag of antlers.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (n1B4F)

210 Somebody swaddle the ewok, please.
Posted by: bonhomme

I'll wait for the Marco Rubio's New Job meme.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (DbObV)

211 And Seagal can dance! (youtube, 20 sec)

https://tinyurl.com/57z94txu

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (XvL8K)

212
https://youtu.be/nkskuSXqUD0


Sorry about the music, tho.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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

That stunt man in the first part was doing his best to lose that race.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)

213 Weird that a throwaway comment about Ann Coulter got more engagement than any of the ones I put effort into.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (UGvct)

214 Leftist congressional candidate Brad Lander went to some protest over the weekend. Got met with protesters, one of whom said to him "fuck you Zionist ballsack". I'll give the protester credit for creativity, but Lander is still an idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:06 PM (j/Ml9)

215 Weird that a throwaway comment about Ann Coulter got more engagement than any of the ones I put effort into.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 02:05 PM (UGvct)

So more thought, or less seems to be in order.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)

216 Coulter is rather an interesting specimen. An Odd Duck.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:06 PM (Gqar8)

217 Steven Seagal can run?
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (UjdFS)

Not in years. But when he did, it looked like a Special Olympics regional tryout session.......

https://youtu.be/nkskuSXqUD0

Sorry about the music, tho.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......

lol
pretty spastic

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (UjdFS)

218
195 @ 159 Cows with guns >>> Muslims with guns
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X) That has the makings of one hell of an 'Eat Mor Chikin' commercial ....... Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ccf/V)
______________________________

Dogs with guns > cows with guns > Muslims with guns

https://tinyurl.com/5696ke8z

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (dIske)

219 Ann Coulter is all angles and no curves.

Posted by: David Hogg at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (oqH4h)

220
lol
pretty spastic
Posted by: wth

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

He's no Tom Cruise!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (mmrXZ)

221 @197

>>Not in years. But when he did, it looked like a Special Olympics regional tryout session.......

I was watching an interview with I believe Alan Ritchson, that because of Steven Segal, there is actually a running school they send actors to to learn how to not run like a spastic clown.



Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (fqnOq)

222 I saw Zionist Ballsack open for GWAR at Metal Fest in '98.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM (ccf/V)

223 The left: You wouldn't be deporting these people if they were right leaning!!! Because you are hypocrites!

Also the left: Look these fascists are even deporting right leaning people it is literally the Holocaust all over!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

224 Leftist congressional candidate Brad Lander went to some protest over the weekend. Got met with protesters, one of whom said to him "fuck you Zionist ballsack". I'll give the protester credit for creativity, but Lander is still an idiot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:06 PM (j/Ml9)

Zionist is about the least creative slur there is. They've Zioned themselves for 80 years or something now? Is it Zionist to fly passengers to Tel Aviv?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (uhVAy)

225 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)

226 Seagal has the ghey right arm swing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (j/Ml9)

227 Weird that a throwaway comment about Ann Coulter got more engagement than any of the ones I put effort into.

The comments section is chaos by definition. Predictable globally, unpredictable locally.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (vTZFs)

228 Alan Ritchson just HAD to open his piehole I guess.Big dummy should have just dummied up.Ditto Jelly Roll.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (Gqar8)

229 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)



She's spent her entire career listening to it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

230 She has a long face
like that ex Congressman, Trey something
damn
their kids would look like horses, in the face

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 02:10 PM (ZxPkt)

231 Jelly Roll. HA!

Cried about telling his fans to f*ck off. But he just HAD to tell the TRUTH about everything......

Former fat asshole.........

Enjoy the reap, dickhead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:10 PM (ccf/V)

232 BIDEN JUDGE just stepped in and ruled AGAINST Sec. Marco Rubio having noncitizen students deported if they advocate for Islamism and other anti-American ideology

Judge No�l Wise just said those students have to stay here under the 1st Amendment.


So it is a suicide pact after all.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (2ap+5)

233 The left: You wouldn't be deporting these people if they were right leaning!!! Because you are hypocrites!

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YD: Yeah? So what, bitch? Now, stop leaning on that shovel. We didn't enslave you to be a sundial, and this canal ain't gonna dig itself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (BI5O2)

234 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)


She's spent her entire career listening to it.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

It probably sounds different to her own ears. My voice does to me.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

235 The interesting thing about the anti-Trump "right" is how weird they are.

Milo is an obvious one but look at Candace and Nick Fuentes too.

They used to be able to just buy real more establishment right leaning pundits to bad mouth MAGA types but now they are getting Temu versions like Milo...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

236
I was watching an interview with I believe Alan Ritchson, that because of Steven Segal, there is actually a running school they send actors to to learn how to not run like a spastic clown.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 02:07 PM

That's funny and I'd never admit I had to learn how to run without looking like a total spazz.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (i9SW2)

237 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)




I can't get past the adam's apple.......that's a no go for me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (ccf/V)

238 NEXTA
@nexta_tv

💊 Back to the past! Stalin returns to a medical university facade in Volgograd after 65 years

The bas-relief was removed during de-Stalinization back in 1961 — and now it is hanging once again alongside Marx, Engels and Lenin.

What will they bring back next from the era of terror and the cult of personality — and where?
11:00 AM · Aug 30, 2026
=====

A Russian medical school honoring Marx, Engels, and Lenin, but they want me to be upset they're adding Stalin?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (RIvkX)

239 Nothing that Duct Tape or Super-Glue can't fix.


I had a doctor say he could fix me with Duck Tape.


He was a quack.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (i2VYc)

240 @ 229 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)
She's spent her entire career listening to it.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

_____________________________

Ergo …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (ayRl+)

241 I'm thinking Steven Seagal and Ann Coulter could hook up for a buddy cop movie to solve crimes and it would be a blockbuster.

Finding a kidnapped child or some shit, with lots of martial arts.

Worthy of an oscar.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (nlLAo)

242
It probably sounds different to her own ears. My voice does to me.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)



I absolutely hate how I sound in recordings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (ccf/V)

243 She has a long face
like that ex Congressman, Trey something
damn
their kids would look like horses, in the face
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 02:10 PM (ZxPkt)

Gowdy. Came to hate that dude, another one who vanished.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)

244 Former fat asshole.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:10 PM (ccf/V)

=======

His soul will always be morbidly obese.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 31, 2026 02:12 PM (2ap+5)

245 For a while at least he claimed he was no longer a homo, now I have no idea what he is saying.

All I know is that his Visa expired and he has to go.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:26 PM (K32Fz)


He wrote an article for a Catholic publication (I don't remember the name) about his redemption from the homosexual lifestyle. The tone of his account sounded weirdly like he was trying to fake out the Christians by sounding like what he imagined they would want to hear. In other words, he sounded insincere. I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt until he confirmed my impressions, and he did end up confirming my impressions.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 31, 2026 02:12 PM (FC7F4)

246 Judge No�l Wise just said those students have to stay here under the 1st Amendment.

Imagine letting a Japanese guy come here in 1942, putting him on welfare, and arguing he has a 1st amendment right to say the US is inferior to the Divine Imperial Japanese Emperor and therefore we should surrender.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

247 Can I eject guests from my house who are advocating beheading the kids and raping the dog? Or would that be violating their first amendment rights? True, they haven't done that yet, do I have to wait for that to happen before I can do anything?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (VaC8w)

248 Ann Coulter wrote some very funny and well informed books but that may as well be a hundred lifetimes ago.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (eZQ1g)

249 235 The interesting thing about the anti-Trump "right" is how weird they are.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)
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All of them are just edgelords who say wacky shit to get engagement online. Measured, reasoned arguments for or against Trump or any other person or position don't get nearly the number of clicks and replies that screaming like a retard does.

Posted by: David Hogg at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (oqH4h)

250 @ 237 Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)

I can't get past the adam's apple.......that's a no go for me. Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (ccf/V)

__________________________________

That's prolly a carry-over from her 'Spit or Swallow?' days …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (ayRl+)

251 gross sock

Posted by: ballistic at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (oqH4h)

252 A Russian medical school honoring Marx, Engels, and Lenin, but they want me to be upset they're adding Stalin?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 02:11 PM (RIvkX)

I'm not calling for statues of FDR to be pulled down. History is History.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

253 I'm thinking Steven Seagal and Ann Coulter could hook up for a buddy cop movie to solve crimes and it would be a blockbuster.


Let me suggest they'd be perfect for a Laurel and Hardy remake.

Seagal: Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into Ann!

Ann: You can't have your cake and eat it, or you'll get a stomach ache.

Ann:

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

254 248 Ann Coulter wrote some very funny and well informed books but that may as well be a hundred lifetimes ago.
Posted by: ...


Her books were 99% reposts of old columns. Nothing original.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (W2Pud)

255 Shouldn't Jellyroll stop calling himself that now that he's no longer a fat bastard?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (j/Ml9)

256 I don't always agree with Ann Coulter though it's about 95%. She's a smart no bull shit chick who can hold her own and I like her.



Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (KC5Lt)

257 I'm not calling for statues of FDR to be pulled down. History is History.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

But they should all include the wheelchair.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (1z8ji)

258 >>>Has no one noticed how much Ann Coulter loves the sound of her own voice … ? Jeez. Imagine living with that sound day in and day out …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:08 PM (ayRl+)
*****
That has to be a room in hell. Having to listen to for eternity without any alcohol or handgun.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (Ap5bg)

259 Can I eject guests from my house who are advocating beheading the kids and raping the dog? Or would that be violating their first amendment rights? True, they haven't done that yet, do I have to wait for that to happen before I can do anything?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (VaC8w)

I don't agree with the law or judge that says foreigners have US Citizen rights.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

260 >>>Gowdy. Came to hate that dude, another one who vanished.

Posted by: Oldcat

>That's because he's a blowhard. Cruz is also headed down that path. You actually have to do something to get credit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 02:16 PM (nlLAo)

261
Gowdy. Came to hate that dude, another one who vanished.

Posted by: Oldcat

>That's because he's a blowhard. Cruz is also headed down that path. You actually have to do something to get credit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

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

Is there any legislator who's actually done anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 02:16 PM (mmrXZ)

262 I don't always agree with Ann Coulter though it's about 95%. She's a smart no bull shit chick who can hold her own and I like her.



Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (KC5Lt)

As I said, haven't heard a word from her even though we are surrounded by bullshit for probably 5 years now. That says something.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)

263 **listen to her**

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (Ap5bg)

264 Speaking of Muslims with guns....

Anyone think they're stashing weapons in mosques here in the states? Has anyone actually looked?

I suspect I know the answer, and the reason behind it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (2Cry5)

265 Nobody is fat in the Grand North American Dignity Canal Construction Corps, Mr. Roll... we support you on your weight loss journey.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)

266 All of them are just edgelords who say wacky shit to get engagement online. Measured, reasoned arguments for or against Trump or any other person or position don't get nearly the number of clicks and replies that screaming like a retard does.

One of the amusing things of our era is that Trump is the anti-Obama and here I am referring to how Obama would say reasonable sounding things and then do something absurd. Trump says silly things but his actions are fundamentally reasonable.

You'd think that would be enough for the anti-MAGA "right" just pick apart what Trump says but that doesn't work for them...they need to claim he's a Jewish NAZI, or he is going to make everyone drink bleach or whatever stupidity they are claiming now...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

267 Her books were 99% reposts of old columns. Nothing original.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 02:15 PM (W2Pud

Some. Godless was mostly its own book and it was genius.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (eZQ1g)

268 I don't agree with the law or judge that says foreigners have US Citizen rights.

FDR had a bunch of "undocumented Japanese workers" shot on various pieces of US/allied territory with nary a trial in the early 40s

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

269 @ 264 Speaking of Muslims with guns.... Anyone think they're stashing weapons in mosques here in the states? Has anyone actually looked? I suspect I know the answer, and the reason behind it. Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (2Cry5)
____________________________

Did anyone think they were driving bombs into the basement of the WTC in those vans … ? History says 'no' …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (ayRl+)

270 I give credit to Coulter for saying that Trump was most likely vto won back in 2017 on the Maher show. She writes a column here and there but otherwise not saying much in these crazed times

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (j/Ml9)

271 Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

Agreed. It is annoying AF to watch and weather.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv)

272 Maybe Ozempic made Mr Jelly stoopid.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:20 PM (Gqar8)

273 Some. Godless was mostly its own book and it was genius.
Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (eZQ1g)

I'm looking at it right now on my bookshelf . Time for a re-read.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 02:20 PM (KC5Lt)

274 I don't agree with the law or judge that says foreigners have US Citizen rights.

FDR had a bunch of "undocumented Japanese workers" shot on various pieces of US/allied territory with nary a trial in the early 40s
Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

The Battle of Midway is a good approach to handling these floating migrants we have today.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:20 PM (uhVAy)

275 Maybe Ozempic made Mr Jelly stoopid.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:20 PM



It WILL make him shit out his kidneys at some point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:20 PM (ccf/V)

276 One of the amusing things of our era is that Trump is the anti-Obama and here I am referring to how Obama would say reasonable sounding things and then do something absurd. Trump says silly things but his actions are fundamentally reasonable.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
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Heh, never thought of it that way. Good observation.

Posted by: ballistic at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (oqH4h)

277 >>>Is there any legislator who's actually done anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

>Mitch did a face plant. And Harry Reid was pretty good at taking a beating.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (nlLAo)

278 Presser this morning to announce crackdown on CDLs, trucking schools, etc - via Julie Kelly:

“The initiative focuses on CDL fraud, unauthorized employment, identity-document fraud, financial crime, money laundering, labor exploitation, and potential links to human smuggling, drug trafficking, and cartel activity,” Duffy said. The press conference coincided with a “synchronized surge” at more than 200 driving schools across 23 states to ensure the schools were following federal law; the DOT has already shut down hundreds of CDL schools for issuing permits drivers who did not meet English proficiency standards or employing unqualified instructors.

https://tinyurl.com/2unx3rvn

Posted by: beckster at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (kX27y)

279 Speaking of Muslims with guns....

Anyone think they're stashing weapons in mosques here in the states? Has anyone actually looked?

I suspect I know the answer, and the reason behind it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Good piece on this at PJMedia yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (hUS/0)

280 As I said, haven't heard a word from her even though we are surrounded by bullshit for probably 5 years now. That says something.

I used to put her in the "says stupid stuff but good stuff too" category like Ben Shaprio but when she went from "Donald Trump is a bloated stupid clown we should all hate" to "Donald Trump is our messiah everyone must vote for or be evil" the night he locked the nomination and then went back to "Donald Trump has utterly failed us all because he didn't personally build the wall completely in a week" soon after.... yeah that was enough. Total grifter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (K32Fz)

281 I give credit to Coulter for saying that Trump was most likely vto won back in 2017 on the Maher show. She writes a column here and there but otherwise not saying much in these crazed times
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:19 PM (j/Ml9)

Quite the Nostradamus since he won in 2016.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)

282 Speaking of Muslims with guns....

Anyone think they're stashing weapons in mosques here in the states? Has anyone actually looked?

I suspect I know the answer, and the reason behind it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 02:17 PM (2Cry5)

You know, you could probably put a magnetometer on a drone, and fly it over a mosque. If a selection of mosques had stronger magnetic anomalies notably stronger than a selection of similarly-sized non-mosques, that might be interesting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (1z8ji)

283 259 Can I eject guests from my house who are advocating beheading the kids and raping the dog? Or would that be violating their first amendment rights? True, they haven't done that yet, do I have to wait for that to happen before I can do anything?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 31, 2026 02:13 PM (VaC8w)

If you had to pick one capital letter to represent dog rapist child killers, what would it be?

Posted by: LGBTQI2+ Registrars Office at August 31, 2026 02:22 PM (r7+Q7)

284
You know, you could probably put a magnetometer on a drone, and fly it over a mosque. If a selection of mosques had stronger magnetic anomalies notably stronger than a selection of similarly-sized non-mosques, that might be interesting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (1z8ji)




That would be racist, n shit........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:22 PM (ccf/V)

285 I just read James Carville is absolutely freaking out like the rest of the Dems over Hakeem Jeffries merely meeting with Trump adviser Jared Kushner. Like the countries leader are expected to do, even if they disagree on everything.

Complete meltdown. And he is the supposed voice of Dem moderation? He is just as vile and crazy as the the current Dem base.

Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

286 279 Speaking of Muslims with guns....

Anyone think they're stashing weapons in mosques here in the states? Has anyone actually looked?

I suspect I know the answer, and the reason behind it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Good piece on this at PJMedia yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (hUS/0)

Maybe Trump needs to hire Janet Reno to take care of this problem?

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:23 PM (i9SW2)

287 Maybe Ozempic made Mr Jelly stoopid.

That is a name I once in a while heard, do not know any of his music (he's a musician, right?) and knew almost nothing about. Then he said stupid crap about Trump. Okay I will continue to ignore you.

There's a meme on x that resonates so well with me today, about how all the celebrity gossip is basically gibberish to me.

"Floon boy and Gerta Gerta have flown to Paris to pull a Barv!"

Okay whatever you say, lady.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:24 PM (K32Fz)

288 You know, you could probably put a magnetometer on a drone, and fly it over a mosque. If a selection of mosques had stronger magnetic anomalies notably stronger than a selection of similarly-sized non-mosques, that might be interesting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 02:21 PM (1z8ji)

they have ground penetrating radar for seeing landforms below trees from the air, to looking deeper. A light dose might be analyzed to pick out dense metallic returns as I did for a project to spot guns and drugs at the border.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:24 PM (uhVAy)

289 Complete meltdown. And he is the supposed voice of Dem moderation? He is just as vile and crazy as the the current Dem base.

Because Trump's policies are reasonable and measured. If they get into a normal sort of discussion about policies details then it is harder for the FNM to call Trump literally Hitler...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm)

290 "mentally-ill moron Kanye West"

Moron?

Posted by: Eric at August 31, 2026 02:25 PM (6VHHP)

291 268 I don't agree with the law or judge that says foreigners have US Citizen rights.

FDR had a bunch of "undocumented Japanese workers" shot on various pieces of US/allied territory with nary a trial in the early 40s
Posted by: 18-1
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Never heard this one - linkage or source?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 31, 2026 02:25 PM (VkY89)

292
Complete meltdown. And he is the supposed voice of Dem moderation? He is just as vile and crazy as the the current Dem base.
Posted by: Ripley at August 31, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)



Why anyone still listens to that undead retard piece of shit is beyond me........He's the Karl Rove of David Plouffe's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:25 PM (ccf/V)

293
Moron?
Posted by: Eric at August 31, 2026 02:25 PM (6VHHP)



Lower case.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 02:26 PM (ccf/V)

294 Maybe Marco can take yet one more job and be the judge instead of the judge instead of this idiot Biden judge….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (sBAAu)

295 Does anyone know where Ace hides the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Sid Blysters at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (Vu7A1)

296 Alan Rictman is mort

Posted by: doug at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (B1+sW)

297 "he's a moron, but he's not a Moron, moron"
--Whoopie Goldberg

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (K32Fz)

298 Magnospisms we much.

Posted by: Al Sharptato at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (7Q0e+)

299 Complete meltdown. And he is the supposed voice of Dem moderation? He is just as vile and crazy as the the current Dem base.

Because Trump's policies are reasonable and measured. If they get into a normal sort of discussion about policies details then it is harder for the FNM to call Trump literally Hitler...



Fucking Hakeem Jeffries is vile and crazy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (i2VYc)

300 Never heard this one - linkage or source?

Pearl Harbor
Midway
Wake
Guam

all times were FDR shot Japanese undocumented workers instead of giving them a trial or even a deportation...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (sKqQm)

301 Maybe Trump needs to hire Janet Reno to take care of this problem?
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:23 PM (i9SW2)

Or the guy who built the bomb Mayor Good dropped on MOVE in Philadelphia in the 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (uhVAy)

302 @281 yeah , my hot dog fingers are acting up. I meant 2016

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:28 PM (j/Ml9)

303 Just read that the RNC Senate isn't shelling out any campaign funds designated to Paxton. Is this Thune doing the same thing that McConnell did to Kari Lake?

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:28 PM (dIske)

304 That is a name I once in a while heard, do not know any of his music (he's a musician, right?) and knew almost nothing about. Then he said stupid crap about Trump. Okay I will continue to ignore you.

There's a meme on x that resonates so well with me today, about how all the celebrity gossip is basically gibberish to me.

"Floon boy and Gerta Gerta have flown to Paris to pull a Barv!"

Okay whatever you say, lady.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:24 PM (K32Fz)

Don't confuse the current "Jellyroll" with Jelly Roll Morton, who actually was a fine musician. And his nickname had nothing to do with being fat, which he was not. Had an entirely different meaning, back in the day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

305 Never heard this one - linkage or source?

Pearl Harbor
Midway
Wake
Guam

all times were FDR shot Japanese undocumented workers instead of giving them a trial or even a deportation...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (sKqQm)

Fun fact - pretty sure First Wake Island was the only naval invasion in WWII that repelled the invaders on either side.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)

306 Alan Richson is a year out from announcing that he "deconstructed" Christianity and is no longer Christian.

Or the guy who built the bomb Mayor Good dropped on MOVE in Philadelphia in the 80s.

Crazy as that was, you never hear about MOVE any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:30 PM (K32Fz)

307 Coulter was saying Trump could win in 2015

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 02:30 PM (eZQ1g)

308 Just read that the RNC Senate isn't shelling out any campaign funds designated to Paxton. Is this Thune doing the same thing that McConnell did to Kari Lake?
Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:28 PM (dIske)

I don't think Thune inherited that control, Trump's fellows have it now. Probably just means Pax doesn't need any help.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)

309 Don't confuse the current "Jellyroll" with Jelly Roll Morton, who actually was a fine musician.

Now HIM I know, great stuff.

*listens to King Porter Stomp*

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:31 PM (K32Fz)

310 Crazy as that was, you never hear about MOVE any more.


I think they just MOVE'd on to become ACORN...and BLM.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (i2VYc)

311 Crazy as that was, you never hear about MOVE any more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:30 PM (K32Fz)

I do, one of my favorite all time songs is about that incident. City of Soul by the Aussie band The Eurogliders.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (uhVAy)

312 I recall that Alan Ritchson is diagnosed bipolar, and that he and wife and kids live in a travel trailer, traveling around. He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons. Interesting character, that Alan Ritchson.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (Gqar8)

313 Crazy as that was, you never hear about MOVE any more.


I think they just MOVE'd on to become ACORN...and BLM.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (i2VYc)

I think most were too burned to death for future activity.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)

314
Or the guy who built the bomb Mayor Good dropped on MOVE in Philadelphia in the 80s.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:27 PM (uhVAy)

I like your idea better.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 31, 2026 02:33 PM (i9SW2)

315 MOVE moved on to become barbecue, courtesy of Ed Rendell.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 02:34 PM (BI5O2)

316 John Africa , MOVE AFRICA's leader was killed in the bombing. Evidence that naming yourself after something famous doesn't guarantee success

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:34 PM (j/Ml9)

317 Fun fact - pretty sure First Wake Island was the only naval invasion in WWII that repelled the invaders on either side.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)



Great story. IIRC, they held fire from their 5in guns until the Japanese had closed to a lethal range and then opened fire. Sank a destroyer. And then their remaining Wildcats sank another one. Japs left with a bloody nose.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:35 PM (i2VYc)

318 He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons.

Actually he had justification for what happened there, the teens were nuts and violent and Alan was protecting his kids.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:36 PM (K32Fz)

319 I am surprised the muzzies and their allies haven't pitched a bitch about Zion National Park.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2026 02:37 PM (gm9Sb)

320 >>>the law states that Non-citizens to the US enjoy the same protections under the Bill of Rights that Citizens receive.

The supreme law of the USA is the constitution, and the constitution does NOT state that.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 31, 2026 02:37 PM (8mulE)

321 I don't think Thune inherited that control, Trump's fellows have it now. Probably just means Pax doesn't need any help.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)

_______________________

Not so sure. The NRSC chair is Tim Scott, who was a HUGE supporter of John Cornyn. And Scott may be the chair, but I doubt he calls the shots.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:37 PM (dIske)

322 I recall that Alan Ritchson is diagnosed bipolar, and that he and wife and kids live in a travel trailer, traveling around. He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons. Interesting character, that Alan Ritchson.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (Gqar

They may have been Gryffindors.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (dK+Kv)

323 Noncitizens have First Amendment rights? I thought that, technically, in the narrowest sense, the Constitution only applies to citizens. We only extend those rights out of generosity.

Posted by: Occasional Commenter at August 31, 2026 02:39 PM (RSGvd)

324 318 He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons.

Actually he had justification for what happened there, the teens were nuts and violent and Alan was protecting his kids.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:36 PM (K32Fz)

Sounds fair.Probably not much of a fight. The guy is Godzilla. But FAFO, hope the little thuglets learned something.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8)

325 Woke Island invited the invaders in and were subsequently raped to death. That's why you never heard of them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (VaC8w)

326 188 Steven Seagal can run?
Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 01:57 PM (UjdFS)

It's fun to make fun of the guy but yeah, some of his early movies like Marked for Death he was actually skinny and yes, he could run; and like Jean Claude dancing in Kickboxer, it was pretty entertaining for the wrong reasons.

Posted by: Nelly at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (6+ehB)

327 322 I recall that Alan Ritchson is diagnosed bipolar, and that he and wife and kids live in a travel trailer, traveling around. He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons. Interesting character, that Alan Ritchson.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:32 PM (Gqar

They may have been Gryffindors.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 02:38 PM (dK+Kv)

Heh.Good one, Goyle!

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 02:40 PM (Gqar8)

328 Fun fact. Marine Squadron VMA 211 was known in the 60s and 70s (maybe still is) as The Wake Island Avengers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2026 02:41 PM (gm9Sb)

329 You said:

FDR had a bunch of "undocumented Japanese workers" shot on various pieces of US/allied territory with nary a trial in the early 40s

I asked linkage/source.

You provide:

300 Never heard this one - linkage or source?

Pearl Harbor
Midway
Wake
Guam

all times were FDR shot Japanese undocumented workers instead of giving them a trial or even a deportation...
Posted by: 18-1

Having been stationed in Hawaii and pretty familiar with the history and I've never heard any "undocumented" Japanese being shot - ever. Not saying you are right or wrong, just saying I'm pretty well versed with the history of Oahu (and the other Hawaiian Islands) and the armed forces operating within them and I've never heard that.

Makes sense with Guam, Wake, and Midway since we were what's the word? At war? And also add Kwajalein Island (Atoll) and Roi-Namur into that mix.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 31, 2026 02:41 PM (VkY89)

330 He also beat up some kids on mini bikes cause reasons. Interesting character, that Alan Ritchson.

Unless it's some other incident I don't know about, that's not remotely close to what happened. The kids on minibikes were his and a neighbor (presumably of his house, not his trailer) attacked him in the street to try to stop them from riding and Ritchson scuffed him up. The neighbor was clearly the aggressor.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 02:41 PM (vTZFs)

331 Hope you feel better Ace!

Posted by: isolden at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (dB99g)

332 320 >>>the law states that Non-citizens to the US enjoy the same protections under the Bill of Rights that Citizens receive.

The supreme law of the USA is the constitution, and the constitution does NOT state that.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 31, 2026 02:37 PM (8mulE)
______________________________

And, in this case the issue is the 1st amemdment which refers to "person" or "people"....not "citizens." So, the Judge was, absolutely, correct. As was I.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

333 >>>Great story. IIRC, they held fire from their 5in guns until the Japanese had closed to a lethal range and then opened fire. Sank a destroyer. And then their remaining Wildcats sank another one. Japs left with a bloody nose.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 02:35 PM (i2VYc)
****
I just watched a YT channel show about Wake Island last night. It was very well done and I learned a lot. The US forces fought with amazing determination and bravery. Ultimately the Japs prevailed, I think because the Navy had other priorities. Great story with a sad ending.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Ap5bg)

334 "She has a long face'

Whew...! I thought you were going to something about a "large mustache"

Posted by: Jacques at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (A3xvt)

335
Those are only ceremonial guns going into the mosque to use for religious shooting during baptisms and weddings.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (OkYzo)

336 Makes sense with Guam, Wake, and Midway since we were what's the word? At war? And also add Kwajalein Island (Atoll) and Roi-Namur into that mix.

That's the point. We shot invaders then. We didn't give them trials.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm)

337 335 Guns used only for celebratory gunfire after a successful bowel movement or goat fucking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (gm9Sb)

338 I've been to Wake three times on refueling stops.. not much happening there but the breezes are nice.. pretty interesting to see the grave markers all around from both sides.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 31, 2026 02:44 PM (VkY89)

339 Those are only ceremonial guns going into the mosque to use for religious shooting during baptisms and weddings.

For the traditional celebratory AK47 wedding celebration. These feature commonly in Brendan Hererra's Darwin Awards videos.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 02:45 PM (K32Fz)

340 Everybody’s voice sounds different to themselves.
This is why singers will be wearing headphones in studio so they can hear how they actually sound.

It’s because our ears are so close to our mouths that the sound waves don’t have to travel far.

A quick way to hear how your voice sounds to other people is to straighten your palms out flat and then hold your hands in front if your ears (not covering them). This makes the sound waves of your voice travel around your hands & ears into the ear canal.

You’ll have a better idea of what other people hear at that point but it’s not 100% representative because you’ll still pick up some of your voice through your jaw and facial bones to the inner ear.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

341 On me of the Wake Island marines was a prisoner of war in China. He jumped off a train and was picked up by communist guerillas. After a time a message was gotten to the US and plane came to get him. He took a picture with the commander of the guerillas, Mao.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 02:46 PM (j/Ml9)

342 >>I've been to Wake three times on refueling stops..

Spent an overnight there on my way from NAS Moffett Field to Atsugi in '85.

You can almost "feel" the history of the place.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 31, 2026 02:48 PM (J4Dwc)

343 Nood. Dr. Death.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 31, 2026 02:49 PM (Ap5bg)

344 It’s a war. We just don’t know we’re in it. But islam sure does.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 02:50 PM (5/BcT)

345 And, in this case the issue is the 1st amemdment which refers to "person" or "people"....not "citizens." So, the Judge was, absolutely, correct. As was I.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

No, it says "the people". Which people? Any collection of people? No.

The people in question are the citizens of the USA.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 31, 2026 02:54 PM (8mulE)

346 241 I'm thinking Steven Seagal and Ann Coulter could hook up for a buddy cop movie to solve crimes and it would be a blockbuster.
-------------------------------------

It could about a serpent who disguises itself as something else and be called, Finding Adam's Apple.

Posted by: Thatch at August 31, 2026 02:59 PM (S6YCM)

347 Last time I saw Milo online, he was reallllly on something, or realllly needed to be on something.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 31, 2026 04:25 PM (e9NEt)

348 Advice for shoulder. wear a long sleeve t shirt, pin the cuff to the front of shirt in comfortable spot.
Try to sleep a little propped up on pillows so you don't roll to sides as easily.
Post shoulder surgery I got from a surgeon. I mean sturgeon, but that was one wise fish.

Posted by: Idiocracy was a documentary at August 31, 2026 07:30 PM (7ID9G)

349 just plain f'get t'belence pedaling home last oct, landed on shoulder. it's been pretty clicky ever since.

Posted by: cmeat at September 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Bep7s)

Whistleblower: NY AG and Gigantic Hag "Tish" James Commanded Her Underlings to Find (or Contrive) Criminal Charges Against Trump -- and His Friends and Allies

This is abuse of office. A prosecutor is supposed to investigate a crime and find the guilty party, not investigate a person to discover crimes (or, in this case, "crimes").

Before anyone can say it: Nothing will happen, of course.

Prosecutor in NY AG Letitia James' office says he was ordered to dig up dirt on Trump allies: report

A veteran prosecutor in state Attorney General Letitia James' office claims he was ordered to dig up dirt on people and groups "affiliated with Donald Trump," according to a bombshell report.

Daniel Wiesenfeld, a former Brooklyn prosecutor who now works in James' Investor Protection Bureau, said his boss instructed him "to find and pursue crimes" committed by Trump allies, according to a since-deleted email obtained by the Times-Union.

Wiesenfeld alleged in his email on Friday that Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe specifically directed him to target "Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger)... without having a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals," the outlet reported.

...

"If you believe Trump is using the [Department of Justice] attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish [James] is doing exactly the same thing," Wiesenfeld allegedly wrote in the message, which went to some 2,000 staffers before being yanked.


"I ask you that you not serve as Tish's personal attorneys by targeting her political enemies," he allegedly wrote. "Instead, I hope you choose to prosecute crimes and find the individuals accountable, rather than targeting individuals and then finding crimes."

Weisenfeld asked that colleagues focus on prosecuting "rampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud and antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues," and accused James of wasting "significant public taxpayer dollars to target convenient public enemies," Times-Union reported.

...

During her 2018 campaign, James vowed to "prosecute the president for crimes committed in New York state" if she was elected -- and kept her word after taking over the office.

...

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former aide Melissa DeRosa ripped James on X Sunday.

"@TishJames has been abusing her office for political gain for years.

"Don't criticize Trump's use of DOJ if you're not going to call out hers -/ it's wrong when either side does it."

I don't think Trump is doing this at all. He's prosecuting the people who wrongfully prosecuted him -- and if, as they say, "no one is above the law," then they have endorsed their own prosecutions.

Remember, Trump talked about throwing Hillary in jail but as soon as he was elected he ditched that entirely, implicitly conceding it was just campaign fodder.


More:

His first-hand knowledge doesn't directly implicate James: He alleges only that his direct superior, Investor Protection Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe, told him to target "Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger)" without bothering to first find "a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals."


But he (understandably) believes Maswoswe was following orders from James, who after all ran for the office vowing to target Trump.

The AG's office of course denies everything, immediately put Wiesenfeld on leave and no doubt will seek to crucify him.


After all, this is highly credible testimony that could easily be the final nail in tossing James' civil-case victory over Trump and quite possibly cost her this fall's election -- and even, should investigators find enough other testimony or hard evidence, put her in serious criminal jeopardy.

...

Tish James prefers to prosecute cops and her political enemies; let's hope she's soon out of government, if not in prison.

Is the bad ad gone? I only noticed it a couple of weeks ago and wrongly assumed that whatever company was paying for the ad would just stop paying for it and it would go away. I didn't expect them to camp on the site forever.

I think it's gone now. I hope.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM




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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

2 Foist?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

3 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

4 "And the blog is gray..."

- Just the punchline

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (bFu5X)

5 >>>Before anyone can say it: Nothing will happen, of course.


Nothing will . . . uh . . . oh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (dK+Kv)

6 And GREY!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 12:12 PM (NcvvS)

7 Afternoon, Ace. Any crow updates?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

8

She's like a big fat black Richard Kiel, Jaws from Moonraker.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 31, 2026 12:12 PM (och2J)

9 I take umbrage to this vile comparison.

Posted by: A gigantic hag at August 31, 2026 12:12 PM (eZQ1g)

10 Keep in mind this is exactly what the left claims Trump is doing any time some lefty gets charged...

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

11 I haven't been having problems with the ads lately.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

12 i still have at least one of those "fighting trump" election mailers from 2018

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (CWTWj)

13 Show me the man and I'll show you the crime.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (eZQ1g)

14 I've just about had it up to here *salutes* with the official malfeasance in all branches and at all levels of government. My Plan includes the lot of them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (RIvkX)

15 I haven't been having problems with the ads lately.

Perhaps the word is out that my liver spots, toenail fungus, and ED are all in remission.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

16 “ Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe”. Well, there ya go.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (Gqar8)

17 >>>7 Afternoon, Ace. Any crow updates?

I think I saw them once since the last time I mentioned it. I hear them a lot.

Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)

18 "Give me the man and I will give you the case against him."

Posted by: Lavrentiy Beria at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (2Ez/1)

19 17 >>>7 Afternoon, Ace. Any crow updates?

I think I saw them once since the last time I mentioned it. I hear them a lot.

Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)

Flying rats are offputting to corvids.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:15 PM (Gqar8)

20 >>>11 I haven't been having problems with the ads lately.

there was an ad that popped up every single time the comments were refreshed and then made you wait five full seconds to close it. And the "X" to close it was, of course, unreasonably tiny so it took a while to close.

Super-obnoxious. Sorry about that. A lot of these ads are transitory, short-term. I did not expect this particular ad buy to last forever.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:16 PM (1wjle)

21 (D) ifferent
(R) ules

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:16 PM (iY+4Q)

22 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 12:16 PM (2xUTf)

23 8

She's like a big fat black Richard Kiel, Jaws from Moonraker.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
----

She is a big girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:16 PM (vOxCS)

24 I'm I too late to say Nothing will happen ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)

25 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.
Posted by: ace

You'd think that crows could drive out pigeons. But what do I know?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

26 The All You Can Eat Chinee Buffets within 30 miles of Tish James house have all shuttered. Bitch can Hoover up some Kung Pao!

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (JM9I6)

27 you know who doesn't have ads? keith olbermann. probably

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (CWTWj)

28 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.
===
ha. we got you beat

Posted by: Illinois at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (anL5R)

29 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.

Wow, sounds like they were really motivated.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

30 If these assholes are ever able to get rid of MAGA, they are coming after us.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 12:18 PM (2WIwB)

31 Hey! We gotta eat too!

Posted by: The Lonesome Dove at August 31, 2026 12:18 PM (JM9I6)

32 29 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.


They early voted ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:18 PM (+gK6I)

33 Show me the man and I'll show you the crime.
Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (eZQ1g)
=====

AHEM

Posted by: Zombie Lavrentii Beria at August 31, 2026 12:19 PM (RIvkX)

34 >>>I don't think Trump is doing this at all. He's prosecuting the people who wrongfully prosecuted him -- and if, as they say, "no one is above the law," then they have endorsed their own prosecutions.


