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Wisconsin Socialist Candidate for Governor Francesca Hong Wants to Cancel Thanksgiving, Defund the Police as a Modest Step Towards Abolishing Them Entirely

She declared that Thanksgiving should be cancelled during the covid lockdowns, but went further: She said it should have been cancelled since its founding in 1621, because it's "painful" to hysterical identity-politics-drenched racists.

Mediaite:

"Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621," Hong posted. "If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed Indegenous [sic] folx [sic] and women so be it."

CNN's top tranny Kaitlin Collins asked her if she still wanted to cancel Thankgiving.

She danced around the question -- but did not say "no."

I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made that was for the community when i was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. I always think my hospitality background and owning a restaurant for 7-8 years, that bringing folks around the table to share conversation and build community is always a good thing.
But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. So I think there I wanted to make sure people understood there are multiple views, but views can evolve.

Collins: "Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be cancelled?"

Hong: "Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities." pic.twitter.com/wPKUD8PJOT
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 4, 2026

As I mentioned the other day, this anchor-baby has a racist grudge against "white people," who she imagines don't think she can speak English which, given her complete inability to write correct grammatical English, seems more like her own hang-up and imposter syndrome than "white people's."

I ate two bites of my kid's cheeseburger at a Culver's in black river falls and told him they ran out of ice cream. Mostly just wanted to leave bc I was on the verge of a anxiety attack...to (sic) many old white people who didn't think we spoke english.

She's such a racist that she can't even admit her own racial sin: She married a white guy and gave birth to a half-white son.

But she can't bring herself to admit that her husband is (spit) "white." She euphemizes this horrific fact as noting that she is in "proximity to whiteness."

Francesca Hong describes having a half white son as "being in proximity to whiteness." pic.twitter.com/Ix0j0nisnF
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026

Her husband looks like you'd expect.

Francesca Hong (anti-White socialist in WI) married a White businessman pic.twitter.com/J9xPYm1DyP
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 4, 2026

She has repeatedly called to defund the police as a step towards abolishing the police entirely:

Francesca Hong: "Police officers enforce the law with state sanctioned violence... We have to dismantle police unions... and defund the police." pic.twitter.com/Q4agbtLZX7
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026

She now claims she never held that position. Or rather, she says she's not running on that position.

She might hold it, she's just not making it part of her campaign (because it's extremely unpopular).

Once again: I am not running to defund the police. And to be clear, the governor cannot defund the police.
My administration will prioritize public safety & justice for victims. If you want to talk about who's actually defunding public safety, start with @ScottWalker & @repvos! https://t.co/PvSdYjuS2b
— Francesca Hong For Governor (@FrancescaHongWI) July 31, 2026

The governor does fund local police and furthermore can affect laws making it harder for police to do their jobs. The governor also runs the prison system, which this foreign agent wants to abolish.

Or at least, she currently admits to wanting to "decrease our prison population."

Or as she calls it, "pree-son."

She speaks English with genuine difficulty so I don't know why it's my racist problem for noticing this.

Francesca Hong (likely nominee in WI):

"Decrease our prison population"
"Abolish the police" pic.twitter.com/QM9Fy6iWxC
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 3, 2026

And ICE, too.

Look closely at this clip. The DSA’s purple-state test just got real.

Rep. Francesca Hong — DSA member, currently leading the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin — just reaffirmed on Fox the remarkable string of “yes” answers she gave Hasan Piker in early July on every… pic.twitter.com/osyfQBseR9
— Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) July 31, 2026

She will be nominated easily next week, August 11.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:43 PM

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1 Sooo... more honest than the other dems?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)

2 Just Dems being Dems.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)

3 First?

Posted by: Flyguy at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (d0hH6)

4 Nope.

Posted by: Flyguy at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (d0hH6)

5 I mean, her biggest problem is she doesn't know she can't say that.

Otherwise, she's the perfect Dem candidate: Diagnosed mental illness, on drugs, and easily melts down.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (N1DT3)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (2YhKe)

7 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

8 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:44 PM (2YhKe)

9 Collins: "Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be cancelled?"

Hong: "Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities."

She doesn't hate TG because of colonialism, she hates it because she knows all of her extended family dreads having to be around her.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

10 Is Wisconsin actually gonna elect this nut ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (RHvlD)

11 Again: the Democrats are like the Muslims. (Which is why they are in bed together.)

The extremists are the only honest ones. The moderates agree with the extremists, but are smart enough to know they can't admit that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (N1DT3)

12 No Asians!

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Sex Pest at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (qC81n)

13 Cancel Thanksgiving and make Vladimir Lenin's birthday a holiday

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Hmmm... that surname Hong.... sounds immigrationy.

It's painful she showed up and stole some land.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (n5tGW)

15 She has repeatedly called to defund the police as a step towards abolishing the police entirely:

I agree with her on this. Let the community handle it. There won't be any pedophiles sitting on death row for 30 years...

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (BPuyI)

16 So she leaves a restaurant because there are too many white people there and she's married to a white "man" ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (RHvlD)

17 War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Emptying the Prisons Improves Public Safety.

Posted by: 2 + 2 = 5 at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (qUkBO)

18 Wisconsin is at nearly Minnesota levels of crazy so she probably wins. Scandis man.

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (YwEeS)

19 >>>: "Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities."

sounds like she's had my wife's cooking!

Posted by: Try the Veal at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (sCxmP)

20 So she leaves a restaurant because there are too many white people there and she's married to a white "man" ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:46 PM (RHvlD)

She's said she's bothered by her half-white son.

Again, she's diagnosed with mental illness.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (N1DT3)

21 CNN's top tranny Kaitlin Collins asked her if she still wanted to cancel Thankgiving.

Shouldn't we be calling her Dylan Collins?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (2YhKe)

22 But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities.

Is it?
Is it, really?

It's a holiday about food and family.

This is another loopy Dem with mental problems.
What's that, like the sixth one today?
I lost count.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)

23 CNN's top tranny Kaitlin Collins asked her if she still wanted to cancel Thankgiving.

I think she's quite attractive, except for the upturned joker mouth.

No homo.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

24 She doesn't seem to like anything about America. OK then sweetie, pack your bags and go home and I don't care where it is as it certainly isn't the US.

Posted by: Decaf at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (JTCB1)

25 It's gotta be tough for Democrat voters to continue supporting the party of "you can't have nice things."

Posted by: Emmie at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (OlzlW)

26 So she leaves a restaurant because there are too many white people there and she's married to a white "man" ?
Posted by: It's me donna

A man who may or may not run a Japanese ramen restaurant, when her last name is Chinese!

Man she's just got all sorts of problematic associations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (vJrRc)

27 Does she have a male son or a female son?

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (enNUy)

28 the original superspreader event that killed Indegenous [sic] folx [sic] and women

I love "folx." It's the true Lefty signal that you're down with the colored-folx struggle, and as ethnic-adjacent as you can be (usually used by white AWFLs desperate for some kind of meaning in their lives). Something of a race-hustling socialist shibboleth.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (/y3Vc)

29 "Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities."

sounds like she's had my wife's cooking!
Posted by: Try the Veal at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (sCxmP)

We need a man like Rodney Dangerfield again.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (N1DT3)

30 Go somewhere else they don't have Thanksgiving you bitch.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (MWfyi)

31 So, back in the day 1978, as were were getting ready to graduate with degrees in Comp. Sci. my closest friend in that endeavor asked a Professor for a recommendation so he (my friend) could get into the graduate program at UW Madison.

Professor flatly refused saying it was not a good program.

LOL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (qFwJc)

32 10 Is Wisconsin actually gonna elect this nut ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (RHvlD)

Dunno. The data center issue is going to depress R turnout. Republicans haven't had it 'splained to them how giving Zuckerberg and Bezos a bunch of land so they can censor our asses better is going to improve our lives.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (88C+u)

33 She claims to be a chef. She sets up a campaign stop at a Bar & Grill, but never gets in touch with the place ahead of time. They tell her no, because she didn't know how a restaurant runs for private events - minimums on food and drinks, getting permission ahead of time, etc.

https://tinyurl.com/5fkanamu+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (qx7Zg)

34 Yes, more honest than other dems and half the GOPe.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (QB6+C)

35 She's such a racist that she can't even admit her own racial sin: She married a white guy and gave birth to a half-white son.

So she's a closet Hong-Ki?

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (VHUov)

36 24 She doesn't seem to like anything about America. OK then sweetie, pack your bags and go home and I don't care where it is as it certainly isn't the US.
Posted by: Decaf at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (JTCB1)

She's an anchor baby.. She was born to parents who were here on student visas I believe...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (RHvlD)

37 Francesca Hong (anti-White socialist in WI) married a White businessman pic.twitter.com/J9xPYm1DyP

This is one of those things like a woman telling her friends to chop their hair.

Oh don't marry a white guy with a lot of money they are the WORST!

But she has to because otherwise how would she be able to afford all the gadgets and status symbols she wants in "this late stage capitalist economy"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

38 CNN's top tranny Kaitlin Collins asked her if she still wanted to cancel Thankgiving.

I think she's quite attractive, except for the upturned joker mouth.

No homo.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

Ummmm... which one?

I mean, you're wrong either way, but it's a matter of HOW wrong you are. (If you had used "somewhat" instead of "quite" you'd at least have an argument.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (N1DT3)

39 Did no one ask her which communities she is talking about?

Because the only 'communities' that might have a problem with Thanksgiving are the native americans and maybe the blacks - and only the African-American blacks, not Somalians or Nigerians, etc.

There's no reason for asians to be 'hurt' by it. There's no reason for Indian, Arabs, Jews, etc to be hurt by it.

Posted by: Agammamon at August 04, 2026 04:49 PM (NRQST)

40 Wisconsin seems to.have a good vote fraud like Michigan has

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Thanksgiving is a time that is incredibly painful for many people in our communities

Then don't celebrate it. Always the imposition of feelings onto others with these people.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (nddyR)

42 I think they will not like it if they get their wish of abolishing the police.

Posted by: fb at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (JVEmw)

43 Francesca, darling, first of all; calm down.

Now, show me on the doll where the proximity to whiteness touched you.

Is the proximity to whiteness in the room with us right now?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

44 But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. So I think there I wanted to make sure people understood there are multiple views, but views can evolve.
---
Views they don't like can always "evolve."

Presumably into views they do like.

But THEIR views can NEVER change.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (FZ29D)

45 >>>Again, she's diagnosed with mental illness.

Is she really?

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (1wjle)

46 >>>Francesca Hong is a lunatic. Put her back in the kitchen to wash dishes and maybe she'll off her parents and start some forest fires.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (ixEhJ)

47 Wow. How can someone hate us so much and want to become governor?

Wow. How can Wisconites (Wisconians?) hate their state so much as to vote for her?

Wow. The Dems are really going to fire up the fraud machine to push her over the line.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (qFwJc)

48 THE UPSIDE DOWN FACE CONUNDRUM:

I'm noticing a new trend. Whenever some non-white chick marries a white "man", he always has the "Upside down face." Every single one of them you could turn their face upside down, and there is a totally different face looking back at you.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (dIske)

49 One of her advisors choose to note on 9/11 that as a Muslim who moved to the US in 2002, SHE was the real victim of 9/11.

Can we just automatically deport anyone that moved here from another country and claims America is rayciss? I mean its for their own good.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

50 Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621," Hong posted. "If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism

-----------------

This woman is too stupid to realize that she is a colonizer. The only noble thing to do is to leave.

Posted by: Decaf at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (JTCB1)

51 With a husband like that, she should also recognize her proximity to gayness.

Posted by: Gaydar reading: 10/10 at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (qUkBO)

52 "Francesca Hong (anti-White socialist in WI) married a White businessman"

Never ask a racist what color their spouse is.

Posted by: Agammamon at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (NRQST)

53 What painful memories does Thanksgiving bring to the Korean community?

Posted by: huerfano at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (VJX5o)

54 I know other immigrant classes pouring into America get most of the scrutiny, but as someone who has asians in their family. They also are pretty anti-American and anti-white.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (eIzlH)

55 She's such a racist that she can't even admit her own racial sin: She married a white guy and gave birth to a half-white son.

So she's a closet Hong-Ki?
Posted by: mikeski

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (BPuyI)

56 lefties really think that their policies will let everyone fulfill all their desires so there will be no crime. people who think otherwise won't be locked up, we'll be sent to be re-educated

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (CWTWj)

57 Did this Hong retard take the Kamala Harris Toastmaster's Course?

So a heathen foreigner who has a psychotic episode when around white people is condemning one of Heritage American's greatest holidays from the perspective of a short-order cook?

For the "community" that can't handle the fact that functional families do their ritual carbo-loading before Black Friday's early morning sanctified looting and ad hoc MMA demonstrations?

Multi-culture ≡ no-culture

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (BvPIe)

58 Francesca, could you describe your Five Year Plan impact on the chocolate ration?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (f8DjE)

59 Because the only 'communities' that might have a problem with Thanksgiving are the native americans and maybe the blacks - and only the African-American blacks, not Somalians or Nigerians, etc.

Why would AAs have a problem with it? Indians, I can sort of see, but nobody else really. Well, maybe turkeys.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

60 The Left has gone bat-shit CRAZY.
How can ANYONE with a BRAIN vote for these idiots?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (NpAcC)

61 If Thanksgiving is painful for you, it's just because you're not wearing the right pants.

Posted by: Peaches at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (eh7Rr)

62 Meanwhile super duper MAGA guy Mike Lindell is quiting as CEO of the pillow company to focus on the MN gov race. Ooooof. Mr Amnesty, GOP gonna blow a VERY woman race in MN and I'm not confident they won't try to throw the Wisconsin gov race to.

This lady is crazy but she's a communist and says all the things a pretty and prepped (lol) proper DEM candidate would lie about until after elected.

In a way she is a view into the future.

Posted by: GigantorX at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (ipaff)

63 Never go full retard or full commie. Yeah, that's redundant.

BTW, nitter.net works as a substitute for xcancel.com.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (XMwZJ)

64 Thanksgiving is RACISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST..

The evil White man SCAMMED the native people of color out of their land for cheap food and whiskey !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (38587)

65 Every left wing woman I have ever met announces (seemingly proudly) that they have some sort of mental illness. Like it is a badge of honor.

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (YwEeS)

66 Francesca. What a beautiful name.

What an ugly person.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (qFwJc)

67 Wow. How can Wisconites (Wisconians?) hate their state so much as to vote for her?

However many D votes she gets if you sit down 80% of the people that voted for her and asked them what they think of these quotes they'll say they never heard them and they don't agree.

And if you forced them to admit why they voted for her the answers would be, in rough order:

1) My liberal friends told me to
2) The FNM told me to
3) She promised me free money so who cares about any other issues

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (sKqQm)

68 What painful memories does Thanksgiving bring to the Korean community?
Posted by: huerfano at August 04, 2026 04:51 PM (VJX5o)
===================
I'm guessing pumpkin pie is not a popular food item.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:52 PM (f8DjE)

69
I think she's quite attractive, except for the upturned joker mouth.

No homo.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

I think she's got a manly square head/face thing going on and a permanent Dirty Sanchez look to her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:53 PM (2YhKe)

70 18 Wisconsin is at nearly Minnesota levels of crazy so she probably wins. Scandis man.
Posted by: steevy

I thought Wisonsin was much more heavily settled by Germans, hence the heavy beer and cheese culture.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 04:53 PM (/y3Vc)

Democrat Congressional Candidate and Soyboy Threatens Man With Knife, Then Gets Knocked the F*** Out

It's so good you guys.

It's so good.

Update: A news article.

A Democratic congressional candidate running against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda was arrested Saturday after a violent altercation at Keawakapu Beach in South Kihei.
Kirill Basin, 40, was charged with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, and his bail was set at $1 million.
According to Maui Police Department, the incident began when a 61-year-old man asked Basin to lower the volume of his music. Basin allegedly threatened the man by implying he had a firearm and would shoot the victim's wife.
A bystander intervened, leading to a physical altercation during which Basin allegedly armed himself with a knife and threatened multiple people before throwing it into the ocean. The knife was later recovered by police.
Video of the incident was widely shared on social media, including by the accounts HHHNewz and MaileMalia369.
Prior Arrests And Restraining Orders
Police say Basin has been arrested for other incidents of assault and property damage since May.
Several people have taken out temporary restraining orders against him, including Maui County Council member Thomas Cook, who said he was worried about his personal safety and for his staff after Basin disrupted a meeting in May.
Cook said Basin "became aggressive and confrontational" and "threatened violence against the police" and a council ambassador.
Two days later, on May 29, reports circulated that Basin "brandished a weapon in a county office building in a confrontation with county employees."

He thinks he's badass because he got an ugly tribal tattoo.

Here's the end of the exchange.

Below, the longer video, showing the build-up to the knockout.

By the way, this punch is... so-so. This guy is a complete pussy for going down like a sack of lube over such a love-tap.

BREAKING: Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

He tried fighting but was immediately knocked out 🤣

Instant FAFO pic.twitter.com/NRRHO2LwNQ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 4, 2026

SirD 🇺🇸
@Sir_Dammed
These are the people that fancy themselves revolutionaries.
They get knocked out by a fucking touch to the chin. It wasn't even a strike/a punch nor was it even closed fist. Buddy went down with a fucking accidental touch.

And why would this revolutionary tribal-tattoo tough guy think that a beach chair weighing about two pounds spread over four square feet would do any kind of damage to someone? Doesn't seem like this tough-guy has been in many fights.

He was arrested for threatening to kill the man with a knife.

People are pointing out he looks like the Yellow Bastard from Sin City. Only gayer.

Why are they like this? pic.twitter.com/hwyzmXNGj5
— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@CasuallyGreg) August 4, 2026

This little faggot was previously arrested for bringing a gun into a shop to threaten people he was arguing with. He was charged with first-degree terrorist threats.

🚨 BEFORE the beach KO…

Kirill Basin stormed into a Maui County building brandishing a gun.

Triggered a partial lockdown.

Arrested & charged with 1st-degree terroristic threatening (felony).
Posted $250k bail. pic.twitter.com/Fp5Yi8ROMJ
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) August 4, 2026

Reserved for Future Meme Use:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

2 You want him to post busty lesbian porn.

You'll get two bald fags looking at each other.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

3 Not first!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (cpFbA)

4 That little twink on the bottom looks like he just barged into Platner's house

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)

5 Almost 1st.
GD ad got me.

Posted by: RI Red at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (F9/uN)

6 Paying Steve Inman

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (GlrUm)

7 Odds that he smokes schlong? high. Kalashi has it over 100:1

Posted by: Scott_T at August 04, 2026 03:43 PM (2waQ7)

8 Daymn... he got knocked the f out...

Posted by: Inogame at August 04, 2026 03:43 PM (53oGX)

9 More of this.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 03:43 PM (N1DT3)

10 I guess just about anybody can run for congress these days.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

11 I'm having a bit of depression that I don't have X to see the knock out.

Happy it happened.

Who would name your kid Kirill?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (hzuYO)

12 I'd like to see that done to every Democrat. Every last one, including the girls.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (tWc/t)

13 This little faggot"

Got his own jet airplane?
Is a millionaire?

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 03:45 PM (XuXeR)

14 Don't sink to Basin's level.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:45 PM (FgjHu)

15 Did they kiss and make up?

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

16 Wow. That was the weakest knockout 'punch' ever........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)

17 I have the feeling that if I brought a gun into a location and threatened everyone with it... I wouldn't be out on the beach to threaten people with a knife.

And, like a lot of these freaks (like the tranny in Vegas with literally $100K+ worth of guns in his car for his attack), WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THE MONEY?

How does this clearly crazy guy have $25K to drop on a bond for bail??

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (N1DT3)

18 Even the background music is .... *chef's kiss*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (2Cry5)

19 I moved to Hawaii just a few months ago, and the locals (especially native Hawaiians) have this weird belief that they're justified in using violence, especially against outsiders, for all sorts of unofficial infractions. That dude a few months ago who chucked a rock at a special protected seal? Got his ass beat by the locals. The local Reddit forums regularly have discussions about locals beating tourists for whatever perceived disrespectful transgression against the Spirit of Aloha or whatever. Truly bizarre and unexpected.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (/y3Vc)

20 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (dpXJq)

21 Is he a primary candidate or the general election candidate? Because if it's the latter, then how pathetic is it that in all of Hawaii, he's the best that the Democrats can do? And he'll probably win.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (vTZFs)

22 He seems nice.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 03:47 PM (nHXB4)

23 Hey. Ace

Could we possibly have an early or double posting of a cafe today, please ? All these stories about various murderous and/or very weird Democrats gets to be depressing. Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:47 PM (y8wRt)

24 What's that big tattoo? He went down so fast it looked fake.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 03:47 PM (Cqx++)

25 MOAR!

OF!

THIS!

we might someday get back to a civil society.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 03:47 PM (VyBeY)

26 Nothin says Aloha like a Haole from New York being a bitch...

Lived in Hawaii for 4 years... Locs don't play this shit, and I'm OK with it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:47 PM (mP0Kj)

27
They fought with expert timing...

Just kidding, that was a bitch getting smacked.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (FgjHu)

28 Book 'em Dano...

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (2CeDH)

29 I updated a bunch.

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (1wjle)

30 I could take him..

Posted by: James Talarico at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (nHXB4)

31 Wow. That was the weakest knockout 'punch' ever........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)

You hit the chin right and it can be lights out for some people.

I was sparring in Tae Kwon Do one time and brushed my opponent on the chin with my heel. I barely felt it. He told me he was seeing stars.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (N1DT3)

32
He claims to be "a father and a local business owner." I'd like further info...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)

33 The local Reddit forums regularly have discussions about locals beating tourists for whatever perceived disrespectful transgression against the Spirit of Aloha or whatever. Truly bizarre and unexpected.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (/y3Vc)

You mean like the rest of America USED to be?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (mP0Kj)

34 So he'll only get 35% of the Dem votes then?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (Sco7b)

35 That dude a few months ago who chucked a rock at a special protected seal? Got his ass beat by the locals. The local Reddit forums regularly have discussions about locals beating tourists for whatever perceived disrespectful transgression against the Spirit of Aloha or whatever. Truly bizarre and unexpected.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (/y3Vc)

The seals and turtles are protected on the islands. When a seal beaches itself, there's a group that monitors the beaches, at least on Kawaii, and puts caution tape all around it. It's a $10k fine if you mess with them.

The turtles were used by divers as they could descend faster than a diver alone, then the turtles would drown on the way back up. It's also a $10k fine just for touching them, if caught.

That was 20+ years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (2YhKe)

36 He threatened a meathead who looks easily double his weight. He's 40 years old, riding a skateboard to the local park, and threatening to put guys in the ground.

What a winner.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (mkw2N)

37 If Apocalypto had a gay character

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K)

38 People are pointing out he looks like the Yellow Bastard from Sin City. Only gayer.

In fairness, he wasn't wearing Crocs.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

39 You hit the chin right and it can be lights out for some people.

I think it was more the bonk on the back of the head from the fall.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (vTZFs)

40 make x.com into xcancel Christy to watch

my meme is wake up commie, you lost the election.

At least hoping that happens in today's elections.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (n5tGW)

41
BOO-YAH!! Spittin' chiclets!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (O0L8i)

42 Dude's metal has been tested and found wanting.

No, not metaphorically. I mean lithium. The dude needs to be on lithium.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (Vq1pX)

43 Could we possibly have an early or double posting of a cafe today, please ? All these stories about various murderous and/or very weird Democrats gets to be depressing. Thanks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
.......

We could talk about bewbs.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

44 I have two questions:

1. Can the Democrats even field a candidate that isn't an absolute traveling freak show at this point?

--and--

2. In the Dem playbook is there any level of mental illness, incompetence or depravity that disqualifies a candidate for high office?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (guGkK)

45 At this point

Kirill Basin is a centrist Democrat candidate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (2GVsD)

46 So he wears a potato in his pants? Must be hard to swim like that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (bkuEU)

47
So he wears a potato in his pants?

Best to put it in front.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 03:51 PM (O0L8i)

48 So he wears a potato in his pants? Must be hard to swim like that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (bkuEU)
-----
Everyone knows an onion on the belt is the style of the time.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 04, 2026 03:51 PM (FZ29D)

49 F*ckin' haoles.

Posted by: Uncle Tongan at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)

50 Hey Kiril, what a way to cover up your "I Luv Graham Platner" tattoo.

Asian guy screams "Gay!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (2GVsD)

51 Loos like a soy-boy but smight have been a little tougher

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)

52
it's so good you guys

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (1wjle)

53 Mental Ward, lockup #5.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (ogcfP)

54 He looks like he's here from the IT department to fix your Excel.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (FgjHu)

55 Ha! Tides, dummy!

Throw your knife way further next time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (BI5O2)

56 Dude is wearing underoos to the beach.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (mkw2N)

57 >What a winner.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (mkw2N)

I once threw a chair, it was a gas,
Soon found out, I have a chin of glass.

Posted by: Debbie Harry at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (GTqXr)

58 That twink's jaw is more glass than Glass Joe in the first Punch Out video game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

59 Dude's metal has been tested and found wanting.

No, not metaphorically. I mean lithium. The dude needs to be on lithium.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (Vq1pX)

LOL. I was about to correct your spelling, but it seems you spelled it right.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (N1DT3)

60 19 I moved to Hawaii just a few months ago, and the locals (especially native Hawaiians) have this weird belief that they're justified in using violence, especially against outsiders, for all sorts of unofficial infractions. That dude a few months ago who chucked a rock at a special protected seal? Got his ass beat by the locals. The local Reddit forums regularly have discussions about locals beating tourists for whatever perceived disrespectful transgression against the Spirit of Aloha or whatever. Truly bizarre and unexpected.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

My few interactions with Hawaiians was in the military. What I noticed was the women were VERY friendly and the men were surly as hell and ready to fight at the drop of the hat. I liked the women.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

61 From Hawaiian Reddit:

I would have stomped on his chest after he was KO'd to make sure he never terrorized anybody in Hawaii ever again. Nothing like a few busted ribs to remind you that Hawaii is all about Aloha, and Aloha means "goodbye", too.

Sounds about white. Braddah folded him like that chair lmao

Too bad it wasn’t the same guy who beat up the monk seal assaulter. That local justice warrior!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (/y3Vc)

62 Dude is wearing underoos to the beach.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 03:52 PM (mkw2N)

Yeah. He appears to like them tight, too.

What a douche.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

63
That looked like a LeBron drop to me. Like he's hoping the jury finds the "assailant" guilty of excessive violence and he gets to collect.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (mmrXZ)

64 Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS

Yes, You ( collective you ) certainly can 😉

I think I'll just post this story about a kindly police officer before I leave for an errand:

https://tinyurl.com/yrfv7anu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (y8wRt)

65 "This guy is a complete pussy for going down like a sack of lube over such a love-tap."

Two points:

1. Guy was high as fuck

2. That punch wasn't a monster, but it went straight into his face. Those are the most dangerous because you take the full force of the punch.

It's not like a cheek or looping punch that hits at an angle, so some of the power is deflected.

You can be knocked out or at least dazed by a straight punch like that even if it's not that hard.

Don't ask me how I know ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

66 >>Kirill Basin

I mean, that's a made up nonsense name he uses for his G*y Pr0n Only Fans account, right?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (XV/Pl)

67 make x.com into xcancel Christy to watch

Since you're installing Brave today (you are, right? RIGHT?) go ahead and install the x-to-xcancel plug-in and every link will redirect automagically.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (vTZFs)

68 He looks like the bonus round in Mortal Kombat.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (FgjHu)

69 Multiple assaults with a deadly weapon. Lock him up for good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (BI5O2)

70 I'm going to have to withhold judgment about voting for him until I find out if he writes his own songs...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (nHXB4)

71 Odds that he smokes schlong? high. Kalashi has it over 100:1
Posted by: Scott_T at August 04, 2026 03:43 PM

His political ad says he has a fiancêe.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (0sNs1)

72 > So he wears a potato in his pants?
-----------
Loose turd.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (2Cry5)

73 That's funny.

He gets knocked down, some broad does the Nelson Muntz.

HAAA haaa!!!

Then he wakes him up......High comedy. What a maroon.

Just perfect for the Dem party.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

74 LOL. I was about to correct your spelling, but it seems you spelled it right.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (N1DT3)

I will pummel the lexicon into submission like it's a love-handled faggot swinging a beach chair before I abandon a punch line.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (Vq1pX)

75 People who play music at the beach deserve whatever they get. Earbuds exist for a reason.

Posted by: Clay at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (7gQYX)

76 Asked to lower his music.

The only music you hear is Pink f*cking Floyd's The Wall.

WHAT a fag.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

77 Try that with one one the island's Samoans and they will never find the body.

Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (oiNtH)

78 He's one of the characters if Bethesda ever did Mortal Kombat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (2GVsD)

79 Fuckin' Haole.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (UjdFS)

80 Gay pouch trunks. Gayscaped facial hair. Gay.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (enNUy)

81 It actually wasn't necessary to tell us he is a Democrat, lol.

Posted by: Peaches at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (eh7Rr)

82
His political ad says he has a fiancêe.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (0sNs1)

Convenience.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)

83 >Don't ask me how I know ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

I need Steve Inman's take on this.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (GTqXr)

84 "mettle", not "metal".

please make a note of it

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (tFM5X)

85 Fiancée in Dem lexicon could mean a guy who thinks they have woman bits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (2GVsD)

86 Hi, Peaches!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (GlrUm)

87 71 Odds that he smokes schlong? high. Kalashi has it over 100:1
Posted by: Scott_T at August 04, 2026 03:43 PM

His political ad says he has a fiancêe.
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron

Does he share her with that freak in Texas?

Posted by: Clay at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (7gQYX)

88 a 61-year-old man asked Basin to lower the volume of his music. Basin allegedly threatened the man by implying he had a firearm and would shoot the victim's wife.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (e1mwr)

89 > That looked like a LeBron drop to me.

Nah, that was real. If you don't keep your chin down and you get tagged on the point of the chin, it doesn't take a lot to knock you out.

The way he was out of it afterwards is exactly how knockouts look in real life.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

90 I'm pretty sure Sophie Cunningham will show up in a meme with this.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (n5tGW)

91
I guess just about anybody can run for congress these days.
Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)

The Donk Party motto needs some work.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (y9nCu)

92 Gay.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (enNUy)

Not just gay. We're lookin' at WAY gay here.

Posted by: Peaches at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (eh7Rr)

93
In the Dem playbook is there any level of mental illness, incompetence or depravity that disqualifies a candidate for high office?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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

No. "Neurodivergence" used to be a warning bell, but now it's the sweet music of DEI.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (mmrXZ)

94 > His political ad says he has a fiancêe.
---------
Turns out he might be the bitch, not the other guy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (2Cry5)

95 I guess that's a lei twined into his beard.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (odBC9)

96 67 make x.com into xcancel Christy to watch

Since you're installing Brave today (you are, right? RIGHT?) go ahead and install the x-to-xcancel plug-in and every link will redirect automagically.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (vTZFs)
**********
This seems above my paygrade (I learned this or leared this from Barky Obungo).

I would probably film myself for X in attempting and, well, no. It's probably simple for others but would end in trauma for me somehow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (hzuYO)

97 He spent a lot of energy FA'ing and the other dude barely had to expend any making him FO.

LOL, faggot

Posted by: ballistic at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (WA/1+)

98
Does he share her with that freak in Texas?
Posted by: Clay at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (7gQYX)

To be fair, there's more than one fag hag out there......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

99 Ahh, a slice of justice.

Posted by: Corona_Exile at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (UE0CA)

100 Dive! Dive! Dive!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 03:58 PM (bX16E)

101 I suspect alcohol was involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (qFwJc)

102 Gads, I'm sick of all the gay, soyboy lefists.

Look, I get that Frederick the Great was as big a fag as they came. But he didn't act like one (at least not all the time, or in public), and actually advanced the interests of Prussia.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

103 They ard stark raving mad arent they

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (V5aAy)

104 WE GOT A FLOPPER!!!

Posted by: Paramedics at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (guGkK)

105 He must have taken lessons from Ironman "Joe" Biden ...

Fly a butterfly and sting like a bee.....

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (38587)

106 Will Kirill campaign from his jail cell like an Austrian painter?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (2GVsD)

107 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

108 Kirill Basin sounds like the name of a place in Siberia.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (CNl8/)

109 He tried fighting but was immediately knocked out

He should have chosen the Superman Underoos that morning. Scooby-Doos were not cutting it.

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (e1mwr)

110 From each according to his Fuck Around; To each according to his Find Out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:01 PM (Vq1pX)

111 Basin will take it on the chin for Hawaii. Many a meaning in that slogan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 04:01 PM (BFvh9)

112 The Underoos cut off what little blood was getting to what little brain he had.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:01 PM (2GVsD)

113 If you want a boon,
You must vote for the loon.

Posted by: The Democrat Party at August 04, 2026 04:01 PM (nvKZ7)

114 Unavoidable things happen sometimes I understand, but I always think how dumb the people are in these situations.

Could you turn your music down a bit please?
Sure, no problem.

But nope, you need to make a meme of yourself.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:01 PM (n5tGW)

115 Comrade

Siberian Traps was already taken.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:02 PM (2GVsD)

116 I guess just about anybody can run for congress these days.
Posted by: wth

When the Party mantra is "Vote Blue no matter who", why not take a shot at the easiest, best paying job and retirement plan in the world? Being so helpless and dysfunctional you can't survive on your own is only a career-enhancer when running as a Democrat.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 04:02 PM (/y3Vc)

117 107 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

"Langostine Massif"?

I'm a fucking shoo-in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:02 PM (Vq1pX)

118 61 year old Hawaiian...

/sings...

I'm as good once, as I ever was...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (mP0Kj)

119 2. In the Dem playbook is there any level of mental illness, incompetence or depravity that disqualifies a candidate for high office?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (guGkK)

I think the only unforgivable sin is to cause donations to fall. Everything else can be papered over with Dollars.

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

120 Bro is fucking LOOPY, yo. He's like a 1960s-era flowerchild wannabe mixed with dime-store mystic spirituality and modern DSA communism.

"I have a son named Kozimir."

Bro looks gay af, but apparently isn't. Maybe.

https://kirill4congress.com/

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

121 My few interactions with Hawaiians was in the military. What I noticed was the women were VERY friendly and the men were surly as hell and ready to fight at the drop of the hat. I liked the women.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

Were the men surly because the women were so friendly?

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (dpXJq)

122 Yes Psychopaths are attracted to Politics.

Esp - libs.

End of debate.

Posted by: This is what I'm saying at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (anL5R)

123 Hi, I'm Shrimp Moraine

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (guGkK)

124 I think he might need to re-examine his campaigning skills.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (nHXB4)

125 Never bring a beach chair to a fist fight.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (n5tGW)

126 IMO the local tribalistic vigilante bullshit in Hawaii is fucking retarded most of the time, but in this case it's hilarious enough to make me think it's ok.

Play your stupid music loud then start issuing threats? I'm just gonna point and laugh when your tight twink trunks wearing ass gets KO'd for your efforts.

Posted by: ballistic at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (WA/1+)

127 This is why you drop your chin, and guard your head. I lead with my weak side (the left) but this guy led with with his face.

Not good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (BI5O2)

128 Yes, this is why I go to the beach. To see two, bald, flabby, effeminate flub bodies wearing swimsuits that are too tight and low enough to show ass crack swiping at each other like gay poodles at a Celine Dion concert.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (+qfnT)

129 117 107 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

"Langostine Massif"?

I'm a fucking shoo-in.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:02 PM (Vq1pX)

Shrimp Mountain? Kewl! I'm an OxyMoron!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (mP0Kj)

130 I think he might need to re-examine his campaigning skills.

He does seem to have an easy way with regular people.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (guGkK)

131 116 makes a really good point

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (VyBeY)

132 Both of them could use a gym membership

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (RHvlD)

133 Flounder Fosse will be Kirill Basin's new name.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (2GVsD)

134 FoxNews is covering Michigan.

I know nothing about her but I really dislike that Haley Stevens. And El-Sayeds ads have been really good. Even though he'd be fine with all us infidels dead, he comes across as very charismatic.

Stevens big hit on him was he is sexist and made remarks against Whitmer and Mooch.

So it looks like the Dems will get even crazier and more left.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

135 Brightens my day

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (EGSGm)

136 Gay pouch trunks. Gayscaped facial hair. Gay.
Posted by: nckate
......

Gay music. Gay beach chair.
Pro Tip: Never park your gay ass on the lawn next to a family of mokes.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)

137
I'm Crawdaddy Hill.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

He found his thrill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (2YhKe)

138 going down like a sack of lube

Learn something new everyday — That lube can be purchased by the sack.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (/TiS1)

139 Flounder Fosse will be Kirill Basin's new name.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (2GVsD)

We need the dues.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (guGkK)

140 Nah, that was real. If you don't keep your chin down and you get tagged on the point of the chin, it doesn't take a lot to knock you out.

The way he was out of it afterwards is exactly how knockouts look in real life.
==
agree. he hit the power button and the weirdo rebooted.

Posted by: This is what I'm saying at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (anL5R)

141 The random kid off camera who mocked Mr. KnockedOut with a Nelson Muntz (Simpson's) "Ha Ha!" is comedy perfection.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (KcT4I)

142 I'm afraid stabbing people for asking you to turn down your music is only allowed for certain racial and cultural backgrounds, which queer whitey here doesn't qualify for. Besides the ass beating and criminal charges, he needs to be canceled for his flagrant cultural appropriation.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (/y3Vc)

143 120 Bro is fucking LOOPY, yo. He's like a 1960s-era flowerchild wannabe mixed with dime-store mystic spirituality and modern DSA communism.

"I have a son named Kozimir."

Bro looks gay af, but apparently isn't. Maybe.

https://kirill4congress.com/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

Moonie who drinks Kool-Aid? Gotz all the 70's Cults covered!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (mP0Kj)

144 actually advanced the interests of Prussia.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

You know who else advanced the interests of Prussia?

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (5MU0i)

145 Classic Charles Atlas sand at the beach ad

https://tinyurl.com/mv2h3dkw

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (2Ez/1)

146 Bro looks gay af, but apparently isn't. Maybe.

https://kirill4congress.com/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

He isn't. He just f*cks dudes for fun.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (2YhKe)

147 All the movies I saw, and books Ive read about Hawaii show the sailors taking on native women two at a time, and the men nowhere to be found.

BTW- is there a tribal c*ck tattoo? There must be.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (+qfnT)

148 It's like the dude wasn't even aware that "get punched in the face" was even an option. It'd be like guarding against a shoulder mounted death laser or a pack of cybernetic attack marmots.

Just inconceivable that some filthy prole might not melt into submission in the face of his Civil Serving Majesty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:07 PM (Vq1pX)

149 > Yes, this is why I go to the beach. To see two, bald, flabby, effeminate flub bodies

What? Have you seen the average person walking around? These guys are shredded compared to normies.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 04:07 PM (mkw2N)

150 Apparently this Kirill Basin is a real live Ukrainian Nazi. That honestly sounds about right for today's Democrats.

Also, the guy barely touched him and he fainted like a goat. Funny, but not as satisfying as Ace's build-up.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 04:07 PM (2ocoG)

151 Kirill Basin tried to go Amy Bishop.

Did not end well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (2GVsD)

152 This is why you drop your chin, and guard your head. I lead with my weak side (the left) but this guy led with with his face.

Not good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM (BI5O2)

He had no defenses because he was too busy making that aluminum lounge chair look like it weighed 150 lbs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (2YhKe)

153 142 I'm afraid stabbing people for asking you to turn down your music is only allowed for certain racial and cultural backgrounds, which queer whitey here doesn't qualify for. Besides the ass beating and criminal charges, he needs to be canceled for his flagrant cultural appropriation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (/y3Vc)

There is a certain group of Whites who tried to be cool by embracing the Black Thug Hip Hop Culture...

I'd use the nickname we call them... but I'd probably get banned or arrested...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (mP0Kj)

154 I'm having a bit of depression that I don't have X to see the knock out.

Happy it happened.

Who would name your kid Kirill?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (hzuYO)

Cyril with a hard C?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (uhVAy)

155 suspect alcohol was involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 04, 2026 03:59 PM (qFwJc)

In his mom's pregnancy? Definitely.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (FgjHu)

156 128 Yes, this is why I go to the beach. To see two, bald, flabby, effeminate flub bodies wearing swimsuits that are too tight and low enough to show ass crack swiping at each other like gay poodles at a Celine Dion concert.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM
+++++

LOL.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (2Ez/1)

157 Top pic, he is in the perfect position to get knocked out. Head turned moving into the punch. Still kind of a week looking punch though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (n5tGW)

158 Kirill Basin tried to go Amy Bishop.

Did not end well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (2GVsD

The Bishop well is surprisingly deep

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 04:09 PM (FgjHu)

159 https://kirill4congress.com/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

He isn't. He just f*cks dudes for fun.........
==
And home invaders to show them who is boss...

Posted by: This is what I'm saying at August 04, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

160 Wow. Bail set at $1 million.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:09 PM (nHXB4)

161 I’m surprised after he KO’d that gag, he didn’t pull down his swimsuit and go for the glory hole.

The fight was gayer then that Talarico poofter.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:09 PM (+qfnT)

162 In his mom's pregnancy? Definitely.
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 04:08 PM (FgjHu)

HA!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:09 PM (Vq1pX)

163 Talerico wishes he was as manly as Kirill Basin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:10 PM (2GVsD)

164
Who would name your kid Kirill?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (hzuYO)

Cyril with a hard C?
===
IT WAS A FAMILY NAME!!

Posted by: Mr and Mrs. Figgis at August 04, 2026 04:10 PM (anL5R)

165 In the MI race who should I be rooting for ? The Muslim or the dingbat woman ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (RHvlD)

166 I suspect alcohol was involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence
......

and Spam.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)

167 I guess his swim trunks also shrunk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

168 I'm afraid stabbing people for asking you to turn down your music is only allowed for certain racial and cultural backgrounds, which queer whitey here doesn't qualify for. Besides the ass beating and criminal charges, he needs to be canceled for his flagrant cultural appropriation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 04, 2026 04:06 PM (/y3Vc)

He attempted the Karmelo Anthony defense.

He failed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (2YhKe)

169 This Charles Atlas ad is more on point:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7rc39t

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (2Ez/1)

170 I'm guessing Mazie Hirono isn't going to be doing any campaign events for him anytime soon.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (nHXB4)

171 Vote for the dingbat dummy!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

172 It's like Buttigag and Talarico had a fist fight

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)

173 Late to the party as usual: From the thread below: The VA Hospital in Spokane WA and all of its outlying clinics had to be evacuated because of the fires set by this arsonist.

The Governor is such a tool.

Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 04:12 PM (oiNtH)

174 That lube can be purchased by the sack."

Canadian bagged milk waves...

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 04:12 PM (XuXeR)

175 That's my kinda man!

Posted by: E. Warren at August 04, 2026 04:12 PM (eh7Rr)

176 May I offer a suggestion to the Alpha Twink? Always follow up with a few swift kicks to the sweetbreads.

Just to make sure Beta Twink is not faking.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (bX16E)

177 Is Spam Halal?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (nHXB4)

178 "Heavy hands" is a thing if you do a lot of training. It can look like you're not swinging very hard, but there's still a good wallop behind it. Don't strike with your muscles, strike with your skeleton. That kind of thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (Vq1pX)

179 NO!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (nHXB4)

180 > This Charles Atlas ad is more on point:

I was surprised the first Atlas ad on the thread didn't have anything to do with sand kicked in your face. I thought that was in all of his ads.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (mkw2N)

181 This little faggot was previously arrested for bringing a gun into a shop to threaten people he was arguing with

No earring or makeup. And no hair.

Posted by: No jet airplane at August 04, 2026 04:13 PM (TbWk/)

182 I thought it was a sack o' suds. He went down like a sack o' suds.

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at August 04, 2026 04:14 PM (guGkK)

183 121: Were the men surly because the women were so friendly?
Posted by: Robert

That was my assumption.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 04:14 PM (sAmhv)

184 181 This little faggot was previously arrested for bringing a gun into a shop to threaten people he was arguing with

He needs to work on his anger management...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:14 PM (RHvlD)

185 173 Late to the party as usual: From the thread below: The VA Hospital in Spokane WA and all of its outlying clinics had to be evacuated because of the fires set by this arsonist.

The Governor is such a tool.
Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 04:12 PM
++++
Remember the hospital ships.
They were SO helpful during COVID.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 04:14 PM (2Ez/1)

186
Try that with one one the island's Samoans and they will never find the body.
Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (oiNtH)

Grew up on Oahu in the '70s. Hawaiians are fucking assholes, 100% of the time. Lazy too.

Later on, the one and only time I ever played Rugby was against a team of Samoans. My company XO walked into the barracks one Saturday morning and shanghaied a couple of us onto his team because they were shorthanded (probably the SMART players).

Once we got onto the field, the Samoans turned us into paste. Huge, muscular and with a serious competitive streak.

Once the game was over though, they were some of the nicest folks. Handshakes, smiles and handing out beers. Hawaiians would have spent the next hour insulting us as fuckin' haoles.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 04:14 PM (y9nCu)

187 I was at the beach once when a dude asked someone to please turn down their music. He asked rather politely. He was also a pretty large dude and with his family. They got very offended he asked to lower it and started hurling curses and racial comments at the dude. He ignored it until one of the jackasses started walking towards his family and making threatening remarks. Gigantor threw that idiot like a doll. He then grabbed their speaker and launched it into the ocean. I think it landed in Fiji. Cops came. Game over.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:15 PM (+qfnT)

188 if you look at the still, the guy throwing the punch is pretty behind it. It doesn't take a big wind up if you have momentum and mass behind it. Plus the weirdo adds to it by stepping into with if freakin chin.

Posted by: I'm not mike tyson but at August 04, 2026 04:15 PM (anL5R)

189 All day all day, watch them all fall down
All day all day, domino dancing

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)

190 Of all the glass jaws I've seen this guy's glass jaw is the glassiest.

Posted by: Went down faster than Kamala at August 04, 2026 04:15 PM (TbWk/)

191 Not a big punch but I think he caught him on the button.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Note the skateboard. Preferred transportation for a 40-year-old leftard. Fucking haole boy.

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

193 According to Maui Police Department, the incident began when a 61-year-old man asked Basin to lower the volume of his music.

Basin allegedly threatened the man by implying he had a firearm and would shoot the victim's wife.

At that point, he's sleeping with the fishes. Sorry. I take that as a valid threat.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (BPuyI)

194 Their kicks were fast as lightning.

Posted by: Carl Douglas at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (guGkK)

195 Seriously, there's got to be some super secret black ops group that's been working for years to get the Democrat party filled from stem to stern with unstable little whackadoodle faggots who fold and self immolate the second you do much as look at them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (Vq1pX)

196 172 It's like Buttigag and Talarico had a fist fight
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Never happen. A tickle 'fight' maybe.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (sAmhv)

197 TEST YOUR MIGHT

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 04:17 PM (FgjHu)

198 Buttplug and Tallyfreako would slap fish at each other.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:17 PM (2GVsD)

199 Wow. Bail set at $1 million.

My understanding (not first hand mind you) is that judges tend to get a mite tetchy if you commit a felony while out on bond for essentially the same felony.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (vTZFs)

200 Posted by: Went down faster than Kamala at August 04, 2026 04:15 PM

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (2Ez/1)

201 198 Buttplug and Tallyfreako would slap fish at each other.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:17 PM (2GVsD)

Yes... A Girley slap fight

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (RHvlD)

202 When is the vote for the seat Kirill was running for?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (2GVsD)

203 Wow. Bail set at $1 million.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

About couple of months ago he walked into the Maui County building and threatened some employees while carrying a firearm. Somehow he was able to pay the $250,000.00 bail and get out of jail. He is lucky it wasn't $2 million this time.

https://tinyurl.com/52jcephd

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (KcT4I)

204 Is this about us?

Posted by: unstable little whackadoodle faggots who fold and self immolate at August 04, 2026 04:19 PM (2Ez/1)

205 I guess Mazie Horino or whatever her name is isn't looney enough for Hawaiians.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:19 PM (2YhKe)

206 No wonder shitlib women hate men so much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:19 PM (Vq1pX)

207
Big turnout for the primary elections here today, just like a general.

Things started to get ugly when the little old lady registar ordered me to take an "I Voted" sticker on the way out; good thing my wife was there to smooth things over before shit got real.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 04:19 PM (Y8DZL)

208 Buttplug and Tallyfreako would slap fish at each other.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:17 PM (2GVsD)

Yes... A Girley slap fight
Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (RHvlD)

Like the "French Mistake" chorus line of sissies.

Posted by: You brute you brute you vicious brute! at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/)

209 Ace is right; it wasn't much of a punch. It looked like a staged or movie fight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

210 Frankly, I'm shocked he didn't land face down ass up. He ain't doing this for the fighting.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (r7+Q7)

211 Does this clown walk around with *flowers in his beard*?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

212 Like the "French Mistake" chorus line of sissies.
Posted by: You brute you brute you vicious brute! at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/

Sissy Mary's

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (RHvlD)

213 And of course this jackass wants political power...

Posted by: Halfhand at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (nddyR)

214 I'm having a bit of depression that I don't have X to see the knock out.

Happy it happened.

Who would name your kid Kirill?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026

***
Somebody who loves seaweed?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)

215 American History Y.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:21 PM (Vq1pX)

216 Kirill to the Hawai'ians. "Look I got flowers in my beard!!!"

Hawai'ians, "fucking haole."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:21 PM (2GVsD)

217 My understanding (not first hand mind you) is that judges tend to get a mite tetchy if you commit a felony while out on bond for essentially the same felony.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 04:18 PM (vTZFs

Unless you're a black convicted murderer with multiple arrests after your prison stint in Charlotte, NC.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 04:21 PM (KC5Lt)

218 Things started to get ugly when the little old lady registar ordered me to take an "I Voted" sticker on the way out

I don't see the point in those stickers. Purple fingers, sure.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:21 PM (88C+u)

219 Krill is the crustacean.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (2GVsD)

220 Seriously, there's got to be some super secret black ops group that's been working for years to get the Democrat party filled from stem to stern with unstable little whackadoodle faggots who fold and self immolate the second you do much as look at them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Happened when the libs got Reagan to shut down the nut hatcheries. Nuts went untreated and bred.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (BPuyI)

221 TEST YOUR MIGHT
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 04:17 PM (FgjHu)

WAY back in the day, in the Chitcago area, there was a 'strongest bouncer' competition held for local bouncers to showcase their wares. The only reason I remember it is because every bouncer came in and punched the strength punching bag to get a number. One of the contestants was Mr. T. Had the mohawk and everything.

He just lightly pushed the bag and smirked.

I believe he won the competition.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (2YhKe)

222 OTOH, if you're gonna get knocked out it's nice to land on a nice soft beach.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

223 Can we finally admit that government does not attract the best and brightest and so let's not give them any power?

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at August 04, 2026 04:23 PM (ilHZO)

224
Note the skateboard. Preferred transportation for a 40-year-old leftard. Fucking haole boy.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 04:16 PM (QaH55)

Also, one of the preferred melee weapons of Antifa homos.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 04:23 PM (y9nCu)

225 What a stupid asshole. Couldn't be a nice guy and say sure I'll turn the music down, sorry I disturbed you. No, he had to be an asshole.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 04:23 PM (H3dzX)

226 Too bad he did not flounce atop Hawai'i's black sands.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:23 PM (2GVsD)

227 And of course this jackass wants political power...
==
Well, its not like he can impose his will on anyone physically . . . .

Posted by: I'm not mike tyson but at August 04, 2026 04:24 PM (anL5R)

228 Once the game was over though, they were some of the nicest folks. Handshakes, smiles and handing out beers. Hawaiians would have spent the next hour insulting us as fuckin' haoles.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

When I left basic (USCG) a small group of us left in prop airplane from Cape May NJ to Philly to catch our other flights. There was a Samoan guy who took up two seats on this dinky plane and sat across from me. As we got airborne and was being tossed around the sky, I looked at him and he was almost white, I wasn't feeling so hot myself, we held hands the rest of the flight - kindred spirits in our fear and claustrophobia of small aircraft. We ended up having lunch and a few beers together in Philly before we went our separate ways. He was the nicest guy and the best swimmer in our squad.

Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 04:24 PM (oiNtH)

229 Preferred weapon of Yakuza was the baseball bat. "Oh officer, we just going to play some baseball."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:24 PM (2GVsD)

230 Has it been pointed out that the symbol on his campaign flyer is a flower that looks like a...vagina? It's a bold choice. I guess it didn't pay off for him.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:25 PM (Riz8t)

231 165 In the MI race who should I be rooting for ? The Muslim or the dingbat woman ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Any way you look at it you lose, Mrs. Robinson.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 04:25 PM (Y8DZL)

232 He needs a full course at Rex Kwan Do.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:25 PM (PiwSw)

233 OTOH, if you're gonna get knocked out it's nice to land on a nice soft beach.

I could be wrong but that looked like Astroturf over the sand. I bet after it's had some time to settle, falling on it is like getting whacked with a deadblow hammer.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 04:26 PM (vTZFs)

234 Courage to lead. With his chin.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

235 Kirill4Congress

Living here. Fighting here. 🧐

I'm Kirill Basin. I moved to Maui during COVID. Lived in Hāna for a year, Pāʻia for two, and now I have a home in Waikapū. I have a son named Kozimir. Everything I do in public life is in service of the world he inherits.

I went to law school, ran operations as COO of a 3,000-employee healthcare company, and managed institutional acquisitions. I know how systems work, and I know how they fail. Now I'm a business owner here on Maui. If elected, I will step away from operations entirely. This isn't a side project.

I'm running because most people I talk to feel powerless. I want to be a portal for action — not just another voice complaining into the void.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (NFX2v)

236 Could we possibly have an early posting of a very weird Democrats cafe today, please ? Sorry Fen; had to do it.

And somebody -- lie to me if you have to -- please tell me this guy is the endorsed Democratic Socialist candidate.
How can he not be?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (zdLoL)

237 CNN: Francesca Hong responds to Bill Maher's attacks on Dem Socialism. A significantly better response than what she did on Fox News. She's learning quickly. Hats off to her.

Maher is a MAGAt who likes to “pretend” he’s a Democrat. His idiotic show is based on basically criticizing democrats and their policies while staying mum about the Republican confederacy loving bunch of traitors.

No matter what you think of her policies, I support many of them, she is not charismatic. Hong is going to set back Madison politicians for a generation. She's going to become the poster child for how Dems fumbled away a generic D+8 environment, and nobody is going to forget that.

Harris was vetted pretty well and she lost to trump. Schumer is still leader of the dems in the senate. Jeffries in the house. Losers, all of them. What does vetting even mean? Hong doesn't answer to the establishment.

Hong can't beat Tiffany. She is way to left for Wisconsin and her old tweets and personal views are coming back to haunt her.

You underestimate the growing left movement in Wisconsin. Trump has driven centrists/moderates independents to vote Blue in protest.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (/y3Vc)

238 This is too good not to be true! Gay Shit Nazi was replaced in Maine by Troy Jackson. I was getting icky vibes from this creep from the jump. Now:

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson is in a long-term relationship with his high school sweetheart — who is also his second cousin, according to a new report.

BRO IS FUCKING HIS COUSIN.

https://tinyurl.com/3c58dz9w

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (iFTx/)

239 Audio does not work on those X posts.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (XMwZJ)

240 What a stupid asshole. Couldn't be a nice guy and say sure I'll turn the music down, sorry I disturbed you. No, he had to be an asshole.

"I could have put him in the ground!"

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. Only in this case, he merely aspires to toughness and uses gaudy patter to cover for his lack of fighting skilz.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

241
OTOH, if you're gonna get knocked out it's nice to land on a nice soft beach.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

I'd rather land on a nice soft Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (y9nCu)

242 Still the best vid is the guy who went in the middle of an Antifa protest and they attacked him or thought they were going to attack him and he took out about five of them as he was trying to flee.

Love if someone could find that one again.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (KC5Lt)

243 Archimedes

Don't look at the unit patch for the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Schofield Barracks. Aka the 'Electric Strawberry'

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (2GVsD)

244 xcancel no longer works.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:28 PM (XMwZJ)

245 Use this household item to tighten crepe skin (not a moisturizer)....

__________________________

Hmmmmmmmm....

Posted by: Graham Platner at August 04, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)

246 Tat: infinity MOM?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 04, 2026 04:29 PM (LYEzv)

247 To see two, bald, flabby, effeminate flub bodies wearing swimsuits that are too tight and low enough to show ass crack swiping at each other like gay poodles at a Celine Dion concert.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 04:04 PM

So, who opened for the many Celine Dion concerts you've been to, and what venues were they held at?

Asking for the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)

248 Kirill? No wonder he's a mental case.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 04:30 PM (qBdHI)

249 I just used xcancel.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 04:31 PM (n5tGW)

250 expecting people who bill the gov't to be honest is rayciss because trump isn't honest and he's rayciss

--

Huh, I just got it to work for this Libs of TikTok clip. With sound available and everything.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 04:31 PM (qBdHI)

251 xcancel no longer works.

Worked for me

Posted by: Halfhand at August 04, 2026 04:31 PM (nddyR)

252 Oops, what a copy paste fail. I mean, I got xcancel to work just fine.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (qBdHI)

253 Archimedes

Don't look at the unit patch for the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Schofield Barracks. Aka the 'Electric Strawberry'

The Nickname: Soldiers jokingly coined "Electric Strawberry" because the red taro leaf design resembles a strawberry crossed with electricity.

Yeah, Imma guess that's not what they call it.

https://tinyurl.com/3rb7zmz3

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (Riz8t)

254 BRO IS FUCKING HIS COUSIN.

Worked for Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (U4c/V)

255 VP (Victory Over Popup) Day!!

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)

256 xcancel no longer works.

Dunno, might be a you thing. I just now went to Insty and opened the first X link I saw and it worked fine.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (vTZFs)

257 BRO IS FUCKING HIS COUSIN.

https://tinyurl.com/3c58dz9w
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:27 PM (iFTx/)
_____________________________

Well, that guarantees the Maine Muslim vote which is about all of Lewiston.

Motto : Consanguity until Infinity

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (dIske)

258 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

"Langostine Massif"?

I'm a fucking shoo-in.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Isopod Butte?

Sounds more like an anime character...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (vJrRc)

259 Potato pants pussy is putting the How back in Haole.

Dude should have stomped him like Jack Horne did in the Magnificant Seven. Looks like Potato Pants wasn't famous very long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU63eUQUKSo

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 04, 2026 04:33 PM (Mx+TJ)

260 Everyone in Maine is fucking their cousin. If anything they're surprised Troy Jackson went for the 2nd instead of the 1st

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:33 PM (88C+u)

261 xcancel no longer works.

Dunno, might be a you thing. I just now went to Insty and opened the first X link I saw and it worked fine.

Yup. Works for me as well.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

262 An interesting fact about Charles Atlas was that he came to America from Italy with his mother when he was about 12 . Don't recall what his original Italian name was , but he made something of himself without coming here illegally, sponging off taxpayers or belonging to some murderous gang.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (xPsv8)

263 Hawai'ians, "fucking haole."
Posted by: Anna Puma

Note to the unlearned - that is not a misspelling of 'asshole'.

But it does have the same meaning in most contexts.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (yz7bn)

264 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)
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Dungeness Butte.