Given that it's a former Cuomo aide, this is probably as far as she can go without being ostracized at the next Upper West Side cocktail party. "We must be better than Trump" is acceptable; "Trump did nothing wrong" is unforgivable.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 31, 2026 12:19 PM (F1vmP)

35 "Shamiso Maswoswe"

Why do I picture this guy in an urban intersection with a soggy rag, and a squeegee stolen from a gas station?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:19 PM (1z8ji)

36 If these assholes are ever able to get rid of MAGA, they are coming after us.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 12:18 PM (2WIwB)

But then they are commies and this is right out of that playbook.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB)

37 The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (V362x)

38 There's a bad ad that blocks near the whole page on my native Samsung browser in the comments.

It has a nasty trick of going invisible so you can't see or close it--but it's still there and gets clicked if you tap the page.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (3cUTc)

39 "I hear them a lot."

Soon the season will begin when they all fly into the cities in the evenings to roost. Hereabouts, they look like sky rivers flowing in.

In the mornings, about a half-hour before dawn, they'll do their wakeup ritual: one calls, pauses, then they all call, then there's a pause; and then that repeats a few times.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

40 "Shamiso Maswoswe"
[/i

Shamwow MeSoHorny

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

42 They are coming after me, so they can get to you...

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (anL5R)

43 Posted by: Lavrentiy Beria at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (2Ez/1)
=====

*fistbump*

Posted by: Zombie Lavrentii Beria at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (RIvkX)

44 It'd be so nice if some of these people just went away like people who crossed Hillary.

Speaking of which, GatewayPundit had an article about the Clinton crime syndicate looking for an UNPAID intern. This led me to more research. For those of you in the Chicago area, there are $20 / hour security guard positions available at the Presidential Center of Doom. For those who don't mind sleeping in a box in Chicago. And they also have other offsite positions!

I thought libs were all about living wages.

Even the 49ers owner was feeling lucky and was only goihg to pay $140 for sweet, sweet, Ohio lovin..

Cheap bastards.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (Sco7b)

45 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.


Proof of life after death.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB)

46 33 Show me the man and I'll show you the crime.
Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (eZQ1g)
=====

AHEM
Posted by: Zombie Lavrentii Beria at August 31, 2026 12:19 PM

*Even louder AHEM*

Posted by: Comment #18 at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

47 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)

Tom Lehrer had a song about this.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:21 PM (1z8ji)

48 no
the ad lives on

Posted by: cherries in season at August 31, 2026 12:21 PM (WEIfr)

49 18 U.S.C. § 242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:21 PM (kXOuP)

50 Of all the jaw-dropping Third World or Soviet bloc depredations inflicted on the country (which are only possible in a country with a civic culture and populace degraded nearly beyond recognition), the absurd and outrageous Vyshinsky-style prosecutions of Trump (both state and federal) do stand out.

I'd include the holocaust of collateral actions, like state legislatures crafting "laws" to allow this persecution, and especially the (ongoing) mau-mau'ing and actual attempted destruction of lawyers working to defend Trump.

There are baby steps being taken (removing ABA as certifying authority for law schools), but in context they are baby steps. The Legal Cult of course can't imagine contemplating that their entire worship-object (the system) is irredeemably rotten due to the degraded people in it (hey, smart guy! went to my law school!).

But it's all a symptom of general decline, not usually the driver.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 12:21 PM (U/Byj)

51 Shall we argue the transliteration of my first name?

Posted by: Zombie Lavrentii Beria at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (RIvkX)

52 I hope fatass likes prison food and carpet munching.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (kXOuP)

53 The EU is looking to seize private bank accounts because they know better how to spend the money?

https://tinyurl.com/ypsj3y4t

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)

54 Tom Lehrer had a song about this.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon....

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

55
She's like a big fat black Richard Kiel, Jaws from Moonraker.

Eegah

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (Cqx++)

56 I haven't been having problems with the ads lately.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)


They've been like flies on rye for me. I don't want to complain, because Ace needs to keep the lights on like the rest of us, but I can't pretend they aren't annoying.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (F1vmP)

57 "Say the liiiine, Bart!"

"(sigh) Nothing will happen..."

"Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (CYBB0)

58 >>>the ad lives on

sorry. My ad manager did contact the ad company to ban it. I hope it's gone soon.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (1wjle)

59 48 If you haven't tried uBlock Origin extension yet, please do. Thanks to Ace for working the problem.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

60 Crows will mob an owl or a hawk.
They can be obnoxiously loud.
It's murder.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)

61
Even the 49ers owner was feeling lucky and was only goihg to pay $140 for sweet, sweet, Ohio lovin..
==
At a trailer part outside Youngstown for goodness sake. Egads, we have to get this inflation under control.

Whatever happened to $20 same as in town.

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (anL5R)

62 56 If you haven't tried uBlock Origin extension yet, please do. Thanks to Ace for working the problem.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 Eegah
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Watch out for snakes!

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)

64 >>.They've been like flies on rye for me. I don't want to complain, because Ace needs to keep the lights on like the rest of us, but I can't pretend they aren't annoying.

No they were totally horrible, I really understand. I hated them too. Like I said, I figured this was some fly by night company who had just bought ads for like a week. I guess it wasn't.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)

65 I'm I too late to say Nothing will happen ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)

It's evergreen

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:24 PM (eZQ1g)

66 sorry. My ad manager did contact the ad company to ban it. I hope it's gone soon.

Hey, everyone! Ace has an ad manager!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

67 "Crows will mob an owl or a hawk."

Every flying bird species mobs owls and hawks, AFAIK.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

68 >>>and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death

Posted by: Vengeance
---

Like the Fauci gang?
Or the Covid crew?
Or their administrators?

Not One will go to jail. Not one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (vOxCS)

69 Hey, everyone! Ace has an ad manager!!!
Posted by: Archimedes

Chuy or Lamont?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

70 29 17,327 deceased Michigan voters were found to have a ballot cast and counted in the 2020 election who also had a confirmed corresponding obituary.


-------

Trying to disenfranchise the trans-living, bigot?

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (CYBB0)

71 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)

Within the last month or so, it is time that they typically congregate as an extended family group with that years' crowlets, teach them the ways of the world, take them to strip clubs, etc.

Unless my time frames are running together and this was earlier in the year.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (dK+Kv)

72 no
the ad lives on
Posted by: cherries in season at August 31, 2026 12:21 PM


Look on my ads, ye Morons, and despair.

Posted by: Sonobi at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (bFu5X)

73 58 >>>the ad lives on

sorry. My ad manager did contact the ad company to ban it. I hope it's gone soon.
Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (1wjle)

Of historical interest, how did you finally kill Sonobi? With fire, or exorcism?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:25 PM (Gqar8)

74 And exactly why is this wrong?

Posted by: Zombie Berria at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (sFNX2)

75 'Tish' *spit* James ran on putting Trump in prison. She's a low-life POS but I really blame the people who voted for her to put Trump in jail.


I'm real close to giving up on our so-called "Democracy".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (i2VYc)

76 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year. That should really drive up turnout.

Seriously, he was elected on affordability, accountability, and culture -- he's making slow but methodical progress but he really needed this to be his focus.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (qwx/I)

77 53 The EU is looking to seize private bank accounts because they know better how to spend the money?

https://tinyurl.com/ypsj3y4t
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)

Why use a gun?

Posted by: Comrade Willie Sutton at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (r7+Q7)

78 it’s ok ace
you’re worth it

Posted by: cherries in season at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (WEIfr)

79 I think NY is gone. You have the doofus, village idiot governor killing babies, putting nuns in jail, using taxpayer money to find an illegal immigrant takeover and now wearing muslim garb. You also have an AG who has turned that office into a full time attack vector for the president and letting criminals go free. It’s sounds like Bartertown, only Tina Turner had nice cans.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (kXOuP)

80 If you want an aggressive bird, look to hummingbirds. They have regular dogfights around my feeder. I imagine those long, bayonet-like bills can do some damage.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

81 Hey, everyone! Ace has an ad manager!!!
Posted by: Archimedes

Chuy or Lamont?
==
Judging by the results, they are doing it by committee.

Posted by: sardonic at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (anL5R)

82 did you know.."Many pigeons seen in urban areas today are not wild but are feral descendants of domesticated pigeons. These feral pigeons have escaped or been released from human care and have adapted to living independently in cities." They are also dirty and carry diseases.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (g47mK)

83 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?

Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (JM9I6)

84 "Tish" and that fat shit Alvin Bragg both should have been put in prison once Trump reassumed the White House.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (2Cry5)

85 Saw a big hawk lazily flying along while a mockingbird was all over it. Looked like a WWI pecking away on a C-130 gunship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (vOxCS)

86 "76 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year. That should really drive up turnout.

Seriously, he was elected on affordability, accountability, and culture -- he's making slow but methodical progress but he really needed this to be his focus.
------------------------------------
Your concern is noted. What is your per post rate?

Posted by: Under paid "infuencer" at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (sFNX2)

87 1) What they did that we know about is only about maybe 10% of what they were doing.
90% of the outright illegal stuff still isn't known.

2) What they did will be 1% of what they will do if they ever get Congress and the WH again.
Every man, woman and child who worked for, with or near any and all Trump administration officials will be targeted.
What they did to the J6 will be the least egregious abuse in comparison.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

88 Letitia Beria.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

89 Think Matt Braynard found 15K illegitimate votes counted in NV in 2020 within a few days of the "election". Sitting at his desk using public records. Deceased, under-age, or out of state (there's actually a federal database for that, set up in the 90s, when there was a trace of the civic culture left in the "elites").

He then found that number and more (above the official "margin", I believe) in GA.

This was a guy in his underwear, with a laptop. It's entirely apart from the hilariously identical xeroxed ballots from one GA county, or the statistically improbably vote shares in late drops in GA and MI, or of course the comical lack of integrity in Wayne County MI basic election checks, or the historically unique and wild vote pattern across the state of WI.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (U/Byj)

90 84 "Tish" and that fat shit Alvin Bragg both should have been put in prison once Trump reassumed the White House.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (2Cry5

Didn't they try to get her for mortgage fraud and the case was denied ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (+gK6I)

91 Tom Lehrer had a song about this.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon....
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM


Just stop. Right there.

Posted by: A squirrel or two at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (bFu5X)

92 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?
Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (JM9I6)


DMSO and betadine

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

93 I think NY is gone. You have the doofus, village idiot governor killing babies, putting nuns in jail, using taxpayer money to find an illegal immigrant takeover and now wearing muslim garb.

I love this contrast.

https://tinyurl.com/mr7hpkan

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

94 92 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?
Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (JM9I6)

DMSO and betadine
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

Amputation.Works every time.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar8)

95
So... Yacht girls on some floating palace off Monaco serving caviler on their belly buttons, or...

Ohio trailer park.

Kinky way to buy 'merican-made.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (Y8DZL)

96 By the way, since the NPC and automated posters are called bots, I will start calling the posts they make, "warbles"

it is fitting

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)

97 Kathy Hochul looks like the pasty white love child of Little Richard and Rick James.

Super freaky.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (kXOuP)

98
Amputation.Works every time.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

No more nail fungus ! Or nails...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (+gK6I)

99 Not only will nothing come of this but they cannot apparently even find a way to actually take her to court for blatantly violating the law in multiple ways. BLACK GIRL MAGIC!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (K32Fz)

100 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?
Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM (JM9I6)

DMSO and betadine
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

Amputation.Works every time.
==
Slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: who are you people and what did you do with the regular commenters at August 31, 2026 12:31 PM (anL5R)

101 I take umbrage to this vile comparison.
Posted by: A gigantic hag
---------

A comment like that to John Master's headquarters left them searching the map for Umbrage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 12:31 PM (XeU6L)

102 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year.
-------

What if he had a reason beyond pure politics? Isnt that what we should expect from a leader?

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:31 PM (eZQ1g)

103 99 Not only will nothing come of this but they cannot apparently even find a way to actually take her to court for blatantly violating the law in multiple ways. BLACK GIRL MAGIC!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:30 PM (K32Fz)


I am not the Nothing Will Happen Guy, but

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:31 PM (Gqar8)

104 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?

I soaked my feet in straight hydrogen peroxide (well, the 2% solution you can buy off the shelf). A couple times of that and it just stopped. I still have gnarly mangled toenails but they aren't getting worse or spreading :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (K32Fz)

105 15, LOL! and congratulations!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (VyBeY)

106 I soaked my feet in straight hydrogen peroxide (well, the 2% solution you can buy off the shelf). A couple times of that and it just stopped. I still have gnarly mangled toenails but they aren't getting worse or spreading :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (K32Fz)


TMI

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

107 Amputation.Works every time.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

No more nail fungus ! Or nails...
Posted by: It's me donna
-----

Try this one simple trick to avoid expensive pedicures!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (XeU6L)

108 You used to be able to drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park and get good action. Now, in Trump's economy, its $140!

Posted by: Serpent Head Carville at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (JM9I6)

109 80 If you want an aggressive bird, look to hummingbirds. They have regular dogfights around my feeder. I imagine those long, bayonet-like bills can do some damage."
-----------------------------------------------------
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We have four hummingbird feeders; I upped my hummingbird game following Spencer Pratt's example.

You are correct about the bickering. Last week my wife sent me a cartoon: a hummingbird approaches a new, large feeder, "The humans have installed a very large feeder. There is space for everyone. This could usher in a new era of peace and ambundance. Another hummingbird enters the frame, "Can I share some of your nec-" "NO!"

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (sFNX2)

110 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year.

The problem with that argument is that its either an election year, or the year leading up to an election year every year. The truth is, everyone's memories are super short, and if they don't feel the direct impact of an event, they soon are on to the next squirrel within weeks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (K32Fz)

111 106 I soaked my feet in straight hydrogen peroxide (well, the 2% solution you can buy off the shelf). A couple times of that and it just stopped. I still have gnarly mangled toenails but they aren't getting worse or spreading :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (K32Fz)


TMI
Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

Socks with sandals are indeed appropriate, sometimes.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (Gqar8)

112 94 92 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?
Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM

DMSO and betadine
Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM

Amputation.Works every time.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:29 PM
+++

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The hot iron at August 31, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

113 hummingbirds are really mean to each other!

they are still awesome tho

I love the beefs

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 12:34 PM (j+aD2)

114 I found Shamiso Maswoswe‘s profile on LinkedIn. She looks like Stacy Abrams. Check it out and tell me I’m wrong!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (sBAAu)

115 53 The EU is looking to seize private bank accounts because they know better how to spend the money?

https://tinyurl.com/ypsj3y4t

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)

Of course, Government knows best

Posted by: Sardonicus at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (UnmeB)

116 82 did you know.."Many pigeons seen in urban areas today are not wild but are feral descendants of domesticated pigeons. These feral pigeons have escaped or been released from human care and have adapted to living independently in cities." They are also dirty and carry diseases.
Posted by: runner

Indeed, just as many NY'ers and their 9/10 thinking and failure of imagination cannot fathom that the sewer intruders could possibly have any noteworthy goal any more than the BatMan Villain/BANE -- as the 60's Klingon/MADMANI looks on with an approving smirk.

Yeah, this is NORMAL.
What could possibly go wrong?
If the Deep State doesn't know and approve of it they wouldn't be very intelligent now would they?


Depose DIMON,
indict Brennan, the Epstein enabler, and Free the World.
with AOC dancin' like nobody's watchin' because she knows we all are.


LET's GO BRANDON.
BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrumpLaysLowDIMON
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (EMFSn)

117 106 I soaked my feet in straight hydrogen peroxide (well, the 2% solution you can buy off the shelf). A couple times of that and it just stopped. I still have gnarly mangled toenails but they aren't getting worse or spreading :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (K32Fz)


TMI
Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

_________________________

I'd beg to differ. But, I never beg. I just threaten to cut scenes.

Posted by: Quenton Tarantino at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (dIske)

118 Nothing Will Happen.

Posted by: I was getting a pedicure at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (2Ez/1)

119 Willowed from previous thread.
250 239 “ Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe“. I see a problem there, most likely.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar
Would it be better if they changed their name to Hercules Washington?
Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (LHPAg)

120 I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar8)

121 > If you want an aggressive bird, look to hummingbirds. They have regular dogfights around my feeder. I imagine those long, bayonet-like bills can do some damage.
Posted by: Archimedes
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We have a feeder hanging outside on the front porch. There are about 6 of them duking it out daily. One will perch on a strand of outdoor lights and.... just wait.

They're also used to us now. So they'll just buzz right by our heads when feeding. Weird little creatures.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (2Cry5)

122 "I imagine those long, bayonet-like bills can do some damage."

I was smelling wild plum on a trail once, when a hummingbird tried to suck my ear canal. No damage to me or him, thanks to my lightning reflexes.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

123 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year.

"Herkaleez herkaleez herkaleez!"
--Eddie Murphy dressed as an old woman

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (K32Fz)

124 Franz Liebkind was a pigeon fancier.

Posted by: The Concierge at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (JM9I6)

125 114 I found Shamiso Maswoswe‘s profile on LinkedIn. She looks like Stacy Abrams. Check it out and tell me I’m wrong!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 12:35 PM (sBAAu)

Funny... She doesn't look Japanese...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (+gK6I)

126 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)


Doves and pigeons don't mob other birds, there is a PNW Indian story about how the dove is the Turkey Buzzard's best friend for that reason.

Crows tend to stick to a schedule, but they are also are opportunists. A friend of mine says the crows go hang out after lunch at the school because there is tossed food there, and the weekends and during fairs they are completely missing because they hang out at the fairgrounds and the open markets for tossed and dropped food.

Put out walnuts and peanuts and they will come back, and that is stuff the pigeons can't eat.
You might get squirrels, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

127 102 Rather than pursue this, it's much easier for Trump to launch a preemptive war in Iran in a midterm election year.
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Personally, I would have been fine occasionally turning to the news channels this weekend to hear continued shrieking of "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THAT BASTARD TRUMP NUKED IRAN AND HE'S STILL IN OFFICE!!'

Hell, I'm getting soft in my 28.5th year. I would have even settled for "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THAT BASTARD TRUMP COMPLETELY DESTROYED ALL OF IRAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE LEAVING THEM ALL TO DIE!"

Sorry for the all caps. It really is the only way to accurately capture the TDS.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (Sco7b)

128 Just what IS the best treatment for toenail fungus?
Posted by: Guy With Feet Soaking In Kerosene at August 31, 2026 12:27 PM
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I found a product called FungiNail that worked a treat.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (amcLV)

129 >> I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.


Hummingbirds nest in the Willows behind my house. Their nests and eggs are clownishly small.

Posted by: garrett at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (Shi2G)

130 "Trump talked about throwing Hillary in jail but as soon as he was elected he ditched that entirely, implicitly conceding it was just campaign fodder."

That was Trump 1.0. T1 didn't fully understand what time it was.

T1 thought that he won the election and would be given the same discretion to govern that every other president was given. He didn't realize how feral the government really was and how deep the rot went.

But Trump 2.0 knows. If T1 knew what T2 knows, then I think he wouldn't have let Hillary slide.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

131 I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.

I have. My dad pointed it out to me when I was young. We always have had a feeder around and the little things had to live nearby beause they were always around. Dad finally spotted their nest and carefully showed it to me in a nearby tree.

Its cartoonishly tiny with itty bitty eggs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (K32Fz)

132 Trump is the only person tried and convicted for being blackmailed where the blackmailer testified as a prosecution witness.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (6p0Jv)

133 Nothing will happen but, hope springs eternal.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (4NO2D)

134 I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.
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The like mature tall pines with short dense needles and nest near the top. So plant one that will grow next to your second story window, or find a house that already has one next to the upper floor window.

Posted by: you'll have to plan ahead or buy a new home at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (anL5R)

135 We have a crow feeder. That's when things got weird.

Posted by: 13times at August 31, 2026 12:39 PM (6iKlf)

136 There's a fungus among us!

Posted by: Five Little Piggies at August 31, 2026 12:40 PM (wVcYX)

137
They're also used to us now. So they'll just buzz right by our heads when feeding. Weird little creatures.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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While sitting on the porch, I've had one fly up and hover about 3 feet from my face, as though it was apprasing me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 12:40 PM (XeU6L)

138 We have a crow feeder. That's when things got weird.

Prometheus tied to a rock?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

139 At least she did what she said she would...going after Trump...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)

140 So, past 100, and news of colleges taking more of a hit...

Funny, no?

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (j0Tky)

141 tea tree oil btw

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (j+aD2)

142 My mom "raised" hummingbirds in the backyard for years. The nests are tiny. The eggs are no bigger than a jellybean.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)

143 Prometheus tied to a rock?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)


And they claim the classics are forgotten.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (rbvCR)

144 I've twice had a bear raid my humming bird feeders.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)

145 While sitting on the porch, I've had one fly up and hover about 3 feet from my face, as though it was apprasing me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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They make plastic face shields with a feeder attached. Wifey got me one but I've never used it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)

146 At least she did what she said she would...going after Trump...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)

Oh yeah a real stand up lady

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:42 PM (eZQ1g)

147 Slap hot iron to it.
Posted by: who are you people and what did you do with the regular commenters "

*golf clap

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 12:43 PM (XuXeR)

148 You could put your Barack Obama Seal Team 6 action figure out on the deck so the pigeons can shit all over it.

Posted by: wth at August 31, 2026 12:43 PM (UjdFS)

149 146 At least she did what she said she would...going after Trump...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)

Oh yeah a real stand up lady

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:42 PM (eZQ1g)

As much as the failed, one-balled Austrian painter was...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

150 So, past 100, and news of colleges taking more of a hit

Colleges have been a bubble for decades, it could not continue. Parents eventually will decide its not worth half a million dollars to turn their kid into someone that hates them, hates their home, and has no valuable skills or learning.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:43 PM (K32Fz)

151 I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar

Had one in a scrubby bush on the lot line of my place in Arizona. Less than 3 feet off the ground. Eggs about the size of chick peas. Feral cats got it. Hummingbird mama not too smart.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:44 PM (1z8ji)

152 Some hummingbirds will fly as far south as Central America for the winter, crossing parts of the Gulf of America without stopping.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:44 PM (2Cry5)

153 151 I would like to see a hummingbird nest with eggs in it, in person, just once.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar

Had one in a scrubby bush on the lot line of my place in Arizona. Less than 3 feet off the ground. Eggs about the size of chick peas. Feral cats got it. Hummingbird mama not too smart.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:44 PM (1z8ji)

Several hummingbirds made their nests in blackberry brambles...smart hummingbirds...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)

154
Imagine a country so rich that bloggers throw food away just to see birds.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (Y8DZL)

155 Some hummingbirds will fly as far south as Central America for the winter, crossing parts of the Gulf of America without stopping.

They need drop tanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

156 152 Some hummingbirds will fly as far south as Central America for the winter, crossing parts of the Gulf of America without stopping.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:44 PM (2Cry5)

Do they run into Monarch butterflies on the way?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)

157 Anything red, of course, will cause hummers to investigate. Fire extinguishers, gasoline jugs, etc. They are easy to attract, but there ain't hardly any meat on 'em!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (n1B4F)

158 I see the media has decided to ignore the disaster in Nepal was caused by the Chinese undermining a glacier while building a hydro electric plant.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (ZaHhH)

159 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck.

Sounds like Goodfeathers have taken over.

Posted by: far cry at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (pBJ6M)

160 The EU is looking to seize private bank accounts because they know better how to spend the money?

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Is the EU like a Roman Emperor now? Have the soldiers go around taping up their officially stamped scrolls onto surfaces in the public square saying they're going to take your stuff just because they say so? So it shall be written, so it shall be done.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (qBdHI)

161 And why are partisan state and city AGs allowed to bring Federal charges against a President they don't like. Especially after the DoJ refused to bring the same charges?

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 12:46 PM (6p0Jv)

162 In terms of foot care, having torn my achilles tendon forced me to have to sit to shower.

Consequently, I've taken better care of my feet than I ever have in my life, and their look and appearance have improved dramatically.

Most people don't really wash their feet adequately.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 12:46 PM (tjgV0)

163 152 Some hummingbirds will fly as far south as Central America for the winter, crossing parts of the Gulf of America without stopping.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:44 PM (2Cry5)

Hope they have their documents in order.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:46 PM (Gqar8)

164 154
Imagine a country so rich that bloggers throw food away just to see birds.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (Y8DZL)

An not to bait said birds, or feed said birds for eating later...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:46 PM (l3cgK)

165 As much as the failed, one-balled Austrian painter was..."

"Hitler, has only got one ball...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 12:46 PM (XuXeR)

166 Anyone know if Tish James has toenail fungus?
Anyone seen her feet?
Can Tish see her feet?

Posted by: Fun Guy at August 31, 2026 12:47 PM (JM9I6)

167 157 Anything red, of course, will cause hummers to investigate. Fire extinguishers, gasoline jugs, etc. They are easy to attract, but there ain't hardly any meat on 'em!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM

I have to keep my light turned off.

Posted by: Roxanne at August 31, 2026 12:47 PM (2Ez/1)

168 Some research indicates hummingbirds hitch a ride on other, larger migratory birds.

They sure look rode hard and put away wet when they arrive north in the Spring.

What's cool, if you put feeders out every year, they remember your house. They will let you know they have arrived by hovering in front of every window to herald their arrival. "Why isn't the feeder out yet!" in bird speak.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:48 PM (n1B4F)

169 They need drop tanks.

Now I am imagining ... well this

https://tinyurl.com/5x7cpncz

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:48 PM (K32Fz)

170 We've got two varieties of hummingbirds here that are native and don't "winter" somewhere else. One feeder out back, interesting to see the pattern of "demand" for the free food. Varies quite a bit with the seasons. Amazing to me they can find enough to eat in this ecosystem, but there it is. They're vicious, but birds generally are very nasty critters - to each other.

The old hummingbird exhibit at the SD Zoo was great. Small, kinda cramped. Cool. A million varieties of birds, all close by, easily viewed. The new, fancy-with-the-donor-names-on-the-side exhibit? Have gone in a few times, literally haven't seen a hummingbird. Nicely done!

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 12:48 PM (U/Byj)

171 My vote for most aggressive thug bird - BlueJay.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:48 PM (Gqar8)

172 Most people don't really wash their feet adequately.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

That's why we install footbaths in the airport, Infidel!

Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober.. at August 31, 2026 12:49 PM (JM9I6)

173 141 tea tree oil btw
Posted by: Black Orchid

Listerene.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 12:49 PM (W2Pud)

174 Whatever happened to the Tish James wannabe in Georgia? Fanny, Fauni, whatever.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 12:49 PM (vTZFs)

175 They will let you know they have arrived by hovering in front of every window to herald their arrival. "Why isn't the feeder out yet!" in bird speak.

They do it when the feeder is out or gone bad too. Hey! Hey! Fix da foods!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (K32Fz)

176 Bad ad gone. Nope

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (DbmIv)

177 Imagine a country so rich that bloggers throw food away just to see birds.

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It was of ace's Keto concoctions, so not really food food....

Posted by: First Time Commenter at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (g47mK)

178 The amount of water released was massive. It had to have been a huge lake or reservoir sized body of water. Visible from space or satellite photos.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (n1B4F)

179 The greatest trick I ever pulled was convincing the internet that I didn't exist.

Posted by: Sonobi at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (jyFsD)

180 152 Some hummingbirds will fly as far south as Central America for the winter, crossing parts of the Gulf of America without stopping."
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Do they bicker and complain all the way down to Gulf of America just like human married couples?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (sFNX2)

181 The like mature tall pines with short dense needles and nest near the top. So plant one that will grow next to your second story window, or find a house that already has one next to the upper floor window.
Posted by: you'll have to plan ahead or buy a new home at August 31, 2026 12:38 PM (anL5R)
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They nest in the large pines near the house here.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (Rln0i)

182 @172

>>That's why we install footbaths in the airport, Infidel!

Dunking ones feet in tepid water is not adequately washing one's feet.

You have to really get in there with a stiff brush and scraper to shape up those tootsies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (tjgV0)

183 I see the media has decided to ignore the disaster in Nepal was caused by the Chinese undermining a glacier while building a hydro electric plant.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (ZaHhH)

Good to know there's reasons besides "global warming" so we can push back on warmist claims.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (lFFaq)

184 177 Imagine a country so rich that bloggers throw food away just to see birds.

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It was of ace's Keto concoctions, so not really food food....
Posted by: First Time Commenter at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (g47mK)

It was kale, so NOT food.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (Gqar8)

185 50 Of all the jaw-dropping Third World or Soviet bloc depredations inflicted on the country (which are only possible in a country with a civic culture and populace degraded nearly beyond recognition), the absurd and outrageous Vyshinsky-style prosecutions of Trump (both state and federal) do stand out.

I'd include the holocaust of collateral actions, like state legislatures crafting "laws" to allow this persecution, and especially the (ongoing) mau-mau'ing and actual attempted destruction of lawyers working to defend Trump.

There are baby steps being taken (removing ABA as certifying authority for law schools), but in context they are baby steps. The Legal Cult of course can't imagine contemplating that their entire worship-object (the system) is irredeemably rotten due to the degraded people in it (hey, smart guy! went to my law school!).

But it's all a symptom of general decline, not usually the driver.
Posted by: rhomboid
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The nat sec peeps started the ball rolling with their coup against Nixon.

The whole Watergate idiocy came about because of the Deep State, the law was after the fact.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)

186 They do it when the feeder is out or gone bad too. Hey! Hey! Fix da foods!

I buy a brand that says it contains micronutrient levels of copper, which I assume is supposed to act as a bactericide. It's probably 100x more expensive than just plain sugar.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:52 PM (Riz8t)

187 Do they bicker and complain all the way down to Gulf of America just like human married couples?
Posted by: Martin Tell

If the ones in my yard are typical, Signs Point to YES.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

188 I see the media has decided to ignore the disaster in Nepal was caused by the Chinese undermining a glacier while building a hydro electric plant.

I have seen a lot of different things, the latest being that it looks like maybe the ground under the glacier was unstable too, something Chinese engineers did not find or care about.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (K32Fz)

189 I feed the hummingbirds. They will let me know the "nectar" needs to be changed by hovering in front of the window I hang out near. They don't do it any other time. They will be leaving soon, as I don't see them much after first week of September.

Posted by: Sugar, Suga' at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (JM9I6)

190
Trump is the only person tried and convicted for being blackmailed where the blackmailer testified as a prosecution witness.
Posted by: polynikes

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Unscramble that, please? And good morning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (mmrXZ)

191 I see the media has decided to ignore the disaster in Nepal was caused by the Chinese undermining a glacier while building a hydro electric plant.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 12:45 PM (ZaHhH)

Good to know there's reasons besides "global warming" so we can push back on warmist claims.


Google AI says the Chinese theory is incorrect, pointing instead to global warming. I think we really don't know what caused it at this point.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

192 BTW, the saying “ eats like a bird” is not accurate in its’ implication.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:54 PM (Gqar8)

193 >>My vote for most aggressive thug bird - BlueJay.

Visited a wildlife shelter once. Three birds in big floor-to-ceiling cage, don't remember what they were in for. Blue jay was bullying cardinal, but gave the robin all and any space the robin wanted.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 12:54 PM (NcvvS)

194 The whole Watergate idiocy came about because of the Deep State, the law was after the fact.

Yeah at this point in my life I assume anything a Republican is busted for, has been going on for decades by everyone and they were just selected to be destroyed despite everyone else doing it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:54 PM (K32Fz)

195 I’m the opposite of Rex Ryan. I think feet… all feet… are incredibly ugly. Even beautiful women, I don’t want to dwell on their feet, no thanks…. I hide my own feet like stolen goods

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 12:54 PM (sBAAu)

196 Don't eat the kale, it's stale.
Pass it on.

Posted by: Spanky at August 31, 2026 12:54 PM (7Q0e+)

197 Google AI. Just, no.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:55 PM (Gqar8)

198 Google AI says the Chinese theory is incorrect, pointing instead to global warming. I think we really don't know what caused it at this point.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM



The true cause may never be known, they vowed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 12:55 PM (wfgYt)

199 Yup.

Trace amounts of copper (usually as copper sulfate) are added to hummingbird nectar—sold under names like Nectar Defender—to slow microbial and bacterial growth, keeping the sugar water fresh for up to two weeks, even in hot weather.

I have buckets of copper sulfate. Maybe I'll just mix some in to regular sugar.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

200 184 177 Imagine a country so rich that bloggers throw food away just to see birds.

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It was of ace's Keto concoctions, so not really food food....
Posted by: First Time Commenter at August 31, 2026 12:50 PM (g47mK)

It was kale, so NOT food.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (Gqar

Hah. I was eating outside in a food court with Thai food on my plate. One of those little black birds (a female, not as glossy) bounded up to my table. I threw it a piece of cucumber...
The bird looked at the cucumber, looked at me, looked at the cucumber, looked back at me...
LOL. It was like that meme of the black kid with the doubting look on his face.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:55 PM (l3cgK)

201 Speaking of unsolved crimes… who blew up Nordstream 2??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (sBAAu)

202 I don't know about DMSO and other stuff but I tried it for my corns and WOW

I've battled the damn things my whole life! now my feet are nice and smooth! crazy

what's in that stuff?!?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)

203 My vote for most aggressive thug bird - BlueJay.
Posted by: tubal
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The Aussies have some flightless bird that has killed people. Can't think of the name and too lazy to look.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)

204 202 I don't know about DMSO and other stuff but I tried it for my corns and WOW

I've battled the damn things my whole life! now my feet are nice and smooth! crazy

what's in that stuff?!?!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)

Kale, mostly.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (Gqar8)

205 By the way I finally saw Naked Gun (2025) and its a lot funnier than people were saying. It goes too far a few times and sometimes gets really daffy but it was worth a lot of laughs to me. Lots of fun wordplay and surprising twists of conversation, some great performances, a suitably bizarre plot, and everyone played it absolutely straight. Its not as gut-busting hilarious as the first one, but still, fun enough.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:57 PM (K32Fz)

206 Cassowary, Biff.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:58 PM (Gqar8)

207 203 My vote for most aggressive thug bird - BlueJay.
Posted by: tubal
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The Aussies have some flightless bird that has killed people. Can't think of the name and too lazy to look.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)

Cassowaries are killers...
Auzieland has emus.
South America has Rheas.
Madagascar used to have Elephant birds.
New Zealand used to have Moas...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 12:58 PM (l3cgK)

208 Jena Griswold in Colorado is running for AG. She has already promised to sue Trump over anything and everything that she can think of. Her campaign so far has been to show how hard she hates hates hates Trump.

The snobby Californicated elites up and down the I-25 Front Range corridor love her. She will be our new AG, come January.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 31, 2026 12:58 PM (bufu1)

209 I have seen a lot of different things, the latest being that it looks like maybe the ground under the glacier was unstable too, something Chinese engineers did not find or care about.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (K32Fz)



I wonder how stable the ground under the Three Gorges Dam is? And if Chinese engineers cared to find out, being the dirty stinking, incompetent commies that they all are.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (i2VYc)

210 Google AI says the Chinese theory is incorrect, pointing instead to global warming. I think we really don't know what caused it at this point.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

It certainly wasn't global warming. Even though the USDA pushed all the planting zones up by a half a couple of years ago, actual safe planting dates are now about two weeks *later* than they used to be. Making the real zones a half step colder than before.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (lFFaq)

211 The Aussies have some flightless bird that has killed people. Can't think of the name and too lazy to look.

Emus?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)

212 Good to know there's reasons besides "global warming" so we can push back on warmist claims.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 12:51 PM (lFFaq)

Massive landslides are a natural occurrence in mountainous country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (1z8ji)

213 Once saw a Cooper's Hawk take a Blue Jay in midair. One squawk and it was over. Five minutes later, nothing left but wings, feathers, feet.

Posted by: Backyard Shenanigans at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (JM9I6)

214 I missed the Ruffalo thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (2MN4W)

215 Now, the Terrorbirds...they were scary...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (l3cgK)

216 The bird looked at the cucumber, looked at me, looked at the cucumber, looked back at me...

I got a "burrito" on the pier in Seattle once. I was starving and finally found some place with food and it was... it was literally stew, like Dinty Moore stew in a tortilla. They didn't even try to disguise it or make it Mexican in any way.

I couldn't eat it, threw it away and the seagulls flew over to eat it... even they rejected it. I have no idea how that dump stayed open.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (K32Fz)

217 Hummingbirds can, sort of, be a sign of fall coming early or late based on when they leave. Same for spring.

Our spring was "early" this year. Warm weather and no frosts in early April. The bird were looking for the feeder by the last week of the month.

I have photos of heavy frost in mid April here. Hummingbirds didn't show until late May that year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (2Cry5)

218 215 Now, the Terrorbirds...they were scary...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (l3cgK)

But tasty . Sous vide them suckers.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (Gqar8)

219 Speaking of Melissa DeRosa, what the heck is she doing on Bret Baier's show panel? I thought she and her family were involved in the nursing home to Covid shenanigans during Cuomo's run.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (+jscL)

220 This is abuse of office. A prosecutor is supposed to investigate a crime and find the guilty party, not investigate a person to discover crimes (or, in this case, "crimes").

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Eh, it's pretty commonplace for prosecutors to look at a truly vile bastard who's evaded justice for years, someone like El Chapo or Chuck Lorre, and tell the cops "stick to this sonofabitch like glue, and tell me everything you find - there's a crime I can prosecute somewhere."

But it's supposed to be someone who's guilty of actual crimes. Not Donald Trump.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

221 Cassowary is something to be wary of.

Posted by: Bird Brain at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (JM9I6)

222 Massive landslides are a natural occurrence in mountainous country.

Unpossible, I was told they only started happening now because of global warmening

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (K32Fz)

223 I wonder how stable the ground under the Three Gorges Dam is? And if Chinese engineers cared to find out, being the dirty stinking, incompetent commies that they all are.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (i2VYc)

They probably decided it didn't matter since the base of the dam isn't tied into the rock anyway but just set on the surface.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:03 PM (lFFaq)

224
I have to keep my light turned off.
Posted by: Roxanne
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Possible Thread Winner

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 01:03 PM (XeU6L)

225 Massive landslides are a natural occurrence in mountainous country.

Natural. Yesssssss.