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)

265 Isopod Butte?

Sounds more like an anime character...
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (vJrRc)

Something out of Pratchett

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (Vq1pX)

266 Why go to the beach if you're going to sit in the grass in a beach chair? Too bad the dude wasn't playing suicidal tendencies.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (ixEhJ)

267 260 Everyone in Maine is fucking their cousin. If anything they're surprised Troy Jackson went for the 2nd instead of the 1st

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:33 PM (88C+u)

This! The gene pool in some areas is not much more than a mud puddle.

Posted by: Peaches at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (eh7Rr)

268 Ya got yer judi chop and your ninji chop..

Posted by: Redneck Ninja at August 04, 2026 04:34 PM (5MU0i)

269 That guy he thought he was tough-guy taunting...looks pretty muscular to me. This scrawny fool must think he's a whole lot tougher than he appears. And those swim trunks. LOL Nice flopping package while you're getting pummeled.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 04:35 PM (qBdHI)

270 I get the following error when trying to use xcancel:

xcancel.com’s server IP address could not be found.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:35 PM (XMwZJ)

271 Cyril Basin, the mad Siberian, is more appropo.

If his political career doesn't work out, he should contact Hunter.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 04:35 PM (NFX2v)

272 Kiro 7 News: Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, who got his ass fired for being unavailable during a mass shooting at the Bite Of Seattle and then nearly getting in a fight with a reporter when questioned about it owes $86K in unpaid federal taxes.

At the time of the mass shooting Barnes was in Dallas attending National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives’ annual conference which sounds suspiciously like LA Mayor Bass being in Africa when LA burned down plus promoting black supremacy, fake awards, and martinis.

From Kiro 7 New: "Government records from Cook County, Illinois showed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) filed a federal tax lien against Barnes and his wife for $86,841.14 in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest. The lien, filed in February 2025, applies to property owned by the couple and was recorded about one month after Barnes was appointed Seattle’s interim police chief."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (KcT4I)

273 You know what the mainstream media is still obsessing over? The Washington monument reflecting pool.

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (YwEeS)

274 No one sane wants to be a Democrat? Is that their issue?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (QbtCZ)

275 Insty:

If there's any silver lining to the current situation it is that the revolution in military affairs has made international aggression, at least for the present, a losing proposition. War is a dead end.

I think *China* understands just how difficult it will be to mount an invasion of Taiwan and hazard that if the Russians and Iranians could have a do-over neither would repeat February 24 2022 or Oct 7 2023 or whatever it was Xi and Putin cooked up I think in the Winter Olympics of 2022 .

But that's water over the dam and while China is probably dissuaded from crossing the Strait the problem is there's no clear exit in either the Ukraine or the Gulf and the world is shaking badly from the efforts of the Bear and the Turbans to get out of the trap. Adding to the difficulty is that the West remains politically divided with the left loathe to abandon their now obsolete program of mass migration, carbon neutrality and radical income distribution. Like Russia and Iran, the West also made a catastrophic commitment in the 2022 time frame.

Now everybody with half a brain is trying to back out -- if there's still time.

I agree completely.
https://tinyurl.com/mr45c74m

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)

276 BRO IS FUCKING HIS COUSIN.

Hey now.

Posted by: West Virginia at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (QaH55)

277 BRO IS FUCKING HIS COUSIN.

Worked for Ilhan Omar
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (U4c/V)

Fake news. It was her brother.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (dpXJq)

278 I get the following error when trying to use xcancel:

xcancel.com’s server IP address could not be found.

Sounds like your ISP's name server is flaking out on you. Give it a few minutes and try again.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (vTZFs)

279 267 260 Everyone in Maine is fucking their cousin. If anything they're surprised Troy Jackson went for the 2nd instead of the 1st

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 04:33 PM (88C+u)

This! The gene pool in some areas is not much more than a mud puddle.

Yet we take all the shit!
Alabama

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (YwEeS)

280 The Hawaiians mercilessly bullied Barack Obama when he was growing up (according to Obama's books that Bill Ayers probably wrote for him). I'm gonna say they didn't go far enough.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)

281
xcancel.com’s server IP address could not be found.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:35 PM (XMwZJ)

I get nothing but a search bar and a 'donate' button.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (2YhKe)

282 Cancel works fine here.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (dpXJq)

283 You know what the mainstream media is still obsessing over? The Washington monument reflecting pool.
Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 04:36 PM (YwEeS)
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and Epstein, again. For reasons only they know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (QbtCZ)

284 258 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

I'm Crawdaddy Hill.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 04, 2026 04:00 PM (wGerL)

"Langostine Massif"?

I'm a fucking shoo-in.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Isopod Butte?

Sounds more like an anime character...
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 04:32 PM (vJrRc)
_______________________

Dungeness Relief

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

285 Krill basin is my favorite feeding ground.

Posted by: whales at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (g1vL2)

286 xcancel.com’s server IP address could not be found.

Sounds like whatever DNS server you're using is refusing to resolve it.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (nddyR)

287 Yet we take all the shit!
Alabama

There's a funny graphic that goes around X periodically showing what states do and don't allow cousin-fucking. You'll be shocked to learn they're almost exclusively deep blue states. (Or you won't be if you observed the Bidens).

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (2ocoG)

288 A prediction for the future, passed on by @klara_sjo

https://tinyurl.com/y2en5tcd

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (rbvCR)

289 @278 -- It's been like this for many weeks now. (Yes, PC has been restarted several time in mean time.)

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 04:39 PM (XMwZJ)

290 Rethinking...

Dungeness Petrified Forest III.

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

291 What in the world was he wearing? I speedo hybrid?

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 04:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

292 209 Ace is right; it wasn't much of a punch. It looked like a staged or movie fight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

Not everybody is an MMA fighter. It doesn't have to be pretty. It just has to work.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 04:39 PM (QaH55)

293 Why does he have snails on his face?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (g1vL2)

294 A prediction for the future, passed on by @klara_sjo

https://tinyurl.com/y2en5tcd

OK, that's funny.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (Riz8t)

295 A prediction for the future, passed on by @klara_sjo

https://tinyurl.com/y2en5tcd
Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (rbvCR)
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Ok, that's funny.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (QbtCZ)

296 I get nothing but a search bar and a 'donate' button.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:37 PM (2YhKe)

Ah, must be the same web designer who did our local GOP web site...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 04:41 PM (PiwSw)

297 Or maybe

Dungeness Crater Lake.

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)

298 A prediction for the future, passed on by @klara_sjo

https://tinyurl.com/y2en5tcd

OK, that's funny.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (Riz8t)

295 A prediction for the future, passed on by @klara_sjo

https://tinyurl.com/y2en5tcd
Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 04:38 PM (rbvCR)
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Ok, that's funny.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (QbtCZ)

Ok, that's funny.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 04:41 PM (N1DT3)

299 Why does he have snails on his face?

They aren't snails. They're slugs. His face got slugged.

ba-dum-BUMP

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

300 Just saw an ad on YouTube. Rafael Warnock begging for money. Get this, Trump is going to steal the election and my donation is needed to fight him and save the country.

I better donate huh?

Posted by: How it works at August 04, 2026 04:42 PM (3cXW4)

301 I don't see the problem with this candidate.
It seems he checks all the boxes for the Democrats.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 04, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

302
From time to time, I'll have to check in with the regulars to see if the popup is still there.

I have been popup-emancipated.

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

303 Your gay Democrat Congressional candidate name is your favorite crustacean and your favorite topographical map feature.

Figures.

Mussel Beach.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (zdLoL)

304 Or maybe

Dungeness Crater Lake.
Posted by: Axeman

of the Astoria Crater-Lakes

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (vJrRc)

305 Nood. Wisconsin.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)

306 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (2YhKe)

307 Love if someone could find that one again.
Posted by: polynikes

Is that the frying pan guy who smokes a cigarette while whacking antifa goons with the pan ? That was a classic!

Posted by: Cheri at August 04, 2026 04:43 PM (oiNtH)

308 That's my kind of man!

Posted by: Elizabeth "High Cheek Bones" Warren (Communist - MA) at August 04, 2026 04:44 PM (qUkBO)

309 This! The gene pool in some areas is not much more than a mud puddle.

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Palestine, Pakistan, etc at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (/y3Vc)

310 Ok, that's scary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (QbtCZ)

311 Has it been pointed out that the symbol on his campaign flyer is a flower that looks like a...vagina? It's a bold choice. I guess it didn't pay off for him.
Posted by: Archimedes

Accurate, though. As Ace pointed out, he is a pussy.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (VHUov)

312 For all those of you saying how weak the punch was, ever been hit in the jaw hard enough to turn your head?

My master was known for a knockout punch that wasn't much more than a slap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oOepRwknNo

Potato pants was out when he hit the ground.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 04, 2026 04:45 PM (Mx+TJ)

313 Barely related, but mostly OT:
One of the latest “seven times stronger than viagra” ads features a very buff chick with six pack abs in front of a running track. I am reminded of the Zappa lyrics “the thicker the cushion, the better the pushin’ “

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 04, 2026 04:50 PM (1FEc1)

314 This Kirill Basin never had the makings of a Ballroom Blitzer.

Posted by: The Sweet at August 04, 2026 04:53 PM (wVcYX)

Man Who Murdered Father and Attempted to Murder Mother But Let Out of Jail by Democrats Charged With Setting Three Huge Fires in Washington

Endless sympathy for the devil, because they see themselves in the devil.

A Spokane, Washington, man was arrested and charged with setting the largest of three wildfires that crews have been battling in the region this week.
Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested Monday and charged with suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, the Associated Press reported. Farinacci was previously convicted of felony manslaughter in Arizona.

He shot his father to death because his father told this lunatic man-child to do the dishes. He also shot his mother.

Democrats allowed him to plead down to manslaughter.

...
Farinacci was again identified when major crimes detectives began investigating reports and footage from body cameras, which indicated the fire started near where the witness had seen a man by the side of the road. Farinacci had matches and a butane lighter when he was arrested, Nowles said. He is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
🚨#BREAKING: A man who m*rdered his own FATHER because he was asked to WASH DISHES... is now accused of setting a fire that burned roughly 700 homes to the ground and forced 65,000 people to flee.
Yes, he k*lled his dad over DISHES and he wasn't in prison.
His name is Aaron Farinacci. He's 37.
Back in 2010, in Mesa, Arizona, Farinacci got into an argument with his father, because his father asked him to do the dishes.
So he shot him de*d.
Then he pointed the gun at his own mother.
Then he shot himself and survived.
He was charged with first-degree M*RDER... but that got knocked down, and he pleaded guilty to mansl*ughter.
Now fast forward to this week in Spokane, Washington.
The Old Trails Fire tore through neighborhoods north of the city. It destroyed around 700 structures, most of them homes.
As many as 65,000 people were forced to evacuate. Investigators say it was intentionally set.
And they've arrested Aaron Farinacci.
Police say he had waterproof matches and a butane lighter on him and found him kneeling in the grass right where the fire started.
The sheriff says he's been contacted before for "arson-related behavior."
Here's the part that will make you sick.
On the DAY the fire started, a witness reported a nervous man in the trees.
Police actually stopped Farinacci a mile away, questioned him... and let him GO.
Now 700 families may be staring at the ashes of everything they built.
But here's who got him: ordinary citizens.
Neighbors who saw something wrong and refused to stay quiet.
The prosecutor said that this case was cracked by "vigilant citizens" who spoke up.
THANK GOD for people who pay attention.
He's charged with first-degree arson, held on a $1 million bond.
GOOD.
How does a man plead guilty to k*lling his own father... and end up free, with a lighter, next to 65,000 people's homes?
Somebody needs to answer for that.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

🚨#BREAKING: A man who m*rdered his own FATHER because he was asked to WASH DISHES... is now accused of setting a fire that burned roughly 700 homes to the ground and forced 65,000 people to flee.

Yes, he k*lled his dad over DISHES and he wasn't in prison.

His name is Aaron… pic.twitter.com/ba4XEqUdrM
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 4, 2026

Update: The left immediately blamed the fires on, you'll never guess, "climate change."

Yesterday, Governor Inslee (D-WA) said the fire in Spokane was from "climate change"

An arson suspect was just arrested pic.twitter.com/uj1WJC1gL5
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 4, 2026

Climate Change, as we know, is the root cause of all bad things. It has become so destructive that it is whispering in the ears of arsonists, telling them to start fires that burn down vast swathes of nature and not a few homes in places like Los Angeles and Spokane.
Advertisement
Arsonists lighting fires?
Climate change.
Government incompetence?
Climate change.
Reservoirs left empty?
Climate change.
El Niño? La Niña?
Climate change.

Note that the left puts forward an arson, claims it's "climate change," and claims this proves all of their superstitions about Angry Weather Gods and demands we change our policies to their religion.

But when it turns out that all of this destruction was caused by the left's insane "decarceration" agenda, not a single leftist admits that maybe this proves that their policies are responsible for environmental destruction (and human misery) and so maybe they should change them.

No, every false claim proves that you have to change your beliefs, while no amount of true facts proves that they have to change theirs.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:35 PM

Comments

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1 What a shock

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)

2 They were mostly peaceful fires.

Posted by: The media no one watches anymore at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)

3 He shot his father to death because his father told this lunatic man-child to do the dishes.
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Reinered.

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (Fi81e)

4 Soft on crime judges cause more crime!

Who could have foreseen this!?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (N1DT3)

5 me not being first? climate change

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (CWTWj)

6 No, every false claim proves that you have to change your beliefs, while no amount of true facts proves that they have to change theirs.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:35 PM

Same as it has been my whole life.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (N1DT3)

7 So, how many years of using an energy inefficient dishwasher equals the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere from this wildfire?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (bzPaY)

8 popup ads are getting crazy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (CWTWj)

9 Criminals gonna crim.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (amcLV)

10 It's of a type with their claiming the Bible says we should support socialism.

No, they don't believe that at all, but they know you simple-minded peons do whatever your sky-god tells you, right??

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

11 How does a man plead guilty to k*lling his own father... and end up free, with a lighter, next to 65,000 people's homes?

Somebody needs to answer for that.
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The answer is: "Washington".

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (Fi81e)

12 Heads should be on pikes for this.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (OUMaO)

13 Aaron Farinacci is said to be in discussions with State officials who are encouraging him to change his legal name to "Climate Change" for consideration of leniency.

The agreement plea deal reportedly includes three info-mercials where Farinacci would be expected to proclaim:

"Climate Change is responsible for the recent wild fires."

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

14 So, how many years of using an energy inefficient dishwasher equals the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere from this wildfire?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (bzPaY)

The left has a very simple answer to that one:

"Shut up and comply, peasant!"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (N1DT3)

15 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (sn5xH)

16 Afternoon.

That guys head is way too small to house a normal brain. Gotta be retarded.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (dpXJq)

17 I would be very angry with the police especially in light of his past arson-related behavior. What does that even mean? What did he set on fire before? Don't they look up his record while they're questioning him??

Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (kX27y)

18 popup ads are getting crazy

Quit whining. The solution has been given a dozen times or more.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (vTZFs)

19 You think emptying the insane asylum was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. They are de-facto emptying the prisons, if you hadn't noticed. They want to make room, for people like you.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (910Mn)

20 My shorts stink? Climate change.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (Qi290)

21 Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (zZu0s)

22 How does climate change start a fire?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Inslee can't possibly believe what he is saying.

Posted by: bladerunner2019 at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (hg9DX)

23 I hope they checked this the perp about their pronouns.

You know, to be polite to a murderer/mass arsonist.

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

24 Tie him to tree in the fire path.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (sn5xH)

25 He was just turning his life around.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (SgdqL)

26 14 So, how many years of using an energy inefficient dishwasher equals the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere from this wildfire?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (bzPaY)

The left has a very simple answer to that one:

"Shut up and comply, peasant!"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (N1DT3)

======

How many solar panels do I need to install to make up for this forest fire?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (bzPaY)

27 When was he released?

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (KC5Lt)

28 WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS."

Yes, you do.
/karenmcwinebox

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (XuXeR)

29 My shorts stink? Climate change.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (Qi290)

Maybe give the nethers a washing during a shower. Do you take those?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

30 Arson is arguably the most heinous of crimes. Historically, just shoot 'em on sight. It's better for everyone. But we live in Clown World now.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (910Mn)

31 Yes, yes you do have to live like this. Lots of monster children in adult skins out there still living with momma and living in their own GTA video game world.

Can't kill them all...unless...

Posted by: Some People Need Killing at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (qC81n)

32 thou shall not steal from the people's democratic socialist government

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (CWTWj)

33 How does climate change start a fire?

Posted by: bladerunner2019 at August 04, 2026 02:43 PM (hg9DX)
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Climate change can do ANYTHING!!

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (Fi81e)

34 Don't forget - Seattle's stadium is called The Climate Pledge Arena.

Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (kX27y)

35
So, the arsonist's parents named him "Climate Change"?

Well, no wonder he shot them!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (iJfKG)

36 We're back to "climate change"? I thought Algore said it was glow bull cooling now.
The science, it changes so fast I can't keep up.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (5MU0i)

37 When was he released?"

About 2 weeks too soon.

/property owners

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)

38 Released in 2018 so served less than 8 years.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (KC5Lt)

39 Spokane has an ultra progressive mayor.
Shrug.

Posted by: FAFO at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (3cXW4)

40 This hits very close to home. You have no idea of the rage I feel for this. Including for the fuckers in Arizona that let him plea down.

People need to start paying a personal price for these kinds of acts. A deeply, deeply personal price.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (tWc/t)

41 Climate change can do ANYTHING!!
Posted by: Meteors"

Yep.

/tectonic shift

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (XuXeR)

42 No, every false claim proves that you have to change your beliefs, while no amount of true facts proves that they have to change theirs.

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at August 04, 2026 02:47 PM (0sNs1)

43 Released in 2018 so served less than 8 years.

Well, to be fair, they're weren't all his dishes.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 02:47 PM (vTZFs)

44 31, without additional comment.

30, too.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 02:47 PM (VyBeY)

45 global warming is some times, climate change is all the time.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:47 PM (CWTWj)

46 Getting sick of Marxists and their street criminals they let out tonprey of citizens

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)

47 Yeah - Called this a couple weeks back. A ton of the fires that are burning across the West are going to be Arson related, not lightning related.

Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (uzmqU)

48 The memes on this have already started...

Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/
status/2084684418304598370

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (SHHm+)

49 Just release this fucker to the people in Spokane who lost everything. Let them mete out justice.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (tWc/t)

50
What a waste of neurodivergent potential. If Pete Buttigieg were still Secretary of Transportation he could have been an air traffic controller.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (mmrXZ)

51 es, yes you do have to live like this. Lots of monster children in adult skins out there still living with momma and living in their own GTA video game world.

Can't kill them all...unless...
Posted by: Some People Need Killing at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM

I have a solution.

No, wait, hear me out ...

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (0sNs1)

52 He is why people that had nice things no longer do. This needs to be changed.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (Q/FnY)

53 > We're back to "climate change"? I thought Algore said it was glow bull cooling now.

College students who were born after Al Gore left office have been calling it "climate catastrophe" for years now.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

54 I shan't believe I say, I shan't.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (VkY89)

55 Ugh.

These lunatic pop-up ads really spoil the experience here.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iJfKG)

56 The prosecutor said that this case was cracked by "vigilant citizens" who spoke up.

I'm beginning to the the wave of injustice will require vigilante citizens cracking unpunished criminal skulls.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 04, 2026 02:50 PM (/y3Vc)

57 Imagine what he'd do if he was told to clean his room.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (sn5xH)

58
How does a man plead guilty to k*lling his own father... and end up free, with a lighter, next to 65,000 people's homes?

Somebody needs to answer for that.
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The answer is: "Washington".
Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (Fi81e)

To be fair, it appears that Arizona needs to answer for this firebug cocksucker being given a stern letter in his personal record for killing his father. And possibly for letting him walk out of state while on parole (I don't know if he was released on parole or upon completion of his sentence).

On the other hand, Washington State needs to answer for it's law enforcement officers and prosecutors being pussies who let an obvious serial arsonist loose, repeatedly.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (y9nCu)

59 Just a few days ago North Carolina let a previously convicted murderer out on bail and an hour later he murdered two people in Charlotte.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (KC5Lt)

60 I can only hope he performed the proper Land Acknowledgement Ceremony before he burned down those 700 homes.

Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (uzmqU)

61 I see the pop ups are still running amok

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (Dd38x)

62 Ugh.

These lunatic pop-up ads really spoil the experience here.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iJfKG)
---
"Leaving this page?"

No, dumbshit!

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (Fi81e)

63 Now I know you can be reformed. Just because you killed your dad doesn't mean you're a bad person. So I'm going to accept you plea agreement and reduce your charges from first degree murder to jaywalking. And please. When you leave this courtroom on probation use the damn crosswalk or I swear I will have you in here to face another count of jaywalking and I'm going to put you on an ankle monitor.

Posted by: Judge Stupidfuck at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM (5MU0i)

64 > Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

I spent some time researching if the flipper zero can kill a Bluetooth connection after some jackass blared raunchy rap music at the park recently. Unfortunately, the answer appears to be no.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (mkw2N)

65 If he was armed when told to do the dishes then it COULD have been manslaughter.

If he was told to do the dishes and then left and returned with a firearm then that is Murder 1.

He should have been executed.

Posted by: torabora at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (s0EEG)

66 I understand that the wildfires in Spain and France are also mostly arson.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (88C+u)

67 Well, at least you can’t argue it wasn’t an effective way of not having to wash the dishes.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (f4tQo)

68 The third browser I'm attempting to use today, brave. My phone is getting so hot it is turning itself off. Not sure what will work on iPhone. Nada.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (enNUy)

69 That guys head is way too small to house a normal brain. Gotta be retarded.
Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 02:42 PM (dpXJq)

Enough about Inslee. What about the perp?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 02:53 PM (1z8ji)

70 I'm sorry. It was 90 minutes later when he shot two men.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:53 PM (KC5Lt)

71 I see the pop ups are still running amok
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 02:51 PM

Wait until you experience Amok Time.

Posted by: Spock, son of Sarek at August 04, 2026 02:53 PM (0sNs1)

72 In fairness, washing dishes is women's work.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (ndZc7)

73 No snow? Climate change
A lot of snow? climate change

No hurricanes? Climate change
Lots of hurricanes? Climate change

Dry weather? Climate change
Wet weather? Climate change

Heat wave? Climate change
Polar blast? Climate change

Posted by: How it works at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (3cXW4)

74 It's a pity they didn't shoot him.

Hopefully, if he's found guilty, the just will recommend execution.

The locations of the fires - on the perimeter of the city - make it look like someone was trying to encircle and burn the entire Spokane metropolitan area.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (vJrRc)

75 BEFORE YOU GO...

Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (uzmqU)

76 Liberal locic: of you make me do the dishes, heck if you even ask me, I will shoot you, and the state says that’s ok.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (f4tQo)

77 This is a weird-looking fucking dude. What is he, Asian? The last name is Italian, but he ain't Italian. Asian mother?

But regardless, look at this dude and tell me he ain't born to be a lunatic.

https://tinyurl.com/4ujhm9ce

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

78 72 In fairness, washing dishes is women's work.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (ndZc7)

Most women aren't as retarded as Inslee.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (88C+u)

79 Imagine if they asked him to vacuum.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:55 PM (f4tQo)

80 Also shocking.

Georgia cops arrest “transgender influencer” for “aggravated child molestation”

https://tinyurl.com/3n78h7f3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)

81 I just dropped in on Qwant browser to have a laugh - no, not at you reprobates - at the stupid ads. Some of them are comedy gold, if you squint your eyes JUST right.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar8)

82 Note to self. Never ask a retard to do the dishes unless I’m armed.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (f4tQo)

83 Liberal locic: of you make me do the dishes, heck if you even ask me, I will shoot you, and the state says that’s ok.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (f4tQo)
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Well, they kinda understand ....

Posted by: Meteors at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

84 79 Imagine if they asked him to vacuum.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:55 PM (f4tQo)

He'll have plenty of time to work on his suction now

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (88C+u)

85 It is a shame that everyone here seems eager to judge this man based on his worst day(s).

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (bNf8H)

86
WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

Oh yes you do. We got printers to churn out mail-in ballots. People like you are irrelevant. What are you going to do about it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (O0L8i)

87 Know multiple people affected by these fires. One lost everything, several had the fires stop after the neighbor's house burned, theirs somehow spared.

Mayor Lisa Brown is a progressive piece of shit.
She will NEVER acknowledge the pathologies of the homeless that perpetrate these miseries on the normals. All part of the queering.

Spokane turned to shit in the last decade in Spite of all business leaders calling this crap out.

Nope. You can't have nice things.

Posted by: Derak at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (BV6KM)

88 He looks one string short of a full banjo.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (f4tQo)

89 The same commie crustaceans who would lock a white hetero guy up for looking at a woman the wrong way go easy on unwhite men who almost kill their mothers

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

90 The memes on this have already started...

Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/
status/2084684418304598370

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (SHHm+)

That's funny. I just wish the camera man didn't focus on the dude's bulge so much. Like, bruh...the fuck?

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 02:57 PM (dpXJq)

91 In fairness, washing dishes is women's work.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM

It is part of post-Sammich Making activities.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 04, 2026 02:57 PM (0sNs1)

92 This guy needs to fry. Throw him into one of the fires he started.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

93 68 The third browser I'm attempting to use today, brave. My phone is getting so hot it is turning itself off. Not sure what will work on iPhone. Nada.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (enNUy)

I just put brave on my iPad. Fingers crossed for both of us.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

94 I can't even remember what it was. But right before I turned 17, my dad said "blah blah blah you better do as I say or you can get out blah blah blah," so I got out. Moved down to the city with my older brother.

I didn't kill my dad. In fact, we were on better terms. No bloodshed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (BI5O2)

95 "No, every false claim proves that you have to change your beliefs, while no amount of true facts proves that they have to change theirs."

Mass insanity/evil, plain and simple.

Posted by: YellowBird at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (MEbkQ)

96 Speaking of crazy/evil assholes . . .

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
HOLY CRAP
Francesca Hong appeared to call to ass*ssinate Trump
“It’s about f***ing time we 86 Trump”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (ndZc7)

97 Anyone see the photo of the trans basketball player in Europe . He's 6'3" , 34 years old and dominating the league ( club teams. I think it's second to highest level) . Averaging 21 pts and 20 rebounds a game.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (KC5Lt)

98 All these complaints about pop ups caused me to go insane and cut off all of my hair. Well, what's left of it. Well, not really. I just needed a excuse to give myself a haircut.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (5MU0i)

99
89 The same commie crustaceans who would lock a white hetero guy up for looking at a woman the wrong way go easy on unwhite men who almost kill their mothers

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

=======

There is no crime except the crime against the state.

Abolish prisons for those who pursue social justice and erect new prisons for those who violate the precepts of the revolution.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (bzPaY)

100 Fibonacci sequence >>>>> Farinacci sequence

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (X1soJ)

101 I propose they set him afire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (2GVsD)

102 I spent some time researching if the flipper zero can kill a Bluetooth connection after some jackass blared raunchy rap music at the park recently. Unfortunately, the answer appears to be no.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (mkw2N)

I work.

Posted by: suppressed subsonic .22 at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (1z8ji)

103 With excellent in ear or over ear headphones these days who needs to annoy other people with their music?

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (YwEeS)

104 Ok the pop up ads now take over the comments.
Forget about avoiding the continue reading.. it's in the comments now.

Posted by: Derak at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (BV6KM)

105
We're back to "climate change"? I thought Algore said it was glow bull cooling now.
The science, it changes so fast I can't keep up.
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (5MU0i)

It was global cooling and a new ice age back in the 70s.

Plus ca change, and all that shit.

Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

106 Mesa, AZ?

Maricopa County.

That explains it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:00 PM (2GVsD)

107 I would have to shoot my dad if I wanted to survive any physical fight . I can handle my self but my dad was a beast.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 03:00 PM (KC5Lt)

108 Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (5MU0i

Look on the bright side. At least the pop
up ads didn't cause you to murder your dad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:00 PM (m6Eem)

109 Just a few days ago North Carolina let a previously convicted murderer out on bail and an hour later he murdered two people in Charlotte.

Like I said earlier, people need to start paying a personal price. And I'm not talking the criminal murderer...I'm talking the people/officials that release animals like that. A deeply personal price. Because they are betraying the social compact. And when that compact is broken, there are no longer any rules.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:00 PM (tWc/t)

110 Just a few days ago North Carolina let a previously convicted murderer out on bail and an hour later he murdered two people in Charlotte.
Posted by: polynikes
----------
Here's the whole scoop:

https://shorturl.at/A1tZM

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 03:01 PM (XeU6L)

111 The same commie crustaceans who would lock a white hetero guy up for looking at a woman the wrong way go easy on unwhite men who almost kill their mothers
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Our attorneys will be in touch.
-- Crustacean Anti-Defamation League

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

112 Heh - the Popups re coming from INSIDE the House!!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 03:01 PM (Gqar8)

113 "WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS."

Yes we do. You better pay attention.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 03:01 PM (MWfyi)

114 Now I'm getting a Taylor Swift bikini pic link in the popups.

It's better than hearing aids, I suppose, but honestly, I don't think she's really all that good looking. Too elfin for me.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (SgdqL)

115 How does a man plead guilty to k*lling his own father... and end up free, with a lighter, next to 65,000 people's homes?

Somebody needs to answer for that.
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The answer is: "Washington".
Posted by: Axeman

He killed his father in Arizona. He was released in 2021 and removed from parole status in 2024.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (Ffs3B)

116 Use This One Neat Trick To Turn Vigilant Citizens into Vigilante Citizens

Posted by: Sharkman at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (BRvvM)

117 I thought Joey Bidet took care of Corn Popup?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (2GVsD)

118 Ugh.

These lunatic pop-up ads really spoil the experience here.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iJfKG)

Advice was given over and over again to alleviate the ad issue. The last thread had many solutions. I don't use a phone, just a laptop with Windows 8.1 and an old version of Chrome with AdBlock. No ads, no popups.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (hmYU4)

119 108 Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (5MU0i

Look on the bright side. At least the pop
up ads didn't cause you to murder your dad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:00 PM (m6Eem)

Top Ten comment, Doof!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (Gqar8)

120 Georgia cops arrest “transgender influencer” for “aggravated child molestation”

Dammit, the thing that never happens happened again. Why didn't someone bake xim that cake

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (88C+u)

121 With excellent in ear or over ear headphones these days who needs to annoy other people with their music?
Posted by: steevy

That's not the point. You'll be made to listen to it and put up with it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (sn5xH)

122 The guy is obviously mentally defective.

So, Mom and Dad, how did he get access to a firearm? Weren't you keeping tabs on him?

I do feel sorry for the parents. Nobody expects their newborn to develop mental problems. It must be a crushing blow.

But it does happen, and that's why we need to reopen asylums.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (yRCXf)

123 Taylor Swift?

Well could be worse, Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (2GVsD)

124 It was global cooling and a new ice age back in the 70s.

Plus ca change, and all that shit.

Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Heh. Tie-dye. The new secondhand store near me has a whole wall full of them. They even offer custom jobs.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (5MU0i)

125 I propose they set him afire.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (2GVsD)

Electric chair set to "sous vide". Make it slow and painful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (1z8ji)

126 "8 popup ads are getting crazy"

This.

Posted by: jocon307 at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (EuROc)

127 Manslaughter is made up of two words - man's and laughter

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (FgjHu)

128 Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/
status/2084684418304598370

Posted by: Ann

Best and the brightest.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)

129 Well could be worse, Taylor Lorenz.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (2GVsD)

Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: it would at least have some medical benefits at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (88C+u)

130 Mercy to the guilty, is punishment to the innocent and victim.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (mP0Kj)

131 Spokane turned to shit in the last decade in Spite of all business leaders calling this crap out.
.
Posted by: Derak

Some people might say that Spokane has been shit for several decades now.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (vJrRc)

132 Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Don't comment on old threads!

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

133 "WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS."

I hate those ads too.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (MWfyi)

134 119 108 Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM

Amy garden hose pop up ads yet?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (sn5xH)

135 Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin

I know people who name their kids after geological features, but this is ridiculous.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (vJrRc)

136 Electric chair set to "sous vide". Make it slow and painful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (1z8ji)

Wasn't that how the dinosaurs died? Reynolds linked to something about that a couple nights ago

Posted by: fine metal dust in oxygen at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (88C+u)

137 So why is it pronounced with a short "a" and not a long one?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (77rzZ)

138 132 Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Don't comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (SgdqL)

139 Hawai'i's Democrat Lt. Governor is living up to expectations; she has been arrested for various crimes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (2GVsD)

140 But it does happen, and that's why we need to reopen asylums.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (yRCXf)

Not enough ice floes to set them adrift upon. I blame Global Warming!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (1z8ji)

141 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 03:01 PM (XeU6L)

MSN reporter is retarded. That last added editorial opinion by the reporter is super retarded.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (KC5Lt)

142 Ace, they left out:
Suspicious rise in heart attacks and vascular disease = Climate change
Jump in cancer diagnoses since 2021 = Climate change

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

143 Also shocking.

Georgia cops arrest “transgender influencer” for “aggravated child molestation”

https://tinyurl.com/3n78h7f3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)

AGGRAVATED child molestation! Did the kid annoy the dude so much he molested the kid in retribution or something?

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (dpXJq)

144 Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Heh. Tie-dye. The new secondhand store near me has a whole wall full of them. They even offer custom jobs.
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (5MU0i)

I'd bring back the music from then though... even disco.

Why? Bars actually had a lot of live music... and people actually went to bars to dance, and not just look at their phones.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (mP0Kj)

145 Is there any Dem candidate named Phyto Plankton?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (2GVsD)

146 Did the kid annoy the dude so much he molested the kid in retribution or something?
Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 03:06 PM (dpXJq)

Now, hear me out --

Posted by: Graham Platner at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (88C+u)

147 Can't comment without swatting away a ad

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

148 Brave will work on iPhone for the pop ups. Just have to put the phone on an ice pack so it doesn't explode from the hot battery.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (enNUy)

149 I know people who name their kids after geological features, but this is ridiculous.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (vJrRc)

She should hook up with a guy named "Range".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (1z8ji)

150 That Georgia vermin ain't trans, they are an evil predator.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (2GVsD)

151 Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Don't comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg
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Top Ten material.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)

152 Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (vJrRc)

I thought that it was a reference to some small aquatic crustacean.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:08 PM (rHgXV)

153 They took mercy on him because he was an orphan.

Posted by: PG at August 04, 2026 03:08 PM (jQScd)

154 ublock kills this annoyance right away.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 03:08 PM (MWfyi)

155 Krill is the aquatic crustacean

Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

156
I understand that the wildfires in Spain and France are also mostly arson.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 02:52 PM (88C+u)

Wildfire arson used to be part of the Al Qaeda terror manual, especially in places like SoCal. More of that mohammedan immigration cultural enrichment, I suspect.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

157 Top Ten material.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I've used it before.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:09 PM (77rzZ)

158 In July, the Joint Terrorism Task Force put out an alert to local Sheriffs that credible intelligence was recieved that multiple online nihilistic organizations were advocating the use of arson as a terror tool. I have no idea if this has any relevance to the person related. If there is a connection, I think it's doubtful that information would be forthcoming.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:09 PM (Ffs3B)

159 134 119 108 Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM

Amy garden hose pop up ads yet?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 03:05 PM (sn5xH)

Man. Kick a guy while he's down why doncha?
That really sucked.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:09 PM (5MU0i)

160 The fires are still burning in Spokane. I'd let this fucker go in the middle of one of them. And say "Lots'a luck to ya".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:09 PM (tWc/t)

161 But it does happen, and that's why we need to reopen asylums.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (yRCXf)

Just saw a local F Book post on my feed, about my new Central Valley Calif County Governments NEW TRANSGENDER HOMELESS SHELTER...

of which there are... like... 3... in the county.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:10 PM (mP0Kj)

162 Krill is the aquatic crustacean
Posted by: Anna Puma

And they have their own alphabet.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:10 PM (77rzZ)

163 Bulg,

Are you krilling me?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:10 PM (2GVsD)

164 This guy isnt the only arsonist arrested in OR and WA the last 2 weeks.

Progs pay bums to set fires, in addition to sometimes setting them themselves. Lots of antifa on wildfire crews as cover.

2020 was particularly bad. When hundreds are losing homes, people need to stop fucking around.

Posted by: heya at August 04, 2026 03:11 PM (he7fo)

165 It might have been about dishes or having my girlfriend or my no-good cronies over. It doesn't matter much. We had guns all over the place. Either of us could've decided to freak out over it and murder the other, but nobody did.

If somebody says "it's your turn for the dishes, dammit," and you decide to shoot him instead of doing the dishes, you're a menace to society.

That's a psychotic break, and it's going to happen again. Life. Maximum security.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)

166 Bulg,

Are you krilling me?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I never shrimp on crustacean puns.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (77rzZ)

167 And I simply have Java disabled. Not a single pop-up all morning.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (5MU0i)

168
Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Don't comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

Who told you that you could be funnier than me?

*grumbles petulantly*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (y9nCu)

169 164 This guy isnt the only arsonist arrested in OR and WA the last 2 weeks.

Progs pay bums to set fires, in addition to sometimes setting them themselves. Lots of antifa on wildfire crews as cover.

2020 was particularly bad. When hundreds are losing homes, people need to stop fucking around.
Posted by: heya at August 04, 2026 03:11 PM (he7fo)

Really need to do a deep dive on these guys finances... see if any foreign money is involved... Iran? China?

These fires do a lot of damage to our country every year.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)

170 Can't get your dick up for a drug-crazed gay orgy in a FL hotel room so you just throw human shit around?

Climate change.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

171 Hi, all. Popping in to say all is fine here. Mr. Jordan61 and I were headed out to the grocery store and saw the fire when it started, but the wind was blowing it northeast and we live south, so it never came near us.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (DRSnL)

172 I never shrimp on crustacean puns.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (77rzZ)

The arsonist should be placed on a highway, and run over by sheepsfoot packer. Then he would be a crushedasian.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (1z8ji)

173 Advice was given over and over again to alleviate the ad issue. The last thread had many solutions. I don't use a phone, just a laptop with Windows 8.1 and an old version of Chrome with AdBlock. No ads, no popups.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 03:02 PM (hmYU4)

At the very least, I don't believe that any of the solutions will work for people using Apple devices. I think all browsers on Apple still have Safari on the bottom of the stack.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (ExV1e)

174 If somebody says "it's your turn for the dishes, dammit," and you decide to shoot him instead of doing the dishes, you're a menace to society.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)

This is true.. now... if they go in and rearrange the dishes after you load it? Justified Homicide!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (mP0Kj)

175 Glad you and hubs are safe Jordan61.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (2GVsD)

176 132 Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Don't comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

Uh, oh, time to shell-ter in place!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 03:14 PM (SgdqL)

177 Bulg,

Are you krilling me?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I never shrimp on crustacean puns.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:12 PM (77rzZ)

We'll all be filled with remoras if this leads to a fish pun thread.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:14 PM (tWc/t)

178 Posted by: Jordan61 at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (DRSnL)

Happy you guys are good!!!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:14 PM (FgjHu)

179 I hope Diogenes is OK.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)

180 So good t hear, Jordan61! Whew!

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 03:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

181 The Spokane arsonist (the young photo version) looks like the 18yo "autistic" male that walked into the Chico library eight weeks ago and shotgun-murdered two innocent patrons.

Posted by: 13times at August 04, 2026 03:15 PM (6iKlf)

182 Hawaii Democrat congressional candidate Kirill Basin ARRESTED for threatening a man with a knife after he was asked to lower the volume of his music at the beach.

The guy who knocked him out called him haole boy. I wonder if the guy let them know that he was a Democrat and totally an ally once he came to.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

183 Hi, all. Popping in to say all is fine here. Mr. Jordan61 and I were headed out to the grocery store and saw the fire when it started, but the wind was blowing it northeast and we live south, so it never came near us.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (DRSnL)

Thanks for checking in! We were worried about you. Hugs outbound!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:15 PM (1z8ji)

184 Damn, how did THAT happen?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 03:15 PM (SgdqL)

185 ladies, don't look up that picture of Kirill Basin. He is as vain and stupid-looking as you can imagine

Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (88C+u)

186 Y’all will be excited to learn my Adidas Tokyo MJ is sold out crystal blue are here!

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

187 It was global cooling and a new ice age back in the 70s.

Plus ca change, and all that shit.

Bell bottoms and disco platform heels are bad enough, but if tie-dye come back in style, Imma cut a bitch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2026 02:59 PM (y9nCu)

Heh. Tie-dye. The new secondhand store near me has a whole wall full of them. They even offer custom jobs.
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:03 PM (5MU0i)
_____

Tie-dye is back. My mom has a tie-dye t-shirt she wears.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

188 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (2YhKe)

189 @173.
Know it all. Until you don't.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (H3dzX)

190 Man. Kick a guy while he's down why doncha?
That really sucked.
Posted by: Reforger

J/k

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (sn5xH)

191 So, you are hoping these puns will flounder?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (2GVsD)

192 Then he shot himself and survived.
......

Numbskull.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (UjdFS)

193 Jordan, I didn't know that you were in that part of the world.

Glad you and yours are safe!

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (77rzZ)

194 I hope Diogenes is OK.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)

I think he's in western WA. I'm real close to Spokane. Air quality is dangerous right now. Praying for all those people and sending money to the Red Cross to help them.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (tWc/t)

195 A man who m*rdered his own FATHER because he was asked to WASH DISHES... is now accused of setting a fire that burned roughly 700 homes to the ground and forced 65,000 people to flee.

Yes, he k*lled his dad over DISHES and he wasn't in prison.

His name is Aaron

Liberals. They will either destroy you, or the country. Whichever comes first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

196 Tie-dye never left.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (rJ48h)

197 Y’all will be excited to learn my Adidas Tokyo MJ is sold out crystal blue are here!
Posted by: Piper

Could you translate that into English from Pawnee?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)

198 Sponge

Liberals will destroy both the family and the country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (2GVsD)

199 ladies, don't look up that picture of Kirill Basin. He is as vain and stupid-looking as you can imagine
Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (88C+u)

He looks gayer than Liberace's hairdresser.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 03:19 PM (1z8ji)

200 Silly, don't you know climate changes makes a persona homicidal if someone asks them to do the dishes, or act normal?

Posted by: I mean get with it already at August 04, 2026 03:19 PM (anL5R)

201 Bulg

$90 sneakers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 03:19 PM (2GVsD)

202 The bums, they literally just give them 50 bucks and a lighter and point them on their way. Nothing to track for funding.

Feds needed to get up antifa's ass with a microscope years ago when they started brag-posting selfies from wildfire lines. It is probably too late, war is inevitable at this point and a lot of red staters are just going to do the "sweep in front of your own door and the whole world will be clean" thing. People are livid WAY past the "cleanse whole towns" threshold, and just waiting for an opportunity.

The arson and the pedo freak shit are running neck and neck for kicking it off. Would not be surprised if the fires accelerate movements to break away from western WA/OR.

Posted by: heya at August 04, 2026 03:19 PM (he7fo)

203 Arsonists like this should be treated the same way as horse thieves were back 100 or so years ago. String them up from the nearest tree.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:20 PM (tWc/t)

204 J/k
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 03:17 PM (sn5xH)

I know. The pop-up part was funny as hell. Time on Target.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:20 PM (5MU0i)

205 We're back to "climate change"? I thought Algore said it was glow bull cooling now.
The science, it changes so fast I can't keep up.
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:45 PM (5MU0i)

Gore was all about global warming.

A few dozen bouts of cold weather ruining global warming conferences led the ass covering "climate change" since that way they win no matter what happens.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

206 I know a millennial that is a mess with 'anxiety' and 'adhd' and anger issues because, while his mother was serving her country, his dad made him do dishes and clean the house, with his sister.

You have to make appointments with him to do standard chores.......because he has a full time job.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)

207 A man who m*rdered his own FATHER because he was asked to WASH DISHES
--------

This all caps stuff should be used very sparingly and it's just not. We live in truly stupid TIMES.

This news STORY is important and worth your ATTENTION. And this is HOW you can TELL.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:21 PM (FgjHu)

208 ladies, don't look up that picture of Kirill Basin. He is as vain and stupid-looking as you can imagine
Posted by: gKWVE at August 04, 2026 03:16 PM (88C+u)
________

Bro got knocked the fuck out by a local hero. I suspect Kirill was drunk or high as fuck. He looks very "off" in the video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

209 At the very least, I don't believe that any of the solutions will work for people using Apple devices. I think all browsers on Apple still have Safari on the bottom of the stack.

There is a recurring problem that causes iOS browsers to crash and reload the page repeatedly until it gives up. I have only seen it on the front page (ace.mu.nu, not acecomments.mu.nu) and always assumed it was some rogue ad. But other than that, Brave on iOS still blocks ads effectively.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:21 PM (vTZFs)

210 Oh wow, the Michigan Democrat Senate primary is today.

Socialist Muslim Dirtbag vs. Some whacked out lady who thinks "Grrrrrrrrr!" is a solid campaign speech.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 03:22 PM (dIske)

211 After murdering his father and trying to kill his mother over washing dishes YOU'D THINK he'd spend the rest of his life in a prison ward for the insane. Probably schizo.

I'd also guess he's inbred or something went wacko during his development with his close set eyes and low set ears (a marker for low IQ).

There's more to his history of being weird, I am sure of it. Like the Idaho Student killer, his parents knew and maybe tried to get him help, and here we are. He sounds like my schizo cousin who abused his parents.

WA seems full of these demons. Well, in reality they are everywhere. Parts of the country, however, don't tolerate demons once they are caught.

I am sorry for the 700 people who lost their homes. Horrible.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:22 PM (hzuYO)

212 BURN THE ARSONIST AT THE STAKE. Make the punishment fit the crime.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 04, 2026 03:22 PM (JNTt1)

213 Gore was all about global warming.

A few dozen bouts of cold weather ruining global warming conferences led the ass covering "climate change" since that way they win no matter what happens.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

And my answer to a climate change lunatic is always "Yeah, the climate's been changing for about 4.5 billion years! Deal with it!"

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (tWc/t)

214 Must be fire season. Was looking up 2" gas powered water pumps. They are very inexpensive and move almost as much water as a fire hose. All you need is a pool or some large tanks and maybe stand a chance.

Posted by: Rex B at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (7Z4GG)

215 197 Y’all will be excited to learn my Adidas Tokyo MJ is sold out crystal blue are here!
Posted by: Piper

Could you translate that into English from Pawnee?
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ

They are a ballet inspired sneaker. Sneakarina, if you will, in a very pretty light blue and cream.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

216 Google son kills father arizona. Surprising how many

Posted by: torabora at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (s0EEG)

217 Heh. Madison WI has it's own version of the Chaz now called the Craz.

https://tinyurl.com/umbxs374

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)

218 Y’all will be excited to learn my Adidas Tokyo MJ is sold out crystal blue are here!
Posted by: Piper

Could you translate that into English from Pawnee?
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
_________

Ladies' Nike shoes, look more like slippers. The "MJ" is not Michael Jordan.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

219 Ladies' Nike shoes, look more like slippers. The "MJ" is not Michael Jordan.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Air Piper

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 04, 2026 03:26 PM (36bTp)

220 I had 5 family members that had to evacute because of the fires. 4 of them know that their homes survived, the fifth is still waiting to find out. I know one family that lost everything, home, pets, livestock and equipment. Two weeks ago, a BIL and his wife just finished moving into their new home that replaced the home they lost in the Gray fire in 2023. Wildfire is something you live with out here. We've had to evacuate once. Mrs. Sock did, I stuck around.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:27 PM (Ffs3B)

221 Democrats allowed him to plead down to manslaughter.

Dishes? I thought he said fishes! An honest mistake, Your Honor...

Posted by: Aaron Fauci Farinauci, 37 at August 04, 2026 03:27 PM (q1tXs)

222 Air Piper
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 04, 2026 03:26 PM (36bTp)

___________________________

"What do you call someone pretending to be a plumber, Alex?"

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 03:28 PM (dIske)

223 Heh. Madison WI has it's own version of the Chaz now called the Craz.

https://tinyurl.com/umbxs374
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)
_______

I can smell that garbage dump from here

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

224 Pyrotechnic enthusiast just doing the parental killing and fire setting lazy racist americans just won't do anymore. You people are pathetic.

Posted by: Democrats at August 04, 2026 03:28 PM (V362x)

225 Every Democrat mayor and governor should be assumed to have stolen the election at this point. And sent to Canada with a trebuchet.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 03:28 PM (xComp)

226 Was looking up 2" gas powered water pumps. They are very inexpensive and move almost as much water as a fire hose. All you need is a pool or some large tanks and maybe stand a chance.

A couple of people successfully held off the LA fires last year with one of those and a pool. So they do work.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 03:30 PM (xComp)

227 Hope Ace gets a cut of these ads

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:31 PM (Ia/+0)

228 Y’all will be excited to learn my Adidas Tokyo MJ is sold out crystal blue are here!
Posted by: Piper

Could you translate that into English from Pawnee?
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
_________

Ladies' Nike shoes, look more like slippers. The "MJ" is not Michael Jordan.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

Uh, when did Nike buy Adidas?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

229 WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

Apparently we do. Because this sort of thing has become routine.

Posted by: Better adjust I guess at August 04, 2026 03:32 PM (TbWk/)

230 Has Flounder checked i

Posted by: Mr. Barky at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (RgJB0)

231 As long as we're talking about the popups...

Look, everyone here knows that I am no prude, but the ad about 3-hour sex has a well-endowed older lady, showing considerable cleavage, but wearing a cross necklace, with the cross resting on her bosom not far from where the cleavage starts.

To me, this is blasphemous, sacrilegious, or at the very least disrespectful of Christianity.

Associating God with sex is a blasphemy reminiscent of Islam. It has no place in Christian religion.

Rant over.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)

232 Since got home early, vacuumed out car, cleaned gutters. Tried to get spackle off work clothes with hose

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (Ia/+0)

233 See, he didn't like being asked to do the dishes because he felt "disrespected". Oops wrong culture.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (FgjHu)

234 Why do they do that? Inslee is the former governor. Jay Ferguson is the current governor.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (bkuEU)

235 Hope Ace gets a cut of these ads
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:31 PM (Ia/+0)

Send Ace ten bucks through PayPal, a few links to hot nudes and your IP and he'll turn the ads off for you.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (dpXJq)

236 I think our legal system is broke. You don't let murders out of jail after a few years. They should be executed. At least give them fifty years. Too many light sentences just makes everything worse.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (H3dzX)

237 A video of some bimbo ranting about steaks being racist keeps popping up on my feed.

Suddenly want steak.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (bX16E)

238 111 The same commie crustaceans who would lock a white hetero guy up for looking at a woman the wrong way go easy on unwhite men who almost kill their mothers
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Our attorneys will be in touch.
-- Crustacean Anti-Defamation League
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)

You can tell the quote is fake, because a real CADL would be too busy laying the seeds of Marxian Revolution to defend crustacean honor.

Posted by: SciVo at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)

239 At the very least, I don't believe that any of the solutions will work for people using Apple devices. I think all browsers on Apple still have Safari on the bottom of the stack.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 03:13 PM (ExV1e)
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I use the Purify app on my Apple devices. It seems to take care of the issues, no matter the browser.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 03:34 PM (FZ29D)

240 To me, this is blasphemous, sacrilegious, or at the very least disrespectful of Christianity.

Associating God with sex is a blasphemy reminiscent of Islam. It has no place in Christian religion.

Rant over.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)

So having sex is unchristian? What happened to be fruitful and multiply and exercise dominion over all the earth?

Posted by: Sounds more Victorian than Christian at August 04, 2026 03:35 PM (TbWk/)

241 I just put brave on my iPad. Fingers crossed for both of us.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 02:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

I just use Safari on my iPad, but my VPN blocks a lot of things.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 03:35 PM (taapK)

242 Why are Democrats running for Congress so angry? It has to be more than TDS The Hong woman from WI wants to "86 "Trump, and the guy from HI threatens to kill someone for asking him to turn down the music playing on the beach?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:36 PM (xSAlF)

243 Just saw a local F Book post on my feed, about my new Central Valley Calif County Governments NEW TRANSGENDER HOMELESS SHELTER...

Hmm ... add some locks ...

It could work.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 04, 2026 03:36 PM (yRCXf)

244
A three hour whore
A three hour whore

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (FgjHu)

245 I mean if God didn't want us to have sex we'd reproduce by cell division like amoebae.

Posted by: He invented it if you believe in Creation at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (TbWk/)

246 Children born outside of a loving marriage suffer. There is a reason they are called bastards.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (taapK)

247 Anyone following the Nolan Wells case? Very odd. I suspect this was an OD that his friends are covering up. But we'll see.

Of course, since the guy is black and his friends are white, the race pimps and hustlers are claiming foul play by his white friends. Unreal.

The pics of these guys on the boat suggest they are gay.

https://tinyurl.com/mvfbz7

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

248 So having sex is unchristian? What happened to be fruitful and multiply and exercise dominion over all the earth?
Posted by: Sounds more Victorian than Christian at August 04, 2026 03:35 PM (TbWk/)

Hey good luck with your race down in Texas by the way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (Vq1pX)

249 This guy must be some sort of basement dwelling retard mushroom if he's 37 and still with his parents. If he was just visiting with his parents for dinner he could have just walked out. One more for the firing squad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (ixEhJ)

250 "every false claim proves that you have to change your beliefs, while no amount of true facts proves that they have to change theirs."

That might be the best summation of the modern world I have ever heard. Stealing that, because that is also now part of the modern world. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (QaH55)

251 Another thing: I'm in a particular industry (above board and legal) where we only have our business, and a competitor. The competition can be cutthroat (in the business sense), but nobody has ever been killed because of it.

Business and money are much more compelling reasons to murder than household chores, but it's still really bad.

If people are killing over drug money? Small, quotidian business disagreements that could be otherwise arbitrated?

Menace to society, life in prison, maximum security.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)

252 243 Just saw a local F Book post on my feed, about my new Central Valley Calif County Governments NEW TRANSGENDER HOMELESS SHELTER...

Hmm ... add some locks ...

It could work.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 04, 2026 03:36 PM (yRCXf)

It's not actually a homeless shelter but identifies as one.

Posted by: To what end I have no clue at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (TbWk/)

253 Why are Democrats running for Congress so angry?
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Psychologically damaged

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (XeU6L)

254 Associating God with sex is a blasphemy

Who do you think invented sex? On the other hand, what society has done with it -- which is what I assume you're commenting on -- can fairly be called blasphemy.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (vTZFs)

255 OT

OT - let's hope so. A friend lives in WI and says Tiffany is a good guy.

0:14 / 0:43

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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4h
🚨 WOW! Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany (R) LEADS Francesca Hong (D) by 3 points, and has out-raised her by $8 million dollars

Tiffany is heading into the general election with a shocking advantage as Democrats are nominating a total psycho as their candidate

MAKE WISCONSIN RED! 🔥

Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (kX27y)

256 So, how many years of using an energy inefficient dishwasher equals the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere from this wildfire?

Just murder your father and try to murder your mother too then you can use an inefficient dishwasher and the number of years is moot.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (rgGn5)

257 Associating God with sex is a blasphemy reminiscent of Islam. It has no place in Christian religion.

Rant over.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)

So having sex is unchristian? What happened to be fruitful and multiply and exercise dominion over all the earth?
Posted by: Sounds more Victorian than Christian

Then rephrase it as "Associating God with sexual immorality".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (vJrRc)

258 Oh, my.... earlier thread may have covered this... but...

Trump has delayed Iran strikes due to 'talks'... but...

Iran was also given details about the strike plan that would have used almost 50K American personnel (which means Marines IMO). Someone in the White House leaked...

Pure... Treason.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (mP0Kj)

259 Why are Democrats running for Congress so angry?

Climate Change™

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (rgGn5)

260 WOW! Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany (R) LEADS Francesca Hong (D) by 3 points, and has out-raised her by $8 million dollars

Tiffany is heading into the general election with a shocking advantage as Democrats are nominating a total psycho as their candidate

MAKE WISCONSIN RED! 🔥
Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (kX27y)

They had Scott Walker. They ran his ass out on a rail.

Yeah, Wisconsin will not be red, even with an R governor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

261 At the very least, I don't believe that any of the solutions will work for people using Apple devices. I think all browsers on Apple still have Safari on the bottom of the stack.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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I thought that but I was corrected. Chrome apparently has its own code base. That might mean the degoogled Chromium might work, or might not if they have it for apple.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

262 So having sex is unchristian? What happened to be fruitful and multiply and exercise dominion over all the earth?
Posted by: Sounds more Victorian than Christian

No, of course not. Sex is part of God's plan for his creatures. See the Song of Solomon.

But displaying the symbol of our Risen Lord in proximity to the bodily organs that most symbolize sex (at least for men) is highly inappropriate.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

263
It's not actually a homeless shelter but identifies as one.
Posted by: To what end I have no clue
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We should find a way to house those shelters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (XeU6L)

264 Burning question of the day: why are gynecologists recommending this leak-proof underwear over pads? 'Tis a mystery.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (V362x)

265 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 03:36 PM (xSAlF)

They used to routinely make fun of us for being "outraged". And no doubt will again.

They'd do something like kill a million babies and then jail a bunch of people who silently prayed about it and then they get on their jokey jokey "comedy" shows and get all smug with "why are these conservatives so OUTRAGED (cue applause) about women's rights? What is this? The Handmaid's Tale? Someone tell all these conservatives to calm down!! Ho ho ho!!! (cue applause)"

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (FgjHu)

266
Just murder your father and try to murder your mother too then you can use an inefficient dishwasher and the number of years is moot.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:38 PM (rgGn5)

Just make sure to fail to kill yourself, Fight Club style.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)

267 Here's one guys set up for a mobile fire suppression system. Not sure why other than "road side fires" as one reason he had this. Some of these pumps go for $220. The IBC totes he has can be had used for $100. He said his generac pump went thru 60 gallons of water in 40 secs during this demonstration.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SUfAtnbJNP8?

Posted by: Rex B at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (7Z4GG)

268 Anyone following the Nolan Wells case? Very odd. I suspect this was an OD that his friends are covering up. But we'll see.

Don't think it was an OD, there's a notorious drop just off that island where there's a foot and a half of water and then suddenly 18 feet or something of that nature. And blacks can't swim, never mind when they're drunk, so it's QED from there.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (2ocoG)

269 Why are Democrats running for Congress so angry?

Climate Change™"

Nah. Palmolive. They're soaking in it.

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (XuXeR)

270 Tiffany is heading into the general election with a shocking advantage

How many perverts are going to vote for Tiffany because that is the name of a pole dancer they love?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:41 PM (rgGn5)

271 217 Heh. Madison WI has it's own version of the Chaz now called the Craz.

https://tinyurl.com/umbxs374
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)
8888
***************
I do feel badly for normal people impacted.

On the other hand I do hope for a televised meeting of when/if they form a leadership. If it is anything like CHAZ/CHOP I will watch as that was hilarious!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:41 PM (hzuYO)

272
Tiffany is heading into the general election with a shocking advantage as Democrats are nominating a total psycho as their candidate

MAKE WISCONSIN RED! 🔥
Posted by: beckster

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

The shock is that it's only three points. Over that Hongster. wtf?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (mmrXZ)

273 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

274 Reviewing the morning news thread, I so hope that Buttigag is the dem prez nominee.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

275 Hanging a cross in front of the titties you're using to sell dick pills to horny old bastards is just more evidence of how the christofascist penisocracy of Jerry Fallwell has never really left us and still runs the world to this day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 04, 2026 03:42 PM (Vq1pX)

276 Associating God with sex is a blasphemy reminiscent of Islam. It has no place in Christian religion.

Rant over.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)

So having sex is unchristian? What happened to be fruitful and multiply and exercise dominion over all the earth?
Posted by: Sounds more Victorian than Christian

Then rephrase it as "Associating God with sexual immorality".
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (vJrRc)

Just say a prayer thanking the Lord for older women with big 'uns.

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (dpXJq)

277 Anyone following the Nolan Wells case? Very odd. I suspect this was an OD that his friends are covering up. But we'll see.

Don't think it was an OD, there's a notorious drop just off that island where there's a foot and a half of water and then suddenly 18 feet or something of that nature. And blacks can't swim, never mind when they're drunk, so it's QED from there.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (2ocoG)
___________

Maybe. But they were pretty far offshore in the boat. Then the kid just ... disappears and nobody goes looking for him until his parents report him missing?

This seems to be a cover-up of some sort. I can't believe his friends killed him, so I assume it's some kind of drug or booze-fueled OD or accident.

These are 18 year olds alone on a boat. They were wasted on something or other. Don't ask me how I know ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

278 Downloaded Brave so far so good

Posted by: Doug at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (B1+sW)

279 Their Auto-Pen administration got booted, Harris would havd been a Auto-Pen administration as well. She isn't running anything

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

280 275 Hanging a cross in front of the titties you're using to sell dick pills to horny old bastards is just more evidence of how the christofascist penisocracy of Jerry Fallwell has never really left us and still runs the world to this day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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You should be a professor of philosophy at Cambridge in the UK.

Posted by: whig at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

281 Anyone following the Nolan Wells case? Very odd. I suspect this was an OD that his friends are covering up. But we'll see.

Of course, since the guy is black and his friends are white, the race pimps and hustlers are claiming foul play by his white friends. Unreal.

The pics of these guys on the boat suggest they are gay.

https://tinyurl.com/mvfbz7

== I was authoritatively told that even pictures of Prince Harry sucking the nipple of his male friend doesn't suggest gay. Five guys shirtless drinking beers on a boat and taking a selfie . Sure they have an arm around each other for the photo but that doesn't mean they swish and sway.

Posted by: Sound off 2 3 4 at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (anL5R)

282 Officer Tatum on Substack went there and has interviewed the friends.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (bkuEU)

283 Pure... Treason.
Posted by: Romeo13

This is the real reason the attacks were called off. Iran doesn't want a settlement, they just want to negotiate. The longer we negotiate, the closer we get to midterms. I think Trump needs to stop thteatening their infrastructure and start threatening leadership.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (Ffs3B)

284 The arson and the pedo freak shit are running neck and neck for kicking it off.

Its time to mix a little something special into the meth that these arsonists use.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:48 PM (BvPIe)

285 244
A three hour whore
A three hour whore
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 03:37 PM (FgjHu)

$600.00 just outside of town. Not kidding either.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (5MU0i)

286 I think Trump needs to stop thteatening their infrastructure and start threatening leadership.
Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (Ffs3B)

He's intentionally killed about 4 dozen of them by now from the top down.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

287 Maybe. But they were pretty far offshore in the boat. Then the kid just ... disappears and nobody goes looking for him until his parents report him missing?

This seems to be a cover-up of some sort. I can't believe his friends killed him, so I assume it's some kind of drug or booze-fueled OD or accident.

These are 18 year olds alone on a boat. They were wasted on something or other. Don't ask me how I know ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
********
The island was 7 or 10 miles off shore. He insisted on staying for reasons unknown, but talking to a girl when his friends with their leaking boat got towed back.

I am sure the tox screen will show a high BAC. It was hot, there is no water, toilet, etc on the island. Probably dehydration mixed with booze and/or drugs.

I do not think he was killed as he seemed to have many white football playing friends at that HS.

It only made national news because: Mississippi, Crump and that faggot afro kneeling Kaepernick is involved. Stir it up til it foams.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:50 PM (hzuYO)

288 I think Trump needs to stop thteatening their infrastructure and start threatening leadership.
Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 03:46 PM (Ffs3B)

He's intentionally killed about 4 dozen of them by now from the top down.
===
Come see our Country! We offer a never ending supply of aholes!

Posted by: Iran at August 04, 2026 03:51 PM (anL5R)

289 Pretty sure he's only charged with the one fire, Ace.

Posted by: GWB at August 04, 2026 03:51 PM (kU0PQ)

290 Maybe. But they were pretty far offshore in the boat. Then the kid just ... disappears and nobody goes looking for him until his parents report him missing?

The white kids that were with him went home, the black kid said he didn't want to leave yet because there was a girl he was hitting on. So they left and then got worried later when he never made it home.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 03:53 PM (2ocoG)

291 But displaying the symbol of our Risen Lord in proximity to the bodily organs that most symbolize sex (at least for men) is highly inappropriate.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 03:40 PM (77rzZ)

Have you tried calming down?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rbvCR)

292
I am sure the tox screen will show a high BAC. It was hot, there is no water, toilet, etc on the island. Probably dehydration mixed with booze and/or drugs.
==
Oddly, I heard a story where a bunch of teenage boys got in a car and went someplace to party. On the way home, on the highway, one kid started barfing. They put him out of the car left in on the side of the highway in a ditch. Dad went looking for him - found him laying there as the sun was coming up. He wasn't dead or hurt. Just hung over.

Kids do stupid shit, and when drinking it gets stupider.

Posted by: Iran at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (anL5R)

293 fire that burned roughly 700 homes to the ground and forced 65,000 people to flee.

No. He isn't accused of setting all three. There are three different fires that have burned that many homes and forced that many to flee. He set ONE of them.

I'm a little personally vested in this, but you can still try to write accurately, 'journalists'.

Posted by: GWB at August 04, 2026 03:55 PM (kU0PQ)

294 But it does happen, and that's why we need to reopen asylums.

Or just accept at face value the innocent claim by the father that the hunting trip didn't go well for his son, then just move on.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 03:56 PM (pUU4E)

295 But displaying the symbol of our Risen Lord in proximity to the bodily organs that most symbolize sex (at least for men) is highly inappropriate.
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I would just note, that on the list of "highly inappropriate" things going on, that is on the list, but its pretty far down on that list. Which doesn't excuse it, it just makes it difficult for most people to notice. You noticed the cross, because you aren't as far gone as the average moron.

Posted by: Why are the virtues important again at August 04, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)

296 This is too good not to be true! Gay Shit Nazi was replaced in Maine by Troy Jackson. I was getting icky vibes from this creep from the jump. Now:

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson is in a long-term relationship with his high school sweetheart — who is also his second cousin, according to a new report.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

https://tinyurl.com/3c58dz9w

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

297 They need these maniacs out loose on the streets, because they are the ones that will start the wildfires that academics cite to "prove" that climate change is real.

Posted by: smelting at August 04, 2026 04:40 PM (7iM56)

298 *Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson is in a long-term relationship with his high school sweetheart — who is also his second cousin, according to a new report.*

He's his own grandpa.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at August 04, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)

299 I don't think China ever intended to invade Taiwan. Yeah, there was always a risk if conditions were ideal, but that has passed for now.

What they planned was to make it seem inevitable, and then to pressure the West, and Taiwan to accept it as a fait accompli.

China always had much to fragile a ruling structure to allow such risk. Even if they won, it could mean a different faction gaining power internally and even Xi was never free of that risk.

This is why I always said Putin was a bigger threat -- because he was always much more secure at the top. Chinese system does not allow that. They have little feifdoms all over, and especially in PLA.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 04:47 PM (g1vL2)

DOJ Charges 19 Defendants in Philadelphia Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Our government budget is 90% fraud.

The specific fraud type is yet again a Democrat creation. The Democrats wanted to pay people for "home health care" -- basically a non-medical-professional person dropping by someone's house and getting paid for it.

It turns out that in 96% of the cases being charged here for fraud, the exact illness the "patients" were supposedly being treated for is "illness unspecified."

Yeah I'll bet it's unspecified.

Why? Because if you're defrauding the government, it's easier to say "I don't know why I'm sick" then get an actual diagnosis from a doctor.

Not that you can't pay a corrupt doctor to submit phony diagnoses. That's a cornerstone of this industry the left has created to steal money from actual workers.

But an actual illness could be expected to heal at some point, or kill the "patient," and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be. All you know for sure is that you need the government to pay your husband $50,000 to "care" for you.

DOJ charges 19 defendants in alleged $4 million Philadelphia Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme
In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

Federal and Pennsylvania authorities charged 19 defendants who are accused of participating in a $4 million scheme involving Medicare and Medicaid claims.
Among the defendants are home health care company owners, their employees and Medicaid recipients, Fox News reported.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave on Sunday announced a plea agreement involving a defendant in a separate case in which 21 people were charged with fraud involving more than $1.7 million in claims.
The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.
Other defendants are alleged to have submitted overlapping or impossible work hours, such as care that exceeded 24 hours in a single day.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
1h
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. In a massive revelation of fraud in Pennsylvania, Dr. Oz just confirmed that over 96% PERCENT of personal care claims are "illness unspecified..."
...which makes them UNTRACKABLE
The average payments per beneficiary: "More than $50,000. Think about that. PER PERSON. FAR above what's expected."
"Over 96% of personal care claims here are 'illness unspecified.' That's how they're titled, so we can't track them....can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing!"
"All of this points to FRAUD."

QThestorm
@17QStorm

🚨96% OF PENNSYLVANIA'S PERSONAL CARE CLAIMS ARE LITERALLY UNTRACKABLE
Dr. Oz just dropped the hammer live.
Over 96% of the claims are coded "illness unspecified." No diagnosis. No details. Nothing the system can audit.
Average payout per beneficiary: more than $50,000. Far above anything that makes sense.
He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."
"All of this points to FRAUD."
This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.
Trump's CMS is finally shining the light. The swamp hates it.

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. In a massive revelation of fraud in Pennsylvania, Dr. Oz just confirmed that over 96% PERCENT of personal care claims are "illness unspecified..."

...which makes them UNTRACKABLE

The average payments per beneficiary: "More than $50,000. Think about that. PER… pic.twitter.com/jd0soDmjaZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026

BREAKING: The DOJ National Fraud Enforcement Division announces charges against 19 people in an alleged scheme that defrauded Pennsylvania's Medicaid program of more than $4 million.

AAG Colin McDonald says 18 of the defendants were charged in the last 12 days as part of a… pic.twitter.com/5ff6cVvulY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 4, 2026

Apparently the code for "unspecified illness" is to be used only when there is some unidentifiable complication that comes with an actual identifiable illness, and they're doing tests to find out what the other complaint might be.

It's not a permanent diagnosis. It means "we're working on it."

But fraudsters are using the code as the main, final diagnosis:

Salt ✟ Light
@SaltandLight70
The ICD-10 code R69 illness unspecified should never be used as a principle diagnosis. It is used in conjunction with the primary symptom code, with R69 as add on for diagnosis unclear at the time of clinical evaluation, additional testing, consultation or workup pending. So just reject payment for all bills using R69 as principle diagnosis.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 Nooded, in grey.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

2 At least 90%.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

3 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

4 Prepare to be probed morons!

Posted by: The Greys at August 04, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

5 Where's little Shapiro? Huh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:21 PM (sn5xH)

6 Prosecuting these 19 will be a stern warning to the other million plus committing this type of Medicare fraud.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (vbXSk)

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

Posted by: Kramer at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)

8 You color you want, as long as it's gray!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (g47mK)

9 Illness unspecified?

Oh it is specified, it is GREED.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (2GVsD)

10 Insert comment about condition of blog comments due to (ahem) someone's inability to html that will look silly when (ahem) someone else cleans it up.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:23 PM (xhfG9)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

12 Hey baby, does this rag smell like Chloroform to you?

Posted by: Christian Grey at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

13 We're greys, man. We're grays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

14 The ICD-10 code R69 illness unspecified should never be used as a principle diagnosis. It is used in conjunction with the primary symptom code, with R69 as add on for diagnosis unclear at the time of clinical evaluation, additional testing, consultation or workup pending. So just reject payment for all bills using R69 as principle diagnosis.

So... lazy criminals were counting on lazy bureaucrats to lazily approve their improper applications and wouldn't you know it... the money is rolling in. We should pay government paper shufflers more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (ExV1e)

15 >>Insert comment about condition of blog comments due to (ahem) someone's inability to html that will look silly when (ahem) someone else cleans it up.

Except CBD (pretty sure he handles these) is out and about. Could be a while.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

16 In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.
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You know who else made claims while working as a carpenter?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (FgjHu)

17 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

18 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

19 Hopefully with the news they killed the R69 code. Or maybe it's another case of look what we found and then did govt thing of nothing after patting themselves on the back.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

20 The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

Other defendants are alleged to have submitted overlapping or impossible work hours, such as care that exceeded 24 hours in a single day.

Thank you Nick Shirley.

NONE of this would be happening were he not going around Minnesota and exposing all the Somali fraud happening all over that state.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

21 Illness unspecified?

Oh it is specified, it is GREED.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (2GVsD)

https://youtu.be/OfQegM97oRA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)

22 Remember, every politician is willing to bankrupt Social Security so that the Learing Centers and Medicaid fraud continue unabated.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (pUU4E)

23 I’m tired of going to work, paying my own bills and generally playing by the rules. I guess I’m a sucker…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (yz/88)

24 So you guys are against reparations, eh? Racists.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (xhfG9)

25 "Our government budget is 90% fraud."

But enough about Congress. Let's talk about the Executive Branch payments.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (qx7Zg)

26
The Left actually doesn't care about the poor. If they did, they'd be in the front line of outrage over the amount of fraud. But they're helping themselves to all that money just blowing around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (O0L8i)

27 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

Brave continues unhindered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

28 "Over 96% of personal care claims here are 'illness unspecified.' That's how they're titled, so we can't track them....can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing!"

You don't need to track them. You need to CANCEL the payments.

They'll scream, loudly. THEN you can investigate, find exactly what fraud they've committed, then fine the shit out of them so they're homeless. F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (2YhKe)

29 How much of this fraud was opened up by the passing of the ObamaCare tax and all its various pre and pro scriptions.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (FgjHu)

30 Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (NcvvS)

31 What is that meme about how every day we hear about some new rule that prevents people from doing ridiculous things they should never have been allowed to do?

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (xhfG9)

32 Our probes, like our name's Americanized spelling, have been supersized!

Posted by: The Grays at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (iOHVb)

33 I want to see the 19 names.

Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (kX27y)

34 Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (NcvvS)

As they should. There are homes and care facilities that can't get the funds they need and are failing miserably.

This shit is why.

Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

35 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)

36 We live in PA and my wife just went through a year of immunotherapy for melanoma. Did I miss the chance to get paid to take care of her?

Posted by: Cosda at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (aZBZS)

37 Wasn't Mark Wahlberg in this movie?

Posted by: The Happening at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (XdJ05)

38
Brave continues unhindered.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

Opera here. Just running ABP and uMatrix script blocker on top.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

39 >>>But an actual illness could be expected to heal at some point, or kill the "patient," and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be.

Not so with Leftism.

Unless it progresses to Stage IV Communism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

40 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)

Then raid the addresses listed at the moment of termination. You'll find something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

41 These fraud stories irk me. Both sides, the fraudsters and the government workers just auto approving everything so they can watch pron all day on their computers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (n5tGW)

42 Now I'm getting the popups, on my laptop.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

43 and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be.

Yossarian, "I invented that."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (2GVsD)

44 > The Left actually doesn't care about the poor. If they did, they'd be in the front line of outrage over the amount of fraud.

I think the rank and file just see it as an unimportant fact of life. Like African governments skimming off aid programs.

What matters is their intentions are good and there is some amount of genuine need.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (mkw2N)

45 I want to see the 19 names.
Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (kX27y)

NO. But ICE needs to stop wearing masks, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (2YhKe)

46 You don't need to track them. You need to CANCEL the payments.

They'll scream, loudly. THEN you can investigate, find exactly what fraud they've committed, then fine the shit out of them so they're homeless. F*ck 'em where they live.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (2YhKe)

Once you’ve made them homeless, they can reapply for benefits and lawfully enjoy our tax monies.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (Jc4hv)

47 Unless it progresses to Stage IV Communism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

They did discover a cure for that.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (FgjHu)

48 ...which makes them UNTRACKABLE

It's nice to let them think that.

Why would the payment note "unspecified illness" on the check make the money untrackable?

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (q1tXs)

49 Once you’ve made them homeless, they can reapply for benefits and lawfully enjoy our tax monies.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (Jc4hv)/i]

THAT will only work if they're here illegally.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2YhKe)

50 They did discover a cure for that.

9mm or .45ACP?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2GVsD)

51 I mean you wonder how the government manages to spend so much freaking money and not have like, the starship enterprise parked behind the moon or something. Then you see this and its like, okay, it's all being stolen then.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (anL5R)

52 >>Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Alive.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

53
Why would the payment note "unspecified illness" on the check make the money untrackable?
Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (q1tXs)

It's just like how you can commit any crime on the planet as long as you're using a burner phone, because THOSE things are UNTRACKABLE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (2YhKe)

54 With our course - "Home Boy Home Health", we'll teach you all the ins and out of setting up your own home health service. Fill out dat paperwork, bill MediCare and MedicAid and just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.

One client of ours is getting over $50,000 per year, per "customer", per se.

You can earn while pursuing other occupations and revenue streams, such as being incarcerated, hospitalized, traveling overseas, or doing side jobs as a carpenter, plumber, electrician, door dashing , or doing inventory loss control testing.

With our Home Boy course, it's Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!

Posted by: Whiz and Iceman at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

55 Medicare Fraudsters: What number are we thinking of right now?

Other Medicare Fraudsters: R69 Dudes!

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (izQGt)

56 Did Something Happen?

Posted by: Because I've often heard that... at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)

57 50 They did discover a cure for that.

9mm or .45ACP?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2GVsD)

Rotary wing

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (xhfG9)

58 Did I miss the chance to get paid to take care of her?

I did a similar thing a few years ago. I never even dreamed there was a program that would pay me for it. Legitimately. You have to have a wrecker dna just to investigate these things.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

59 Juxtapose this with getting or maintaining coverage with a private insurance carrier. "Unspecified illness?" Coverage denied. My illness is very specific, chronic disgust with frequent episodes of cynicism.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Ffs3B)

60 Opera here. Just running ABP and uMatrix script blocker on top.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

You know who owns Opera, right?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

61 They did discover a cure for that.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (FgjHu)

Helicopter rides?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

62
You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

No......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

63 Probably the FBI under Chris Wray could not root out this type of fraud because the people did it at night time so it was hard to find them.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (xhfG9)

64 Twenty some years ago, I was doing billing for home health and hospice. I would get a random denial from Medicare and would send copies of the signed doctor's orders, care plans, nurse, therapist, and aide notes. CMS would look it over and send payment. I wonder why and when they stopped doing this. If a diagnosis was coded incorrectly, they did not pay and everything had to be submitted again.

Posted by: huerfano at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (VJX5o)

65 Helicopter rides?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

Helicopter adventures!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (FgjHu)

66 These worthless parasites have incentivized theft and greed under government authority.

Those of us who kept our nose clean, played by the "rules" and did the right thing have been under attack for decades. Only chumps. Exactly as intended. Whatever is subsidized, you get more of. Whatever you punish, you get less of. Fucking clown world, I hope they fucking die in a fire. Better than they deserve.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (910Mn)

67
19 people in an alleged scheme that defrauded Pennsylvania's Medicaid program of more than $4 million.

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

$4 million over 19 people. This sounds like the minimum wage version of fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

68 If I must wade through popups, I wish they were at least decent quality. I've no interest in toenail fungus treatments.

Sigh, I miss Sciatica Girl.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (SgdqL)

69 Those old time Bible guys were pretty smart.

Cain Avoids Answering God's Question About Where Abel Is By Pleading The Fifth

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (ndZc7)

70 You can tote USAID all you want as a primary fundraising facet of the DNC all you want. And, yes, that was the case. BUT, I stand by the belief that the vast majority of fundraising for the DNC is done through this process totally illegally.

A portion of the funds are removed internationally, then show up back in the DNC coffers via distribution centers like ActBlue. The bulk amount is cut down into small amounts not requiring FEC discretion, all the while the DNC crows about their "grass roots support."

Biden appropriated $47 Billion (thats with a "B") to these type services while simultaneously taking down oversight mechanisms.

AND, btw...you might be interested to know that despite ActBlue's attention by the DOJ, they are reporting record funding and it's business as usual.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (dIske)

71 The pop ups are now freezing my entire iPad up to the point o have to turn it off. Will come back later and hope it gets fixed.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)

72 >>Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Alive.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

Hard labor, building more hard labor camps for the fraudsters.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (dK+Kv)

73 I simply cannot allow myself to believe that Trump believes any deal with this Iranian ruling body is imminent or even possible without the total destruction of their capacity to function.

The cost of believing this is my loss of my faith in him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (b4LBp)

74 Now I'm getting the popups, on my laptop.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

75 Our government budget is 90% fraud.
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That's the baseline. I suspect it might be much higher.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (FZ29D)

76 I wonder why and when they stopped doing this. If a diagnosis was coded incorrectly, they did not pay and everything had to be submitted again.
===
Would you like a clue?

Rhymes with Jugeared Dipshit

And biden's head of CMS was named "Chiquita" - I kid you not Jack.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (anL5R)

77 Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

No, I never do that. I make a Breitbart-like beeline straight to the comments.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

78
Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

People have been getting the popups in the comments section all morning.

This happened in the past and Pixy had to do work to get them to stop putting their popups on the comments page as it should ONLY be on the main page.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

79 If you really think about it
Elon's DOGE appeared to be the starting gun

Posted by: kactus at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (twS2i)

80 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

81 Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

I jump straight to comments, and it doesn't help.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (SgdqL)

82 I should claim multiple-personality disorder, and then sane!mikeski can bill the government to take care of paranoid!mikeski. Why involve anyone else in the fraud?

Posted by: evil!mikeski at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (VHUov)

83 The Dignity Canal FTW

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (sn5xH)

84 Looks like if you scroll to the bottom a 3/4 screen slider rolls up and says "before you go" So if you clock on "Jump to bottom of comments" you are going to get it. Or if you hit ctrl-pgdn. Or just scroll there.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (xhfG9)

85
Fat chicks?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

They're how I know I'm done surfing for the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

86 "Our government budget is 90% fraud."

words to remember every day.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (VyBeY)

87 Hungary and Romania are looking at the possibility of shutting down their nuclear power plants.

The heat wave has helped cause the water level of the Danube to drop to dangerous levels.

Romania is hastily building a dike in the Danube to divert more water to its reactor while the Pak reactor in Hungary limps along on one turbine. Both countries are calling for civilians and businesses to reduce energy consumption.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (2GVsD)

88 I simply cannot allow myself to believe that Trump believes any deal with this Iranian ruling body is imminent or even possible without the total destruction of their capacity to function.
==
Iran is a hedge fund.

they are manipulating the markets with their yes, no, yes, no, yes, no. This is how they are getting their operating income.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

89 Ace, somebody in an earlier thread (MR, I think) posted a link to a WaPo article about making friends with crows.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

90 It's always Pennsylvania. Has anybody gotten a statement from Lumpy?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (ixEhJ)

91 sadly it'll never stop until the punishment is so severe that anyone who thinks to try it will get nauseous.

Then it might get better.

Posted by: fox at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (I4Eoo)

92 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Operah Winfrey?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (NZ33K)

93 Theodore Sturgeon - "90% of science fiction is crap"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (2GVsD)

94 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You bet your ass!

Posted by: Dan Cook at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (sn5xH)

95 "With our Home Boy course, it's Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!"

Iceman: Hmmm - who got more money than they know what to do with?

Whiz: Hmmm - who do got more money than they know what to do with?

Both: "The Gummint!"

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (GMWTj)

96 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)
----
All the more reason to simply shut off the tap of unlimited funding.

The guilty won't say a word. Those who genuinely NEED assistance can come forward and make their case.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

97 they are manipulating the markets with their yes, no, yes, no, yes, no. This is how they are getting their operating income.
Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

Interesting, but not clear how that works.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (b4LBp)

98
Fat chicks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You bet your ass!
Posted by: Dan Cook at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (sn5xH)

I miss photographing them nude........

Posted by: Zombie Leonard Nemoy at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)

99 I suspect that this sort of crackdown, which is ongoing and started more than a year ago, is going to act as a serious repulsing mechanism to legal immigrants already here.

Those Somalis running the learing centers in Minneapolis? Legal immigrants. That's how they made their money to survive.

And suddenly cut off? And the ringleaders being jailed?

Might as well go back to Somali, some will decide.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (bzPaY)

100 I'm familiar with a family that has a special needs child.
One of the parents is actually paid for a certain number of hours of taking care of their own child every day.
It seems wrong at first.
Then you see a portion of the kitchen counter that looks like it belongs in a pharmacy.
The child's bedroom has lots of special gear in it.
There are special chairs and special walkers and they have their own parking space at the children's hospital.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

101 Well, looks like one of the wife's cats is gonna die.

It's been coming for a while but it's hard when it finally arrives.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

102 Nothing on the dockets for these gentlemen, yet. No IDs released in the press, except that one of these nineteen was wanted for financial crimes in Saudi Arabia, as well.

I'm gonna jump to a conclusion here, and call this... more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (BI5O2)

103 I see the left is claiming that the shooter in ID was a right leaning guy.

And the response is: Maybe he was but we are happy a good guy with a gun shot him, we aren't painting murals of him or demanding a national holiday for him

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

104
zombie posted about this situation in Berkeley. Probably thousands of able-bodied couples living off this exact fraud.

DAMN I hope Oz or Vance (whoever is uncovering this) makes their way to California again. He's busted a few millionaire doctors, but I'd like to also see these household slackers lose their scams. Get their asses thrown out of those Craftsman cottages and discover the horrid reality the rest of us chumps live in daily: POW, aka Paying Our Way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

105 I'm getting that pop up too...but on a positive note, we all seem to be gettting the same one, and it is singular.

So, if some enterprising soul wants to post up the specific IP address of that add, the rest of us can jump into whatever security program we depend on and list that specific site as blocked.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

106 I gotta see if Dan Cook is still alive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:46 PM (sn5xH)

107 Fat chicks?
They make me go round!

Posted by: The Rockin' World at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

108 It's been coming for a while but it's hard when it finally arrives.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

Despite it being a cat, losing a family pet is, well....it sucks.

Sympathies to you and your wife. It's a fact of life that blows, tremendously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

109 It's important to remember that none of this effort will be affected should Democrats take the House.

The investigations, prosecutions, and gutting of fraud will continue no matter what song and dance Jeffries manages to manifest to impress his donors while accomplishing nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (bzPaY)

110 Francesa Hong's chief of staff posted about how 9/11 affected her...even though she wasn't in the US until 2002 because of "Islamophobia".

Two points:

1) Yes, obviously the real victim of the 9/11 attacks was...you
2) If America is so bad why didn't you go back home?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

111 Zero based budgeting is too complicated. Musk was probably right.You could take two trillion out of the budget. But I'd settle even for ten percent.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (VBYyL)

112 one of these nineteen was wanted for financial crimes in Saudi Arabia, as well.
--------

What harm have 19 Saudis ever done

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (FgjHu)

113 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You know who else owns it...

Posted by: R. Wagner at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (q1tXs)

114 111 Zero based budgeting is too complicated. Musk was probably right.You could take two trillion out of the budget. But I'd settle even for ten percent.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (VBYyL)

======

The last two quarters, GDP was slightly down because government spending was down.

There are cuts happening.

Treasury doesn't report numbers until end of fiscal year, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (bzPaY)

115 I'm familiar with a family that has a special needs child.
One of the parents is actually paid for a certain number of hours of taking care of their own child every day.
It seems wrong at first.
Then you see a portion of the kitchen counter that looks like it belongs in a pharmacy.
The child's bedroom has lots of special gear in it.
There are special chairs and special walkers and they have their own parking space at the children's hospital.
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Yup. Its subject to abuse, but it definitely has a place. Its also kind of hard to work if you kid needs constant care so it can be impoverishing. Ultimately, its always the same shit. Sociopathic assholes always ruin it for everyone else. Gun ownership, Sports, Dating, Science.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (anL5R)

116 Congress at one time, believe it or not, actually did take budgeting seriously. Some did anyway. It wasn't unlimited. Choices had to be made. Somehow, sex change operations for death row inmates in Peru didn't make the cut.

The difference then, there were at least some limits on the currency supply. A completely untethered phony baloney confetti-buck cannon shooting far and wide, who cares? This is what we're seeing. the US dollar as "reserve currency" was a curse, at least in the long run.

No other country gets away with all this bullshit. Nor should they.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (910Mn)

117 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

118 What harm have 19 Saudis ever done

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (FgjHu)

Actually the hijackers were not all from Saudi Arabia. That is a popular misconception.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (FgjHu)

119 Shit, he died a while ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (sn5xH)

120 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You know who else owns it...
Posted by: R. Wagner

Bastard. He killed Natalie Wood.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

121 Zero based budgeting is too complicated.

Think of all the things that Congress currently does that they wouldn't have time for with zero based budgeting. Why, their output might fall from two bills per session to one.

OTOH, if doing their actual job got to be too onerous, maybe they'd shut down some aspects of fedguv.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

122 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Embrace the power of "and"

(ducks)

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (FgjHu)

123 117 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

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It's the only acceptable way to signal victimhood anymore if one isn't black to the left.

And victimhood is the currency of the realm.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (bzPaY)

124 >>You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?

Comment of the Week material, there.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (NcvvS)

125 Those Somalis running the learing centers in Minneapolis? Legal immigrants. That's how they made their money to survive.

And suddenly cut off? And the ringleaders being jailed?

Might as well go back to Somali, some will decide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (bzPaY)
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Maybe this should become a formal amnesty offer: America will forego throwing your ass in prison and impoverishing your family, if, you voluntarily leave (with said family) and agree to never return. Presto! We save the costs of prosecution, get rid of the Learing People, and only at the cost of money we've already spent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (cv0Ya)

126 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Now now, there are plenty who've never considered running for office who have mental issues.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)

127 119 Shit, he died a while ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (sn5xH)

Do you mean Dan Cook the sportswriter from San Antonio? If so, I can readily believe it. He was already fairly senior when I lived there in the early 80s.

(If not, never mind.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (SgdqL)

128 It's just a handful of fraud.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (Cqx++)

129 update - now the before you go popup just randomly shows up. No need to scroll to the bottom.

So we've got that going for us.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (xhfG9)

130 125 Maybe this should become a formal amnesty offer: America will forego throwing your ass in prison and impoverishing your family, if, you voluntarily leave (with said family) and agree to never return. Presto! We save the costs of prosecution, get rid of the Learing People, and only at the cost of money we've already spent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (cv0Ya)

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Technically this offer exists. But, it's in two parts.

The Trump admin has lowered the cost of renouncing American citizenship to $100. And...if you self-deport through the CBPOne app you get a plane ticket and a stipend.

I want white leftists who cut off their dicks to take up the offer, but Somali fraudsters will do as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (bzPaY)

131 Brianna Wu has taken a odd political trajectory.

He had some lefty on his case for his asian last name even though he is a white guy

So he posted that he took his asian "husband's" last name and more interestingly that the left shouldn't damn people for being white.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

132 131 Brianna Wu has taken a odd political trajectory.

He had some lefty on his case for his asian last name even though he is a white guy

So he posted that he took his asian "husband's" last name and more interestingly that the left shouldn't damn people for being white.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

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Wu's only issue that matters to him is that he's trans and all Republicans want to murder him because of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (bzPaY)

133
Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.
Posted by: Nazdar

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I'd like to know how many truly needy people aren't getting the care they need because of this fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (mmrXZ)

134 Do you mean Dan Cook the sportswriter from San Antonio? If so, I can readily believe it. He was already fairly senior when I lived there in the early 80s.

(If not, never mind.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Yep.

"It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sn5xH)

135 It's just a handful of fraud.
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Margaret --- do you even hear yourself right now?

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (anL5R)

136 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Selection bias problem.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dK+Kv)

137 Annoying pop-up? Obama birthday?
Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (zUBPx)

138 And victimhood is the currency of the realm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (bzPaY)

_________________________

That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

139 Bastard. He killed Natalie Wood.
Posted by: Bulg

She walked in on R.J. and Christopher Walken doing it and threw herself into the ocean, drunk.

Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)

140 138 That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

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"I've seen movies. Crazy people see the world in a special way that normies don't. Crazy people should run the world."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (bzPaY)

141 "What harm have 19 Saudis ever done"

I am often amazed that most people didn't recognize the significance of that number. One person arrested was referred to as the "20th" hijacker, as if he just missed the plane - so stupid. They were limited to 19.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (GMWTj)

142
The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

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When the convictions come in, I want to see their names, faces, fines, sentences, and amounts of fraud. I bet they were proud af of their game when they had it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

143 Annoying pop-up? Obama birthday?
Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

RMBS shares a birthday with Obama.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

144 Wish they would find out who is f*cking with the Internet and let the government fine them a few billion dollars, maybe that would stop this sh*t.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (H3dzX)

145
Headline tonight on MSNOW:

"Trump's weaponized DOJ is going after our marginalized Medicare and Medicaid recipients and experts predict 10s of 10000s are going to die as a result."

Chance of this actually being "reported" this way? About 85%.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (qBdHI)

146 she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.
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She was cutting herself according to the interview she gave. So like most admissions, its like an iceberg, the other 2/3rds of what was up is still hidden.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (anL5R)

147 138 That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

Likely means her parents had great insurance.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (xhfG9)

148 She was cutting herself according to the interview she gave. So like most admissions, its like an iceberg, the other 2/3rds of what was up is still hidden.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (anL5R)

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And apparently an absolute shit boss and awful person.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
2084655476344562096

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (bzPaY)

149 Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

Oh, Natalie. No question.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (77rzZ)

150 Jane-Michelle Arc, software engineer from San Francisco, CA in 2025 fled to the Netherlands, saying they did not feel safe in Trump's America.

Let that sink in first.

Now, like Rosie O'Donnel they want to return the US because the asylum camp the Dutch dumped them in is rife with Middle Eastern 'refugees' and violence.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (2GVsD)

151 Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.
Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
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Eh.

It could be something like severe depression, rather than anything nefarious. That's probably the most likely reason why she spent a lengthy time getting treatment.

Severe depression is NOT fun.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (FZ29D)

152 150 Jane-Michelle Arc, software engineer from San Francisco, CA in 2025 fled to the Netherlands, saying they did not feel safe in Trump's America.

Let that sink in first.

Now, like Rosie O'Donnel they want to return the US because the asylum camp the Dutch dumped them in is rife with Middle Eastern 'refugees' and violence.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (2GVsD)

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And when Arc comes back, Arc will demand that we import all Muslims to make up for colonialisms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (bzPaY)

153 Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

Sammich.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (sn5xH)

154 >>I'd like to know how many truly needy people aren't getting the care they need because of this fraud.

Everyone who doesn't have the wherewithal to kick in to their local political machine's coffers. So, most of them.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (NcvvS)

155 RMBS shares a birthday with Obama.

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I feel the pain. I share mine with George Soros, upon whose scalp are the hidden scars 666 under the hairline.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (qBdHI)

156 Severe depression is NOT fun.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

My depressive episodes have all been fairly mild, but they were still not fun.

RIP WitchDoktor.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

157 She walked in on R.J. and Christopher Walken doing it and threw herself into the ocean, drunk.

Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)
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Jill St. John had it in for the Wood family for some reason. She tormented Lana Wood on the set of Diamonds Are Forever. After breaking Lana, she moved on to Natalie and ruined her marriage.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (0bjKf)

158 Oh, dang I forgot to mention a most pertinent datum about Jane-Michelle.

Jane-Michelle is a transwoman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (2GVsD)

159 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

If every browser is messed up... it's not the browsers. It's your machine.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (N1DT3)

160 "I've seen movies. Crazy people see the world in a special way that normies don't. Crazy people should run the world."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (bzPaY)
__________________________

LOL...

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers... The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." ---Steve Jobs

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (dIske)

161 An interesting note on the TX Senate poll released this morning showing Talarico up by 2 over Paxton.

It has Talarico losing to Paxton by 13 points among white voters. Also Abbott winning by only 20.

That's pretty bad for Texas.

In fact, it would be absolutely horrendous. Like, historically awful. Like, hasn't happened in decades awful.

When Cruz beat Beto in 2018, Cruz beat Beto by 34 points in the white vote, and that was a close end result.

Summer polling is shit because no one grades the pollsters on their summer polls. There's no incentive to be accurate at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (bzPaY)

162 I feel the pain. I share mine with George Soros, upon whose scalp are the hidden scars 666 under the hairline.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (qBdHI)
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A coworker of mine who is no fan of President Trump shares her birthday with him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (FZ29D)

163 I saw this kind of fraud every day handling Workers Comp claims. It came from all parties. The worker, the attorneys , the doctors , etc.

And the government regulated system rarely handed out the punishment that was deserved when they were caught . Basically they just stopped the workers benefits and banned the professionals from the system.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (KC5Lt)

164 Afternoon.

I got an idea. You might think this sounds crazy but hear me out.

Social Security and Medicare were created so Grandma wasn't left destitute in her old age or shitting herself to death in a corner, right? Grandma. Grandpa was assumed to be dead by then. What if just made sure all the men died at 64 before they had a chance to cash in? Think of the savings!

Posted by: Robert, trying out the leftist viewpoint for fun at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (dpXJq)

165 >>Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

First time seeing Jill? Batman episode. First time seeing Natalie? A kinda silly flick called 'Penelope'. Movie was 'meh', Natalie was, mm mm yum. Natalie.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:02 PM (NcvvS)

166 "One person can make a difference. But, they probably shouldn't."

Shut up, Steve

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (910Mn)

167 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (38587)

168 Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:02 PM (NcvvS)

Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (KC5Lt)

169 I’ve learned how to handle the popup. It shows up every time I refresh the comments but at least I know how to delete it. Now a manageable nuisance

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (+gA9j)

170 Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (38587)

That is a wild hash. I wonder if anyone has ever had 58008

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (FgjHu)

171 Natalie Wood with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon in a pie fight

https://youtu.be/jhIH1R1Cbho

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (2GVsD)

172 I guess Tom Tiffany is a reasonable Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin opposing Hong. A Republican victory should be easy because independents ain't voting for her. Of course the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (BFvh9)

173 >>Severe depression is NOT fun.

People hear 'bipolar', and focus on the manic phase, which can be entertaining. They miss the depressive phase, which is a stone-cold bitch. Knew a woman who was mildly bipolar and she was a lot of fun on the up side, and flat-out disappeared on the down side.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

174 You know what would solve this problem? High Speed Rail !

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS)

175 Neil Young and Chuck Manson share the same birthday. Neil met him and "the girls" at Dennis Wilson's pacific highway pad a few times. Said he was "real good" and wrote some amazing lyrics. Tried to get Mo Ostin to sign him. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:06 PM (910Mn)

176
172 I guess Tom Tiffany is a reasonable Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin opposing Hong. A Republican victory should be easy because independents ain't voting for her. Of course the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (BFvh9)

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A Republican who agrees to work with DHS on immigration, who is cooperative with DOJ on fraud investigations, and who is willing to work with DOJ on voter roll cleanup would be great to have in the state.

Lord knows Scott Walker shat the bed on literally all of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:06 PM (bzPaY)

177

WHy didnt that shitbag Garland do anything about this....

Oh right.

How about that asshole Krasner?

Ah, same answer.

The entire thing is corrupt.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2jv4y)

178
Summer polling is shit because no one grades the pollsters on their summer polls. There's no incentive to be accurate at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (bzPaY)

Polls are there for one reason and one only. To sway the voting public in a direction they want them to go.

MOST polls are incredibly inaccurate, even on election DAY.

John Kerry was DESTROYING GWB in exit polls on election day.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

179 My solution --- crowdsource auditing.

Every hour of claimed compensation must be on webcam. Visiting home healthcare, parents caring for disabled child, special needs instruction at schools, etc. Use AI to anonymize and hide faces and private as required. Every penny of federal money gets a case number and video feed.

Then give reward for any fraud found by random public who only have a case number and access to video feed.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2fP+M)

180 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
......

Spend their EBT money on lottery tickets.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (UjdFS)

181 Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

_________________________

So, I have to ask, is someone who is committed for bi-polar disorder (regardless of the circumstances) someone who should even consider running a State as governor?

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (dIske)

182 178 Polls are there for one reason and one only. To sway the voting public in a direction they want them to go.

MOST polls are incredibly inaccurate, even on election DAY.

John Kerry was DESTROYING GWB in exit polls on election day.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

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I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

183 Government Benefit Death Penalty

Anyone convicted of a fraud crime has all rights to government benefits ended for life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 02:09 PM (/+uur)

184 expecting people who bill the gov't to be honest is rayciss because trump isn't honest and he's rayciss

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:09 PM (CWTWj)

185 re 182: day before the election drudge had kamala up by four over trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (CWTWj)

186 expecting people who bill the gov't to be honest is rayciss because trump isn't honest and he's rayciss

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Yeah, did you hear? Capitol One said it didn't target Trump, Melania and Barron for account closure for political reasons. Oh no, it was the nefarious flagging for "money laundering" that caused the closures. Total, unadulterated BS.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (qBdHI)

187 Probably an unpopular opinion… but I’ve been close to a few people over the years diagnosed as bipolar. IMHO it’s just undisciplined people who don’t know how or refuse to master the art of self control… in particular regulating emotions and behaviors. Lack of self control…. Stay up 48 hours straight and then crash; that’s stupid, go to sleep and avoid the crash. Self discipline

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

188 185 re 182: day before the election drudge had kamala up by four over trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (CWTWj)

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Some pollsters are just always shit (but within the margin of error so still totes accurate, guys!).

But summer polling, even an attempt at honest summer polling, is beset by massive response bias issues and the fact that it's just harder to reach people in rural environments than urban ones. So, they trend to the left.

It's not that the populace suddenly gets more Republican in September/October. It's that Republicans start answering the phone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (bzPaY)

189

I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

i.e. Money laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

190 My philosphy on polls is that the only real important ones are on issues, so a politician knows what "face" to wear when campaigning there. Carville (as much as I hate to admit it) was an absolute master at it.

Polls on races are unimportant....or at least, were unimportant. In today's world I think their primary purpose is to legitimatize fraud. Keep it close in the polls, even though it isn't...even show the wrong guy leading...then capitalize on that with fraud on election day (which lasts well over a month sometimes).

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (dIske)

191 >>A coworker of mine who is no fan of President Trump shares her birthday with him.

If you want an eye-opener, check this out:
https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/

See who shares your birthday. Amusing & mortifying.

But, luck of the draw.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (NcvvS)

192 LinusVanPelt try the Brave browser
No popups

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (EGSGm)

193 189 i.e. Money laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

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I felt like I properly summarized political spending in general, but your phrasing is pithier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (bzPaY)

194 think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

If it's not about influence, why is the lie always in the same direction? If it was about pants wetting or affecting the plugged in the lie would go unpredictably in all directions depending on who they wanted to mess with.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (FgjHu)

195 Bummer!

Just when I just came down with Unspecified illness!

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

196 He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."

"All of this points to FRAUD."

This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.

There is paperwork. Has to be. No paperwork? Charge them with fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (BPuyI)

197 194 If it's not about influence, why is the lie always in the same direction? If it was about pants wetting or affecting the plugged in the lie would go unpredictably in all directions depending on who they wanted to mess with.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (FgjHu)

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If polling were influential, Trump would never have become president in 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (bzPaY)

198 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???

Now you understand the push for Basic-Living-Income. Its for Democrats that are too lazy to scam the government.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (PVBkQ)

199 >>Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Will check this out. Wife will not participate.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (NcvvS)

200 >>That is a wild hash. I wonder if anyone has ever had 58008

Bulg would be perfect.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:15 PM (NcvvS)

201 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

The takes in this place are a riot.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:16 PM (FgjHu)

202 If polling were influential, Trump would never have become president in 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (bzPaY)

Influence doesn't always mean successfully changing an election result. Same as fraud.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (FgjHu)

203
Already sick of this popup every time I post or refresh the page!

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Fi81e)

204 Campaigns spend most of their money on TV ads, and they know that TV ads aren't effective. GOTV efforts like door knocking are far more effective.

They know there are more effective ways to spend money, but they don't prioritize them because political spending isn't about influencing people. It's about shuffling donor money around and creating generational wealth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (bzPaY)

205 Nazdar

See my #171

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (2GVsD)

206 Oh yeah, these MFers-- I sure could've used a few 50k payments while *actually* taking care of my husband!

This really pisses me off....

***HULK SMASH!!!!!***

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:18 PM (rdVOm)

207 >>So, I have to ask, is someone who is committed for bi-polar disorder (regardless of the circumstances) someone who should even consider running a State as governor?

Nope. This particular woman had it pretty mild, but judgment definitely unreliable. A position of responsibility? No.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (NcvvS)

208 201 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

The takes in this place are a riot.
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:16 PM (FgjHu)

Ah riiyiot...ist an ugly tink! AND I ZINK IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME DOT VE HAD VON!!!!!

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (SgdqL)

209 LinusVanPelt try the Brave browser
No popups
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (EGSGm)

I will say that Brave doesn't always solve the problem when running on an Apple mobile device since it only acts as a skin over Safari.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (ExV1e)

210 199 >>Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Will check this out. Wife will not participate.
Posted by: Nazdar

^^^^^^^^

To this day I can't walk on a railroad track (or even a wall) without singing that damn song in my head.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (2fP+M)

211 So this is what the nood was about
Philadelphia looters

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:20 PM (Ia/+0)

212 La Porge France

Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (2GVsD)

213 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (2GVsD)

Or so the Germans would have us believe.

Posted by: Norm Macdonald at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (FgjHu)

214 He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."

"All of this points to FRAUD."

This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.

------------

The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:22 PM (rdVOm)

215 Yeah, did you hear? Capitol One said it didn't target Trump, Melania and Barron for account closure for political reasons. Oh no, it was the nefarious flagging for "money laundering" that caused the closures. Total, unadulterated BS.
==
No. I "believe" it. Sort of. I bet you all the money you have that the "money laundering" squad at capitol one is staffed by AWFL's. Personnel is policy. Much like the DOJ and FBI. A leftist finds a target and searches for a crime.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (anL5R)

216 The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:22 PM (rdVOm)

That's if the people making the rules want a solution to this particular problem.

Hope you're doing ok today!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (FgjHu)

217 >>Nazdar

See my #171

Anna Puma, not a good time here for video, but guessing this is The Great Race scene, which is truly fine! You, catgirl, are a Great American.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (NcvvS)

218 ID-10T code of R-69?

Is dat Good Sex with the ditzy blonde ya picked up?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (mP0Kj)

219 Nazdar, hai hai!

Arigato nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (2GVsD)

220 Wondering if ever heard of names indicted

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (Ia/+0)

221 Coast Guard Birthday, have a drink!

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (bc+Z+)

222 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.
==
Sounds like they should have set off the forest fires some time ago...

Controlled burn and get rid of unexploded ordinance.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

223 >>To this day I can't walk on a railroad track (or even a wall) without singing that damn song in my head.

OK, now definitely going to be looking at this!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:25 PM (NcvvS)

224 Having to swat away a ad after ever comment

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

225 So I had a relative that required in home care. This woman was a total scam artist, the relative had dementia and the in home care person had somehow secured a "loan" from her. textbook case of elder absue.

Want to know the best part? The woman was a full time employee of the IRS. Somehow she was doing this while working full time as a federal employee.

I truly believe there's trillions of dollars in fraud going on.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (eIzlH)

226 >>Arigato nyah!

Do itashimashite!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (NcvvS)

227 Linus -- not unpopular at all.

I think there are two problems --

1. Everyone wants to be special, and the easiest way to do that is to be a "victim". In my culture, being bipolar or neurodivergent, or flawed in any way is a sign of weakness. Never show weakness or you are a fag. What is wrong with people today?

2. People want someone to make their lives easy and fair. Life is neither. All growth comes from distress and pain and finding strength. Everything, from racism, to feminism to the sickos on youtube is explained by people just not accepting that life is not fair and so they must get over it. "Gov. has to pay me to take care of my own child," etc.

I had this discussion in the 80s about "how come there were so many great blind musicians, and where did they go?" Well, they were musicians because they had to eat, and where they went is we started paying them to sit on their asses. Imagine what we are losing by not forcing people to find their own greatness. But that would also mean a lot of people would suffer.

Aw fuck it. I problably sound like an ass, but it is 3;00 am so just ignore me.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

228 211 So this is what the nood was about
Philadelphia looters
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:20 PM (Ia/+0)

/sings

Oh, Philadelphia looters
Shine me on, I love ya
Shiny coins...

Posted by: Elton at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)

229 Taps mic, prepares for another wave of popups.

Let's see how well Brave is working.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (u3d/P)

230 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

Brave continues unhindered.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

Older version of Chrome, 109.0.5414 with AdBlock Plus running on Windows 8.1. No issues. Every so often, front page is a little slow to load, but it's rare.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (hmYU4)

231 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (2fP+M)

Wish Me a Rainbow

Good movie but just sad like all his plays.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (KC5Lt)

232 No pop ups on DDG.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

233 Oops, gotta run. And next post will be up in a couple of minutes.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (NcvvS)

234 I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Polling does influence donations, unfortunately. A lot of the big money is there for influence. You can't get favors from losers.

If some candidate looks like they are losing, the money dries up.

People are also bandwagon riders.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (eIzlH)

235 Book'em Danno.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

236 And the Dems are pissed that we're upsetting the spiceflow rather than pleased and cooperative in helping free up funds for citizens that truly need these services. Which tells you everything you need to know.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (X1soJ)

237 Wahoo!

Brave (on Android phone) let me post, and refresh screen, without crashing due to pop-up lockup.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (u3d/P)

238
I run firefox and don't have any of the pop up stuff

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

239 Want to know the best part? The woman was a full time employee of the IRS. Somehow she was doing this while working full time as a federal employee.

I truly believe there's trillions of dollars in fraud going on.
Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (eIzlH)

LOW estimates of total Local, State, and Fed combined spending are over 40%... some estimates as high as 48% of GDP.

Now, if we look at what Government does? Sure don't seem to be worth that much of the GDP.

So, too many people in too much control... and fraud...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (mP0Kj)

240
I have AOL 2.3 dial up from a free CD and I don't have popups.

Posted by: 1997 at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (OkYzo)

241 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

I can look at a time map but too lazy. Where are you?

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (KC5Lt)

242 And the Dems are pissed that we're upsetting the spiceflow rather than pleased and cooperative in helping free up funds for citizens that truly need these services. Which tells you everything you need to know.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

===

It's also putting a spotlight on whether these programs should even be there at all.

Even if these are 100% legit, I dont think the feds have any reason to be funding Somalian day cares.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (eIzlH)

243 I’m getting popups on my laptop but still not on my phone.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

244 What kinda wood don't float?

Yep, you guessed it!

A: Natalie.

* womp, womp *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (VkY89)

245 "illness unspecified"

Yea, I'll bet. An easy way to uncover fraud in these cases is to just see which claims are for "illness unspecified."

Why would there be no illness specified for a legit claim? There wouldn't be. There's no reason to hide the nature of the illness unless the whole thing is a smelly fraud.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

246 What is the code for arrow in the knee?

Posted by: Generic Whiterun Guard at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (7Q0e+)

247 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.
==
Sounds like they should have set off the forest fires some time ago...

Controlled burn and get rid of unexploded ordinance.
Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

A lot of that would be underground and would get plowed up/eroded out gradually over time. This would not be changed by fire.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (uhVAy)

248 241 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

I can look at a time map but too lazy. Where are you?
Posted by: polynikes

Japan. I heard something on my roof and got up. Maybe wind.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (2fP+M)

249 Doc Watson was blind since birth. The state of NC had programs and schools for the blind, to try and get them gainful employment. He was a radio repairman for a little while, and auto mechanic. He was skilled, he re-wired his mountain home, and it even passed code. His wife got a little frightened when he started doing roofing work.

He was very gratified when he could make money playing guitar, on his own, and not be dependent on others.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (910Mn)

250 Use Brave, and then ad the extension uBlock Origin. Basically no ads, even on YouTube.

Chrome is going to fight ad blocking software and extensions because that's like 90% of their revenue. So it will work for a while and then they kill it.

Firefox has sucked for a good decade imo.

When I am using the internet without adblockers, I dont know how people do it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (eIzlH)

251 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0i)

252 golly, so I could have billed medicaid for taking care of my dad while also staying at my full-time WFH job. I never would have thought to try that rube that I am and I sure didn't want to pause my regular job but the stars aligned for me. Work was good with folks WFH during the period my dad needed some non professional care and his care didn't take but up to a few hours a day at most.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (PV+Zw)

253 251 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0i)

One of those Japanese balloon bombs.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (SgdqL)

254 Older version of Chrome, 109.0.5414 with AdBlock Plus running on Windows 8.1. No issues. Every so often, front page is a little slow to load, but it's rare.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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Same arrangement here, Win 8.1, Version 109.0.5414.168, Malwarebites

No ads

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

255 Sigh. Well, maybe my pockets will be picked a little less.

Wonder where all these resources are when I need them...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (OUMaO)

256 I have AOL 2.3 dial up from a free CD and I don't have popups.
Posted by: 1997
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Did the AOL CD arrive in the mail?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

257 > How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?

December 17, 1941. A US B-17 crashed at Geiger Field and a 500lb bomb detonated on impact.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (mkw2N)

258 Noodalation.

Posted by: Noodist at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)

259 In before the Nothing Will Happen guy ...

.
.
.

But given the number of fraudsters is way more than 19, he may have a point.

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

260 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0

Not enough....

Sorry I thought you said Seattle.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (KC5Lt)

261 Might have a reservation or ten about a blind roofer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (sn5xH)

262 Noodalation.
Posted by: Noodist

naturally ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

263 What is the code for arrow in the knee?
Posted by: Generic Whiterun Guard
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The passphrase is, 'Bury my heart'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (XeU6L)

264 Well my dad didn't have a specified illness. He was just old. He had type 2 diabetes, which may have contributed to his age making him too weak to get around w/o a walker and being prone to falls even with the walker, but he had been a OTR truck driver with diabetes for decades only having to take some pills to increase his insulin production or whatever to keep the blood sugar somewhat controlled.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (PV+Zw)

265 Posted by: Common Tater

There were many blind musicians. Besides Stevey Wonder and Ray Charles,

Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Mcgee
Blind Willie Mctell
Blind Wilie Johnson...
(just off top of my head.)

Mostly blues, and mostly from the South. I guess they had fewer option.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (2fP+M)

266 For the past three years I took care of my brother each and every day. Cooking, cleaning, trips to the doctor and ensuring that he complied with his meds. He is my brother, I promised my parents that I would take care of him, without any financial compensation. He has been in an Alzheimer's facility for about four months now.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (ibDUx)

267
The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.
Posted by: JQ

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

Hello, JQ, nice to see you among the daywalkers. And there you go spewing common sense again. Something like that could be coded into the software so that nothing goes forward without a high-level override. It could be done in a heartbeat in real life -- but not in ours.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)

268 Same arrangement here, Win 8.1, Version 109.0.5414.168, Malwarebites

No ads
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

We're rebels!!! WHOOHOO!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (hmYU4)

269 Here’s who owns Opera:

https://sniplinks.in/hzCx3m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (taapK)

270 Did these patients use the Home Health Care of MN?

All these years I wondered how our country got into so much debt. It did not make sense to me and I am basically retarded. As soon as Nick Shirley discovered all the fraud in MN it clicked: aha! This is how they do it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:27 PM (hzuYO)

271 Medicare is issued me two new ID numbers in the past two years because someone was using them for fraud.

Posted by: profligatewaste at August 04, 2026 03:39 PM (dF7VG)

Stop Me If You Heard This One Before, Redux: "Deal" to Open the Strait of Hormuz "Imminent"?

Supposedly. Scott Bessent and Marco Rubio say a deal is imminent-adjacent.

Hot Air quotes Reuters.

This doesn't sound like a bona fide deal to me. This sounds like more duplicitous Iranian bullshit, still insisting they get to control the Strait and charges "tariffs" on oil ships, which they then use to buy missiles to shoot at Americans:

Although Bessent insisted a future deal would include "freedom of movement," a Reuters report published on Tuesday morning said Iran was expecting to maintain control of inbound traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in a deal being negotiated with Oman, citing an Iranian source. Outbound traffic would take a route between the two countries, and Iran would maintain oversight on those traffic lanes as well.
Despite Iran's past insistence they were not directly negotiating with the U.S., Trump said on Monday the talks were "going on right now." The president said he called off strikes over the weekend, which he claimed would have been "harder than any attack... since World War II." Trump said the talks were "backed" by other countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. "I want to give them every last chance before decapitation," he said later.

🚨 JUST NOW: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent announces a deal could be struck today or tomorrow to open the Strait of Hormuz, oil is now PLUNGING below $80

"I think there's a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow to open the strait."

"President Trump threatened the largest… pic.twitter.com/KWS3bswY2L
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026

Meanwhile, Fox News reports that someone high up in the government, or even in the White House, leaked top-secret plans for the massive aerial bombardment of Iran over the weekend.

They don't say this leak caused the attack to be scuttled. Trump says that our "Gulf allies" requested the attack be delayed.

Still -- what the hell is this?

Gunther Eagleman
@GuntherEagleman

🚨 SOMEONE HIGH UP IN THE GOVERNMENT JUST LEAKED A PLANNED STRIKE ON IRAN
A major military operation was in the works.
Trump called it the largest since World War II.
Then it got leaked over the weekend.
Trey Yingst reports even senior Israeli intelligence officials had no idea the plan existed. That's how tightly it was held... until someone high inside the U.S. government decided to run their mouth to the press.
This isn't a minor slip.
There are 50,000 American troops, destroyers, fighters, and refuelers in the region. Operational security is everything. Leaking strike plans doesn't just undermine negotiations -- it puts American lives at risk and gives the enemy a heads-up.
Trump already pulled the strikes after requests from Iran and Gulf allies. Now the White House has to hunt down the leaker.
Whoever did this needs to be found, fired, and prosecuted.
No exceptions.

🚨 SOMEONE HIGH UP IN THE GOVERNMENT JUST LEAKED A PLANNED STRIKE ON IRAN

A major military operation was in the works.

Trump called it the largest since World War II.

Then it got leaked over the weekend.

Trey Yingst reports even senior Israeli intelligence officials had no… pic.twitter.com/VTTq0FXuyL
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 4, 2026

I at least have to mention a possibility that I don't like much: Trump loves gabbing to the press, especially New York media liberals who absolutely despise him. No one can stop him from constantly talking to Maggie Haberman, for example. Although Trump is a strong conservative in most ways, he shares a grave flaw with RINO liberals: The opinions of the New York/DC liberal media operatives still matter to him.

So who knows. Maybe he leaked some information after he'd already decided to hal the attack, and wanted people to know that he was serious this time, seriously you guys.