Posted by: Subterranean Lizard People at August 31, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

226 And if Chinese engineers cared to find out, being the dirty stinking, incompetent commies that they all are.

"I got paid, Gwailo, who cares what happens afterward?"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:03 PM (K32Fz)

227 Google AI says the Chinese theory is incorrect, pointing instead to global warming. I think we really don't know what caused it at this point.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

Google lies. It's what thy do.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (1z8ji)

228 This sort of crap will only accelerate people fleeing NY, on top of everything else. The HP merger bit in particular.

Posted by: heya at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (ND37T)

229 Cassowary, Biff.
Posted by: tubal
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Yes, thank you. AI says "Native to Australia and New Guinea, this flightless bird is highly territorial and has been responsible for human fatalities using its 12cm inner toe claw."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (XvL8K)

230 Afternoon Ace
Still waiting for decisions on the appeals in NY state courts. I had a couple of cases at the Appellate Division and it never takes more than 6 months for a decision. We're well into year number two
This tells me the judges know the cases sick but want to keep Trump hanging as long as possible

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (j/Ml9)

231 Massive landslides are a natural occurrence in mountainous country.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 12:59 PM (1z8ji)

True, but glacier collapses are much less common.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (lFFaq)

232 When you have a drop-dead gorgeous powerful woman like Leticia James the knives really come out.

Posted by: No one ever at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (wGerL)

233 This is so stupid, Marvel will probably do it.

There are rumors they will change Magneto's backstory of being a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust to being a Palestinian.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (2GVsD)

234 I've battled the damn things my whole life! now my feet are nice and smooth! crazy

what's in that stuff?!?!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)


Dimethyl Sulfoxide.

If you want to know about DMSO and its promises, look up the substack for A Midwestern Doctor

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)

235 In the desert slickrock country the hummers will make a nest in a huge smooth expanse of cliff face sandstone. It's kind of neat, there's an entire wall of nothing, and then a little nubbin "porch" thing, with a hummingbird sitting there 150 feet off the ground. Predators can't get at them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (n1B4F)

236 Pro tip. Do not eat outdoors along the sea wall in Galveston no matter how nice the weather and the view. You will have to shoo grackles off of your table like flies.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (vTZFs)

237 Jena Griswold has Active Bitch Face.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (BI5O2)

238 Oh yeah I'll second bluejays. Little bastards.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (eZQ1g)

239 Sigh not surprised but still incredibly disappointed: I really want justice for all the Dem lawfare. At a minimum, lawfare acknowledgments (similar to land acknowledgements but requirements for Dem to apologize for their failure of lawfare and Obamacare). Maybe an L tatoo on foreheads. with QR code to details.

Posted by: Iris at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (286+n)

240 If you are talking is the pop up ad gone, no.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (sl73Y)

241 But it's supposed to be someone who's guilty of actual crimes. Not Donald Trump.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)
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If they can't even find video surveillance of him jaywalking in NYC, they got nothin'!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 01:06 PM (FZ29D)

242 By the way I finally saw Naked Gun (2025) and its a lot funnier than people were saying. It goes too far a few times and sometimes gets really daffy but it was worth a lot of laughs to me. Lots of fun wordplay and surprising twists of conversation, some great performances, a suitably bizarre plot, and everyone played it absolutely straight. Its not as gut-busting hilarious as the first one, but still, fun enough.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 12:57 PM (K32Fz)

Saw Coyote vs Acme over the weekend. For those of us who grew up with Looney Tunes in the 50's (first at the movies, then on TV) it was a cool premise. Acme getting sued for supplying defective equipment Coyote, in his pursuit of the roadrunner and the other Warners cartoon characters. It was a fun movie. Lots of little hidden tributes to the original directors and animators who created those great cartoons.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 31, 2026 01:06 PM (hmYU4)

243 I got a "burrito" on the pier in Seattle once. I was starving and finally found some place with food and it was... it was literally stew, like Dinty Moore stew in a tortilla. They didn't even try to disguise it or make it Mexican in any way.

I couldn't eat it, threw it away and the seagulls flew over to eat it... even they rejected it. I have no idea how that dump stayed open.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:00 PM (K32Fz)


Ahs. the "Oregon Burrito"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

244 But it's supposed to be someone who's guilty of actual crimes. Not Donald Trump.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

"Framing the guilty". What happened to Trump, and Alaska's Stevens (which is where I first heard the term), is why it's a terrible policy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:07 PM (lFFaq)

245 True, but glacier collapses are much less common.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:04 PM (lFFaq)



Happens all the time. When a mountain glacier gets overextended, the ice at the toe breaks off.

Glaciers are a potent form of erosion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:08 PM (1z8ji)

246 An Oregon burrito?

Antifa, "Wait, I thought what happened in Portland, stayed in Portland."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:09 PM (2GVsD)

247 Framing the guilty". What happened to Trump, and Alaska's Stevens (which is where I first heard the term), is why it's a terrible policy.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 31, 2026 01:07 PM (lFFaq)

Geese & ganders, etc.

If they make me AG, I'll find an oubliette for every Democrat, even if I have to manufacture evidence in my basement.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:10 PM (BI5O2)

248 Glacier collapses can result in icebergs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:10 PM (2GVsD)

249 We, being very crafty and intelligent, have evaded detection and blame for the Nepalese Land/glacier slide.

Posted by: The Mole People at August 31, 2026 01:10 PM (JM9I6)

250 Saw Coyote vs Acme over the weekend.
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Wifey and I plan ot attend bargain (well, 20% off) matinee this afternoon. I am psyched! I will wear my "Super Genius" t-shirt.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 31, 2026 01:11 PM (sFNX2)

251 If they make me AG, I'll find an oubliette for every Democrat, even if I have to manufacture evidence in my basement.

Pretty sure you will find a lot of PDF stuff on their electronic devices. Then you search their property for the bodies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:11 PM (2GVsD)

252 236 Pro tip. Do not eat outdoors along the sea wall in Galveston no matter how nice the weather and the view. You will have to shoo grackles off of your table like flies.
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Sounds like there needs to be a sporting event every Tuesday at 10am....Pull!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:12 PM (8cylk)

253 Happens all the time. When a mountain glacier gets overextended, the ice at the toe breaks off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Toe hungus

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 01:12 PM (XvL8K)

254 Probably going to get willowed...

Hummingbird at our house.

https://ibb.co/2YNhSMKt

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 01:12 PM (2Cry5)

255 Pull!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:12 PM (8cylk)

I tried that one as a pickup line. Didn't work too well.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:13 PM (eZQ1g)

256 the "Oregon Burrito"
Posted by: Kindltot

That's when Sid blows the smelly hobo in his sleeping bag

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 01:13 PM (88C+u)

257 someone who's guilty of actual crimes. Not Donald Trump.
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If they can do this to him, what can they do to any one of us?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:13 PM (8cylk)

258 There are rumors they will change Magneto's backstory of being a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust to being a Palestinian.

I don't think even Marvel is that dumb but... they have surprised me before. I still expect him to be a black man who was abused as a child during the 1960s.

Saw Coyote vs Acme over the weekend.

I do want to see that, but people who have kids need to take them along too (as expensive as that gets). This is our heritage!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:13 PM (K32Fz)

259 As part of the Greater Greenland strategy, we will soon control the Glacier Market, in conjunction with the Trump Organization.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at August 31, 2026 01:14 PM (JM9I6)

260 Big Penguin delenda est!!

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:15 PM (Gqar8)

261 Is it possible that pigeons could drive them off? Because more and more pigeons began camping out on my deck. I counted 12 one time. So I stopped putting out food to get them to leave.

Posted by: ace at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)
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Pigeons and Crows are indifferent to each other. Different food source (grains vs. protein or bugs). So, pigeons aren't scaring them off. Raccoons, Foxes, some species of owls on the other hand could keep crows wary.

Or, it is possible that one of the crows saw your Vespa in the garage, and crows talk. So, they'd all be concerned about their reputations due to association.

Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:15 PM (dIske)

262 Posted by: Martini Farmer

Very nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 01:15 PM (Csh33)

263 Pretty sure you will find a lot of PDF stuff on their electronic devices. Then you search their property for the bodies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:11 PM (2GVsD)

Of course. They're all guilty as hammered sin. All you have to do is bother chasing down the crimes. It's not as if they're careful.

The problem is finding cops to arrest them and judges and juries to convict them.

Not to worry!

AG YD will reward his Oprichniki who fry them in giant pans in front of their neighbors with all their worldly goods, and their family members as chattels, thus obviating these late-republuc follies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:15 PM (BI5O2)

264 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS at August 31, 2026 01:16 PM (zBNb3)

265 I am all for West Virginia in most things (being the fucking leave me alone state) but, West Virginia burritos are not good. It's like they once heard someone describe a burrito and thought Sure, I can make that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 01:16 PM (wfgYt)

266 Magento the black woman of Selma, AL?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:16 PM (2GVsD)

267 Before anyone can say it: Nothing will happen, of course.

So, ummmmm, like, is my work here done?

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at August 31, 2026 01:16 PM (0sNs1)

268 Pigeons and Crows are indifferent to each other. Different food source (grains vs. protein or bugs). So, pigeons aren't scaring them off. Raccoons, Foxes, some species of owls on the other hand could keep crows wary.

Or, it is possible that one of the crows saw your Vespa in the garage, and crows talk. So, they'd all be concerned about their reputations due to association.
Posted by: Orson at August 31, 2026 01:15 PM (dIske)

Pigeons. So nasty, even a crow won't eat them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:17 PM (1z8ji)

269 There are rumors they will change Magneto's backstory of being a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust to being a Palestinian
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I refuse to believe it but believe it. Either way don't give a fuck, AI can't obliterate that industry soon enough.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:17 PM (eZQ1g)

270 262 Posted by: Martini Farmer

Very nice!
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Have not had the pleasure of meeting Martini Farmer (as far as I know), so I'll take your word that Martini Farmer is very nice.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 31, 2026 01:17 PM (8cylk)

271 nice Martini!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 01:17 PM (j+aD2)

272 There are rumors they will change Magneto's backstory of being a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust to being a Palestinian

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Fagneto

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 31, 2026 01:18 PM (BI5O2)

273 A reason to buy an IMAX ticket?

Godzilla Minus Zero was filmed in IMAX.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:18 PM (2GVsD)

274 Endless recipes for pigeon pie on the internet, BTW. Usually bundled with recipes for Hobo Stew, funnily enough.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:18 PM (Gqar8)

275 I like crows, I know they sound awful but they are smart and friendly and look cool.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:19 PM (K32Fz)

276 I’m back motherfucker, and I ain’t dancing for peanuts. Do I look like f’n Bojangles, ponce?

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:19 PM (Q6Bu6)

277 YD

One comment - Palestinian Magneto boards a bus and uses his powers...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:19 PM (2GVsD)

278 Crows all have a Joisey accent.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:20 PM (Gqar8)

279 Birds in general are really hard to photograph for some reason. Hummingbirds more than usual because they're so freaking fast.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 01:20 PM (2Cry5)

280 275 I like crows, I know they sound awful but they are smart and friendly and look cool.
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Must have been a raven.

Posted by: Guy Who Can't Tell the Difference Between a Crow and a Raven at August 31, 2026 01:20 PM (8cylk)

281 Endless recipes for pigeon pie on the internet, BTW. Usually bundled with recipes for Hobo Stew, funnily enough.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:18 PM (Gqar

Well, the pigeon pie is used to bait the hobo traps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)

282 And don’t call me Blackie, racist.

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (vbdXu)

283 Ravens croak, Crows bitch and carry on.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (Gqar8)

284 Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (W2Pud)

285 Did the Counting Crows ever open for the Black Crows?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (2GVsD)

286 The only thing funnier than watching a gooney bird attempt to takeoff is watching one attempting to land.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (J4Dwc)

287 282 And don’t call me Blackie, racist.
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You all look the same to me.

Posted by: Guy Who Can't Tell the Difference Between a Crow and a Raven at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (8cylk)

288 Two crows walk into a bar. One chokes to death and dies because Ace gave it a stale bread crust.

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:22 PM (vbdXu)

289 The guy who did the Transformers voice, I feel no especial tragedy over his death. Yeah sad for his family and friends but I always though the Transformers were really goofy and stupid even when I was young. Maybe I was the wrong age group, I was in high school when they came out. He Man, same thing: meh. Dumb cartoon. But I have always hated stupid cartoons, even as a kid I though Flintstones and anything Hanna Barberra was idiotic. Scooby Do was insulting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:22 PM (K32Fz)

290 Did you know pigeons are my gay cousins?

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (vbdXu)

291 Nude Milo

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (wfgYt)

292 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

293 The first Transformers movie was a gem.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (Gqar8)

294 Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

That was a real thing, too. Bored chefs or bizarre, spoiled royalty always demanding novelty? Who knows.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (K32Fz)

295 Look at the beak. If you can’t tell the difference from a raven and a crow, congratulations you’re an idiot.

Posted by: The Crow at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM (vbdXu)

296 Did the Counting Crows ever open for the Black Crows?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 01:21 PM (2GVsD)

Or the Old Crow Medicine Show?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM (1z8ji)

297 NOOD Milo

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 31, 2026 01:24 PM (2CeDH)

298 they are deported for breaking the conditions of their Visa application and stay..I hope Rubio shows the way and IGNORES this judicial criminality

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 01:34 PM (g47mK)

299 124 Franz Liebkind was a pigeon fancier.
Posted by: The Concierge at August 31, 2026 12:37 PM (JM9I6)

Somehow Chang from Community yelling 'PIGEON FANCIER' doesn't roll off the tongue as well.

Posted by: Nelly at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (6+ehB)

300 I refuse to believe it but believe it. Either way don't give a fuck, AI can't obliterate that industry soon enough.
Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 01:17 PM (eZQ1g)

I will happily take AI slop over r*tard slop any day of the week. The r*tards can go back to tumblr and be poor; tired of them destroying things created by people 1000 times more talented.

Posted by: Nelly at August 31, 2026 01:41 PM (6+ehB)

301 Beria didn't think that anything would happen, either

Then a firing squad was assembled............

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 31, 2026 02:09 PM (jrgJz)

302 Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore homeward bound. Captain opens channel D stating," she won't love you long time."

Posted by: kingsman at August 31, 2026 03:27 PM (ehY6c)

303 Now I feel bad. About a week ago, I was sick of red wine and out of bourbon so I was cranky and left a nasty message about the ads. I think I fractured my finger trying to find the goddamn x. I ranted and blustered and said I was outta here. Well, of course I couldn’t leave this den of fine minds, so I would only peruse the beginning and never click on continue reading or comments. Sorry.

Posted by: RNUT at August 31, 2026 09:40 PM (xW84Z)

Hampton Prescott on “The Curley Effect” – Municipal Mismanagement that Perpetuates Political Power by Driving Away Responsible Opposition

[I needed backup for today’s Morning Rant, so friend-of-the-blog Hampton Prescott kindly offered up another of his excellent essays on the need for a revival of “municipal conservatism” to rescue failing cities. Specifically, I asked Hampton if he would discuss the subject of productive citizens fleeing cities - why it’s happening, the business community’s indifference to it, and what can be done to reverse the problem. I always assumed that the flight of law-abiding, tax-paying residents was a consequence of liberal mismanagement, but as Hampton explains, there is actually a term, “The Curley Effect,” for destructive municipal governance that benefits those in power by driving away responsible citizens who might otherwise vote incumbents out of office. Mr. Prescott’s essay is below the fold. – Buck]

Being a student of history is indispensable, in that it equips you with the capacity to cut through the “we are living through unprecedented times” noise. It also helps tremendously in spotting past parallels to current social, political and economic dynamics.

One aspect of history that is of particular interest is the political career of James Michael Curley, four-time mayor of Boston and governor of Massachusetts in the early-to-mid 20th Century. Curley’s influence persists to this day through what is known as “The Curley Effect,” defined as a political strategy and economic model where targeted, inefficient, or divisive public policies are intentionally leveraged to drive political opponents out. By encouraging wealthier or opposing demographics to flee, the politician employing The Curley Effect alters the local voter base to secure permanent power, even if the strategy causes long-term economic decline. The impact on Boston and Massachusetts in general was disastrous, as Curley’s tenure coincided with Boston suffering from economic stagnation that took until the "Massachusetts Miracle" in the 1980’s to truly shake off.

I can’t help but think of The Curley Effect when I see the abysmal governance of our major cities today. Specifically, it came to mind when I saw a clip of Seattle’s newly elected Mayor Katie Wilson respond to the outflow of the private sector from the City with a vapid response of (verbatim) “To the ones that leave, like bye! Hahaha!”

You don’t have to squint hard to see the connection between the high property taxes and spending policies in Boston that drove out the private sector and the anemic response to crime, vagrancy and other quality of life matters in Seattle that is driving away stalwart institutions like Starbucks and Amazon. No shortage of ink has been spilled on the rise of the far left in major cities over the past decade. What is missing from much of this commentary is the idea that this incompetence could be intentional in order to lock in long-term political power.

The good news is that the Curley Effect is not an immutable law of urban physics (contrary to the opinion of many commentators.) It thrives in environments of low accountability and general apathy. The solutions are there for those serious about reclaiming the cultural and economic beacons that are our cities.

First, business communities nationwide need to shake off the apathy and ineffectiveness that has defined their “activities” in the past decade and re-assert the influence that they once had in their respective cities. Two destructive causes of this unfortunate development:

1) Short-sighted libertarianism that puts a mask on lack of interest in the hard work of fostering on-the-ground relationships; or

2) ESG-type grifting which outsourced much of the work out of “community involvement” for executives.

Other major causes include corporate consolidation that removed many institutional pillars from many major cities and increasing financialization of the real estate sectors. The major real estate owners who had breakfast with city council member once a week were displaced by faceless institutions lacking long-term interest in the viability of the cities they purchased property in.

Sun Belt cities have always been held back due to the lack of a healthy urban core (this has arguably kept them from reaching the prominence of a New York or San Francisco, despite predictions to the contrary stretching back to the 50s), so a scenario where cities like Seattle emulate this structure is one that will make for a less productive and sadder country. The business community needs to get out from behind the Zoom call taken from Palm Beach and take action.

Second (covering the nuts and bolts of policy solutions here) there is a need to impose hard fiscal and governance constraints. Strict balanced-budget requirements, supermajority thresholds for tax increases, and independent performance audits make it harder to fund patronage networks or soft-on-crime experiments indefinitely. Term limits for mayors and city councils reduce the payoff from long-term demographic engineering. Recall mechanisms and robust citizen-initiative processes give remaining residents tools to reverse course before decline becomes terminal. Beyond formal reforms, people concerned with The Curley Effect taking over their hometowns can utilize their social media accounts to hold governance to account. There are many excellent accounts in Atlanta who draw attention to shortcomings in things ranging from mass transit experience to permitting timelines. Social media can be a very valuable tool in this regard.

Third, prioritize the basic public goods that keep productive people in place: competent policing, clean streets, functional schools, and predictable property rights. Cities that restore order and reverse the visible decay of public spaces reverse the outbound migration of the tax base. These are not ideological luxuries; they are the minimum conditions for retaining the human capital that funds everything else. In my experience, my posts on restoring law and order and urban beautification get likes across the wide political spectrum, so the idea that these issues are firmly partisan is a highly questionable one.

History shows that the Curley Effect can be broken. Boston eventually recovered once policy shifted toward growth and competence under Governor Dukakis in the 1980’s. Today’s cities face the same choice. The politicians who wave goodbye to departing employers and residents are not invincible; they are simply betting that voters and institutions will remain passive. Raising the price of that bet, through aggressive counteraction, constraints, and competence, is the practical path out.

HAMPTON PRESCOTT

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 11:00 AM (3Ae0s)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

3 So I am assuming Boston is now a bastion of good government since they shook off the effect in the 80's, Right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (Y/06r)

4 Nobody wants to live in a shit hole city/county/state. Except the people who created the shit hole in the first place.

But they too tire of it and move elsewhere to start the shitification process all over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (2Cry5)

5 the practical path is the Hershey highway to the old dirt road

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 31, 2026 11:03 AM (dL8V2)

6 One aspect of history that is of particular interest is the political career of James Michael Curley, four-time mayor of Boston and governor of Massachusetts in the early-to-mid 20th Century. Curley’s influence persists to this day through what is known as “The Curley Effect,” defined as a political strategy and economic model where targeted, inefficient, or divisive public policies are intentionally leveraged to drive political opponents out. By encouraging wealthier or opposing demographics to flee, the politician employing The Curley Effect alters the local voter base to secure permanent power, even if the strategy causes long-term economic decline. T

Interesting that China has chosen to apply this model to an entire country. Of course, it's not always possible for the undesirable demographics to physically flee, and China is doing its best to prevent capital from moving as well.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

7 Decline is a choice. Trump is showing us that there is another way.

Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 11:03 AM (E/qck)

8 Hey, we had effects, too!
-- Moe and Larry

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

9 No monkey.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:04 AM (zjgNU)

10 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Detroit at August 31, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)

11 the politician employing The Curley Effect alters the local voter base to secure permanent power, even if the strategy causes long-term economic decline.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: The Uniparty at August 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

12 “The Curley Effect,” defined as a political strategy and economic model where targeted, inefficient, or divisive public policies are intentionally leveraged to drive political opponents out. By encouraging wealthier or opposing demographics to flee, the politician employing The Curley Effect alters the local voter base to secure permanent power, even if the strategy causes long-term economic decline.


Memphis, Chicago, East St. Louis, Atlanta...

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 11:05 AM (3Ae0s)

13 Are we sure Israel isn't at fault? Just asking questions.

Posted by: T'Qatar Carlson at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (BVbFo)

14 Memphis, Chicago, East St. Louis, Atlanta...

Any large city in California.

Posted by: The Uniparty at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

15 By encouraging wealthier or opposing demographics to flee, the politician employing The Curley Effect alters the local voter base to secure permanent power, even if the strategy causes long-term economic decline.

The left really would prefer to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

16 It's Elephant God Day in Paris!

https://tinyurl.com/mmbcu3zn

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

17 LA is about to return to power one of the people responsible for the Palisades burning to the ground.

Or barring that, their other option is putting in power, a person who was given the duty to do something about LA's homeless problem, that person failed spectacularly.

They were given an option to vote for a Republican who actually had skin in the game and wanted to tackle the problems head on.


The citizens of LA rejected this option.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 11:07 AM (tjgV0)

18 What a shithole that place became! I, however, am unchanged and will stay here until it reaches the same level of shithole-ness.

Posted by: Urban Flyers at August 31, 2026 11:07 AM (rJhDk)

19 Memphis, Chicago, East St. Louis, Atlanta...

Any large city in California.


And, of course, DC under Marion Barry.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

20 Oh. Well, then …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:08 AM (ayRl+)

21 The citizens of LA rejected this option.

That was amazing!

Posted by: The Vote-Counters of LA at August 31, 2026 11:09 AM (rJhDk)

22 They were given an option to vote for a Republican who actually had skin in the game and wanted to tackle the problems head on.


The citizens of LA rejected this option.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 11:07 AM (tjgV0)
----
This assumes that the citizens of LA were given an honest chance to make a difference.

Voter fraud is so ingrained in CA, it seems nearly *IMPOSSIBLE* for anyone who really wants to change things to rise above it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 11:09 AM (FZ29D)

23 "prioritize the basic public goods that keep productive people in place: competent policing, clean streets, functional schools, and predictable property rights"

Competent policing without competent prosecutors and judges and effective laws is futile.

Functional schools? We forgot how to do that 60 years ago.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 And, of course, DC under Marion Barry.
Posted by: Archimedes

Bitch set him up!

Posted by: DC Wash at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (JM9I6)

25 1. Vote early. 2. Vote often.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (ayRl+)

26 Hampton Prescott kindly offered up another of his excellent essays on the need for a revival of “municipal conservatism” to rescue failing cities.

Nothing will happen until those failing cities decide to change. As it is, they're still counting on government bailing them out and subsidizing their shiftless lifestyles.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

27 No, it's because of the content of their character.

Posted by: White guy with his family in a minivan pulling a U-Haul trailer at August 31, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

28 Meh, they deserve what they voted for, just pray they don't move to your state.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 31, 2026 11:11 AM (Q/FnY)

29 Kicking the can down the road works until there is no more street.

Has Gary, IN gotten their power back yet? Or are they still shooting at utility workers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 11:11 AM (2GVsD)

30 Those are some ideas, but how exactly are the cities going to implement them?



Our main issue is that everything is too big and governance is too separated from the populace.

If your vote, your involvement has almost zero effect on the outcome, why bother?

If the places where you could affect the outcome have almost zero effect on your life, again, why bother?

We need to bring governance much closer to the people who it governs and make politicians more accountable.

If you govern a ward of 50,000 people, like in Chicago, how much of an effect does each individual have?

But, if your ward was 5,000? You might not know everyone in your ward, but you'd know most families and you'd be much more connected. 50,000? You know the people who fund your campaign.

Our government overall is too big. It needs to be much smaller and much more local.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (zjgNU)

31 Memphis, Chicago, East St. Louis, Atlanta...

Is there power? It is corrupt. But I live in the Northeastern Corridor of Corruption, so I may be biased.

Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (P5C/E)

32 Competent policing without competent prosecutors and judges and effective laws is futile.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

----
Yep.

Police might be very competent at their jobs, but they are downstream in a system that prioritizes criminals over law-abiding citizens.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (FZ29D)

33 @22

>>This assumes that the citizens of LA were given an honest chance to make a difference.

Barring a smoking gun, vote fraud is always assumed, but can never really be proven emphatically.

At the end of the day, the citizens of LA either through apathy or simply not giving a f**k has allowed this system to take hold and become the defacto state of play.

Until the people of LA take control of their government, they are going to keep getting the short end of the stick.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (tjgV0)

34 "We're comin' to your town / We're gonna shut it down / We're an American Band!" … who sang that?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (ayRl+)

35 Anyone with a serious interest in "The Curley Effect" ought to read Jack Beatty's The Rascal King and, for a fictional portrayal, Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah.

As an aside, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones had a song called "The Rascal King," which was a paean to Curley.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (qRla/)

36 hmm

well I'm not as sanguine

the Left is attempting to, via control of cities and certain states, collapse the USA and take it over.

The Curley effect is a TOOL they are using for this. to strengthen THEIR redoubts!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 11:13 AM (j+aD2)

37 Term limits do nothing but make an already lazy electorate more lazy. A lazy electorate is what got us to where we are today.

Participating in governance, being self-governing and participating in government is just TOO HARD, I suppose. But we have to do it. Term limits are a very poor substitute for demanding the kind of government you want, but it’s great to help people shirk their civic duty.

San Antonio city government has term limits and they have done nothing to improve the governance there.

Dude lost me right there. But he makes sense otherwise.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:13 AM (WB/3O)

38 I suspect attacks on 9/11, and those attacks not in blue sh tholes.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 11:13 AM (LHPAg)

39 Has Gary, IN gotten their power back yet? Or are they still shooting at utility workers?

One wonders if the utility workers were black or white. If white, they hate whitey so much they'd rather live without power just to get to shoot at him. If black, well, I admit I'd be puzzled by that one.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

40 22, perfesser is spot-on

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (VyBeY)

41 But, if your ward was 5,000? You might not know everyone in your ward, but you'd know most families and you'd be much more connected.

You said it, pal!

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (qRla/)

42 36 hmm

well I'm not as sanguine

the Left is attempting to, via control of cities and certain states, collapse the USA and take it over.

The Curley effect is a TOOL they are using for this. to strengthen THEIR redoubts!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 11:13 AM (j+aD2)

Except for one thing.

People do have One Final Freedom.

Voting with their feet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (WB/3O)

43 As the song goes, "They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please."

Look at how incandescently enraged they are over the improvements Trump is making to DC*.

It's not just the White House or the cost that infuriates them:
It's that he's showing 1) you don't have to live like this and 2) the degradation and dilapidation was intentional by the Democrats.

They WANT* the disgusting, scummy, run-down, crime-ridden cities.

* Note well, this is why they so openly cheated to stop Spencer Pratt

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (3cUTc)

44 Remind me again why we can't have public hangings of corrupt officials … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (ayRl+)

45 Any large city in America. Maybe world wide.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 11:14 AM (Cqx++)

46 The citizens of LA rejected this option.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Ballots rejected that option. Note that not one word above addresses a major cause of urban dysfunction--a) gimmedats, and b) election fraud.

Thieves take over city halls because they steal and sell favors to people like real estate developers for forever. Smart thieves don't rob banks because like Willie Sutton said, that is where the money is. Instead, they play a longer game and take over municipalities to loot and sell favor. Washington Plunkitt called it honest graft.

And that has been going on since cities got big enough to loot from the taxpayers.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:15 AM (E4rtv)

47 “Gresham’s law” (bad money drives out good money) applied to politics.

Decent people, businessmen and women, they don’t want to touch politics with a ten foot pole. And local politics is where the feeder stock for higher office is drawn. Diane Feinstein was a supervisor in San Francisco for just one of many many examples. I’m reading a book about the 1960s and beyond, how SF was deconstructed over the years and she keeps popping up. Real piece of work right there.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:15 AM (IkLDu)

48 "We're comin' to your town / We're gonna shut it down / We're an American Band!" … who sang that?
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (ayRl+)


Bachmann-Turner Overdrive, IIRC. And I believe the lyric is "We're comin' to your town / We're gonna party down"

Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at August 31, 2026 11:15 AM (qRla/)

49 That CCP puppet Wu is worse than Curley. At least they had the decency to jail.him back in the day. Today NWH.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 31, 2026 11:15 AM (bX16E)

50 The Curley Effect certainly operates in Portland, and the Democratic Socialists of America (which controls half of the city council) encourages it.

Seventy percent of the population of the Portland metro area lives in the suburbs, so people who are sick of the poor quality of government services in Portland can simply move a few miles and avoid them.

So, if only twenty percent of the population are lunatic leftists, and they all live in Portland, they have a voting majority in Portland.

The problem, of course, is that the people fleeing Portland bring their political beliefs with them, so the suburbs become progressively more left-wing (if more moderate than Portland) over time.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:16 AM (aD4fx)

51 Grand Funk Railroad

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 11:17 AM (hUS/0)

52 48 Grand Funk. They say the guitar solo is greatly admired to this day.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 31, 2026 11:17 AM (bX16E)

53 If black, well, I admit I'd be puzzled by that one.
——-
Black utility linemen are just “acting White”, you see. Commence firing!!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (IkLDu)

54 >>"We're comin' to your town / We're gonna shut it down / We're an American Band!" … who sang that?

Grand Funk, aka Bland Gunk, Railroad.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (NcvvS)

55
As the song goes, "They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please."

They're feeding our people that government cheese

https://t.ly/NPTMT

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (Cqx++)

56 @46

>>Ballots rejected that option. Note that not one word above addresses a major cause of urban dysfunction--a) gimmedats, and b) election fraud.

The system rejected that option, but the system is instituted by the people.

As maxim goes, nobody is coming to save us.

Or in this case, the system is the system and barring a citizen revolt, the system will keep on keeping on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (tjgV0)

57 People do have One Final Freedom.

Voting with their feet.


Which spreads the virus.

Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (P5C/E)

58 Has Gary, IN gotten their power back yet? Or are they still shooting at utility workers?
Posted by: Anna Puma

====

Website sez they're down to about 70 sites. Not sure if they're under fire.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (39WC0)

59 Yep.

Police might be very competent at their jobs, but they are downstream in a system that prioritizes criminals over law-abiding citizens.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (FZ29D)

Where do we see this?

Houston. The cops there might well be competent, but the judges voted in there assure a revolving door to jail, or letting people out with stupid low bonds, etc. And the Harris County DA is a soft on crime zealot as well.

The thing keeping Houston from being like Chicago, IMHO? The fact that people there are armed to the teeth and are not hesitant to defend themselves.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (WB/3O)

60 Which spreads the virus.
Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 11:18 AM (P5C/E)

It can. Not always.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:19 AM (WB/3O)

61 >>So I am assuming Boston is now a bastion of good government since they shook off the effect in the 80's, Right?

As someone who lived through the revival and eventual return to idiocy in Boston I have a slightly different view of how Massachusetts and Boston in particular rebounded and are now sinking again.

When we bought our condo in Boston back around 1980 they were practically giving them away. They were so eager to sell they tossed in a parking space for free and if you know Boston parking that was big. What caused the Massachusetts Miracle It was really the advent of the computer age.

Long before Silicon Valley was a thing there was Route 128 in MA. Companies like Digital Equipment, Wang, Lotus BB&N and many more sprang up all over the region, largely fed by the colleges and universities in and around Boston. It was an absolute gold rush. And people with money started demanding better services from the politicians and they complied. Briefly.

And then, of course, politicians started feeding off it, property values went through the roof, and lots of those jobs moved out of state taking lots of money with them. That opened the door for the new Curley politicians.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 11:19 AM (viF8m)

62 33 @22

>>This assumes that the citizens of LA were given an honest chance to make a difference.

Barring a smoking gun, vote fraud is always assumed, but can never really be proven emphatically.

At the end of the day, the citizens of LA either through apathy or simply not giving a f**k has allowed this system to take hold and become the defacto state of play.

Until the people of LA take control of their government, they are going to keep getting the short end of the stick.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I have come to the conclusion that unlimited franchise simply is unworkable. But, if we want to actually give it a fair chance first, that requires reducing the endless election of minor offices into a few and having those elections during the regular primary and general election cycle. We have too many elections essentially which means that only about 10-15 percent of the electorate, many of which depend on gimmedats from government (jobs, welfare, favors), end up voting on municipal elections.

And who does what in many governments is hard to comprehend even for a specialist as urban areas vary and have overlapping offices, jurisdictions, and powers.

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

63 Sooooo … how many cities should have Don McLean's "American Pie" as their theme song … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (ayRl+)

64 I believe it was a Grand Funk Railroad firm, who generously offered their enthusiastic assistance at “partying down” in your town.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (IkLDu)

65 If black, well, I admit I'd be puzzled by that one.
——-
Black utility linemen are just “acting White”, you see. Commence firing!!


You think that black people have a problem shooting other black people?

Most mass shootings in the United States are ignored, because the shooting occurs in a black neighborhood.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (aD4fx)

66 52 48 Grand Funk. They say the guitar solo is greatly admired to this day.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 31, 2026 11:17 AM (bX16E)
Mark Farner, I think.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (LHPAg)

67 My daughter, formerly of NYC, was over for dinner last night, and was regaling me with tales of her visits with her old friends there. Almost all of them are the scions of wealthy parents, and almost none of them have real jobs, choosing instead to rely on their parents for support into their 30s. They do, however, have their precious degrees in Film Arts. They are all very, very woke, and insist that Mamdani is great, while living in their parentally-subsidized apartments on the East Side of Manhattan. Even my fairly liberal daughter is becoming red-pilled, and took pride that she has a good job in a real field (software development) and doesn't need us to support her.

Decline is a choice.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

68 Bachmann-Turner Overdrive, IIRC. And I believe the lyric is "We're comin' to your town / We're gonna party down"
Posted by: George Washington Plunkett at August 31, 2026 11:15 AM (qRla/)

GFR

BTO were Canadian.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (WB/3O)

69 Memphis, Chicago, East St. Louis, Atlanta...

Is there power? It is corrupt. But I live in the Northeastern Corridor of Corruption, so I may be biased.
Posted by: t-bird


Sad to say, but if there is an MLK BLVD. Is almost an even bet. Then there's all of Louisiana.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (3Ae0s)

70 Once the corruption takes hold, and people begin to profit off it, it's next to impossible to stop. It just keeps growing until there are only two demographic populations:
- Politicians and their supporters making bank
- Everyone else, living next to, or in, poverty

Whatever's "in the middle" of those two groups is desperately trying to flee. Be it R or D.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 11:21 AM (2Cry5)

71 When we moved to Missouri, we had to go through the dreaded changing vehicle titles, DLs, and vehicle registration and other fees.

The DMV in the small town we had to go to was the most...pleasant experience I ever had in a DMV.

It was like being in grandma's living room, with knick knacks and Bible verses hanging on the walls, couches, and locals just shooting the breeze while conducting their business.

There were maybe a dozen at most in the office, which used to be someone's very nice home at one time.

I never really had a bad experience at a DMV, but living in a town with maybe 1200 people, the very small town charm is enticing to even lefties, who then proceed to destroy that charm.

So yes, I pray for our cities, and I pray for lefties, as well as everyone else that need to repent.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:22 AM (Rln0i)

72 Term limits do nothing but make an already lazy electorate more lazy. A lazy electorate is what got us to where we are today.
--
We do not need more laws.
We need less laws.
Laws reducing the size, scope and reach of government at every level.

This Byzantine leviathan of laws we have erected has conditioned a public to assume the government must--and that only it can--take care of everything.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 31, 2026 11:22 AM (3cUTc)

73 So I am assuming Boston is now a bastion of good government since they shook off the effect in the 80's, Right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

*gasps*

You're killin' me, here!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

74 If black, well, I admit I'd be puzzled by that one.
——-
Black utility linemen are just “acting White”, you see. Commence firing!!

You think that black people have a problem shooting other black people?

Most mass shootings in the United States are ignored, because the shooting occurs in a black neighborhood.
Posted by: The ARC of History!


It's "putting it to the man", not necessarily the individual.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 11:22 AM (3Ae0s)

75 63 Sooooo … how many cities should have Don McLean's "American Pie" as their theme song … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM (ayRl+)

Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
And the good ol boys singing Whiskey and Rye
Drinking “this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die”

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:23 AM (WB/3O)

76 Laws reducing the size, scope and reach of government at every level.
___

This^^^

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:23 AM (Rln0i)

77 BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

*gasps*

You're killin' me, here!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

Huh. That's weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:23 AM (Y/06r)

78
It's Elephant God Day in Paris!

https://tinyurl.com/mmbcu3zn

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)


Hilarious!