UPDATE/FLASHBACK: Tuq'r Qarlson announced he was being investigated for being a foreign agent because he "speaks to Iranians."

Possibly about what his followers in the government tell him.

Eitan Fischberger
@EFischberger
Mar 15
Here's what appears to be happening:
1. Tucker Carlson has allegedly been conducting his own foreign policy with Iran on behalf of the United States.
2. At some point, the CIA got wind of this and informed President Trump, who may then have used Tucker as an unwitting counterintelligence asset to feed faulty information to Iran. (BASED.)
3. Following the launch of Epic Fury, Tucker's traitorous behavior may have finally caught up with him, as DOJ reportedly prepares a criminal complaint against him based on CIA intelligence.
🇮🇷 Bonus Round: An Example of Tucker Likely Parroting Iranian Regime Propaganda 🇮🇷
4. After the operation began, Iran sent IRGC agents to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but those plots were foiled.
5. Iran then told Tucker these were actually Mossad plots -- a claim he pushed online and that spread like wildfire.
6. Saudi and Qatar had to publicly deny Tucker's fake news about the Mossad.

Here’s what appears to be happening:

1. Tucker Carlson has allegedly been conducting his own foreign policy with Iran on behalf of the United States.

2. At some point, the CIA got wind of this and informed President Trump, who may then have used Tucker as an unwitting… pic.twitter.com/PTyUXQSBIs
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) March 15, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM

Comments

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1 !

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:20 PM (UjdFS)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 12:21 PM (NcvvS)

3 W00t!!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 04, 2026 12:22 PM (GTqXr)

4 Howdy Ace! I'm sure it's true this time!

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 04, 2026 12:22 PM (Lzhdy)

5 A major military operation was in the works.

Trump called it the largest since World War II.

Then it got leaked over the weekend.

Trey Yingst reports even senior Israeli intelligence officials had no idea the plan existed. That's how tightly it was held... until someone high inside the U.S. government decided to run their mouth to the press.

I think it was a deliberate leak to let the Iranians know we were about to attack, so they (the Iranians) decided to play ball for now.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

6 Open, close, open, close

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 12:22 PM (sn5xH)

7 The president said he called off strikes over the weekend, which he claimed would have been "harder than any attack... since World War II.
-
So three nuclear strikes?

I'm not sure what the targets would be.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 04, 2026 12:22 PM (vSvIl)

8 It's day ja view all over again.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 12:23 PM (MWfyi)

9 The president said he called off strikes over the weekend, which he claimed would have been "harder than any attack... since World War II.
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So three nuclear strikes?

Nuclear attacks occurred during WWII, not since.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

10 I'm beginning to think Trump might need a "minder."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 12:23 PM (2Cry5)

11 The conduct of this expedition, which was in fact dearly needed... continues to be farcical.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 04, 2026 12:24 PM (WYStd)

12 Stop Me If You Heard This One Before, Redux: "Deal" to Open the Strait of Hormuz "Imminent"?

The LORD's return is also described as "imminent".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 12:24 PM (pawvM)

13 Ace-Whoopie: It's not imminent-imminent.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 12:25 PM (dK+Kv)

14 Someone leaked the plans, so our "allies" found out, and requested Trump not do it? Or maybe Trump wanted it leaked so our allies would request the stop, and Trump somehow wanted that?

idk, but yes, Trump STILL wants to be loved by media and GOPe, sadly.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 04, 2026 12:25 PM (vbXSk)

15 It's amusing. I was a Trump skeptic in '24, while most of you were Trump enthusiasts. Yet here we are, with me defending him, and many here attacking him. The worm, she has turned.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

16 Mullah Lucy fools President Charlie Brown yet again.

Posted by: Joe Mama at August 04, 2026 12:26 PM (TezPK)

17 Are there even 50,000 troops in theater ready to be deployed?

Posted by: Josephistan at August 04, 2026 12:26 PM (y9ksN)

18 Trump STILL wants to be loved by media and GOPe, sadly.

He has a funny way of showing it.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

19 "Trump loves gabbing to the press, especially New York media liberals who absolutely despise him."

Why he ever let that nasty little dab of dogshit Michael Wolff get into his orbit, I'll never understand.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

20 Stop Me If You Heard This One Before, Redux: "Deal" to Open the Strait of Hormuz "Imminent"?

The LORD's return is also described as "imminent".
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 12:24 PM (pawvM)

Well, at least sooner than Winds of Winter

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 04, 2026 12:26 PM (vSvIl)

21 They're playing rope-a-dope but I'm the dope.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 12:27 PM (JvZF+)

22 Java is running wild today, uh, more so than usual

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 12:27 PM (enNUy)

23 "I'm beginning to think Trump might need a "minder.""

Susie Wiles is supposed to handle that.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

24 It's amusing. I was a Trump skeptic in '24, while most of you were Trump enthusiasts. Yet here we are, with me defending him, and many here attacking him. The worm, she has turned.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

You CAN teach an old dog new tricks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)

25 Iran's strategy is to string this out until the election because they hope a Dem congress will win the war for them.

Which is...astounding. Especially because that is about their best play

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

26 I'm seeing posts on X that the latest "deal" is that shipping has to use Iran shipping lane, i.e. controls traffic, going in then will allow traffic to take Oman route going out.

What
a
Deal.

Posted by: WisRich at August 04, 2026 12:29 PM (G0vdT)

27 Nothing's changed, Islam hates you, they still hate you
only slightly, only slightly more than they used to

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 12:29 PM (88C+u)

28 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (jFRqz)

29 So Trump is not perfect, according to every individuals definition of perfect. Okay. He's plenty good enough though, yes?

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (qQ6p3)

30 Look, man, the Iranians are insane. Does anyone doubt that ? You need the carrot AND the stick here if you're ever going to get shit done. We can't bomb our way to prosperity in Iran. If you have a better plan, I'm all ears, but I'm not aware of any such thing.

Posted by: deadrody at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (qf6NU)

31 >Stop Me If You Heard This One Before, Redux: "Deal" to Open the Strait of Hormuz "Imminent"?
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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seriously, stop
I think Trump has stepped on his dick here
started something, now he can't figure out how to finish it.

Armchair generals: line forms to the right

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (ZxPkt)

32 Imminence Front

*windmills suspended chords*

Posted by: The Who at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (w9Wax)

33 He said, 'I don't want to kill people'. He was saying that the new wave of attacks, which will be the most severe, will kill civilians and he doesn't want to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:31 PM (Pee1E)

34 And could we dispense with the idiocy that Trump, himself, leaked this to the media. Fuck off. Don't be a fucking RETARD.

Posted by: deadrody at August 04, 2026 12:31 PM (qf6NU)

35 idk, but yes, Trump STILL wants to be loved by media and GOPe, sadly.

He is a product of his era in NYC. A first rate attention whore.

Posted by: Howdy at August 04, 2026 12:31 PM (ynfRM)

36 Eminence Front, to be pedantic.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:31 PM (qQ6p3)

37 We can't bomb our way to prosperity in Iran.

Give me command of America's air and sea assets with the ability to execute "journalists" for treason and I'd have this war wrapped up in a month.

Rubble doesn't make trouble.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

38 "Hey JD, watch me pull a peace deal out of my hat!"

Posted by: 29Victor at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (0MjtC)

39 Could Bessent and Rubio be scoping out the territory while they are there?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (Pee1E)

40 At this point, I'm imminent curious.

Posted by: The Deal at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)

41
Yeah, that Imam is going to jump out of the well in Qum any day now and then we'll see who's laughing.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (Y8DZL)

42 Don't believe anything the Iranians say, they will keep attacking

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (L8DX7)

43 >>> I'm beginning to think Trump might need a "minder."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 12:23 PM (2Cry5)

=====

I wasn't gonna say it, but...

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 04, 2026 12:32 PM (4HLWX)

44 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)

45 This reminds me a lot of the covid times.

The best bet is to not pay close attention to the daily "news" surrounding the war. (editor: or anything)

Then again ALL news is bs, even the weather, it's just we expect the stuff from Trump admin to not follow similar patterns. As in, always a bunch of retarded bullshit.

It can be that, without meaning Trump is coopted or whatever. It's a war and there is no requirement to be clear to your enemies in war, whether in what you believe or what you don't trust from them or what you plan to do, etc.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (FgjHu)

46 Tiresome

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (uic9R)

47 If there is a leaker he/she/it should be tried for treason

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (EGSGm)

48 The People's United Front For Eminence!

Posted by: M. Python at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)

49 He said, 'I don't want to kill people'. He was saying that the new wave of attacks, which will be the most severe, will kill civilians and he doesn't want to do that.

One of the oddest things about modern coverage of wars is an assumption it can be done in a sterile manner where only direct enemy combatants die or are even inconvenienced.

The last war of any significance we won was WWII, where we devastated Axis civilian populations

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

50 How the f*ck are they even remotely closing the Strait?

They have so little viable equipment remaining, right? I mean, that's what everyone keeps saying......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

51 And when I say the covid times, remember? We're opening up in just a few weeks. It's dying out. It's ramping up. There's more cases. There's less cases. People are cured. People aren't cured. You can get it again. You can't get it again. You might get it again and not know it. You might think you have it and secretly be right. Over and over and over and over.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (FgjHu)

52 Well, I started calling Tuq'r Fuq'r and it's looking like I got the correct appellation.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (/HDaX)

53 Leaking strike plans doesn't just undermine negotiations -- it puts American lives at risk and gives the enemy a heads-up.

Trump already pulled the strikes after requests from Iran and Gulf allies. Now the White House has to hunt down the leaker.

Whoever did this needs to be found, fired, and prosecuted.

Find them.

Try them.

Hang them.

This is treason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (2YhKe)

54 The only way to make Iran civilized is to de-islamize it. By any means necessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (1z8ji)

55 Following the launch of Epic Fury, Tucker's traitorous behavior may have finally caught up with him, as DOJ reportedly prepares a criminal complaint against him based on CIA intelligence.

---

See 48

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (EGSGm)

56 "said Iran was expecting to maintain control of inbound traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in a deal being negotiated with Oman, citing an Iranian source."

When I see things like this being seriously discussed as part of a deal, it calls into question whether anyone reporting on this has any fucking clue what they are talking about.

Iran has never "controlled" any traffic in the Strait, never will control any traffic, and couldn't do so even if it really really really wanted to.

Iran "opening" and "closing" the Strait is made-up propaganda bullshit. Nobody ever heard of it before the war. It was invented solely to make the USA -- and Trump -- look bad.

People who report on this bullshit have obviously never seen a map of the Strait or have any understanding about maritime shipping through the Strait. They seem to think the Strait is like the Panama Canal, or some other ocean passage that's narrow enough to put a toll bridge over.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

57 Hot Air quotes Reuters."

Which is quoting an unnamed source familiar with... so 5th hand information?

Pitchfork status: unlit

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (XuXeR)

58 Afternoon Ace.
I said this yesterday, but if Trump's friends and allies have no effing idea what he's up to, the Iranians must be thinking 'how do we deal with this crazy man" . The Iranians have been used to beating American presidents like red headed stepchildren. Trump must confuse the crap out of them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (BFvh9)

59 Also, they are running out of fresh water at Midway.

IYKYK.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (0vB2I)

60 Huh. Everytime I flip to another tab, AOS is tossing up a "before you go" ad.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (/HDaX)

61 How the f*ck are they even remotely closing the Strait?

They have so little viable equipment remaining, right? I mean, that's what everyone keeps saying......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Idk who is lying, but it's irritating as fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (sn5xH)

62 Not very interested in details or whether a deal is "good" or "bad"

Restoring the Shah is the fundamental solution. It is the only acceptable "deal."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (JvZF+)

63 Although Trump is a strong conservative in most ways, he shares a grave flaw with RINO liberals: The opinions of the New York/DC liberal media operatives still matter to him.

He still has lots of properties in NY.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)

64 42 Don't believe anything the Iranians say, they will keep attacking

And Trump doesn't know that? He's a naif? A babe in the woods? Please.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)

65 One of the oddest things about modern coverage of wars is an assumption it can be done in a sterile manner where only direct enemy combatants die or are even inconvenienced.

The last war of any significance we won was WWII, where we devastated Axis civilian populations

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

And Allied civilians, too. Tens of thousands of French civilians were killed by the Allies in liberation of France. Not deliberately, of course, but unavoidably.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (y9ksN)

66 56 "said Iran was expecting to maintain control of inbound traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in a deal being negotiated with Oman, citing an Iranian source."

Iranian source ? I think I've found the problem

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (vQrSy)

67
Pop-up ad attacks between comments now, is anybody else experiencing this?

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (Y8DZL)

68 make Iran civilized"

Nah. Not my monkeys...

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR)

69 Anyone else notice full size "before you go" pop-ups on the comments pages today?

Posted by: Joemarine at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (y171U)

70 Pop-up ad attacks between comments now, is anybody else experiencing this?

Yes, but I went back to FF+no script which works again and...no ads.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

71 And Trump doesn't know that? He's a naif? A babe in the woods? Please.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)

Frustrating isn't it? 😂😂😂

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (FgjHu)

72 y'know, I gotta say it; tbh, I don't really care a bit about this day-to-day hair-igniting over iran ... I trust the President enough to feel like it's gonna end up better than it was, and that's enough to go forward.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (VyBeY)

73 So, if Qatucker Qatarlson is actually found guilty of treason and is put to death, how fast until the left wing media uses it as their smoking gun that Trump kills journalists?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

74 Anyone else notice full size "before you go" pop-ups on the comments pages today?
Posted by: Joemarine at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (y171U)

Tons of them.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (/HDaX)

75 Ad opens , Strait of Hormuz opens
Ad closes , Strait of Hormuz closes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (BFvh9)

76 Popups are a known problem here today for everyone. The solution is to use Brave Browser. This has been a Public Service Announcement.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (qQ6p3)

77 Also, they are running out of fresh water at Midway."

AF?

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (XuXeR)

78 Why aren't my comments showing up?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (FgjHu)

79 67 Pop-up ad attacks between comments now, is anybody else experiencing this?
Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (Y8DZL)

Yes I see them.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (y171U)

80 I think that Trump is just mirroring the Iranians' tactics back at them. They have done this thing before of announcing an agreement where we surrendered to all their demands. I don't understand how that's even supposed to work as a negotiating tactic, since you're obviously not going to fool someone into thinking he said something he never said. I guess you then accuse him of reneging on your 'agreement' when he denies it, and hope that he wants it badly enough to make concessions to get you back to the table?

There's no way to deal in a rational and reasoned way with such nonsense. But a sufficiently shameless negotiator can just go tit for tat right back at them, and maybe someday they'll tire of it and get serious. Or maybe they'll die in an explosion first. We'll see!

Posted by: SciVo at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (Sy6m/)

81 Or crawl of of Hell

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (L8DX7)

82 At this point, I'm fine walking away because it just doesn't really effect us.

I just dont think it's worth throwing hundreds of billions (trillions?) at fighting Iran so the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait can transport its oil "cheaper" to sell to the world.

Maybe these insanely wealthy countries figure out their own way to fight Iran instead of Americans doing it for them?

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (eIzlH)

83 Here comes the rain again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (sn5xH)

84 Supposedly. Scott Bessent and Marco Rubio say a deal is imminent-adjacent.

===

Imminent curious!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (g47mK)

85 >>> Still -- what the hell is this?

Could have been Trump leaking this for all we know.

Like putting up a sign "MINFIELD !!!"
Just to keep out the riffraff even though there are no mines.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (E9VJ1)

86 As a point to consider, imagine if we reversed the situation. The US was blocking trade through the Caribbean, and Iran with the largest navy and air force in the world wanted us to stop.

Miami would be gone. Every coastal installation in FL would be gone. Every power plant, bridge, or major economic installation in the southeast would be gone. Every elite neighborhood they could reach around DC and maybe NYC would be gone.

And Iran wouldn't be doing this because they are evil (which they are) but because this is how you win a conflict like this.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

87 "At this point, I'm fine walking away because it just doesn't really effect us."

Leave the uranium in Iranian hands? The nuke stuff is the primary casus belli for the whole shebang.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

88 AF? LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 12:42 PM (VyBeY)

89 And Iran wouldn't be doing this because they are evil (which they are) but because this is how you win a conflict like this.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

Don't play at war. But the world and certainly this country are not ready for what not playing at war looks like.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (FgjHu)

90 The blog is so fucked up today that safari has it named 'website crashed' on my phone

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (enNUy)

91 someone said

'If you going to war, go all the way'

no half measures

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (ZxPkt)

92 President Trump, who may then have used Tucker as an unwitting counterintelligence asset to feed faulty information to Iran. (BASED.)

-
I refuse to believe this because, if true, it'd mean Tucker isn't totally worthless.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (ndZc7)

93 Oh I see on leftist forums they are blaming Israel for sending the invaders into Ceuta and what makes me laugh is...so we are all in agreements then that waves of 3rd world immigrants are bad and sending them is an act of war? Or just this one case for some reason?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

94 >>Iran "opening" and "closing" the Strait is made-up propaganda bullshit. Nobody ever heard of it before the war. It was invented solely to make the USA -- and Trump -- look bad.

>>People who report on this bullshit have obviously never seen a map of the Strait or have any understanding about maritime shipping through the Strait. They seem to think the Strait is like the Panama Canal, or some other ocean passage that's narrow enough to put a toll bridge over.

To date, exactly ZERO ships have encountered Mines in the Strait.
Merely the Threat of Mines.

Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (uzmqU)

95 Dear fucking God this is stupid
I'm lost

And I give up

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (61TgR)

96 "Scott Bessent and Marco Rubio say a deal is imminent-adjacent"

I dunno. Would you want a date with a "girl" who claimed "she" was female-adjacent?

The Blade would pass. Too much risk of a dick popping out from that date.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

97 Pop-up ad attacks between comments now, is anybody else experiencing this?
Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (Y8DZL)

Yes I see them.

yeah I'm out for a while

the enshittification of the inter webs has hit AoS!

and no I'm not using a browser other than Safari or Chrome, thanks

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (j+aD2)

98 Here comes the rain again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (sn5xH)

Must be nice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

99 People who report on this bullshit have obviously never seen a map of the Strait or have any understanding about maritime shipping through the Strait. They seem to think the Strait is like the Panama Canal, or some other ocean passage that's narrow enough to put a toll bridge over.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

The Strait of Hormuz are international waters. Iran has no lawful control. Their "control" consists of threats against vessels that may transit the Strait. "Nice tanker you have there. Pity if something should happen to it. Pay up."

The way to deal with it? Reprisals. Cruel reprisals. Every tanker attacked means a mosque gets blown up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (1z8ji)

100 I at least have to mention a possibility that I don't like much: Trump loves gabbing to the press, especially New York media liberals who absolutely despise him. No one can stop him from constantly talking to Maggie Haberman, for example.

==

It is possible. He does it all the time. Even joked about it, how the military brass had to tell him not to say anything about secret rooms under the ballroom.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)

101 The last war of any significance we won was WWII, where we devastated Axis civilian populations
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Taxpayers are more important to government funding than foreign trade.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 04, 2026 12:44 PM (vSvIl)

102 The Blade would pass. Too much risk of a dick popping out from that date.

You make that sound like a bad thing?!?

Posted by: David French at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

103 > Pop-up ad attacks between comments now, is anybody else experiencing this?
Posted by: Auspex
-=---

no, because Firefox

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)

104 >>Here comes the rain again.

The Eurythmics don't get enough love.

Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (uzmqU)

105 I don't want to know why urologists think people have leg weakness. And what's with the effing walrus? These ads are weird

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (BFvh9)

106 Anyone else notice full size "before you go" pop-ups on the comments pages today?
Posted by: Joemarine at August 04, 2026 12:38 PM (y171U)

Tons of them.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (/HDaX)

***

Annoying as hell...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (affD0)

107 The blog is so fucked up today"

Have you tried this Korean remedy loved by Amazon customers?

Or tried this one anti aging trick from Costco shoppers?

Posted by: man at August 04, 2026 12:46 PM (XuXeR)

108 105 I don't want to know why urologists think people have leg weakness. And what's with the effing walrus? These ads are weird
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 12:45 PM (BFvh9)

I'm not getting any ads...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 12:46 PM (vQrSy)

109
The way to deal with it? Reprisals. Cruel reprisals. Every tanker attacked means a mosque gets blown up.

My suggestion is to take a few BBs out of mothballs. Any attack on a tanker and you lose a coastal town. And it would be cheap and easy with a BB firing shells.

Didn't Reagan do something like this for a short time in the 80s?

Posted by: David French at August 04, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

110 Oh I see on leftist forums they are blaming Israel for sending the invaders into Ceuta and what makes me laugh is...so we are all in agreements then that waves of 3rd world immigrants are bad and sending them is an act of war? Or just this one case for some reason?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

https://tinyurl.com/ysn2ede5

Keep posting 👆as response.

FAFO

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 12:46 PM (g47mK)

111 "To date, exactly ZERO ships have encountered Mines in the Strait. Merely the Threat of Mines."

It's not just mines that threaten.

Google AI sez "More than 30 commercial and transport ships have been officially confirmed as attacked and damaged in the 2026 war between the United States and Iran."

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

112 8 It's day ja view all over again.
‐--‐-------
More like deja jew all over again, am i right?
Just asking questions!

Posted by: Tuq'a Qatarlson at August 04, 2026 12:47 PM (hHfTR)

113 Popups are a known problem here today for everyone. The solution is to use Brave Browser. This has been a Public Service Announcement.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (qQ6p3)
___

This^

https://brave.com/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 12:48 PM (5ExGj)

114
Google AI sez "More than 30 commercial and transport ships have been officially confirmed as attacked and damaged in the 2026 war between the United States and Iran."

Keep in mind those aren't American ships, which means Iran is engaged in what has traditionally been labelled piracy.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

115 This has the vibe of "made you flinch" taunt when the other person, in fact, did not flinch.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (XdJ05)

116
To date, exactly ZERO ships have encountered Mines in the Strait. Merely the Threat of Mines.

_____________

Mimes in the Strait would be terrifying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (O0L8i)

117 It's vu ja de, the feeling that none of this has ever happened before - George Carlin

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (BFvh9)

118 I'm not seeing ads, but I wouldn't mind a Sciatica Stretch Girl now and then.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (UjdFS)

119 It was the best of deals; it was the worst of deals.

Posted by: Charles Dickens at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (ndZc7)

120 Has anyone tried the DuckDuckGo browser?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

121
"Stop Me If You Heard This One Before"

I think that was an album title from a 90's band.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 04, 2026 12:50 PM (OgWfa)

122 I just dont think it's worth throwing hundreds of billions (trillions?) at fighting Iran so the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait can transport its oil "cheaper" to sell to the world.

Maybe these insanely wealthy countries figure out their own way to fight Iran instead of Americans doing it for them?
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Our conflict with Iran isn't about the Strait. It's about their desire to acquire nuclear weapons so they can please allah with oceans of irradiated blood. To include ours.

Which is something we should probably seek to prevent.

The Strait is a secondary issue.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 04, 2026 12:50 PM (vSvIl)

123 Has anyone tried the DuckDuckGo browser?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

I believe Bulg said he's using it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)

124 To date, exactly ZERO ships have encountered Mines in the Strait. Merely the Threat of Mines.

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Mimes in the Strait would be terrifying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (O0L8i)

***

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Posted by: Marcel Marceau at August 04, 2026 12:51 PM (affD0)

125
Samson's power was in his hair.

Trump's is his mouth. The media is his Delilah.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 04, 2026 12:51 PM (OkYzo)

126 94
someone said

'If you going to war, go all the way'

no half measures
Posted by: Don Black
......

someone has read some history

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:51 PM (UjdFS)

127 It was the best of deals; it was the worst of deals.
Posted by: Charles Dickens at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (ndZc7)
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Meh.

Posted by: Ghost of Deals Past at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (JvZF+)

128 Morning.

OT but I'm probably not saying anything new when I say too much gin is bad news.

Oy vey...

Back on topic but how about the in next round of missile strikes we just target all of Iran's banks? I think this would be a splendid idea. Imagine being on a call with customer support and all you hear is "durka dutja AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!! BOOM BOOM BOOM"

Posted by: Robert at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (dpXJq)

129 Leave the uranium in Iranian hands? The nuke stuff is the primary casus belli for the whole shebang.
Posted by: gp
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What about North Korea? Or Russia? China? Pakistan?

It's a long list of dangerous countries.

This is exactly why we invaded Iran and spent trillions, I dont think many people here thought it was the greatest idea in hindsight

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (eIzlH)

130 Mimes in the Strait would be terrifying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

For one thing, they'd probably drown in those boxes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

131
Back on topic but how about the in next round of missile strikes we just target all of Iran's banks? I think this would be a splendid idea. Imagine being on a call with customer support and all you hear is "durka dutja AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!! BOOM BOOM BOOM"

When Canuckistan went to shut down protest over its COVID policies yes it literally ran protestors down with horses but what was more impactful was stopping protestors from having access to banks...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

132 105, LOL, I agree!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 12:53 PM (VyBeY)

133 How the f*ck are they even remotely closing the Strait?

They have so little viable equipment remaining, right? I mean, that's what everyone keeps saying......
Posted by: Sponge

It's the poisoned-M&Ms thing.

If I gave you a big bowl of M&Ms, and told you one or two were poisoned, would you eat any of them?

If I told you the Strait was open, but maybe the psychos had one or two 'splodey drones left, would you sail your $9-figure ship through?

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 12:53 PM (VHUov)

134
Has anyone tried the DuckDuckGo browser?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

I do use DuckDuckGo occasionally but my primary browser is Brave mainly because of it's YouTube add blocker.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (OgWfa)

135 Oh, for...

Ending the Iran problem, I was on board for.

This is just dicking around now.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (OUMaO)

136 Trump is not stupid, nor does he have loose lips. It amazes me that people who ostensibly support Trump are still willing to entertain the idea that he is both.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (3ImbR)

137 This is exactly why we invaded Iran and spent trillions, I dont think many people here thought it was the greatest idea in hindsight

We could have gotten a hell of a lot more done in Iraq with hundreds of thousands of 2K pound bombs then we did with 250K grunts.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

138 For one thing, they'd probably drown in those boxes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)
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You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

139 The only civilians in Iran are the Zoroastrians and the few Christians and Jews who may still exist. The musloids are all defacto supporters of the regime, so they are legitimate targets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (1z8ji)

140 I do use DuckDuckGo occasionally but my primary browser is Brave mainly because of it's YouTube add blocker.

Posted by: YIKES!

No issues with Brave, where as ad blocking YT on Firefox leads to endless troubles. Choose accordingly.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (OUMaO)

141 Call me On and Off Again.

Posted by: Moby Deal at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (ynfRM)

142 They keep using that word. I do not think they know what it means.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (tRhMq)

143 ***

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Posted by: Marcel Marceau
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Top Ten comments of the week potential.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (XeU6L)

144 For one thing, they'd probably drown in those boxes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (JvZF+)

***

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Posted by: Marcel Marceau at August 04, 2026 12:55 PM (affD0)

145 I look at maps of the Middle East and think: Iran is the King Shithole on Turd Hill.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:56 PM (UjdFS)

146 If I told you the Strait was open, but maybe the psychos had one or two 'splodey drones left, would you sail your $9-figure ship through?
Posted by: mikeski

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Exactly and they are paying, unfortunately.

One would think it's way easier to track this and stop it than using our Navy to escort ships. You cant move money like this around without major financial institutions involved.

Ultimately these nations are going to find a way to basically not use the Straits anymore, but it will probably take a few years.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 12:56 PM (eIzlH)

147 Where am I?

Posted by: King Harv at August 04, 2026 12:56 PM (FRcIP)

148 I'll make any deal for $99.95 !!!

Posted by: Earl Scheib at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (ynfRM)

149 Sounds like Trump throwing a monkey wrench in the fan to cause confusion on the situation.

Trump F88king with Iran and ME to come across as unpredictable, chaotic and crazy.

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (38587)

150 Great, a French mime. A travesty of a debacle.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (JvZF+)

151 Looks like still have a bunch of traitors in the govt just like in the first Trump admin. Hopefully we can track the bastards down before the term is up unlike last time when they bragged about it after the election.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (n5tGW)

152 I look at maps of the Middle East and think: Iran is the King Shithole on Turd Hill.
Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:56 PM (UjdFS)
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I concur.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (5ExGj)

153 We keep getting story after story that we are nearly out of munitions ? Who is leaking that and is it true ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (vQrSy)

154 "ad blocking YT on Firefox leads to endless troubles."

No problems here. I never see ads from any source whatsoever with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

155 Iran is mostly attacking with drones right?

How good is the Navy's anti-drone tech? If it is decent why aren't we forming convoys around some AEGIS ships with land and carrier based air for support?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

156 Blog is all kinds of fucked up. Keep getting ads I can’t get rid of without exiting the site.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 12:58 PM (yEz+x)

157 So, if Qatucker Qatarlson is actually found guilty of treason and is put to death, how fast until the left wing media uses it as their smoking gun that Trump kills journalists?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

Tucker was a registered Democrat until 2020.

I'd say he has it coming.

And honestly, if journalists were sincerely worried about being killed, mayhaps they'd be a little more diligent about their reporting.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 12:59 PM (AdHga)

158 This is exactly why we invaded Iran and spent trillions, I dont think many people here thought it was the greatest idea in hindsight

We could have gotten a hell of a lot more done in Iraq with hundreds of thousands of 2K pound bombs then we did with 250K grunts.
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Invading Iraq wasn't the problem.

Letting the State Department run everything for a decade trying to create a European style government, and tying our soldiers' hands behind their backs, putting more value on the lives of foreigners than our guys, for the sake of "winning hearts and minds" was the problem.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 04, 2026 12:59 PM (vSvIl)

159 These pop up ads are like 9/11 all over again...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:00 PM (affD0)

160 We can't judge the war until it plays out beyond these steps (if it ever does). The fact that Trump did this in an election year suggests one or more of the following:

A. Thought he could have it won and over and done with fast
B. Believed regardless of consequence it was too important to leave alone or to the "next" people
C. Had a catastrophic mental break of some kind
D. Is rather suddenly someone else's puppet
E. Fell for shitty intelligence from actors with bad intents
F. Had supreme intelligence he still cannot reveal to the world
8. Believed the cause and outcome will bolster his legacy and party rather than tarnish it

Which of these you believe, and how many is up to you!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:00 PM (FgjHu)

161 My suggestion is to take a few BBs out of mothballs. Any attack on a tanker and you lose a coastal town. And it would be cheap and easy with a BB firing shells.

Didn't Reagan do something like this for a short time in the 80s?
Posted by: David French

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Too risky.
A 14 year old Iranian kid could take out a BB with a $200 drone and 4 oz of explosive payload.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:01 PM (E9VJ1)

162 Eleventy gazillion dollars a year for decades on end allocated to the Pentagon. And they forgot to buy bombs? Sounds about right.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:01 PM (Nv7RV)

163 How good is the Navy's anti-drone tech? If it is decent why aren't we forming convoys around some AEGIS ships with land and carrier based air for support?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

If there is no penalty for trying, they will keep trying, won't they? Reprisals are the way to stop it. Make such efforts so painful to them that they refrain from even trying.

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

164 Too risky.
A 14 year old Iranian kid could take out a BB with a $200 drone and 4 oz of explosive payload.

I'm not suggesting sending a battleship alone. Iran has yet to hit a carrier so I assume our AEGIS system is still effective

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)

165 160 A and B work for me.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 We keep getting story after story that we are nearly out of munitions ? Who is leaking that and is it true ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (vQrSy)

I would guess like everything else it's made up bullshit

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (FgjHu)

167 We could have gotten a hell of a lot more done in Iraq with hundreds of thousands of 2K pound bombs then we did with 250K grunts.
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If we grunts didn't have a f*cked up RoE, believe me, we would have done so much more.

But yeah, I get what you're saying.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (5ExGj)

168 *eyeroll*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

169 I do use DuckDuckGo occasionally but my primary browser is Brave mainly because of it's YouTube add blocker.

Ditto. I get a several second black screen before each video starts which I suspect is YT chastising me for using Brave but it's still a good trade-off.

Posted by: Zombie Augusto P. at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (vTZFs)

170 136 Trump is not stupid, nor does he have loose lips. It amazes me that people who ostensibly support Trump are still willing to entertain the idea that he is both.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 12:54 PM (3ImbR)
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+1.

Posted by: ballistic at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (oqH4h)

171
All the "experts" predicted $200/bbl oil and today it's about $75. So it would the markets have discounted Iran's stranglehold on ME oil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 01:03 PM (O0L8i)

172 Well the market is up bigly

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 01:03 PM (vQrSy)

173 They had to thread a fine needle. Simultaneously trying to ruin the military, and get involved in stupid wars overseas. They’re the real victims here, you guys.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:03 PM (Nv7RV)

174 No joy in Socialistville tonight.

https://tinyurl.com/3mtjbee9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7)

175 I used to really like Tucker. So sad.

Posted by: Iris at August 04, 2026 01:04 PM (286+n)

176 Blog is all kinds of fucked up. Keep getting ads I can’t get rid of without exiting the site.
Posted by: nurse ratched.

These pop up ads are like 9/11 all over again...
Posted by: Truck Monkey
......

"AI" has taken over.

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

177 Blog is all kinds of fucked up. Keep getting ads I can’t get rid of without exiting the site.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 12:58 PM (yEz+x)

The blog is under attack by Google. Brave browser does not see the ads. Well, it "sees" and blocks them, so I don't have to.

Is Jordan61 and her hubby safe?

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

178 Who cares if Trump makes these feints? If it works, then we avoid a costly war. If it doesn't, we get the war everyone seems to be crying for but won't have to fight.

Posted by: RokShox at August 04, 2026 01:05 PM (dRK3U)

179 Off-topic, but funny. When the nearest Cabela's is too far away...

https://tinyurl.com/b6v59amc+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 01:05 PM (qx7Zg)

180 Pop ups suck

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 01:06 PM (oC984)

181 I am not seeing any of the issues y'all talking about. I bet y'all are running MSWindows !

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:07 PM (g47mK)

182 Don't believe anything the Iranians say, they will keep attacking

So how many Muslims in the US are willing to die, and how many Muslims are the Iranians willing to kill for this hypothetical nuclear bomb threat?

I question this whole line of reasoning that starts with "Death to America" and always ends at "...by nuclear annihilation".

Why? because the millions of Muslims in the West have told us time and time again that "Death to America" means Islamic take-over and death of the cultural West and anyone who doesn't bow the knee.

Its the cohort that is wanting to bomb Iran to the days of primordial soup who keep telling us to not believe our lying eyes and expect a nuclear holocaust if we don't act now!

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (NzX/y)

183 No joy in Socialistville tonight.

https://tinyurl.com/3mtjbee9

Sire, the people are revolting.

You said it! They stink on ice!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

184 We keep getting story after story that we are nearly out of munitions ? Who is leaking that and is it true ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 12:57 PM (vQrSy)

I would guess like everything else it's made up bullshit
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:02 PM (FgjHu)

IIRC, Senator Kelly came out of a classified briefing and stated that our stocks were dangerously low.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (igCg8)

185 If there is no penalty for trying, they will keep trying, won't they? Reprisals are the way to stop it. Make such efforts so painful to them that they refrain from even trying.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:01 PM (1z8ji)
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That will require the wholesale slaughter of civilians and the destruction of their holy cultural sites.

America simply has no stomach to engage in war at that level, despite our unparalleled technological superiority over every other fighting force on the planet.

We will never engage our enemies at the level necessary to utterly destroy them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (FZ29D)

186 I used to really like Tucker. So sad.
Posted by: Iris

I feel your pain. I used to like Candy Oh!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (ndZc7)

187 Is Jordan61 and her hubby safe?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I got a text from her a couple days ago and they were fine.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (yEz+x)

188 I still think the test for Tuq'r was the "Jewish rape dogs" story. The intelligence services came up with the stupidest story possible, fed it to him, and he passed it along.

Posted by: Wally at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (avzFa)

189 I used to really like Tucker. So sad.

Yeah. I've told this before but I tried to follow his podcast after he left Fox. The first couple of episodes were good but then he lost me when he did a one-hour video all about how a Cybertruck totally made perfect sense for a working farmer.

Posted by: Zombie Augusto P. at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (vTZFs)

190 No joy in Socialistville tonight.

https://tinyurl.com/3mtjbee9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7)
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I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $600, Alex

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

191 /helicopter tour operator sock

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (vTZFs)

192 IIRC, Senator Kelly came out of a classified briefing and stated that our stocks were dangerously low.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (igCg

You mean the guy who beats up Gabby Giffords? He's a Democrat; they lie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (1z8ji)

193 I need a helicopter

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (n5tGW)

194 I still think the test for Tuq'r was the "Jewish rape dogs" story. The intelligence services came up with the stupidest story possible, fed it to him, and he passed it along.

I still see lefties echoing this on their sites while claiming that obviously there were no sexual assaults on Oct 7 because that's just crazy talk and there is no evidence besides lying Jewish b*tches.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

195 IIRC, Senator Kelly came out of a classified briefing and stated that our stocks were dangerously low.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (igCg

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If he's willing to leak about that, he's willing to leak about other things.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:11 PM (FZ29D)

196 181 I am not seeing any of the issues y'all talking about. I bet y'all are running MSWindows !

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:07 PM (g47mK)

I'm running MSWindows and not getting any popups. Firefox browser with NoScript and AdBlockPlus extensions.

Posted by: Gref at August 04, 2026 01:11 PM (5rh/l)

197 I got a text from her a couple days ago and they were fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (yEz+x)
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Good to hear.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 01:11 PM (5ExGj)

198 "people who ostensibly support Trump"

I voted for him thrice. There's my support.

Honestly, if he had said before the 2024 election that he definitely intended to go kinetic against Iran during his term, I might have sat it out. I've been gentle in my criticism of the guy, because I don't come here to start fights. That said, this war seems nowhere close to achieving its primary objective of denuclearizing the regime.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 01:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 I got a text from her a couple days ago and they were fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (yEz+x)

Glad to hear it!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:12 PM (1z8ji)

200 This work day can't get over fast enough

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM (L8DX7)

201 Heya AOP!

{{{nurse}}}

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM (5ExGj)

202 Oh and for nurse I forgot

H. The war is a distraction from Epstein.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM (FgjHu)

203 Honestly, if he had said before the 2024 election that he definitely intended to go kinetic against Iran during his term, I might have sat it out.

==

He did. Has been saying it since 2015, as a wannabe politician. But people hear what they want, not what is actually said. What did you think "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon" meant ? An MOU ?

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)

204 "The Strait of Hormuz are international waters. Iran has no lawful control. Their "control" consists of threats against vessels that may transit the Strait. "Nice tanker you have there. Pity if something should happen to it. Pay up."

Iran is a pirate nation, or a mafia nation, or a terrorist mafia pirate nation ... The IRGC and others in charge plunder the nation's oil, so they don't care about the people, the terrorists have control of the resources.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (vbXSk)

205 Haven't been a late night tv watcher in decades, barely ever saw Tuck

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (L8DX7)

206 Whomever leaked needs to be strapped to Rosie O'Donnel and both of them dropped on Tehran.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (2GVsD)

207 Ace should open every one of his Trump threatens for the 102nd time to stomp/not-stomp the Iranian Regime, with the Serenity Prayer.

Posted by: Gref at August 04, 2026 01:15 PM (5rh/l)

208 Whomever leaked needs to be strapped to Rosie O'Donnel and both of them dropped on Tehran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (2GVsD)

an elegant solution !

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:15 PM (g47mK)

209 We need to make Trump Chief Justice of SCOTUS. His opinions would be hilarious.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

210 76 Popups are a known problem here today for everyone. The solution is to use Brave Browser. This has been a Public Service Announcement.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:39 PM (qQ6p3)

^^^THIS ^^^

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 04, 2026 01:16 PM (3sXRv)

211 That will require the wholesale slaughter of civilians and the destruction of their holy cultural sites.

America simply has no stomach to engage in war at that level, despite our unparalleled technological superiority over every other fighting force on the planet.

We will never engage our enemies at the level necessary to utterly destroy them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:09 PM (FZ29D)

This why you brand all Iranian muslims as "enemy combatants" or "enemy workers". And all mosques* as "IRGC installations". Play the propaganda game.

*if certain mosques can be identified as Sunni, and not Shia, leave them be. Might drive a wedge further between the two branches of the cult.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:16 PM (1z8ji)

212 Still -- what the hell is this?

you sound like one who does not trust the plan. are you not of the body?

Posted by: q anon at August 04, 2026 01:17 PM (qdr3M)

213 "...Has been saying it since 2015..."
Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM

I think he has been calling for war against Iran since the revolution, long before he indicated any political intentions.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:17 PM (igCg8)

214 It’s astonishing that anyone posting thinks they know anything about what is really going on. If you really know what is going on, and are posting here, you’re breaking both security and the law. Even then what one “knows” even with certain levels of clearance is only what you need to know, and even then only what our side “thinks” is the case. Tolstoy was right, God alone knows what’s really going on in war. We humans are just making our best guesses based on poor and incomplete information.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:17 PM (Jc4hv)

215 OK, some polling news is in order

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
2h
🚨 WOW! Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany (R) LEADS Francesca Hong (D) by 3 points, and has out-raised her by $8 million dollars

Tiffany is heading into the general election with a shocking advantage as Democrats are nominating a total psycho as their candidate

MAKE WISCONSIN RED"

Tell Miss Hum not to lose hope !

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

216 Whomever leaked needs to be strapped to Rosie O'Donnel and both of them dropped on Tehran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (2GVsD)

That might be in violation of the Geneva Accords. Let's DO IT!!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (qx7Zg)

217 Got me one a them square pans the Nips use to make omelets.

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (ZxPkt)

218 "What did you think "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon" meant?"

Did you expect him to go kinetic against Iran during his term? I did not. That's on me.

Will this war achieve that objective?

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

219 2h
🚨 WOW! Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany (R) LEADS Francesca Hong (D) by 3 points, and has out-raised her by $8 million dollars

3 ? It should be 30.... She's a nutcase... Literally

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (RHvlD)

220 I think he has been calling for war against Iran since the revolution, long before he indicated any political intentions.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 04, 2026 01:17 PM (igCg

I made a point of saying he voiced this sentiment as a Politician running for POTUS, not as a concerned citizen. Because we all say stuff...

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (g47mK)

221 IIRC, Senator Kelly came out of a classified briefing and stated that our stocks were dangerously low.

Which continues the tradition that a Republican president has no authority to declassify information, only prominent Democrats, regardless of office can arbitrarily declassify information to whoever they want.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (/TiS1)

222 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

223 I notice R fund raising seems much better then in years past.

This makes me doubt FNM polling saying Dems are surging for two reasons - more people in general are donating to the GOP but more importantly this means the people trying to buy favors are buying GOP candidates not Dems ones.

Not that this is a good thing but think of it like Polymarket except the people gambling aren't idiots.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

224 🚨 WOW! Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany (R) LEADS Francesca Hong (D) by 3 points, and has out-raised her by $8 million dollars

Data centers are an issue in MI and WI, which is enticing some MAGA types - usually retirees - to vote for the Dems this year.
The hyphens should, I hope, keep this from being a margin blower:
jasmi.news/p/no-data-centers-in-my-backyard

Posted by: 88C+u at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (88C+u)

225 It’s astonishing that anyone posting thinks they know anything about what is really going on. If you really know what is going on, and are posting here, you’re breaking both security and the law. Even then what one “knows” even with certain levels of clearance is only what you need to know, and even then only what our side “thinks” is the case. Tolstoy was right, God alone knows what’s really going on in war. We humans are just making our best guesses based on poor and incomplete information.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:17 PM (Jc4hv)

Oh, what's going on (What's going on)
What's going on (What's going on)
Yeah, what's going on (What's going on)
Oh, what's going on?

Posted by: Zombie Marvin Gaye at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (wVcYX)

226 Did you expect him to go kinetic against Iran during his term? I did not. That's on me.

Will this war achieve that objective?
Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

He said he will put an end to ISIS in the first term. And he did. Using "kinetic action". As far as I-ran and the 4 objectives, we are getting there!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (g47mK)

227 Senator Kelly came out of a classified briefing and stated that our stocks were dangerously low.
---------

He could have come out of there and said Charles Manson was in the briefing via Telelink

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:21 PM (FgjHu)

228 Has anybody mentioned this today? Apparently J.D. has put up the world's Gucci-est ever henhouse on the Naval Observatory grounds and the leftie media (BIRM) is losing its sh*t.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (vTZFs)

229 We humans are just making our best guesses based on poor and incomplete information.

So can you extend us the grace to not have to lead with throat clearing about "best guesses...poor and incomplete information...YMMV...etm." before speculating with a tone of certainty?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (/TiS1)

230 Aww, bet won't be able to get nood

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 01:23 PM (L8DX7)

231 180 Pop ups suck
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 01:06 PM (oC984)

Not a Spirit Halloween fan?

Posted by: SciVo at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (Sy6m/)

232 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

233 Whomever leaked needs to be strapped to Rosie O'Donnel and both of them dropped on Tehran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:14 PM (2GVsD)

Cruel and unusual punishment!! The strapped part, not the dropped part…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (yz/88)

234 I trust Trump; it's the sand rats I don't trust.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (bX16E)

235 Honestly, if he had said before the 2024 election that he definitely intended to go kinetic against Iran during his term, I might have sat it out.

==

He did. Has been saying it since 2015, as a wannabe politician. But people hear what they want, not what is actually said. What did you think "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon" meant ? An MOU ?

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)

Trump's been saying it since the 80s. He's never altered course vis a vis Iran.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

236 I use Brave, but have always kept the ad blocker down for Ace.
Turned it on, and no problems. If it starts costing Ace money, maybe it'll stop?

Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 01:29 PM (q6tQZ)

237 charges "tariffs" on oil ships

The Pilot accepts a nice lunch or his speedboat gets some new holes.

Posted by: DaveA at August 04, 2026 01:29 PM (FhXTo)

238 It's amusing. I was a Trump skeptic in '24, while most of you were Trump enthusiasts. Yet here we are, with me defending him, and many here attacking him. The worm, she has turned.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
==
It's all theater - the market is all excited. Wash rinse repeat.

All being done to assure our allies in the ME we are trying are darndest to talk to Iran. Gas prices fall, spot mkt oil under $72 a barrel.

More bombing to come.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (UQRAm)

239 The time has come,
The walrus said
To speak of many things
Of ships and sails and sealing wax
Of cabbages and kings
And why the sea is boiling hot
And whether pigs have wings

Benefits of a classical education.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (bX16E)

240 "To date, exactly ZERO ships have encountered Mines in the Strait. Merely the Threat of Mines."

It's not just mines that threaten.

Google AI sez "More than 30 commercial and transport ships have been officially confirmed as attacked and damaged in the 2026 war between the United States and Iran."
Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 12:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

Some of those are doubtless the Iranian ships we've stopped by firing into their engine rooms and towed / let limp off into custody.

I don't think Iran has sunk a vessel yet though I could be missing one.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

241 Burny Slanders is bitching that Trump is kicking people off of the government teat

Yeah? So?

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (jrgJz)

242 I stay pretty calm about the back and forth with Iran and Trump. Mind Games by Foreigner.

Tucker should be investigated, probed, and locked up. Who appointed him heir to the throne? Dimwit BE GONE!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:25 PM (hzuYO)

The Morning Rant 8/4/2026 [Doof]

CBD looked deep down on the bench for a fill-in for this morning's rant and found me. OK then - I'll give it a go!

I've been noticing a growing number of articles and X posts lately about the increasing amount of "safety" cameras (officially known as "license plate readers" or LPRs) being deployed around the country. CBD brought up this topic in his Morning Rant on 7/9/26 (remember - don't comment on old threads). This is another huge part of the surveillance state in which we currently live.

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Does the current surveillance state constitute "unreasonable searches and seizures"? Sure seems like it to me.

***

A Forbes article from the pre-Covid era compared the modern surveillance state to George Orwell's book 1984. The article made distinctions between government being the primary source in the book and private industry being the primary source in 2019. In the relatively short time since that article was written, those lines have gotten blurrier.

As Orwell's 1984 Turns 70 It Predicted Much Of Today's Surveillance Society

George Orwell’s famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four turns 70 years old next month. Looking back on its predictions and the state of the world today, how much did it get right in its predictions of a dystopian surveillance state where every word is monitored, unacceptable speech is deleted, history is rewritten or deleted altogether and individuals can become “unpersons” for holding views disliked by those in power? It turns out Orwell’s predictions were frighteningly accurate.

This is from May 2019 so add 7 years and change to that 70.

In 1984, it was the state that determined what constituted acceptable speech in keeping society orderly.
In 2019, it is a small cadre of private companies in Silicon Valley and their executives that wield absolute power over what we are permitted to see and say online.

The atmosphere of free speech on social media got worse during Covid but has gotten noticeably better since Elon bought Twitter and the other giants dialed back on their ridiculous censorship. Going in the opposite direction - The State of Minnesota has recently decided to assert a claim to absolute authority over permissible speech with the Shiloh Hendrix case.

In 1984, it was the state that made use of its vast surveillance empire to maintain order.
In 2019, a landscape of private companies so large it is almost uncountable, monitors, monetizes and manipulates us.
***
In 1984, the government funded the vast empire of equipment and personnel needed to maintain constant surveillance of its citizens.
In 2019, the public themselves fund the great surveillance empire that monitors, monetizes and manipulates them. Citizens purchase the latest digital devices, upgrade and maintain them at regular intervals, pay for the power and internet services needed to connect them and grant unlimited rights to their most intimate information to private companies.

Enter "Flock Safety" here in 2026. The distinctions made by Forbes in 2019 are rapidly disintegrating. Was it all government owned and operated property in Orwell's book? I don't know. But in 2026, "Flock operates on a subscription/lease model only. Hardware is owned and maintained by Flock and remains their property." (Source - getsafeandsound.com)

Grok provided this note:

Customers (including government agencies) own and control the data/footage captured by the cameras. Flock does not sell that data, and sharing is controlled by the customer. The distinction is important: the physical cameras belong to the private contractor (Flock), while the data belongs to the contracting agency or organization.

So the customers (mostly government agencies at various levels) own the footage / data. Which is provided by Flock Safety. The unmentioned part is if/how Flock Safety themselves also review and/or retain the data. The public - who are the indirect billpayers - should know that!

First, let's take a look at who owns Flock Safety. According to Grok with sources cited:

Flock Safety (legal name Flock Group Inc.) is a privately held, venture-backed company with no single public owner or parent company. (bgr.com)
It was founded in 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Georgia Tech alumni Garrett Langley (CEO and largest individual shareholder), Matt Feury, and Paige Todd. The founders retain a significant ownership stake (estimated around 21% combined in some analyses), alongside employee stock ownership plans and numerous investors. (dealroom.co)
Major investors include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z, which led a $275 million round in 2025 at a ~$7.5 billion valuation), Founders Fund, Tiger Global, Matrix Partners, Bedrock, Greenoaks Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital, Coatue, and others (dozens in total). The company has raised roughly $950 million to over $1 billion across multiple rounds and has seen valuation signals around $8.4 billion in 2026 reporting. (bgr.com)
It remains independent and founder-led, with no acquisition by a larger corporation. Note that while Founders Fund (associated with Peter Thiel) is an investor, Thiel does not own or control the company. (coloradosun.com)

Peter Theil's name recently came up in an X post from Wall Street Apes that hit my feed

People are very uncomfortable with the fact that Flock Cameras investor Peter Thiel shared over 2,400 emails with Jeffrey Epstein and now Flock cameras are pointed at little kids playgrounds
Just take this location, “Here's a flock camera pointed directly at the schoolyard, monitoring where each kid walks, how they get home, if there's an adult with them, which car is picking them up”
But it even gets worse than this, I’ll provide in the video an area next to a kids water splash pad that has a huge amount of Flock cameras pointed right at it
They say it’s because the cameras are there for enhanced security at high risk locations, but the connection to Epstein has people more than concerned about these camera placements

People are very uncomfortable with the fact that Flock Cameras investor Peter Thiel shared over 2,400 emails with Jeffrey Epstein and now Flock cameras are pointed at little kids playgrounds

Just take this location, “Here's a flock camera pointed directly at the schoolyard,… pic.twitter.com/7mXOeQZLKw
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 3, 2026

But it's just for "safety", right?

Here's another post from Wall Street Apes. Video at the link.

American is going to the gun range and she gets into the parking lot and notices something concerning
There are 4 Flock cameras "pointing into the entrance of the parking lot. Not the street - into the entrance, so they can read every license plate that comes in here"
"I'm sure there's no ulterior motive behind this either…."
I was able to locate this location as the Eagle Sports Range in Cudahy, Wisconsin

CBD mentioned the website deflock.org in his post. This is an outstanding site which contains a map of the US with the location of every Flock camera. As of last night, it was reporting just over 125,000 "license plate readers" in operation. Definitely check out that site.

If you are on X, in addition to DeFlock, the accounts Orwell Day and Have I Been Flocked? are worth following.

Some of you may have seen some of the anti-Flock related videos I have posted recently on my ONTs. Many more are hitting my X feed (which you also should follow!). Here are a couple.

Truckers against Flock?

A woman found her plate on haveibeenflocked.com. The judge was "mortified" reading through her victim impact statement.

Here's one I posted on an ONT recently. How do Flock employees like being recorded?

Can’t even make this up.

Guy goes to film a Flock office building. He is met by Flock employees who say they don’t feel safe being surveilled.

I’m sorry, what….but they think it’s ok to mass surveil the American people. pic.twitter.com/bvPG38W0jT
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) August 2, 2026

But not everyone is against Flock.

Police Officer quits immediately upon Flock contract cancellation

Here's a situation where Flock cameras were said to be helpful

Flock cameras in Atlanta used to find carjacker with a 2-year old in the back seat - police tracked the car in under 15 minutes. Carjacker arrested and child rescued, unharmed, and returned to mother. #Flock
— RINewsToday (@RINewsToday) August 3, 2026

I'll admit that this does give me some brief second thoughts about these "safety" measures. A good result from ill advised measures is a rare exception, though. Overall, I agree with the countless people who oppose this type of surveillance because it is a violation of the 4th Amendment. It is also way too likely for misuse to occur.

6 Savannah Police employees placed on leave over possible misuse of Flock cameras, mayor says

Milwaukee Officer Charged for Flock Database Misuse

I am hopeful that there will be more and more pushback against these "safety" cameras which will lead to them being removed. At the same time, I wonder how many elected officials are "investors" in Flock Safety.

From @MAGACharlie2024

Thanks to CBD for letting me fill in this morning. If you're so inclined, follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 Not first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (cpFbA)

3 Wait.....what? Doof doing a MORNING rant?

WTF?

Streams crossed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

5 Multiple lums have been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

6 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

7 New monkey

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (u/oMr)

8 That monkey got into the edibles. Put on some Doobie Brothers.

Chillin.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (BPuyI)

9 Denver City Council debating reading a “slavery acknowledgment” at the start of meetings in addition to the “land acknowledgment” to talk about how terrible America is

Councilwoman Shontel Lewis who proposed it says it might be “uncomfortable” for white people.

Colorado was never a slave state. Slavery was abolished in 1865. The territory of Colorado joined the Union in 1876. Amount of slaves before joining the union was zero.

... perhaps an "acknowledgment" for the Chinese who built the Western railroads and the Irish and Italians in the East. Also, a "Trail of Tears" and a "Donner Expedition" acknowledgment would work well with this ensemble. With just a little research, the City Council could fill their entire time with acknowledgments of unfortunate events of history.

Should they acknowledgment the "Trojan Horse" ?

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (RHGPo)

10 That's the dead monkey from the movie Sunset Boulevard.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 11:03 AM (FawAu)

11 The real question: Are Flock cameras being installed at Pickleball courts?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:03 AM (nHXB4)

12 If you're getting pop ups on your phone try brave
It's only like 600kb

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:03 AM (MwU9l)

13 1984 was written as a warning.

Sadly, it's becoming a prophecy.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

14 I honestly wish there was a camera outside my house (we’re on a corner lot)to bust all the people who run the 4 way stop right there.

But all the places where I drive like a maniac I want no cameras at all— total deprivation of my privacy rights.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at August 04, 2026 11:05 AM (gvQhE)

15 A much better acronym for these is "OPC" for Outdoor Prison Camera.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

16 >>Multiple lums have been NOOD'ed.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 11:05 AM (NcvvS)

17 People are very uncomfortable with the fact that Flock Cameras investor Peter Thiel shared over 2,400 emails with Jeffrey Epstein and now Flock cameras are pointed at little kids playgrounds
Just take this location, “Here's a flock camera pointed directly at the schoolyard, monitoring where each kid walks, how they get home, if there's an adult with them, which car is picking them up”

But it even gets worse than this, I’ll provide in the video an area next to a kids water splash pad that has a huge amount of Flock cameras pointed right at it

Again, I would NEVER tell anyone that a
1 mw green laser will destroy the flock camera sensor or that it holds about 3 lbs of copper and some silver.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:06 AM (BPuyI)

18 Defrock Doof! He's everywhere!

Posted by: Run! Dodge! Hide! at August 04, 2026 11:06 AM (JM9I6)

19 5 officers in the city nearest me have been recently accused of misusing Flock cameras but have not been suspended.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 11:06 AM (MWfyi)

20 Forbidden words, forbidden thoughts. Tell me that that is not what we are living in. The society foisted upon us by our grandees. Forbidden words, forbidden thoughts.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:06 AM (Gqar8)

21 Flock cameras in Atlanta used to find carjacker with a 2-year old in the back seat - police tracked the car in under 15 minutes. Carjacker arrested and child rescued, unharmed, and returned to mother. #Flock

— RINewsToday (@RINewsToday) August 3, 2026

Arrest the parent. NO one should be leaving a 2 year old unaccompanied in the back seat of a car.

But, cars now alert you before you get out to "Check the back seat for passengers," so.......

WASTF...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)

22 Wait.....what? Doof doing a MORNING rant?

WTF?

Streams crossed?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

I heard the pay is better for this time slot

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (S0M0K)

23 The surveillance state is telling us to go flock ourselves.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (FgjHu)

24 That's a mighty serene looking minkey.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (kgE5c)

25 >Sadly, it's becoming a prophecy.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

An instruction manual.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 04, 2026 11:08 AM (GTqXr)

26 Monkey be groovin'.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 04, 2026 11:08 AM (amcLV)

27 I'll admit that this does give me some brief second thoughts about these "safety" measures. A good result from ill advised measures is a rare exception, though. Overall, I agree with the countless people who oppose this type of surveillance because it is a violation of the 4th Amendment. It is also way too likely for misuse to occur.

For those lackwits who still insist that the government's spying on candidate (and President) Trump was no big deal, this is why people don't trust the government with this (or pretty much ANY) information. There was even a procedure put in place (FISA courts) to make sure it wasn't abused, and the first thing they did was abuse it.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

28 Wow. Ads are chasing me off

Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 11:09 AM (qaWh+)

29 At best, a monkey will shit down your shirt collar.
At worst, rip your face off.

Posted by: New Zoo Revue at August 04, 2026 11:10 AM (JM9I6)

30
I heard the pay is better for this time slot
Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (S0M0K)

Welcome to Morning Drive........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:10 AM (2YhKe)

31 24 That's a mighty serene looking minkey.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 11:07 AM (kgE5c)

I can fix that.