It's just like Christmas only with throwing garbage till it's ankle deep all over the streets.

Why don't we change the name of San Francisco

to Ganesh City?

It's already got the garbage everywhere.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

79 Or in this case, the system is the system and barring a citizen revolt, the system will keep on keeping on.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
=======
Localities fail when the money fails. US is facing a debt crisis in the near future--Trump saw that there is and was no constituency for austerity and kicked the can down the road, hoping that the economy growing faster than the debt might save us.

And we are leaning on the residual reserve currency to save us in the short run, perhaps too much, perhaps the new crypto linked to government securities might prolong it.

But if the national government money becomes worthless, then too does all the spending that localities do. So you get something like Germany post WWI--repudiation by massive inflation or even formal repudiation.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

80 Rule in hell, of their own making, rather than live in paradise.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM (xvV+O)

81 We do not need more laws.
We need less laws.
Laws reducing the size, scope and reach of government at every level.


We need immediate, draconian, implacable punishment for crimes already on the books.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

82 So I am assuming Boston is now a bastion of good government since they shook off the effect in the 80's, Right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (Y/06r)

So it would seem, haha.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM (1z8ji)

83 Sooooo … how many cities should have Don McLean's "American Pie" as their theme song … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM


I dunno. How many have levees?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:25 AM (bFu5X)

84 Maybe the best musical accompaniment for today's cities is Mr Duane Allman's 'One Way Out' from their 'Fillmore East' album …
('Ain't no way I'm goin' out that front door … ')

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:25 AM (ayRl+)

85 Police might be very competent at their jobs, but they are downstream in a system that prioritizes criminals over law-abiding citizens.
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This is easy to figure out, by logical deduction. If your “leadership” will throw you under the bus if anything goes sideways, if you risk life and limb to arrest bad guys and they are back out on the street before you’ve filed the report, then you’re going to learn to be invisible - aka “tourist in blue”.

And then they often hire people who don’t belong, aren’t capable, don’t meet standards, etc when recruitment and retention craters. Nobody wants to work for low frequency defective people if they can help it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:25 AM (IkLDu)

86 Most mass shootings in the United States are ignored, because the shooting occurs in a black neighborhood.
Posted by: The ARC of History!


It's "putting it to the man", not necessarily the individual.
Posted by: rickb223
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Subgeniuses using cargo cult thinking--if we shoot at the repair guys, we can make the power company do as we like. Third World thinking.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)

87 @ 83 Sooooo … how many cities should have Don McLean's "American Pie" as their theme song … ? Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:20 AM
I dunno. How many have levees? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:25 AM (bFu5X)

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How many of 'em have a river … ? Or a lake? Creeks don't count.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:26 AM (ayRl+)

88 o I am assuming Boston is now a bastion of good government since they shook off the effect in the 80's, Right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (Y/06r)

So it would seem, haha.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:24 AM


Of course...it's an absolute Wutopia here in Boston.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:27 AM (bFu5X)

89 Our government overall is too big. It needs to be much smaller and much more local.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (zjgNU)

True, but never forget that the assholes you see populating Congress got their start at the very local level. Many of them, anyway. Working their way up from school boards, county courthouses, city government, etc. Local does not always mean better, as you can see by local governments in TX spending the taxpayers into penury.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:28 AM (WB/3O)

90 If Greasy Gavin Newsom ran Grand Funk Railroad they wouldn't be coming anywhere.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

91 Cities are safer now
Murder rates are low.
Blue states have higher incomes live longer lower crime than red states.

Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2026 11:28 AM (n3y/k)

92 Sad to say, but if there is an MLK BLVD. Is almost an even bet. Then there's all of Louisiana.
Posted by: rickb223
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It wasn't all that bad living on MLK Jr Ave in hubby's hometown in South GA back in the 90s.

The girls walked to school, and a lot of the neighbors knew Ex-ex and his family since they all went to school together.

Now...it's bad.
Real bad.

We last drove through there back in 2023...and we were both armed...just in case.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:29 AM (Rln0i)

93 Functional schools? We forgot how to do that 60 years ago.
Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

Didn't forget.

We handed control of the schools to people who aren't interested in functional schools, but a pliable populace.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:29 AM (zjgNU)

94 @ 91 Cities are safer now
Murder rates are low.
Blue states have higher incomes live longer lower crime than red states.

_______________________

I'll have whatever he's having …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:29 AM (ayRl+)

95 *eyes Paul*

Bless your heart.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (Rln0i)

96 Paul is correct. Cities are safer now, because Trump has deported so many criminals. Thanks for that observation, Paul.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

97 Grand Funk, aka Bland Gunk, Railroad.
Posted by: Nazdar
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Hey, I really like Bad Time. Nice harmonies and key changes.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (XvL8K)

98 Blue states have higher incomes live longer lower crime than red states.

And yet, people flee blue states for red states.

It's the strangest thing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (aD4fx)

99 I'll have whatever he's having …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:29 AM (ayRl+)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (Rln0i)

100 First time "competence" and "Dukakis" have been used together in the same sentence?

Posted by: toddg at August 31, 2026 11:31 AM (ceFtv)

101 First time "competence" and "Dukakis" have been used together in the same sentence?

*contemplates possible limerick incorporating Dukakis and Arrakis*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

102 At bleepingcomputer, "Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates."

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

103 And yet, people flee blue states for red states.
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Yep, that's why we moved to Missouri.

Because Illinois was too...safe.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:32 AM (Rln0i)

104 Yep, that's why we moved to Missouri.

Because Illinois was too...safe.

Posted by: SMH


It sounds like your new place is wonderful.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

105
As observed above,

Blue cities are safer because of Trump.

Does that mean Paul is going to vote for Trump?

or, nah?

Shocka! Bluebird is Bluetarded!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG)

106 We do not need more laws.
We need less laws.
Laws reducing the size, scope and reach of government at every level.

This Byzantine leviathan of laws we have erected has conditioned a public to assume the government must--and that only it can--take care of everything.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

That byzantine web of laws occurs because you either have government punish people or society. We decided long ago to not let society punish (which avoids lynching, witch burning, etc.) but instead creates these web of laws. Your neighbor decides to ignore basic hygiene and crap in the ditch and strew trash, rather than beating his ass into compliance, we instead employ code enforcement and perhaps even law enforcement if he proves recalcitrant.

The local teacher decides she is going to teach all the boys that they are she--instead of having the witch burned at the stake, we get the school board meeting, due process with a lawyer attached, the firing process, etc. etc.

The local druggie decides to fund his habit by selling to anyone, including kids, ditto.

To quote Madison, if men were angels, no government would be necessary. And so it becomes Leviathan.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

107 Paul is correct. Cities are safer now, because Trump has deported so many criminals. Thanks for that observation, Paul.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
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Okay, there's that.

St. Louis is much more pleasant to go to nowadays.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:33 AM (Rln0i)

108 Well, that interview went. It was more of a screening call anyway, and despite how the job description read, they were looking for one end of things - the end I didn't have.

Oh well. *scratches it off the list*

Back to the treadmill.

Still got hopes for a couple from last week plus some recruiters that owe me a response.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 11:34 AM (aJQbY)

109 Except for one thing.

And stick to that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (kYmoU)

110 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

111 89 Our government overall is too big. It needs to be much smaller and much more local.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:12 AM (zjgNU)

True, but never forget that the assholes you see populating Congress got their start at the very local level. Many of them, anyway. Working their way up from school boards, county courthouses, city government, etc. Local does not always mean better, as you can see by local governments in TX spending the taxpayers into penury.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Absolutely true. And that is a real cost when the population does not agree on basic ground rules--diversity gives those officeholders more power essentially because they become arbiters rather than representatives.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

112 And yet, people flee blue states for red states.

The Left is now claiming that 400,000 trannies have fled red states for blue states since Trump was reelected.

This was based on a very dubious survey, but what makes it even funnier is they assume that 1.3% of the population is trans - four million trannies in the United States.

Portland doesn't come remotely close to being 1.3% trans, let alone 1.3% of the whole country.


Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (aD4fx)

113 St. Louis is much more pleasant to go to nowadays.

My daughter left StL about 8 years ago. It was pretty bad when she was there, but there was incessant talk about an incipient turnaround. From what little I've seen, that hasn't happened, but it would be nice if it did.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

114 110 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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As long as the bomb bay doors stay shut.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

115 Of course...it's an absolute Wutopia here in Boston.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:27 AM (bFu5X)

"Wutopia" LOL,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM (1z8ji)

116 108 Good luck to you, RandomDave.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM (Jr5Lq)

117 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound.

If it drops a single object, head for the basement tout de suite.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

118 91: Paul and his programmers are at it again. How many times does he spout this nonsense?

Crime is down thanks to criminals being kicked out of the country in droves and loosened restrictions on firearms.

The programmers talk about how blue states have higher incomes than red states. Maybe. But states like TX don’t gobble up incomes with sky high state income taxes. And cost of living in red states are way lower. Try buying a house in CA, IL or NY and let me know how that goes compared to TX or other “inferior” red states.

Program Paul better.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (WB/3O)

119 102 At bleepingcomputer, "Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates."

Cripes.
Posted by: gp
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Microsoft is melting down in real time with enshittification.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

120 @ 110 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew
__________________________

Don't look at the bright flash when it comes, 'kay …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (ayRl+)

121 Hey Bulg, it is!

Mother-in-law and sister-in-law are visiting this weekend from south GA. They're driving.

This will be Nana's first time in Missouri, and she's gonna love the place. And she's gonna love the horses.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:38 AM (Rln0i)

122 117 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound.

If it drops a single object, head for the basement tout de suite.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

That close? I’d say you are fucked. Maybe yell “yee-haw” like Slim Pickens (without the benefit of the ride).

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:39 AM (WB/3O)

123 Of course...it's an absolute Wutopia here in Boston.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:27 AM (bFu5X)

"Wutopia" LOL,
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM


I forget who I stole that from. There was also "Wuville," but I'm still waiting for the Grinch of reality to dopeslap the mayor of Wuville.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:39 AM (bFu5X)

124 And she's gonna love the horses.
Posted by: SMH

Do you have horses yourself, or just live among folks who do?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

125 As long as the bomb bay doors stay shut.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

I can think of a few cities where the converse might be welcomed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:40 AM (1z8ji)

126
We'll keep you safe.

Posted by: Flock cameras at August 31, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

127 We'll keep you safe.
Posted by: Flock cameras at August 31, 2026 11:40 AM


Flock off!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (bFu5X)

128 "A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound."

Google AI sez there are only two left flying worldwide. I got to tour one once, very cool.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (Jr5Lq)

129 Program Paul better.
Posted by: Cow Demon

One advantage of a primitive interface here, is that the non English speaking trolls have a hard time, they usually just like to drop AI or photoshopped memes on X that are essentially thread jacking. You can always tell what the internal talking points are to the paid and unpaid trolls that way--they drop their little balls of turd regardless of the subject.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

130 This is happening statewide. People credit DeSantis with turning Florida red. He's great but mostly it is Republicans fleeing New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. California is also permanently blue due to rational people fleeing.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (wGerL)

131 108 Well, that interview went. It was more of a screening call anyway, and despite how the job description read, they were looking for one end of things - the end I didn't have.

Oh well. *scratches it off the list*

Back to the treadmill.

Still got hopes for a couple from last week plus some recruiters that owe me a response.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 11:34 AM (aJQbY)

Sorry man. Been there done that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (WB/3O)

132 MA has significantly worse government now then under Curley.

The current governor and mayor are arguing that the massive increases in crime and government expenditures are just the price to be paid for living in a modern society and most of the MA electorate seems to agree.

I've gotten into it with lefty LIVs in MA and while they agree things are far worse they'll still offer up "But I can't vote for a Republicans, they are NAZIs. Better crooks then fascists right?"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

133 Try buying a house in CA, IL or NY and let me know how that goes compared to TX or other “inferior” red states.
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A house and over four acres for less than $250,000 in the Ozarks.

I'm fine with less people here.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (Rln0i)

134 A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound.

Some day I'd really like to see a B-36 Peacemaker fly by, but I'm not sure there are even any airworthy ones left.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

135 >>>friend-of-the-blog

Uh oh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)

136 I forget who I stole that from. There was also "Wuville," but I'm still waiting for the Grinch of reality to dopeslap the mayor of Wuville.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:39 AM (bFu5X)

She sounds like Olivia Chow, the deranged NDP mayor of Toronto.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)

137 > A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Pretty rare sighting of one flyable. Not sure how many are in operational condition, but it's got to be in the single digits.

Saw one up close at Monterey's airport years and years ago. They also had a B-24 and a B-25 on display.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM (2Cry5)

138 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 11:34 AM (aJQbY)
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Prayers up.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM (Rln0i)

139 Most people are dumb, selfish and lazy. Living in big cities comes natural to this type as they would starve to death if they lived elsewhere.

Being self sufficient does not appeal to them.

Posted by: Feed Me at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (+iYtA)

140 "B-36 Peacemaker" Six turning, four burning.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

141 "A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound."

Google AI sez there are only two left flying worldwide. I got to tour one once, very cool.


Maybe ten years ago, there was an airshow in DC, and my old lab backed directly onto the Potomac, down which the planes flew. A B-29 was among them; it was just stunningly beautiful. You know, if you aren't Japanese.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

142 137 > A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Pretty rare sighting of one flyable. Not sure how many are in operational condition, but it's got to be in the single digits.


two. fifi and doc.

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (sGtp+)

143 One advantage of a primitive interface here, is that the non English speaking trolls have a hard time, they usually just like to drop AI or photoshopped memes on X that are essentially thread jacking. You can always tell what the internal talking points are to the paid and unpaid trolls that way--they drop their little balls of turd regardless of the subject.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

Absolutely.

On one YT post there was an AI apologist for the PRC. The topic was Canada and I could tell it was a bot because no matter the objections to the PRC, it kept saying over and over again “China is Canada’s largest wheat export market.” In EVERY post.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (WB/3O)

144 112 And yet, people flee blue states for red states.

The Left is now claiming that 400,000 trannies have fled red states for blue states since Trump was reelected.

This was based on a very dubious survey, but what makes it even funnier is they assume that 1.3% of the population is trans - four million trannies in the United States.

Portland doesn't come remotely close to being 1.3% trans, let alone 1.3% of the whole country.


Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:35 AM (aD4fx)
Could it be possible that's it's all a LIE?
P.S., The scripture was right Old and New Testaments both.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 11:43 AM (LHPAg)

145 You don't have to be Jewish to love levees.

Posted by: Chicken Salad On Rye at August 31, 2026 11:44 AM (JM9I6)

146 If you ask a leftist, cities have never been better. They gush about “high density” housing and new transit, bike lanes and their new favorite word… walkability.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:44 AM (iY+4Q)

147 MA has significantly worse government now then under Curley.

I lived in Chicago under Mayor Daley The First, and I joked that Chicago's motto was "Good Government, Plus 10%".

Far, far better than what Chicago has now.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:44 AM (aD4fx)

148 AI informs me that there are no airworthy B-36 Peacemakers.

*sad face*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

149 Some day I'd really like to see a B-36 Peacemaker fly by, but I'm not sure there are even any airworthy ones left.

Posted by: Archimedes


Looked it up, the only surviving examples are all museum display pieces. The rest were scrapped long ago.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 31, 2026 11:44 AM (OUMaO)

150 Another fun Boston story...

Not long after the current anchor baby mayor was first elected she decided to implement a clot shot mandate for going to a restaurants and public functions in Boston.

She then had an ask my anything where pretty much everyone complained about the mandates and the restaurant business went to her and said they expected at least a 50% loss in revenue. Amusingly government stats said 90% of Boston was clot shotted and 80% of MA (which makes me pretty sure those stats were false).

She eventually relented but she ran and easily won in 2025...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

151 She sounds like Olivia Chow, the deranged NDP mayor of Toronto.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM


We've secretly swapped Boston's and Toronto's mayors. Let's see if anyone notices...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:45 AM (bFu5X)

152 126
We'll keep you safe.
Posted by: Flock cameras at August 31, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

I keep me safe.

Posted by: Cow Demon and his trusty LTC and 9mm at August 31, 2026 11:45 AM (WB/3O)

153 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at August 31, 2026 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)

154 @ 121 Hey Bulg, it is! Mother-in-law and sister-in-law are visiting this weekend from south GA. They're driving. This will be Nana's first time in Missouri, and she's gonna love the place. And she's gonna love the horses. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:38 AM (Rln0i)
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Y' gonna take 'em to Sweetie Pie's and Melroy's too … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:45 AM (ayRl+)

155
The Left is now claiming that 400,000 trannies have fled red states for blue states since Trump was reelected.

This was based on a very dubious survey, but what makes it even funnier is they assume that 1.3% of the population is trans - four million trannies in the United States.

Portland doesn't come remotely close to being 1.3% trans, let alone 1.3% of the whole country.


The estimate is based on a sample group of...wait for it...ten people. I kid you not.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

156 Google AI sez no flying B36s remain.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

157 Some day I'd really like to see a B-36 Peacemaker fly by, but I'm not sure there are even any airworthy ones left.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

I used to hear them flying very high over our area when I was a kid. They were especially loud during the colder months. A deep throbbing noise.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 31, 2026 11:46 AM (g8Ew8)

158 There was a Reddit post asking what did Fauci do to make people so mad?

99% of replies were “maga hates science and fauci is amazeballs”

These are the people who live in cities and vote for people like the mayor of Boston. They are still true believers to this day and will never not believe.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:47 AM (iY+4Q)

159 The citizens of LA rejected this option.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 11:07 AM (tjgV0)


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Ameri-gorn: You already voted.
DNC Pippin: Yes, we had one, but what about second voting?
DNC Merry: I don't think they know about second voting.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 31, 2026 11:47 AM (CYBB0)

160 Tee hee. I'm not in jail.

Posted by: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at August 31, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

161 The NDP is simply the Communist Party of Canada at this point.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:48 AM (WB/3O)

162 The estimate is based on a sample group of...wait for it...ten people. I kid you not.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:46 AM


So...a fraction of one of those 10 people was trans? That math ain't mathin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:48 AM (bFu5X)

163 1.3 of the 10 were trannies?

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:49 AM (iY+4Q)

164 The estimate is based on a sample group of...wait for it...ten people. I kid you not.

Meanwhile, the Left continues to be confused that there isn't more evidence of people fleeing hellish red states.

A Portland example:

blue cities/states need to build a metric fuckton more homes to make room for those who want to live somewhere they can raise a trans kid, get an abortion, live in a hospitable climate. If we don’t make room for all the new neighbors we clearly aren’t as welcoming as our lawn signs suggest

Almost no new housing is being built in Portland, because it doesn't pencil out, despite all the alleged demand for that housing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:49 AM (aD4fx)

165 "; it was just stunningly beautiful. You know, if you aren't Japanese.
Posted by: Archimedes"
*********
My brother is married to a German woman. When his family visited I was showing him my newly acquired M1 Garand. His half German son asked what the rifle was used for? Before I could reply with "killing krauts" my brother explained that it was the US military's battle rifle of WW2.

Posted by: Cosda at August 31, 2026 11:50 AM (5Mso3)

166 Grand Funk's "Bad Time" was produced by Frank Zappa.

They were, and are, from Flint.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)

167 You think a B-29 carried a big bomb load, you should see our pants!

Posted by: Biden/Nadler 2028 at August 31, 2026 11:50 AM (JM9I6)

168 The estimate is based on a sample group of...wait for it...ten people. I kid you not.
Posted by: Archimedes
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The media depends on lies and innumeracy.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

169 The last B-29 ('Fifi') I saw was at a Alvin Callendar Field air show put on by the (wait for it) — CONFEDERATE Air Force. Then they got all 'politically correct' and went to 'Commemorative Air Force' … what bullshittery …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:51 AM (ayRl+)

170 There was a Reddit post asking what did Fauci do to make people so mad?

99% of replies were “maga hates science and fauci is amazeballs”


Then they'll tell you there was never a clot shot mandate and no one ever said it stopped the spread of COVID...but you should get it anyway

But I want to take this back a step, by any objective measurement Fauci absolutely failed. Take the official government death numbers and compare them with say China. Yes both are lies but the left tells me its real.

By those numbers Fauci should have been fired an hell, we should have hired some Chinese bureaucrat instead...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

171 The NDP is simply the Communist Party of Canada at this point.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 11:48 AM (WB/3O)

It's never been otherwise. Filthy Commies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

172 That byzantine web of laws occurs because you either have government punish people or society. We decided long ago to not let society punish (which avoids lynching, witch burning, etc.) but instead creates these web of laws. ...
(several examples)
...

To quote Madison, if men were angels, no government would be necessary. And so it becomes Leviathan.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

You're missing another founder: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other"

We have a byzantine amount of laws because we rejected Christianity and morality. (I'm not going to pretend that Adams thought any other religion would have worked, because he meant Christianity.)

The underpinning of Christian morality allowed for self-governance. It was never perfect, but the law was generally not necessary to enforce compliance for the vast majority of people.

(NOW, you did get excesses where some pharisees insisted that children were not allowed any fun on Sundays, but I think that's a smaller problem than wilding gangs attacking passersby in "Street Takeovers".)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 31, 2026 11:51 AM (zjgNU)

173 The estimate is based on a sample group of...wait for it...ten people. I kid you not.

Michael Mann's classic global warming "proof" was based on just one tree.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

174 Don't look at the bright flash when it comes, 'kay …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (ayRl+)

And be sure to hide under your desk and pull your coat over your head,.

Posted by: A Boomer who grew up in the 50's with that advice at August 31, 2026 11:53 AM (hmYU4)

175 The left is fighting a full war on single family housing. They want everyone living in Soviet style apartment blocs.

And they’re winning this war. California does not allow single family zoning anymore. Someone can build an apartment complex virtually anywhere. Several other states have something similar and a ton of cities do as well.

It’s one of the most under reported stories of what’s happening in the country. One day you too will wake up with a construction crew next door to your suburban home with a section 8 apartment complex ready to be constructed. Because nobody’s paying attention ton and fighting it.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:53 AM (iY+4Q)

176 (NOW, you did get excesses where some pharisees insisted that children were not allowed any fun on Sundays, but I think that's a smaller problem than wilding gangs attacking passersby in "Street Takeovers".)

One thing that bothers me is a lot of LIVs don't realize how much things have changed compared to the 90s or moreso the 50s.

It has always been dangerous to be out at night anywhere in America right?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

177 My brother is married to a German woman. When his family visited I was showing him my newly acquired M1 Garand. His half German son asked what the rifle was used for? Before I could reply with "killing krauts" my brother explained that it was the US military's battle rifle of WW2.
Posted by: Cosda at August 31, 2026 11:50 AM (5Mso3)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:54 AM (Rln0i)

178 Grand Funk's "Bad Time" was produced by Frank Zappa.

They were, and are, from Flint.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
_________

Brave AI says it was produced by Jimmy Lenner, but that Zappa produced their last studio album a couple of years later.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 11:54 AM (XvL8K)

179 158 There was a Reddit post asking what did Fauci do to make people so mad?

99% of replies were “maga hates science and fauci is amazeballs”

These are the people who live in cities and vote for people like the mayor of Boston. They are still true believers to this day and will never not believe.
Posted by: Lake America
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Some are real, somewhere between 50-80 percent are fake bots/paid commenters or foreigners that have no stake in the US.

About in X indicates that these various Mikes, Katies, etc. are often located in Bangladesh, India, etc.

And the scam is old, Democrats used to have an organized system to spam letters to the editor using key buzzwords such as claiming to be Republican, etc. Fake and gay theater kid bullshit.

Modern era just outsourced Moby-ing to bots and foreigners.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

180 Don't look at the bright flash when it comes, 'kay …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 11:37 AM (ayRl+)

And be sure to hide under your desk and pull your coat over your head,.


And, of course, kiss your ass goodbye.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

181 It’s one of the most under reported stories of what’s happening in the country. One day you too will wake up with a construction crew next door to your suburban home with a section 8 apartment complex ready to be constructed. Because nobody’s paying attention ton and fighting it.

It's always been grimly amusing that suburban AWFLs vote for people who intend to destroy the suburbs.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 31, 2026 11:55 AM (aD4fx)

182 Modern era just outsourced Moby-ing to bots and foreigners.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:54 AM


Rush's "seminar callers" for the digital age.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 11:55 AM (bFu5X)

183 What happens when you put psychopaths in charge of local government?

The Curley effect.

Posted by: Democracy does not do a great job of weeding out psychos, but neither does any other form of governm at August 31, 2026 11:56 AM (anL5R)

184 Pennsylvania. Once just Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and York...now an ever growing part of each SE county (& maybe more.)

Keep increasing state and municipal jobs & funding 'social service' non-profits so we'll never break free of ever increasing pensions, benefits, grants.

The rulers' millage is always less and their deductions much more.

Posted by: L - No nic... at August 31, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

185 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:54 AM (Rln0i)

Morning there hon. Sending my best, which isnt really good enough, but sending it all the same.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 11:57 AM (eZQ1g)

186 > A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Pretty rare sighting of one flyable. Not sure how many are in operational condition, but it's got to be in the single digits.

Saw one up close at Monterey's airport years and years ago. They also had a B-24 and a B-25 on display.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 11:42 AM (2Cry5)

We had a nicely restored Grumman Goose fly into our small municipal airport for a car and plane show. What a work of art. And those rotary engines get you going.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)

187 Tom goes back to vet today for a followup on his sneezing. Looks like the treatment worked; no more sneezing or runny nose. He'll get his rabies shot, and maybe get his ears cleaned out. Next appt will be for Flash, for shots, and to get his ears cleaned too.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2026 11:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

188 B36 had 6 recip piston engines, 28 cylinder each or whatever.

Needed spark plug change after every flight. Or before, whatever you prefer. Kept the crew chiefs from getting into trouble in town I betcha.

They topped off the fuel tanks again, after it got taxiing to the runway. Nobody could afford to fly it today, other than Uncle Sam

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:58 AM (IkLDu)

189 War on single family homes is also aided by chamber of commerce “conservatives”. More profitable to build up than out. So they love it. It’s an unholy alliance of far left and corporate right which fucks over regular people.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:58 AM (iY+4Q)

190 > A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound
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Once at the USAF museum I saw a group of Japanese tourists posing for pictures around Bock's Car and a replica of Fat Man.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (WtXXf)

191 It's always been grimly amusing that suburban AWFLs vote for people who intend to destroy the suburbs.

In a town near me they seized the town's historic hotel/event location to build a slum for "newcomers".

And the Karens were all on board. But now I see their latest posts are around "Why has our town become a city?" "Why is their traffic everywhere" "What is with all the petty crime that is just being allowed now" and... "Why does the town want to raise my taxes?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

192 It’s one of the most under reported stories of what’s happening in the country. One day you too will wake up with a construction crew next door to your suburban home with a section 8 apartment complex ready to be constructed. Because nobody’s paying attention ton and fighting it.

Posted by: Lake America


It's not quite that cut and dried, unfortunately--in many areas with a distinct lack of housing inventory there are also zoning and regulatory burdens that are making building anything nearly impossible, which is great for the property values of owners but sucks for anyone trying to acquire housing and still have a few cents left over for niceties like food and such. A mix of types to work with existing neighborhoods would be helpful, but unfortunately you get opposition to most solutions.

I get the association, but it's not some magical effect of the high-density housing that causes the problems. Maybe try dealing with the troublemakers directly...and overhaul all those "civil rights" laws that have less to do with spreading liberty and more to do with destroying accountability...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (OUMaO)

193 Aloha kakahiaka, Ellipsis. : )

Compared to God, none of us are good enough. ; )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Rln0i)

194 Just surfed over to airplaneboneyards dot com

Info about retired military and commercial aircraft stored here in the states and overseas.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 12:00 PM (2Cry5)

195 You're missing another founder: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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I don't use that quote because Adams himself backed off of it after seeing the aftermath of the American Revolution. See his lesser known and much later Defense of the Constitutions of the United States (when he was US ambassador to England). Even during the war, he and his cousin Sam was forced to realize reality when his idea that voluntary militiamen and trying to repeat Bunker Hill again and again simply could not beat the British.

We needed a permanent national army aka the Continentals and they were not going to risk life and limb without some guarantee that they would get something, land , retirement pay, etc. in the end.

Public spirit only takes you so far, working in the direction of self interest, as Adam Smith observed, takes you a lot further.

So the incentives have to be changed to emphasize better behavior rather than depend on some innate virtue.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

196 According to a report from the Council on Criminal Justice, homicide fell 17% and other violent crimes dropped between 10% and 24% in 30 U.S. cities during the first half of 2025, attributing these declines to ICE removing "the worst of the worst."

https://tinyurl.com/drjzpabp

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

197 Wright-Patterson has the B29 that dropped the Nagasaki bomb.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (XvL8K)

198 I recently watched an Indian documentary on NF about the final retirement of their last Mig-21 squadrons in 2025. It first flew in 1955. The doc was surprisingly interesting. It was clear that the pilots felt a real bond with that aircraft.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

199 > A B-29 just flew low over my home. Absolute beauty in form and sound
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Once at the USAF museum I saw a group of Japanese tourists posing for pictures around Bock's Car and a replica of Fat Man.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (WtXXf)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (dK+Kv)

200 >>>as you can see by local governments in TX spending the taxpayers into penury.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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And the taxpayers keep voting to raise taxes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (vOxCS)

201 And the Karens were all on board. But now I see their latest posts are around "Why has our town become a city?" "Why is their traffic everywhere" "What is with all the petty crime that is just being allowed now" and... "Why does the town want to raise my taxes?!?"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

Uhm it’s all Trump’s fault, silly.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (iY+4Q)

202 Once at the USAF museum I saw a group of Japanese tourists posing for pictures around Bock's Car and a replica of Fat Man.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (WtXXf)
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It took nukes for them to stop fighting us.

They have every right to be proud, lol.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (Rln0i)

203 Civil Defense survival instructions were based on Hiroshima-scale bombs delivered by manned bombers to a handful of cities a certain party might reach. They made pretty good sense at that level. The US largely abandoned mass survival strategies in the H-bomb and ballistic missile era.

It was the 1990's before the 'bomb shelter' status was removed from the federal building where my office was. Same water barrels and ration packs as when they went into the tunnel, 1965, and I suspect they were moved there from the former federal building. I managed to score a sign, a geiger counter, and the alarm button boxes. I retired not long after that. "Didn't feel safe."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 12:03 PM (zdLoL)

204 >>>as you can see by local governments in TX spending the taxpayers into penury.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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And the taxpayers keep voting to raise taxes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:01 PM (vOxCS)

That's usury the case.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 12:03 PM (dK+Kv)

205 get the association, but it's not some magical effect of the high-density housing that causes the problems



Yeah it pretty much is. Apartments are populated by transient people who give zero fucks about their neighborhood. And generally speaking renters are on the lower end of income. No, not every renter is a poor deadbeat. But a poor dead eat is usually a renter.

When you bring a lot of apartments into an area the area turns to shit.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iY+4Q)

206 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Rln0i)

I just meant compared to you but Amen.

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (eZQ1g)

207 It's not quite that cut and dried, unfortunately--in many areas with a distinct lack of housing inventory there are also zoning and regulatory burdens that are making building anything nearly impossible

We imported tens of millions of legal and illegal immigrants. They have to live somewhere.

And if we had some discussion on immigration this is something that would have been addressed that by letting these people in:

Rent/Housing prices will go up
Cities will get denser
Towns will become cities
There will be more "suburban sprawl"

but we never had a discussion because the FNM doesn't want to talk about it and the GOPe has been mostly useless

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (sKqQm)

208 As long as federal taxpayers foot the bill for most of the wasteful spending (transit, Medicaid, schools) in the cities, no one cares.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (RIvkX)

209 Have the Moe and Larry japes been made yet? Just got here and jumped right in.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar8)

210 We needed a permanent national army aka the Continentals and they were not going to risk life and limb without some guarantee that they would get something, land , retirement pay, etc. in the end.

Public spirit only takes you so far, working in the direction of self interest, as Adam Smith observed, takes you a lot further.


In, IIRC, 1781, Washington despaired of the Revolution, because his soldiers weren't being paid, and he recognized that the "Spirit of '76" that had once motivated them had long since disappeared. He understood that in the long run, eating and supporting your family will come before patriotic fervor.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

211 189 War on single family homes is also aided by chamber of commerce “conservatives”. More profitable to build up than out. So they love it. It’s an unholy alliance of far left and corporate right which fucks over regular people.
Posted by: Lake America
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Yep, with their libertarian economics types that they pay for their support. As in attacks on all zoning laws as an affront to property rights. Instead of viewing them as a historical continuation of what used to be common law disputes--riparian damages for example.

A classic example was yesterday in the news, some citizens in a small town were trying to prevent a dude (appears to be foreign extraction) that bought a single family house and is trying to turn it into a 72 bed nursing home in the midst of a single family neighborhood citing the California law at issue. City issued the initial permit but the legal battle is just beginning.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

212 The left is fighting a full war on single family housing. They want everyone living in Soviet style apartment blocs.
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And they fully explained what they wanted to do in the 1990s, and why. This should not be a surprise. It was bullshit then, too. They won’t shut the fuck up, and they won’t change the subject. This is one reason they’ve been flooding the zone far and wide nationwide with millions of unassimilated “migrants”, it will completely break any local control, budgets, law enforcement, everything. Every thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:05 PM (IkLDu)

213 Have the Moe and Larry japes been made yet? Just got here and jumped right in.
Posted by: tubal

I made one in the first 10 comments, or thereabouts.


Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

214 When you bring a lot of apartments into an area the area turns to shit.
Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iY+4Q)
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You are probably presuming rental apartments, I don't think you would expect the same for condo or co-op apartments which are owner-occupied?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:06 PM (RIvkX)

215 the GOPe has been mostly useless

Ah, the eternal verities.

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

216 This is one reason they’ve been flooding the zone far and wide nationwide with millions of unassimilated “migrants”, it will completely break any local control, budgets, law enforcement, everything. Every thing.
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Cloward-Piven

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 31, 2026 12:06 PM (uPjcb)

217 We imported tens of millions of legal and illegal immigrants. They have to live somewhere.
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We did no such thing. Not even a little bit. Not no way no how.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:07 PM (IkLDu)

218 Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 12:05 PM (IkLDu)

But imagine if some actual communists get elected as Democrats. In place of these totally sane and reasonable "moderates".

Posted by: ... at August 31, 2026 12:07 PM (eZQ1g)

219 But imagine if some actual communists get elected as Democrats. In place of these totally sane and reasonable "moderates".

Socialism is an open conspiracy against the constitution and should be treated as so.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)

220 Google AI sez no flying B36s remain.
Well, they would say that, wouldn't they.
They were hard enough to keep flying when they were on duty.

So I suppose a Hustler is out of the question?
You'd have to look real fast.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (zdLoL)

221 And those rotary engines get you going.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)


Radial engines.

Posted by: engine configuration pedant at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (wXgT/)

222 ___

It took nukes for them to stop fighting us.

They have every right to be proud, lol.

Posted by: SMH
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They are fighters. They respect a good fight.
Better that they are on our side.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (vOxCS)

223 In my very Republican small city the mayor is all about building more density. Nobody asked for it. Nobody wants. But fuck you tax paying citizens we know what’s best for you is the answer.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (iY+4Q)

224 214 When you bring a lot of apartments into an area the area turns to shit.
Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iY+4Q)
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You are probably presuming rental apartments, I don't think you would expect the same for condo or co-op apartments which are owner-occupied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:06 PM (RIvkX)

When they are new, all is relatively well. Time passes, maintenance must occur, and owners hate to pay. Also compromises are made in screening of occupants.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

225 Socialism is an open conspiracy against the constitution and should be treated as so.
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Sharing is caring.

Posted by: Every single wine mom, and k -12 teacher BIRM at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (anL5R)

226 And those rotary engines get you going.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 31, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)

Radial engines.

Posted by: engine configuration pedant at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (wXgT/)


Those, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (dK+Kv)

227 A classic example was yesterday in the news, some citizens in a small town were trying to prevent a dude (appears to be foreign extraction) that bought a single family house and is trying to turn it into a 72 bed nursing home in the midst of a single family neighborhood citing the California law at issue. City issued the initial permit but the legal battle is just beginning.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)
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You have a cite? That's not physically possible.

Max beds the state will license in a single family home is 6.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (RIvkX)

228 Perhaps a different economic model than cities with a population over a million which seems to be an utter disaster every time.

You don't have to go full Pol Pot to see the better quality of life in cities of 100,000 and better yet in unincorporated parts of Counties.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (8YAxX)

229 In my very Republican small city the mayor is all about building more density. Nobody asked for it. Nobody wants. But fuck you tax paying citizens we know what’s best for you is the answer.

He's going to get paid if he allows the increased density and he's going to face a well funded opponent if he doesn't.

Our problems are mostly about incentives because all across the board we incentivize bad behavior.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (sKqQm)

230 They are fighters. They respect a good fight.
Better that they are on our side.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:08 PM (vOxCS)
____

Amen to that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 31, 2026 12:10 PM (Rln0i)

231
You are probably presuming rental apartments, I don't think you would expect the same for condo or co-op apartments which are owner-occupied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 12:06 PM (RIvkX)

If they were owner occupied no, I would not mind as much. But a lot of condos end up as rentals or worse as airbnbs.

Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 12:10 PM (iY+4Q)

232 Socialism is an open conspiracy against the constitution and should be treated as so.
==
Sharing is caring.

Posted by: Every single wine mom, and k -12 teacher BIRM at August 31, 2026 12:09 PM (anL5R)

So is killing commies.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, Turnming Japanese at August 31, 2026 12:10 PM (dK+Kv)

233 They are fighters. They respect a good fight.
Better that they are on our side.


The PRC seems determined to test your hypothesis.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

234 Radial engines.

Posted by: engine configuration pedant
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They had enough trouble with the radials.
_wankel, wankel, wankel

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:10 PM (vOxCS)

235 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

236 Wolfus,

You have email.