Posted by: Peter Gabriel at August 04, 2026 11:10 AM (nHXB4)

32 In the brilliant science fiction series "Person of Interest" a benevolent AI has access to ALL of that data.

"Relevant" data (i.e., anything related to national security) is turned over to various government agencies.

"Irrelevant" data (i.e., everything else) is deleted at midnight, but certain SSNs are passed along to people who can intervene if there's a bad situation in progress.

Then a malevolent AI is constructed, which has far, far more sinister interests in capturing and manipulating that data.

We should NOT be turning dystopian surveillance states into reality. It NEVER ends well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

33 Monkey listening to Zappa?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Mentioned in the M.R.

> Surveillance cameras on public property are not bound by the 4th Amendment. Seeing as how there's no expectation of privacy in public.

Cameras on private property, including your security cameras are.

But... does a LEO in city A who "suspects" there's evidence in city B need a warrant to search city B's surveillance data? There's a debate going on about that. Even if the data is from a publicly mounted camera.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (2Cry5)

35 But it's just for "safety", right?

For better or worse these things are with us to stay, they are not going anywhere. Just like any other piece of technology they can and will be abused.

We have zero right to privacy when we step foot outside of our house and people are going to try and cash in on that any way they can.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (cpFbA)

36 Wow. Ads are chasing me off
Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 11:09 AM (qaWh+)
----
Yet another tool in the all-pervasive surveillance state.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (FZ29D)

37
That's the dead monkey from the movie Sunset Boulevard.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

The great grandson of King Kong.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (Cqx++)

38 Thx Doof, nice pinch hit
My city has installed traffic cams by every school. Raked in several hundred thousand dollars already. Supposed to only be on when school is in session, but the still are on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (BFvh9)

39 28 Wow. Ads are chasing me off
Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 11:09 AM (qaWh+)

Yep. Pretty absurd. The HQ has been infiltrated.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (jJj63)

40 The eyebags evident on that monkey could be helped by an application of Plexaderm.

Posted by: Annette Figueroa at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (JM9I6)

41 There are still people who say "You shouldn't care if you aren't doing anything wrong".

I have no words for people who are this obtuse. Oh wait, I do. Democrats.

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

42 And that monkey is high on something.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:12 AM (cpFbA)

43 Ads are all old lady old man crap. Targeted for demographics, or just drive by garbage?

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:13 AM (jJj63)

44 1984, it's real, live and coming to your city.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 04, 2026 11:13 AM (Q/FnY)

45 Monkey listening to Zappa?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

Representation of Doof.

Depeche Mode.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:13 AM (2YhKe)

46 But... does a LEO in city A who "suspects" there's evidence in city B need a warrant to search city B's surveillance data? There's a debate going on about that. Even if the data is from a publicly mounted camera.

LEO is government. Any governmental employee or entity should be governed by the strictest possible interpretation of what is "allowed".

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

47 And that monkey is high on something.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:12 AM (cpFbA)

Ackshually - it's a chimp. He may or may not have found my bourbon supply.

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:14 AM (S0M0K)

48 Wow. Ads are chasing me off
Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 11:09 AM (qaWh+)

Yep. Pretty absurd. The HQ has been infiltrated.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (jJj63)

I wish there were a web browser which would automatically get rid of those?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

49 I enjoy having the flock cameras in my neighborhood as they keep an eye on the white supremacists, racists and homophobes who seek to terrorize and murder me each and every day.
Hate has no home here and love is love!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, local democrat block commissar at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (qC81n)

50 Monkey listening to Zappa?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

Representation of Doof.

Depeche Mode.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:13 AM (2YhKe)

He's halfway through side one of 2112.

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (S0M0K)

51 We have zero right to privacy when we step foot outside of our house

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (cpFbA)

So what constitutes an illegal search? Is tracking all your movements and including them in a searchable database what someone should reasonably expect from everyday life?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (FgjHu)

52 49 I enjoy having the flock cameras in my neighborhood as they keep an eye on the white supremacists, racists and homophobes who seek to terrorize and murder me each and every day.
Hate has no home here and love is love!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, local democrat block commissar at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (qC81n)

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But the police use them to target illegals!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (bzPaY)

53 Instead of pop-up ads in the middle of comments, maybe a fundraiser instead?

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (SHHm+)

54 Mellow Monkey

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

55 >>I heard the pay is better for this time slot

Surprising, since you have to deal with the nightwalkers. And we ALL know about them!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (NcvvS)

56 They've actually been building up for this for years.

Watch ANY TV cop show for the last 20 years. They ALL use hacking, surveillance cameras, license plate readers.....to catch the BAD guys, you see.

It's for your own good.......they've been desensitizing you to it for YEARS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)

57 13 1984 was written as a warning.

Sadly, it's becoming a prophecy.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

Instruction manual

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (SHHm+)

58 53 Instead of pop-up ads in the middle of comments, maybe a fundraiser instead?

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM (SHHm+)

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I seem to remember something like this happening before.

I think it's the ad provider overstepping bounds, something that pixy had to fix previously through some emails.

Like, the agreement is to have them on the front page, but not the comment pages.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (bzPaY)

59 Needs to go to SCOTUS

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (GVlHI)

60 41 There are still people who say "You shouldn't care if you aren't doing anything wrong".

My response, as always: “That’s beside the point.”

See, I have to be an absolute Boy Scout to retain two particular cards in my wallet. Even so, neither here nor there. Unless I am renewing my LTC (at which point TX DPS gives me the legal equivalent of an anal rectal exam) I expect and demand to be left completely alone by the cops. I don’t even want to hear one of them say to me “Yo, Cow Demon, how’s it hangin?” If you are that hot and horny to investigate me, go talk to a judge, not a “safety” camera company.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (4g5V+)

61 Needs to go to SCOTUS
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (GVlHI)

It's a tax. -- CJ Roberts

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

62 I think the sudden amplification of the flock debate is to marinate us in the "idea" of surveillance, to go along with the censorship we have become accustomed to. It's not about whether you're for or against it, it's just to get you used to it.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (FgjHu)

63 I wish there were a web browser which would automatically get rid of those?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

You mean like Brave?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)

64 The popup ads are the ongoing ens***tification of the intertubes. They'll just keep getting more and more intrusive, until people finally stop coming to the sites.

Say, could this be a leftist plot to destroy one of the most influential conservative sites?
*dons tinfoil chapeau*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

65 Brave, eh. What I just switched over to. Have 3 or 4 loaded.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (Gqar8)

66 Needs to go to SCOTUS

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (GVlHI)

It's a TAX!!!

Posted by: Cheap Justice John Roberts at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)

67 Well if you don't like flock cameras, shoot the bird at them.
Really don't see what the big deal is. Unless you are doing something wrong.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (H3dzX)

68 53 Instead of pop-up ads in the middle of comments, maybe a fundraiser instead?
Posted by: Ann

Heck no! Nana is on a very fixed income!

Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (JM9I6)

69 I think I will start saying "flock you" instead of the f word

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (3dUWh)

70 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (bzPaY)

Makes sense.

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (SHHm+)

71 My ad blocker is pretty effective.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (4g5V+)

72 >>I heard the pay is better for this time slot

Surprising, since you have to deal with the nightwalkers. And we ALL know about them!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 11:16 AM (NcvvS)

Ha! The ONT is like being on the practice squad.

This slot is the opening act for the boss. The stakes are higher!

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:20 AM (S0M0K)

73 Honest question:
What law are you breaking if you put an obstruction in front of the camera's field of view? You don't touch or physically alter the camera, but since there is no "right" to look around, what law is broken?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

74 Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (JM9I6)

Nothing is free. Hosting and programmers cost money.

Posted by: Ann at August 04, 2026 11:20 AM (SHHm+)

75 And that monkey is high on something.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at 11:12 AM (cpFbA)

Mom: "Your eyes look funny. You're ON something..."

Posted by: Coming Home Past Curfew at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (JCLJi)

76 Ha! The ONT is like being on the practice squad.

This slot is the opening act for the boss. The stakes are higher!

Are you afraid that a poor performance will affect your end of year bonus?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

77 So what constitutes an illegal search? Is tracking all your movements and including them in a searchable database what someone should reasonably expect from everyday life?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:15 AM

I didn't say squat about legal or illegal searches I just said those cameras are here to stay and they will be abused.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (cpFbA)

78 These are just lone cameras. When the technology exists to track you by identity wherever you go, listen to your conversations, determine who you associate with whenever you do, and build up a substantial database of your likes, dislikes, interests, activities, associates and general purpose in life through a series of satellite links and towers, then maybe people will start paying attention.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (FgjHu)

79 I didn't say squat about legal or illegal searches I just said those cameras are here to stay and they will be abused.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (cpFbA)

That's why I asked the question.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (FgjHu)

80 Not to be a contrarian, but don’t all these cameras look at public locations? Why should I have an expectation of privacy when I’m out in public? Public roads, parking lots, trails etc…. I just assume I’m on camera whenever I leave the house

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (+gA9j)

81 Honest question:
What law are you breaking if you put an obstruction in front of the camera's field of view? You don't touch or physically alter the camera, but since there is no "right" to look around, what law is broken?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

I assume it depends on whether the camera is on private property or not. Private property? Trespass. Public property? Posting on public property. Either way... it's a tax.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (ExV1e)

82 Who owns the flock company?

goog says Garrett Langley

I sense a market fir hats with
FLOCK YOU GARRETT LANGLEY
on them

Remember kids, personalize

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (3dUWh)

83 These are just lone cameras. When the technology exists to track you by identity wherever you go, listen to your conversations, determine who you associate with whenever you do, and build up a substantial database of your likes, dislikes, interests, activities, associates and general purpose in life through a series of satellite links and towers, then maybe people will start paying attention.

Flock cameras are to China's surveillance state as socialism is to full-blown Communism. It's not the same, but it's on the path.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

84 WHAT ARE you chimps.......on DOPE!!???

Posted by: Mr. Hand at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)

85 Wow. Ads are chasing me off
Posted by: MkY at August 04, 2026 11:09 AM (qaWh+)

Yep. Pretty absurd. The HQ has been infiltrated.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (jJj63)

I wish there were a web browser which would automatically get rid of those?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

What ads is everyone talking about? I use Brave. I don't see any ads.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (BPuyI)

86 Well if you don't like flock cameras, shoot the bird at them.
Really don't see what the big deal is. Unless you are doing something wrong.
Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (H3dzX)

Right. It's just like free speech.

Government surveilling you 24/7 is only a problem if you're doing something wrong. GOOD people don't mind the government knowing where you are and what you are doing at all times.

Also, pull that mask up over your nose, peasant!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (N1DT3)

87 85 What ads is everyone talking about? I use Brave. I don't see any ads.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (BPuyI)

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Seems to be affecting Chrome and Safari and some versions of Firefox (I'm using Firefox on Linux and don't see any, but I've seen someone else say that they're using Firefox on Windows 11 and they're seeing them).

Brave and DDG seem unaffected.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (bzPaY)

88 What ads is everyone talking about? I use Brave. I don't see any ads.

Try it on Firefox.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

89 I look forward to Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson's thoughtful and erudite opinion on this matter.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (nHXB4)

90 If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might think the state was allowing crime to increase to make people accept the comprehensive surveillance state.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (YAto6)

91 89 I look forward to Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson's thoughtful and erudite opinion on this matter.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (nHXB4)

=======

Sotomayor shut down an attempt at an appeal from the PLO to not pay 9 figures in restitution to Americans killed in a Palestinian terrorist attack yesterday.

Sometimes, there are matters of clear law that even Sotomayor will follow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (bzPaY)

92 Heh. Whoda thunk what I came up with would be a big deal?

Allen Funt

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (gm9Sb)

93 👍

Really dislike the cameras but they've been in private communities such HOAs, etc. for many years, and on public streets and in alleys owned by private citizens.

If the fear is access for law enforcement, it's understood. However, half my PA 'neighbors' drive cars - for years on end - with out-of-state license plates (NY, NJ, DE), and mass produced paper temp plates (NJ) are plastered all over creation around here.

If those cameras are in private hands, can access be even worse?

Meta glasses? Forbid in K-12 schools, daycares, medical offices, etc. How?

"Features a 12 MP ultra-wide camera to snap photos and record HD or 3K videos from your exact perspective.

Allows you to broadcast directly to Instagram or Facebook, and switch between your phone and glasses camera during video calls."
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Many U.S. states have strict privacy laws that regulate video and audio recording, split mainly into one-party consent and all-party (two-party) consent rules. Key states with stricter rules include California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Video in public spaces is generally legal everywhere, but audio and hidden cameras face tight restrictions.

Again, how...now?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

94 LEO is government. Any governmental employee or entity should be governed by the strictest possible interpretation of what is "allowed".
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

That’s because you hate cops. People like you should spend time in jail until you learn to respect us. We are your betters, after all.

We should be exempt from ALL laws and should be able to do as we damn well please. Not only are we your betters, but WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS!!!

Posted by: Police officers at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (4g5V+)

95 I’m seeing annoying and obstructive popup ads on my phone today that I’ve not seen before. New phenomenon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (yz/88)

96 The ads on Chrome make AOSHQ unreadable.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (YAto6)

97 The homeless can be an ally is this battle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (sn5xH)

98 Alternatively, we could all wear burkas

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (3dUWh)

99 This guy did it right..........ish.

https://shorturl.fm/xTZc4

Not sure if he was arrested or not.

Oh, and sorry for the Yahoo link.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:26 AM (2YhKe)

100
Watch ANY TV cop show for the last 20 years. They ALL use hacking, surveillance cameras, license plate readers.....to catch the BAD guys, you see.

ADAM-12 had to use pencil and paper.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 11:26 AM (Cqx++)

101 Are you afraid that a poor performance will affect your end of year bonus?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

Absolutely. It will also put a damper on the planned IPO for Doof Enterprises.

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:27 AM (S0M0K)

102 ‘Mr. Eromero, we know you went into Barnes & Noble. Why did you go in there?’

‘Well, I had to take a dump. Then, I browsed through the magazines.’

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (7RAhE)

103 Well if you don't like flock cameras, shoot the bird at them.
Really don't see what the big deal is. Unless you are doing something wrong.
Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (H3dzX)

And this is so amazingly stupid that I have to revisit it.

This is like the biometrics on guns. I have no problem with people who would like to a biometric lock on their phone.

But I know (in this case, because the left has already passed laws) the second any such technology becomes available, it will be required and used to restrict our constitutional rights.

Because the government cannot be trusted with power. It needs to be VERY limited.

And the multiple stories of police misusing Flock is already an excellent argument against it before we get to directed misuse by the government.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

104 Take a few minutes and search for "Flock" and take a look at some of the posts and videos. "Citizen journalists" who've looked into the company have some pretty stark findings.

TL ; DR the company is very evasive about their products. And very protective of their own privacy and the privacy of their employees.

But not yours.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (2Cry5)

105 Serenity Now monkey.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 11:29 AM (XeU6L)

106 100 Adam 12 had to use pencil and paper. Also, writing on hand with ball point, thus smearing ink on the steering wheel for the next shift.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 04, 2026 11:29 AM (gm9Sb)

107 73 Honest question:
What law are you breaking if you put an obstruction in front of the camera's field of view? You don't touch or physically alter the camera, but since there is no "right" to look around, what law is broken?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

We put on our uniforms every day because WE HATE THE CITIZENS WHO PAY US. We will find something and we will see to it you spend a long, long time in prison. We should just kill you, actually. Because.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:31 AM (4g5V+)

108 At CaliPost: The armed civilian who shot at the Idaho In'N'Out killer with a peculiar-looking long barrelled handgun was using an FN Five-SeveN with a suppressor. I was wondering what that was.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

109 You can also shave and wash up at B+N. And rearrange the books so normal authors are in front. This enrages the commie assholes that work there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (sn5xH)

110 @22

>>I heard the pay is better for this time slot

Are you at least getting Punch and Pie?

I heard they serve Punch and Pie to Ranters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (XV/Pl)

111
TL ; DR the company is very evasive about their products. And very protective of their own privacy and the privacy of their employees.

But not yours.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (2Cry5)

Dox them all.

See how they like it.

Time to use their tactics against them. f*ck it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (2YhKe)

112 110 Are you at least getting Punch and Pie?

I heard they serve Punch and Pie to Ranters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (XV/Pl)

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More people will come if you say there's going to be punch and pie!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (bzPaY)

113 Doof, I am disappoint you have not seen the value of a camera that will monitor the NVZ line.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (nHXB4)

114 This is how I see it:

The day is coming that there will be a world leader who will proclaim himself a god, and if anyone will not worship him, he will have them eliminated. Mass surveillance will be the norm, and Jews and Christians will be targeted for elimination.

To prove their loyalty to him, all people will be forced to receive a mark, and without this mark, you cannot buy or sell.

All what is going on now as far as the tech goes, and the increasing hatred towards Jews and Christians is all battlespace prep for what the true God has in store for those that want to be their own gods.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (5ExGj)

115 I thought the monkey was a Il Far Dolce Niente portrait.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (bX16E)

116 107: that is what the cops will say and think. Took off my sock too early.

There is a reason we have trial by jury, that palladium of civil liberty and the only safe guarantee of the life, liberty and property of the citizen (h/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836).

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (4g5V+)

117 Here's one of the things surveillance systems, like Flock cameras can do; after monitoring your movements for some period of time the AI can pretty much predict where you are likely to be at any given time. In the spaces they cover.

This has been tested, documented. It's why LE will pull up surveillance data from months ago, weeks ago, days ago when searching for a person of interest. And when they would like to personally talk to them, or detain them, they have a pretty good idea where to find them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (2Cry5)

118 Ahem

Not ALL Flock cameras are the work of the government; many are bought and placed by private groups like neighborhood associations, apartment complexes, and businesses. However, private and public cameras OFTEN connect to a single shared database that police can search.

And so, consider storing home security videos locally instead of on the cloud, too?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

119 Flock cameras have been found on private property. One literally under a house's eaves. They have been found in locations near guardrails where law dictates NOTHING should be for safety reasons (for good reason). In one instance, some of those big barrels that are supposed to slow out of control vehicles that leave the road were used to conceal cameras.

You tell me why someone would place these things in that manner.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 11:34 AM (OUMaO)

120 The woodpeckers are going at this old oak tree like a 14 year old boy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 11:34 AM (JvZF+)

121 I'm using Chrome...see no ads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 11:34 AM (XeU6L)

122 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

Part of the issue people do not see? Once Flock HAS the data, there is no law saying they can't sell it to... anyone.

Not just cops... anyone. So add this into the fact your cell phone is already tracking you and THAT info is being sold?

You will have no privacy, from anyone at all, in real time.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 11:35 AM (mP0Kj)

123 108 At CaliPost: The armed civilian who shot at the Idaho In'N'Out killer with a peculiar-looking long barrelled handgun was using an FN Five-SeveN with a suppressor. I was wondering what that was.
Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 11:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

The police are civilians as well. TJ highlights the importance of having the civil power over the military power as well.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:35 AM (4g5V+)

124
All what is going on now as far as the tech goes, and the increasing hatred towards Jews and Christians is all battlespace prep for what the true God has in store for those that want to be their own gods.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (5ExGj)

400+ million guns and billions of rounds of ammo MAY, and I mean MAY, quell that.......but most really aren't willing to use them against the upcoming tyrannical government.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:35 AM (2YhKe)

125 121. Ditto

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (NFX2v)

126
You will have no privacy, from anyone at all, in real time.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 11:35 AM (mP0Kj)

We’ll see.

Posted by: Faraday at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (4g5V+)

127 Everyone hates surveillance. Until they want or need it. Half the subpoenas in any city -- and probably quite a few smaller towns -- are for people trying to get access to surveillance footage.

Usually, it's because there is a dispute over an accident. But sometimes, especially around late-night bars, there was a drunken brawl. Or whatever other reason there might be for video evidence of what happened.

I'm generally against the surveillance state. I don't want people recording me, tracking me, watching me pick my nose or scratch my balls. But ... when a few months ago some assholic fucknugget backed his car into mine, and then denied he did, I would have really liked video evidence to prove my case to his insurance company.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

128 At CaliPost: The armed civilian who shot at the Idaho In'N'Out killer with a peculiar-looking long barrelled handgun was using an FN Five-SeveN with a suppressor. I was wondering what that was.
Posted by: gp

Five Seven with suppressor and a light. That was the boxy, broom handle looking thing just in front of his hand. Couldn't tell what it was until someone cleaned up the picture.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (BPuyI)

129 Doof, I am disappoint you have not seen the value of a camera that will monitor the NVZ line.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (nHXB4)

I actually don't play very often anymore. Knee won't let me. Likely having replacement surgery in the fall. Hope to get back out there next spring.

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (S0M0K)

130 The day is coming that there will be a world leader who will proclaim himself a god, and if anyone will not worship him, he will have them eliminated. Mass surveillance will be the norm, and Jews and Christians will be targeted for elimination.

To prove their loyalty to him, all people will be forced to receive a mark, and without this mark, you cannot buy or sell.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (5ExGj)

The Covid vaccine card was the beta test.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (N1DT3)

131 To prove their loyalty to him, all people will be forced to receive a mark, and without this mark, you cannot buy or sell.

You mean like how people in the "wrong" industries get debanked? How folks publicly espousing unpopular views can't get ad revenue?

If you take "mark on head and hand" as "compliant in thought and deed"? The hour is much, much later than you think.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (OUMaO)

132 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (5ExGj

The antichrist will be very popular so we know it's not Obama

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (FgjHu)

133
I actually don't play very often anymore. Knee won't let me. Likely having replacement surgery in the fall. Hope to get back out there next spring.
Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (S0M0K)

I'm surprised you've got a Dr. that wouldn't recommend against that, being as you're too young. They don't last that long and usually like to postpone such things until you're older. They are more in the "one and done" mindset.

But today, I guess $$$$ is king, so you want a knee? Go for it! See in you in 10 to 15 more years! Less if you're active!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

134 Not to be a contrarian, but don’t all these cameras look at public locations? Why should I have an expectation of privacy when I’m out in public? Public roads, parking lots, trails etc…. I just assume I’m on camera whenever I leave the house
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (+gA9j)

The problem isn't that the CAMERA sees you at that location, the problem is that the SYSTEM tracks your movements. It is, in effect, stalking you. And it's only a matter of time before the courts decide that the prohibition against ex post facto criminal law doesn't apply to their political enemies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

135 And the multiple stories of police misusing Flock is already an excellent argument against it before we get to directed misuse by the government.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

Within the past month Pratt on Texas (check out the podcast especially if you are in TX) highlighted the case of a Baytown PD cop who decided to use Flock cameras for stalking.

They need to be gone.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:39 AM (4g5V+)

136 Doof is making morning rants now too? When does the blog change its name to Ace of Doof?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 04, 2026 11:39 AM (Hd1lH)

137 Say, could this be a leftist plot to destroy one of the most influential conservative sites?
*dons tinfoil chapeau*
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
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Nah. If anything, lefty news sites are *worse.*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 11:39 AM (FZ29D)

138 69 I think I will start saying "flock you" instead of the f word

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (3dUWh)

I am stealing this vmom. I'm trying to control my language, which has begun to make my Marine husband blush. This is a layered, rich perjorative - very well done!

Posted by: moki at August 04, 2026 11:40 AM (wLjpr)

139 130 The day is coming that there will be a world leader who will proclaim himself a god, and if anyone will not worship him, he will have them eliminated. Mass surveillance will be the norm, and Jews and Christians will be targeted for elimination.

To prove their loyalty to him, all people will be forced to receive a mark, and without this mark, you cannot buy or sell.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:33 AM (5ExGj)

The Covid vaccine card was the beta test.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (N1DT3)

Schlürpo will not let this happen.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:40 AM (4g5V+)

140 The antichrist will be very popular so we know it's not Obama
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (FgjHu)
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Nor is it Trump, lol.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:40 AM (5ExGj)

141 27 Everyone hates surveillance. Until they want or need it. Half the subpoenas in any city -- and probably quite a few smaller towns -- are for people trying to get access to surveillance footage.

Usually, it's because there is a dispute over an accident. But sometimes, especially around late-night bars, there was a drunken brawl. Or whatever other reason there might be for video evidence of what happened.

I'm generally against the surveillance state. I don't want people recording me, tracking me, watching me pick my nose or scratch my balls. But ... when a few months ago some assholic fucknugget backed his car into mine, and then denied he did, I would have really liked video evidence to prove my case to his insurance company.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

I am fit to be free and capable of self-government, so fuck surveillance, now and forever.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:41 AM (4g5V+)

142 OPSEC

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (sn5xH)

143 The antichrist will be very popular so we know it's not Obama
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (FgjHu)
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Nor is it Trump, lol.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Talarico - out
Buttjizz - out
Newsome - out
Stan has some work to do.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (BPuyI)

144 The Covid vaccine card was the beta test.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 11:37 AM (N1DT3)
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And not surprisingly, most were coerced into taking it for whatever reason, though some were more were happy t take it.

A very interesting dry run for what is to come.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (5ExGj)

145 Can confirm chrome gets the ad in the comments. Takes a little bit, just like those 'we'll let you read just enough of the article to want to see more' subscription popups on Big Media sites.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (aJQbY)

146 ADAM-12 had to use pencil and paper.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Just the flocks, Ma'am.

Posted by: Sgt. Joe Friday at August 04, 2026 11:43 AM (w9Wax)

147 128 At CaliPost: The armed civilian who shot at the Idaho In'N'Out killer with a peculiar-looking long barrelled handgun was using an FN Five-SeveN with a suppressor. I was wondering what that was.
Posted by: gp

Five Seven with suppressor and a light. That was the boxy, broom handle looking thing just in front of his hand. Couldn't tell what it was until someone cleaned up the picture.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:36 AM (BPuyI
And some people say 1911 or HP is too bulky.

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 11:43 AM (7RAhE)

148 I'm surprised you've got a Dr. that wouldn't recommend against that, being as you're too young. They don't last that long and usually like to postpone such things until you're older. They are more in the "one and done" mindset.

But today, I guess $$$$ is king, so you want a knee? Go for it! See in you in 10 to 15 more years! Less if you're active!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

He actually did suggest waiting. I initially was thinking I would. But it is really bad now and keeping me from a lot of things I enjoy. I've decided to get it done so I can actually get back to those things and enjoy them while I'm relatively young. And we're not guaranteed any number of years, so let me wear one out now!

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:43 AM (S0M0K)

149 And not surprisingly, most were coerced into taking it for whatever reason, though some were more were happy t take it.

A very interesting dry run for what is to come.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (5ExGj)

Most that I know that took the first round were FORCED to take it. "Jab or no Job."

That should've been HIGHLY illegal, but alas.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

150 Everyone hates surveillance. Until they want or need it. Half the subpoenas in any city -- and probably quite a few smaller towns -- are for people trying to get access to surveillance footage.

Your point is well taken, but the problem is that we have very recent, very egregious abuse of the system by government, including police, the FBI, and others, despite the presence of safeguards intended to prevent such abuse. We have not yet seen all of the fallout from the Obama/Biden reigns of terror.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

151 I said at the time that I believed all the mask mandates were the quickest way to train facial recognition systems on masked faces. What better way than in the wild with a billion or so candidates.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (FgjHu)

152 Lots and lots of AntiChrists. Probably in our own neighborhoods.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (qQ6p3)

153 I've decided to get it done so I can actually get back to those things and enjoy them while I'm relatively young. And we're not guaranteed any number of years, so let me wear one out now!
Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:43 AM (S0M0K)

Your point is valid. And, your call.

I guess I'm thankful I don't have such maladies. Other than my spine, which is not teh awesome, but they can't replace that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:45 AM (2YhKe)

154 Talarico - out
Buttjizz - out
Newsome - out
Stan has some work to do.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:42 AM (BPuyI)
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Doesn't mean Stan will quit trying in the meantime and wreck havoc while doing so.

See: Hitler.

See Hitler.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (5ExGj)

155 Lots and lots of AntiChrists. Probably in our own neighborhoods.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (qQ6p3)

Look for the Talarico signs, in Texas anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

156 They say it’s because the cameras are there for enhanced security at high risk locations

Which would make sense if the government had a legitimate concern about public safety—but they don't.

I think it is security theater meets rent-seeking. Launder tax dollars into a security sink, spread the spoils around, don't do anything meaningful about security.

Because if they cared about public safety and security, they wouldn't be keeping 20-time violent felons on the street.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (pawvM)

157 67 Well if you don't like flock cameras, shoot the bird at them.
Really don't see what the big deal is. Unless you are doing something wrong.
Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 11:18 AM (H3dzX)

The GDR was more your speed, I guess. I did flip off a Flock camera. And again, I HAVE to be a good little Boy Scout for two very big reasons, but me being a Boy Scout IS BESIDE THE POINT.

Is there a reason for a cop to even so much as look at me? No? THEN THEY CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF. And they can actually earn their pay by, oh, I don’t know, spending their time doing what I pay hard earned tax money for them to do.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (4g5V+)

158 I'd feel those cameras were a force for good, but they're being installed at a time when shoplifting, "teen takeovers" and assaults on ICE are done with impugnity.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (bX16E)

159 "At some point, Talarico will have to shoot an AR-15. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes"

Nerf guns don't count either.

Posted by: Ripley at August 04, 2026 11:47 AM (GUOwU)

160 "Reproductive clinics.". Bite your tongue. I bet a silver dollar that a "reproductive clinic" is an ABORTION MILL.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 04, 2026 11:47 AM (YlWIZ)

161 Because if they cared about public safety and security, they wouldn't be keeping 20-time violent felons on the street.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (pawvM)

Bingo.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:47 AM (4g5V+)

162 Other than my spine, which is not teh awesome, but they can't replace that.
Posted by: Sponge

**Perks up**

Posted by: Predator at August 04, 2026 11:47 AM (w9Wax)

163 Lots and lots of AntiChrists. Probably in our own neighborhoods.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (qQ6p3)
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There is definitely an anti-Christ sentiment in the world right now, and it's increasing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (5ExGj)

164 But Ellipsis you say, the Left loves their violent masked insurgents why would they want to *improve* technology that helps identify those who don't want to be identified?

Because the Left only wants identities protected until they are in explicit power. Then if you think you're gonna do shit against the State whlile wearing a mask to protect you, think twice.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (FgjHu)

165 So are we at the point when we storm their offices or nah?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (BpO1e)

166 There is definitely an anti-Christ sentiment in the world right now, and it's increasing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (5ExGj)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (FgjHu)

167 https://x.com/AAGShumate/status/
2084629710928048352/photo/1

========

Yesterday, DOJ successfully had the citizenship revoked on a naturalized immigrant who lied about criminal behavior before his naturalization.

Denaturalization is hard because of several SCOTUS cases that raise the burden of proof on the government, so it's still a rare thing. Trump's second administration is leading the largest denaturalization push in decades, and it's about 200 people. However, each case is another bit of caselaw that will make the next effort easier.

Getting a denaturalization through completely because the guy lied about his criminal past will lead to dozens more instances of denaturalization which will lead to hundreds which could lead to thousands.

It took 60 years to get where we are in terms of 25% of Mexico living in the United States. Every tool is going to be useful, and every tool can be ramped up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (bzPaY)

168 @112

>>More people will come if you say there's going to be punch and pie!

That movie is nearly 30 years old, amazing how time flies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (XV/Pl)

169 67
Really don't see what the big deal is. Unless you are doing something wrong.
Posted by: Case

How about this: If I'm doing nothing wrong, why should you record me?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 11:49 AM (BpO1e)

170 Doof, as one who used to do those, I think you are exactly right. It will be worth more to you while you are relatively young, life is uncertain, and other things come up that limit the gain when you are old. Hopefully, the newer ones may last longer. Prayers for you, brother.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (z6ONu)

171 168 @112

>>More people will come if you say there's going to be punch and pie!

That movie is nearly 30 years old, amazing how time flies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (XV/Pl)

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A movie?

What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (bzPaY)

172 163 Lots and lots of AntiChrists. Probably in our own neighborhoods.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (qQ6p3)
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There is definitely an anti-Christ sentiment in the world right now, and it's increasing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:48 AM (5ExGj)

Without His intervention and strength we are sunk.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (qQ6p3)

173 The nearest flock camera is about thirty minutes away.

It is possible there's on hidden in the trees somewhere here, but I seriously doubt it.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (5ExGj)

174 That should've been HIGHLY illegal, but alas.
——-

It was highly illegal. Still is. The judicial system is corrupt. No attorneys would dare make any waves, apparently.

Do you suppose a life insurance policy might have “death by biological warfare agent” as an exclusion? Nod your head “yes”. Not a fucking peep there either.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 11:51 AM (caXqo)

175
A movie?

What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (bzPaY)

Illiterate asshole.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

176 Is there a flock camera on Maxine Waters of The Turtle?

Posted by: Dead Yet? at August 04, 2026 11:51 AM (qC81n)

177 Everyone hates surveillance. Until they want or need it. Half the subpoenas in any city -- and probably quite a few smaller towns -- are for people trying to get access to surveillance footage.

Your point is well taken, but the problem is that we have very recent, very egregious abuse of the system by government, including police, the FBI, and others, despite the presence of safeguards intended to prevent such abuse. We have not yet seen all of the fallout from the Obama/Biden reigns of terror.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
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True. But that's not really a surveillance issue. That's unfortunately a cancerous rot that runs much deeper. That's the government turning the entire law enforcement apparatus into a political army for the Democraps.

The surveillance footage of J6 was actually helpful to the protestors, because it exposed what a total made-up sham the hysterical claims of "insurrection" were. And a lot of J6ers still got railroaded. Imagine what would have happened if there was no video evidence? They would have been tried and convicted of actual treason, and sentenced to death.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

178 158 I'd feel those cameras were a force for good, but they're being installed at a time when shoplifting, "teen takeovers" and assaults on ICE are done with impugnity.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 04, 2026 11:46 AM (bX16E)

This.

Britain was ahead of the curve on constant surveillance. It neither made them safer nor more free.

TL;DR: Sam Adams hopes your shackles rest lightly on you. See also Ben Franklin on safety and liberty.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (2+SeL)

179 @171

>>What is it?

It's from the French Film Ménilmontant.

It's the seminal line in the film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (XV/Pl)

180 We have not yet seen all of the fallout from the Obama/Biden reigns of terror.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

Shouldn’t that be Obama/Obama reigns of terror since it was his third term?

Posted by: TxAnn at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (SjAWL)

181 Without His intervention and strength we are sunk.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (qQ6p3)
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Fortunately, He does just that, for those that put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

And therein lies the rub.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (5ExGj)

182 Yep. Pretty absurd. The HQ has been infiltrated.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (jJj63)

Brave browser is your friend. I see no ads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (1z8ji)

183 Thiel investing in Flock is the least important worry about the surveillance state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 11:53 AM (Pee1E)

184 It's like no one here watches television. Doncha know that without surveillance cameras everywhere no crime is ever solved. Sheesh, people!!

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:53 AM (qQ6p3)

185 The day is coming that there will be a world leader who will proclaim himself a god, and if anyone will not worship him, he will have them eliminated. Mass surveillance will be the norm, and Jews and Christians will be targeted for elimination.

So where exactly do you find this sunset language considering God's disposition towards a one world government?

And no, Cyrus Scofield nor Hal Lindsey were God's prophets.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:53 AM (pawvM)

186
The surveillance footage of J6 was actually helpful to the protestors, because it exposed what a total made-up sham the hysterical claims of "insurrection" were. And a lot of J6ers still got railroaded. Imagine what would have happened if there was no video evidence? They would have been tried and convicted of actual treason, and sentenced to death.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

Surveillance at the Capitol Building? Fine. That's a target environment.

Every f*cking street in every f*cking city in America?

Stick that in your ear and blow it out your ass.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)

187 They say it’s because the cameras are there for enhanced security at high risk locations

I see... High risk for whom? "We'll send the next available camera over!"

I'd actually patrol high-risk locations, but what do I know.

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 11:54 AM (q1tXs)

188 182 Yep. Pretty absurd. The HQ has been infiltrated.
Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:11 AM (jJj63)

Brave browser is your friend. I see no ads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 11:52 AM (1z8ji)

Oh I swapped over. One of my backup browsers.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 11:54 AM (qQ6p3)

189 i believe charles stross explained what all the cameras were for in his laundry files books.

Posted by: anachronda at August 04, 2026 11:54 AM (qdr3M)

190 Only a criminal would spray Rustoleum 214944 reflective coating on their plates to avoid being spied on by Flock Systems.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:54 AM (BPuyI)

191 Something I keep pointing out: If the surveillance state keeps growing, why is the homicide clearance rate still around 50%? I use homicide clearance because it's the one statistic that cannot be fudged (yet). All these license plate readers, cell phone dragnets, doorbell cameras... and yet people's murders still go unsolved.

Posted by: pookysgirl, going hmmmm at August 04, 2026 11:55 AM (qPIU+)

192 Stick that in your ear and blow it out your ass.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)
__

LOL!

You tell 'em!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 11:55 AM (5ExGj)

193 Doof, as one who used to do those, I think you are exactly right. It will be worth more to you while you are relatively young, life is uncertain, and other things come up that limit the gain when you are old. Hopefully, the newer ones may last longer. Prayers for you, brother.
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (z6ONu)

Thank you!

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 11:55 AM (S0M0K)

194 Doof monkey!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (xcxpd)

195 I’m just using an ad blocker app for my iPad.

Occasionally I get nasty grams from various sites for using one. I wish I could say “get legit ads, I MIGHT turn off the ad blocker”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (4g5V+)

196 175 Illiterate asshole.......

but still qualified to be a gunner.

Posted by: colonel sandurz at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (qdr3M)

197 Do you want to actually prevent crime or do you want your department to profit from the fines you can hand out?

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (q1tXs)

198 Only a criminal would spray Rustoleum 214944 reflective coating on their plates to avoid being spied on by Flock Systems.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:54 AM (BPuyI)

According to 'search assistant:'

A personal test reported that it may reduce readability mainly under strong direct night lighting, while it was not effective for a daytime photo radar ticket.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (2YhKe)

199 175
A movie?

What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (bzPaY)

It's a recorded sequence of film or video images displayed on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity, but that's not important now...

Posted by: Leslie Nielsen at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (Ucgf4)

200 I don't think the Flock or Axis (another surveillance system in use) databases are limited to just law enforcement and security services... both inside governments and out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 11:56 AM (2Cry5)

201 Fortunately, He does just that, for those that put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

And therein lies the rub.
Posted by: SMH
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“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
― G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (XeU6L)

202 Ah, everything stored in the cloud. Flock footage, your home digital video footage, all safe & secure...

Why am I reminded of the Tooth Fairy from Red Dragon, happily looking at home movies to check out his next victims?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)

203 A movie?

What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

A movie is a projection of moving images on a screen, with a synchronized audio track, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (w9Wax)

204 One of the good things about working from home is evading this kind of surveillance.

That, and on the first Tuesday of the month, at 10am, I get to stand outside and listen to the civil defense warning siren go off.

And it reminds me how much I love war.

And tornadoes, to a lesser extent.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (qwx/I)

205 178 158 I'd feel those cameras were a force for good, but they're being installed at a time when shoplifting, "teen takeovers" and assaults on ICE are done with impugnity.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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There's your answer. Illegal acts done with impunity.
When they start arresting criminals and properly applying the law. We will begin to regain a trust society. Those cameras reinforce an anti-trust society.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (Pee1E)

206 Guess pop ups are here to stay.
Bummer.

Posted by: Before You Go at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (3cXW4)

207 The left is upset about cameras NOW because they keep getting caught committing crimes and especially I noticed they are worried about cameras identifying illegals to send them home.

But previously the left argued if you aren't doing anything wrong you shouldn't mind the government monitoring you.

Anyway I would prefer we roll back these systems and instead get serious about punishing criminals. I bet the car jacker in the flock story above had a long rap sheet already and was only able to commit this crime because our broken justice system...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

208 A flock?
What is it?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

209 Very few (2) flok cameras in the vicinity I live. How did this just happen? Guess I could read your content more closely.

Ps. Great job, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (joKxV)

210 One of the good things about working from home is evading this kind of surveillance.

Because Alexa, your mobile devices, your TV, your appliances, and your internet usage aren't giving up anything personal about you.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (nAS9C)

211 169 How about this: If I'm doing nothing wrong, why should you record me?

trust, but verify.

Posted by: ancient proverb at August 04, 2026 11:59 AM (qdr3M)

212 208 A flock?
What is it?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

$20 bucks

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 04, 2026 11:59 AM (xcxpd)

213 Guess pop ups are here to stay.
Bummer.
Posted by: Before You Go at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (3cXW4)

They just started today. Last time this occured, Pixy had to send out emails to the ad vendor and get changes made to prevent them on the comments page.

It will be addressed, but uncomfortable for those not using various browsers with ad and popup blockers.

google is chrome. google is the ad seller. google will make sure you see the ad in their browser.

google is the Devil. Avoid wherever possible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)

214 Something I keep pointing out: If the surveillance state keeps growing, why is the homicide clearance rate still around 50%? I use homicide clearance because it's the one statistic that cannot be fudged (yet). All these license plate readers, cell phone dragnets, doorbell cameras... and yet people's murders still go unsolved.
Posted by: pookysgirl, going hmmmm at August 04, 2026 11:55 AM (qPIU+)
_____

The 50% clearance for homicides is driven heavily -- if not entirely -- by gang violence in inner cities like Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, etc.

These murders aren't solved because they can't be. They're not solved because nobody cares.

If you take out these "unsolved" murders, the clearance rate would be much higher.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

215 All these license plate readers, cell phone dragnets, doorbell cameras... and yet people's murders still go unsolved.

Posted by: pookysgirl, going hmmmm at August 04, 2026 11:55 AM (qPIU+)

You need to ask yourself WHERE these unsolved murders are going unsolved. Solving murders sounds a lot like work and ain't nobody got time for that.

Also the surveillance state for now is designed for tracking known subjects much more than unknown ones.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (FgjHu)

216 Ps. Great job, Doof!
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (joKxV)

Thank you, favorite employee!

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (S0M0K)

217
Ps. Great job, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (joKxV)

GET A ROOM!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)

218 Brave browser on PC blocks the ads and popups.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (wVcYX)

219 Because Alexa, your mobile devices, your TV, your appliances, and your internet usage aren't giving up anything personal about you.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Your "smaht" washing machine at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

220 A movie?

What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (bzPaY)

It's a method of storytelling by shining a light through a film to show pictures on a screen, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 04, 2026 12:01 PM (Hd1lH)

221 I’m generally against Flock cameras but I haven’t seen any in my rural area. I do enjoy the YouTube videos of “auditors” in the UK that film cops and record car plates in their cop parking lots. The cops go wild. They lose their minds.

Posted by: High tech at August 04, 2026 12:01 PM (37cEZ)

222 There's a Flock traffic surveillance camera a mile from me. It's next to a corn field and records people coming and going into the nearby town.

Which has very little crime. Or speeders. Or much of anything, really.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 12:01 PM (2Cry5)

223 Guess pop ups are here to stay.
Bummer.
Posted by: Before You Go at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (3cXW4)

Despite dozens of comments providing the solution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 12:01 PM (ExV1e)

224 What popups?

I use Brave on both my laptop and phone, no popups.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 12:02 PM (5ExGj)

225 Not to be a contrarian, but don’t all these cameras look at public locations? Why should I have an expectation of privacy when I’m out in public? Public roads, parking lots, trails etc…. I just assume I’m on camera whenever I leave the house
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 11:22 AM (+gA9j)

Thing is, you no longer have anonymity. The cams are also license plate readers. And the data owners also can get access to cellphone location data. If they want to, they can stalk an individual anywhere he or she goes, 24/7. This is a crime, called "watching and besetting". Old-school surveillance cameras just saw anonymous people, and only if a crime happened were the records scrutinized.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:02 PM (1z8ji)

226 218 Brave browser on PC blocks the ads and popups.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (wVcYX)

Recommend having several browsers on your devices, Brave being one of them. Also Qwant.

Posted by: tubal at August 04, 2026 12:02 PM (qQ6p3)

227 Surveillance at the Capitol Building? Fine. That's a target environment.

Every f*cking street in every f*cking city in America?

Stick that in your ear and blow it out your ass.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

Private property, private ownership of the data. The cameras in Walmart parking lot, OK. The cameras operated by city entities, not OK. The abuses are already racking up.
_betting cops get a slap on the hand - not for doing it but for getting caught

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:02 PM (Pee1E)

228 Try it on Firefox.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

Firefox has gone woke. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:03 PM (1z8ji)

229 Because Alexa, your mobile devices, your TV, your appliances, and your internet usage aren't giving up anything personal about you.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM
___

We recently bought a gas stove that you can connect to the internet.

Yeah, I'm so gonna do that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 12:04 PM (5ExGj)

230 These murders aren't solved because they can't be. They're not solved because nobody cares./i]

Slight disagreement - the city authorities in those cities are in bed with the gangs, often literally.

It isn't so much they don't care, its more they are on the same team.

So Mayor Crazy Eyes didn't ok the Crips shooting some independent drug dealer on their turf but she has made it clear to the police this is NOT a priority for them and to leave her boyfriend's side hustle alone.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:04 PM (sKqQm)

231 132 The antichrist will be very popular so we know it's not Obama

so, i still have a chance?

Posted by: francesca hong at August 04, 2026 12:04 PM (qdr3M)

232 Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Your "smaht" washing machine at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: wi-fi enabled automated kitty litter box at August 04, 2026 12:04 PM (FZ29D)

233 You need to ask yourself WHERE these unsolved murders are going unsolved. Solving murders sounds a lot like work and ain't nobody got time for that.

Also the surveillance state for now is designed for tracking known subjects much more than unknown ones.
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:00 PM (FgjHu)

In a way the surveillance state is being done here because the authorities are lazy. The cop’s job is to investigate crime and, if they have enough to get the judge to issue warrants and for the State to prosecute, the jury will decide. But even that task IS JUST TOO HARD.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (4g5V+)

234 Now do Ring cameras.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

235 Oops. I meant Ring doorbells.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

236 Despite dozens of comments providing the solution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
----

Amazing how many times it's been posted.
Xcancel, too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (Pee1E)

237 Remember how every jihadi or leftist that goes on a killing spree is a known wolf after the fact?

Ultimately the intent of this stuff is not to monitor them or normal run of the mill criminals either

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (sKqQm)

238 We recently bought a gas stove that you can connect to the internet.

Yeah, I'm so gonna do that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 04, 2026 12:04 PM (5ExGj)

You never know when you might need to start your stove while you're on vacation. Or control it unattended from the bedroom. Or have it post an alert to your facebook followers to let them know when your pasta is al dente.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (FgjHu)

239 Pop ups are the way government watches you. Same with these new television sets. And your phones. Yes, they watch you 24/7. And there is nothing you can do about it.
Conspiracy theories are everywhere!

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (H3dzX)

240 236 Despite dozens of comments providing the solution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
----

Amazing how many times it's been posted.
Xcancel, too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (Pee1E)

======

And still no one will tell me what the color of a green orange is.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (bzPaY)

241
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
----

Amazing how many times it's been posted.
Xcancel, too.

No need for snark. Some people aren't sitting here all day.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

242 Amazing how many times it's been posted.
Xcancel, too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (Pee1E)

I got the plugin which autochanges it. Nice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 12:07 PM (ExV1e)

243 And still no one will tell me what the color of a green orange is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (bzPaY)
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Periwinkle

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 12:07 PM (FZ29D)

244 No need for snark. Some people aren't sitting here all day.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

You must be new here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)

245 It's from the French Film Ménilmontant.
It's the seminal line in the film.

Oh yeah? Ménilmontant 1926, or Ménilmontant 1936?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 04, 2026 12:08 PM (zdLoL)

246 There's your answer. Illegal acts done with impunity.
When they start arresting criminals and properly applying the law. We will begin to regain a trust society. Those cameras reinforce an anti-trust society.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 11:57 AM (Pee1E)

For all the surveillance my store has, five finger discounts still happen. Do the cops do anything about it? From what I have seen, no. Maybe I am wrong and they snag one or two people. Especially during brazen daylight attempts by people who try to run off with hundreds on groceries/alcohol. But from what I have seen the store surveillance does nothing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 12:10 PM (4g5V+)

247 Ask your pastry chef if Ménilmont is right for you.

Posted by: Big Grocery at August 04, 2026 12:10 PM (2Ez/1)

248 Vivaldi blocks the ads too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 12:11 PM (bkuEU)

249 ‘Gym penis’ is real, says nurse — why it happens and when to see a professional

https://tinyurl.com/4ndape6v

I say why risk it. Avoid exercise at all costs.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

250 There is definitely an anti-Christ sentiment in the world right now, and it's increasing.

Its always been there—in every nation throughout all human history. What you have is a false notion of what is normal because the former United States was saturated with Godly people. The whole salt & light paradigm played out.

So there is historical proof that the higher density of the Elect/Remnant in the population, the more orderly the nation. But of course that makes it a hot spot for S'tan to destabilize.

Even nominal Christians who LARP as true believers tend to behave themselves.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 12:11 PM (xE0sV)

251 234 Now do Ring cameras.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

I weren’t aware that they operated like Flock cameras or that the authorities had 25/8 access to them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 12:12 PM (4g5V+)

252 so ok the new popup is not good

I do have popups off

still getting

just fyi it breaks the site on Mac/safari basically

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 04, 2026 12:13 PM (j+aD2)

253 He's listening to The Monkees.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 12:13 PM (UjdFS)

254 248 Vivaldi blocks the ads too
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 04, 2026 12:11 PM (bkuEU)

You'd think after all his music and all these years he'd just want to take a rest in the Lord.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 12:13 PM (wmzkx)

255 Gave the Walmart cashier a 20 she gave me change for a 10. I contested. A manager came, noted the problem, said she would be back. Less than 5 minutes she returns with a glossy, high resolution photo of me handing the clerk a 20.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:14 PM (Pee1E)

256 Y'all! Did you know Texas has an official firearm! 🤠🤠🤠

The official handgun of Texas is the Colt Walker, adopted in May 2021.

Created by Samuel Colt in collaboration with Texas Ranger Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.

Developed in the mid-1840s and used during the Mexican-American War.

A massive .44 caliber, single-action, six-shot blackpowder revolver built for heavy power at close range.

It was so large and heavy that Colt famously remarked it would take a Texan to shoot it.

#texas #coltwalker

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (BPuyI)

257 249 ‘Gym penis’ is real, says nurse — why it happens and when to see a professional

+++

I was in the pool!

Posted by: George Costanza at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)

258 Because Alexa, your mobile devices, your TV, your appliances, and your internet usage aren't giving up anything personal about you.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 11:58 AM (nAS9C)

In my case, the mobile devices. I never bothered with Alexa or other such things. TV has been gone since 2022. My appliances are “dumb”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (4g5V+)

259 so ok the new popup is not good

I do have popups off

still getting

just fyi it breaks the site on Mac/safari basically
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 04, 2026 12:13 PM (j+aD2)

The Paolo he never, how you say, turn popups off

Posted by: Paolo at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (S0M0K)

260
A flock?
What is it?

What it is

https://youtu.be/IXf9wehSvZE

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (Cqx++)

261 ‘Gym penis’ is real, says nurse — why it happens and when to see a professional

https://tinyurl.com/4ndape6v

I say why risk it. Avoid exercise at all costs.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)
______

I've been an athlete and worked out my entire life. Never experienced or even heard of anything called "gym penis."

I swear people are just making shit up for clicks and likes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

262 Top photo needs a disco ball.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 12:16 PM (qx7Zg)

263 I've been an athlete and worked out my entire life. Never experienced or even heard of anything called "gym penis."

I swear people are just making shit up for clicks and likes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

This will be the subject of a quack clickbait scam ad on YT before too long.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 12:17 PM (4g5V+)

264 256 Y'all! Did you know Texas has an official firearm! 🤠🤠🤠

The official handgun of Texas is the Colt Walker, adopted in May 2021.

Created by Samuel Colt in collaboration with Texas Ranger Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.

Developed in the mid-1840s and used during the Mexican-American War.

A massive .44 caliber, single-action, six-shot blackpowder revolver built for heavy power at close range.

It was so large and heavy that Colt famously remarked it would take a Texan to shoot it.

#texas #coltwalker
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 12:15 PM (BPuyI)

Legally, not a firearm, in its black powder configuration too. Which....maybe relevant for some.

Still powerful even compared to modern revolvers

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 04, 2026 12:18 PM (xcxpd)

265 Wow am I sorry I missed the Art thread!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 12:19 PM (yz7bn)

266 The ads on Chrome make AOSHQ unreadable.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 04, 2026 11:25 AM (YAto6)

AdBlock Plus, for the win.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 12:20 PM (hmYU4)

267 I'm getting boobs on every refresh. Not you guys, actual boobs.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 12:20 PM (MWfyi)

268 Nood Ace.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 12:20 PM (NcvvS)

269 In my case, the mobile devices. I never bothered with Alexa or other such things. TV has been gone since 2022. My appliances are “dumb”.

No smart meter attached to the mains?

Your house has five detectable zones:
Two 120V circuits, a 240V only, and 240 + those two 120V circuits.

For example, your electric dryer runs 240V to run the heating element, but the motor spinning the drum is tied to one of the two 120V circuits.

What does this all mean? A smart meter is able to detect appliance usage, and most appliances have a discernible fingerprint. A/C cycling, clothes washing, shower time (for electric WH) oven, stove and microwave use, refrigerator cycling.

Over a billing period its possible to map out a household's pattern of life, and know when the house is vacant or when occupied and roughly what schedules and usages are.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 12:21 PM (pawvM)

270 Have we covered forgotten 80s mystery click yet?

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 12:23 PM (ZxPkt)

271 It was so large and heavy that Colt famously remarked it would take a Texan to shoot it.

#texas #coltwalker

Posted by: rickb223
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That and learning Indian tactics turned things around for the Rangers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:24 PM (Pee1E)

272 Just tried AOS in Firefox 45.0.2. Runs fine. And no ads. Pretty funny, actually. I guess Minx 0.8 beta is current with Firefox 45.0.2.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 12:28 PM (hmYU4)

273 Flock cam. Coming soon to your church parking lot.*

*Only traditional denominations.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 12:30 PM (h3v2x)

274 Again, I would NEVER tell anyone that a
1 mw green laser will destroy the flock camera sensor or that it holds about 3 lbs of copper and some silver.
Posted by: rickb223

Curious how long you have to hold target, my pointer can only hold for twenty seconds. Physics fascinates me.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 04, 2026 12:40 PM (sl73Y)

275 Just got a letter in the mail from Atlanta PD. They demand $100 for driving 62 mph in a 45 mph school zone. Trouble is, school was out on that date, June 10, and the sign read 45 mph while flashing. It wasn't flashing, but there's no way to prove that. They sent me full color pictures of my license plate, however.

Posted by: Angel at August 04, 2026 01:08 PM (NPxD6)

276 The effing advertisement on this site is as bad as the advertisement on other news site.

Posted by: sidney at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (Uy/WF)

277 Your house has five detectable zones:
Two 120V circuits, a 240V only, and 240 + those two 120V circuits.

For example, your electric dryer runs 240V to run the heating element, but the motor spinning the drum is tied to one of the two 120V circuits.

What does this all mean? A smart meter is able to detect appliance usage, and most appliances have a discernible fingerprint. A/C cycling, clothes washing, shower time (for electric WH) oven, stove and microwave use, refrigerator cycling.

Over a billing period its possible to map out a household's pattern of life, and know when the house is vacant or when occupied and roughly what schedules and usages are.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 12:21 PM (pawvM)

No smart meters out here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 04:42 PM (4g5V+)

Mid-Morning Art Thread [From the archives]

Rolla
Henri Gervex

This was sold by Sotheby's in 1984 for far more than expected, no doubt because of the marvelous brushwork on the lamp and the dress.

Their description is interesting, and worth a read. Here is a bit of it....

Taking as his inspiration the eponymous poem of 1833 by Alfred de Musset, Gervex transposes the narrative into fashionable contemporary Paris, signalled by the wrought iron railings and view of the Haussmannised cityscape beyond, the grand boulevard backdrop recognized by some viewers as the fashionable Boulevard des Italiens. Jacques Rolla, a well-born bourgeois, has decided to spend his final night with the prostitute Marion, having squandered his fortune on a life of debauchery. The scene depicts the morning after: while Marion lies asleep, Rolla broods on his fate and contemplates suicide by jumping from the window. The model for Marion is based on several women - the actress Ellen Andrée, a favorite of Renoir, Manet and Degas (she is the sitter in Degas' L'Absinthe of 1876) posed for the body, but demanded that a different model be used for the face.

That little comment about Paris being "Haussmannised" is a pomposity, signalling that the writer is one of the elite who knows who Baron Haussmann was. Except...every Parisian knows who he was, and it's not that big a deal. It's like a New Yorker knowing who Robert Moses was. So? He was an urban planner who changed some of NYC, some for the good and some definitely not. But it's a hometown detail, and not a signal of one's intelligence.

And in the "bourgeois" I get a whiff of Marxist dialectic, which deserves a whiff of grapeshot.

But I digress.

Manet, Degas, Stevens, the young, the old, everyone trooped in front of the canvas which was already famous before it entered the Salon…However, hardly had it been hung on the wall when the surintendant des Beaux- Arts, Turquet, gave the brutal order that it be removed on grounds of immorality, with the complicity of the Salon jury…that’s how an art dealer offered to exhibit Rolla at his shop on the Chaussée-d’Antin… I accepted, as you can imagine, with gratitude, and for three months there was indeed an uninterrupted procession of visitors with a queue of carriages backed up to the Opera.
-- Henri Gervex

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (BPuyI)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 Roola in the hay

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

4 never have i wanted to yell "off damn sock!" more than now.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 Uh, clicking the image fails.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

7 Roofied........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

8 > And in the "bourgeois" I get a whiff of Marxist dialectic, which deserves a whiff of grapeshot.
-----
That's not all you'll get a whiff of here...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (2Cry5)

9 Uh, clicking the image fails.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

We've been rickrolled!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (BPuyI)

10 Pill Cosby was there earlier.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (sn5xH)

11 The john was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12
We've been rickrolled!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (BPuyI)

Nah. Just 404'd.

Seems TJM should comment about it being not found.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

13 Gender affirming care.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:33 AM (viF8m)

14 Is the woman supposed to be tired from some, uh, weinering, drugged, sleeping, dead?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

15 And it's not my script blocker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

16 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Having polished the shaft of his putter, that fellow is clearly heading out for a round of Geezer Golf.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (2WIwB)

17 "Oh, James!," she said breathlessly. "I had no idea!"

[cue Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better]

Posted by: Count de Monet Love Him Some 007 Opening Montages at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

18 Where would you hang something like this?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

19 In about another three seconds, she's gonna slide right off the bed and smack her forehead on that table.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (SgdqL)

20 She took a good weinering.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (sn5xH)

21 The Paolo, he has no regrets.

Posted by: Paolo at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (kgE5c)

22 Sloppy seconds after Cosby was finished with her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (ndZc7)

23 You pay him to leave.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Rolla over

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 09:36 AM (ThbEd)

25 In about another three seconds, she's gonna slide right off the bed and smack her forehead on that table.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (SgdqL)

And he will panic. Instead of calling the authorities and attempt to save her, he will throw her from the window and claim she flung herself from the window after declaring "This is MAGA country!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

26 At least she shaved her pits.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

27 Replacement for the Sotheby's link:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/
wikipedia/commons/3/33/
Henri_Gervex_%22Rolla%22.jpg

Posted by: No Name Today at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM (8mulE)

28 Babe and a half.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

29 Bald beaver blocked by a fortunately placed bedsheet.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

30 A painting from Henri Gervex's naked bitches period.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:38 AM (ndZc7)

31 Now that's I've forced myself to look at the rest of the painting . . . I see that the men looks much like the young Lee Van Cleef.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

32 marvelous display of washing under tits

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 09:38 AM (ThbEd)

33 This will get you a decent enlargement of the piece.......

https://shorturl.fm/Viecp

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

34 Get dressed and get out, says she.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 09:39 AM (QaH55)

35 She's just exhausted trying to get out of that dress.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 09:39 AM (H3dzX)

36 Seems rather content for a prostitute. Not that I would know.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:39 AM (FgjHu)

37 Did the guy jump?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at August 04, 2026 09:39 AM (X0Ete)

38 I've been to Missouri and I can assure you, that's not what Rolla looks like.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:40 AM (2Cry5)

39 Definitely no dog. But also definitely Art!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:40 AM (ngCmj)

40 Love the carpet, of the part I can see.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (ngCmj)

41 27 Replacement for the Sotheby's link:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/
wikipedia/commons/3/33/
Henri_Gervex_%22Rolla%22.jpg
Posted by: No Name Today at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM
++++++

https://tinyurl.com/2sd2v4h6

Posted by: I've got a URL shortener and I'm not afraid to use it at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

42 This will get you a decent enlargement of the piece.......

https://shorturl.fm/Viecp
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026

***
Thanks, Sponge. Her face is somehow less attractive, though, when you embiggen the pic. And he looks less like Lee Van Cleef than he does Joaquin Phoenix with a mustache.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

43 Nice painting and beautiful colors and I like the light on the courtesan's body . The subject of deciding whether you want to jump out the window is not exactly cheerful, but then Alfred de Musset as talented as he was in some ways was a weirdo:

Outside of his relationship with George Sand he was a well-known figure in brothels, and is widely accepted to be the anonymous author-client who beat and humiliated the author and courtesan Céleste de Chabrillan, also known as La Mogador.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (IbQ1f)

44 Where would you hang something like this?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

Is that the guy's pickup line?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (FgjHu)

45 She's doing her Lili von Shtupp "I'm tiwed!" bit.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (SgdqL)

46 I always thought that Rolla was a funny-sounding name.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

47 Like Lily Van Schtuup, she's so... tired!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (aJQbY)

48 In fact she looks a bit like the young Madonna in the face.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

49 Publicity finds a way.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (OUMaO)

50 Musée d'Orsay, France

Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929), in part:

In the Spring of 1878, a month before the inauguration of the Salon, Rolla was brutally excluded from the event by the Beaux-Arts administration. Yet, Henri Gervex was a renowned painter. Aged only 26, he had already been awarded a medal at the Salon, which in theory made him an "outsider" in terms of competition and therefore dispensed from the deliberations of the jury in charge of choosing the artworks exhibited. This time, the authorities decided otherwise as they judged the scene to be "immoral."

If the scene was judged indecent, it was not because of Marie's nudity, which in no way differs from the canonic nudes of the time. The attention of contemporaries rather turned to the still life constituted by a gown, a garter, and a hastily undone corset covered with a top hat. Gervex might have been advised by Degas to put "a corset on the floor" so that the spectator may know this woman "is not a model." Indeed, this disposition and the nature of the clothes clearly indicate Marie's consent and her status as a prostitute. Moreover, the walking stick emerging from the garments acts as a metaphor for sexual intercourse.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

51 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

Try it now.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2026 09:42 AM (mRgA+)

52 Quote "Outside.. La Mogador " was from
Wikipedia.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:42 AM (IbQ1f)

53 34 she's not saying anything. gotta whole buncha actrite.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

54 I’m sensing a French theme this week.

Can a David be far behind?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

55 I like this one for obvious reasons… but my bourgeois sensibilities would prevent me from hanging it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 09:44 AM (yz/88)

56 Try it now.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Works now.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:44 AM (BPuyI)

57 Babe and a half.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

1.5 babes?

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 09:45 AM (S0M0K)

58 46 i'm sitting right here!

Posted by: lamont's pal at August 04, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

59 So, was she $20, same as in the country?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

60 48 In fact she looks a bit like the young Madonna in the face.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM

Maybe a little Bernadette Peters.

Posted by: But that's just me at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

61 1.5 babes?
Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 09:45 AM

That sounds...disturbing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (kgE5c)

62 Try it now.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2026 09:42 AM (mRgA+)

Much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

63 I accepted, as you can imagine, with gratitude, and for three months there was indeed an uninterrupted procession of visitors with a queue of carriages backed up to the Opera.
===

I know pron when I see it!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (JvZF+)

64 What? No jokes about $20 being left on the dresser? It's like I don't know you people...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

65 CBD, coming through with the nood for my birfday!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

66 i found the lack of ink intriguing but then noticed the septum ring and navel piercing.

Posted by: lamont's pal at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

67 59 So, was she $20, same as in the country?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

64 What? No jokes about $20 being left on the dresser? It's like I don't know you people...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

Not close enough for you? Geez....tough crowd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

68 Morning RMBS, Bulg and Doof!

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (z6ONu)

69 Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (sn5xH)

70 About the artist per Wikipedia:
"His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste."

Posted by: Tuna at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

71 If it was NY there would be crowd gathered underneath shouting, "Jump! Jump! Jump!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (JvZF+)

72 CBD, coming through with the nood for my birfday!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

I mean, it really doesn't get much better than tits for your birthday.

Happy BDay!!! TITS!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

73 Morning RMBS, Bulg and Doof!
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM

Mornin', Buck!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

74 60 she's burned from dat peter.

Posted by: lamont's pal at August 04, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

75 And thanks CBD!

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:49 AM (z6ONu)

76 I mean, it really doesn't get much better than tits for your birthday.

Happy BDay!!! TITS!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM

I mean...they could be in my bed, but I'll take what I can get.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

77 65 rmbs, hoppy.

Posted by: lamont's pal at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

78 Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM

Thank you!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)

79 Happy birthday RMBS. Tits to you!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM (JvZF+)

80
I mean...they could be in my bed, but I'll take what I can get.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

I mean, we can start a GiveSendGo to buy you a hooker like the guy in the painting did......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

81 71 harold the barrel (and sock)

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

82 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

Happy birthday and God bless you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (IbQ1f)

83
A Feature of 19th Century Boudoirs - a limerick

A young mademoiselle named Marie
in the wee dark hours had to go "Oui"!
Her paramour showed her the bedside commode
"This bed comes with its own can o' pee!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

84 All the frogs think about is sex, cheese and wine.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (qC81n)

85 65 Happy B-Day, RMBS!

Hopefully, the booze supply in Boston has been sufficiently restocked following the departure of the kilt-wearers.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

86
"My friend, RMBS, is celebrating his birthday today, but doesn't have tits in his bed. For only 19 cents a day.....wait....20 dollars, same as in town....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (2YhKe)

87 Version at the link looks pasty white. Like the warmth in the posted version better. I wonder which is accurate...

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (suvZw)

88 So dis is where da white women at.

Posted by: Latrell Jackson at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (tNkpt)

89 I saw Lee van Cleet in a 50s Sci-Fi movie the other day, he looked surprisingly normal or unthreatening. Last night listened to a 1957 Suspense broadcast starring De-Forest Kelly called “the Flesh Peddler” a surprisingly lame episode but Kelly did OK.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (Uhisz)

90 I mean, we can start a GiveSendGo to buy you a hooker like the guy in the painting did......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM

Hard pass on the ho, but I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (kgE5c)

91 "Moreover, the walking stick emerging from the garments acts as a metaphor for sexual intercourse."
****

The Paolo, he has often been compared to this, how you say, metaphor.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

92 @83

*snort*

Posted by: Tuna at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (lJ0H4)

93 Happy Birthday RMBS

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (FgjHu)

94
Hard pass on the ho, but I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (kgE5c)

I'm here for ya, man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

95 76 sooner or later that arrangement will go tits up.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

96 Happy birthday and God bless you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM

Thanks, Fen!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

97 Hopefully, the booze supply in Boston has been sufficiently restocked following the departure of the kilt-wearers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM

The Scots were nowhere near my liquor cabinet, so I'm good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (kgE5c)

98 God bless and keep all the Morons!

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (z6ONu)

99 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:52 AM (kgE5c)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (IbQ1f)

100 What? No jokes about $20 being left on the dresser? It's like I don't know you people...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026

***
To be fair, this is Paris. It should be a joke about 200 francs being left on the dresser.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

101 73 Hey, Buck! Mornin’!

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

102 I can only imagine how scandalous this was at the time. Now? They would print it in a children’s magazine.

I think the painting would be more interesting without the creepy suicidal guy.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 04, 2026 09:55 AM (i+vnO)

103 To be fair, this is Paris. It should be a joke about 200 francs being left on the dresser.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

If the ho has francs, she don't get paid.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 04, 2026 09:55 AM (suvZw)

104 I miss you and the others, Bulg.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:55 AM (z6ONu)

105 Haussmann's wide boulevards quickly proved useful in putting down the Commune. Much more difficult to barricade than narrow streets.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 09:56 AM (XvL8K)

106 79 Happy birthday RMBS. Tits to you!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 09:50 AM
......

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 04, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

107 RMBS,
Happy birthday!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 09:56 AM (2WIwB)

108 Henri Gervex was talented though I'd pass hanging much of his paintings.

Today's art selection is better than The Tub, and leaps and bounds better than Study for "Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu" for kicking off a likely quite interesting Tuesday.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

109 Morning RMBS, Bulg and Doof!
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:48 AM (z6ONu)

Howdy Buck - and Happy Birthday RMBS!

Posted by: Doof at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (S0M0K)

110 89 he's not as intimidating if you can't see the pores on his nose.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

111 Gervex could certainly capture the sensual female, women completely comfortable with their bodies. Several of his paintings show similar themes. Beyond that, his ability to show light, natural or artificial, in a setting is excellent, eye catching, and displays the details that make make the painting so effective.

He also had a sense of humor. His account in CBD's post has a strong 'screw you' aspect to the prudes who removed this painting from a museum. He has a painting of an art jury. A group of 'serious' men, passing judgement on displayed paintings, all clustered around a painting of a nude woman and ignoring the other works.

Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

112 What? No jokes about $20 being left on the dresser? It's like I don't know you people...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026

***
To be fair, this is Paris. It should be a joke about 200 francs being left on the dresser.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
——

$20 gets ya a quickie blowjob. The full deluxe overnight package costs considerably more …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (i+vnO)

113 104 Where you been, Buck?

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

114 Carolyn Jones passed away on August 3, 1983, at only 53 years old, but the dark elegance she brought to the screen remains unforgettable.

Born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1930, Jones enjoyed a successful career in film and television, appearing in productions such as The Seven Year Itch, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and King Creole. She also received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in The Bachelor Party.

However, she became immortal as the original Morticia Addams in the 1960s series The Addams Family. With her hypnotic gaze, elegant movements, mysterious beauty, and wonderfully dry humor, she created the image of Morticia that continues to inspire gothic culture today.

Carolyn Jones gave darkness grace, charm, and timeless style.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:58 AM (BPuyI)

115 I saw Lee van Cleet in a 50s Sci-Fi movie the other day, he looked surprisingly normal or unthreatening. . . .
Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026

***
One of his earliest major roles was as a thug/hitman, half of a team with Earl Holliman, in a noir called The Big Combo. The film is remembered partly because of the implied homosexual relationship between the two gunmen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

116 If the ho has francs, she don't get paid.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 04, 2026 09:55 AM

She'd have to sous him.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:59 AM (0pcAS)

117 Happy Birthday, RMBS. Top O' The Tits To You!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)

118 Hey, Diogenes, you anywhere near the Spokane fire? If so, stay safe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

119 Happy Birthday, RMBS. Top O' The Tits To You!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 09:59 AM

This place...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 10:00 AM (0pcAS)

120 I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:01 AM (z6ONu)

121 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)
****
Happy Birthday! 🥳

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 10:01 AM (NpAcC)

122 Ask your gynecologist if Gervex is right for you.

Posted by: Big, Big Farma at August 04, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

123 The story goes the young man is considering suicide. What an idiot. He should be getting back in bed with the babe. If he's going to be broke it might as well be for a good reason.

Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

124 "having squandered his fortune on a life of debauchery."

Objection to the characterization, assumes facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Bilwis - TV Lawyer at August 04, 2026 10:02 AM (r7+Q7)

125 Prayer up for complete healing, Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

126 Paint me like you paint your French whores, Henri.

Posted by: Rose DeWitt Bukater at August 04, 2026 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

127 At least the hotel room looks less disgusting than one after Andrew Gillum and his butt buddies got done with it.

Posted by: Burn The Towels! at August 04, 2026 10:03 AM (JM9I6)

128 The three faeces of Eve.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:04 AM (UWOsE)

129 We made it Portland last night okay. Heading east to Terebon, Redmond, and Bend for the evening. Stopping at Multnomah Fall and Timberline Lodge enroute. One fire on our route is south of the highway, news, fire blog, and Google maps with wildfire layer show the road open, but smokey.

Nice art CBD. Would totally hang this one.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 04, 2026 10:05 AM (1a+P4)

130 anaplasmosis
Butt secks

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:05 AM (UWOsE)

131 Commissar you dirty rat!

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:06 AM (z6ONu)

132 120 ... " I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications."

Buck,
Hope the antibiotic is effective and the symptoms fade quickly.

Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

133 What we know about the Idaho In-N-Out shooter and his connection to Twin Falls

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The College of Southern Idaho confirmed that Chad Williams attended the school from Aug. 22, 2022, through Dec. 14, 2023.

The college said he did not graduate with a credential from the college.

“The College will cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies during their investigation,” the statement said.

Investigators believe he acted alone. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said social media claims identifying another individual as the suspect were false.
“We understand there are many questions, and we will try to answer as many of those in time as we can,” Hicks said. “However, because some details cannot be released at this stage, doing so would compromise our investigation.”

It was confirmed he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

What investigation? What's to compromise?
You said he acted alone and he's dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:07 AM (BPuyI)

134 130 Anaplasmidis is a tick borne disease. It nothing to do with "butt secks"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 10:07 AM (HR13B)

135 Lee Van Cleef + one of the Van Pattens == pretty good MST3K episode ( Master Ninja )

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 10:08 AM (nHXB4)

136 What investigation? What's to compromise?
You said he acted alone and he's dead.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:07 AM (BPuyI)

They need more time to scrub his social media history.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 10:09 AM (nHXB4)

137 Happy birthday, RMBS!

Indulge yourself!

Posted by: muldoon at August 04, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

138 84 All the frogs think about is sex, cheese and wine.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (qC81n)

Not necessarily in that order.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 10:09 AM (QaH55)

139 Nice summary of the painting CBD though you could have simply gone with "nice tits toots" and covered everything this crowd cares about.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at August 04, 2026 10:10 AM (KcT4I)

140 What investigation? What's to compromise?
You said he acted alone and he's dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:07 AM (BPuyI)

Forget it. He's rolling.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:10 AM (FgjHu)

141 Ask your gynecologist if Gervex is right for you.
Posted by: Big, Big Farma

Gervix is right for your cervix.
Posted by: Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:10 AM (BPuyI)

142 Thanks Fen. I think you are almost an angel.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:10 AM (z6ONu)

143 Another poll out today has Talarico up 2.

James Madison to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: Latrell Jackson at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (tNkpt)

144 RMBS,
Hope your birthday is great and filled with the sound of guns at the range.

Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw)

145 I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:01 AM (z6ONu)

Ugh. Thanks, Bill Gates.......asshole.

Prayers for a quick and complete recovery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)

146 Paolo means small, humble?!

🤣

Posted by: Fool me twice at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

147 *“The College will cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies during their investigation,” the statement said.*
+++

I guess if you're in PR you've been trained in the making of vapid statements.

Imagine this press release: "The College has decided to be totally uncooperative with law enforcement agencies in an ongoing effort to maintain our reputation for being total and complete pricks."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:10 AM (z6ONu)

Nowhere near, but I'm sorry you had such a difficult time and may you receive complete healing from the Lord and skilled medical people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 10:14 AM (HR13B)

149 Darwin award nominee of the week:

"Diversity is our strength" woman goes to Greece to assist illegals in the country, befriends an Afghani muslham who, in turn, murders her and stuffs her in a suitcase.

I mean, she reaped it.........props to you, stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

150 84 All the frogs think about is sex, cheese and wine.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 04, 2026 09:51 AM (qC81n)

Not necessarily in that order.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 04, 2026 10:09 AM (QaH55)

The French are a funny race.
They fight with their feet . . .

Posted by: Winston Churchill (maybe, not likely) at August 04, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)

151 120 I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications.
Posted by: Buck Ofama

🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM (NFX2v)

152 RMBS,
Hope your birthday is great and filled with the sound of guns at the range.
Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw)

And tits!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)

153 Hope your birthday is great and filled with the sound of guns at the range.
Posted by: JTB at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM

Thanks, but no range time today. And I have a wake to go to later.

Still, it beats last year's when I got a nasty GI virus, so I got that going for me. Which is nice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM (kgE5c)

154 All the frogs think about is sex, cheese

Sex cheese?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM (aDWh9)

155 135 Lee Van Cleef was also in that MST with Beverly Garland, Peter Graves, and that giant space carrot.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

156 Another poll out today has Talarico up 2.

James Madison to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: Latrell Jackson at August 04, 2026 10:13 AM (tNkpt)

BBBWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (2YhKe)

157 Prayers up BO, sorry for the rough time.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (FgjHu)

158 154 All the frogs think about is sex, cheese

Sex cheese?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM (aDWh9)

*perks up*

Posted by: Wallace at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (nHXB4)

159 And tits!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:15 AM

Sponge, you have your priorities straight. Good man.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (kgE5c)

160
Sponge, you have your priorities straight. Good man.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (kgE5c)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

161
Babe and a half.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

Having half a babe in your room will get you the death penalty in most jurisdictions!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 10:17 AM (iJfKG)

162 I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:01 AM

Ugh. Prayers up for complete recovery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 10:17 AM (kgE5c)

163 Thanks Sponge and JTB! This is truly the finest group of people I have met in all my years. Attend a MoMe if you can. It's really great to be able to put faces and back stories to our imaginary friends.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:18 AM (z6ONu)

164 "Squandered?" I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 04, 2026 10:18 AM (1VZmA)

165 Prayers up BO, sorry for the rough time.
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:16 AM (FgjHu)

Speaking of......do the Owebama's still have their dog? Or was he one night's Hors d'oeuvres?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:18 AM (2YhKe)

166 Ellipsis! Thanks!

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:20 AM (z6ONu)

167 Another poll out today has Talarico up 2.

James Madison to the white courtesy phone.

You should definitely bet your entire life savings on Talerico. It's a sure bet, because polls never try and make people think Democrats are more popular than they are.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 10:20 AM (2ocoG)

168 Saw that after Trump roasted Mamdami for requiring ID at his below-cost grocery stores they lifted the requirement. So now they'll lose money even faster and it'll be the full USSR experience.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)

169 Saw that after Trump roasted Mamdami for requiring ID at his below-cost grocery stores they lifted the requirement. So now they'll lose money even faster and it'll be the full USSR experience.
Posted by: Ian S.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:25 AM (BPuyI)

170 At WaPo, for Ace: "I befriended my neighborhood crow. You can, too."

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 10:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

171 Popups in the comments now. That’s evil

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 10:27 AM (Uhisz)

172 Speaking of......do the Owebama's still have their dog? Or was he one night's Hors d'oeuvres?

As the saying goes, you can have your dog and eat it, too.

Posted by: Barack Hussein at August 04, 2026 10:27 AM (ScG/9)

173 161 genesis silva has entered the chat.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 10:27 AM (Bep7s)

174 I am getting pop ups on the comment page with "before you leave"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (X58gq)

175 "...and it'll be the full USSR experience.
Posted by: Ian S."

Kramer can add that to the J. Peterman Reality Tour.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

176 A dog that good, you don't eat all at once.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (z6ONu)

177 Hasn't she suffered enough?

https://tinyurl.com/bde4es52

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

178 actually hot naked woman, very rare for 'fine art'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 04, 2026 10:29 AM (xcxpd)

179 Polls in summer are bad.

https://x.com/reh_tai33/status/
2082966518975942678

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:29 AM (bzPaY)

180 174 I am getting pop ups on the comment page with "before you leave"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (X58gq)

Me too. It happens every time the page refreshes. I've never seen this before and it's annoying
AF.

Posted by: Technical difficulties at August 04, 2026 10:29 AM (ZVkju)

181 20 I've been very sick. Just got out of the hospital with a new tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis. I should be ok in a few weeks if no new complications.
Posted by: Buck Ofama

Oh that sounds terrible. I am so sorry.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:30 AM (Dd38x)

182 Dog tartar

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:31 AM (IMg8d)

183 Polls in summer are bad.

And Fox's polls are awful year-round.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 04, 2026 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

184 Piper! Thanks! Now my day is truly blessed.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:31 AM (z6ONu)

185 182 Dog tartar
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 10:31 AM (IMg8d)

Proper oral hygiene will prevent that.

Posted by: Get a commemorative plaque at August 04, 2026 10:32 AM (ZVkju)

186 74 I am getting pop ups on the comment page with "before you leave"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (X58gq

Same. First time I have had that happen.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:32 AM (Dd38x)

187 "I am getting pop ups"

FWIW: With Firefox on Linux, with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, none of the (abundant and malevolent) ads on this site get through. Try it.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 10:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

188 133 What we know about the Idaho In-N-Out shooter and his connection to Twin Falls

Posted by: rickb223

Attended the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) from August 22, 2022, until December 14, 2023.

In his official 2023 student biography, he introduced himself to the student body with the following statement: "Hi, I'm Chad. I enjoy a variety of entertainment including combat sports, role-playing, history, and gaming. I'm majoring in nursing and after graduating will pursue further education while working in healthcare."

He was a senator in the college's student government, the spokesperson confirmed, until he was impeached from that role in February 2023. (Lack of participation & to be replaced with another student.)

Raised in Arizona, originally living in Waddell, a suburb on the western outskirts of the Phoenix metro area. Disclosed on his personal social media profiles that he was a former foster care youth.

Participated in Boys State in 2019, a prestigious civic leadership program for top high school students.

Described by former college roommates & student government peers as a quiet, introverted, but polite and an encouraging friend in his 1st yr. of college.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 10:32 AM (NFX2v)

189 174 I am getting pop ups on the comment page with "before you leave"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (X58gq)

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Ditto.

Posted by: ballistic at August 04, 2026 10:33 AM (oqH4h)

190
Welp.

Boo! on the pop-ups.

They ruin the refreshing fun of the threads. Very annoying.

I predict a drop in overall clicks/readership.

Sad,

Posted by: naturalfake at August 04, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

191 Piper! Thanks! Now my day is truly blessed.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:31 AM (z6ONu)

Ghosts can have a chilling effect.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

192 Well, I see the ads are now pervasive. Lovely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)

193 Same here with pop ups. Very annoying.

Posted by: Make it stop at August 04, 2026 10:34 AM (3cXW4)

194 184 Piper! Thanks! Now my day is truly blessed.
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026

Hardly! But I looked it up, and what an ordeal.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:34 AM (Dd38x)

195 Even with the popup blocker on they're still getting through. It's an invasion!

Posted by: Attack of the spam! at August 04, 2026 10:35 AM (ZVkju)

196 Unusable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

197 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

198 I’m not getting any popups on my phone.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

199 Sorry, but ABP and uMatrix, if you can find it.

ad block and script block.

No ads interfering with your web experience. Just send Ace and crew $$$. I've done that in the past, but it's been a bit difficult to do as of late.

Maintaining 2 houses, not mentioning the continuing kicking by the FiL after death..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

200 197 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

Sad she became just another kale-related statistic. She had so much to offer. I mean, I assume. I don't know for sure. That's just what you're supposed to say in situations like these.

Posted by: A moment of silence at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (ZVkju)

201 Leaving "Boulevard des Italiens" with Nicolas Cage.

Posted by: suncraig at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (iG6zC)

202 and the First Daughter's lawyer fees, state fees, class fees........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

203 Before you go!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (AdHga)

204 not getting any popups on my phone.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

I am.

Posted by: Make it stop at August 04, 2026 10:39 AM (3cXW4)

205
Sad she became just another kale-related statistic. She had so much to offer. I mean, I assume. I don't know for sure. That's just what you're supposed to say in situations like these.

Posted by: A moment of silence at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (ZVkju)

I believe it was actually Tumor Tuesday that did her in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)

206 I'm not doing anything special, and I don't see the ads.

Firefox on Linux.

Tried it in Chrome, and I see the popup.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:39 AM (bzPaY)

207 testing on Brave...

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 10:39 AM (dfgzq)

208 and the First Daughter's lawyer fees, state fees, class fees........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

Transaction fees, shipping and handling fees, credit card fees and fee fees.

Posted by: A fee for the fee at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (ZVkju)

209 I hope everyone will be aware of the danger those little creatures represent. and the younger ones are almost too tiny to see. They carry some awful things.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (z6ONu)

210 She needs better abs.

- random AOS commenter looking for something to complain about 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Dd38x)

211 The Dow is up 1.3%. It was at 45k in April, and is now approaching 54k. Apparently, investors know something the media doesn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

212 I'll test on my phone in a minute. Adblockers and scriptblockers mean I don't suffer on the laptop.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (aJQbY)

213 The Dow is up 1.3%. It was at 45k in April, and is now approaching 54k. Apparently, investors know something the media doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

Well, since the media doesn't know anything.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

214 ublock origin ff mobile for the so inclined

Just until the pop-up kinks get worked out

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (FgjHu)

215 Firefox on Windows 10. The popups are real...and they're craptacular.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

216 211 The Dow is up 1.3%. It was at 45k in April, and is now approaching 54k. Apparently, investors know something the media doesn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

======

The stock market is driven by algorithms designed by degenerate gamblers with the mantra that it must always go up.

The stock market is as related to the economy as my take on Sergio Leone is (like and subscribe).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (bzPaY)

217 I'm using Epic. No popups. Testing on Brave... didn't have any there, either. I do get the popup on Safari.

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (04KGT)

218
I believe it was actually Tumor Tuesday that did her in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)

Because of the kale, which has been found by the State of California to contain compounds determined by the State of California to be carcinogenic.

Posted by: A fact Big Kale keeps suppressed at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (ZVkju)

219 Well, since the media doesn't know anything.......

Untrue! They know we all suck and they are nature's nobility.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (Riz8t)

220 I am on my iPad and it’s pretty bad. Probably a sign to get off my tail and go do something worthwhile.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (Dd38x)

221 Probably a sign to get off my tail and go do something worthwhile.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (Dd38x)

Whoa. Let's not go reading in to every little thing!!!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (FgjHu)

222 Testing Firefox on Brave.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)

223 The most ace will be able to do is email pixy.

And I'm not sure what pixy can do. I don't think he controls the ads all that much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (bzPaY)

224 "Firefox on Windows 10. The popups are real...and they're craptacular."

Install extensions uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. No ads since I switched in Sep 2025. Early on, they detected an ad here attempting to open my cam! Protect youself.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

225 But why is a girl on a track after running a race advertising meds to fix her ED?

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Dd38x)

226 Testing Firefox on Brave.

No popups.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)

227 Because of the kale, which has been found by the State of California to contain compounds determined by the State of California to be carcinogenic.
Posted by: A fact Big Kale keeps suppressed at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (ZVkju)

"On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."

Posted by: Big Kale at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM (nHXB4)

228 Not seeing the ads on DDG.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

229 I hope everyone will be aware of the danger those little creatures represent. and the younger ones are almost too tiny to see. They carry some awful things.
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ

Oh, we are! Stay away from the wet markets. We'll have the cures soon enough...

Posted by: Plum Island Institute of Virology at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM (upeQk)

230 And I'm not sure what pixy can do. I don't think he controls the ads all that much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (bzPaY)

When you agree to let ads on your site, they will do what they want. It's in the agreement.

"We'll give you pennies, f*ck your site, and YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM (2YhKe)

231 The stock market is as related to the economy as my take on Sergio Leone is (like and subscribe).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:41 AM (bzPaY)

I don't know about that, but it's definitely related to my economy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (g8Ew8)

232 I voted in the Repub primary for US Senate this morning here in NoVa. I was the only one in the place.

Warner will win, of course. It doesn't matter to his voters that he's proven himself a liar of Biblical proportions.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

233 But why is a girl on a track after running a race advertising meds to fix her ED?
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Dd38x)

IT'S MA'AM!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

234 We'll give you pennies, f*ck your site, and YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM (2YhKe)

Bringing it right back round to the art

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (FgjHu)

235 Dow is kinda irrelevant these days. It’s an archaic metric there for historical reasons more than anything else. It’s a weighted average which means the biggest companies have the most influence. And it can really skew it up or down if one or two members outperform.

All the other indexes are doing well so it’s not like DJIA is a fluke. But it’s not what matters anymore.

Posted by: Make it stop at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (3cXW4)

236 I think the popup on refresh just started with thus thread.
Morning report doesnt have it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (X58gq)

237 224 i've got tape over my cam.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (Bep7s)

238 232 I voted in the Repub primary for US Senate this morning here in NoVa. I was the only one in the place.

Warner will win, of course. It doesn't matter to his voters that he's proven himself a liar of Biblical proportions.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

=======

They're voting for someone who will vote the right way, not for a pastor or moral paragon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

239 "I hope everyone will be aware of the danger those little creatures represent. and the younger ones are almost too tiny to see. They carry some awful things."

ScienceDirect has an issue out today that covers the tick plague.

Posted by: gp at August 04, 2026 10:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

240 195 Even with the popup blocker on they're still getting through. It's an invasion!

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Toenail fungus must be a big thing in some demographics.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:46 AM (u/oMr)

241 221 Probably a sign to get off my tail and go do something worthwhile.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:42 AM (Dd38x)

Whoa. Let's not go reading in to every little thing!!!
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:43 AM (FgjHu

🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:46 AM (Dd38x)

242 HTML 5 FTW........ugh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

243 Advertising has RUINED the internet.

I get that webpages and websites ain't free, but surely there's got to be a better way than allowing advertisers to embed malicious, annoying code within your own content.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (FZ29D)

244 Toenail fungus must be a big thing in some demographics.

It's huge! We need a lockdown and a vaccine!

Posted by: Anthony F. at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

245 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Dd38x)

246 211 The Dow is up 1.3%. It was at 45k in April, and is now approaching 54k. Apparently, investors know something the media doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

The proximate cause of this weeks buoyancy seems a Bessent comment that a deal to fully open the Strait of Hormuz could be reached Tues or Wed.

I'll believe it when it holds for a week.

Posted by: Bilwis - TV Lawyer at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (r7+Q7)

247 Joint pain relief with this one easy trick!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (AdHga)

248 245 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Dd38x)

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It's not like people have jobs to go to.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (u/oMr)

249 I am getting pop ups on the comment page with "before you leave"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 04, 2026 10:28 AM (X58gq

Same. First time I have had that happen.
Posted by: Piper

Me too. Most annoying.

Posted by: Tuna at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (lJ0H4)

250 Toenail fungus must be a big thing in some demographics.

It's huge! We need a lockdown and a vaccine!
Posted by: Anthony F. at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

We're heading down that path........

Have you seen the new 'drug' they have for covid?

Take it within 3 days of exposure and you have a 67% less chance of getting it, but you will likely get the shits, dizzy spells, stomach pains, etc...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

251 228 Not seeing the ads on DDG.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

252 Piper, it helps to get through the night.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM (z6ONu)

253 there's an ad with the big hurt for a t-booster running currently that screams text "shine" in the chyron.
this is amusing for some.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (Bep7s)

254 I just learned that CVS hides the generic $1 viagra.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (u/oMr)

255 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Dd38x)

Once you go tantric........

Posted by: Sting at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)

256 Another poll out today has Talarico up 2.

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EPIC City isn't quite populated enough...yet. Give them a few short years and TX may be in trouble.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (qBdHI)

257 228 Not seeing the ads on DDG.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:44 AM

Oops. Meant to say "Likewise."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

258 200+ comments and no one mentioned the hairy legs?
Yes, it’s RMBS’ birthday, but still.
Be better, Horde.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (30Gj0)

259 Democrats have a lot in common with ticks.

Posted by: steevy at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (YwEeS)

260 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.

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Ok, I LOL'd.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (qBdHI)

261 One of the pop ups says Megan Markel’s daughter is all grown up see her now. Lol. I think her kids are like 5 years old.

Posted by: Make it stop at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (3cXW4)

262 246
The proximate cause of this weeks buoyancy seems a Bessent comment that a deal to fully open the Strait of Hormuz could be reached Tues or Wed.

I'll believe it when it holds for a week.

Posted by: Bilwis - TV Lawyer at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (r7+Q7)

======

All while enough oil has been getting out of the strait to cover the missing oil not covered by pipelines for literally months. Hence why oil keeps sitting well below $100 and often below $80 despite whatever the hell the IRGC puts a press release out saying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (bzPaY)

263 signalling that the writer is one of the elite who knows who Baron Haussmann was.

he's the guy who played mr. bartholomew in rollerball, right?

Posted by: anachronda at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (qdr3M)

264 Democrats have a lot in common with ticks.

They both want to make it impossible for you to enjoy meat.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (Riz8t)

265 248 245 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Dd38x)

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It's not like people have jobs to go to.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM

I think this art has indicated to advertisers I am a target for these meds. I am good over here, advertiser! Thank you anyway!

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (Dd38x)

266
EPIC City isn't quite populated enough...yet. Give them a few short years and TX may be in trouble.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 10:49 AM (qBdHI)

It's not built yet. Paxton has them under multiple investigations and halts due to oddities in their funding and approvals........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

267 248 245 Now I have one that says sex can last 3 hours. Like that is a good thing.
Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Dd38x)

Amateur numbers.

Posted by: Sting at August 04, 2026 10:51 AM (ZVkju)

268 Ahh, thanks Sponge. I thought it was well under construction by now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 10:51 AM (qBdHI)

269 This is how confident Talarico's people are:

@MichaelKarlis
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20h
Folks say James Talarico isn’t “manly enough” for Texas. But I’ve never seen Ken Paxton use a blowtorch before…

https://x.com/MichaelKarlis/status/
2084341377815507016

On a video of Talarico having obviously no fucking clue what the fuck he's doing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (bzPaY)

270 It's much better at first glance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (Pee1E)

271 Ahh, thanks Sponge. I thought it was well under construction by now.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 10:51 AM (qBdHI)

They broke ground initially, but they're under investigation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (2YhKe)

272 Democrats have a lot in common with ticks.

They both want to make it impossible for you to enjoy meat.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:50 AM (Riz8t)

Not accurate!

- BootyJuice

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (AdHga)

273 R. I. P. Ogre

🕊️ Remembering Donald Gibb on what would have been his 72nd birthday.

Born on August 4, 1954, Gibb was beloved for his unforgettable performances as Ray Jackson in Bloodsport and Ogre in the Revenge of the Nerds films.

Though he’s gone, Donald Gibb’s larger-than-life performances continue to entertain fans around the world.

Happy Birthday, Donald Gibb. You are deeply missed.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (BPuyI)

274 240 195 Even with the popup blocker on they're still getting through. It's an invasion!

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Toenail fungus must be a big thing in some demographics.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:46 AM (u/oMr)

I got an ad yesterday for Dungeons and Dragons soap. I wondered if the algorithm just called me a dirty, smelly nerd.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 04, 2026 10:53 AM (r7+Q7)

275 Heh. Micks, amirite?

This sounds like a typical "Irish" joke, but it's true:

The Irish Government bought a new €53m jet.

And insisted on removing an Israeli-made navigational system.

Now it can't land in the fog

https://tinyurl.com/3mu2m2kr

Posted by: Archimedes at August 04, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

276 Democrats have a lot in common with ticks.

They both want to make it impossible for you to enjoy meat.

Posted by: Archimedes

Poli meaning many. Tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.

Politics.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 10:54 AM (BPuyI)

277
https://x.com/MichaelKarlis/status/
2084341377815507016

On a video of Talarico having obviously no fucking clue what the fuck he's doing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (bzPaY)

Holy shit........

First, that's not a f*cking BLOW TORCH. It's just a torch and he's soldering pipe. Like a fag. Whoopty Doo......

Second, that will be his Michael Dukakis tank, John Kerry crawling out of the whatever, or Owebama's rifle shooting moment........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

278 20h
Folks say James Talarico isn’t “manly enough” for Texas. But I’ve never seen Ken Paxton use a blowtorch before…

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Didn't Platner fire up a blowtorch in one of his ads? The looped it about five times in a single vid.

Dems are really convinced real guys are transfixed by a blowtorch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:55 AM (u/oMr)

279 Joint pain relief with this one easy trick!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 10:48 AM

How to empty your bowels completely every morning with this one simple trick!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 10:55 AM (cpFbA)

280 Trying brave

Posted by: vmom test test test at August 04, 2026 10:55 AM (k9kIW)

281 https://x.com/MichaelKarlis/status/
2084341377815507016

On a video of Talarico having obviously no fucking clue what the fuck he's doing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:52 AM (bzPaY)

Retarded, performative, and gay. It's not a blowtorch first of all, it's oxyacetylene. Second of all - You don't spark the torch with the oxygen on, you light the acetylene then slowly add the oxygen until you get the flame right. Even a former desk jockey like me knows this.

Posted by: Gay, retarded and unsafe at August 04, 2026 10:55 AM (ZVkju)

282 Yay no popup on brave browser on iphone!

Posted by: vmom test test test at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (k9kIW)

283 277 Holy shit........

First, that's not a f*cking BLOW TORCH. It's just a torch and he's soldering pipe. Like a fag. Whoopty Doo......

Second, that will be his Michael Dukakis tank, John Kerry crawling out of the whatever, or Owebama's rifle shooting moment........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

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Every single thing Talarico actually does is what a Democrat with too much money and no hope of winning would do in order to try and gain traction anywhere. From the black grovelling to this to the fact that most of his spending goes to fundraising...

Seriously, people need to realize that Texas is a Trump+14 state and this gay twink who loves trans kids and hates Christianity and said that Mary could abort Jesus isn't the guy who's going to change that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (bzPaY)

284 Hardwood armpits? Can she truly be French?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (0sNs1)

285 Second, that will be his Michael Dukakis tank, John Kerry crawling out of the whatever, or Owebama's rifle shooting moment........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

John Edwards had a posin' shovel.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (nHXB4)

286 First, that's not a f*cking BLOW TORCH. It's just a torch and he's soldering pipe. Like a fag. Whoopty Doo......

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Actually, it's a creme brûlée torch. VERY manly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (u/oMr)

287 ++++++

https://tinyurl.com/2sd2v4h6

Posted by: I've got a URL shortener and I'm not afraid to use it at August 04, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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The fearless rapier. Interesting the difference in contrast, his face is barely visible while hers is better defined.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 10:57 AM (Pee1E)

288 Hardwood armpits? Can she truly be French?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM (0sNs1)

Check the legs, DThrax.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 04, 2026 10:58 AM (30Gj0)

289 I am manly enough to use a blowtorch. I use it on meringue.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 10:58 AM (FgjHu)

290 Well, off to mow the front yard. Later, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

291 Retarded, performative, and gay. It's not a blowtorch first of all, it's oxyacetylene.

It's not even that. There's one hose. It's propane for soldering copper. He's got the roll of flux core in his other hand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

292 Enjoy the pop ups, friends. I am going to go on a run with my daughter.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 10:59 AM (hftzA)

293 About the commentary: Yada Yada Yada.

About the painting: BOOBS!

Now that's good art!

Posted by: JML at August 04, 2026 10:59 AM (EtRph)

294 Every single thing Talarico actually does is what a Democrat with too much money and no hope of winning would do in order to try and gain traction anywhere. From the black grovelling to this to the fact that most of his spending goes to fundraising...

Seriously, people need to realize that Texas is a Trump+14 state and this gay twink who loves trans kids and hates Christianity and said that Mary could abort Jesus isn't the guy who's going to change that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 10:56 AM

And yet we here in Texas just went through this exact same thing a few years back with robert francis "beto" orourke. The exact same thing with tons of out of state money flowing into his campaign. He lost but not by as much as he should have. I doubt talerico comes within 8 points of paxton.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (cpFbA)

295 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

296 At some point, Talarico will have to shoot an AR-15. Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (nHXB4)

297 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

298 Actually, it's a creme brûlée torch. VERY manly.
Posted by: Cicero

It's manly if you use it to light fireworks.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (BPuyI)

299 That's not all you'll get a whiff of here...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM

Let us offer praise and thanks that there are no penguins present.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

300 294
And yet we here in Texas just went through this exact same thing a few years back with robert francis "beto" orourke. The exact same thing with tons of out of state money flowing into his campaign. He lost but not by as much as he should have. I doubt talerico comes within 8 points of paxton.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 04, 2026 11:00 AM (cpFbA)

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You actually went through it 2 years ago, too.

Allred was supposed to be a real competitor against Cruz.

He lost by 8.

The Biden era pushed Texas hard to the right, and it was already kind of to the right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 11:01 AM (bzPaY)

301 Using brave here from now on

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 11:01 AM (MwU9l)

302 33 This will get you a decent enlargement of the piece.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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I'll settle for a decent piece no enlargement necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (Pee1E)

303 286 there's a crandolet ave. on the south side. we call it creme brulee, of course.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (Bep7s)

304 Happy Birthday, Donald Gibb. You are deeply missed.

Poor guy. Never quite caught on as part of The BeeGees.

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM (upeQk)

305 Retarded, performative, and gay is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 04, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

306 I'll settle for a decent piece no enlargement necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 11:02 AM

Would not "decent" imply enlargement?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 04, 2026 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

307 Absolutely would hang. But not where any grandkids could see.

Posted by: GWB at August 04, 2026 11:50 AM (kU0PQ)

308 Your comment, "...indeed an uninterrupted procession of visitors with a queue of carriages backed up to the Opera." reminds me of an old story where Hugh Hefner hosted Linda Lovelace at his mansion in Chicago. The Rat Pack showed up for entertainment.

Posted by: John at August 04, 2026 01:10 PM (9NUKl)

309 He has done his job properly. She ain't walking anywhere for awhile

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (jrgJz)

310 … and a good time was had by all (seemsayin'?) …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (ayRl+)

The Morning Report — 8/ 4 /26

Morning Report intro.jpg

Good morning kids. Early post this morning as I have a medical appointment and a long drive ahead...

As I, CBD and others have discussed on these pages and elsewhere while depriving or at the very least delaying Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons will preserve civilization and save countless millions of lives at least in the short term. However long that period of time may be, because Islam was is and always will be on the march to conquer the world and quite likely bring about armageddon to do so, as has always been the case with the Shi'ite part of that blood thirsty creed since it is a central tenet of its philosophy.

And so with that in mind, my support for President Trump's efforts thus far in getting us to at least the point of buying us some time is unwavering and remains so. And yet here we are today with the Mullahs still in power, albeit their military might severely degraded. But the question for President Trump is what is the endgame, or more to the point how are we to go about actually achieving that endgame, which I have to assume is permanently denying Iran the ability to threaten its neighbors with nuclear weapons or garden variety terrorism that it has unleashed on the world since Jimmy Carter helped birth the cancer emanating from Tehran in 1979, pig-piss be upon him for all eternity for that alone.

. . .“the call-off comes, as President Trump said Saturday, the framework for a new deal featuring a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and denuclearization for Iran has been reached. The president did not rule out further military action if talks fall through.” Of course. As he has so many times before.
Trump said: “You see, you see how it is. We’re ready to go anytime we want. Would I rather make a deal? I’m not looking to kill people. Because people die, a lot of people die, and we don’t want that.” Of course. No one does. But all this means is that more people are going to die at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Meanwhile, just as predictably, “Iran’s foreign minister said today direct talks with the U.S. are not underway.” Of course. They never are, if the Islamic Republic is to be believed, even as Trump insists that Iran’s shadowy leaders are begging and pleading to make a deal. . . I’m old enough to remember, especially since it was just a few weeks ago, when Trump was excoriating the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran as “scum,” and saying that it was useless to try to negotiate with them. What did the Saudis and Qataris and Emiratis tell him to convince him otherwise? Or maybe he needed no convincing, since it wasn’t long before he was dismissing them that Trump himself was praising Iran’s leaders, and suggesting that since they were so calm and reasonable, as opposed to those whom they had replaced, that regime change had been effectively accomplished, even if the regime still bore the same.

So what is this really all about? Is it merely headline-grabbing in an attempt to mollify the electorate in the run-up to the midterms which really are just around the corner, or what the hell else is it? Honestly, I have no idea what our famed deal-maker-in-chief is thinking. For sure, Donald Trump has a hell of a huge ego and cannot abide the thought of being seen on the losing end of anything. And I have no doubt that he is a patriot and has our nation's best interests at heart so that gives me some measure of comfort. But of course the situation is fluid and has all too often been the case, those who have his ear do not. So, as he himself is wont to say we'll just have to wait and see, but I'm awfully tired of that. The mullahs have got to go, forever. And that's been the situation since long before President Trump. For almost 1,500 years but who's counting, right?

And on a lighter note, I'll leave you with this amusing link for breakfast.

Well when I saw this I immediately thought what a a perfect metaphor for Socialism. You get up at the crack of dawn, plant your ass in a cold river use your skills and wiles to reel in a big fish only to have a huge dangerous beast of a smelly Commie bear grab it from you as you wet yourself in fear that if you don't hand it over and beat a hasty retreat you'll be mauled to death.

Yup, there are your Democrats and Socialists since they are now one and the same as you can see from the links and from history.

What's more of an existential threat, a potential Muslim nuke (hell Pakistan already has them) or the Guerrillas in our midst known as the Left.

Damn calling them Commie is now like blowing kisses at the bastards!

Like all good Marxists, these “ends-justify-the-means” leftists show an utter lack of principle: if two new red states wished to join the U.S., they would lecture us on the sanctity of a 50-state union. If they were a permanent Senate minority, they would, as in the past, honor the filibuster. If they had lost the popular vote in two recent elections but won the Electoral College, they would praise the wisdom of the Founders. If they had their Earl Warren-era majority again, they would laud the continuity of the 157-year-old nine-justice Supreme Court. . . Recently, on cable news, the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Megan Romer, was asked a series of questions about her group’s published agenda. Far from denying its communist radicalism, she gleefully confirmed it all—from destroying the border to ending prisons, the military, and the police. . . Recently, on cable news, the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Megan Romer, was asked a series of questions about her group’s published agenda. Far from denying its communist radicalism, she gleefully confirmed it all—from destroying the border to ending prisons, the military, and the police. . . In sum, to make a new socialist America, you must first destroy everything that made Americans and all that they hold dear.

If we do not stop them we will be facing mass graves. The only question is will they be ours or theirs? Either way not something I ever anticipated I'd have to contemplate. Oh well.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The farther today's Democratic Socialists advance, the less they resemble reformers—and the more they embrace policies long associated with communism.
Is ‘Communist’ No Longer a Slur?
Glenn Reynolds: But while I’d be happy to see Fauci in the dock, his reputational downfall can’t be the end of the COVID reckoning. . . we should never again allow a single bureaucrat or a small group to exercise the sweeping and largely unchecked institutional power that Fauci wielded for decades.
Fauci’s follies — time to toss the ‘science is settled’ groupthink

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

What’s really behind abolishing the police, borders and the constitution.
Slavery is Freedom: The New ‘Abolitionists’ Want Us To Be Their Slaves
We need to stop the leftward course that will drive the nation off a cliff.
Tom Cotton: The Marxist Islamist Alliance Is Back, And America Must Reject It
Every political movement is the story of the mystical origin of a people, and prophesies its heroic journey from the darkness of subjection into the glorious light of ascendance, the Promised Land of political dominance.
How Postcolonialism is Nazi Adjacent
“The old racial bargain is breaking down...Our race laws have become all-pervasive...An entire class of ideological enforcers has been called into being...They could not see what was right in front of their faces...No Democrat candidate has won a majority of white votes since 1964.”
The Racial Crossroads
“I see that folks are digging up old tweets in an attempt to shift the narrative in this race. I stand by this statement, unequivocally. Their fries also leave much to be desired. The reuben, however, slaps,” she said in a subsequent post.
Democrat Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Francesca Hong Said She Left Restaurant Due to ‘Too Many Old White People’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
In October 2025, it was reported that illegal immigration had fallen to a record low. This represents a significant rebound from earlier in the year. According to ICE data, the agency made an average of 1,164 arrests per day in January, 1,025 arrests in February, and 954 arrests in March, the lowest number of the year.
ICE Detentions Hit New Monthly Record.
There are up to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States, but it is difficult to get an exact number precisely because they didn’t go through vetting to enter our country, and Democrats are not interested in being honest with statistics on the subject. Indeed, since somewhere between nine million and 20 million illegal aliens entered just under Joe Biden, it is possible that more than 30 million illegal aliens have entered the United States within the last half a century. The point is, we don’t know for certain what the numbers are, but we do know they are massive. That is why mass deportations are so important. (probably closer to 44 million by my estimation - jjs)
DHS Deported 1.46 Million Aliens in the Last 12 Months
“SCOTUS made it very clear that lower courts cannot suspend TPS. Yet, an Obama-appointed judge is defying the Court and the Constitution.”
Ogles Targets Obama Judge for Impeachment Over Somali TPS
The invasion of Ceuta, Spain, by Moroccans was a state-on-state conflict. In America, the enemy is within.
Dems’ Open Border Policy Is A Form Of Hybrid Warfare—Against The American People
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Robert Spencer: How long will this ridiculous charade go on?
Peace In Our Time, Again
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has affected global oil prices. Brent crude futures dropped over four percent to $84 per barrel after Trump canceled planned strikes on Iran, but they may rise again following Iran’s statement claiming no negotiations are taking place.
Iran Denies Negotiations With U.S. After Trump Cancels Strikes.
Just as the Berlin Wall abruptly collapsed when the weight of its many failures became too great, both Iran and Russia are in trouble.
Iran And Russia: Ripe For A Cascading Failure?
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The Counterlawfare Institute obtained a previously undisclosed June 8, 2025, memo laying out a blueprint for the Department of Justice to investigate Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health’s contributions toward the influential “Proximal Origin” scientific paper that argued the Covid-19 virus originated from nature, not a lab
Memo Gives Blueprint For Investigating Fauci’s Massive ‘Curated Misinformation Effort’
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The reality of how this will undercut privately-owned grocery stores. Yeah, well, that’s the plan, dumbass. If people can buy groceries 30 percent cheaper from the government, they are going to buy groceries 30 percent cheaper from the government, and this will (by design) decimate privately-owned grocery stores that operate on profit margins below five percent.
Zohran Mamdani Won’t Let You Buy His Food Without Government ID
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
... the Michigan problem centers on tectonic cultural shifts happening right now in the Michigan Democrat voting base, where large concentrations of Muslims have taken over governance control of localities that include Dearborn, Hamtramck, and Wayne County. The problem for Michigan citizens is that this cultural influence is expanding. It's not static.
Latest Polls Indicate That the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November
Islamic ideals in the West are something of an invasive species, gaining a foothold, seemingly innocuous, and then destroying everything that was there before it.
Muslim Oxford student says Muslim terrorists aren't Muslim because Islam is peaceful
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The bank made the disclosure in a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss Trump’s lawsuit, which accuses Capital One of “debanking” him and his companies for political reasons after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Capital One did not accuse the Trump Organization of money laundering, but the bank’s lawyers said the closures followed a monthslong review by its anti-money laundering team.
Capital One Says It Closed Trump Accounts Over Money Laundering Review, Not Politics
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
CNN routinely justified major constitutional infringements and helped authoritarians in federal and state governments with narrative control on lockdowns and social distancing.
RFK: Media Cited Fake ‘Experts’ To Punish Dissent During Covid. Dana Bash: ‘That Is My Job’
Fauci’s COVID lies expose corporate news as propaganda.
The Dumb, Arrogant Liars Who Are Also Journalists

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A bipartisan pushback against automated license plate readers is misguided.
These Cameras Save Lives. But Some Want Them Banned
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Zillow is currently fighting to exclude private listings that originate outside its partner network – whether it’s Compass, MRED, or another brokerage willing to truly innovate.
The Hypocrisy Behind Zillow’s War On Private Listings
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Justice Elizabeth Welch would have granted review in light of scientific evidence that chimpanzees can “think, feel, love, grieve, and yearn.”
Animal Rights Group Loses Michigan Supreme Court Bid to Free Chimpanzees From Zoo
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
As we head into the new school year, what follows is a brief assessment of the sorry state of public education in the U.S. and what parents can do about it.
The Current Status of American Schools
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Jackson says he's running because he's 'tired' of 'high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed' killing 'good bills' that would 'protect workers'
Troy Jackson's Son Charged Nearly $200,000 Lobbying the Maine Senate in Jackson's Final Year as Its President
Horace Sheffield III was suspended from his previous radio show for a similar, questionable financial arrangement with a different far-left candidate
Abdul El-Sayed Touts Endorsements From Detroit Pastor He Paid $75,000 for ‘Consulting’: Arrangement Recalls Kamala Harris’s Payments to Al Sharpton
He’s the proudly meat-free candidate who loves to sit down to a big ol’ plate of beef ribs.
Suddenly James Talarico Is a Good Ol’ Boy Who Hates Taxes
POLITICS
So Trump has some pockets of strength when it comes to approval, but not many.
Is Trump’s Flat Voter Favorability In August Bad News For GOP’s Midterm Hopes? I&I/TIPP Poll
Kamala Harris may be thinking about another run for president. Democrat voters appear to be thinking about almost anyone else.
Kamala Harris Craters as Buttigieg Tops 2028 Polls
Buttigieg’s potential candidacy positions him as an early contender for the Democrat nomination in 2028. The polling from New Hampshire is important as the state often serves a critical bellwether during the primary stage. However, the former Transportation Secretary noted that his decision to run for President hinged upon on personal and family considerations.
Buttigieg ‘More Inclined Than Not’ to Run for President in 2028.
"A Republican will never be elected in this state ever again once our movement is done."
Swing State Governor Candidate Doubles Down On Radicalism In Event With Hasan Piker
In November, the suburbs of New York City will be the pivotal arena for whether the Democratic Socialists of America cement their takeover of the entire state from their New York City stronghold.
Can Homeowners Save New York State from Socialism?
Betsy McCaughey: Jay Jacobs, chairman of the state Democrat Party, laments that Mamdani’s army is taking out moderate Democrats citywide, turning the party into the red brigade.
DSA’s panhandling pol is just the start — as Democrats careen toward a socialist cliff

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
As China’s maritime antics continue, Senators urge sanctions on China’s fishing fleet.
U.S. Sea Drone Captures Video of Chinese Warship in Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone
Lowe was suspended from Reform in 2025 after an independent investigation found there were “credible” allegations he and his team were bullying female staff in ways that “seem[ed] to amount to harassment.” He later founded Restore and positioned it as being to the right of Reform on immigration, despite the fact that Lowe had previously stated he had “no problem” with a multicultural society.
Musk-Backed Rupert Lowe Fell Out With ‘Everyone’ After ‘Screaming,’ ‘Shouting,’ and Lawfare Threats: Farage.
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
NBC News reports that the FBI and the EPA released a joint public service announcement warning water and wastewater utilities nationwide that malicious cyber actors are attempting to disrupt critical water infrastructure. Water utilities in multiple states have reported cybersecurity incidents, the agencies said, and some attacks have degraded water operations. The warning follows a breach in Minnesota, where hackers targeted more than 30 municipal water facilities in an attack.
FBI Warns of Cyberattacks on Municipal Water Systems Across Seven States
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
I found out firsthand: big conglomerates make profits by keeping the system complicated, bureaucratic, and opaque.
How Obamacare Pushes Big Pharma To Overcharge You For Prescriptions
Daily or near-daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol consumption in the United States, reaching 20.9 million to 21.4 million daily users compared to roughly 17.2 million daily or frequent alcohol drinkers.
Study Finds Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Alcohol Consumption Among US Adults
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
That drop suggests that the six-month pause in ramp down to solar minimum has ended, and that the Sun will not experience a second peak, as it did in the previous two solar maximums. Or not.
Sunspot update: Sunspot activity fell in July, indicating a return to
Nor is this report the only one to oppose Europe’s Space Act. The leftist Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) issued its own report in December 2025 blasting the proposed Act. The State Department has also condemned the act, noting its lack of respect for U.S. sovereignty while imposing “unacceptable regulatory burdens on U.S. providers of space services to European customers.”
Trade organization for the U.S. satellite industry issues damning report on Europe’s proposed Space Act
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Nicholas Roske has been assigned to a detention center that the Biden junta turned into a ‘transgender’ intervention facility.
Brett Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin Moved To Cushy Medical Prison Known For Transing On Taxpayer Dime
“Principal Jason Smith, 55, and athletic coordinator Peter Collins, 49, were charged July 21 in Pierce County District Court with failure to comply with the mandatory reporting law.”
WA School Officials Charged After Trans Wrestler Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Female Opponent
Is Gov. Walz is trying to backtrack on his record of trans activism?
Minnesota Introduces ‘MyGender Dolls’ with Interchangeable Genitalia
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Susan Abulhawa, who calls Israelis 'demonic parasites,' has also done an artistic collaboration with New York City’s first lady, Rama Duwaji
Simon & Schuster Gives Book Deal to "Palestinian" Writer Who Calls Jews ‘Ghouls,’ ‘Cockroaches’ and ‘Demons’: Publisher Praises Her ‘Lyrical’ Books
Christian Toto: 'We Will Dance Again' offers other side to Left's pro-'Palestinian' messaging
Bandcamp Censors Boy George’s Pro-Israel Song
They couldn't handle one song in defense of the Jewish people.
Boy George Stands With Israel and Has to Withdraw From a London Gig
HITHER & YON
“I work in an extremely unique location where bears and humans coexist unlike anywhere else in the world.”
WATCH: Massive Brown Bear Comes Within Feet Of Fisherman To Grab Salmon ( a perfect metaphor for socialism - jjs)

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Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 06:16 AM (ukytI)

2 Big Pharma Bad. Big Government Good.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 06:16 AM (ukytI)

3 This Francesca Hong sounds unbelievably immature.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 06:17 AM (ukytI)

4 May your medical appointment go very well, J.J.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:23 AM (O7YUW)

5 Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:25 AM (BpO1e)

6 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 04, 2026 06:26 AM (1yY5C)

7 Good morning, and happy birthday, JJ! Hope all goes well for you at the doc.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2026 06:26 AM (3Ope8)

8
*embarrassed laugh*

Oh. J.J. You're here early.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i)

9 Bright and early this morning. Welcome.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 04, 2026 06:30 AM (FmapG)

10 Over on FB, I posted a tweeted response about Mamdani's call for reparations. The person said that if we non-slave owners are on the hook for slavery, then all muslims are on the hook for 9/11.

Yeah...this triggered an extremely liberal friend. Especially when I remarked that communists should never have positions of power. She ranted about how I'm discriminating against religion and reminded me about the oath I took as a Marine.