Posted by: pawn at August 31, 2026 12:11 PM (c/R9o)

237 The PRC seems determined to test your hypothesis.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Talk about heads of state that believe their own propaganda.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2026 12:12 PM (vOxCS)

238 "Doc" of "FiFi", the 2 airworthy B-29s. Have been inside both, but only on the ground. Didn't feel like spending the $$$ for the flight in "Doc".

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (U/Byj)

239 “ Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe“. I see a problem there, most likely.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar8)

240 That shoulda been Doc OR FiFi, of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (U/Byj)

241 175. It’s one of the most under reported stories of what’s happening in the country. One day you too will wake up with a construction crew next door to your suburban home with a section 8 apartment complex ready to be constructed. Because nobody’s paying attention ton and fighting it.
Posted by: Lake America

The practice of creating land preserves, greenbelts, and conservation easements surrounding ultra-wealthy suburban enclaves is a prominent trend across several states. While often framed under the banner of environmentalism, historic preservation, or farmland protection, critics and urban planners note that these preserves frequently act as structural “green walls” that effectively block dense residential or commercial development, maintaining exclusive zoning and sky-high property values.

In Pennsylvania, this is most visible in the affluent Philadelphia Main Line and Chester County (e.g., the massive private-to-public Brandywine Conservancy projects protecting rolling fox-hunting hills), as well as Sewickley Heights outside of Pittsburgh.

Also see the Direct Comparison of Land Preservation Impacts in NJ, NY, VA, CA and Connecticut.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v)

242 I flew two flights from NAS Glenview to Davis-Monthan AFB delivering P-3Bs to the Boneyard. Got a tour by one of the government CS workers driving me and the other pilot around on a golf cart. It's a very cool place.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (J4Dwc)

243 In, IIRC, 1781, Washington despaired of the Revolution, because his soldiers weren't being paid, and he recognized that the "Spirit of '76" that had once motivated them had long since disappeared. He understood that in the long run, eating and supporting your family will come before patriotic fervor.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Yep. He was fighting those in Congress that refused to consider half time retirement pay for officers and land grants to the west for soldiers.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

244 30 Our government overall is too big. It needs to be much smaller and much more local.
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USA has a representavie government problem. The ratio of political representives to populace is among the worst in the world. Rather than add more corrupt congresscritters, the solution may be to break up in USA into three or more regional republics. Maybe Civil Ware 2.0 will do that for us!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 31, 2026 12:19 PM (sFNX2)

245 Max beds the state will license in a single family home is 6.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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They are tearing down the home if they get approval and building a new high density structure.

Fox LA yesterday had the story, 71 units.
https://tinyurl.com/Woodlands-Hills

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)

246 Wright-Patterson has the B29 that dropped the Nagasaki bomb.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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And the Memphis Belle. Which has local history here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (XeU6L)

247 Nobody wants to live in a shit hole city/county/state. Except the people who created the shit hole in the first place.

But they too tire of it and move elsewhere to start the shitification process all over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (2Cry5)



I call that "The Locust Effect". I live in a deep red state but even here we have those invaders that are sentient enough to see the ruin and flee their failed blue state, just to get here and start voting the same way that fucked up their blue state. They are unreachable. And that drives me nuts because eventually there'll be no more states to flee to. FFS!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 31, 2026 12:23 PM (i2VYc)

248 99% of replies were “maga hates science and fauci is amazeballs”

These are the people who live in cities and vote for people like the mayor of Boston. They are still true believers to this day and will never not believe.
Posted by: Lake America at August 31, 2026 11:47 AM (iY+4Q)


Or bots.

By the way, since the NPC and automated posters are called bots, I will start calling the posts they make, "warbles"

it is fitting

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2026 12:26 PM (rbvCR)

249 Re the Sun Belt cities "not rising to prominence due to the lack of an urban core".. didja ever think maybe they were settled by people leaving " prominent cites with urban cores"? Maybe you get all "culturally significant" like NYC and SF, but you also get at best generational bureaucratic self-interest culture, in the middle the Mafia, and the worst radical leftist socialist foreigners. The elites who can afford the security and the tickets to the "cultural events" may get benefits, but normal people just want to live in sprawling spread out suburbs that aren't regulated for the benefit of the "elites" too much. That seems to be the motif of Sun Belt cities, although a few are getting big enough that big city thinking is starting to metastize

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 31, 2026 12:28 PM (3/XaG)

250 239 “ Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe“. I see a problem there, most likely.
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar
Would it be better if they changed their name to Hercules Washington?

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 12:33 PM (LHPAg)

251 The big drumbeat nowadays is to pull your kids from public school. This is the Curley Effect applied to education, putting communities into the choice of either fleeing the public schools to let them self-implode (even as we are forced to pay for that implosion), or stick with it and try to reform the schools.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 31, 2026 01:05 PM (bufu1)

252 "Boston eventually recovered?"
Have you seen who they elected as mayor?

Posted by: Tom Locker at August 31, 2026 01:41 PM (RwkpB)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

vander neer sunset1.jpg

Landscape at Sunset
Aert van der Neer

At one of the great small museums of the world; Mauritshuis, in The Hague.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

4 That's no moon.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (4Je4D)

5 Someone forgot to pay the light bill.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (3Ae0s)

6 No boobs, no dog?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (RKPso)

7 Must be during one of those Canadian wildfires I hear about.

Mornin' Horde. Retirement planning proceeds apace. Either a step towards stress reduction or a really bad decision, not sure which yet.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (OUMaO)

8 And then the murder happened.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (3dxnp)

9 Dark days indeed!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)

10 You know what this painting needs?

Street lamps.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (4Je4D)

11 Wow. Lovely. Would hang. Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

12 Dreary and bleak.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (ViCCR)

13 Maybe it looks better in person?

Here, it's just dark splotches.

Posted by: I put the "art" in "fart" at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (w81PI)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

15 Might just be me but it looks dark and dreary out there.

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (A3xvt)

16 Swamp. Imagine the mosquitos......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

17 Cloudscape

Posted by: 88C+u at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (88C+u)

18 Question: would you say that's a bog or a slough?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (4Je4D)

19 Another cheery day on the bog.

Posted by: red speck at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (Ve/HL)

20 There's a lot of detail there. You just have to stare at it long enough.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

21 The Hague. Was this painted on trial? Crimes against humanity?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

22 Bugger, looks like the castle is about to fall into the swamp again. Will it also catch fire again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

23 Very few colors, but beautiful.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (EZWVc)

24 Ominous as heck

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (aJQbY)

25 Boggy, but beautiful.

Posted by: huerfano at August 31, 2026 09:33 AM (2Xqig)

26 Beware of Darkness...

Posted by: George Harrison at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

27 The moon was angry that night, my friends.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

28 Good from the respect you can just FEEL the humidity.

"Welcome to The Swamp."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

29 Something bad is about to happen. I can just feel it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

30 Too dark. Can’t see a thing…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (sBAAu)

31 Alternate title - Artist was out of happy colors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (2GVsD)

32 When you stare through a lens of urine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

33 I say! Rather murky, old chap. Bright it up a bit, eh what?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

34 If there's a dike around there I'll stick my finger in it.

Posted by: A Little Dutch Boy at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (4Je4D)

35 Was this from the artist's cataract phase?

Posted by: red speck at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (Ve/HL)

36 >>Something bad is about to happen. I can just feel it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM

Rain. Again.

Posted by: huerfano at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (2Xqig)

37 Nightmare scene. Anti-bucolic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (RIvkX)

38 The sky was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

39 Who names their kid Aert?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

40 Apparently, "Aert" was pronounced "Art" by the artist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (3dxnp)

41 Looks like an old sepia-tone snapshot from the Forties. Where's Uncle Billy?

Posted by: Kodachrome Kenny at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

42 28 Good from the respect you can just FEEL the humidity.

"Welcome to The Swamp."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

It reminds me of my early morning runs here in Florida. I honestly worry about tripping over a gator in the dark and getting chomped because I’m a newbie…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (sBAAu)

43 Landscape at Sunset
Aert van der Neer

Lovely.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (odBC9)

44 Artist had a sad life. Per Wiki:
"Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued. In 1659 it seemed necessary to supplement his income by keeping a wine tavern, but two years later he went broke. He died at Kerkstraat in abject poverty, and his art was so little esteemed that the pictures left by him were valued at about five shillings apiece. His son Eglon became a portrait painter himself."

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

45 Stormy

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 09:37 AM (WB/3O)

46 Lunchtime on the Thames, 1952.

Posted by: red speck at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

47 Aert van der Neer???

Gabby Johnson, "the art is @$$#! is near!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (2GVsD)

48 It was a dark and stormy night. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (01XUU)

49 No windmill, no silver skates, depressing.

Posted by: Going Dutch at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

50 He died at Kerkstraat in abject poverty, and his art was so little esteemed that the pictures left by him were valued at about five shillings apiece. His son Eglon became a portrait painter himself."

---------

You have to give Egon credit for his optimism.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (4Je4D)

51 Then a shot rang out and Yvette screamed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

52 This would make perfect cover art for the Playbill for the next "Hamlet" revival.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:39 AM (3dxnp)

53 44 >>"Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued.

Perhaps if he'd dropped in a kitschy little light source coming from a cottage along the waterfront...

Posted by: red speck at August 31, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)

54 Perhaps if he'd dropped in a kitschy little light source coming from a cottage along the waterfront...

And be the Dutch Thomas Kincaide?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:40 AM (2GVsD)

55 In 1659 it seemed necessary to supplement his income by keeping a wine tavern, but two years later he went broke. . . .
Posted by: Tuna

How much of a chooch does one have to be to lose money selling liquor?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 09:40 AM (01XUU)

56 How are those houses on the left not constantly getting flooded? The water is nearly up to the front doors.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 09:40 AM (XvL8K)

57 *looks at forecast for next few days*

Yeah... I could deal with gloom instead of what's outside.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 09:41 AM (2Cry5)

58 No windmill, no silver skates, depressing.
Posted by: Going Dutch

I spotted a wind mill. Center, far right.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

59 Then a shot rang out and Yvette screamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

Claudine Longet gave a tight smile, then backed into the deep gloom and made her escape.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

60 You know who could make this dreck a winner?

Posted by: Eva Vlaardingerbroek at August 31, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

61 No windmill, no silver skates, depressing.
Posted by: Going Dutch

There are windmills in the background.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

62 It's no Rothko

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (4Je4D)

63 >>>Aert van der Neer

Neer a canal.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (odBC9)

64 Good from the respect you can just FEEL the humidity.

"Welcome to The Swamp."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)
----
Sunset on Dagobah...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)

65 Guy had some dark colors he had to use up before their expiration dates.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (ZxPkt)

66 How are those houses on the left not constantly getting flooded? The water is nearly up to the front doors.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 09:40 AM (XvL8K)
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Probably a highly engineered series of complex locks, allowing a below sea level land area to stay dry.

At a guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (3dxnp)

67
At one of the great small museums of the world; Mauritshuis, in The Hague.


While you were there, did you have-

the famous Hague Benedict for breakfast?


Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

68 Mordor looks cheerier by comparison.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 09:43 AM (FZ29D)

69 Takes one back to the TV show China Beach.

Mmmmm......young Dana Delany......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

70 Here there be tygers.

Posted by: Buck at August 31, 2026 09:44 AM (z6ONu)

71 with some governors swingin' from 'em.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

72 Claudine Longet gave a tight smile, then backed into the deep gloom and made her escape.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 31, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)
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sends chills up my spine.

Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 31, 2026 09:44 AM (3dxnp)

73 18 fen

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

74 Wiki:
"Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued.

---------

"I'll give you two guilders for it, Aert, but you'll have to throw in your cow."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:45 AM (4Je4D)

75
Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

Posted by: John Fogerty at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

76 Mmmmm......young Dana Delany......
Posted by: Sponge

I saw her a few years ago co-hosting something on TCM. She still looked good.

Her legs were very shiny, though, which was kinda weird. Shiniest legs I've ever seen.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

77 This could have been a brighter, cheerier painting back in it's day. The centuries of cigar smoke from the olde Dutch Masters have done it no favors.

Posted by: Ain't No Ways Tarred at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (JM9I6)

78 At one of the great small museums of the world; Mauritshuis, in The Hague.

Ah...that's where the Girl With the Pearl Earring resides.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (lJ0H4)

79 66 Probably a highly engineered series of complex locks
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (3dxnp)

And bagels?

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (odBC9)

80 There's a bathroom on the right.

Posted by: Misheard Lyrics at August 31, 2026 09:46 AM (2CeDH)

81 There's a bad moon on the rise
Posted by: John Fogerty

But can you tell me where the bathroom is?

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

82 totally ootgezondered.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

83 Probably a highly engineered series of complex locks, allowing a below sea level land area to stay dry.

At a guess.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
____________

Yeah, I get the dyke thing, but did they really build houses that close to the water? Looks like it's just a few yards away from the front of the house.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (XvL8K)

84 Landscape at Sunset
Aert van der Neer


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

Saves on Paint Costs - a limerick

Van der Neer was an artistic wizard
Who admired the chameleon lizard
One day for a lark
He painted "Landscape at Dark"
Then he did "Polar Bear in Blizzard"

Posted by: muldoon at August 31, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

85
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i)

86 The sniper is in a 🐸 suit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (hUS/0)

87 63 gracht.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

88 Probably a highly engineered series of complex locks,
in fact I think you may be looking right at one. Those windmills are not grinding grain; they're pumping water. This may be some high-tech engineering Aert for its period.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (zdLoL)

89 "I'll give you two guilders for it, Aert, but you'll have to throw in your cow."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 31, 2026 09:45 AM (4Je4D)

I'll not tolerate such language directed towards my beloved wife, sir. Get out and don't come back!

Posted by: van der Neer at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

90 Not bad considering that back then they only had black and white paints.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (QNSrI)

91 Reflection of the water really bothers me, as it is displaced slightly to the right of where it should be.

Would not even give 1 schilling for this. No wonder he died in abject poverty.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (eTPdk)

92 "Dear, I'm no expert, but do you think maybe if you painted your pictures in daylight you could get more money for them?"

Posted by: Mrs. Van der Neer at August 31, 2026 09:50 AM (4Je4D)

93 It's just as well Aert died in poverty. There are no pockets in a shroud.

Posted by: Robert W. Service at August 31, 2026 09:50 AM (JM9I6)

94 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'd give this one the benefit of the doubt. There could be a dog there. You just can't see it.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 09:51 AM (lJ0H4)

95 I'd give this one the benefit of the doubt. There could be a dog there. You just can't see it.
Posted by: Tuna

Same with the boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

96 83 Probably a highly engineered series of complex locks, allowing a below sea level land area to stay dry.

At a guess.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
____________

Yeah, I get the dyke thing, but did they really build houses that close to the water? Looks like it's just a few yards away from the front of the house.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (XvL8K)
Prideful.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 09:52 AM (LHPAg)

97
Alternate title:

"It's a Lovely Day to Be a Vampire"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

98 Always pay your light bill, or you end up like this.

Posted by: 16 Candles at August 31, 2026 09:52 AM (JM9I6)

99 No relation. - Art Vandelay

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 31, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 09:53 AM (odBC9)

101 Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge
By Marina Peña
Published Aug. 30, 2026, 12:39 p.m. PT
====

Morons must drink moar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

102 The centuries of cigar smoke from the olde Dutch Masters have done it no favors.

When the big group portrait we call The Night Watch was cleaned after several centuries above the fireplace in the smoking room of the militia clubhouse, American Rifleman brought in a legit art critic to write an appreciation. Those guys were all armed to the teeth. Several were involved in cleaning or charging their fire arms, and one muzzle showed a wisp of smoke from having just discharged -- all invisible during the time the work got famous.
/Gun thread

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 09:54 AM (zdLoL)

103 Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge

Nancy Pelosi hitting the bottle a bit too much?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:55 AM (2GVsD)

104 it's just about to clear up and be really nice.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)

105 I'M IN CHARGE HERE!!!

Posted by: Alexander Hague at August 31, 2026 09:55 AM (eTPdk)

106 would not hang

only because the moon looks like an owl

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 09:56 AM (5rh/l)

107 Nancy Pelosi hitting the bottle a bit too much?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:55 AM (2GVsD)
==================
She's into vodka these days, I believe the problem to be.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:56 AM (iTZ6k)

108 102 The centuries of cigar smoke from the olde Dutch Masters have done it no favors.

When the big group portrait we call The Night Watch was cleaned after several centuries above the fireplace in the smoking room of the militia clubhouse, American Rifleman brought in a legit art critic to write an appreciation. Those guys were all armed to the teeth. Several were involved in cleaning or charging their fire arms, and one muzzle showed a wisp of smoke from having just discharged -- all invisible during the time the work got famous.
/Gun thread
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 09:54 AM (zdLoL)
No smoking on the range.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2026 09:57 AM (LHPAg)

109 Being past 100 comments...

The job scammers are getting kinda pathetic. Had one with a mussleman displayname this time with the whole 'regurgitate my profile info as if it was a legit job opportunity' thing instead of the normal h1b'er. (inevitably these are either resume stealers or wanting to grift you with resume-writing services... or both, always an option)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 09:57 AM (aJQbY)

110 This is a wonderful use of light to make a dramatic landscape: restrained and natural. van der Neer includes enough detail to set the place with the trees, stream and houses but filtered through the sun setting through clouds. It is quietly dynamic, if such a phrase makes sense, because a setting sun happens quickly and this is just a brief moment.

It reminds me of some of the darker paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael. For my taste, much of the finest art deriving from the European Renaissance was in the northern countries more than Italy.

Posted by: JTB at August 31, 2026 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

111 Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge
By Marina Peña
Published Aug. 30, 2026, 12:39 p.m. PT
====



Wine mom's not holding up their end?

I know the yutes are doing more drugs, weed, vape, than drinking. And there's only so much I can drink, however, not being a wine person.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:58 AM (ccf/V)

112 Morons must drink moar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At my local ABC Store (state-run booze store) there is a big bottle of Weller bourbon on sale for $5K.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

113 If Lindsay Clancy is found guilty, will her supporters hit the bottle or the accelerator?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (2GVsD)

114 *Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge.*

Hey, it's Merlot Monday.
Doing my part.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

115 "Ne'er do well!"

Posted by: a laconic art critic at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)

116 89 "she smells a bit, but she has a heart of gold."

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (Bep7s)

117
The job scammers are getting kinda pathetic. Had one with a mussleman displayname this time with the whole 'regurgitate my profile info as if it was a legit job opportunity' thing instead of the normal h1b'er. (inevitably these are either resume stealers or wanting to grift you with resume-writing services... or both, always an option)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 09:57 AM (aJQbY)




It really saddens me to see what the job interview proccess has turned into. I've got a bud that is looking for a change. Everytime he gets into a company interview process, it's meeting after meeting after meeting until you're at the CO / Ownership level.

Holy crap. When did it change from interviewing with a manager, then that manager's boss or HR then getting hired or not?

We've got to go all the way up the food chain......for a SALES job?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

118 Skies and the light coming from them can be so very interesting and dramatic- both in real life and in this painting. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (JrHfD)

119 And there's only so much I can drink, however, not being a wine person.......
Posted by: Sponge

Wine can get me blitzed faster than hard liquor.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

120 "she smells a bit, but she has a heart of gold."
Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (Bep7s)



Huh....wife just said similar things about me.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

121 If Lindsay Clancy is found guilty, will her supporters hit the bottle or the accelerator?
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's a big *if*. I'm not optimistic that evil woman will get what's due her.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2026 10:01 AM (lJ0H4)

122
Wine can get me blitzed faster than hard liquor.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)



Well, that's not the case for me, but the buzz is different and the hangover is SOOOOO much worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

123 At the Bee

Trump Announces Plan To Annex Canada And Rename It ‘Gay North Dakota’

https://buff.ly/bhtfMzJ

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:01 AM (3Ae0s)

124 85 No dog.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 09:48 AM (O0L8i)

How can you tell?

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 10:02 AM (odBC9)

125 I wouldn't paint this on the side of my Chevy Van. And that's all right with me.

Posted by: Sammy Johns at August 31, 2026 10:02 AM (JM9I6)

126 It's September Eve!
Let's celebrate with a nice cold can of America Dry ginger ale.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

127 This summer in Sonoma I saw several vineyards that have "gone to seed"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:02 AM (RIvkX)

128 Trump Announces Plan To Annex Canada And Rename It ‘Gay North Dakota’

https://buff.ly/bhtfMzJ

Posted by: rickb223

LOL

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

129
First Bourbon and now wine.

(sighs, pours first bloody mary of the day.)

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 10:03 AM (Y8DZL)

130 It's September Eve!
Let's celebrate with a nice cold can of America Dry ginger ale.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

With pumpkin spice!

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

131 I'm not much for travel but I'm sorry I won't see that art museum CBD linked to in the post. The paintings on website tour are beautiful.

Thanks for including it.

Posted by: JTB at August 31, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

132 Homo North Dakota.


Make Gay Happy Again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

133 It was a dark and stormy night....

Posted by: From about That Time at August 31, 2026 10:03 AM (sl73Y)

134 Worst hangover ever was from Soviet champagne. Second worst was Mexican tequila.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:04 AM (RIvkX)

135 Crime is Down, Mayor Says, as 30 People Shot in Chicago in One Day

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That's over four Saint Valentines Day Massacres.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

136 Listen to Sponge-he's the Hangover Artist-In-Residence.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at August 31, 2026 10:04 AM (JM9I6)

137 112 that's dumb. anyhow, it's wheated.
we used to buy abc malt liquor during daytona bike week. and growlin' gator lager. you need one 12pack each to change a rear tube on a '77 860gts.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

138 beautiful painting! thank you

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 10:05 AM (j+aD2)

139 It really saddens me to see what the job interview proccess has turned into. I've got a bud that is looking for a change. Everytime he gets into a company interview process, it's meeting after meeting after meeting until you're at the CO / Ownership level.

Holy crap. When did it change from interviewing with a manager, then that manager's boss or HR then getting hired or not?

We've got to go all the way up the food chain......for a SALES job?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer



When the owner tells him to "sell me this laptop" and points to his laptop, tell him yo pick it up & walk out like he's going to be a salesman.

Keep walking. Only answer your phone the next day. When the owner screams "bring back my laptop'", tell him "I will for $2k".

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:05 AM (3Ae0s)

140 113 If Lindsay Clancy is found guilty, will her supporters hit the bottle or the accelerator?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:59 AM (2GVsD)

Let's hope they don't start killing children.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (odBC9)

141 I assume we'll all be receiving personally address strictly written letters:

UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade

https://tinyurl.com/52epew5h

BITE ME!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (QNSrI)

142 114 did a guinness record thing on the south side this weekend. thousands of simultaneously consumed blablorp shots.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

143 Worst hangover ever was from Soviet champagne. Second worst was Mexican tequila.
Posted by: San Franpsycho


Mescal.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (3Ae0s)

144 Yeah, this is art. Very well done.

Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (E/qck)

145 It really saddens me to see what the job interview proccess has turned into. I've got a bud that is looking for a change. Everytime he gets into a company interview process, it's meeting after meeting after meeting until you're at the CO / Ownership level.

Holy crap. When did it change from interviewing with a manager, then that manager's boss or HR then getting hired or not?

We've got to go all the way up the food chain......for a SALES job?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)
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My department keeps it pretty simple for the low-level jobs. I'm part of two interviews today. We *might* arrange an on-campus visit for a finalist, but that's not guaranteed if we reach a consensus on a candidate.

Now, for anyone at the executive leadership level, interviews are a grueling, mind-numbing, multiple step process.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (FZ29D)

146 Let's hope they don't start killing children.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (odBC9)
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Unfortunately this is already happening, albeit in a handful of cases. But stay tuned.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 10:07 AM (QNSrI)

147 Still not a fan of dark paintings.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:08 AM (KC5Lt)

148 124 terrible!

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

149 91 Reflection of the water really bothers me, as it is displaced slightly to the right of where it should be.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 31, 2026 09:49 AM (eTPdk)

Did you enlarge the painting?

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 10:10 AM (odBC9)

150 If interested one of my sunset paintings in nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

151 UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade

https://tinyurl.com/52epew5h

I don't think all those African countries could afford it...

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

152 150 If interested one of my sunset paintings in nic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

Nice to see your art linked.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 10:13 AM (odBC9)

153 It really saddens me to see what the job interview proccess has turned into. I've got a bud that is looking for a change. Everytime he gets into a company interview process, it's meeting after meeting after meeting until you're at the CO / Ownership level.

Holy crap. When did it change from interviewing with a manager, then that manager's boss or HR then getting hired or not?

We've got to go all the way up the food chain......for a SALES job?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

It's one giant humiliation ritual that the corpos do for their own sadistic pleasure. It's a power and control game first and foremost. And don't get me started on the fraudulent job postings for positions that don't exist requiring qualifications that would be impossible to obtain so they can make their fake-ass case for H1Bs to work for half (or less) market pay and be leveraged by threat of deportation.

Posted by: It's all about screwing with us at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (TbWk/)

154 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

So, you've recently ( fake) transgendered, Sponge?
Wife calls you "she"?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (LKoL5)

155 135 one fatality. kid stuff.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (Bep7s)

156
Now, for anyone at the executive leadership level, interviews are a grueling, mind-numbing, multiple step process.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 10:06 AM (FZ29D)



That I get. You're asking for some of the reigns of the company. You SHOULD be vetted the hell out of.

But a f*cking sales job?

Can you sell. Do you know anything about our product? Can you LEARN?

But interviewing with executive levels? Seems a bit over the top.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (ccf/V)

157
So, you've recently ( fake) transgendered, Sponge?
Wife calls you "she"?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (LKoL5)



I said she's said 'similar' things. Not those exact things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:15 AM (ccf/V)

158 Interesting discussion at the end of the last thread about the causes of WWII and WWI.

Personally, I think that even had we avoided WWII in Europe, there still would've been the Pacific War. Japan was too ambitious, too hungry for China, and too pissed off at the Western powers. There still would've been war with Japan without Hitler.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

159 committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade"

Ok.

*laughs *

That's all the considerations...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (cGjQu)

160 122 ... "Wine can get me blitzed faster than hard liquor.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)


Well, that's not the case for me, but the buzz is different and the hangover is SOOOOO much worse."

The single worst hangover I ever had came from drinking Italian Swiss Colony Rhine Wine. Three days of a migraine-level headache and nausea. That was over fifty years ago. The memory is still vivid, and educational. It taught me to sip small amounts of any alcohol and never to excess. Probably saved me thousands in booze expenditures.

Posted by: JTB at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

161 Even though you “don’t have a criminal record”, if you’re here illegally, that is in violation of federal law, you are subject to removal from our country.

Just a friendly reminder to all the media outlets who are now for some reason outraged that we are also removing people who don’t have a criminal record.

Here’s a giant clue. If you are in America illegally, you don’t belong here.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (p5Pt8)

162 LOL

Canada has decided to rename Lake Ontario to the Strait of Our Moose.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (3Ae0s)

163 This summer in Sonoma I saw several vineyards that have "gone to seed"
Posted by: San Franpsycho


***********

This past weekend we got some tree-ripe Palisade peaches from my brother's orchard. That prompted Missus Muldoon to read up on the history of fruit growing in the Grand Valley just a few minutes ago. First half of the 20th century apples grown west of G.Jct. dominated, but due to some bad irrigation practices and a resistant species of coddling moth the apple orchards were devastated and peaches grew to prominence, now east of G. Jct. in Palisade and East Orchard Mesa.
IDNKT

Posted by: muldoon at August 31, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

164 Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:16 AM (3Ae0s)

That's funny!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:18 AM (LKoL5)

165 Can we put a reparations tax on every illegal immigrant as payment for the theft of services and fraud?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 31, 2026 10:18 AM (p5Pt8)

166 UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade

May we assume they have excluded themselves and the Red Cross?

Posted by: Haiti at August 31, 2026 10:18 AM (E/qck)

167 UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade

I bet the countries doing the selling aren't on the list. Nosirree, it was *all* the Euros/Americans clubbing folks on the head like baby seals!

Also, how about doing the ishlamic countries that are still actively enslaving folks? Or chy-na, for that matter, not just figurative slave labor!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at August 31, 2026 10:19 AM (aJQbY)

168 Many exec level personnel now come up through the sales ranks. How many execs want to cull out possible threats to their rice bowls?

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 10:20 AM (Q+gd/)

169 My final job interview was over the phone. It was pretty simple, with a few questions about my current skills and responsibilities. And this final question: "Why do you want to leave California and work here in Kentucky?"

My answer: "Because my wife is working there and I'm still sitting here in California."

His reply: "Ok, when can you start?"

U.S. Army - civilian

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 10:20 AM (2Cry5)

170 Egypt owes Israel a lot of reparations.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:20 AM (KC5Lt)

171 The US doesn't owe anyone DICK in reparations. The US has been funding every f*cking shithole on EARTH for GENERATIONS.


GFY. You owe US, mutherf*ckers......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 10:23 AM (ccf/V)

172 We really need to leave the UN.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

173 Holy crap. When did it change from interviewing with a manager, then that manager's boss or HR then getting hired or not?

We've got to go all the way up the food chain......for a SALES job?!?

Posted by: Sponge
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With weaponized HR, lawsuits, fake and gay news coverage, gubmint vultures, and the sociopaths that go instantly to social media over trivial employment annoyances, I think the point that hiring people in megacorp is essentially looking for a landmine that might blow up the whole place.

So in today's environment, a CEO of a fast food restaurant might have to respond to some low level asshole employees and managers misbehaving or lose their job. Ditto for if the low level employee and manager on duty at the time don't respond the way a bunch of online assholes think they should when outrage merchants provoke them.

Essentially minor conflicts become skirmishes in broader societal wars.

The response is to bureaucratize even minor job hirings and being risk averse to hiring anyone that might cause the CEO to lose their job, no matter what the level. That also explains why H1Bs and hookers share the same characteristics-disposable relationships.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:25 AM (E4rtv)

174 Germany might as well hand over their country to Israel to pay reparations.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:25 AM (KC5Lt)

175 The great pumpkin moon ghoul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 31, 2026 10:26 AM (hzuYO)

176 There may be bushes. Are they happy? Who knows?

But, hey, it's your painting.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

177 Californians can now look forward to even higher electricity prices ... the California legislature and Grewsom failed to resolve liability issues for the utility companies after (and for future) fires.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (qwx/I)

178 48 It was a dark and stormy night sunset...

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2026 09:38 AM (01XUU)

FIFY

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)

179 This is a wonderful painting in the quintessential western palette. I just want to look at it while listening to toccata and fugue in d minor or enter sandman.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (2ap+5)

180 177 Californians can now look forward to even higher electricity prices ... the California legislature and Grewsom failed to resolve liability issues for the utility companies after (and for future) fires.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (qwx/I)

Thank you Guv'ner, may I have another?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)

181 Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued

Life is rough, man.

Posted by: Hunter at August 31, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

182 174 Germany might as well hand over their country to Israel to pay reparations.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:25 AM (KC5Lt)

There are a bunch of commies, Islamists, and notsees there...why would Israel want it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:28 AM (l3cgK)

183 Didja see this?

New York Post
@nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation

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High level of discretion indeed!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

184 >>Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation


"Clinterns."

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2026 10:30 AM (Q+gd/)

185 183 Didja see this?

New York Post
@nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation

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High level of discretion indeed!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

Cartoon: Bill Clinton interviewing for a job...
Boss Woman: "I have three openings."
Bill Clinton: "I know."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:30 AM (l3cgK)

186 161 Even though you “don’t have a criminal record”, if you’re here illegally, that is in violation of federal law, you are subject to removal from our country.

Just a friendly reminder to all the media outlets who are now for some reason outraged that we are also removing people who don’t have a criminal record.

Here’s a giant clue. If you are in America illegally, you don’t belong here.
Posted by: Vengeance

I have been bemused by the fact that all the raging, the sob stories, and the various other lying media and political tactics that try to manipulate human emotions are falling flat.

The psyop merchants are facing the facts that an electorate that has experiences outweighs all the fake and gay theater bullshit they can dredge up. There is no outrage other than paid drifting leftists that stage a paid protest or so. No one gives a shit that NJ Democrat rep cannot avoid a trial despite being a full card carrying living DEI archetype speaking truth to power, the judges lost on preventing the semi permanent TPS protections from being removed.

The Overton Window has shifted to the right on immigration, has shifted even further in most of the US on firearms, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

187 From the Morning Report - Israel’s inability to give the Death Penalty to convicted terrorists is a huge and almost inexplicable weakness
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Can you demonstrate the U.S.A. is any better? Show your work.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:30 AM (IkLDu)

188 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Love the art today.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2026 10:31 AM (2WIwB)

189 @10.

You know what this painting needs? Street Lamps.
Cicero

The town council had the Street Lamps taken down.
Seems they violated the boat thieves fourth amendment rights.

Posted by: Case at August 31, 2026 10:31 AM (5+vyU)

190 So, you've recently ( fake) transgendered, Sponge?
Wife calls you "she"?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM


Man, if you're not here reading every comment, things happen that you have no clue about. Piper transitioning to the other side, and now Sponge transitioning to the other gender team.

AoSHQ. It comes at you first fast!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2026 10:31 AM (0sNs1)

191 Know who else had trouble selling his paintings?

Posted by: I guess SOMEONE has to ask it at August 31, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

192 183 Didja see this?

New York Post
@nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation

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High level of discretion indeed!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Translation, their adechrome reserves are being depleted and they need fresh blood. Preferably free of charge.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

193 @nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation


I applied for that one. For some reason Bill insisted on a pulmonary function test.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at August 31, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)

194 > Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation
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Why on earth are they advertising for a job? You'd think there are dozens of willing sycophants just waiting in the wings.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 10:32 AM (2Cry5)

195 183 Didja see this?

New York Post
@nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation

-
High level of discretion indeed!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

He didn't have the balls to sell paintings...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:32 AM (l3cgK)

196 190 So, you've recently ( fake) transgendered, Sponge?
Wife calls you "she"?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM

Man, if you're not here reading every comment, things happen that you have no clue about. Piper transitioning to the other side, and now Sponge transitioning to the other gender team.

AoSHQ. It comes at you first fast!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
=======
Sponge should have never taken Lou Reed's advice to walk on the wild side.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

197
Crisis hits Napa Valley as ranches left to rot while wine industry teeters on a knife’s edge
By Marina Peña
Published Aug. 30, 2026, 12:39 p.m. PT


I had an interesting encounter related to this yesterday.

I was in DFW Airport when I saw Ex-President Barack Obama and some bodyguards walking toward the VIP Lounge.

So, I walked up to him and said, "Mr President, what an honor. If I may ask, Where are you headed?"

Obama kind of grimaced and said, "I'm going to Napa Valley. I have a stake in winery there that appears to be going bankrupt."

And, I said-

"Well, I guess that makes you a Napa headed fool."





I denounce myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

198 191 Know who else had trouble selling his paintings?

Posted by: I guess SOMEONE has to ask it at August 31, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

Damnit, copy/paste mishap...

Once again:

He didn't have the balls to sell paintings...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:33 AM (l3cgK)

199 189 @10.

You know what this painting needs? Street Lamps.
Cicero


And Flock cameras.
For your safety.

Posted by: Local corrupt politicians at August 31, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

200 Germany might as well hand over their country to Israel to pay reparations.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:25 AM (KC5Lt)
=====

They did indeed pay "reparations."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

201 Van der Neer was barely able to support his family by selling his landscapes, which were not highly valued

*********

Reminds me of a guy out here during the Obamacare debates who said, "I have owned my own business for 25 years and on my salary of $20k/year I can't afford health insurance."

At some point you might want to consider another line of work.

Posted by: muldoon at August 31, 2026 10:34 AM (qgHp7)

202 "And today's forecast is … "

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2026 10:34 AM (ayRl+)

203 Is this bear Larry, Moe, or Curly?

https://tinyurl.com/rbndmzsh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

204 O.K. This made me laugh. Maybe some others over 29 will find it amusing as well. Husband will be starting up with the school bus route soon and he didn't recall password or write it down from last year. . He had to put in a password and answers to questions ( what was your school mascot? What street did you live in? etc. He gives her his high school graduation date and says kidding " You remember the mascot right?" "What are you asking me for? She responds laughing . "I wasn't even alive back then." Way to make him feel really old.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:35 AM (xPsv8)

205 Can you demonstrate the U.S.A. is any better? Show your work.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:30 AM (IkLDu)

Been here?

Posted by: Huntsville, TX at August 31, 2026 10:35 AM (WB/3O)

206 163 mmm... peach pancakes.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:35 AM (Bep7s)

207 199 189 @10.

You know what this painting needs? Street Lamps.
Cicero


And Flock cameras.
For your safety.

Posted by: Local corrupt politicians at August 31, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Chinese man in London works for the week, gets paid, changes his money from Pounds to RMB. He gets 500 RMB.
A week later, he goes back, changes his weekly salary for RMB, but only gets 450 RMB...
So he ask the banker why it was 500RMB one week and 450 RMB this week for the same number of Pounds.
The Exchanger tells him, "Fluctuation".
The Chinese man responds, "Well, fluck you English!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 10:37 AM (l3cgK)

208 I was able to climb the fence to the country club I don't belong to and they want to throw me out even though I've not broken any of their rules.

It's outrageous !!!

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

209 184 somalis remove those.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

210 Amusing story on X,
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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Honduran noncitizen who illegally registered to vote in California was HARASSING and TEXTING an ICE agent how he plans to vote Democrat in the midterms

...so then the ICE agent checked his status and found out he was an ILLEGAL VOTER

Major FAFO 🔥🔥

"He had no fear whatsoever harassing an ICE agent, letting him know how he's planning to vote in the midterms and wants to take their immunity away."

"That, obviously, got the agent interested to see whether he WAS registered to vote. That's how he came on their radar."

"He found out there are consequences. MULTIPLE felonies and DEPORTATION if convicted," Bill Essayli says

Send him back!

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)

211 The Exchanger tells him, "Fluctuation".
The Chinese man responds, "Well, fluck you English!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 10:39 AM (3Ae0s)

212 And Flock cameras.
For your safety.
Posted by: Local corrupt politicians

I think we're saturated with Flock cameras. We've reached our Flock capacity.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

213 AoSHQ. It comes at you first fast!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Please prepare assiduously to remember today's comments . There will be a test tomorrow morning 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 10:41 AM (xPsv8)

214 They did indeed pay "reparations."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

Yes but whatever it was it wasn't enough.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)

215 197 should have sock puppeted don imus.

Posted by: cmeat at August 31, 2026 10:42 AM (Bep7s)

216 Recall the first world trade center bombings, this was when, during the Clinton era, it was determined basically that “terrorism” is just another type of crime deserving of all the usual boilerplate bullshit in the courtrooms.

The legal system is not setup nor appropriate for this kind of thing. It just isn’t.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:43 AM (IkLDu)

217 It's one giant humiliation ritual that the corpos do for their own sadistic pleasure. It's a power and control game first and foremost. And don't get me started on the fraudulent job postings for positions that don't exist requiring qualifications that would be impossible to obtain so they can make their fake-ass case for H1Bs to work for half (or less) market pay and be leveraged by threat of deportation.
Posted by: It's all about screwing with us at August 31, 2026 10:14 AM (TbWk/)

Nothing could prepare me for how horrible the job search would be after AD Air Force life. And it has only gotten worse.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 10:43 AM (WB/3O)

218 Landscape at Sunset
Aert van der Neer

Richard Green dot com: A nice bio.: In part, "AERT VAN DER NEER Gorinchem 1603/4 – 1677 Amsterdam Aert van der Neer was one of the most important European landscape painters of the seventeenth century. He was born in 1604 at Gorinchem (Gorcum), a town on the river Waal east of Dordrecht."

"In 1635 van der Neer painted his first commissioned landscape, of large dimension. Although this was followed by further commissions around 1640, it is only after 1643 that van der Neer found his personal style. He excelled in extraordinary poetic landscapes of sunrise and sunset and is unrivalled as a painter of moonlight in Dutch art."

AI: By 1629 or 1630, he moved to Amsterdam, where he spent the rest of his life and career. Despite his great talent, he struggled to make a living from art. He ran a wine tavern in Amsterdam starting around 1659 to make extra money, but he went bankrupt in 1662 and died in poverty.
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An excellent painter but today's art selection is a bit like at war. His River Landscape, River Landscape at Sunset (both Mauritshuis) and another Landscape at Sunset (Met Museum) are lovely & would be hanged.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

219 Looks like my sky this morning.

Something bad is about to happen. I can just feel it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026


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The pathetic fallacy?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

220 Reminds me of a guy out here during the Obamacare debates who said, "I have owned my own business for 25 years and on my salary of $20k/year I can't afford health insurance."

At some point you might want to consider another line of work.
Posted by: muldoon
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Small business owners were purposefully screwed on health insurance--they could not band together to get group insurance rates and could not deduct their own health insurance if they did not extend it to all full time employees.

Anytime you get a middleman between the seller and the buyer like healthcare and insurance, the insurance company will seek to maximize its takings from the transaction affecting both seller and buyer.

In addition, almost every living doctor that practiced since LBJ had their practice subsidized by the fact that Medicare and to a lesser extent Medicaid set a floor price on medical services.

Like student loans and grants, the fedgov is responsible for the massive and unsustainable price growth in medical and higher education markets.

The result of this is everyone is trying not to be the guy left out when music in musical chairs of government spending stops playing.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:45 AM (E4rtv)

221
I look at the website that's supposed to tell you where Flock cameras are located.

There's an intersection near us, that isn't really a major intersection, though it does cross a major street.

Man, you'd think are sleepy little middle class area we were crime central.

There must've been 20-30 Flock cameras within a roughly quarter block circle around the intersection itself.

So, I guess we're safe. Very safe.

Or, there's something we don't know.

Something anyway.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 31, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

222 Didja see this?
New York Post
@nypost
Clintons seeking intern with 'high level of discretion' at global foundation
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High level of discretion indeed!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Y'all know that by "discretion" I mean "bust size," right?

Posted by: Wm. J. Clinton at August 31, 2026 10:46 AM (VHUov)

223 I bet this painting would brighten up considerably with a good scrubbing!

Posted by: Weasel at August 31, 2026 10:46 AM (cIsFN)

224 Hhahahaha!


I am at our northern satellite location today. Just found out our downtown Seattle location flooded over the weekend. whole building closed down.

*snort*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2026 10:47 AM (W2Pud)

225 he legal system is not setup nor appropriate for this kind of thing. It just isn’t.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 10:43 AM (IkLDu)

It should be a military tribunal or create a system specific to foreign terrorism . I'm still pissed though the military judge barred info gathered through waterboarding . I thought the SC addressed that.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:47 AM (KC5Lt)

226 32 When you stare through a lens of urine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

And it worked for Warhol.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)

227 Let's see. Flock cameras everywhere. Data centers going up everywhere. Huh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 10:48 AM (hUS/0)

228 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

*********

Check your mail.

Posted by: muldoon at August 31, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

229 They did indeed pay "reparations."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

Yes but whatever it was it wasn't enough.
Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)
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Paid entirely by the West Germans. The East Germans paid nothingon the basis, "We were victims too."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

230 Y'all know that by "discretion" I mean "bust size," right?
Posted by: Wm. J. Clinton

Pronounced discretionage

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

231 216 Recall the first world trade center bombings, this was when, during the Clinton era, it was determined basically that “terrorism” is just another type of crime deserving of all the usual boilerplate bullshit in the courtrooms.

The legal system is not setup nor appropriate for this kind of thing. It just isn’t.
Posted by: Common Tater

Agree. Part of what ended piracy back in the day is that every government, ship owner, etc. could execute the bastards--universal jurisdiction to terminate with extreme prejudice. They were treated as enemies of mankind by threatening life sustaining commerce.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:49 AM (E4rtv)

232 Y'all know that by "discretion" I mean "bust size," right?
Posted by: Wm. J. Clinton


Reminded me of the quote from I married an Ax Murderer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

233
Y'all know that by "discretion" I mean "bust size," right?
Posted by: Wm. J. Clinton at August 31, 2026 10:46 AM (VHUov)

Who is W M J. Clinton?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 10:51 AM (WB/3O)

234 I do have to laugh at the wine industry as well.

Here, have a tulip...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2026 10:52 AM (cGjQu)

235 Agree. Part of what ended piracy back in the day is that every government, ship owner, etc. could execute the bastards--universal jurisdiction to terminate with extreme prejudice. They were treated as enemies of mankind by threatening life sustaining commerce.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:49 AM (E4rtv)

Slavers and Pirates went into the same bucket for the British Navy.

This is the History the British Left wants to destroy as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 10:53 AM (Y/06r)

236 212 I think we're saturated with Flock cameras. We've reached our Flock capacity.

nope. won't happen until flock can take a stereo pair of everyone all the time for oppression in glorious 3d.

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 10:53 AM (sGtp+)

237 I read a small post the other day that suggested some Flock cameras might be replaced with another manufacture's device... Axios (I think that's how it's spelled) cameras.

They're purportedly more sophisticated and/or have more AI built in.

Typical misdirection ploy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 10:53 AM (2Cry5)

238 Y'all know that by "discretion" I mean "bust size," right?
Posted by: Wm. J. Clinton at August 31, 2026 10:46 AM (VHUov)
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Who is W M J. Clinton?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026


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Old Lady Rodham's "husband."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

239 It should be a military tribunal or create a system specific to foreign terrorism . I'm still pissed though the military judge barred info gathered through waterboarding . I thought the SC addressed that.
Posted by: polynikes

Bush, Congress, and federal judges have made a thorough mess of the 9/11 cases. The urgency to prevent more unknown terror plots after 9/11 by interrogating prisoners meant that they could never be tried in the civil court system and Scotus in its stupidity shot down the tribunal system which was both constitutional and appropriate to try terrorists.

So the ersatz semi trial system of military commissions was created which was never designed for unlawful combatants in the first place. Tribunals took care of those types.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

240 Oh, got it. William Jefferson Bylthe III.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

241 235 Slavers and Pirates went into the same bucket for the British Navy.

so... not the barrel, then?

Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (sGtp+)

242 Good news: I finally sold the fedora hat I've had on eBay for months. Now to package it up. I hope I have packing tape around here somewhere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)

243 241 235 Slavers and Pirates went into the same bucket for the British Navy.

so... not the barrel, then?
Posted by: anachronda at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (sGtp+)

'Targets'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 10:55 AM (Y/06r)

244 I think we're saturated with Flock cameras. We've reached our Flock capacity.

nope. won't happen until flock can take a stereo pair of everyone all the time for oppression in glorious 3d.

Posted by: anachronda

I think you missed my pun.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

245 They did indeed pay "reparations."
Posted by: San Franpsycho


That means they're forever on the hook.

Posted by: t-bird at August 31, 2026 10:55 AM (E/qck)

246 Well they have to have a Flock Camera pointed at another Flock camera to catch the persons trying to vandalize the Flock camera and then another camera pointed at that one for same reason and so on and so on. A thousand flock cameras all pointed at each other.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

247 Damn white people!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Maxine Waters claims something called "white media" wants a Dem establishment vs Democrat Socialist fight.
"Some of the media, mostly the white media, are interested in a fight in order to get their ratings up."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

248 227 Let's see. Flock cameras everywhere. Data centers going up everywhere. Huh.

nothing to see here. move along.

Posted by: COLOSSUS at August 31, 2026 10:56 AM (sGtp+)

249 Blythe 🤬

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:56 AM (NFX2v)

250 Is there a Flock camera pointed at Mitch's front door?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 31, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

251 Blythe 🤬
Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026


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He was blithe about answering questions, that was for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

252 The legal system is not setup nor appropriate for this kind of thing. It just isn’t.

Do you think that's an accident?

Posted by: Globalism at August 31, 2026 10:58 AM (E/qck)

253 "Some of the media, mostly the white media, are interested in a fight in order to get their ratings up."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 31, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

I am so tired of 'Everything I don't like is racist.'

It's enough to make one consider racism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 31, 2026 10:58 AM (Y/06r)

254 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

255 Buck up!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 11:00 AM (3Ae0s)

256 This is the History the British Left wants to destroy as well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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That is their tiresome oppressed oppressor commie bullshit. Real history has a succession of different peoples and countries screwing other peoples or countries until recorded history vanishes.

No doubt, the line continues all the way until it blurs with nature. Predators and prey, exploiters, and exploited, all the way down. Individuals might not have done so but the rule was my family,tribe, clan, country > your family, tribe, clan, country.

What is different is that Christianity as a derivative of Judaism proposed we don't have to live that way and so the West collectively decided that was true with exceptions. Other than perhaps Buddhists or perhaps Bahai, not so much.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

257 Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

I disagree in that what they intended was bastardized subsequently by those who disagreed with the process. Today's example is the judge who ruled 'information 'coerced' not admissible' . That's bullshit and not what was intended as shown with the administrations position before the SC.

It's a constant internal battle against domestic political enemies who hate America as it was created to be.

Posted by: polynikes at August 31, 2026 11:02 AM (KC5Lt)

258 Whig - so the courts outlawed military tribunals?? I had forgotten that, or missed it in the veritable mountain of crap that has befallen America since then.

I remember the arguments online, cooler heads prevailed early on, or tried to, pointing out the world trade center bombers were unlawful enemy combatants. Not garden variety criminals. All of this was ignored. Because clown world.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 11:06 AM (IkLDu)

259 Art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 31, 2026 11:32 AM (dcdY2)

260 Very nice article, just what I wanted to find.

Posted by: live sex at August 31, 2026 06:17 PM (RfKbf)

The Morning Report — 8/ 31 /26

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Good Morning kids.

We'll start off with your morning emetic, although a mere glance at the headlines is enough to send one direct to the vomitorium, but be that as it may here we go...

More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. . . . This is what happens when Hollywood’s woke celebrity club substitutes ideology for facts. . . Barghouti, the convicted head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, is not in an Israeli prison because Israel disagrees with his politics or because he wrote an anti-Israel manifesto; he was charged with five murders, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organization. He received a fair trial in an Israeli civilian court and was convicted, receiving five life sentences. . .

. . . Perhaps that is the problem with the Marvel campaign. These are limousine liberals at their most comfortable: wealthy, privileged and insulated from the consequences of the causes they champion. They have spent their careers playing superheroes, but appear to know remarkably little about the history they are now trying to rewrite. They sit comfortably in their movie studio trailers and pronounce moral judgments on a bitter conflict in which they have no personal stake and, judging by this campaign, very little understanding. . . A man convicted of murdering five people, including an American citizen, cannot be transformed into a symbol of peace because the red carpet revolutionaries have decided to make him one.

Red carpet indeed: red with the blood of innocents and the red of communism. Well, how did we get to this point. Sadly, it's as plain as the hooked nose on my Brooklyn Jewboy face! And I say that proudly!

Numbers from the following Brandeis report, American Undergraduates and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, show 18% support for Hamas among college students and 15% favorability for Israel.. . … this isn’t just about Israel. Or America. Colleges have normalized degrees of extremism on campus that reflect something like the Weathermen and Al Qaeda wrapped in a bow.

Yes, Ruffalo is the only American of the bunch that I can spot but along with the others perhaps it's a toxic mix of just innate Jew-hatred along with likely pandering to a receptive audience to their odious beliefs as a means to drive ticket sales. Either way these disgusting degenerates are the useful idiots of those who seek our destruction. Not just the Jews but All of us. Every last one of us who are collectively guilty of preventing them from creating their paradise on earth.

University campuses are notorious for promoting “safe spaces” where dissenting opinions are labeled as “violence.” Yet within the cushioned walls of the Ivory Tower, professors are increasingly using their lecterns to encourage literal violence in pursuit of radical agendas.

That would be bad enough, but I hate to be the bearer of bad news; the radicalization and brainwashing are beginning long before college.

In 2025, Texas passed a law that mandated a financial literacy course requirement for students in grades 9 through 12: HB 27 modifies Section 28.025 of the Texas Education Code to expand and strengthen personal financial literacy instruction for high school students. Under the bill, students will be required to complete a dedicated one-half credit in personal financial literacy as part of their social studies coursework to graduate. This requirement separates financial literacy from the previously combined economics and financial literacy course structure, allowing for more focused and practical instruction in managing money, budgeting, savings, credit, loans, and other real-life financial concepts. . . .NGPF repeatedly champions the notion that people must be made equal through government action––a foundational premise of both socialism and woke ideology. Students taking this curriculum are explicitly asked to find a relationship between justice and reparations. In fact, NGPF utilizes an entire section to promote reparations through biased history lessons that assert that reparations are merely “one step on the path toward racial justice.”

A curriculum being pushed on every Texas public high school — and maybe every state by 2030 — teaches students that equal treatment is unjust and equalized outcomes are "justice."

That is socialism.

You can bet your sweet ass that poison like this is happening as far back as kindergarten if not pre-school. Unless and until we utterly retake academia, we are finished as a nation and society. But never fear, our would-be Islamic overlords will one day be running our schools and they'll all be sharia-compliant.

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1 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 31, 2026 07:12 AM (/+uur)

2 This is why folks homeschool their children.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 31, 2026 07:16 AM (36x1j)

3 ChatGPT does not know of any Lake America when queried:

There’s no well-known lake officially called “Lake America” in standard U.S. geography.

You might mean one of these:

Lake Amador in California
Lake Almanor in California
Lake Amera / América as a local or informal name

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 07:18 AM (qBdHI)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

5 Newsom Claims He Never Knew He Had 5,000 Bottle Wine Cellar in Mansion
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It's always in the last place you look!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 07:22 AM (FZ29D)

6 It warms the thick pouch that is my scrotum to know that I have no idea who any of those Marvel "actors" are or what they do.



Posted by: Turgid and loving it at August 31, 2026 07:22 AM (+iYtA)

7 Fully intend to try that homeschooling thing if I ever have kids, yep.

Interview in a few hours, prayers from those who do, would be appreciated!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 07:24 AM (aJQbY)

8 Some of those actors are ones who used to at least keep their mouths shut and let me keep my delusion that they were at least as smart as the characters they play...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 07:25 AM (aJQbY)

9 RandomDave

Good luck! And a prayer ascending.

Have you thought of changing your name to Govindan Rangarajan? From Madras?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

10 thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 07:25 AM (VyBeY)

11 You'd think somebody as old as Ian McKellen would know better than to support a convicted murderer . . . but I guess not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

12 I can't decide if Mark Ruffalo is retarded or evil.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 07:26 AM (WYfFt)

13 How do you say 'Wir Schaffen Das" in Arabic?
40% of Berlin Police Applicants Can’t Speak German
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This is part of the conquest strategy of Islam--seize the levers of political power by any means necessary.

Once there's a saturation point of Muslim cops, they can begin implementing de facto sharia law and no one can do anything about it because their political masters will either be like them or captured by them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 07:26 AM (FZ29D)

14 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Irony is never dead when Newsom plays on of the people.

What a waste of oxygen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

15 I can't decide if Mark Ruffalo is retarded or evil.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Yes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:29 AM (IivNP)

16 I can't decide if Mark Ruffalo is retarded or evil.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Yes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:29 AM (IivNP)
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When it comes to Hollywood celebrities you can hardly go wrong by embracing the power of "and."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 07:31 AM (FZ29D)

17 If we just started hanging folks like Barghouti, Nidal Hassan, KSM, etc. maybe folks would take that stuff more seriously. Sadly, we seem to have lost the initiative.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 07:32 AM (3Ope8)

18 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Their cunning plan is working, for various amounts of work.

When the German economy collapses, there is not enough loot to keep Sharia German going as an industrial concern.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

19 If the primary purpose of "Skyfall" helicopters is to closely study human landing spots on Mars, then that's progress I can support.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 07:33 AM (WIUCR)

20 Yesterday during a live TV broadcast an IRGC apparatchik was delivering a full on screed about " killing all the Jews" when he fell over dead at the podium.

Justice served.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:33 AM (PbWRL)

21 What I like is when the bagel is so plump that the hole in the middle closes up to where it looks like a belly button

(innie)

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)

22 Thank you JJ

I’m glad I don’t know who Mark Ruffalo (or Water Buffalo… or whatever his name is) is… an inconsequential dunderhead like the rest on that list

I remember with fondness my teachers as a lad. They were for the most part nice older ladies (in my younger grades) who would’ve never thought of filling our young skulls full of mush with nonsense

It’s a different time now I guess with many teachers of the nose-ringed purple haired persuasion

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 07:35 AM (sBAAu)

23 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 31, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

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

Tousi TV had that clip. Alas, no lightning from the sky, or a Hellfire missile. Still, progress.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

25
California Democrats Embrace Failure–What Can Republicans Do?

They could do something really revolutionary for them: try.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2026 07:36 AM (O0L8i)

26 I always scroll down to the Actual Science, Technology section first on Monday morning in case I missed some news from Uranus over the weekend. All clear.

Posted by: The Great Poof at August 31, 2026 07:36 AM (JM9I6)

27 These Hollywood types must think their lives would be spicier if convicted mass murderers were freed to pursue them through the Hollywood Hills.

Oh wait, that'll happen to other people, elsewhere! And they have loads of private security anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 07:36 AM (WIUCR)

28 26 I always scroll down to the Actual Science, Technology section first on Monday morning in case I missed some news from Uranus over the weekend. All clear.
Posted by: The Great Poof at August 31, 2026 07:36 AM (JM9I6)


Uranus is Mianus in Connecticut...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 31, 2026 07:37 AM (x0n13)

29 NaCly, we did blow up Larak Island last night.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:37 AM (PbWRL)

30 Have you thought of changing your name to Govindan Rangarajan? From Madras?
Posted by: NaCly Dog


I'll have to look that one up

carefully closing tags this time

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 07:37 AM (aJQbY)

31 1 in 5 College Students Support Hamas

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Please, skulls full of indoctrinated mush, go and live amongst Hamas. No, not here in America on your college campuses.

----> over there

You'll come running back to mommy and daddy and the comforts of America and your pampered life before your tears hit the ground.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 07:38 AM (qBdHI)

32 Here is 1 lesson from the NGPF

VIDEO: Survivor’s Remorse: When a Black Child Receives a White Education
School funding impacts the resources available in a school district, including the number of teachers, the quality of school facilities, and the educational tools. In this video, Kandice Sumner explains the impacts of racial and economic segregation on education. Watch the video and answer the questions.

Describe Kandice Sumner’s experience with education growing up.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 31, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)

33 21 What I like is when the bagel is so plump that the hole in the middle closes up to where it looks like a belly button

(innie)
Posted by: Don Black

You know how we make the holes?

Posted by: Uncle Pervy, The Randy Bagelmaker at August 31, 2026 07:39 AM (JM9I6)

34 Good piece over at American Thinker explaining why polls are for strip clubs and fire stations.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:40 AM (IivNP)

35 If we just started hanging folks like Barghouti, Nidal Hassan, KSM, etc. maybe folks would take that stuff more seriously. Sadly, we seem to have lost the initiative.

Yes. At one time the Tsar's secret police had all the bolshevik big wigs in custody at one time or another. If the Okhrana had shot them while in custody, they would have saved the world a lot of trouble.

Posted by: Shoot Them When You Catch Them at August 31, 2026 07:40 AM (+iYtA)

36 Yesterday during a live TV broadcast an IRGC apparatchik was delivering a full on screed about " killing all the Jews" when he fell over dead at the podium.

Justice served.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:33 AM (PbWRL)

Reminds me of that passage in 1 Samuel when the Lord’s anger was kindled against Uzzah for touching the ark and he smote him dead. And Uzzah had good intentions! Oh that the Lord would do more smiting amongst the IRGC and mullahs… the US military and IDF could be an instrument of the Lord in that smiting. Smiting… wonderful old word

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 07:40 AM (sBAAu)

37 "I can't decide if Mark Ruffalo is retarded or evil."

I figure the odds be 50/50.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 07:41 AM (MWfyi)

38 >The sex comedy is legitimately back, and this time it has a conservative twist.
Hollywood’s New Sex Comedies Have a Surprising Twist: Traditional Values
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I tell you what else is back after a long absence: at football games, the cameras have found the cheerleaders again.
This is a positive development for our Country

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)

39 In today's crop report, the corn harvest is in. In Eastern Kansas, yields are excellent, getting worse going west. Western Kansas had drought and persistent 100-degree heat to burn up hopes of a big harvest.

Overall, yields average slightly lower than normal.

Federal crop subsidies harm the fragile water table in Western Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

40 >"I can't decide if Mark Ruffalo is retarded or evil."
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Well I can tell you- he is

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:42 AM (ZxPkt)

41 21 What I like is when the bagel is so plump that the hole in the middle closes up to where it looks like a belly button

(innie)
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)


I prefer a Bialy...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 31, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)

42 Well, the biggest event of the summer here in Fort Collins, CO, the Tour de Fat* was marred by tragedy when a driver drove his car onto a crowded sidewalk, killing one and injuring five. Rumor is that it was a confused old man. Really tragic. Imagine going out for a fun afternoon, out on a restaurant patio with your friends or family, and poof, just like that your life is over.

*It's a wonderfully weird combination of bike race, bike parade, Halloween-in-August and street festival, sponsored by New Belgium Brewery, makers of Fat Tire Ale, hence the name.

Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:43 AM (2Drhq)

43 The explosive diarrhea bug must not have come only from that one company's tainted lettuce if it's still spreading to other states. I'd have assumed by now all of that stuff was recalled and not in use. Makes me wonder what other sources it's coming from.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

44 Ben Had

Two launchers. I would hope we sink every boat supplying those SOH islands. Let them starve.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

45 "What’s the matter with California voters? "

They embrace and cultivate insanity.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

46 Good morning again Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
I wish we could go back to the time when actors and actresses, as well as other entertainers were thought of as being less than prostitutes. Most conservatives pay no attention to them but the middle class left hangs on their every word

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 07:48 AM (EZWVc)

47 The explosive diarrhea bug must not have come only from that one company's tainted lettuce if it's still spreading to other states. I'd have assumed by now all of that stuff was recalled and not in use. Makes me wonder what other sources it's coming from.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

Explosive diarrhea and green dildos (WNBA in general really)…. Two news stories that refuse to go away. You don’t want to pay attention, but it’s like trying to not stare at the car accident on the freeway, you can’t help yourself. Morbid curiosity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 07:48 AM (sBAAu)

48 Salty,

d'uh. if that was an H1B joke, consider it finally landing...

Sadly, I cannot lie to save my life, which is normally a good thing, they tell me.

Posted by: RandomDave thinks he got the joke... at August 31, 2026 07:49 AM (aJQbY)

49 @43/(GOYpy) { post tazed into non-existence }

I love the smell of burnt troll flesh in the morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 07:49 AM (O7YUW)

50 LinusVanPelt

Is Taco Bell or Taylor Farms a sponsor of the WNBA?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

51 Explosive diarrhea from lettuce, kale being downgraded as a heavy metals sinkhole, looks like my dietary choices were right after all.

Posted by: Circus Peanuts And Candy Corn at August 31, 2026 07:51 AM (JM9I6)

52 Good morning again Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
I wish we could go back to the time when actors and actresses, as well as other entertainers were thought of as being less than prostitutes. Most conservatives pay no attention to them but the middle class left hangs on their every word
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 07:48 AM (EZWVc)

Not really a big fan, but Laura Ingraham had one of the great book titles when she wrote: Shut Up and Dribble

Mainly about idiot sports figures but applies to all entertainers

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 07:51 AM (sBAAu)

53 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:51 AM (IivNP)

54 Kale is evil.

Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:52 AM (2Drhq)

55 CA Secretary of State Insists Gym ID Is All the Voter ID Anyone Needs

In view of all of the means of fraud the Left must engage in to secure any sort of "election" victory, I'm totally convinced that polls are only useful in measuring the effectiveness of Demonic Party vote fraud in any given election.

It may explain why polling today is so far from reality—they must keep recalibrating for all of the judicial activism that is employed to thwart any serious attempt at reducing election rigging.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 07:52 AM (nAS9C)

56 I posted yesterday that I thought the only thing , unfortunately, that could cure California would be a plague. Reading stories about typhus coming back as well as the story about the food carts being disgusting and I think the plague might be on the way

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 07:52 AM (EZWVc)

57 James Clyburn Basically Says Clarence Thomas 'Ain't Black'

And if you don't suck gay dick you ain't a hetero guy, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:52 AM (l3cgK)

58 Prolapse Paul got zapped quick-like.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:53 AM (IivNP)

59 55 I'm totally convinced that polls are only useful in measuring the effectiveness of Demonic Party vote fraud in any given election.

100%

Posted by: Delurker at August 31, 2026 07:53 AM (2Drhq)

60 Mr Aspirin Factory

He does not appear to be coherent enough to come up with those posts.

He must be part of a network, given talking points to post. So someone is paying him to fail.

That is so on-brand for the Left.

Hope they hit the tip jar.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

61 Islamic Charity Group Blames 9/11 On American Support For Israel

Uh-huh. And has nothing to do with Islam's hatred of Judaism and Christianity. Islamic pirates tried to prey on our ships more than a century BEFORE there was a modern nation of Israel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:54 AM (l3cgK)

62
17 If we just started hanging folks like Barghouti, Nidal Hassan, KSM, etc. maybe folks would take that stuff more seriously. Sadly, we seem to have lost the initiative.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 07:32 AM (3Ope

Israel’s inability to give the Death Penalty to convicted terrorists is a huge and almost inexplicable weakness. I believe it’s led to the bizarre situation where it is far preferable to use the military to kill suspects than to ever make any effort to capture them.

Short term, I agree that it’s absolutely necessary. But it’s a complete failure of civilian justice systems that has made this necessary.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:55 AM (dqHut)

63 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 07:56 AM (3Ae0s)

64 Hope they hit the tip jar.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

It would be nice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 07:57 AM (IivNP)

65 Tom Servo

We have the same weakness in our justice system.

El Salvador has an authentic Justice System, that cares about victims.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

66 CA Secretary of State Insists Gym ID Is All the Voter ID Anyone Needs

Simple test...can I use the ID to withdraw money at a bank? I mean, MOST folks have bank accounts of some sort, homeless excepted, but even for them, states with voting ID laws make allowances for even them to get photo IDs for voting.
The left isn't worried about citizens being unable to vote, they're worried about imaginary, illegal, and multiple voting being blocked.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:57 AM (l3cgK)

67 CA Secretary of State Insists Gym ID Is All the Voter ID Anyone Needs

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Far be it from me to have smarts real good, but Dear California, can anyone get a gym ID, regardless of age, legal status, and the like? If the answer is yes, it's in-your-face fraud and they know it.

I'm convinced Democrats have annual meetings to think of every which way to Sunday they can cheat and manufacture ballots. The election fraud in this country is off the charts, I'm convinced, like never before. It's almost comical if it weren't so dire.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

68 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 60 sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. I was actually hoping for the predicted rain, as I still have a lot of editing to do, as well as other writing projects.

Hoping to get through at least three chapters today. We will see.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 08:00 AM (qRla/)

69 Obama Judge Blocks Trump’s Mail-In Voting Reforms Again.

How many times do these judges need to be rebuffed before they stop? That's a rhetorical question, as they will never stop until they've been removed from their positions of power, hopefully kicking and screaming in front of a large crowd waiting for the judges' comeuppance.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 08:00 AM (l3cgK)

70 Mamdani, AOC and Bernie are the public face of the Democratic Socialists of America. Its roots go back to the 1970s when founder Michael Harrington's decided to take over the Democratic party from within when he concluded that independent socialist parties could never win on their own. The idea was to organize as nominal Democrats to win at the local level and then metastasize.

AOC has always been DSA. She won a literal DSA beauty contest to get their backing to win her seat in 2018. She was a dues paying member at the time but went on the down low after she took her seat. Now she's publicly declaring her allegiance. 

Mamdami adds Islam to the mix.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:00 AM (dtajH)

71 How the polls inflate the Dems

Hopefully inflates them like Mr. Creosote...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 08:01 AM (l3cgK)

72 The story about Israelis being physically chased and beaten in multiple countries is very dark and disturbing. The crazies are off the chain everywhere, it seems.

Posted by: The World Is Sick And Getting Sicker at August 31, 2026 08:02 AM (JM9I6)

73
Can I use GYM ID to withdraw money from Pelosi's and Newsom's accounts?!


Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 31, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)

74 70 Mamdani, AOC and Bernie are the public face of the Democratic Socialists of America. Its roots go back to the 1970s when founder Michael Harrington's decided to take over the Democratic party from within when he concluded that independent socialist parties could never win on their own. The idea was to organize as nominal Democrats to win at the local level and then metastasize.

That may be true but I find it hard to dismiss George McGovern. His platform would be welcomed by the DSA.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM (WB/3O)

75 Try using a gym card with the NYS DMV.

That should be the standard for voting, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM (dtajH)

76 Congratulations to Wylie, TX and Pflugerville, TX, who have de-Flocked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM (WB/3O)

77 A cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to contaminated iceberg lettuce imported from Mexico...

That's all you have to know. Lettuce from Méhico!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 08:04 AM (l3cgK)

78 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: The Globohomo Conspiracy at August 31, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

79 Screw bagels, give me doughnuts.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:05 AM (WB/3O)

80 Every homeless person has an ID and bank account to access public funds. Everything is direct deposit and their "crazy check" is not a check, it's DD.

Posted by: No More Cussin' Out The Mailman at August 31, 2026 08:05 AM (JM9I6)

81 Why Higher Education Is Likely Doomed

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I'd like to believe this. But I fear it will be a looooong time before we see either its demise or a rebuilding of what once were actual institutions of higher, enlightened learning.

They're trucking along just like Mao's revolution that still has a stranglehold on China.

We're in for many more years of academia churning out hay bale blocks of communist idiocy in the brains of once-normal student after student after student...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 31, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

82 76 Congratulations to Wylie, TX and Pflugerville, TX, who have de-Flocked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM
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It's nice to not feel like you're being watched all the time.

Posted by: The sheep at August 31, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

83 We’ve clearly got complete and effective surveillance over Iranian assets, if we can take out launchers as they’re getting ready to fire.

Very telling that the Iranian response was full of sound and fury, yet piecemeal and ineffective.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (dqHut)

84 79 Screw bagels, give me doughnuts.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Preach on!

Posted by: Ariana Grande's Tongue at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (JM9I6)

85 I wish the smallest of the Great Lakes would have been renamed Lake New York. Ontario is a province of Canada. Why not name it after the one state that has reline with it?

Plus it would still piss off Premier Ford to no end.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (WB/3O)

86 80 Every homeless person has an ID and bank account to access public funds. Everything is direct deposit and their "crazy check" is not a check, it's DD.

Posted by: No More Cussin' Out The Mailman at August 31, 2026 08:05 AM (JM9I6)

DD? They give boobs to the homeless?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (l3cgK)

87 Happy Monday!

>>They have spent their careers playing superheroes, but appear to know remarkably little about the history they are now trying to rewrite. They sit comfortably in their movie studio trailers and pronounce moral judgments on a bitter conflict in which they have no personal stake and, judging by this campaign, very little understanding. . .

Stupid question: where are all the Jews in Hollywood on this? Is there any support for Israel and her people in that industry?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (X8xt3)

88 No More Cussin' Out The Mailman

A hacking attack on those distribution files and income transfer software, including backups, would cause riots in every US city. Good thing everyone and every country loves our President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

89 The article about modern sex comedies: The Invite doesn't sound bad, and I'm always happy to watch Olivia Wilde in anything. Though I doubt I'll pay $20 or close to it to see the film in a theatre. The only "art cinema" I know around here is deep in downtown, which requires $$$ to park as well as the ticket extortion.

I can wait for the DVD from the library.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)

90 81 Why Higher Education Is Likely Doomed
++++
What major well known four year university closed in the last year?
*taps fingers on counter*

Well?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

91 The bad news is that a leftist judge has just made it likely that he’ll escape justice.
The Good News is that the Chief 9/11 Plotter is Finally Going to Trial
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Spare me. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

92 Private colleges without large endowments will fail first.

Will states cut funding?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:09 AM (dtajH)

93 Congratulations to Wylie, TX and Pflugerville, TX, who have de-Flocked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026


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So a priest who is against these cameras is also de-Flocked?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:09 AM (wzUl9)

94 It's nice to not feel like you're being watched all the time.
Posted by: The sheep at August 31, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

They cited the Fourth Amendment. I suspect among some communities there is a real fear they could get dragged into a years long court case that makes its way to SCOTUS at perhaps great expense where they might have to explain themselves over that one.

As to the Internet spying on me…it’s kind of sucking right now. Still plenty of ads meant for LA viewers, and ads in a language I do not speak.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:10 AM (WB/3O)

95 Stupid question: where are all the Jews in Hollywood on this? Is there any support for Israel and her people in that industry?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026


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Probably in private they support Israel. But there seems to be a Gentleman's Agreement (SWIDT?) not to express such sentiments in public.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:11 AM (wzUl9)

96 Very telling that the Iranian response was full of sound and fury, yet piecemeal and ineffective.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:07 AM (dqHut)

Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing!

Posted by: The Bard at August 31, 2026 08:11 AM (WB/3O)

97 What I like is when the bagel is so plump that the hole in the middle closes up to where it looks like a belly button

(innie)
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)
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That is roll shaped in a ring. Not a bagel. Gross.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

98 Private colleges without large endowments will fail first.

Will states cut funding?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026


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Pretty sure my former employer will be all right. It has a huge endowment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

99 What major well known four year university closed in the last year?
*taps fingers on counter*

Well?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

The weakest members of the herd go first, and that’s started happening already.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:12 AM (dqHut)

100 >>James Clyburn Basically Says Clarence Thomas 'Ain't Black'



Old and busted: Misgendering me is violence, rejecting my identity is genocide!

New hotness: We can deny the identity of people we hate and it's totes cool, you guyz!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 08:12 AM (X8xt3)

101 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 31, 2026 08:13 AM (53oGX)

102 The weakest members of the herd go first, and that’s started happening already.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:12 AM

Name three.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

103 The Bargouti letter was signed by musicians including Sting, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon.
Simon you're Jewish, WTF

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (EZWVc)

104 Morn' all... I never liked bagels

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (+gK6I)

105 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)

106 I find it hard to surrender something I can never have. In order to have health care, you are required to have health for which to care.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (WB/3O)

107 “If you believe Trump is using (Department of Justice) attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish (James) is doing exactly the same thing,” Wiesenfeld wrote, according to the Times Union.

“I ask that you not serve as Tish’s personal attorneys by targeting her political enemies. Instead, I hope you choose to prosecute crimes and find the individuals accountable, rather than targeting individuals and then finding crimes,” he wrote.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:16 AM (2xUTf)

108 Quarter Twenty

University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania
Hampshire College in Massachusetts
Anna Maria College in Massachusetts

All in 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

109 That may be true but I find it hard to dismiss George McGovern. His platform would be welcomed by the DSA.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM (WB/3O)
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I think there are clear parallels here with 1972.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

110 Clyburn is 86 and will soon join the many other grifters we have lost in the last few years. Auntie Maxine, included.

Posted by: Look Out Below! at August 31, 2026 08:17 AM (JM9I6)

111 104 Morn' all... I never liked bagels
Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (+gK6I)

I have had them…there was an amazing chocolate bagel I had one time in NY, but on the whole…meh.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:17 AM (WB/3O)

112 Syracuse is teetering.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:18 AM (dtajH)

113 >>More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. . . . This is what happens when Hollywood’s woke celebrity club substitutes ideology for facts. . .