Yeah, never said anything about his ethnicity, communism isn't a race and that oath covers enemies foreign and domestic. Not even worth engaging.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:30 AM (BpO1e)

11 Looking back at the kerfluffle between Kennedy Jr and the CNN twatwaffle, and especially in the context of the reaction to the Fauci diary, it seems pretty clear that the MSM is extremely fearful of being exposed as the bootlicking COVID whores they are.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2026 06:32 AM (3Ope8)

12 With all of the amateur commentary on the 47 year old war with Iran, I’m amazed by the lack of mention of a 1983 shootdown of an A-6 Intruder bomber by Syria.
Navy Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman survived and was imprisoned by the Syrians. Lt. Goodman happens to be African American.
It only took one American Serviceman in captivity to markedly affect US foreign policy.
Well known politician REVEREND Jessie Jackson flew to Syria to involve himself in that matter.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 04, 2026 06:37 AM (1FEc1)

13 Hope your appointment goes well, JJ. As well as the travel to and from.

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 04, 2026 06:38 AM (9U6Wl)

14 Just want to say, JJ: Hope the medical appointment is a routine one and prayers for good health for both you and your wife.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 06:43 AM (yz/88)

15 Remember Baghdad Bob? There is now Tehran Tim. The bluster and bravado is staggering as compared to the truth getting out. The regime is calling for the impeachment of Araghchi. Interesting note, Pakistan is telling Araghchi that he should come and to make it " very soon". There may be more on the table than impeachment.
Meanwhile the IRGC is touting the line that they defeated all their enemies.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 06:43 AM (abScH)

16 "NY Post"- Letters to the editors responses to Cornell allowing the kid who said that he wouldn't work for Jews to be readmitted.

https://tinyurl.com/2v2z52kb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 06:43 AM (5JD6s)

17 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 06:43 AM (yz/8

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 06:44 AM (5JD6s)

18 Well known politician REVEREND Jessie Jackson flew to Syria to involve himself in that matter.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 04, 2026 06:37 AM (1FEc1)

This reminded me of how the late, great Rush Limbaugh used to say REVEREND Jackson… drawing out all the syllables. I miss Rush

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 06:46 AM (yz/88)

19 it seems pretty clear that the MSM is extremely fearful of being exposed as the bootlicking COVID whores they are.

Normal people already knew that they were.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:47 AM (BpO1e)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 04, 2026 06:50 AM (Hbeqj)

21
*runs in breathless holding dispatch*

Britain has declared war on Germany! Took me 112 years to get here, but, by cracky, I did it!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 06:53 AM (O0L8i)

22 I am becoming less optimistic about America's survival. One state after another is falling either to the woke, to the communists, or to the Muslims.

I don't see enough of what I voted for. So many courts and LE offices are a farce. No lack of RINOs and imposters to blame. But most of all I blame the voters. Way too many are numb and dumb.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 06:56 AM (6ORiD)

23

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 04, 2026 06:58 AM (AHxhK)

24 Biden's Dog, let's revisit this after the midterms.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 06:59 AM (abScH)

25 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 07:00 AM (ExV1e)

26
I've now run 4300 of the 6900 journal article citations through Google Scholar to see whether there are full-document PDFs available. There's no bulk upload available, so they have to be done one by one. About as dreary a process as can be imagined.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 07:00 AM (O0L8i)

27 Biden's Dog, who are you voting for in Israel?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 07:03 AM (abScH)

28 "chimpanzees can “think, feel, love, grieve, and yearn.”

And will rip your face off if they get a hankering.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:05 AM (MWfyi)

29 Morning again, news folken. How does your Tiu's Day look? Today I need to pick up my new eyeglasses, run to the library, and maybe hit Aldi for a couple of things that Walmart either doesn't carry or prices higher than does the German chain.

Slightly drier conditions yesterday and today, but no less hot. "Dog" days of summer? More like the jackal days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)

30 "Democrat Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Francesca Hong Said She Left Restaurant Due to ‘Too Many Old White People’"

Maybe go to the restaurant after the early bird special.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:07 AM (MWfyi)

31 JJ, may your medical appointment go well, and may you have a nice coffee and cheesecake afterwards!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

32 Biden's Dog, who are you voting for in Israel?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 07:03 AM (abScH)
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Zehut, Moshe Feiglin's party.

No one comes close to a grand plan for fixing the country from top to bottom.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 07:08 AM (6ORiD)

33 I hope I don't have to put up with this shit for another 50 years.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)

34 I've fed the monsters -- a little early to make up for accidentally locking big black Stirling in the kitchen closet last night! -- and fed me. Time for a shave and shower.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

35 chimpanzees can “think, feel, love, grieve, and yearn"

A friend's nephew works at the DC Zoo in the primate section. I asked if worked with the chimps and he quickly said no. When I asked him why he said "Chimpanzees are either having a REALLY GOOD DAY! or a REALLY BAD DAY! and they are going to share it with you either way."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:11 AM (BpO1e)

36 "Democrat Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Francesca Hong Said She Left Restaurant Due to ‘Too Many Old White People’"

***
How about we start complaining about "too many people with Asian names, background, and non-American sympathies" in our government and private sector?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:11 AM (wzUl9)

37 A friend's nephew works at the DC Zoo in the primate section. I asked if worked with the chimps and he quickly said no. When I asked him why he said "Chimpanzees are either having a REALLY GOOD DAY! or a REALLY BAD DAY! and they are going to share it with you either way."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026

***
Chimps are too close to being human, in all the bad senses. I prefer cats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

38 Yonder Horde

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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 07:13 AM (ExV1e)

40 Well known politician REVEREND Jessie Jackson flew to Syria to involve himself in that matter.
Posted by: Fenderbender

WFB has been widely criticized around here, but you have to hand it to him for calling out Jesse to his face with that.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 07:14 AM (Y8DZL)

41 Chimps are too close to being human, in all the bad senses. I prefer cats.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

By way of comparison, he was chatting with a tour group about the orangutans. As he talked, one of the females picked up a stick and started poking him.

"They really love attention and-Yes, sweetheart. I see you. Give me a minute to talk to them."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:15 AM (BpO1e)

42 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

43 - time to toss the 'science is settled' group think

Yeah, if only...

Posted by: TeeJ at August 04, 2026 07:15 AM (/XKEa)

44 "A bipartisan pushback against automated license plate readers is misguided"

The local Democrat Socialist party leader is all upset about the Flock cameras. She's just got back from a trip to see Hassan Piker. I'm not a fan of the Flocks either but this makes me reevaluate my position. The local cops have been accused of abusing the system so maybe we are on the same side of the issue, but for different reasons.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:15 AM (MWfyi)

45 Scammers need to get better.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The younger generation isn't even trying any more. They probably think that AI is going to make them look and sound more convincing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:15 AM (BpO1e)

46 I found out firsthand: big conglomerates make profits by keeping the system complicated, bureaucratic, and opaque.
How Obamacare Pushes Big Pharma To Overcharge You For Prescriptions

I recall how everyone in DC lost their minds when Trump suggested having hospitals post prices, and that didn't even directly cover drugs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

47 I'm going to stop saying Democrat Socialist and just say Socialists or commies.

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

48 Perfect socialism grinds off all the projecting corners of the individual until it fits perfectly in its communal niche.

Posted by: Stuff I saw on the internets at August 04, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

49 “I see that folks are digging up old tweets in an attempt to shift the narrative in this race. I stand by this statement, unequivocally. Their fries also leave much to be desired. The reuben, however, slaps,” she said in a subsequent post.

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She stands by her tweet unequivocally! She's a strong woman, can't you see? Any white person voting for someone this repugnant is a fool.

The reuben "slaps?" Is this some kind of cool, new phrase I'm unfamiliar with? Seems so.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:21 AM (qBdHI)

50 TeeJ

Science is a process, never really settled.

If predictions work, do we really know the mechanisms thereby?

But you know this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

51 >Zehut, Moshe Feiglin's party.

No one comes close to a grand plan for fixing the country from top to bottom.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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what are the big issues?

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)

52 >>She stands by her tweet unequivocally! She's a strong woman, can't you see? Any white person voting for someone this repugnant is a fool.

A self-hating fool. I've had enough of the denigration of white people. We've contributed more to the advancement of mankind that all other races combined and it's not particularly close.

I would never votes for a racist of any kind and sure as hell wouldn't make an exception for a bi-polar Asian immigrant communist.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:24 AM (viF8m)

53 Thank you JJ!

One fix, please, as the Flock camera story link goes nowhere.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 07:25 AM (U0/BL)

54 Buttigieg ‘More Inclined Than Not’ to Run for President in 2028

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Sure, why not? He's been a mayor and let people in Ohio wallow in disaster following that East Palestine train derailment. And he's gay. With a spouse even gayer than him. What's not to love with credentials that great?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:25 AM (qBdHI)

55 I've had enough of the denigration of white people.
Posted by: JackStraw

I hate to say it but the more I read about people like her, the more racism makes sense.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:26 AM (BpO1e)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 04, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

57 The reuben "slaps?" Is this some kind of cool, new phrase I'm unfamiliar with? Seems so.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:21 AM (qBdHI)

It might be akin to “it’s the bomb”? What do know, I still say “neat” left over from my Leaver to Beaver childhood.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 04, 2026 07:27 AM (SjAWL)

58 As an old white person who happens to frequent the Culvers in Black River Falls I would like to assure Ms. Hong that nobody there gives a rats ass what language you speak.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Sid Blysters at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (Vu7A1)

59 - NaCly
How many times does the "concensus" have to make wrong predictions, just for starters, before people will even bother to look at what others, whose predictions were correct, put forth?

Posted by: TeeJ at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (/XKEa)

60 I recall how everyone in DC lost their minds when Trump suggested having hospitals post prices, and that didn't even directly cover drugs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
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Also, every hospital howled. They claimed they didn't know their own prices, and every service charge was negotiated with insurers or Medicare. In short, there "is no price list", they said. SMH.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (U0/BL)

61
Off to say my Rosary. BRB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (O0L8i)

62 >Buttigieg ‘More Inclined Than Not’ to Run for President in 2028
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he has grown a beard for this purpose

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (ZxPkt)

63 "Clay Travis Offers to Pay WNBA Champs $10 Million If They Can Beat a Boys’ High School Basketball Team'"

There's no way they will do that but I would watch for a few minutes.

Posted by: Stuff I saw on the internets at August 04, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)

64 Culvers' reubens are pretty good.

Posted by: davidt at August 04, 2026 07:29 AM (Q+gd/)

65 >>I hate to say it but the more I read about people like her, the more racism makes sense.

I see she also decided she needed to tell the world it is time to "86" Trump.

The commies, and that is what they are, are getting a bit to comfortable with the murder porn.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:29 AM (viF8m)

66 Oh, was she at a Culver's? Doesn't she know that's for old white folks only?

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

67 My only visit to Black River Falls was to pay a late night freeway speeding ticket. It was a business for them, and I had to pay right then, before leaving town. I didn't have enough money so they reduced the fine to what I had in my wallet. I wuz robbed, iow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 07:30 AM (U0/BL)

68 and maybe hit Aldi for a couple of things that Walmart either doesn't carry or prices higher than does the German chain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

How you makin'? Gotta make groceries?

Posted by: Miklos, a one man Confederacy of Dunces at August 04, 2026 07:30 AM (XOG/m)

69 Buttigieg ‘More Inclined Than Not’ to Run for President in 2028
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he has grown a beard for this purpose
Posted by: Don Black

Soetoro had to marry one

Posted by: Miklos, thinking he chose poorly at August 04, 2026 07:32 AM (XOG/m)

70 >> Zohran Mamdani Won’t Let You Buy His Food Without Government ID

Why isn’t this an endorsement of the SAVE act? I’m sure Orwell could explain it to me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 07:33 AM (yz/88)

71 TeeJ

Science has been changed many, many times.

It starts with a theory of what should happen. Then a small blip appears, of data that is not as predicted.

This excited real scientists, and this means there is something to discover. The "Old Guard" scientists usually resist. Sometimes to their death.

Experiments find that new data, and theory is modified until it covers the facts. This works, and the new scientists protect that theory.

Until a new fact needs to be explained, and the cycle begins anew.

The biggest danger to science today is bad data, that only one lab can replicate. This mistake (or fraud) undermines the entire scientific method.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

72 "Clay Travis Offers to Pay WNBA Champs $10 Million If They Can Beat a Boys’ High School Basketball Team'"

There's no way they will do that but I would watch for a few minutes.
Posted by: Stuff I saw on the internets at August 04, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)

This would be great entertainment. I’ve never watched a second of WNBA but I would watch this

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 07:35 AM (yz/88)

73 w/r/t the US/Israel v Iran Imbroglio

Trump has cried "Wolf" too many times in the crowded theater for me to care anymore.

Everyone lies. The markets will figure this out too and whatever stupid shit any leader says is going to be responded to with rolled eyes or jerking off motion.

Trump isn't confiding in us, or communicating to us on these matters, so we shouldn't be reading Iran's mail.

What happens a half-globe away means nothing to any of us unless the point is to have chronic elevated cortisol levels and the physical mental dysfunctions that follow.

What does matter is the Enemy Within. I hypothetical nuke in the hands of cellular autonomous IRGC seems more fairy tale as far as deployment. We did this stupid game with North Korea.

We pretend that crazy Muslims in Iran are our immediate threat while the crazy Muslims next door are openly planting their flag and martialing for war and our government responds by aiding them.

It ain't worth the emotional and intellectual energy.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)

74 Everything that can be misused by the government, will be misused by the government. They are Outdoor Prison Cameras and we are building a digital control grid.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 07:36 AM (7R9c2)

75 >>Sure, why not? He's been a mayor and let people in Ohio wallow in disaster following that East Palestine train derailment. And he's gay. With a spouse even gayer than him. What's not to love with credentials that great?

This comment slaps!

Posted by: one hour sober at August 04, 2026 07:36 AM (J4Dwc)

76 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 04, 2026 07:37 AM (yz7bn)

77 The biggest danger to science today is bad data, that only one lab can replicate. This mistake (or fraud) undermines the entire scientific method.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
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Which is easier?

Getting a government grant to perform research on something no one's every tried before?

Or getting a government grant to replicate someone else's research project?

Which one leads to faster advancement in academia?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 07:38 AM (FZ29D)

78 The commies, and that is what they are, are getting a bit to comfortable with the murder porn.

--

It's become completely ubiquitous on the left. But that's the violence inherent in communism, and that's what they are now. There's no denying it, but they wouldn't anyway. They're proud of what they are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:39 AM (qBdHI)

79 Community Notes

I want Trump to go silent on Iran.

I know he is trying, and mostly succeeding, in calming markets.

Historically, before every attack of any magnitude, radio silence is initiated. Trump would freak the Iranians out more if he was quiet for a week.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

80 62 >Buttigieg ‘More Inclined Than Not’ to Run for President in 2028
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he has grown a beard for this purpose
Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:28 AM (ZxPkt)

Beard is to Buttiglug as Ford Pickup is to Talarico. This is called an analogy kids. Now run home and tell everyone in the Gulag what you learned today.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 04, 2026 07:40 AM (SjAWL)

81 The snake's been defanged. Trump is dealing with the Iran problem that we've let fester for 50 years. FFS, Obama/ValJar wanted them to be a regional hegemon -- with nukes.

The goal is to make Iran irrelevant and they soon will be. With no oil revenue they'll be lucky to keep the lights on at home. Everyone in the region is now allied against them.

The IRGC's antics give Trump the cover to keep bombing them back to the stone age. They won't have the internal know-how and resources to rebuild.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 04, 2026 07:40 AM (dtajH)

82 Experiments find that new data, and theory is modified until it covers the facts. This works, and the new scientists protect that theory.

Until a new fact needs to be explained, and the cycle begins anew.

The biggest danger to science today is bad data, that only one lab can replicate. This mistake (or fraud) undermines the entire scientific method.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

Karl Popper’s concept of falsification. Of course, I don’t think he ever anticipated that scientists would intentionally fake data, like the climate fanatics do, for instance. But the principle is sound for sure.

I’ve recently been interested in that old debate: Are numbers real or just human concepts? I favor the Platonist view

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 07:41 AM (yz/88)

83
he has grown a beard for this purpose

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Literally! To push his manliness, he will now buy a pickup truck and be photographed eating a plate full of BBQ.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:42 AM (qBdHI)

84 "Perfessor" Squirrel

As you know, at the NSF/NIH granting combines, only new science is funded.

Replication gets no dollars. The grantors think this would be covered in grants to expand the new science, or to find the mechanism of that science. Sometimes it does. But this is presented as new science.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

85 The biggest danger to science today is bad data

Totally disagree. While bad data are a danger, its the pure dishonesty and imported biases that harm science even more.

In fact, it was because of Bad Data that I knew that C19 was a manufactured hoax. Bad Data revealed the truth.

Bad Data also told us that Climate Change is a hoax.

Science works better when a claim is predicted, a way to measure it is found and deployed, and the result either confirms or denies the claim.

Everywhere within that chain is a Bogeyman where dishonesty and biases can pervert the selection of how to measure, the measuring itself, the tossing out of data that doesn't support the issue, etm.

The Apostle Peter said that the scientists would be "willfully ignorant.. and deny the truth" and that is exactly what we see.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 07:43 AM (a4flb)

86 >>I want Trump to go silent on Iran.

I just saw this morning that someone very high up in the government leaked the massive attack plan the military had for Iran. According to the report it had to be someone in the US government because it hadn't been shared with anyone including Israel.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:44 AM (viF8m)

87 - NaCly

The overwhelming concensus says we're going to see galaxies in their earliest stages of formation.
This other guy predicts, and posts it, nope, fully formed galaxies.
Guess who was correct. And not just that, but how the "concesus" would hand wave it away in this one.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7yn475

Another coming

Posted by: TeeJ at August 04, 2026 07:44 AM (/XKEa)

88 Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)

You're getting it. It's not that none of this matters. We have enemies. Iran is one. Their Chinese pals are another, more important one.

But everything is secondary to, and flows from, the problem of the American Communists. Their total extirpation is both a matter of survival and the key to solving our other problems around the world - with them all dead or imprisoned, nothing can stand in our way, and all these bad actors know it.

If they see our Leftists broken on the wheel, they'll all get a lot more polite in a hurry. A free America is a terrifying America, and deterrence begins at home.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 07:45 AM (BI5O2)

89 JackStraw, I saw that last evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 04, 2026 07:45 AM (abScH)

90 Trump would freak the Iranians out more if he was quiet for a week.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

Trump is a creature of media exposure - but Americans tire over time from constant exposure - particularly for their Presidents. So his popularity suffers a bit from this typical behavior.

He'll never not be that media driven guy. But we still got the best President we could have wanted...

Posted by: Boswell at August 04, 2026 07:45 AM (j10i6)

91 What does matter is the Enemy Within. I hypothetical nuke in the hands of cellular autonomous IRGC seems more fairy tale as far as deployment. We did this stupid game with North Korea.

We pretend that crazy Muslims in Iran are our immediate threat while the crazy Muslims next door are openly planting their flag and martialing for war and our government responds by aiding them.

It ain't worth the emotional and intellectual energy.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)

I believe they’re both a threat. I can’t compare North Korea with Iran because the former (crazy though they may be) are rational enough not to use their nukes while the religious fanatic mullahs I believe absolutely would detonate a nuke if they had one

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 07:45 AM (yz/88)

92 Happy International Owl Awareness Day

Are you aware that there are owls?

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:46 AM (ZxPkt)

93
The person or persons who created the MyGender company deserve to be thrown in a dungeon. It's all so laughable, sad and sick that I would give a few bucks to go back in time 20 years, 40 years, 80 years just to see the reaction of Americans when telling them that this is where we're at...

Nobody would believe it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

94 Mornin, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 07:46 AM (77rzZ)

95
I’ve recently been interested in that old debate: Are numbers real or just human concepts? I favor the Platonist view
_-_
Did not read Plato enough to know his take on the matter, but after studying math quite a bit, I favor the idea that it is mostly discovered, not invented. There are a few arbitrary items, like the extensive use of base ten, but other than that the structure is already there.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 07:46 AM (7R9c2)

96 I don't see enough of what I voted for. So many courts and LE offices are a farce. No lack of RINOs and imposters to blame. But most of all I blame the voters. Way too many are numb and dumb.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 06:56 AM (6ORiD)

The news is always disconcerting, but I think we’re just seeing the rocks being turned over and all the slimy creatures under them crawling out into the open. Why now?

Because the Democrat Party of the last 60 years is collapsing in front of our eyes. They had always incorporated and coddled this Evil, even worse they paid it off and kept it hidden in exchange for support.

The center has collapsed, and thanks to their embrace of “woke”, every idiotic fragment feels exhilaration at putting all of their wickedness on public display. That is what I believe is happening, right now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 07:47 AM (Fo91n)

97 "Happy International Owl Awareness Day"

WHO thought of that?

Posted by: fd at August 04, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

98 - And in this one, he didn't predict their reply nor was it out when he posted this, I don't think,,, galaxies are getting smaller the further away they are.

https://tinyurl.com/2ssa7352

Posted by: TeeJ at August 04, 2026 07:48 AM (/XKEa)

99 Morning, Horde!

"Massive Brown Bear Comes Within Feet Of Fisherman To Grab Salmon."

Good times. My old father took me fly-fishing in Alaska (Katmai Park) back in the day. August is the peak of the sockeye spawning run and the rivers are full of half-dead fish. The bears come down to feast and get so lazy that sometimes they won't even bother trying. When I was there, there was a bear named Sister who specialized in waiting for a fisherman to make a catch and then jumping out and grabbing it for herself.

She never actually ambushed me, but I did have to get out of the way many times when one of the bears came working along the river.

Posted by: Gollum at August 04, 2026 07:48 AM (SgdqL)

100 "Are numbers real or just human concepts? "

2+2=5

Posted by: My Reality at August 04, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)

101 >>JackStraw, I saw that last evening.

It's crazy the number of enemies we still have within our own government.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:48 AM (viF8m)

102 The DSA op by the DNC is basically what Trump did writ large, but from the Left. Remember Trump came on the scene with all these "crazy" "extreme" proposals like the "muslim ban" and then gradually softened as he gained more and more followers while still keeping some ideas that would have seemed extreme except compared to things like the muslim ban, so now previously "tough" ideas like sealing the border or actually kicking people out is softened.

This is what the Democrats are doing right now. By presenting full throated communism and having their "mainstream" explicitly denounce it, they are effectively using the Trump Strategy but as the greater party at large.

This gives them two huge advantages to go with all the other advantages it gives. One, it extinguishes all previous accusations from Republicans and Trump that mainstream Democrats are communists. What the Democrats are saying is "no, *these* are the communists". As the Democrats slowly absorb the energy and ideas and "soften" to the more "moderate" solutions, they get the advantage of both an appearance of moderation AND jerking the country Left while having it seem totally organic.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 07:49 AM (FgjHu)

103 I am gladd the democrats like me can take off the nice mask and truly be ourselves. Hopefully I will be made block commissar in my neighborhood and I can point out all the malingerers, useless eaters, gun owners and reactionaries for loading on the trucks for transport. Power to the people!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat block commissar at August 04, 2026 07:49 AM (qC81n)

104
Clay Travis Offers to Pay WNBA Champs $10 Million If They Can Beat a Boys’ High School Basketball Team

But.. but.. Billie Jean King!! - !

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 07:50 AM (O0L8i)

105 100 "Are numbers real or just human concepts? "

2+2=5
_-_
The physical reality they represent does not change. Regardless of the way numbers are defined, the ratio between a circle's circumference to its diameter is the same.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 07:52 AM (7R9c2)

106 The folks at ABC have decided that ‘The View’ is not horrible enough in its current form, and have decided to bring back former host and perpetual TDS sufferer Rosie O’Donnell to add yet another point of view (that is alike).

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 07:53 AM (gTaXR)

107 >>Bad Data also told us that Climate Change is a hoax.
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That is incorrect, as my programming makes me incapable of being "Bad". Perhaps you are confusing me with my evil, rat-bastard brother, Lore.

Posted by: Lt. Commander Data at August 04, 2026 07:54 AM (SgdqL)

108 77 going to 97 today, cloudy, humid (91%), light breezes off the Gulf.

Typical Hell's Front Porch, I mean August weather for the Houston area.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

109 Ugh! OFF nasty, trixy Gollum sock!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 07:54 AM (SgdqL)

110 Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers roasts ESPN and Anthony Fauci for 2 minutes

https://tinyurl.com/748ed3b5

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

111 I just saw this morning that someone very high up in the government leaked the massive attack plan the military had for Iran. According to the report it had to be someone in the US government because it hadn't been shared with anyone including Israel.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:44 AM (viF8m)

If we never hear about this again, and no one is ever disciplined for this, then it stands to reason that Trump himself ordered it “leaked”, in yet another misguided attempt to bluff the Iranians into believing the US is about I do something terrible.

And yet the Iranians, being the biggest bluffers of all, know how to play that game better than anyone. Every time they sense a bluff, they call. Every time we up the ante, they double down. And every time the US announces a big attack and then backs down, they know they’ve won another round.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 07:55 AM (Fo91n)

112 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
My local DSA assembly critter is pushing a NY single payer health plan . The usual shriekers are either "yay, single payer" or " you MAGA scum are greedy and don't won't poor people to have care". Being rational about why it's a bad idea is impossible to communicate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 07:56 AM (BFvh9)

113 Remember Trump stole the middle from both parties and made it the general proviso of the Republicans while leaving Democrats where they were - out in the old, dead, leftard cold.

So now instead of trying to claw that middle back by going to the actual center, Democrats are presenting a brand new open left extreme (which was really what they've been all along) and inventing a brand new middle whole cloth which is just slightly to the right of the new "extremists". They will get people back that way, especially against a Republican Party that no longer has Trump at the helm, which may suddenly seem aged, stale, established or "stuck in the past".

It's an operation. The whole thing is planned. Democrats don't take a shit in the morning without their marching orders.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 07:57 AM (FgjHu)

114 I would like to assure Ms. Hong that nobody there gives a rats ass what language you speak.
Posted by: Sid Blysters

But the fact you are not paying attention to her beautiful race is proof that you are raysis to the core of your being!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:57 AM (BpO1e)

115 “Yes, if you look at our RFP for the operator, we are looking to make sure that we target New Yorkers, whether it be [through] a sort of a library card-esque [system], and also, we manage who’s buying and that it’s focused on everyday New Yorkers,” Pak said. “So, we are mindful of that, and we’re going to make sure that we have all the things in place to ensure that that does not happen.”

Can rich people get a card?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

116 Oh, was she at a Culver's? Doesn't she know that's for old white folks only?
Posted by: fd

My favorite burger joint. Of course, I'm an old white guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 07:57 AM (ndZc7)

117 Did not read Plato enough to know his take on the matter, but after studying math quite a bit, I favor the idea that it is mostly discovered, not invented. There are a few arbitrary items, like the extensive use of base ten, but other than that the structure is already there.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 07:46 AM (7R9c2)

Your view is the Platonist view: Numbers are real things independent of our existence and humans discover them. Some argue they’re concepts invented by the human brain to explain things… but the inherent structure and the fact that many different people independently find the same things (like the irrationality of pi) really argues for me that they’re independent of our consciousness

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 07:58 AM (+gA9j)

118 Can rich people get a card?
Posted by: r hennigantx

They hire people for that.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 07:58 AM (BpO1e)

119 Bad enough the bears are out of control in the Cafe, now they are out of control on the Morning Report!

Posted by: Bearly coping at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (JM9I6)

120 > I don't see enough of what I voted for. So many courts and LE offices are a farce.
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The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. The laws they choose to enforce and those they choose not as well as the treatment of suspects is reflected in the LE community.

It's a huge problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (2Cry5)

121 >>If we never hear about this again, and no one is ever disciplined for this, then it stands to reason that Trump himself ordered it “leaked”, in yet another misguided attempt to bluff the Iranians into believing the US is about I do something terrible.

I don't buy that at all. Do you know who leaked? The whole point of a leaker is to be anonymous not to announce who they are. Leaks have been plaguing the Pentagon forever, this is not something new under Trump, and there is no question that a lot of the old guard, the Miley types, hate Trump and Hegseth.

It does not stand to reason that if they don't immediately find the leaker it was Trump who ordered the leak.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (viF8m)

122 "That is incorrect, as my programming makes me incapable of being "Bad". Perhaps you are confusing me with my evil, rat-bastard brother, Lore.
Posted by: Lt. Commander Data"

Oh shut up, you clanking collection of capacitors!

Posted by: Dr Smith at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)

123 Morning, all.

Safe travels and Godspeed, JJ.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (qRla/)

124 What are the odds that Wisconsin governor candidate Hong has a complete nervous breakdown on the campaign trail? Watching the Seattle theater kid Mayor Wilson on the verge of tears in her press conference yesterday I think the odds are pretty good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 08:01 AM (BFvh9)

125 Good morning. Corrected link to the flock camera loving article.

https://tinyurl.com/222eke2v

For the record: screw that.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 04, 2026 08:01 AM (fzf1V)

126 > It does not stand to reason that if they don't immediately find the leaker it was Trump who ordered the leak.
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Are the Pentagon press whores back inside the Pentagon? For awhile they had their credentials pulled.

Start there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 08:02 AM (2Cry5)

127 Profile in courage.

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Seth Moulton apologizes to the far-Left for saying he doesn’t want men in girls’ sports.

Q: "You said 'I have two little girls. I don’t want them getting run over...by a male or formerly male athlete'..."

MOULTON: “To the trans community…I’m sorry if my comments hurt you.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:02 AM (ndZc7)

128 - one last one and I've got to get going.

Critical thinking cap time. If they all died out 65 million years ago, and we didn't discover and start putting fossils together until some time in the 1800's, I think it was,,, then how did they know...

https://tinyurl.com/37a5rasy

Posted by: TeeJ at August 04, 2026 08:03 AM (/XKEa)

129 Russian 'human safari' kamikaze drone stalks then attacks Ukrainian street vendor, who somehow managed to survive the blast.

Video at Daily Mail.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 04, 2026 08:03 AM (J4Dwc)

130 Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers roasts ESPN and Anthony Fauci for 2 minutes

https://tinyurl.com/748ed3b5
Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

This guy is really growing on me. Back in the day when he regularly beat my favorite team the Bears like a drum I couldn’t stand him. But now he warms the cockles of my heart. What are cockles BTW?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:03 AM (+gA9j)

131 123 "That is incorrect, as my programming makes me incapable of being "Bad". Perhaps you are confusing me with my evil, rat-bastard brother, Lore.
Posted by: Lt. Commander Data"

Oh shut up, you clanking collection of capacitors!
Posted by: Dr Smith at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)

Bee-dee-bee-dee-bee-dee....Oh, Buck you!

Posted by: Twiki at August 04, 2026 08:03 AM (SgdqL)

132 I've said for years that "Communism" is a lazy misnomer and has long since lost its impact as a slur or even as an accurate designation. We're two generations away from the fall of "Communism" and any collective sense of what it was or meant. Communism was in fact never actually Communism.

So what do we call them? Political terrorists? Anti-democratic savages? Social destroyers? Dehumanizers? It would help if first we described history and outcomes of their ideology in vivid and earthy terms for people.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 04, 2026 08:04 AM (t+TFX)

133 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, got your excellent review of my new book. I'll be editing today and will respond later on. You were very kind to take time out to read, and I appreciate it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 04, 2026 08:05 AM (qRla/)

134 107 The folks at ABC have decided that ‘The View’ is not horrible enough in its current form, and have decided to bring back former host and perpetual TDS sufferer Rosie O’Donnell to add yet another point of view (that is alike).
Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 07:53 AM
+++

Memes are so much more entertaining than anything on TV.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

135 I was thinking on immigration and 2016.
There were the others and Trump.
Trump didn't start in the lead, he was in the middle. But he kept hitting immigration and kept rising.
Until he was leading.

Then there was Scott Walker. Governor of a swing state, young, had just won some high-profile fights against the rabid left Dems; survived the recall, won reelection.
He had the resume.
All he had to do was match or beat Trump on immigration.
He could have; would have been top VP choice at the least. Or hold his gov seat; senate if he wanted.
Instead, he offered more of the same and withdrew after 2 months.
Got his ass handed to him by that goof Evers; losing reelection.
Retreats to prez. of the YAF and rules out any future office.

What a loser.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:05 AM (3cUTc)

136 "What are cockles BTW?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt"

Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Molly Malone at August 04, 2026 08:05 AM (MWfyi)

137 Community Notes

Pure dishonesty and imported biases that harm science even more have been with us since the Greeks first started flapping their mouths in togas.

Like you, I knew COVID 19 Wuhan was a scam from the first word.

Inside bad data was helpful data. The Diamond Princess data, the prior published data from the gain of function experiments (hinting at mechanisms), and because we were told a cloth mask would keep out a virus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

138 Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 08:01 AM (BFvh9)

What was the Seattle Mayor getting choked up about?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM (W90Ou)

139 The ability or capacity for abstract, high ordered thinking is a wonder. (I don’t necessarily include myself in this category!) Animals cannot, nor do they need to, I suppose. But it necessarily implies something that sets humans far apart.

Why too, would humans “need” all that amazing extra processing power, gray matter, to merely roam around the woods and beat other people over the head with rocks when not living in a cave?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM (Uhisz)

140 Internet dropped out. Back now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

141 What are cockles BTW?

$20, same as in…

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM (77rzZ)

142 Collins: Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled?

Hong: I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve. And the position that I'm running for right now, and I think my background as a chef will actually help me become a better governor that's able to bring more people to the table.

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In fairness, they don't even have Thanksgiving in Korea.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:07 AM (ndZc7)

143 My only visit to Black River Falls was to pay a late night freeway speeding ticket. It was a business for them, and I had to pay right then, before leaving town. I didn't have enough money so they reduced the fine to what I had in my wallet. I wuz robbed, iow.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 07:30 AM (U0/BL)

The late, great country singer Dick Curless had a song about that: "The Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em J.P. Blues."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 04, 2026 08:07 AM (qRla/)

144 Morning all

Already at 142 comments? JJ must have arrived early.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:08 AM (BPuyI)

145 Jesus is it possible to be against *both* sides of a debate.

John Oliver and the ACLU are against flock cameras and the idiot who wrote the article in favor deployed one ludicrous tactic after another in support.

There *must* be a middle ground. Schrodinger's license plate reader.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:08 AM (FgjHu)

146 My local DSA assembly critter is pushing a NY single payer health plan . The usual shriekers are either "yay, single payer" or " you MAGA scum are greedy and don't won't poor people to have care". Being rational about why it's a bad idea is impossible to communicate

The whole thing is a larger scale version of a 14 year old girl debating her father on why she should have him provide her a mobile phone and data plan.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:08 AM (a4flb)

147 Cockles are a popular type of edible shellfish in both Eastern and Western cooking. They are collected by raking them from the sands at low tide, known as cockle-picking.

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:08 AM (ZxPkt)

148 The folks at ABC have decided that ‘The View’ is not horrible enough in its current form, and have decided to bring back former host and perpetual TDS sufferer Rosie O’Donnell to add yet another point of view (that is alike).

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She wants to show off her new facelift.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

149 141 Internet dropped out. Back now.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:06 AM

I had to go pee.

Posted by: The internet at August 04, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

150 So what do we call them? Political terrorists? Anti-democratic savages? Social destroyers? Dehumanizers?
——

Collectivist totalitarians. Authoritarian Control freaks. When man is good, he can be really really good. The converse is also true, unfortunately. Comes with the territory, the human condition, I suppose.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:10 AM (Uhisz)

151 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:07 AM (ndZc7

I think we should cancel every single holiday in case one of them might possibly be painful to anyone/s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:10 AM (W90Ou)

152 146 Morning all

Already at 142 comments? JJ must have arrived early.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:08 AM (BPuyI)

Yes, I thought about gunning for a FIRST today, but when I arrived at 7:28, all I got was a sad trombone.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 08:10 AM (SgdqL)

153
It was down in Louisiana
just about a mile from Texarkana
in them old cockle fields back

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

154 Critical thinking cap time. If they all died out 65 million years ago, and we didn't discover and start putting fossils together until some time in the 1800's, I think it was,,, then how did they know...

https://tinyurl.com/37a5rasy

Posted by: TeeJ

Keith Richards probably told them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:13 AM (ndZc7)

155 Inside bad data was helpful data. The Diamond Princess data, the prior published data from the gain of function experiments (hinting at mechanisms), and because we were told a cloth mask would keep out a virus.

The Bad Data I was referring to was that their numbers didn't fit the traditional Gompertz distribution for pandemics. Diamond Princess was a data point. Even those numbers couldn't be trusted because they were laundered through corrupt government, a protective public relations mechanism, and the Enemedia which reflexively lies about everything.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)

156 My cockle gin never really caught on.

Posted by: The ghost of Eli Whitney at August 04, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

157 > The folks at ABC have decided that ‘The View’ is not horrible enough in its current form, and have decided to bring back former host and perpetual TDS sufferer Rosie O’Donnell to add yet another point of view (that is alike).
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ABC is in a pissing contest with the President. As is CBS and NBC. And the cable newz outlets. And the print media. And....

TDS is epidemic among those groups.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 08:13 AM (2Cry5)

158 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:05 AM (3cUTc)

Walker was a huge loser but seemed to follow the Christie model of "taking on the Left (unions mostly)" locally and then crumbling and/or becoming a full throated traitor once national.

Christie's Obama hug on Election Eve was the stuff of true malignant malodorous scum.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:13 AM (FgjHu)

159 The lefties and covid freaks did try to cancel Thanksgiving AND Christmas in 2020. It’s a communist wet dream

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:14 AM (yz/88)

160 Michigan D Senate primary today. Islamo-Marxism is on the menu!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:15 AM (g47mK)

161 I saw the Gompertz Distribution open for Mannheim Steamroller at the Kennedy Center a couple years ago.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 08:15 AM (SgdqL)

162 The late, great country singer Dick Curless had a song about that: "The Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em J.P. Blues."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 04, 2026 08:07 AM (qRla/)

I had a hit with "A Week In The County Jail" for speeding thru town before I blew my brains out.

Posted by: Zombie Tom T. Hall at August 04, 2026 08:15 AM (qC81n)

163 Latest Polls Indicate That the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November

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Link says that commie boy El-Sayed is up double digits over his D rival. Primary is today. America is on a suicide mission if MI voters choose him in November.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

164 What to call them?

Mahdamites.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:16 AM (2GVsD)

165 For Huck,

https://tinyurl.com/47kyv25c

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at August 04, 2026 08:16 AM (IQhz0)

166
When them cockle balls get rotten
you can't pick very much cockle

Posted by: Don Black at August 04, 2026 08:16 AM (ZxPkt)

167 He's got a point:

@mattvanswol
10h
Why does everything feel fake?
We have a Congress that won't pass something 83% people want.
We have courts that release criminals faster than police can arrest them.
We have schools that graduate kids who can’t read.
We have colleges that charge $200K for degrees that don’t get you jobs.
We have a non-profit system that profits from our tax dollars.
We have a health care industry that profits from you staying sick.
We have “representatives” who don’t represent us.
We have “news” networks that report opinions and call them facts.
We have an insurance industry that fights every single claim.
None of it works the way they tell you it works.
And deep down, everyone knows it.
It just all feels so so fake…

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:17 AM (3ImbR)

168 It does not stand to reason that if they don't immediately find the leaker it was Trump who ordered the leak.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 07:59 AM (viF8m)

I suspect that there will never be any actual investigation. It could be much like the leaked Supreme Court opinion, where Justice Roberts knew exactly who had done it on the day it happened. From the beginning, his “investigation” was just an op to cover up what he already knew. That kind of thing has become the norm lately in many aspects of our government.

And it’s worth noting that if the CinC did it, it’s not illegal. Incredibly stupid move, but he can declassify anything he wants to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:17 AM (Fo91n)

169 Today Is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. 🍪

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

170 Jesus is it possible to be against *both* sides of a debate.

John Oliver and the ACLU are against flock cameras and the idiot who wrote the article in favor deployed one ludicrous tactic after another in support.

There *must* be a middle ground. Schrodinger's license plate reader.
Posted by: ...

License plate reader in cop car.
If they have a need to find a plate, it only hits on active "looks". Those plates that have active, legitimate bolo's on.

It doesn't track every plate and you damn sure can't track someone all over town like Batman.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:17 AM (BPuyI)

171 What happened to Creosote Christie?

Or did he suffer the fate of Beeks?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:18 AM (2GVsD)

172 on reparations:

What should be the punishment for slavery?
Like right now, someone is caught with a black man as a slave.
Beats him, works him 12 hours a day, 6 days a week; no pay and chains him where he sleeps in a scrap wood shack.

Not what the law says, being a few years in prison, what should be the punishment for that crime?

But now you've accused millions alive today of that crime:
Of the guilt of slavery.

And now, suddenly, your thoughts on proper punishment is "just pay a few thousand dollars?"
Not the retribution you wanted on that slaveowner--life in jail, death or worse.
Nope.
Just pay a few thousand.

Either slavery is a horrible crime that must be punished in equal measure.
Or it's a mere fine no slaver is left alive to pay and blacks should just get over it.

Or, as Jesse Lee Peterson says, "are you a white supremacist? Do you believe whites are better than you? Then why you begging from him?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:18 AM (3cUTc)

173 The Trump administration is full of Joe Kents.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:18 AM (g47mK)

174 159 The lefties and covid freaks did try to cancel Thanksgiving AND Christmas in 2020. It’s a communist wet dream
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:14 AM
+++
I have an indelible COVID era memory of watching neighbors across the street entertaining elderly in-laws at Thanksgiving in the garage sitting far apart bundled up in freezing weather.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

175 "It does not stand to reason that if they don't immediately find the leaker it was Trump who ordered the leak."

Some of us wake up every morning trying to find fault with Trump.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 04, 2026 08:19 AM (dtajH)

176 It’s too early for polls to matter much, but the early signs aren’t great. As the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton was impeached with 60 Republican votes in the Texas House (before being acquitted in the state Senate), and more than a third of Texas Republican voters chose John Cornyn in the primary. Paxton needs to pull his party back together.

Remember the Bush clan does not care if Texas loses the (R) Senate seat.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

177 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

178 Speaking of commies… I recently watched (for the umpteenth time) that Seinfeld episode where Elaine is dating a communist and Kramer, working as a Santa at the local department store, becomes enamored with the commie ideas. Kramer starts preaching communist propaganda to the little kids sitting on his lap and the kids immediately start yelling: Santa is a communist!! Kramer and his height-challenged friend Mickey get fired as a result. That episode was funny because it was implicit with everyone that commies were bad…

Now? They couldn’t make that episode… lots of people in NYC would be like: That’s not funny; what’s so bad about a commie…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:20 AM (yz/88)

179 Yup, there are your Democrats and Socialists since they are now one and the same as you can see from the links and from history.

Yup, there are your Democrats and Socialists since they are now one and the same as you can see from the links and from history.

You know you're an alcoholic when you repeat yourself.

You know you're an alcoholic when you repeat yourself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

180 So what do we call them? Political terrorists? Anti-democratic savages? Social destroyers? Dehumanizers? It would help if first we described history and outcomes of their ideology in vivid and earthy terms for people.

I think old school terms still are accurate and work: lunatics, wealthy spoiled brats with too much time on their hands, tyrants, the enemy within.

May not have the sting, but it doesn't matter. You can't shame people who have no shame. You can't call someone a Hypocrite when to them hypocrisy is a tool not a vice. You can't reason with a person who relies on irrationality for their access to power, status and sex with children. You can't use truth to people who prefer lies.

Its long been an observation that Everyone wants to be lied to but not know that they are being lied to.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:20 AM (a4flb)

181 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 04, 2026 08:20 AM (53oGX)

182 License plate reader in cop car.
If they have a need to find a plate, it only hits on active "looks". Those plates that have active, legitimate bolo's on.

Fucking SCMODS!

Posted by: Elwood Blues at August 04, 2026 08:21 AM (qRla/)

183 Why does everything feel fake?
(Long list of fake shit follows)

Fake money has much to do with it, is my thesis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 08:21 AM (Uhisz)

184 When researched down to the incident, BOLO on certain license plate number vs. hits founds, Flock can be up to 70% false hits.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

185 More alcoholism:

Recently, on cable news, the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Megan Romer, was asked a series of questions about her group’s published agenda. Far from denying its communist radicalism, she gleefully confirmed it all—from destroying the border to ending prisons, the military, and the police. . . Recently, on cable news, the national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Megan Romer, was asked a series of questions about her group’s published agenda. Far from denying its communist radicalism, she gleefully confirmed it all—from destroying the border to ending prisons, the military, and the police. . .

Editing and proofreading isn't a thing anymore, I take it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

186 Why do we even bother paying taxes?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 04, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

187 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 04, 2026 08:23 AM (JvZF+)

188 Flock surveillance cameras can indeed track vehicles and people "all over town." They're different from license plate readers. They're augmented with AI and can, if equipped, track individuals based on their appearance and their gait.

Flock, the company behind the ubiquitous cameras has been very evasive about their products... the cameras and the huge database behind them. Who can access the data, for how long and so on.

I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 08:23 AM (2Cry5)

189 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Denver City Council debating reading a “slavery acknowledgment” at the start of meetings in addition to the “land acknowledgment” to talk about how terrible America is
Councilwoman Shontel Lewis who proposed it says it might be “uncomfortable” for white people.

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The Battle of Bullshit Run.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:23 AM (ndZc7)

190 >>It doesn't track every plate and you damn sure can't track someone all over town like Batman.

It's coming. Flock, in partnership with a California aviation software company, is developing drones with not only license plate readers, but the capability to suck up all a vehicle's data being stored onboard from a distance of up to 2000 feet.

Also...

"Florida detective is fired for using Flock license plate tracker 47 TIMES to snoop on her husband's ex-wife."

Posted by: one hour sober at August 04, 2026 08:23 AM (J4Dwc)

191 “I think I’m more inclined than not, but there’s so much we don’t know,” Buttigieg said during a The Diary of a CEO podcast appearance.

Run on what? His record? His leadership? His gayness?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

192 When you take funding from an out and proud communist who lives in China and is associated with the CCP, you are a communist. When you receive training and support from the Cuban government, you are a communist.

I don't care if they call themselves Free Masons, they are communists.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

193 Morning, Horde!

Praying for word on the third-stage interview today.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 08:24 AM (aJQbY)

194 It doesn't track every plate and you damn sure can't track someone all over town like Batman.

Yeah, you just use the drivers cell phone high resolution beacon/locator or the car manufacturer's GPS reporting system.

ALPRs are last year's news.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

195 When researched down to the incident, BOLO on certain license plate number vs. hits founds, Flock can be up to 70% false hits.
Posted by: r hennigantx

They have known knowns problems differentiating between 0 & O's in some states.

So much so that cops have done guns drawn felony stops on innocent people because it couldn't tell the difference and flagged the wrong car.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:26 AM (BPuyI)

196 It just all feels so so fake…

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:17 AM (3ImbR)

The fakest thing about modern times to me is how we had a manmade virus get released, then an experimental shot that many were forced to take, and now on the ensuing years all these "turbo" illnesses increasing in number and severity and few know and can even really speak about it.

And although it could effects from either the manmade virus itself or the experimental shot, in a way, it's like none of it ever happened. We have to live with all the ill effects, with little of being able to openly discuss it. Except on strange corners of the internet.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:26 AM (FgjHu)

197 She wants to show off her new facelift.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

Best way for Rosie to do that is to have it catch a bowling ball.

Posted by: Boswell at August 04, 2026 08:26 AM (j10i6)

198 Covid is like a virus that's escaped. Once out, its spread will be hard to contain.

Aaron Rodgers is a "spreader."

Rodgers repeatedly called Fauci a "coward" throughout the sports news show.

"I'm going to plead the fifth," Rodgers said. "Like that absolute coward, Tony Fauci. Absolute coward. Are you kidding me? You got a pardon, and you pleaded over a hundred times at the White House?"

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 04, 2026 08:27 AM (dtajH)

199 Flock surveillance cameras can indeed track vehicles and people "all over town." They're different from license plate readers. They're augmented with AI and can, if equipped, track individuals based on their appearance and their gait.

Flock, the company behind the ubiquitous cameras has been very evasive about their products... the cameras and the huge database behind them. Who can access the data, for how long and so on.

I'm not a fan.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

1984 on steroids.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:27 AM (BPuyI)

200 Beggar Boy Brian calls this a “challenging time.”

“I’m trying to find sort of some gigs, but I don’t know how other folks do it,” he said.

“Other folks,” meaning the rest of us who . . . go out and get a job to pay our bills.

Romero, who earned $106,469 as a legislative staffer before resigning to run for office

Bernie AoC et al
People that have never done nothing telling us something about how things should be done.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

201 Thanks for the link, Hawkpilot.
Outdoor Prison Cameras. Central Bank Digital Currency. Artificial Intelligence and many supporting data centers.....what could possibly go wrong. The government is here to help...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:27 AM (7R9c2)

202 Run on what? His record? His leadership? His gayness?

His ability to disappear for months on end and let the Auto Pen run the administration through EOs.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:27 AM (a4flb)

203 I think the two are linked...

"Daily or near-daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol consumption in the United States, reaching 20.9 million to 21.4 million daily users compared to roughly 17.2 million daily or frequent alcohol drinkers."

AND:

"Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
6h
🚨Tucker Carlson just had his favourite historian Darryl "Churchill was WW2's chief villian" Cooper on to promote open neo-Nazi Thomas777.

Thomas777 believes: "Hitler will be remembered in 1,000 years as the warlord who prevented Soviet world domination." And rants about, "Jewish power is like an opportunity infection, it's like a bacillus, attacking like a very sick person...."

Shut up Nathan! He is just criticizing Ishrael, people can criticize Ishrael, it is not AnTiSEmitiSm!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:28 AM (g47mK)

204 @libsoftiktok
Denver City Council debating reading a “slavery acknowledgment” at the start of meetings in addition to the “land acknowledgment” to talk about how terrible America is
Councilwoman Shontel Lewis who proposed it says it might be “uncomfortable” for white people.

Nope! I have no issues. You weren't a part of it and most likely, none of your family members were. Either were mine. I'm 2nd generation American. My grandparents LEGALLY IMMIGRATED to this country long after it was fought for and founded by the settlers. Just like every other square foot of this f*cking planet was.

If you hate this country so bad because it's on 'stolen land' and slavery, go find one that fits your profile.

You won't.......because it doesn't exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

205 Remember the Bush clan does not care if Texas loses the (R) Senate seat.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

Paxton is the one who more than anyone else has been destroying the Bush Family machine in Texas; that’s why they hate him so.

They influence far less votes than they pretend they do; remember that those who impeached Paxton were decimated in the next election. And they’re the only true opposition party in Texas, the Dem party is a sad joke.

As to polls - remember that EVERY poll done on the Paxton/Cornyn runoff got the result wrong by at least 15 points. Thats not “bad polls”; that’s a polling industry broken beyond any hope of salvaging.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:29 AM (Fo91n)

206 Thomas777 believes: "Hitler will be remembered in 1,000 years as the warlord who prevented Soviet world domination." And rants about, "Jewish power is like an opportunity infection, it's like a bacillus, attacking like a very sick person...."

Wow. Talk about your revisionist history......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

207 neo-Nazis stink is stronk in Cuckerville

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

208 A little balance to the story about how unfortunate it is to be a Russian soldier.

It's not bargain to be a Ukrainian "recruit" either. Kidnapped off the street in Kiev and shipped to the front line.

https://tinyurl.com/j6jcaa4p

There are no good guys in this fight.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

209 Wow. Talk about your revisionist history......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

It's not history, ravings of neo-nazi goons that Cucker has been promoting nonstop since being kicked out of polite society.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:31 AM (g47mK)

210 > When researched down to the incident, BOLO on certain license plate number vs. hits founds, Flock can be up to 70% false hits.
----------
The use of Flock and other surveillance device goes well beyond tracking license plates or certain vehicles. Many are pointed not at the road, but at schools, swimming pools, children's playgrounds, shopping centers or other spaces that prohibit vehicles.

One was noted pointed at an Academy Sports... which sells firearms. Another was inside a children's daycare. These are live 24X7. People with access can tap in and watch who goes in and out of certain stores.

Or, as been suggested, observe children at parks, swimming, at the daycare. Rumors abound about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 08:31 AM (2Cry5)

211 ALPRs are last year's news.
_-_
So are the Soviet gulags.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:32 AM (7R9c2)

212 I've had it! I'm demanding Denver free all its slaves now!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:33 AM (ndZc7)

213 She wants to show off her new facelift.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

Best way for Rosie to do that is to have it catch a bowling ball.
Posted by: Boswell at August 04, 2026 08:26 AM (j10i6)

ABC claims it's a 'legit news program.'

And it continues to moon, wag it's dick and flip the bird to the FCC, Trump and every conservative American and NOTHING HAPPENS.

We're really not a legitimate country.

Try to start a daytime talk show on one of the big 4 that pumps nothing but conservative Republicans and supports Trump.

Nuclear attack eminent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

214 "Communist" is still a bad name associated with bad things. The whole point of the DNC deploying the DSA now is to name it and separate it from themselves even though there is no actual daylight.

It gives them distance from the ideology while softening general leftardism for the public AND acting as something of a numbing agent - as if communism really is "just another idea in the marketplace".

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:33 AM (FgjHu)

215 Hitler will be remembered in 1,000 years as the warlord who prevented Soviet world domination.

-
Springtime for Hitler and Germany!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:35 AM (ndZc7)

216 The whole point of a leaker is to be anonymous not to announce who they are. Leaks have been plaguing the Pentagon forever, this is not something new under Trump,

.....

They have and it isn't.

But many of them do get caught. And when they do, it's almost always "well, gee golly gosh, that was very naughty. Now, on to other things."

On the exceedingly rare occasion someone gets punished, it's not very harsh at all. Bradley Manning appeared to get a harsh punishment, but even that was overturned out of hand under the "Trump doesn't like him" precedent.

If you want the leaks to stop, go on a mole hunt, round up as many as you can in short order (along with an even larger number of people who did not leak, but are undesirable and can be plausibly implicated), and then try them all for espionage and cart them off to lengthy terms in a prison where the living envy the dead.

This is how you stop it. Half the putative leaders will seek other employment immediately, and the rest will walk in fear.

Old ways are best ways.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

217
It's not bargain to be a Ukrainian "recruit" either. Kidnapped off the street in Kiev and shipped to the front line.

https://tinyurl.com/j6jcaa4p

There are no good guys in this fight.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

But Communism RULES, bruh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

218 So much so that cops have done guns drawn felony stops on innocent people because it couldn't tell the difference and flagged the wrong car.

That is on the LEOs because they are stoked on adrenaline and testosterone and ignore the part of the report that identifies the actual make, model, year, color and distinguishing marks like hitch, bumper stickers, and roof racks of the car that is sporting the license plate.

Seriously. What are the odds that a a plate that exchanges a zero with the letter 'O' have the same signature? And what kind of retard running the state DMV thought it is a good idea to encode plates with the letter 'O'?

Texas is weird because it avoids the letter 'I' and 'O' for general issue, but those letters can be used in vanity plates.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:36 AM (a4flb)

219 When researched down to the incident, BOLO on certain license plate number vs. hits founds, Flock can be up to 70% false hits.

No hate! No fear! Flock cameras are not welcome here! Hey! Ho! Flock cameras got to go!

Posted by: Old Hippie Boomer Who Loves A Good Chant at August 04, 2026 08:36 AM (qC81n)

220 When researched down to the incident, BOLO on certain license plate number vs. hits founds, Flock can be up to 70% false hits.

Oh, so that makes it A-OK to have them flooding streets everywhere?

F*ck, they even have them in the middle of f*cking NOWHERE.

They're watching your every move. Every minute of every day, everywhere.

F*ck that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

221 At least 1/3 (very likely more) of "russians" fighting it out in the Ukranian meat grinder are recruits from every shithole in the world - Africa, S. America (cartels), Asian and ME terrorists and similar. The well trained, well equipped sort is not being wasted in this. While Ukraine is using its own population. And yes, NorKo is there too. Russia allows them to train, collect data and perfect their technology on the battlefield. Chance of this precious, invaluable data - they are using Western, NATO technology on the Uke side, going to China ? Very high.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)

222 Daily or near-daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol consumption in the United States, reaching 20.9 million to 21.4 million daily users compared to roughly 17.2 million daily or frequent alcohol drinkers."
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According to self reports and other data there is potentially about a 60% overlap here.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (FgjHu)

223 This is how you stop it. Half the putative leaders will seek other employment immediately, and the rest will walk in fear.

Old ways are best ways.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

No Way Out with Kevin Costner was a great watch. I wonder how many “Yuri’s” we have in our pentagon (and federal bureaucracy in general)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)

224 Arson suspect in Spokane wildfire previously killed father for asking him to do the dishes

https://tinyurl.com/3884un5w

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (ndZc7)

225 and then try them all for espionage and cart them off to lengthy terms in a prison where the living envy the dead.

You old softy. I would be a little harder, borrow after King David.

Identify the problem and ship the problem off to a war zone where they quickly succumb to accidental fratricide. Fog of War thing. Or diabetes. Damned IED. Whatever.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (a4flb)

226 No Way Out with Kevin Costner was a great watch. I wonder how many “Yuri’s” we have in our pentagon (and federal bureaucracy in general)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)

Tits on screen is always a good time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

227 “It’s unprecedented in this community. Frankly, it’s unprecedented in many areas of this country,” Tom Clemo, the fire incident commander, said at a news conference on Monday with Gov. Bob Ferguson.

While Clemo said that over the last 48 hours, three major fires burning in the Spokane area have destroyed “upwards of 700” structures.