Wanna bet if you did a Venn diagram of these people, one circle for supporting Barghouti, and a second circle for supporting Roman Polanski you'd have a perfect circle.

These people are bent.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 31, 2026 08:18 AM (X8xt3)

114 One Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps official ended his speech early after a heart attack took him off to his 70 virgins.

​Senior IRGC member and candidate Naemat al-Hami suffered a fatal heart attack right in the middle of his campaign speech.

Al-Hami was very excited before a heart attack took him out. It was quite a memorable speech.

… this IS Allah’s will

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:18 AM (2xUTf)

115 Morn' all... I never liked bagels
Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026


***
Growing up, I read the word in books and heard it in movie dialog, but had no idea what it was. Things like bagels and iced coffee were alien concepts in the Sixties in Da Swamp.

Maybe those items got served in coffee shops ("coffeehouses"), but I was too young for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:19 AM (wzUl9)

116 I've never heard of someone who doesn't like bagels. Shocking news this morning. Is pizza next?

Posted by: Gobsmacked, Here at August 31, 2026 08:19 AM (JM9I6)

117 In NY alone Cazenovia, Concordia and the College of St Rose have closed recently. I went Albany State and St Rose , also in Albany, was a good school for nursing , teaching and other functional careers. The Board that ran the school went left and the school lost enrollment

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:19 AM (EZWVc)

118 Cow Demon

George McGovern changes his philosophy and actions after he tried to work in the private sector. He struggled. All this after he left politics.

There should be only political candidates who worked in the private sector. No NGOs, no student government types, few MBAs, no poly-sci majors. They are worse than useless.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

119 That may be true but I find it hard to dismiss George McGovern. His platform would be welcomed by the DSA.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:03 AM (WB/3O)
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I think there are clear parallels here with 1972.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)


The only difference is that back then, McGovern supporters wore buttons reading "Come Home And Stop Killing Babies."

These days, you practically have to perform a live D&C to be considered a Dem.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 08:21 AM (qRla/)

120 Only 70 virgins?

This is because of Iran's inflation spiral, right?

Posted by: RandomDave thinks he got the joke... at August 31, 2026 08:21 AM (aJQbY)

121 The Bargouti letter was signed by musicians including Sting, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon.
Simon you're Jewish, WTF
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:15 AM (EZWVc)
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The drama kids were never first in class.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

122
108
University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania
Hampshire College in Massachusetts
Anna Maria College in Massachusetts
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:16 AM
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You consider each of those to be a "major well known four year university?"

Well, ok then.
They're probably just some politician's front for a money laundering operation.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

123 re: bagels

where's the guy who's always saying stuff that's overrated

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM (ZxPkt)

124 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was spotted wearing a Muslim Handmaiden outfit (hijab) while addressing a predominantly male Muslim audience in New York City on Friday.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM (2xUTf)

125 Hartwick College in NYS near Albany is sinking.

Posted by: Learing Center of Excellence at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM (JM9I6)

126 @114 heart attack, cruise missile to his head, it's all good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM (EZWVc)

127 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)

128 More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. . . . This is what happens when Hollywood’s woke celebrity club substitutes ideology for facts. . . Barghouti, the convicted head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, is not in an Israeli prison because Israel disagrees with his politics or because he wrote an anti-Israel manifesto; he was charged with five murders, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organization. He received a fair trial in an Israeli civilian court and was convicted, receiving five life sentences. . .


Yeah, keep supporting hollywood. Keep going to see Marvel movies. Keep rewarding them for shitting on the very foundations of what you believe in.


I'll be over here.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 08:24 AM (ccf/V)

129 > The Bargouti letter was signed by musicians including Sting, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon.
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Radical Chic

Radical chic is the fashionable practice of upper-class people associating with politically radical people and causes. The journalist Tom Wolfe coined the term in his article "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's", which New York magazine published in June 1970. The term has since become widely used in American English, French and Italian. Unlike dedicated activists, revolutionaries or dissenters, those who engage in "radical chic" remain frivolous political agitators—ideologically invested in their cause of choice only so far as it advances their liberal elite social standing.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

130 Former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has released new photographs from behind bars showing the results of his “US prison diet”.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:25 AM (2xUTf)

131 125 Hartwick College in NYS near Albany is sinking.
Posted by: Learing Center of Excellence at August 31, 2026 08:22 AM

Who?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Quarter Twenty

I was responding to your #102 comment, asking to name 3 of the weak colleges that closed recently.

You are switching premises here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

133 Some larger colleges will start closing or scaling down their operations in the near future. Because 1) people realize their "gender studies " degrees etc are useless and 2) the declining birth rates will strip them of students

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:26 AM (EZWVc)

134 There should be only political candidates who worked in the private sector. No NGOs, no student government types, few MBAs, no poly-sci majors. They are worse than useless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

Given the state of industry and education I sadly don’t think it guarantees much.

Also, take a look at the Texas Legislature, whose members get a salary of $7200 a year.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:26 AM (WB/3O)

135 including Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton

===

dumb bitches

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 08:26 AM (g47mK)

136 "FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer"

We rate this statement as True

Posted by: Snopes at August 31, 2026 08:26 AM (iMotb)

137 @129 Radical Chic by Tom Wolfe is one of the funniest things you'll ever read. You literally shake your head throughout the whole thing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:27 AM (EZWVc)

138 Mornin, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:28 AM (77rzZ)

139 CA Secretary of State Insists Gym ID Is All the Voter ID Anyone Needs

Simple test...can I use the ID to withdraw money at a bank? I mean, MOST folks have bank accounts of some sort, homeless excepted, but even for them, states with voting ID laws make allowances for even them to get photo IDs for voting.
The left isn't worried about citizens being unable to vote, they're worried about imaginary, illegal, and multiple voting being blocked.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Try to buy a gun.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:28 AM (3Ae0s)

140 52 - Actually, the name of the book was Shut Up And Sing and I believe she wrote it around the time the Dixie Chicks were sticking their foot in their mouths about George W. Bush.

Posted by: jaimo at August 31, 2026 08:28 AM (2noDb)

141 > ​Senior IRGC member and candidate Naemat al-Hami suffered a fatal heart attack right in the middle of his campaign speech.
------------
Campaign speech?

I had no idea these clowns were "elected" to the IRGC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2026 08:28 AM (2Cry5)

142 NYPost:
A New Mexico man allegedly gunned down his cousin during a drunken argument over green enchiladas, according to reports.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:29 AM (2xUTf)

143 Try to buy a gun.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:28 AM (3Ae0s)

CA politicians and other assorted idiots will assure you that task is easier than buying a loaf of bread.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 31, 2026 08:29 AM (WB/3O)

144 Leonard Bernstein is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. His Chic has been gone since 1990. Nice view of Manhattan, though.

Posted by: Buried With His Baton at August 31, 2026 08:30 AM (JM9I6)

145 Not to prolong the Lake America debate, but I naively assume Ontario is a native word and not strictly "Canadian". Trump is obviously just triggering the moronic Canadian leaders who are lashing out after being told to play fair.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 31, 2026 08:30 AM (n17eQ)

146 My question began in comment 90:

"What major well known four year university closed in the last year?"
+++

Has Penn State closed a major campus?
University of California?
SUNY?

If higher education is in such bad shape, show me the casualty list. Rinky dink schools come and go all the time.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Syracuse is teetering.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:18 AM (dtajH)
=====

Syracuse's entire model is catering to the wealthy who know the value of a credential but who's children are not bright enough for Ivy League. Big fraternity/sorority/athletics culture. High tuition.

Now they have to consolidate and eliminate all the no-work/cool-sounding majors those people preferred. They are cutting off their bread-and-butter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

148 Never read anything by Tom Wolfe, other than references to him from time to time. Is his work still relevant?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 08:31 AM (Gqar8)

149 actually inside the beltway

No one is discussing a serious trade dispute with one of our biggest trading partners.

The Left are focusing on words, not deeds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

150 147 Faber College. Still running. Just dedicated a statue of alumni Senator Blutarski.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2026 08:33 AM (gm9Sb)

151 Today Is National Trail Mix Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

152 Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Sunday teased an upcoming announcement about the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown.

In a post on X, Duffy said there would be “unprecedented fraud crackdown” announcement on Monday.

“TOMORROW: UNPRECEDENTED FRAUD CRACKDOWN,” the secretary wrote.

In the post, he also tagged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Justice and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, suggesting a multi-department effort targeting fraud.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:34 AM (2xUTf)

153 The journalist Tom Wolfe coined the term in his article "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's", which New York magazine published in June 1970.
====

This is included in his book Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak-Catchers extremely recommended.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

154 150 147 Faber College. Still running. Just dedicated a statue of alumni Senator Blutarski.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

We all know that Knowledge is Good.

Posted by: Emil Faber at August 31, 2026 08:35 AM (JM9I6)

155 Iceland says 'No': Four takeaways from the EU accession referendum

Here are the four takeaways. 1. Fish trumps it all For those outside Iceland, it was tempting to analyse the referendum through a geopolitical lens: Russia's war on Ukraine, China's unfair competition and, of course, Donald Trump and his punitive tariffs and threats to annex Greenland. But the key driver of the vote was none other than fish. The country jealously protects its fishing rights.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:37 AM (2xUTf)

156
Curious why Charlotte Rampling's "Night Porter" photo above was tarnished with Ruffalo's image.

Posted by: Auspex at August 31, 2026 08:37 AM (Y8DZL)

157 I was thinking that the Iranian who died while threatening the wrath of Allah was the second case of that happening, but the first one I was thinking of was a Turkish politician in Dec,2023.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 31, 2026 08:37 AM (igCg8)

158 Actually, the name of the book was Shut Up And Sing and I believe she wrote it around the time the Dixie Chicks were sticking their foot in their mouths about George W. Bush.
Posted by: jaimo

I went in to a Borders Books. & Music looming for a book. I asked at the counter if the had one on Trump & illegal aliens.

Blue haired nose pierced broad said, "Get out of here and don't come back!"

I said, "That's the one! Do you have it in paperback?"

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:37 AM (3Ae0s)

159 @148 I think so . Start with Radical Chic, it's a story he wrote for the New Yorker , I believe . It's a true story about a cocktail party at Leonard Bernstein's penthouse where the guests of honor were the Black Panthers. Just as applicable as the stupid left today

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:38 AM (EZWVc)

160 How many times do these judges need to be rebuffed before they stop?

If I understand the situation correctly, SCOTUS vacated the previous hold because the final rules weren't in place so no one could show how they'd be harmed. Now the final rules are in place. No one has been harmed and no real, legitimate, Democrat voter is likely to BE harmed - postal workers will still discard Republican ballots if they can - but it's a slightly different situation and so we begin the circus yet again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

161 Rick, hahahahahha, that's a good one. I'll have to use that at Barnes & Noble.

Posted by: jaimo at August 31, 2026 08:38 AM (2noDb)

162 LMAO! BILL MAHER JUST DROPPED:

"Trump [renamed] Lake Ontario to Lake America — liberals are VERY pissed at this. They say, 'you can't just go around renaming things to suit your agenda!'"

"Just ask my LatinX birthing person!"

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:38 AM (2xUTf)

163 George McGovern was hard to understand. Flew many combat missions over Europe in WWII and yet still seemed to be pro-communist. Was he just dumb?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:40 AM (sBAAu)

164 151 Today Is National Trail Mix Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

That's Nuts!

Posted by: Euell Gibbons at August 31, 2026 08:40 AM (JM9I6)

165 Brad Lander a Dem far left candidate in NYC faced anti semitic taunts at done rally over the weekend.
The Leopards Eating People's Faces Party members are shocked that leopard's are eating their faces

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:41 AM (EZWVc)

166 I've never heard of someone who doesn't like bagels. Shocking news this morning. Is pizza next?

Bagel Bites! Yummy!

Posted by: Totino's Pizza Bagels at August 31, 2026 08:41 AM (+iYtA)

167 163 George McGovern was hard to understand. Flew many combat missions over Europe in WWII and yet still seemed to be pro-communist. Was he just dumb?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:40 AM (sBAAu)

A textbook useful idiot?

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 08:41 AM (Gqar8)

168 I went in to a Borders Books. & Music looming for a book. I asked at the counter if the had one on Trump & illegal aliens.

Blue haired nose pierced broad said, "Get out of here and don't come back!"

I said, "That's the one! Do you have it in paperback?"
Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:37 AM
++++
Borders liquidated all of its US stores in 2011.
Which was like, 15 years ago.

Posted by: The Wayback Machine at August 31, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

169 CNN: Hegseth fired all of the honest brokers and surrounded himself with “yes men.”

Also CNN: Flag Officers “continuously” non-concur with Hegseth.

Pick one, you hacks.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (2xUTf)

170 LinusVanPelt

IN WWII, the Soviets were our ally, needed to end Hitler. They were touted by most.

Even though the Soviet government was much more evil than Hitler, and started WWII via a pact with Germany.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

171 LMAO! BILL MAHER JUST DROPPED:

"Trump [renamed] Lake Ontario to Lake America — liberals are VERY pissed at this. They say, 'you can't just go around renaming things to suit your agenda!'"

"Just ask my LatinX birthing person!"
Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 08:38 AM (2xUTf)

I happened to see an old Johnny Carson over the weekend from 1982 or 83 I think. A young Bill Maher made his first appearance, did some standup. He was actually funny… interesting given his later open hostility to religion he actually worked religion into that act in a positive way… talked about how his mom was Jewish and dad catholic; how even though raised Catholic his Jewishness would slip in like for instance when he’d bring his lawyer to the confessional…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (sBAAu)

172 ++++
Borders liquidated all of its US stores in 2011.
Which was like, 15 years ago.
Posted by: The Wayback Machine at August 31, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)



Just means the joke is old and has been slightly updated.

Premise still stands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (ccf/V)

173 LMAO! BILL MAHER JUST DROPPED:

"Trump [renamed] Lake Ontario to Lake America — liberals are VERY pissed at this. They say, 'you can't just go around renaming things to suit your agenda!'"

"Just ask my LatinX birthing person!"
Posted by: SMOD


Bing Lake America. A bunch of Canadian websites have already changed the name.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (3Ae0s)

174 Prunes. Is two enough? Is six too many?

Posted by: Passing Wind at August 31, 2026 08:45 AM (JM9I6)

175 Never read anything by Tom Wolfe, other than references to him from time to time. Is his work still relevant?
Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026


***
Dunno about relevant (the buzzword of those days -- everything from TV shows to college classes had to be "relevant"). But his work provides a fine glimpse into what America was like then. And his novels, esp. A Man in Full, are well done.

You need to . . . Get Used to! . . . his style though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

176
Bing Lake America. A bunch of Canadian websites have already changed the name.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (3Ae0s)



Mapquest is holding their ground, tho. Not changing the name.

Does anyone still use Mapquest?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

177 Borders liquidated all of its US stores in 2011.
Which was like, 15 years ago.

Posted by: The Wayback Machine


I miss Borders. What a great place to hang out.

Barnes and Noble pales by comparison.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

178 Borders liquidated all of its US stores in 2011.
Which was like, 15 years ago.
Posted by: The Wayback Machine at August 31, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)


Just means the joke is old and has been slightly updated.

Premise still stands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


I haven't went to the dark side in 20+ years.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:47 AM (3Ae0s)

179 Not to prolong the Lake America debate, but I naively assume Ontario is a native word and not strictly "Canadian".

The name Ontario originates from Indigenous languages, primarily meaning "no Stanley Cup this year."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

180 177 Barnes and Noble pales by comparison.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)


Momma Sefton called them Barnes and Ignoble. How I miss that great lady!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)

181 IN WWII, the Soviets were our ally, needed to end Hitler. They were touted by most.

Even though the Soviet government was much more evil than Hitler, and started WWII via a pact with Germany.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

You’re right, of course. I just (wrongly) assumed that everyone knew the realpolitik of allying with the Soviets and knew they were almost as bad (just weren’t bent on immediate earth conquest)… maybe not

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (sBAAu)

182 Mapquest is holding their ground, tho. Not changing the name.

Does anyone still use Mapquest?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


What's a mapquest?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (3Ae0s)

183 Speaking of Syracuse...

Marc Porter Magee 🎓
@marcportermagee
Syracuse is in trouble. They borrowed a half billion dollars to build new dorms and now enrollment is sliding.

“The problem with Syracuse is that the school thinks of itself as like an Ivy, but it’s not,” Tavares said.

4:22 AM · Aug 30, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

184 Bing Lake America. A bunch of Canadian websites have already changed the name.

Posted by: rickb223

If they're so pissed off about it, why would they do that? Being Canadian, they're under no obligation to follow an order of a US President.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

185 If they're so pissed off about it, why would they do that? Being Canadian, they're under no obligation to follow an order of a US President.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)


Maybe they don't like Carney...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 08:50 AM (+gK6I)

186 "Syracuse is in trouble. They borrowed a half billion dollars to build new dorms..."
+++
Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 31, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

187 167 163 George McGovern was hard to understand. Flew many combat missions over Europe in WWII and yet still seemed to be pro-communist. Was he just dumb?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:40 AM (sBAAu)

True story - after he retired from politics, McGovern took to running a small resort hotel that he bought. After a few years he said "Now I understand why owners were complaining about overregulation and government interfering with what they need to do, I never did before."

McGovern had a distinguished military career, but before that Hotel stint he had never held a private job in his life.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:50 AM (edUvp)

188 If they're so pissed off about it, why would they do that? Being Canadian, they're under no obligation to follow an order of a US President.
Posted by: Bulg


Canada the government is pissed.
But a lot of Canadians hate their government. So, to stick their fingers in the eyes of their government...

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:51 AM (3Ae0s)

189 “The problem with Syracuse is that the school thinks of itself as like an Ivy, but it’s not,” Tavares said.

4:22 AM · Aug 30, 2026
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)



I would imagine it's just a slight bit more than that..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V)

190 James Clyburn represents Walterboro, SC, a miserable place where I'd be surprised if the average IQ is over 60.

Posted by: Front Porch Of The Low Country at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (JM9I6)

191 You’re right, of course. I just (wrongly) assumed that everyone knew the realpolitik of allying with the Soviets and knew they were almost as bad (just weren’t bent on immediate earth conquest)… maybe not
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:48 AM (sBAAu)

There were a LOT of pro-soviet cheerleaders in this country, including the NYT. McCarthy was not wrong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (edUvp)

192 what is the point of Quarter Twenty?

either he's right or not, who cares?

anyway

148 Never read anything by Tom Wolfe, other than references to him from time to time. Is his work still relevant?


YES! yes yes yes. also easy reads and the man is funny

but yeah colleges - esp small private ones, LACs - are in big trouble

of course some will remain. but just drive around PA - you will see - so many LACs. SO MANY

also some state schools with small populations will suffer and have to consolidate/get smaller somehow when people stick with their own state school (the newest trend). bc they operate mostly from OOS higher tuition

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

193 Karl also asked whether she could challenge Schumer. Ocasio-Cortez replied that “anything is possible at this juncture.” Schumer’s seat is up in 2028.

Translation: she ruled out nothing, committed to nothing, and left every door open while collecting the goodwill that comes with being coy about a presidential run.

But she’s also rejoined the socialists, reshuffled her staff, and gotten cozy with the Sanders machine. For someone who’s just trying to win a House race, that’s a lot of groundwork to be laying. Make of that what you will.

============================
Senator Occasional Cortex lunching with John Thune? Sure, I can see that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (vM+8K)

194
George McGovern flew 35 missions as the pilot of a B-24 over Europe.


Hard to reconcile that with his horrible politics.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (x0n13)

195 176 - start with two. wait & see. overindulgence in prunes can have startling results.
just sayin'.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 08:52 AM (VyBeY)

196 Tom Wolfe is as relevant as ever; maybe even a bit more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 08:53 AM (VyBeY)

197 After a few years he said "Now I understand why owners were complaining about overregulation and government interfering with what they need to do, I never did before."

McGovern had a distinguished military career, but before that Hotel stint he had never held a private job in his life.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:50 AM (edUvp)
=====

And not a very bright guy to begin with. Accomplished zero in the Senate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

198 Syracuse has a terrible location and is just DEPRESSING

it makes Cornell seem cheery. that's something.

another note - parents are not sending their kids to places in shit towns with crime

so, trouble for Syracuse, UVM, Albany, Berkeley, Temple, etc etc

there are lots - they'd better start pushing their idiotic blue locales to clear out the scum

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)

199 Canada the government is pissed.
But a lot of Canadians hate their government. So, to stick their fingers in the eyes of their government...

Posted by: rickb223

Heh. Looks like Trump made the right call, then.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)

200 start with two. wait & see. overindulgence in prunes can have startling results.
just sayin'.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez


Eat a dozen prunes.
Wait twelve hours.
Snort pepper.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (3Ae0s)

201 McCarthy was not wrong.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (VyBeY)

202
Heh. Looks like Trump made the right call, then.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)

He usually does though it seems cringe worthy at first

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (+gK6I)

203 I believe Tom Wolfe was conservative. I saw him interviewed on Firing Line once and it seems he was friends with Buckley. I’ve never read any of his books but apparently Bonfire of the Vanities is quite good

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (sBAAu)

204 Two very important links from DataRepublican:

1. The NOBLOGS network. Clickable map at:

https://tinyurl.com/y22pe4c4

2. DR reposted: Anti-globalists pumped up by Russia against the US. Note many of the recognized names:

https://tinyurl.com/mry4kcv8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 08:56 AM (QNSrI)

205 I think there are clear parallels here with 1972.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

oh absolutely!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 08:56 AM (edUvp)

206 No one is discussing a serious trade dispute with one of our biggest trading partners.

The Left are focusing on words, not deeds.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
=====================
I wonder if Canadians have strictly patriotic views on the dispute, or if there is a diversity of opinion...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 08:57 AM (vM+8K)

207 Heh. Looks like Trump made the right call, then.
Posted by: Bulg


He usually does though it seems cringe worthy at first
Posted by: It's me donna



He's trying to help Alberta without it looking like he has his fingers in it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:57 AM (3Ae0s)

208 What's an LAC?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

209 Thanks for the Wolfe responses. I may check out one of his books. So much to read, so little time, is my personal mantra.

Posted by: tubal at August 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Gqar8)

210 With 35 flights, statistically McGovern should have been dead.

His politics were classic Minnesota nice. It's a nice sentiment locally but doesn't scale well.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 08:58 AM (dtajH)

211 @203 reread Bonfire of the Vanities recently. Still holds up , still funny and relevant to the Mamdani era

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 08:58 AM (EZWVc)

212 McCarthy was not wrong.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (VyBeY)
-

At a minimum, he was politically incorrect:

https://youtu.be/bB3VULfGUUc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 08:58 AM (QNSrI)

213 206 No one is discussing a serious trade dispute with one of our biggest trading partners.

The Left are focusing on words, not deeds.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

I am... Just renewed a prescription I get in Canada and it went up 60 dollars because of the tariffs...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

214 Liberal Arts College (?)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 08:59 AM (VyBeY)

215 No one is discussing a serious trade dispute with one of our biggest trading partners.

The Left are focusing on words, not deeds.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
=====================
I wonder if Canadians have strictly patriotic views on the dispute, or if there is a diversity of opinion...
Posted by: Huck Follywood


Huge diversity of opinion. Alberta is trying to use this to drive an even bigger wedge into the Independence initiative. A couple of other provinces are starting to see where Eastern Canada are pissy bitchez.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2026 08:59 AM (3Ae0s)

216 Even though the Soviet government was much more evil than Hitler, and started WWII via a pact with Germany.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

amusing alternate history; Hitler annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938. Ribbentrop /molotov pact was not signed until late 1939, when Stalin realized in which direction hordes of nazis were moving, thinking he could outsmart and outplay hitler. Hitler invaded first, before stalin was ready. As far as Soviet Govt being more evil the nazi germany, I beg to differ. Hitler's "final solution" was the most evil plot in history. Gulags had nothing on systemic genocide that hitler practiced.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 08:59 AM (g47mK)

217 LAC= Liberal Arts College

pretty common term since this is of interest to you, clearly.

some of them have "University" appended to their names now but in reality ... they're still small colleges

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 31, 2026 09:00 AM (j+aD2)

218 {{{It's me donna}}}

I am sorry you were harmed.

Blame China and the WEF. They hate you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:00 AM (u82oZ)

219 What's an LAC?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)
-

Same as in town.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:00 AM (QNSrI)

220 Wolfe's The Right Stuff about the early astronauts is great. It got made into an equally great movie.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 09:01 AM (dtajH)

221 I’ve never read any of his books but apparently Bonfire of the Vanities is quite good
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 08:55 AM (sBAAu)
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Highly entertaining, if you like "puncturing pop culture" types of writing, and enjoy watching performative value signalers getting hit with their own supposed beliefs squarely between the eyes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:01 AM (vM+8K)

222 "More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. (He should be released into a tank of starving piranha - jjs)
Hollywood celebrities are backing a terrorist murderer — read the facts"

The limousine liberals needed a new "Free Mumia!"cause. Free Mumia! is stale. Newly-hatched limousine liberals need an up-to-date political prisoner cause. An Anti-JOOOO political prisoner cause. A cause that appeals to people enamored with the current top-of-the-pyramid oppressed group, Muslims. Who are not oppressed in the West (and not truly oppressed in Gaza) but will be pictured as such. Because the Left sees US Muslims as a fast-growing voting block the Left must capture to stay in power.

Same song, different verse.

Posted by: Gref at August 31, 2026 09:01 AM (5rh/l)

223 runner

We can disagree on the scale of evil of Hitler and Stalin. I do understand your premise.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

224 Syracuse started to go downhill when it was discovered that one of Jim Boeheim’s assistants, Bernie Fine… Fine’s wife was allegedly having sexual relationships with Syracuse players. Very sordid affair… way back in 2012

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (sBAAu)

225 >What's an LAC?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Los Angeles Chargers. NFL franchise, AFC West.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)

226 Tom Wolfe wrote a good, short little book about modern architecture, "From Bauhaus to Our House."

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

227 Portland Public Schools taps drag queen ‘Poison Waters’ for back-to-school message

https://tinyurl.com/44yh36bz

Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

228 227 Portland Public Schools taps drag queen ‘Poison Waters’ for back-to-school message

https://tinyurl.com/44yh36bz
Posted by: redridinghood at August 31, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)


Message ? Escape while you can ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:03 AM (+gK6I)

229 Why did we ever have to import so many Canuck game show hosts? Monty Hall, Jim Perry, Alex Trebek, Howie Mandel, for starters. Not prudent, IMHO.

Posted by: Let's Make 'Em Squeal at August 31, 2026 09:03 AM (JM9I6)

230 The UK started WWII by signing "Peace of Our Time with Hitler" in 1938!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

231 Curious why Charlotte Rampling's "Night Porter" photo above was tarnished with Ruffalo's image.

Posted by: Auspex

At least it's not that Rosie O'Donnell in leather pic.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

232 Tom Wolfe wrote a good book about test pilots called The Right Stuff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

233 Emperor Wolf was the architect of the PA COVID response that killed thousands.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 09:05 AM (hUS/0)

234 Leafs vs. Sabres games could have a whole War Of The Lake theme this season, and be pretty energizing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:06 AM (vM+8K)

235 I miss Borders. What a great place to hang out.

I used to work at one. Their selection of Greek and Roman classics put B&N to shame.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

236 Chinese Firm Buys 1,500 Acres Near California F-35 Base:

https://tinyurl.com/4bmzpsen

I'm all for nationalization of enemy assets.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:07 AM (QNSrI)

237 Leafs vs. Sabres games could have a whole War Of The Lake theme this season, and be pretty energizing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:06 AM (vM+8K)



I would doubt either team is interested in getting into that fray, especially with both cities being largely liberal shitholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:07 AM (ccf/V)

238 If anything, Euros signing the Munich agreement of 1938, when the UK, France and Italy gave up and handed over the invaded Czechoslovak Republic to hitler is responsible for what happed next.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:08 AM (g47mK)

239 238 If anything, Euros signing the Munich agreement of 1938, when the UK, France and Italy gave up and handed over the invaded Czechoslovak Republic to hitler is responsible for what happed next.
Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:08 AM (g47mK)

And they still haven't learned a thing...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:08 AM (+gK6I)

240 >>What's an LAC?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:09 AM (NcvvS)

241 Yeh, yeh. Ben Shapiro. I know, I know. But when he touches, he touches right in the tuchus:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxk44hd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:09 AM (QNSrI)

242 Hell, let's go back to the beginning and say that no-one taking Mein Kampf seriously led us to WW2.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 09:09 AM (qRla/)

243 Maybe Trump should have chosen Lake Mohawk for a new name, putting Doug Ford in the position of arguing racist attacks on First Peoples. Heh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:10 AM (vM+8K)

244 >>What's an LAC?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:09 AM (NcvvS)
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I have already copyrighted comment 219.

Let's discuss licensing fees in private.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:10 AM (QNSrI)

245 This coming weekend, you'll see firefighters collecting money for MDA during their fill the boot campaign. I would encourage everyone not to give their money to this effort. While the money does go to research, some of this money is given back to the IAFF, the firefighter's union. Since 2007, the IAFF has received over $15 million from MDA. It's a kickback scheme for the union. One year I looked at, the IAFF was the second largest recipient of MDA money, only behind John's Hopkins. Don't fall for the "this money only goes to helping kids with MD."

Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 31, 2026 09:11 AM (J3Cv/)

246 222 "More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. (He should be released into a tank of starving piranha - jjs)
Hollywood celebrities are backing a terrorist murderer — read the facts"
Same song, different verse.
Posted by: Gref
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I suspect all of the celebutards have ideological handlers, probably based in the talent management and its pr functionaries. Years ago, Richard Dreyfuss admitted that he got a lot of his political takes from an anonymous person tied to his entourage as part of his 'education'. I would not be surprised, given the role that managers now have almost complete control of social media, public appearances, lifestyle as portrayed, etc. etc. that they don't also control and manage any political expression of the actors.

And management is probably reacting to Arab money that ends up financing a lot of projects as 'partners'.

Follow the money and there are no accidents are good rules to follow in this fake and gay age.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

247 Call me a cynic but I believe that Neville's 'Peace in our time' was about getting Hitler to go East. If you'd read Mein Kampf you'd know that was Hitler's long-term plan

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 09:11 AM (dtajH)

248 Bauhaus to Our House, Painted Word, Electric Kool-aid Acid Tests, so many fun books ...

In Our Time is one of my favorites; a collection of essays, with illustrations by Wolfe.

as always, YMMV

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 09:11 AM (VyBeY)

249 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

Hey, MP4, I recently learned that L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, founded a motion-picture studio, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, in 1914. It went belly-up in 1915, however.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

250 I Look forward to discussing The Future of Higher Education in person with folks at an upcoming gathering southeast of Dallas next month.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

251 In March 2025, U.S. military officials reported that multiple Chinese satellites were performing advanced and unprecedented “dogfighting” maneuvers in orbit.
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Hack those suckers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:13 AM (vM+8K)

252 Hey, MP4, I recently learned that L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, founded a motion-picture studio, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, in 1914. It went belly-up in 1915, however.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:12 AM (77rzZ)
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Dwarfed by the bigger studios?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:13 AM (QNSrI)

253 @242

I once had an hour to kill in a bookstore and tripped over a copy of Mein Kampf. It had an index and so I looked for "Jews". Hitler spelled it all out in one long chapter. And his plans for the Slavs.

Pity that few took him at his word.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 09:13 AM (dtajH)

254 runner

War was not inevitable after the Munich Agreement. Even the subsequent taking all of Czechoslovakia was not the trigger for WWII.

It did give time for the UK to bring Fighter Command to an operational status, and other reforms needed. The French squandered the timel.

But carving up Poland, with no Second Front for Germany, was removing the chocks from a bulldozer on a hill.

The parallel is the Russian Mobilization prior to WWI is what was irreversibly a path to war.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

255 245 This coming weekend, you'll see firefighters collecting money for MDA during their fill the boot campaign. I would encourage everyone not to give their money to this effort. While the money does go to research, some of this money is given back to the IAFF, the firefighter's union. Since 2007, the IAFF has received over $15 million from MDA. It's a kickback scheme for the union. One year I looked at, the IAFF was the second largest recipient of MDA money, only behind John's Hopkins. Don't fall for the "this money only goes to helping kids with MD."
Posted by: AnchorPoint
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Thanks for that. I have come to the conclusion that at least most of the NGO universe is dominated by fake and gay thieves masking as humanitarians. I would ban any NGO from having tax deductible donations and status itself if at least 90 percent of all funds raised do not go directly to the supposed recipients. They want to run a scam to benefit themselves, then they pay taxes on it and so do the donors.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:14 AM (E4rtv)

256 Festive British headlines:

https://tinyurl.com/48e5yf8x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:15 AM (QNSrI)

257 Someone should ask Shrek Fetterman about those thousands of nursing home patients that were killed during COVID. Lumpy was Emperor Wolf's Lt guv.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 09:15 AM (hUS/0)

258 Report: Attorney General Todd Blanche Secured Dominion Voting Machines from 2020 Election that Allegedly Showed Proof of Foreign Involvement

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

259 One thing I've learned while going back over the ONT's on Sunday, I spend WAY too much time here.

Must. Get. Off. Ass.........


I really need to stop failing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)

260 runner

A book on general causes of war, which has held up very well, is The Causes of War by Geoffrey Blainey.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ)

261 "Follow the money and there are no accidents are good rules to follow in this fake and gay age. "

sometimes I will cut a little slack and allow the Goldfinger Rule ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (VyBeY)

262 Thanks for that. I have come to the conclusion that at least most of the NGO universe is dominated by fake and gay thieves masking as humanitarians. I would ban any NGO from having tax deductible donations and status itself if at least 90 percent of all funds raised do not go directly to the supposed recipients. They want to run a scam to benefit themselves, then they pay taxes on it and so do the donors.
Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:14 AM (E4rtv)


Never donate to the Red Cross or the United Way...

St Judes is pretty good as is Samaritan's Purse... Most of the others just pay off their "executives."

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (+gK6I)

263 The parallel is the Russian Mobilization prior to WWI is what was irreversibly a path to war.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Yep. Nicholas II bears as much responsibility for that war, or more, as the Kaiser does.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

264 Festive British headlines:

https://tinyurl.com/48e5yf8x
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:15 AM (QNSrI)



The proper British take on 'mostly peaceful' events.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 31, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)

265 A federal appeals court has ruled that the private possession of AI-generated child pornography is protected by the First Amendment, so long as no real child was involved in creating the images.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

266 It won't happen, sadly, but I would love to see the various teachers unions prosecuted for insurrection as they attempt to overthrow the founding principles of the country. Too many of their 'progressive' procedures should be looked at as crimes against humanity as they try to destroy a child's ability to learn and grow.

Posted by: JTB at August 31, 2026 09:17 AM (yTvNw)

267 >>Let's discuss licensing fees in private.

Alas, missed the copyright notice; didn't see the price mentioned there, either.

Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (NcvvS)

268 zerohedge.com:

Mamdani Begs Capitalists At The Adult Table For Help

The socialist mayor wanted to remake New York’s economy. Now he needs capitalists to explain how it works.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

269 I always unplug Nana's TV set on Labor Day Weekend, she just won't stop!

Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (JM9I6)

270 Horde crowdsourcing help needed in deciphering a Canadian acronym:

https://tinyurl.com/87k9hc26

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (QNSrI)

271 Bulg

Russian mobilization was at the direct pleading of the French government.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

272 Alas, missed the copyright notice; didn't see the price mentioned there, either.
Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (NcvvS)

20 dollars... Same as in town

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:19 AM (+gK6I)

273 >>Report: Attorney General Todd Blanche Secured Dominion Voting Machines from 2020 Election that Allegedly Showed Proof of Foreign Involvement

No. Way.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

274 255, a good start, anyway. Currently I am all for abolishing the whole concept of nonprofit-ness. Root and branch. Pay.Taxes.
just like everybody else.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 09:20 AM (VyBeY)

275 Alas, missed the copyright notice; didn't see the price mentioned there, either.
Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (NcvvS)

20 dollars... Same as in town

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:19 AM (+gK6I)
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/preps class action suit

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:20 AM (QNSrI)

276 Hey, MP4, I recently learned that L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, founded a motion-picture studio, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, in 1914. It went belly-up in 1915, however.
Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:12 AM (77rzZ)


Oh, yes. It was at the corner of Santa Monica and Gower.

I may be using him as a character in my next book.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 31, 2026 09:21 AM (qRla/)

277 >>Report: Attorney General Todd Blanche Secured Dominion Voting Machines from 2020 Election that Allegedly Showed Proof of Foreign Involvement

No. Way.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)
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Is that an optimistic "no way", or a nothing will happen "no way"?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:21 AM (QNSrI)

278 266, exactly.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 09:21 AM (VyBeY)

279 Book-Sellers Alarmed As AI Giants Shred Millions Of Books

"Just the attachment to maybe something you read as a child or in college, I think it's hard for a lot of us to see that kind of destruction," Benne said. She compared AI book shredding to a flood, a museum fire, or a similar disastrous event that wipes out a repository of human knowledge and culture.

"It hits the same nerve."

Becker agrees with this and thinks the practice of destructive book shredding, particularly to train AI, triggers something "visceral" in people. "I do think we lose something culturally when certain books are deemed as commodities or expendable," he said.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

280 JackStraw

President Trump, who has had 7 assassination attempts on him, is the target for evil and evil doers.

He has united Evil in a quest to strike him and his policies down. I voted for this, but the cost to him is high. Melania feels this strongly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

281 Horde crowdsourcing help needed in deciphering a Canadian acronym:

https://tinyurl.com/87k9hc26
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:18 AM (QNSrI)
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Mark Carney, like Justine Castreaux, has a big future in L.A. once he's done screwing Canada.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (3dxnp)

282 The parallel is the Russian Mobilization prior to WWI is what was irreversibly a path to war.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Because Germany was stupid enough to desire to finish its Eastern and Western enemies by attacking and destroying France and then pivoting to the East. It should have left the rotting Hapsburg dynasty to fight Russia on its own.

Dismissal of Bismarck and the pig ignorant German saber rattling for almost twenty years after led to uniting the French and Russians in alliance system which led to the rather pointless Germany counter alliance chaining itself to the dead corpse of the Hapsburg Empire and the duplicitous Italians that wanted Austrian territory itself.

And the von Schiefflen plan specifically required violating Belgian neutrality which the German and more importantly the UK government were required to respect by treaty. The plan thought that UK could not deploy in time and the war would be short.

Germans were both arrogant and stupid in figuring their tactical needs superseded their strategic needs from the plan all came about from the tumultuous Kaiser, drab and untalented civil government, and the avaricious and arrogant Prussianized military.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (E4rtv)

283 I may be using him as a character in my next book.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Good. I shared the info hoping you could use it in a book.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

284 has it occurred to anyone that the B in LGBT is tacit acknowledgement of there being only two genders?

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

285 The story about Israelis being physically chased and beaten in multiple countries is very dark and disturbing. The crazies are off the chain everywhere, it seems.
Posted by: The World Is Sick And Getting Sicker at August 31, 2026 08:02 AM (JM9I6)

Maybe it's time for THEM to organize and go after the ones who are chasing and beating. With extreme prejudice. Otherwise, a repeat of the 1930's will rear its ugly head.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (hmYU4)

286 >>/preps class action suit

*Curiosity piqued as to choice of venue*

Posted by: Obligatory at August 31, 2026 09:24 AM (NcvvS)

287 284 has it occurred to anyone that the B in LGBT is tacit acknowledgement of there being only two genders?
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

You're right... It should be M for multi sexual

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

288 Festive British headlines:

https://tinyurl.com/48e5yf8x
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 09:15 AM


There are no little hats in evidence.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2026 09:24 AM (bFu5X)

289 Just another Monday huh?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD)

290 >>Is that an optimistic "no way", or a nothing will happen "no way"?

It's an I've been saying this happened since 2020 no way.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 09:25 AM (viF8m)

291 https://tinyurl.com/mrxk44hd

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Heh heh. Awesome clapback.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 31, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)

292 War was not inevitable after the Munich Agreement. Even the subsequent taking all of Czechoslovakia was not the trigger for WWII.

It did give time for the UK to bring Fighter Command to an operational status, and other reforms needed. The French squandered the timel.

But carving up Poland, with no Second Front for Germany, was removing the chocks from a bulldozer on a hill.

The parallel is the Russian Mobilization prior to WWI is what was irreversibly a path to war.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

All of what you are saying is a supposition based on some "historians' " rosy reading of hitler, and shifting the responsibility from hitler and Western Europe for trying to make nice with him. Taking of Czechoslovakia and inability of the rest of Europe to defend it, gave what hitler needed, proof that no one will stand in the way. a couple of squadrons were not sufficient against hitler's war machine, and no one saw much of a problem with what hitler was doing between 1934-1939 anyway.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:27 AM (g47mK)

293 whig

After Bismarck, the German Strategic Thinking cap was kaput. They were in Wolkenkuckucksland.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

294 Maduro is sitting in a NYC jail and will soon be a star witness over the 2020 steal involving Dominion machines. Crazy as it sounds he was involved.

Jimmy "Drama" Comey goes on trial in late October for inciting murder of a sitting POTUS.

SPLC and its leader have been charged with funding Antifa. Soros & Co have recently been swept in.

And the mother of all RICO cases is developing in Miami.

October surprises!

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 31, 2026 09:27 AM (dtajH)

295 What's Hebrew for "Star Chamber"?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 31, 2026 09:28 AM (hUS/0)

296 Gee Mamdani asking capitalists for help. Theater kid hit by reality

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 09:28 AM (EZWVc)

297 Today's markets look a little fragile

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:29 AM (3dxnp)

298 296 Gee Mamdani asking capitalists for help. Theater kid hit by reality
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 09:28 AM (EZWVc)

Mayoring is difficult LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:29 AM (+gK6I)

299 280 JackStraw

President Trump, who has had 7 assassination attempts on him, is the target for evil and evil doers.

He has united Evil in a quest to strike him and his policies down. I voted for this, but the cost to him is high. Melania feels this strongly.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Cost to the entire family. I think this is often why in our ancient past, any person trying to buck the establishment and reform ends up becoming a tyrant in order to make the reforms stick. Those in the loose fake and gay ruling class of today don't want their powers and privileges curtailed and will do everything other than fight themselves to save them.

These critters have no honor and can/will stoop to the lawfare, the assassinations, the riots, the marches, the deplatforming, the smears, depriving finances, etc.

What they won't do is put on a uniform, proclaim themselves to be fighting a civil war, and put their own precious asses on the line. They believe their lackeys will do that for them.

They fight like their ally, the Intelligence Community apparatchiks in the dark, stabbing in the back, secret communications, secret networks, and full of lies and deceit.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)

300 297 Today's markets look a little fragile
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 09:29 AM (3dxnp)

I expect them to drop like a rock

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (+gK6I)

301 where's the guy who's always saying stuff that's overrated
Posted by: Don Black

That guy is so overrated.

Posted by: Bulg at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

302 I believe it is conventional wisdom that the real root cause of WWII was the sloppy and disastrous way that the end of WWI was handled by all involved. Like leaving an open wound untreated and open to infection.

The clown Woodrow Wilson boffing around Versailles, what an arrogant buffoon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (sBAAu)

303 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

304 has it occurred to anyone that the B in LGBT is tacit acknowledgement of there being only two genders?
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

You're right... It should be M for multi sexual

Posted by: It's me donna


Or just Messed in the head.

Mornin' Horde. Retirement planning proceeds apace. Either a step towards stress reduction or a really bad decision, not sure which yet.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 31, 2026 09:30 AM (OUMaO)

305 runner

Without Hitler, there was no historical WWII. I totally agree with you.

Lots of alternative history stories start from that premise. But no one writes about a peaceful time with no WWII.

Victor Suvorov's book The Icebreaker is one datum for alternative explanations. He claims Stalin helped the Nazi's take power by stopping the German Communists from thwarting him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

306 >>They fight like their ally, the Intelligence Community apparatchiks in the dark, stabbing in the back, secret communications, secret networks, and full of lies and deceit.

Along those lines, Data Republican just dropped a network list of thousands of anarchist (antifa) related websites that exist around the world.

Fascinating stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2026 09:32 AM (viF8m)

307 After Bismarck, the German Strategic Thinking cap was kaput. They were in Wolkenkuckucksland.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

One did not have to be Bismarck to see that pushing the French Republic and the Russians together was a colossal mistake. But Kaiser Wilhelm II was so volcanic as well as being stupid, that he could not balance the arrogant German military establishment with the civil government. And that military establishment spent all its time, money, and effort figuring out how to defeat its continental rivals on land.

Then to add to its insanity, figuring out that Germany, a nation with scant colonial resources, suddenly needed a navy capable of competing with the Royal Navy.

Kaiser Wilhelm II being a blustery clown, could never serve as a check on the military and neither could the weak civilian government and its diplomatic corp.

Posted by: whig at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (E4rtv)

308 Without Hitler, there was no historical WWII. I totally agree with you.

Lots of alternative history stories start from that premise. But no one writes about a peaceful time with no WWII.

Victor Suvorov's book The Icebreaker is one datum for alternative explanations. He claims Stalin helped the Nazi's take power by stopping the German Communists from thwarting him.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)


Suvorov wrote a sensationalist book meant to make him rich. It is not historical evidence.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2026 09:35 AM (g47mK)

309 Suggested Canadian place-name changes in revenge for Ontario:

"Lake of OUR Woods"
"Great Escaped-American Slave Lake"
"Lake Still Superior to You"

"Yu-Kon? ME-Kon!"

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 31, 2026 09:36 AM (zdLoL)

310 Judge Rita Lin wrote that while the military should have wide latitude to decide which companies to work with, its actions against Anthropic “constituted unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment” and that the company “was denied the pre-deprivation process required under the Fifth Amendment.”

Seems Anthropic is "butt hurt" over the “supply-chain risk” designation was but I don't see the First Amendment issue. The Pentagon can remove the designation but continue to tell all departments that certain requirements are now in force that would effectively do the same thing.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:39 AM (RHGPo)

311 Sum Ting Wong - Wi Tu Lo - Ho Lee Fuk - Bang Ding Ow

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:40 AM (RHGPo)

312 @Haleaziz

Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows

Our deep look into a deportation flight to Liberia

@DHSgov

Another day and another hoax about ICE detention from the @nytimes. The media is clearly desperate for these false allegations to be true.

NO ONE is being tortured, denied medical care, or beaten in ICE detention facilities.

Make no mistake: this type of GARBAGE being peddled by the media is fueling the more than 1,300% increase in assaults against our officers, who put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens and protect the lives of American citizens.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

313

Sure, Auntie Maxine. (READ)

Maxine Waters claims something called "white media" wants a Dem establishment vs Democrat Socialist fight.

"Some of the media, mostly the white media, are interested in a fight in order to get their ratings up."

What?

This race-grifting clown just managed to concoct one of the most brain-wormed takes imaginable.

... so, does this mean she has publicly embraced Socialism ?

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:44 AM (RHGPo)

314 Ro Khanna calls Jasmine Crockett "brilliant."

This may be his most outrageous attempt at gaslighting to date.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

315 Florida becomes first state to ban welfare for tattoos, video games, theme parks, other "non-essential" goods

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

316 314 Ro Khanna calls Jasmine Crockett "brilliant."

This may be his most outrageous attempt at gaslighting to date.

Posted by: SMOD at August 31, 2026 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

The only way those two would be brilliant is if they were set on fire...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

317 whig

You and I agree about Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2026 09:58 AM (u82oZ)

318 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

As above, the UK Guardian "More than 200 leading cultural figures call for the release of jailed Palestinian leader"

A bunch of foreign actors, "prominent writers & authors," "major musicians," plus "scholars, activists & businessmen" - a HUGE majority attached to the UK, Canada, even Australia, plus a few homegrown fools including Ruffalo (how is he an actor & one that has endured in the business 🤷‍♀️, and our very own Paul Simon, Susan Sarandon, Ilana Glazer, and Angela Davis, all the under the spell of what, who? Mohammed el-Kurd? Maybe Selma Dabbagh?

It has continued and grown: WSJ, 'Britain's Surrender to Islamists,' 2009

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

319 Last paragraph, "The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is likely to resist his release unless there is strong pressure from the US. Donald Trump this week invited Netanyahu to the While House in he "near future," a visit that, should it happen, would be the Israeli leader's fifth since Trump returned to office in January."

And so much for accuracy in journalism..

However, their appeal to the "United Nations and the governments of the world (is) to actively seek the release of Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison."

The Israeli Prime Minister is expected to visit NY in September to speak at the UN. And so those monsters appear to be looking to stir up even more trouble in the US, perhaps more so in NYC, at a time where increased law enforcement visibility is absolutely necessary.

The country is preparing to host a national remembrance of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, across the main attack sites. Additionally, the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, begins at sunset on September 11, and goes through nightfall of September 13th, and then Yom Kippur starts at sunset September 20, and goes through nightfall of September 21st.

Unless and until...Amen.

Posted by: L - No nic at August 31, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

320 319 Last paragraph, "The Israeli prime minister, ...
The country is preparing to host a national remembrance of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, ...

So what.

1960's Klingon/MADMANI will continue to smirk as he presides over the ceremonies of 9/11 and Year 1 Kirkaversary with more 9/10 thinking as all eyes will be on AOC in her REMAIN SINWAR camisole and FREE GAZA hotpants while Rama's/Suicide Squad unblinkingly gaze upon her adoringly -- as fuure LIB/President AOC to bring the promise of the FALN's objectives to reality.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
There will be NO PEACE as long as Kirk lives -- Klingon Ambassador, libbing out

LIB's will pay good money to line up to buy and toss a piece of commemorative wood at their local data center to in memory of the Desperate and Deliberately Evil Sinwar, who's last act in this world was tossing his own piece of wood at a drone.

Yeah, this is Normal.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 31, 2026 10:21 AM (Fxy6Q)

321 "X Takes Down 200,000 Suspected Chinese Accounts in Influence-Operation Crackdown"

Bullshit. My account got perma-band after criticizing Abdul El-Sayed on his account.

Posted by: Schoolbus Vegabond at August 31, 2026 01:35 PM (Rhv3W)

Daily Tech News 31 August 2026

Top Story

Tech News

  • Nvidia's DLSS 5 upscaling technology is here. Don't use it. (WCCFTech)

    Play Deep Rock Galactic - a fun but not graphically challenging game - on an RTX 3080 - an older but still powerful card - drops frame rates from 138 fps to 4.


  • Omarchy Linux, the new flavour, has a teeny tiny bug. (0xcc)

    The default user has access to everything.


  • Chess.com has launched a poker website. (The Verge)

    Apparently their Eight Queens Hold'em site wasn't bringing in the views.


  • Oops. My language blew its budget; compiler, runtime, and standard libraries now come to 7.5MB or 2.5MB compressed, making it 8% the size of Python. The two culprits were TLS (a.k.a SSL, the encryption used by every website), and regular expressions across Unicode, each contributing 20% of the total. For embedded use it automatically drops those and clocks in at a far smaller size.

    Also landed today: A full "math" library (those funny buttons on a scientific calculator), alongside autovectorising vector and matrix functions (vectors 100x faster and matrices 1000x faster than native), and a more general linear algebra library built on those, hashing, cryptography, passwords, HTTP client and server modules, and a curl / Python Requests style library.

    Claude has actually impressed me; it's a brand new programming language with precisely zero training data, and it's writing working code in it. Yes, it has specs; yes, it has access to the compiler and runtime internals; but the former is up to the developer and the latter will be open source.


Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: 996 is one thing, but 7117 is quite another.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 G'Day everyone
Its Monday again

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Strangely I always thought but I like Billy Idol

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

4 >>>Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy.

Quelle unexpected réponse!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

5 I wish I was asleep, but there's always tonight

Lake America was the perfect reply to that fat Ontario Premier telling Trump to kiss his a$$. Unfortunately Canadians have been brainwashed into thinking Trump is the reason for all their problems.

Posted by: CanuckJack at August 31, 2026 04:37 AM (HLIsS)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:37 AM (5UTWB)

7 Our gardener's here. He found a huge wasp nest. Exterminator has been called.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:39 AM (5UTWB)

8 Rather go back to bed then go to work

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

9 A little before eleven here. Flying home Wednesday. Back to work Thursday.

Heavy sigh.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 31, 2026 04:44 AM (eTPdk)

10 Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

excellent

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:45 AM (odBC9)

11 The "NY Post" had an article about Dolly Parton's swan song sung at her funeral , lIf we never meet again this side of heaven we'll meet again on that beautiful
It mentions heaven four times. The headline for the article says the song transcended race, region and religion. Uhh no. It didn't transcend religion. I doubt atheists are belting out about "meeting on that distant shore.." I was not making a judgement about whether atheists are worse people than theists. Now they're all fighting about that." Uggh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:49 AM (FlBUK)

12 A better title for the article would have been "Dolly's swan song brings people together."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 04:50 AM (FlBUK)

13 I misheard so many of those lyrics!

One more bad dream/break
Ooh, gigolo pool/fool
So alive and new/in you

and

Les yeux sans visage/Pleasure's only ...

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 04:52 AM (odBC9)

14 Rather go back to bed then go to work

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)
-

The People's Republic of New Jersey awaits you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2026 04:52 AM (5UTWB)

15 I am over 29. My finely calibrated intestinal tract has been awakening me precisely between 0450 and 0500 quite a while since retirement from paying job. Now the circadian rhythm is drifting a bit. Have volunteer job later today.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 31, 2026 04:54 AM (1FEc1)

16 I ought to get going, don't fell like doing 80mph
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

17 16 I ought to get going, don't fell like doing 80mph
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

Good idea!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

18 whether the official lyrics are

You're eyes without a face

or

Your eyes without a face

seems to be a matter of dispute among various lyrics sites

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

19 Saw a brief video of an out-of-control robot fighting its handlers. When it took a martial arts stance, I figured, yeah, must be AI. Instagram. https://shorturl.at/kcSp7

Skynet delayed yet again.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 31, 2026 05:02 AM (llBIB)

20 I'm only here because boy cat started meowing and scratching my door at 2am local time. F'n cat. And no, he's not allowed in my room.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)

21 Wikipedia

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol

The stage name "Billy Idol" was coined after a chemistry teacher, Bill Price, described Idol as "idle" on his school report card.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 31, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

23 Time is in God's hands . Psalm 31:5 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/bde776rs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:13 AM (FlBUK)

24 moar Wikipedia

In 1994, he collapsed outside a Los Angeles nightclub due to an overdose.... He stopped his drug use after this incident, as he decided his children would never forgive him for dying of a drug overdose.

Yay!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:13 AM (odBC9)

25 "Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy. (Daily Beast)"

Elections have consequences.

*dramatic pause*

...Bitches.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 31, 2026 05:15 AM (Ot/FD)

26 David Bowie died TEN YEARS ago; omigosh.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

27 Good morning! Dogs are fed, sprinklers is out and coffee is pecolatin'. Looking forward to some fall weather in the next 60-75 days.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:20 AM (3Ope8)

28 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 31, 2026 05:21 AM (sAmhv)

29 We're still in early days, so the robots can only fight in Tae-Kwon-DOS.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 31, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)

30 "Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy."

When the Gulf of Mexico was renamed by the United States to "Gulf of America", Google Maps had three ways of presenting the name, based on GeoIP location of the viewer:

- Those in Mexico still saw it as "Gulf of Mexico"
- Those in the USA saw it as "Gulf of America"
- Everyone elsewhere saw it as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"

I suspect the same thing is going on now because here in Canada, it shows as "Lake Ontario".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

31 BBC

Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US

[photo: A family walks by a sign reading "Lake Ontario, Now and Always," unveiled by Ontario Premier Doug Ford at Fifty Point Conservation Area, near Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.]

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

32 in the BBC article:

On Saturday, Google said it had changed the name on its maps for users in the US.

"Since we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS [Geographic Names Information System] for the US, people using Maps in the US will see 'Lake America', those in Canada will continue to see 'Lake Ontario' and those outside of the US and Canada will see both names," the tech firm said in a blog post.

This mirrors how Google names the Gulf of Mexico for users after Trump declared it was called the Gulf of America in 2025.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

33 the BBC lake article:

https://tinyurl.com/5cnf7xn9

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)

34 @32/m: Well that confirms it. Thanks, m.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

35 34 @32/m: Well that confirms it. Thanks, m.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

You had a spidey-sense that that was what was going on.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

37 36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

Sounds so indecisive, doesn't it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:38 AM (l3cgK)

38 37 36 BBC article
This is some delicate wording!

The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to Lake America

"seeking to"

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

Sounds so indecisive, doesn't it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 05:38 AM (l3cgK)

And powerless.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

39 It's as if some leftists don't feel alive if they're not ranting about Trump. They should just laugh - less likely to cause ulcers. I think Trump
Likes to see them go crazy about basically inconsequential stuff. A guy who writes in the "NY Post" ( Dan Perry) about the economy sanctions and is basically in favor of them says:

"Trump had been shockingly effective at selling millions of Americans on the deeply flawed product that is himself. Now he must sell them on endurance. He needs to find his inner Winston Churchill, however preposterous that may seem."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 05:45 AM (GIQYZ)

40 G'mornin' everyone!

nice work, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:49 AM (VyBeY)

41 Dontario....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope8)

42 41 Dontario....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope

omigosh!

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

43 Evening and morning yet again, late toilers and early risers! True, it's a Monday. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

44 @41/CrochetyOldJarhead: "Dontario..."

Oh man, "Lake Dontario" would have been an even better troll than "Lake America".

It's amusing watching the politicians on our side of the border be completely unable to "ignore the trolling". They literally can't help themselves, they HAVE to react.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

45 I'm awake, not because of Stirling leaping over me, and having coffee. The big black cat has now been on his diet for a week, and while he is still *trying* to get to Dagny's meal when she walks off from it, I've been able to forestall him. Maybe in another week I'll weigh myself with him in my arms, then weigh myself alone, and subtract, to see if there's been any change.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

46 via Hacker News
typesetting

"I chose words carefully"

https://tinyurl.com/3t8252h3

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)

47 for those (like me) who eke out survival between bulk meme-drops over the weekend, Sarah Hoyt has finally clocked in.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (VyBeY)

48 *typesetting in monospace

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)

49
accordingtohoyt.com

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

50 The latest tropical storm is forming right off the coast of Lousy-ana. If the local Fox outlet's weather mavens are correct, it will track along the coast westward, affecting Lafayette, Lake Charles, and maybe Houston and Beaumont, more than here. But we will get rain; 70% predicted for today, 60% tomorrow. I guess no car wash today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

51 Post #39 Dan Perry is an Englishman. The recent PM's have been as effective as Churchill? Com'on!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:03 AM (JrHfD)

52 A woman was shot overnight on Bourbon St., the 400 block apparently. My old neighborhood. A lot has changed in the fifty years since I lived there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

53 I just be learned that there is a hymn of the day for interested folks. Here is a old time hymn with nice music, "Trust and obey"

https://tinyurl.com/4wn5383a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:06 AM (FlBUK)

54 for those (like me) who eke out survival between bulk meme-drops over the weekend, Sarah Hoyt has finally clocked in.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 05:59 AM (VyBeY)

She posted on Saturday morning as usual. Gotta have something early on the weekend as most sites don't post on weekends.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 06:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Number 9...number 9...number 9...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)

56 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Number 9...number 9...number 9...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 31, 2026


***
My favorite love potion

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

57 Several years ago on here I used to put up stories behind the hymns. It can be interesting for those who enjoy hymns. Here's the story behind "Trust and obey":

https://tinyurl.com/59kcjkxf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:15 AM (FlBUK)

58 @46/m: { "I chose words carefully" }

*clicks a few things and increases the entire document's font size by two points*

The author:
https://youtu.be/Up2rKmrBBmE?t=22

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

59 Have a good day, everyone. I'm hopefully going to (mostly) take a day off from politics today. So, may you have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others.

For the pray-ers, please continue to keep Tecumseh Tea's husband in prayer for complete healing from cancer. He is in about the second week of treatment for fourth stage cancer. Also, keep TT and her family in prayer for strength as well. Those of you who have been through this journey with loved ones with cancer treatments know how exhausting it can be. Thanks so much, dear ones.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2026 06:22 AM (Tgq0P)

60 philosophically, why wouldn't Omarchy run all processes as root?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 06:23 AM (VyBeY)

61 58 @46/m: { "I chose words carefully" }

*clicks a few things and increases the entire document's font size by two points*

The author:
https://youtu.be/Up2rKmrBBmE?t=22
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haaa! with Lyrics - Jerry Samuels

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)

62 The US launched a pre-emptive attack on Larak Island last night taking out launchers and a group of IRGC troops massed there.
The IRGC retaliated by destroying two of our bases in Jordan, OH WAIT, that didn't happen. All 6 missiles were intercepted.
Tehran Tim is in full propaganda mode.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:24 AM (PbWRL)

63 Billy Idol at 6:30 in the morning? Sure!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 06:35 AM (bVoR9)

64 Have a great day Fen (and all the horde).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 06:36 AM (bVoR9)

65 Not understanding why anyone would install Omarchy.

Just install Arch, install Niri or my new favorite windows manger dot files, ML4W.

The dude behind Omarchy is the guy who created Ruby On Rails.

He was a Mac devotee but has fallen out of love with it and seems to have a grudge against them over moving away from Intel chips, which broke ruby and caused him headaches.

Poor little baby.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 06:37 AM (XV/Pl)

66 Wolfus, is it unusual to have shootings on Bourbon Street? Every other thing in the world happens there (so you'd expect regular criminality) but I'm always up for a surprise. A friends son was a mounted cop there for a couple of years and he told some wild stories.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026 06:41 AM (bVoR9)

67 "Not understanding why anyone would install Omarchy. "

well, that too.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 06:41 AM (VyBeY)

68 My decision not to work out this morning was the correct one. Rain here now; not heavy but steady. I'm thinking about driving out to breakfast after I feed the monsters (and make sure Dagny has eaten so I can take the bowl up and keep Stirling from devouring half of it).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

69 mornin yall

"Florida ‘Deputy of the year’ resigns after claims he tracked ex with Flock cameras."

I'm sure it's just a one off.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

70 Now, I know there are probably some over 29s here, so a question:

Which do you think is better if you need a hernia repair, taking a Medicare Advantage plan, or a Medigap plan?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 06:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

71 I can't believe the libs would deadname both a lake and a gulf. And I know about not using a correct title.

Posted by: dramyfnbishop at August 31, 2026 06:47 AM (9a3m6)

72 Wolfus, is it unusual to have shootings on Bourbon Street? Every other thing in the world happens there (so you'd expect regular criminality) but I'm always up for a surprise. A friends son was a mounted cop there for a couple of years and he told some wild stories.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 31, 2026


***
It's not unusual any more. The local Fox outlet mentioned another one that happened at the corner of Bourbon and Canal. I guess the only odd thing about these is that the perp is not immediately in custody. In the usual way of things now, an argument starts -- fueled by drugs or liquor -- and one party pulls out and uses a gun. Others video it, and the cops are right there; done.

In the Sixties and earlier, the Quarter used to be simply a neighborhood, with service businesses, a Pontiac dealership, gas stations, small drugstores, mom-and-pop groceries, etc. It began to change in the late Sixties-early Seventies, but wasn't as bad as it is now even when my mother passed in 1986.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

73 I left a jar of Blue Plate mayo on the counter all night. Lid on, inside temp about 74. Do you think it will be ok?

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 06:48 AM (MWfyi)

74 I remember hearing about Omarchy months ago, as The New Distro That All The Cool Kids Are Using Now; looked at it, and moved on ...

it is part of the Strange Beauty Of Linux, that such things can be done, by people who think that it's a good idea. Yay!

over the weekend I was exposed to the concept of "frictionmaxxing"; deliberately making stuff more difficult ... wondering if that is related.

not wondering very hard, though.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 06:50 AM (VyBeY)

75 fd, if there isn't oil separation it is probably ok.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 06:50 AM (PbWRL)

76 The Quarter as described in Confederacy of Dunces, basically?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026 06:51 AM (VyBeY)

77 Now, I know there are probably some over 29s here, so a question:

Which do you think is better if you need a hernia repair, taking a Medicare Advantage plan, or a Medigap plan?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026


***
I've got a Medigap (Weird Dave of the ONT set me up with it) with Cigna/Healthspring, Mutual of Omaha for dental, and Wellcare for my Rxs. They paid for nearly everything when I had my hernia repair last year. I should have asked if they would accept a Med Advantage plan.

Those are supposed to cover hearing and vision as well, and for much less than I'm paying; but Dave didn't think they were as good a deal.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

78 I don't get how Trump thinks he can rename a geographical feature. Is he serious, or just f***ing with Canada's head? It's very odd. To me. YMMV.

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (ZxPkt)

79 Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US

Would be more appropriate for Canada to write it in their new tongue: Mandarin.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (a3CJ+)

80 The Quarter as described in Confederacy of Dunces, basically?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2026


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Pretty much. Toole was writing that novel when I was a small kid down there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

81 Whew, I just finished reading all of the Sarah Hoyt memes.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

82 Omarchy.... reinvented Windows 95 permissions? Or possibly WindowsME?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 06:57 AM (aJQbY)

83 Does nobody remember when the dogeater ordered flags at half mast for Whitney Houston?

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 06:58 AM (MWfyi)

84 Those are supposed to cover hearing and vision as well, and for much less than I'm paying; but Dave didn't think they were as good a deal.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, I already have dental and vision through wife's work. I'm just trying to get the least amount of monthly premiums and lowest cost for surgery. I suppose you can change your plan each year? Next year get what keeps the most money in my pocket for the surgery costs, then go to the zero premium supplement plans the next year. I don't have any other conditions needing constant care.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 06:58 AM (1Ff7Z)

85

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 31, 2026 06:59 AM (QuiDg)

86 I don't get how Trump thinks he can rename a geographical feature. Is he serious, or just f***ing with Canada's head? It's very odd. To me. YMMV.
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (ZxPkt)
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Didn't BHO also rename a number of geographical features?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 06:59 AM (FZ29D)

87 52 A woman was shot overnight on Bourbon St., the 400 block apparently. My old neighborhood. A lot has changed in the fifty years since I lived there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

My grandparents used to live in the Bellfontaine neighborhood of St. Louis from the early 1960s until the mid 1980s. Last time I visited (when Dad passed--2021), it was an entirely black neighborhood where it was unsafe to be around outside after dark. How things change...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:00 AM (l3cgK)

88 @78

>>YMMV.

We can name things whatever we want.

Remember when Mount McKinley became Denali for some reason?

Sometimes streets get renamed or highways or bridges.

The left does that sh*t all the time, primarily to own the cons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2026 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

89 The Lake America article starts with this: "Google Maps is facing backlash over its latest capitulation to President Donald Trump’s demands." Trump signed an executive order, which he has the power to do. Like it or not, executive orders have the force of law. This is not "capitulation," it is following the law. Now, I'm not completely on board with the president being able to just decree laws at his whim. But the left started this horrific executive overreach with Obama's pen and phone, and I'm willing to play the game by the rules they wrote until we cut out the rot.

Posted by: DPICM at August 31, 2026 07:01 AM (zweKz)

90 When I was a kid, too, it wasn't necessary to leave the Quarter for everything. Within a mile of my house, Canal Street had multiple department stores, women's and men's clothing shops, and two Woolworth's stores; the public library, newsstands, and the A & P were close, and I recall an Amoco station on one bordering street and the Pontiac dealer on the other. Now it seems if you want something other than expensive antiques, a hotel, a daiquiri, a T-shirt, or some other tourist magnet, you have to drive elsewhere. And there is no place to *put* a car except $$$ parking lots.

I don't recognize it any more and have no desire to see it now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

91 Barky renamed Mt. McKinley

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:01 AM (PbWRL)

92 Thanks Ben Had. It looks and smells ok. I'll risk it.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2026 07:02 AM (MWfyi)

93 Week Two of my ordeal. Starvation rations. My human has lost it. Always had enough food before. Don't know what I did to deserve this. This is no fun. I'm the only underweight being in N'awlins. Send help!

Posted by: Stirling the Cat at August 31, 2026 07:02 AM (JM9I6)

94 86 I don't get how Trump thinks he can rename a geographical feature. Is he serious, or just f***ing with Canada's head? It's very odd. To me. YMMV.
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (ZxPkt)
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Didn't BHO also rename a number of geographical features?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 31, 2026 06:59 AM (FZ29D)

Who renamed Squaw Peak? Mount McKinley?
::: looking it up :::
one Squaw Peak in 2008 (Bushie) and one in 2022 (Sniffy Joey).
McKinley was renamed Denali in 2015 by Obama, renamed to McKinley by Trump.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:03 AM (l3cgK)

95 fd, I've done it before with no ill effect.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2026 07:04 AM (PbWRL)

96
78 I don't get how Trump thinks he can rename a geographical feature. Is he serious, or just f***ing with Canada's head? It's very odd. To me. YMMV.
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 06:52 AM (ZxPkt)

Remember how Trump used to hang out with Vince McMahon of the WWE?

This is a WWE move. In fact, from the wiki piece on Vince McMahon, tell me who seems to have been a very good student:

“In 1997, he adopted the character of Mr. McMahon, portrayed as an irascible, villainous, swaggering tyrant who obsessed over maintaining control of his wrestling company and often growled the catchphrase "you're fired!" when dismissing an employee.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:04 AM (dqHut)

97 @78/Don Black: "I don't get how Trump thinks he can rename a geographical feature."

Naming of geographic features is the responsibility of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which is underneath the Department of the Interior, which is part of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

The President, as head of the Executive Branch, can (and did) direct this via an Executive Order. It's a constitutionally valid use of his powers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at August 31, 2026 07:06 AM (O7YUW)

98 Trump can rename any thing he wants to, because he's a dictator, right, leftists?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:07 AM (1Ff7Z)

99 If a place is “unsafe after dark” it’s probably unsafe after light, too. You’re just lucky.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 07:07 AM (IkLDu)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 07:08 AM (odBC9)

101 Which do you think is better if you need a hernia repair, taking a Medicare Advantage plan, or a Medigap plan?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Who do you truss?

Posted by: Johnny and Ed at August 31, 2026 07:08 AM (JM9I6)

102 fd, should be fine if it's just overnight with the lid on? And if it's separated a bit, just stir it well before you put it back in the fridge, I'd think...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 07:09 AM (aJQbY)

103 93 Week Two of my ordeal. Starvation rations. My human has lost it. Always had enough food before. Don't know what I did to deserve this. This is no fun. I'm the only underweight being in N'awlins. Send help!
Posted by: Stirling the Cat at August 31, 2026 07:02 AM (JM9I6)

; )

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

104 (In general - if it's stored in the supermarket on the regular shelves, it's actually probably fine on your kitchen table overnight, we put them in the fridge to increase longevity over the long run, not because they'll actually spoil quickly)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 31, 2026 07:11 AM (aJQbY)

105 Is this headline from the Daily Mail or Fox "News"?

"Guess which reality star wore string bikinis on a PDA-filled tropical getaway"


Either way, it's garbage.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage"" at August 31, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)

106 If the local Fox outlet's weather mavens are correct, it will track along the coast westward, affecting Lafayette, Lake Charles, and maybe Houston and Beaumont, more than here. But we will get rain; 70% predicted for today, 60% tomorrow. I guess no car wash today!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

I sure hope it makes it up into East Texas! We have been dry, dry, dry for a month. Two of my smaller trees, a dogwood and a Japanese maple have died from it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:12 AM (dqHut)

107 Year ago, I remember reading that Dan Savage's adopted baby's bio mom's boyfriend died just off Bourbon St. He's the depraved homosexual sex advice columnist who writes Savage Love for a Seattle alt-newsweekly, syndicated in a Portland one. It was an open adoption, so he knew that she was one of those "road warrior" hobos that travel a circuit around the country, the same kind that summer in Portland and Seattle. And one time, when she and her boyfriend where there for Mardi Gras, they drank so much that when she finally regained consciousness in an alley, her boyfriend's corpse was there next to her, dead from alcohol poisoning.

Since then, Democrats have thrown stacks of fuel on the vagrancy and criminality problems. So, I expect that everywhere on the hobo circuit has seen crime and disorder skyrocket. They nationalize the problem, taking bad habits developed in one lawless Democrat jurisdiction, and carrying them all over the country.

Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 07:12 AM (ke3zm)

108 >U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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this entity is for deciding what the US calls something, not what the world must call it

the way I read it, Canada can still call it Lake Ontario

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)

109 I sure hope it makes it up into East Texas! We have been dry, dry, dry for a month. Two of my smaller trees, a dogwood and a Japanese maple have died from it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:12 AM (dqHut)

You're not allowed to water your trees there?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

110 Years ago, not year. Over fifteen, I've lost track.

Posted by: SciVo at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (ke3zm)

111 Morning Horde
Thx Pixy
Funny story about Billy Idol. He was plastered at some club hanging out with Nile Rodgers. Saw David Bowie walk in and went to meet him but Idol was so drunk on the way over he threw up on himself. Still walked over shook Bowie's hand and introduced him to Rodgers. Led to the Bowie album Let's Dance

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (EZWVc)

112 >>>Speaking of crazies, they're upset that America's education system has stalled out 99% control by communist infiltrators. (LinkedIn)

I wish her luck.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (odBC9)

113 Nood JJ

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 31, 2026 07:16 AM (36x1j)

114 108 >U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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this entity is for deciding what the US calls something, not what the world must call it

the way I read it, Canada can still call it Lake Ontario
Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)

Yep.

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)

115 "Send lawyers, guns, and money."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 31, 2026 07:18 AM (36x1j)

116 111 Morning Horde
Thx Pixy
Funny story about Billy Idol. He was plastered at some club hanging out with Nile Rodgers. Saw David Bowie walk in and went to meet him but Idol was so drunk on the way over he threw up on himself. Still walked over shook Bowie's hand and introduced him to Rodgers. Led to the Bowie album Let's Dance
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (EZWVc)

hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 07:18 AM (odBC9)

117 You're not allowed to water your trees there?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 31, 2026 07:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

In fact I’ve worked to keep the lawn alive - but these two trees were older and it’s hard to get deep water down to them. It was notable that after two weeks of triple digit temps almost every day, they just turned brown and gave up the ghost.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2026 07:27 AM (dqHut)

118 99 If a place is “unsafe after dark” it’s probably unsafe after light, too. You’re just lucky.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2026 07:07 AM (IkLDu)

a bit safer in the light...cops were patrolling often. I'm sure the criminal elements there would consider that harassment by the po-po...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:49 AM (l3cgK)

119 108 >U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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this entity is for deciding what the US calls something, not what the world must call it

the way I read it, Canada can still call it Lake Ontario

Posted by: Don Black at August 31, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)

Now do South Chinese Sea...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 31, 2026 07:50 AM (l3cgK)

120 *South China Sea

Posted by: m at August 31, 2026 08:12 AM (odBC9)

121 Speaking of Billy Idol. There is a good live performance of Rebel Yell on Youtube where he duets with Miley Cyrus and has Steve Stevens on guitar.

He had to be well into his sixties when it was filmed and he still has his abs. You can tell he and Miley were really having fun. Not my favorite artists, but I appreciate a performance that is well done.

Posted by: Thatch at August 31, 2026 01:23 PM (S6YCM)

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