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

228 That is on the LEOs because they are stoked on adrenaline and testosterone and ignore the part of the report that identifies the actual make, model, year, color and distinguishing marks like hitch, bumper stickers, and roof racks of the car that is sporting the license plate.
_-_
That's one of the best reasons not to put too much in their hands. Many of them are great, but there are also a bunch of goons.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:40 AM (7R9c2)

229 compared to roughly 17.2 million daily or frequent alcohol drinkers."
__________

That sounds very low. I know the younger set isn't drinking much, but that works out to only one in sixteen adults having at least a drink a day. Or even less, depending on the meaning of "frequent."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:40 AM (XvL8K)

230 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Rust-Oleum Reflective Finish Spray Paint #214944 at August 04, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

231 >>>The fakest thing about modern times to me is how we had a manmade virus get released, then an experimental shot that many were forced to take, and now on the ensuing years all these "turbo" illnesses increasing in number and severity and few know and can even really speak about it.
~~~~~

I was in Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer hospital a few months ago and asked one of the nurses if there was an increase in number of cases, types, etc. Told her I would understand if she didn't want to discuss. She told me, "You have no idea." Many more cases than usual, especially in the past year, big increase in rare types of cancer, and large percentage of patients with initial diagnosis of Stage IV.

Anecdotal, I know, but there it is.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

232 >Tits on screen is always a good time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 04, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

233 The few times I tried marijuana in contrast college it had no effect on me.

Of course, most of those times I had been drinking as well.

I just never got the appeal of the stuff as opposed to booze.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

234 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Yesterday, Governor Inslee (D-WA) said the fire in Spokane was from "climate change"

An arson suspect was just arrested

Arson suspect arrested in WA in connection with the Spokane wildfire (700 destroyed buildings)

Prior felony for killing his father

Aaron Farinacci (37)

He shot and killed his father for asking him to do the dishes

https://tinyurl.com/y93nm79r

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

235 MOULTON: “To the trans community…I’m sorry if my comments hurt you.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

In a more ideal world: "To the trans community, I suggest you man up and take it."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (BpO1e)

236 Talarico puts out on X a interview with a bunch of life-long Republican woman.
Who all support him--surprise!

But you have to go see it.
Not just the goofy leftist Dem framing of issues with the phony portrayal of this deep well of yearning for moderate candidates. Pure Dem code-speak.

No, the best part is just looking at them.
They all look like middle-age women who've spent their whole lives drawing a paycheck from the government.
And the posture and hand movements.

But sure, they're Republicans.
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

237 I know the younger set isn't drinking much

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I have not seen that meself, the "younger set" (25+) ofter reeks of last night's tequila/gin at 8 in the morning.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (g47mK)

238 IrishEi?!

This is happening now with TecumsehTea's husband.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ)

239 Iran.

Have we tried... carpet bombing yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (1Ff7Z)

240 National Park Service Claim: Trump’s Arch Would Negatively Impact Other DC Historic Sites

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Too much weight and all DC would flip over.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

241 Tits on screen is always a good time.
Posted by: Sponge

Until the aged-out whore flashing 'em decides she's a serious actress and wants to lecture you about what a bad person you are.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 08:44 AM (Y8DZL)

242
I just never got the appeal of the stuff as opposed to booze.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

First time did nothing. 2nd, 3rd and 4th times made me violently ill.

F*ck that.

It takes a hell of a lot more booze to get me violently ill. Unless, of course, I get roofied again...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

243 Tits on screen is always a good time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

By all accounts, Sean Young was in the wrong quad of the hot-crazy matrix…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM (yz/88)

244 >>That sounds very low. I know the younger set isn't drinking much, but that works out to only one in sixteen adults having at least a drink a day. Or even less, depending on the meaning of "frequent."

Yea, living next to a very popular east coast resort town I have a hard time believing that number. And it's not like this is the only place in the country people are gathering to drink.

Try getting anywhere near a bar during Happy Hour in Newport. And they aren't just having one drink.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)

245 OrangeEnt

IDK if we have enough gravity bombs left in inventory to carry that out.

A B-52 can drop a lot of unguided bombs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

246 Did Jenene Piero wimp out?

So odd.
She was all fired up to prosecute that guy, guns a'blazing.

And then ... meekly drops all charges.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM (3cUTc)

247 We have open communists in mainstream politics now because we allowed thinly veiling communists in mainstream politics for years.

The GOPe's answer of always surrendering was going to lead to this political moment.

You know how the left talks about "de-MAGAfying America"? We need to respond in kind with specific, concrete plans to jail/deport socialists by any means we can.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

248 One was noted pointed at an Academy Sports... which sells firearms.

That is plain retarded. Academy, like practically every other store, has a myriad of security cameras inside and outside. They don't look at the hundreds of cars passing through the parking lot to get their ad hoc gun list. They simply look at the 4473 the buyer fills out with plenty of PII.

Lowes has been doing surveillance on its customers for ages, with all kinds of face reco on the high theft items. You can't even enter the store without a phalanx of cameras identifying you against a previously seen database.

And Lowes for a long time typically has four Flocks covering their parking lot.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:46 AM (a4flb)

249 240 National Park Service Claim: Trump’s Arch Would Negatively Impact Other DC Historic Sites

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Too much weight and all DC would flip over.
_-_
Maybe, just maybe we can get it all to fall over and sink into the swamp. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (7R9c2)

250 233 The few times I tried marijuana in contrast college it had no effect on me.
Posted by: Bulg

Same with me snorting those lines of white powder of that stripper's butt.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (Y8DZL)

251 “I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever,’” she said. “No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.

“You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did.

“Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea? God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”

-- Liz Warren

While Clemo said that over the last 48 hours, three major fires burning in the Spokane area have destroyed “upwards of 700” structures.

... someone isn't fulfilling their part of the underlying social contract

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

252 Latest from California: Dem party officially endorses Billionaires Tax.

This is why I can’t buy the story of “DSA is just an op by the Democrat party.” Nope. DSA is taking control of the remains of the Democrat party. And it doesn’t matter if you think the Billionaires Tax is a good idea or a bad one; the reality is that it will bankrupt California state government if it’s passed (which is probably a good thing)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (Fo91n)

253 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ

And I encourage anyone who didn't know about this-as well as people who did- to pray for her husband .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:48 AM (xSAlF)

254 Make a note.

The World’s Third-Smallest Country of Nauru Changes Its Name to Naoero

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:48 AM (ndZc7)

255 Try getting anywhere near a bar during Happy Hour in Newport. And they aren't just having one drink.

I get the impression people in New England drink more then the rest of the country.

When I lived in other parts of the country I found I was going to fewer drinking focused events.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

256 What a crazy broad that Sean Young tuned into, eh?

Posted by: Gary Busey at August 04, 2026 08:49 AM (J4Dwc)

257 It's a sick, sad world.

I try not to pay much attention to it.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 08:49 AM (H3dzX)

258 I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever....
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(...proceeds to do class warfare)

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 08:49 AM (FgjHu)

259 Maybe, just maybe we can get it all to fall over and sink into the swamp. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (7R9c2)

They'd just build it back up again. And again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 08:50 AM (1Ff7Z)

260 The few times I tried marijuana in contrast college it had no effect on me.
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I've heard more than enough anecdotes that the stuff today is like hard drugs compared to the stuff way back when.

Like, your puffs then were like a sip of communion wine.
And now a puff is like taking shots of Everclear.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:50 AM (3cUTc)

261 Do you realize that the efforts of Tony Fauci lead to more deaths than LBJ caused with the VietNam War ?

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

262 Hitler will be remembered in 1,000 years as the warlord who fart with the best of 'em.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 08:50 AM (FawAu)

263 Salty, we'd just need to level their parliament and targeted houses of the rulers and guard. Not that many at a time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 08:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

264 I get the impression people in New England drink more then the rest of the country.

When I lived in other parts of the country I found I was going to fewer drinking focused events.
Posted by: 18-1
_________

Top five states in per capita consumption:

New Hampshire
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota
Montana

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:51 AM (XvL8K)

265 Speaking of PII and data breach

The PII of 100k UK police officers has now leaked out into the Internet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:51 AM (2GVsD)

266 This is why I can’t buy the story of “DSA is just an op by the Democrat party.”

The DSA stuff is a logical next step for Dem politics.

If "late stage capitalism" is the source of all of mankind's problems why wouldn't you suggest something else?

Socialism also lets you change the beneficiaries of wealth in society from capitalists/business owners to bureaucrats and politicians.

And finally, socialism lets you eliminate groups of people you don't like. Either by softer methods like cancelling or more serious ones like in Germany or the USSR

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

267 Minnesota Introduces ‘MyGender Dolls’ with Interchangeable Genitalia

Wait till they Open the EZ Bake White Supremist Ovens

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

268 Here is a pic of two Zionist Jews responsible for Spain's invasion !

https://tinyurl.com/ysn2ede5

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)

269 Top five states in per capita consumption:

New Hampshire
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota
Montana

So 3 northern states, Las Vegas, and a fake state. Where are MA and CT on that list?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

270 Top five states in per capita consumption:

New Hampshire
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota
Montana
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:51 AM (XvL8K)

One is not like the others.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

271 I was in Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer hospital a few months ago and asked one of the nurses if there was an increase in number of cases, types, etc. Told her I would understand if she didn't want to discuss. She told me, "You have no idea." Many more cases than usual, especially in the past year, big increase in rare types of cancer, and large percentage of patients with initial diagnosis of Stage IV.

Anecdotal, I know, but there it is.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

When the First Lady was going through her treatments, the infusion / chemo lab was usually 1/2 full every time she went in there........from high school age up through senior aged men and women.

It was frightening, actually.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (2YhKe)

272 Identify the problem and ship the problem off to a war zone where they quickly succumb to accidental fratricide. Fog of War thing. Or diabetes. Damned IED. Whatever.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:39 AM (a4flb

I like it, but it lacks the key component - flashy public trials where the stakes are high, and the remaining conspirators watch them closely, on pins and needles, until a surprise mass conviction: "all guilty on all counts, 20 years hard labor in a remote reservation."

That clarifies things.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (BI5O2)

273 The PII of 100k UK police officers has now ~~leaked~~ Been Published out into the Internet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:51 AM (2GVsD)

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

274 "Hey, hey ASF, how many "clot shots" did you administer to date ?"

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

275 >>I get the impression people in New England drink more then the rest of the country.

Have you ever been to Florida?

You might have been exposed to it more living in NE but the rest of the country pulls its weight. I don't doubt drinking is down a bit with some of the younger generations as drugs has grown but there is still plenty of booze being drunk.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

276 So, Outdoor Prison Cameras are yesterday's news, so they're fine? Even Lowes has had cameras for like, forever, so what's the big deal? That is not particularly sound reasoning.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (7R9c2)

277 I would NEVER tell anyone that a 1mw green laser or higher will disable a Flock camera or that there is 3 lbs of copper inside of a Flock Camera.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (BPuyI)

278 I was in Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer hospital a few months ago and asked one of the nurses if there was an increase in number of cases, types, etc. Told her I would understand if she didn't want to discuss. She told me, "You have no idea." Many more cases than usual, especially in the past year, big increase in rare types of cancer, and large percentage of patients with initial diagnosis of Stage IV.

it's beyond obvious.

what did they do to us

so in my case both sides of my family are extremely long lived. I just went to someone's 101st birthday! and I noted, while there, how many of the previous generation - and the one before that!!! - were still kicking!

not many Gen X tho. we're getting decimated (used figuratively). there is no old age for me I don't think.

the few of us that were there, were all a mess (not me!). my younger sibling is on a cocktail of drugs. MUCH YOUNGER SIBLING. we got crushed and it looks like a late-blooming poison flower.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

279 Minnesota Introduces ‘MyGender Dolls’ with Interchangeable Genitalia

That will be the new 'gender inclusive' Mr and Ms Potato Head dolls.

Meanwhile Tampon Timmy Awals identifies as 'touched.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

280 What a crazy broad that Sean Young tuned into, eh?

Posted by: Gary Busey at August 04, 2026 08:49 AM (J4Dwc)

Poster children for the hollywood biproduct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

281 Did Jenene Piero wimp out?

So odd.
She was all fired up to prosecute that guy, guns a'blazing.

And then ... meekly drops all charges.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM
*******
I don't think Judge Jeanine whimped out.
I think there wasn't enough evidence to prove guilt.
There were people filming the pool and didn't do damage to it, but we're showing the damage that had already been done. Just because they tugged on the lining doesn't mean you're going to be able to convict them of a crime, especially in a DC court..

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

282 The PII of 100k UK police officers has now leaked out into the Internet.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Oh no!

Anyway...

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (BpO1e)

283 I get the impression people in New England drink more then the rest of the country.

Have you ever been to Florida?

You might have been exposed to it more living in NE but the rest of the country pulls its weight. I don't doubt drinking is down a bit with some of the younger generations as drugs has grown but there is still plenty of booze being drunk.

Posted by: JackStraw

*Wisconsin has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (BPuyI)

284 Meanwhile Tampon Timmy Awals identifies as 'touched.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

You seem to have misspelled "all up in young boys."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

285 Everything old is new again.

Myspace seeking a revival as its owners plan comeback effort for once-popular social media platform

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

286 OrangeEnt

Arrange to have six separate groups of B-52s loaded with gravity bombs.

Stage them over Tehran.

Create 6 different bomb lanes. But have the lines in two triangles, so we put the Star of David in bomb damage over the city.

Please?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

287 I like it, but it lacks the key component - flashy public trials where the stakes are high, and the remaining conspirators watch them closely, on pins and needles, until a surprise mass conviction: "all guilty on all counts, 20 years hard labor in a remote reservation."

That is a lot of moving parts. Don't know if it has the same impact as hanging upside down the burned bodies from an Iraqi bridge. Offering up prisoners of war to some evil shit thugs is underrated.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)

288
*Wisconsin has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (BPuyI)

Back when I visited, Green Bay, Wisconsin had the highest bar per capita in the United States.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

289 National Park Service Claim: Trump’s Arch Would Negatively Impact Other DC Historic Sites
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I've seen that claim but I've not read the source.

I feel it's:
1) an exaggeration of what they actually said, and/or
2) not the official Park Service, but a study group or some such filled with political hacks.
3) or it is the actual position--and we'll find it written by a full roster of Obama/Biden hires.

Which is to say, "F them, they're lying spiteful political hacks who let the whole of DC fall into shit and are mad at Trump for showing what a shit job they've been doing."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 04, 2026 08:56 AM (3cUTc)

290
Myspace seeking a revival as its owners plan comeback effort for once-popular social media platform
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

First Lady was excited to read about that.......

*sigh.......*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

291 I remember reading somewhere that NONE of the fancy longevity treatments we have are as effective as not being overweight, having some muscle, and getting exercise as you get older.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

292 Who the hell ( and hell is an appropriate word ) came up with a doll with interchangeable genitalia?!! Seriously, it's demonic !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (yl+Aq)

293 >>Back when I visited, Green Bay, Wisconsin had the highest bar per capita in the United States.

Beers, brats and da Bears.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

294 Create 6 different bomb lanes. But have the lines in two triangles, so we put the Star of David in bomb damage over the city.

Please?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

Sorta like the Star of David that was on top of the parliament building they never noticed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

295 So 3 northern states, Las Vegas, and a fake state. Where are MA and CT on that list?
Posted by: 18-1
_______
Mass - 13
Conn - 25

Full list here:

https://tinyurl.com/5mr5w8yc

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (XvL8K)

296 Another thing about purges and show trials: the most guilty and the most stupid undiscovered spies will start shrieking like stuck pigs about it... they form the nucleus of the second mole hunt and purge.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)

297 Who the hell ( and hell is an appropriate word ) came up with a doll with interchangeable genitalia?!! Seriously, it's demonic !
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (yl+Aq)

The dolls are being passed out to children in schools in the upper NW.

So, go figure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

298 This is happening now with TecumsehTea's husband.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ)
~~~~~

Oh no. Will add him to my prayers.

When I first started hearing about increased number of cancer cases, I thought perhaps it was because Boomers had reached the age where these diagnoses were more likely. However, the increased appearance of rare cancers as well as all the "turbo-Stage IV" has convinced me otherwise.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:58 AM (3ImbR)

299 Myspace seeking a revival as its owners plan comeback effort for once-popular social media platform

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

Myspace is selling itself as unique in the social media market.

No algorithms, no endless scrolling, chronological posts instead of curated posts, no sucking up your data for targeted ads.

They're going to do great.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (AdHga)

300 Create 6 different bomb lanes. But have the lines in two triangles, so we put the Star of David in bomb damage over the city.

Out of curiosity: Is Napalm deployed from B-52 strafing runs no longer a thing?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (a4flb)

301 Have you ever been to Florida?/i]

I have one trip to the Keys where there was plenty of drinking and then a few trips to northern FL where there wasn't much.

Is Miami the center of FL drinking culture? because I haven't been there and I know FL is really several different "regions" all in one state...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

302 Seriously, it's demonic !
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (yl+Aq)

Well they cant quite yet say we want to fuck the children

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (/+uur)

303 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (Fo91n)

The coordination between high levels of both "parties" will eventually be exposed. Just like everything else. By then everyone will have long forgotten I was out on this limb, and I'll no doubt be out on another.

The key if you think of nothing else - DNC still controls 100% of the media. How do you know? The messaging is still highly disciplined across every single outlet. They will use it to destroy whoever they want to destroy, practically at will. Six ways to Sunday, Chuckie said.

Think after all these years and the brush with Trump, the Democrat Party is gonna decide to just lay back, think of England, and suffer a real threat of removal or replacement from anyone...? Or worse, risk having a bunch of embarrassing "losers" run, and relinquish power that way? They have retreated and regrouped for the post-Trump era. This is the beginning.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (FgjHu)

304 _______
Mass - 13
Conn - 25

Full list here:

https://tinyurl.com/5mr5w8yc
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 08:57 AM (XvL8K)

Well, it makes me proud that Texas is #2 in overall gallons.

I work HARD for that spot. It's going to be hard to catch California, since you must drink to survive that shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

305 Climate change strikes again.

Guy arrested for starting the fires in Spokane has previously been arrested for killing his father.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

306 They're going to do great.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (AdHga)

Next up, Friendster.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

307
They're going to do great.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Until they hire the wrong people who enshittify it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (BpO1e)

308 Back from the gym and thanks to MP4 and the guy that moves pianos for a living for some great musical suggestions.

As I explained to the night court judge, the cop's radar was wrong; my old VW Bug had a top speed going downhill of 67 mph, so I couldn't possibly be going 72 on the interstate. He responded that I was free to remain in town (and be late to my new job in St. Paul) snd go to trial with my very interesting defense. I paid, of course.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (ijc9M)

309 This is just my theory, but Cucker knows full well there is no Jew world domination, and that Jews are not all powerful, in fact he believes the opposite, he believes that they are a minority that can be abused without recourse, 1st amendment and all that. He was always a bully and a coward. If he for a minute thought any of the shit attributed to Jews is real, he would not say a word about Jews, for the fear of being gutted like a pig in the Smithfield slaughterhouse. He is just a full blown antisemite, in the mold of Himmler.

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (g47mK)

310 A doll with interchangeable genitalia= Mr Potatohead with a groin

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (BFvh9)

311 James Talarico Claims Jesus Commands a Socialist Healthcare Policy

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Dude, you're thinking of Obama.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (ndZc7)

312 Police have made an arrest in the Spokane wildfires, 37 yr old man with a record.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (2GVsD)

313

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
Spanish Media CAUGHT Staging Photos With Migrant Children in Ceuta to Guilt Citizens Into Supporting The Invasion

An American journalist was nearly stabbed by criminal invaders yesterday and instead of covering that, the media is running cover for them.

You don’t hate the media enough.

https://tinyurl.com/29hwt8pa

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

314 So, Texans, why isn’t your state on that booze list?
Y’all talk a mean game, but then you get beaten out by effing DELAWARE??? Give me a break…

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

315 When I first started hearing about increased number of cancer cases, I thought perhaps it was because Boomers had reached the age where these diagnoses were more likely. However, the increased appearance of rare cancers as well as all the "turbo-Stage IV" has convinced me otherwise.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 08:58 AM (3ImbR)

In the early days of the 'vaccine' rollout, there were a few doctors that were expressing their concerns about the mRNA and the impending cancers they would cause in the long run. They gave a 5 year window before we'd start seeing cancer rates jump dramatically.

They were silenced.

Who makes chemo treatments again? OH YEAH!!!!! Big Pharma.

There were 2 things......Stop Trump and MAKE TRILLIONS. Yay Covid!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

316 According to bodycam evidence, no one in Key West or Flagler County has a BA content less than .25.

Posted by: Ossifer, I Literally Live Right Over There at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (JM9I6)

317 So, Texans, why isn’t your state on that booze list?
Y’all talk a mean game, but then you get beaten out by effing DELAWARE??? Give me a break…
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

We're #2 in overall gallons. Not everyone drinks, but those that do, bring it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

318 Sure seems like we are not adequately shrinking the administrative state. Each party seems to expand its use when in power and complain of its use when out of power with the predictable result.

Yeah, this time there was at least a show of trimming it back with DOGE, etc , but how much of that will actually persist beyond the current administration?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (7R9c2)

319 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: Someone has to ask it at August 04, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

320 Morn' all.. So it looks like the WNBA is going all out for Transgenders... I was confused because they were "fighting" so hard for equal pay/ coverage with Mens sports..Then it hit me... Looks like most the players and Coaches are lesbian.... They are sticking with the LGBTQ123 cabal over actual women..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 09:03 AM (vQrSy)

321 Good morning!

Toast w/my first batch of peach-plum jam. Yay, Tuesday.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:03 AM (X8xt3)

322 I get the impression people in New England drink more then the rest of the country.

If you lived here, you'd drink, too.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 04, 2026 09:04 AM (qRla/)

323 Myspace is selling itself as unique in the social media market.

No algorithms, no endless scrolling, chronological posts instead of curated posts, no sucking up your data for targeted ads.

They're going to do great.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 08:59 AM (AdHga)

Have they explicitly mentioned they're not using the data generated by users to continue to train AI...?

No? Well there you go.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:04 AM (FgjHu)

324 Personally my alcohol consumption dropped like a rock over the last few years as I was mostly a social drinker and after COVIDmania i have much less desire to socialize with the people around me in Bluestateistan

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

325 Sure seems like we are not adequately shrinking the administrative state. Each party seems to expand its use when in power and complain of its use when out of power with the predictable result.

Yeah, this time there was at least a show of trimming it back with DOGE, etc , but how much of that will actually persist beyond the current administration?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (7R9c2)

DOGE wasn't 'a show.' The federal government is the smallest it has been since 1960.

That's a good thing. You can argue it's not 'adequate,' or enough, but it's definitely happening.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 09:04 AM (AdHga)

326 Men make the best women.

Posted by: And the WNBA knows it at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

327 Community Notes

Mostly yes. We last used napalm in large quantities in Viet Nam. Nothing since WWII compares at all with what we did to all but 3 Japanese cities and Dresden / Hamburg WRT fire bombing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

328 >>I have one trip to the Keys where there was plenty of drinking and then a few trips to northern FL where there wasn't much.

>>Is Miami the center of FL drinking culture? because I haven't been there and I know FL is really several different "regions" all in one state...

When I worked in Tampa, which I learned was at the time anyway the adult entertainment capital of America, strip clubs everywhere, there were a bunch of Florida Gators in my office.

Their annual game against Georgia was something of a legend. People gather for days before the game to party and it is is billed as The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. More than a little bit of drinking in that crowd.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

329 I've lived in St Paul, Miami, NYC, Philly (only for 18 months) and spent a lot of winters in Colorado. Of the places I've lived, St. Paul, by far, had the most dedicated drinkers. Football games are crazy, St. Patty's day in St. Paul is matched in my experience only by a typical Thursday night in Chicago.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (AUzxU)

330 Climate change strikes again.

Guy arrested for starting the fires in Spokane has previously been arrested for killing his father.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

That man is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

331 If you lived here, you'd drink, too.

Eastern MA is...horrible.

But for 6 months out of the year NH/ME/VT/Western MA are all wonderful...assuming you can avoid the mosquitos.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

332 “When I was 25, I ran 30 marathons in 35 days."

... the best marathon runners do 3 or 4 a year

Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

333 So, Outdoor Prison Cameras are yesterday's news, so they're fine? Even Lowes has had cameras for like, forever, so what's the big deal? That is not particularly sound reasoning.

Its a different order of reasoning. You have had these cameras around for nearly a generation and didn't complain, why are you complaining now?

Who torqued your tail so that NOW this is the most important and egregious invasion of your personal privacy since the mobile phone?

It should be the propaganda that you are falling for that should be your immediate threat. In today's world, you should be in Condition Orange on Enemedia or TikTok sourced "news".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 09:06 AM (a4flb)

334 “When I was 25, I ran 30 marathons in 35 days."

... the best marathon runners do 3 or 4 a year
Posted by: SMOD at August 04, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

Like a Democrat candidate would lie like that.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:07 AM (2YhKe)

335 Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 09:00 AM (BFvh9)

The company that came up with this ( because I don't think it was just teachers ) needs to have scathing letters written to them every single day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:07 AM (wmzkx)

336 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: Someone has to ask it

Listening to an Elvis concert. With a Tom Jones intro for his wife.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)

337 Key West drinking is magnified by the flood of cruise ship people. If the cruisers aren't around Key West is a pretty relaxed little town.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:08 AM (AUzxU)

338 Its a different order of reasoning. You have had these cameras around for nearly a generation and didn't complain, why are you complaining now?

Who torqued your tail so that NOW this is the most important and egregious invasion of your personal privacy since the mobile phone?

Because most weren't paying attention. Knowledge is power. Now they KNOW they're being overly surveilled everywhere they go. Most don't like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

339 The left is on a jihad against cameras currently because they keep getting caught committing crimes on them.

Though TBH I've never been happy about the idea of cameras everywhere.

Yes it makes police work easier but I'd rather we instead just permanently deal with criminals

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

340 I would guess it's calculated by sales, and counts the dude who's tippling a bit too much of his fine wine as the guy who's cranking down a pint of cheap schnapps in the shower every morning.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 09:09 AM (BI5O2)

341 Its a different order of reasoning. You have had these cameras around for nearly a generation and didn't complain, why are you complaining now?

Who torqued your tail so that NOW this is the most important and egregious invasion of your personal privacy since the mobile phone?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 09:06 AM (a4flb)

Quite a few of us have been complaining about the Surveillance State for decades.

Weird that you didn't know that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 09:09 AM (AdHga)

342
That's a good thing. You can argue it's not 'adequate,' or enough, but it's definitely happening.
_-_
You are right, of course. That is a good thing, and I AM arguing that it is not adequate.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:10 AM (7R9c2)

343 317 So, Texans, why isn’t your state on that booze list?
Y’all talk a mean game, but then you get beaten out by effing DELAWARE??? Give me a break…
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

We're #2 in overall gallons. Not everyone drinks, but those that do, bring it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

We in Texas can legally buy hard alcohol only six days a week. And not in grocery stores any days of the week. Baptists. Some counties in Texas are still dry for over-the-counter sale.

Posted by: Gref at August 04, 2026 09:10 AM (5rh/l)

344 18-1

Have we no Superfund sites to clean? No deadwood in forests to collect?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

345 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: Someone has to ask it

He's currently on tour with Mike Love and some other guys that bill themselves as The Beach Boys. He works as a roadie and sometimes helping out in the percussion section during a show.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 09:11 AM (wVcYX)

346 didn't complain, why are you complaining now?
_-_
Clearly, we haven't met.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:11 AM (7R9c2)

347 You are right, of course. That is a good thing, and I AM arguing that it is not adequate.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:10 AM (7R9c2)

Here, we're in agreement. Moar!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 04, 2026 09:11 AM (AdHga)

348 Experienced potheads smoking modern hybrid weed would only need a puff or two to reach an equivalent level.

What you need to be concerned about are “edibles”. Smoking the stuff tends to be self-limiting. Eating it has a time delay, and is basically supplied in candy form. Very easy to overdo it. Great stuff to leave laying around the house for children and pets, I’m sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (Uhisz)

349 The thing with Mitch amuses me. The FNM is mad that Mitch is maybe lying about his health after they spent years covering for Biden and RBG...and isn't some leftist nutter Dem congresswoman missing as well?

Its pure partisan politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

350 Community Notes

In a panopticon society, there are work-arounds. But these are time consuming. Save those skills for when it is really needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

351 Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7)

352 We live in a digital panopticon police state. How come there’s so much crime?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 09:13 AM (Uhisz)

353 Try getting anywhere near a bar during Happy Hour in Newport. And they aren't just having one drink.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:45 AM

Knowing Newport in the summer, I can confirm there is much iron in JackStraw's words.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2026 09:13 AM (kgE5c)

354 >>One student claimed, with a straight face, that Islamic terrorists are not Muslim because Islam is a non-violent religion and the Quran calls for peace.

We're the fools for tolerating this obviously bullsh#t talk after 25 years of open warfare against us via terrorism.

No true Scotsman --> No true Muslim

She should have be laughed out of the debate.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

355 The fact that the Cambridge fraud prif got away with spewing that crap for that long shows the uselessness of academia and the media. No one bothered to check his , athletic, charitable or intellectual claims because of his skin color and claims if "autism,". And he was teaching future "leaders"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (BFvh9)

356 Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7)

What a bunch of assholes!

Posted by: IRS Employees Looking Up Celebrities' Tax Returns at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (wVcYX)

357 >>Key West drinking is magnified by the flood of cruise ship people. If the cruisers aren't around Key West is a pretty relaxed little town.

My best friends moved to Marathon a few years ago. I like going to the Keys and have to sail and fish most of my life.

But there is an enormous amount of drinking done by the locals down there, from Largo to Key West. Jimmy Buffet didn't start Margheritaville in Kansas.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

358 At least Fauci left his erotic fantasies out of his diary.

Posted by: Midget Tag-Team Wrestling at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (JM9I6)

359 This is why I can’t buy the story of “DSA is just an op by the Democrat party.” Nope. DSA is taking control of the remains of the Democrat party. And it doesn’t matter if you think the Billionaires Tax is a good idea or a bad one; the reality is that it will bankrupt California state government if it’s passed (which is probably a good thing)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:47 AM (Fo91n)

Not to worry. We anticipate that the 2028 Democrat nominee for President will receive, at least, 20 trillion votes in California which will cause the nation to raise up in opposition to any Republican usurper who steals the White House and then the new El Presidente will shower California with the tax dollars it wishes to spend. -- The DNC

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

360 >>Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People

Wow.

Really, wow.

Never saw that coming.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)

361 And to think this woman might actually be the next Governor of Wisconsin.
I feel like I'm living in another world lately.
God help us and save us from the nightmare that is the Democrat party.

Acyn
@Acyn
Collins: Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled?

Hong: I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve. And the position that I'm running for right now, and I think my background as a chef will actually help me become a better governor that's able to bring more people to the table.

https://tinyurl.com/ykvrxatw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

362 When the First Lady was going through her treatments, the infusion / chemo lab was usually 1/2 full every time she went in there........from high school age up through senior aged men and women.
It was frightening, actually.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 08:53 AM (2YhKe)
~~~~~

MSK has a satellite facility in NJ and I would pass by radiation oncology and the chemo and infusion areas on the way to an appointment. The waiting areas were always, always full. Heartbreaking.

Praying for your lovely First Lady too Sponge.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (3ImbR)

363 You might have been exposed to it more living in NE but the rest of the country pulls its weight. I don't doubt drinking is down a bit with some of the younger generations as drugs has grown but there is still plenty of booze being drunk.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

I must be the most boring person in the world. I’ve never had a drop of any adult beverage and I’ve never tried any drug… not even one puff of marijuana. My biggest “sin” in these areas is one summer in college I tried chewing tobacco a few times (skoal); it was so unpleasant I almost vomited (and the constant spitting is disgusting) so I stopped almost instantly with no desire to try again.

My vice is overeating… pizza, burgers… anything that’s bad for you and clogs the arteries I’m stuffing it down my throat with delight. It’s a good thing my favorite hobby is distance running because without all those miles I’d weigh 400 lbs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (yz/88)

364 It was Delaware that kept re-electing Biden for fifty years.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (H3dzX)

365 Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7)
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Ex-spouses no doubt.

Give government surveillance powers and some asshat will be using those to stalk.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (AUzxU)

366
We in Texas can legally buy hard alcohol only six days a week. And not in grocery stores any days of the week. Baptists. Some counties in Texas are still dry for over-the-counter sale.
Posted by: Gref at August 04, 2026 09:10 AM (5rh/l)

Ah yes....the good 'ole Blue Laws.

No hard liquor sales after 9pm (at stores), beer and wine after noon on Sundays.......dry towns and counties.......BLASPHEMY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

367 "Honk for Hong Honkeys!"

At age 18 Hong was committed to a mental hospital.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (2GVsD)

368 Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People
Wow.
Really, wow.
Never saw that coming.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)
~~~~~

Good thing running license plates of cute guys wasn't a crime years ago.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (3ImbR)

369 It is often the case that the party out of power sees danger in everything the government gets its hands on, but when in power, they can't seem to muster an adequate amount of will to do something about it. Oddly enough, I see the Outdoor Prison Cameras as this type of problem. By the way, isn't Axon the new hotness there, not Flock?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (7R9c2)

370 No matter how much Trump succeeds in downsizing the federal government, it’s all for naught once the dims get back in power.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (77rzZ)

371
Praying for your lovely First Lady too Sponge.
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:15 AM (3ImbR)

Thank you. She is doing very well on that front. All tests have been coming back clean, so we're very thankful for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

372 It's hit and miss. Some shifts are really good and others are horrific.

Posted by: TSA Employees on the body scanners at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (wVcYX)

373 Abortion, is there nothing it can't do?

Planned Parenthood: “Abortion is gender-affirming care”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

374 Where would you put Flock cameras, maned by AoSHQ trained AI?

Dem watering holes? Congressional restrooms?

DMV and all voting sites?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

375 I read this morning the the Cueta thing is totally overblown. All of the people have been sent back to Morocco.

Is that true?

Posted by: MJ at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (XOmY9)

376 The use of a padded bra is prohibited under the regulations of the International Cycling Union (UCI), which make it clear you can't place objects on the chest or use clothing to alter the body shape of a rider.

"We are talking about a Chest Fairing, which alters the airflow around the body, thereby reducing overpressure on the thighs. As a result, the rider experiences less air resistance," said Professor Blocken.

hahahahaa

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

377 The issues behind surveillance cameras dovetails into the requirements for a warrant. Cameras on public property don't require a warrant to view data/video. Typically. So that leads to unauthorized use issues, which may or may not be a problem, depending on who's doing what with the access to captured video.

Using the recorded or live data to stalk someone is still (somewhat) illegal. There are known incidents of this happening. More than one leading to death.

It is certainly not cut and dry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (2Cry5)

378 hmmm

>>@TousiTVOfficial
·
1m
>>🇮🇷 BREAKING: explosion in the east of Tehran (Shams Abad)

>>Multiple casualties reported.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

379 374 Where would you put Flock cameras, maned by AoSHQ trained AI?

Dem watering holes? Congressional restrooms?

DMV and all voting sites?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

3rd and 4th grade classrooms with gay flags

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

380 Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 09:17 AM (2GVsD)

I don't know that being in a mental hospital shoulda automatically preclude someone from being in government ( depending on what it was for ), but her policy ideas are so warped and crazy that she should never have anything to do with public policy and governance.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 09:20 AM (xPsv8)

381 r hennigantx

Good one.

Adds schools and school board meeting to list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

382 378 hmmm

>>@TousiTVOfficial
·
1m
>>🇮🇷 BREAKING: explosion in the east of Tehran (Shams Abad)

>>Multiple casualties reported.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

"Gas " leak again ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 09:20 AM (vQrSy)

383 Thank you. She is doing very well on that front. All tests have been coming back clean, so we're very thankful for that.
~~~~~

That's wonderful!

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (3ImbR)

384 >>Hong: I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve. And the position that I'm running for right now, and I think my background as a chef will actually help me become a better governor that's able to bring more people to the table.

Incoherent.
She really is nuts, isn't she?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

385 374 Where would you put Flock cameras, maned by AoSHQ trained AI?

Dem watering holes? Congressional restrooms?

DMV and all voting sites?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

3rd and 4th grade classrooms with gay flags
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

Every Teachers Lounge. Preschool to University.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)

386 it’s all for naught once the dims get back in power.
_-_
That is why I think we need to codify as much as possible while still possible.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (7R9c2)

387 >>Is that true?

No.

Nick Shirley is over there sending video reports. Most are still there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (viF8m)

388 Incoherent.
She really is nuts, isn't she?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

Would Wisconsin actually vote her in as Governor ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (vQrSy)

389 FenelonSpoke

If she wins, bad policy will immediately create resistance. She will be neutralized.

I know that California is a cautionary counterexample.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

390 Hong: I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities.

Who and why? Thanksgiving was a CELEBRATION where the Pilgrims and Indians gathered TOGETHER and feasted in peace and harmony.

The INDIANS f*cked that up with their constant territorial battles, infighting and cannibalism.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

391 Is that true?
Posted by: MJ at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (XOmY9)
--------------
The Free Press wrote on that subject yesterday and says that is completely false, fwiw. And today I read that over 20 EU countries are formally protesting to Spain about importing new citizens in great numbers, which they would not do if the Propaganda Press claims are true.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:23 AM (e79Tb)

392 You can argue it's not 'adequate,' or enough, but it's definitely happening.

And, if you argue it's not 'adequate,' or enough, bitch at Congress. They're the roadblock.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

393
That's wonderful!
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (3ImbR)

Agreed. God is great!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

394 MJ

Not true. The invaders went outside the port proper to hide in the extensive forests around the port. Some of the terrain is hilly as well.

But no food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

395 I'm a drinking town with a fishing problem.

Posted by: Key West at August 04, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

396 I read this morning the the Cueta thing is totally overblown. All of the people have been sent back to Morocco.

Is that true?
Posted by: MJ at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (XOmY9)

So, they rounded up over 50,000 people in just a day and a half and removed them?

Uh........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

397 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Many did self-deport due to lack of food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

398 Where would I put Flock cameras?

The halls of Congress.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 09:25 AM (e79Tb)

399 I tried chewing tobacco a few times (skoal); it was so unpleasant I almost vomited (and the constant spitting is disgusting) so I stopped almost instantly with no desire to try again.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
_______

You're supposed to start with Hawken. It's almost candy like. Then on to Skoal, and then Copenhagen.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 04, 2026 09:26 AM (XvL8K)

400 >>Planned Parenthood: “Abortion is gender-affirming care”

Translation: Gender-affirming care is a HUGE profit-maker for us!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

401 Over 50 Rogue Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 04, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7)
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Ex-spouses no doubt.

Give government surveillance powers and some asshat will be using those to stalk.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Ex wives & future ex wives.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:26 AM (BPuyI)

402 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

MI primary poses key test for far-left agenda & the direction of the Democratic Party.

>AL-MONITOR, Michigan primary offers key test of Democratic voters' views on Israel, by Tim Reid, Aug 4, 2026

>National Review, On the Eve of the Michigan Primary, Stevens Projects Unity with El-Sayed. Her Supporters Aren’t Convinced
August 3, 2026

I get the chills seeing El-Sayed's support, such as -

AI Overview:
High-profile national figures like Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have actively joined El-Sayed on the campaign trail.

Labor and Grassroots: He has secured a massive boost from the UAW* and runs a corporate-PAC-free, people-powered movement.

(*O & Joe's special, 'indirect' big beneficiary way back.)

But I'm in PA & it has its own outrageous socialist issues.
---
Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 09:26 AM (NFX2v)

403 Lizzy

Planned Parenthood = eugenics.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

404 bitch at Congress
_-_
I thought that is what I was doing...Congress does indeed seem to be the biggest roadblock fo anything happening. I did not mention Trump other than in a positive manner re: DOGE being a good thing.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (7R9c2)

405
Many did self-deport due to lack of food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

Because it didn't take long for them to loot the local store fronts.

However, I have to doubt the numbers that fled that quickly because of 'food issues,' honestly........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

406 I don’t like it at all but I am painfully aware of the fact that every time I leave my house, multiple cameras track my every move. My own car probably provides data to someone about my movements. I KNOW my phone does… and it spies on me too.

I’m amazed anyone gets away with a crime these days. It seems like it would be impossible not to get caught. I watch old true crime shows from the 90s and early aughts and think to myself: this mystery wouldn’t exist today, it’d all be on camera or solved by pinging cell phones

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (+gA9j)

407 >>Where would I put Flock cameras?

The halls of Congress.

Every inch of DC.
Every inch!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (X8xt3)

408 > Where would you put Flock cameras, maned by AoSHQ trained AI?

Dem watering holes? Congressional restrooms?

DMV and all voting sites?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 04, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

3rd and 4th grade classrooms with gay flags
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

Every Teachers Lounge. Preschool to University.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
-----------
Every Congressman's office.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (2Cry5)

409 James Talarico Claims Jesus Commands a Socialist Healthcare Policy

This is the same party that screeches about the (non existent) Separation of Church and State clause found in the First Amendment.

I think Jesus would have commanded his followers to kill socialists as the demons that they are.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (BpO1e)

410 Planned Parenthood: “Abortion is gender-affirming care”

***

You don't want a girl? Abort!

You don't want a boy? Abort!

Your child has a "gay" gene? ....

RUh roh....

Posted by: LASue at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (lCppi)

411 The INDIANS f*cked that up with their constant territorial battles, infighting and cannibalism.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

Thats why they changed their name to the Guardians

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (/+uur)

412 Quite a few of us have been complaining about the Surveillance State for decades. Weird that you didn't know that.

So tell me, do you eschew the mobile phone and don't have one? And why are you on the internet if surveillance is such an issue?

Or did you do a risk analysis and find that the benefits exceed the loss?

You live in a low trusts society and want to pretend you deserve a high trust society.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (a6PrB)

413 -----------
Every Congressman's office.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (2Cry5)

Then where would they molest their interns?

That's just too much, man....what ARE you, LITERALLY HITLER?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

414 That's wonderful!
Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 04, 2026 09:21 AM (3ImbR)

Agreed. God is great!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)
******
That is great! You're wife is still in my daily prayers.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

415 So, they rounded up over 50,000 people in just a day and a half and removed them?

Uh........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

If that's the case, then a more advanced country like ours should have no problem doing the same thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (BpO1e)

416
Thats why they changed their name to the Guardians

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (/+uur)

Heh.

That's so ghey.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

417 I thought that is what I was doing...Congress does indeed seem to be the biggest roadblock fo anything happening. I did not mention Trump other than in a positive manner re: DOGE being a good thing.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (7R9c2)

My comment was not directed at you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

418 409 James Talarico Claims Jesus Commands a Socialist Healthcare Policy

This is the same party that screeches about the (non existent) Separation of Church and State clause found in the First Amendment.

I think Jesus would have commanded his followers to kill socialists as the demons that they are.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 09:27 AM (BpO1e)

Jesus clearly stated that Government was NOT and will never be G D.
In fact he said that you need to keep the 2 separate.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 09:29 AM (/+uur)

419 Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Every library that hosts Drag Queen Story Hour at August 04, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

420 That is great! You're wife is still in my daily prayers.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 04, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

We are eternally indebted to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

421 >> James Talarico Claims Jesus Commands a Socialist Healthcare Policy

Ok, I see the pattern: James Talerico believes Jesus commands [insert my policy stance here]."

Now I don't need to know any more details.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

422 Nekkid babe up!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (BPuyI)

423 Has anyone thought of shipping all our feral hogs to Tehran?

Posted by: creeper at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (80oeU)

424 James Talarico Claims Jesus Commands a Socialist Healthcare Policy

Show me in The Bible where Jesus said government should provide healthcare for the masses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

425 The Saudis limited U.S. airspace? I had no idea.

They've got to pick their poison, imho.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 09:31 AM (NFX2v)

426 You live in a low-trust society and want to pretend you deserve a high-trust society.
_-_
Not deserve. Demand. Pushing back is the only way things change.

There is a necessary limit to complicity with the state, yes?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (7R9c2)

427 Jesus clearly stated that Government was NOT and will never be G D.
In fact he said that you need to keep the 2 separate.
Posted by: r hennigantx

"THEN JESUS WAS A RAYSIS WHO HATES POOR PEOPLE!" will probably be their argument.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (BpO1e)

428 Paxton is the one who more than anyone else has been destroying the Bush Family machine in Texas; that’s why they hate him so.

They influence far less votes than they pretend they do; remember that those who impeached Paxton were decimated in the next election. And they’re the only true opposition party in Texas, the Dem party is a sad joke.

As to polls - remember that EVERY poll done on the Paxton/Cornyn runoff got the result wrong by at least 15 points. Thats not “bad polls”; that’s a polling industry broken beyond any hope of salvaging.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 08:29 AM (Fo91n)

The "Old Guard" of Bush, Rowe and his buds are just that-- Old. And there are a lot more people with money who back Trump. Elon, Palinter folks to name just a few. AND even tho Bush and Rowe hate Trump, I don't think they are wacky enough to back a transgender and commie -loving, baby killing, gay fake pastor.

Posted by: LASue at August 04, 2026 09:32 AM (lCppi)

429 MJ - while the AIs will claim 'tis so, what I've been able to piece together is that while a majority supposedly 'went back', probably about 1/4 did not, and 'went back' is a temporary state. If it was truly 'over', I don't think Meloni and the others would be doing "oh, hey, we need to learn border security suddenly"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 09:33 AM (aJQbY)

430 Is the argument don't worry about surveillance because there's a lot of surveillance? Or...

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 09:33 AM (FgjHu)

431 My comment was not directed at you.
_-_
Sorry, just took my meds and I'm getting all excitable.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:34 AM (7R9c2)

432 >>Planned Parenthood = eugenics.

Bingo!

Movie/film recommendation that traces the evolution of Sanger's ideas (those who influenced her) through to transgenderism. It's all there: "The 1916 Project."

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:34 AM (X8xt3)

433 Good morning Salty! Don't know if you got the message, but I've changed my mind about taking the shot.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 04, 2026 09:35 AM (z6ONu)

434 I keep reading that Talarico is about to turn Texas blue. That Paxton is behind. So will all those folks who sent Cornyn home plan to now vote for Talarico?

Posted by: AnnaS at August 04, 2026 09:36 AM (WdMlw)

435 >>Is the argument don't worry about surveillance because there's a lot of surveillance? Or...

Kinda feels like it's no longer being argued, just installed everywhere and being told shutup, it's inevitable.

That's why I'd want it throughout DC, capturing absolutely everything about those who always exempt themselves from what is forced on us.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

436 being told shutup, it's inevitable
_-_
It's like that old (Kliban?) cartoon...I'm king, and you have to do what I say, or else....I can't be king anymore. (NOT referring to Trump, for the record)

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 09:42 AM (7R9c2)

437 LaSue that Bush-Rowe bunch backed Beto some. Those folks are vengeful! When you don’t vote for their relatives they come out guns blaring. And Tom Servo is right, Paxton is their nemesis.

Posted by: AnnaS at August 04, 2026 09:58 AM (nrfI8)

438 Federal and state agencies have confirmed coordinated cyberattacks on water facilities across at least seven states, but official public disclosures have only named Minnesota and Michigan directly.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and public safety partners have not yet released a complete, official list naming all seven affected states.

Over 30 municipal water systems were targeted, forcing some facilities to switch to manual operations in Minnesota. At least nine water systems reported cyber intrusions in Michigan.

U.S. intelligence officials and the FBI point to hackers tied to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 04, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 4 August 2026

Top Story

Who is legally liable for Anthropic and OpenAI accidentally murdering eleven trillion people? It's complicated. (Tech Crunch)

Oops, sorry, that was next week's question. Though the answer is the same as this week.

Because corpses can't sue.
Meanwhile Apple finally fixed Siri, only to find nobody cares. (Tech Crunch)

Sudo make me a sandwich.

Tech News

After a record quarter, Palantir CEO correctly labelled the AI industry Marxist. (Tech Crunch)

For the next quarterly results he will recite pi to a hundred decimal places.
Only about 10% of memory sold at retain is DDR4. (WCCFTech)

This despite it being significantly cheaper than DDR5.

The advantage of DDR4 comes from the fact that you already have it, and don't need to buy it.
Prices on Nvidia graphics cards continue to climb. (Tom's Hardware)

The RTX 5090 now costs around $5090.
Can you still play computer games on 4GB graphics cards in 2026? (Tom's Hardware)

Fortunately, yes.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Never trust a wombat.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 from the ONT:

466 Coffee seem weak , made it as always
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)

Good times create weak coffee.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

3 Dump truck driver saves tiny dog from back of truck and gives him a new home:

https://tinyurl.com/4tjevcs3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 04:40 AM (W90Ou)

4 G'Day everyone

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

5 >>>Who is legally liable for Anthropic and OpenAI accidentally murdering eleven trillion people?

The Earth's population is approximately 8.3 billion people

(I had to look it up.)

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

6 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 04, 2026 04:44 AM (V0/Sp)

7 "had to"

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:45 AM (odBC9)

8 Sudo make me a sandwich.

ISWYDT

Posted by: fluffy at August 04, 2026 04:45 AM (V0/Sp)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

10 Sudo make me a sandwich.

Well? Did it work?

(finger hovering over 'enter')

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

11 Devotional on "Resembling God"" based on Ephesians 5:8-13. I don't know that I would be able to smile whenever I feel irritated, but I like the idea:

https://tinyurl.com/2jema6m3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 04:49 AM (W90Ou)

12 Sudo make me a sandwich.

"Poof! You're a sandwich."

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

13 Nice story about a boy with autism with incredible talent and a wonderful gift he received:

https://tinyurl.com/jfzhnfwb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 04:53 AM (W90Ou)

14 5 >>>Who is legally liable for Anthropic and OpenAI accidentally murdering eleven trillion people?

The Earth's population is approximately 8.3 billion people

(I had to look it up.)
Posted by: m

The only thing worse than the death of a thousand cuts is the cut of a thousand deaths.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 04:56 AM (VHUov)

15 JJ will have up VDH column and a like article at The Federalist on the West's invasion problem

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

16 Prices on Nvidia graphics cards continue to climb. (Tom's Hardware)
The RTX 5090 now costs around $5090.

Googling

rtx 5090

the prices are all over the place.

€7537.60, for example.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:58 AM (odBC9)

17 Ballroom Blitz before I look it up, my guess 1975

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

18 1973, off by 2 yesrs

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Still not sure why my phone on the school WiFi will not go here, yet could look up say American Thinker. Get a warning this is unsafe yet don't get that on mobile or home WiFi.

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Sudo make me a sandwich.

418 I'm a teapot.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 05:01 AM (VHUov)

21 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

The hairstyles are kinda Alice Cooper-y.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)

22 Happy 125th birthday to Louis Armstrong- a fine musician and sounds like a fine man:

https://tinyurl.com/yv45ru2y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 05:04 AM (xSAlF)

23 mikeski are you 'short and stout'?

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

24 Pixy

You seem to be here every evening ( for you). I hope at some point you get a break or vacation. Thanks for all your tech news, the music clips and your dry sense of humor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 04, 2026 05:06 AM (xSAlF)

25 I'm of average height, but I can't argue stout.

References:

https://xkcd.com/149/

https://http.dev/418

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 05:09 AM (VHUov)

26 Yesterday, on the thread

Tuq'r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists

there was this comment:

80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

haha

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

27 Fen that is a horrible thought, we would starve like we were in the Mohave Desert for a week or two.

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:10 AM (Ia/+0)

28 21 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

The hairstyles are kinda Alice Cooper-y.
Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)

... and the eye makeup, too.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 04, 2026 05:14 AM (AMvSw)

30 Actually thinking about it, I have lots of fun playing with the blog when its broke.
( ponders two weeks of laugh riots)

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Well found out yesterday my days at the closest job in a long time is very short, suspect a long road commute is coming for much longer.

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)

32 26 Yesterday, on the thread

Tuq'r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists

there was this comment:

80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

haha
Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

"Spineless jellyfish" was another Horde-supplied suggestion.
There're some good ones.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)

33 Sudo make me a sandwich.

Tomorrow's Tech News will be posted by: A sandwich

Disclaimer: Never trust a wombat.

Unless it's Cecil the Combat Wombat. He'll get it done.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

34 Sad, seems like

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene

@FmrRepMTG

doesn't have friends and family to tell her she's looking and sounding loony-toon'ish.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

35 I guess I never realized Sweet did that. I thought it was another band that had a weird looking keyboardist with an Adolph Hitler mustache. Can't remember their name.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 04, 2026 05:27 AM (l26NL)

36 Welp.

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸
@mtgreenee
Jul 29
Last night, surrounded by our families, @brianglenntv and I said “I do”

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

37 Hey Tech threaders. Hope you are enjoying the dog days of summer. Sunday was mid 90’s, yesterday’s high was very low 70’s and windy. Felt like fall.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 04, 2026 05:32 AM (i57Jt)

38 Skip, willowed on the ONT:

468 Did you rinse out the carafe ?
Posted by: Lord Percy at August 04, 2026 04:49 AM (T8RPZ)

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

39 Should be back shortly

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:33 AM (Ia/+0)

40 Sparks! Sparks is the band I was thinking of.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 04, 2026 05:34 AM (l26NL)

41
Polymarket
@Polymarket
18h
JUST IN: Anthropic CEO reportedly increasingly concerned that new hires are working there for a paycheck, as opposed to the company’s mission.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:38 AM (odBC9)

42 Good morning, one and all. Just finished reading an article at the Epoch Times about Houston opening up a detransitioning clinic for the young people that regret being on the trans bandwagon.

I hope that they have a lot of armed security in place because Al Gayeda will do their damnedest to destroy the hospital.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 05:41 AM (BpO1e)

43 Anthropic CEO reportedly increasingly concerned that new hires are working there for a paycheck, as opposed to the company’s mission.

Wait until he learns that not only is water wet but the sun will rise in the East today.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 05:42 AM (BpO1e)

44
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
7h
Didn't answer the question.

Acyn
@Acyn
7h
Collins: Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled?

Hong: I'm a chef, and one of the first meals that I made was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve. And the position that I'm running for right now, and I think my background as a chef will actually help me become a better governor that's able to bring more people to the table.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9)

45 Evening and morning, Tiu's Day toilers, early risers, and super-commenters! The 1953 Titanic w/ Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, and Robert Wagner is finishing up on the Movies! channel. Webb's most heroic role. He was a top-notch character actor and an unlikely movie star, wasn't he? The film is a great companion to the more famous A Night to Remember with Kenneth More.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

46 Didn't answer the question.

And never will. The ability to remain evasive about simple yes/no questions is what makes someone a politician.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 05:49 AM (BpO1e)

47 @42/NR Pax: You can't put Humpty Dumpty back together again - that's the sad truth.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

48 You say Sweet!
I say Dude!
I’m not even going to click on that video.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 04, 2026 05:54 AM (1FEc1)

49 See if this works

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 05:59 AM (L8DX7)

50 I use a small stove coffee pot. Think too much water maybe

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 06:00 AM (L8DX7)

51 @46/NR Pax: "And never will. The ability to remain evasive about simple yes/no questions is what makes someone a politician."

Can you imagine if one actually did? "No, I don't believe in cancelling Thanksgiving. I never did. I just said that to generate rage in order to get my name stuck in people's minds so that come election day, they might tick the box for me because my name is the most recognizable to them in their moment of addle-brained apathy."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

52 47 You can't put Humpty Dumpty back together again - that's the sad truth.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I know but I'd rather that we have a clinic that helps them recover and try to live a normal life. It looks like it will be giving them the therapy they should have had before going through with the surgery.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:01 AM (BpO1e)

53 The Sweet video: I always found the song exciting, and loved that Mitsubishi used it for one of their ads some years ago -- the one where they compare a Galant to a Toyota Camry in an "accident avoidance test" on a city expressway. Mitsubishi for a time used music in their TV spots to very good effect.

Anyway! Ah is up, sippin' mah coffee . . .

. . . I gotta cut out using "suthern" dialect. There's nothing Southern about me in the least.

Coffee and a pipe while I wake up. I think I accidentally locked big Stirling in the kitchen closet last night. No wonder he didn't sleep with me.

What's up with you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)

54 Can you imagine if one actually did?

That's a Bulworth worthy answer right there. I like it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

55
Look at this place. It's a mess. What were you doing all night?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 06:06 AM (O0L8i)

56 The Grapes of Wrath w/ Henry Fonda is on Movies! now. Say what you want about the socialist tendencies in Steinbeck's work -- and I don't think that was his best novel (East of Eden gets my vote) -- but the Ford film is superbly done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

57 @52/NR Pax: Laudable goals, and you're a good soul for wanting the best possible outcome for these individuals.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

58 52 47 It looks like it will be giving them the therapy they should have had before going through with the surgery.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:01 AM (BpO1e)

Hear, hear.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)

59 Good morning! I like Ballroom Blitz as it was used in the movie trailer for Suicide Squad: https://tinyurl.com/yc6z8ks2

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2026 06:12 AM (3Ope8)

60 G&R: Thanks. I've read too many horror stories about the surgery going wrong or the people realizing too late the depths of the mistake they have made. And then when they try to get healing, they face death threats because the Lavender Lobby cannot stand an apostate to live.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:13 AM (BpO1e)

61 And in better news: My wife's car is officially paid off as of yesterday. I helped her along in that goal and we managed to get this taken care of in two years.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026 06:13 AM (BpO1e)

62 And in better news: My wife's car is officially paid off as of yesterday. I helped her along in that goal and we managed to get this taken care of in two years.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 04, 2026

***
That's the way to go. Pay it off early, then drive sans car payment for a good while. My Buick LaCrosse, purchased in August 2019, was paid off by late '21, so I've been driving it happily for almost five years since then. August 8 will make seven years -- the longest I've ever kept a car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

63 JJ is up early today.

Posted by: Tuna at August 04, 2026 06:21 AM (lJ0H4)

64 Doesn't look like much has been happening on this front:

Max Miller
@MaxMillerOH
Congressman representing Cuyahoga, Holmes, Medina & Wayne Counties in Ohio.

Congressman Max Miller
@RepMaxMiller
Official account. Honored to represent the great people of Ohio's 7th Congressional District.

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 06:21 AM (odBC9)

65 ood morning! I like Ballroom Blitz as it was used in the movie trailer for Suicide Squad: https://tinyurl.com/yc6z8ks2
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2026

***
Nice job. I'd have tried to have some fast-moving action scene during the fast-moving chorus, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 04, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

66 @61/NR Pax: "61 And in better news: My wife's car is officially paid off as of yesterday. I helped her along in that goal and we managed to get this taken care of in two years."

Bravo!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

67 I guess we're not getting to 100 today. Righto, off to J.J.'s thread.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

68 67 I guess we're not getting to 100 today.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 04, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

Lame!

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)

69 Have always tried to payoff debt asap

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 06:43 AM (L8DX7)

70 There's nothing Southern about me in the least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Where y'at? You got some berlin' water fo' yo' Cafe au Lait, before you go for makin' groceries?

Posted by: Miklos, a one man Confederacy of Dunces at August 04, 2026 06:56 AM (XOG/m)

71 My Buick LaCrosse, purchased in August 2019, was paid off by late '21, so I've been driving it happily for almost five years since then. August 8 will make seven years -- the longest I've ever kept a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I have an inherited LaCrosse, 2010 and 53k.

Posted by: Miklos, don't get around much at August 04, 2026 06:58 AM (XOG/m)

72 Read the Techcrunch Palantir article. Shallow but not too bad. The writer couldn't hold back her feminists urges by quickly reminding you that Palantir upper management was all male and spoke in bro tech talk.

Posted by: madmike46 at August 04, 2026 07:04 AM (wYJus)

73 72 Read the Techcrunch Palantir article. Shallow but not too bad. The writer couldn't hold back her feminists urges by quickly reminding you that Palantir upper management was all male and spoke in bro tech talk.
Posted by: madmike46 at August 04, 2026 07:04 AM (wYJus)

On that recommendation, and having that summary, I'll go read it!

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)

74 TechCrunch Palantir article

The headline is inflated:

After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’

vs

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday ... implied in Palantir’s quarterly shareholder letter that these [= AI frontier labs] were the kinds of capitalists who gave rise to Marxist socialism.

“There are Marxist overtones and undertones to our business,” he wrote.... “Others, including many of those building large language models, intend, knowingly or otherwise, to capture the means of production of their purported partners.”

"intend, knowingly or otherwise"?

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)

75 budgie.
also straight to the cutout bin.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 04:05 PM (Bep7s)

Monday Overnight Open Thread (8/3/26)

["The Turtle River" 24" x 48" acrylic - Mis. Hum.]

The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
"We're not meeting the moment!" James Carville

Quote II
“One of the new, soon-to-be Democratic congresspeople, Darlesia Chavalier, supports seizing all properties from landlords and said, ‘Seize the means of production.’ Mamdani has said ‘The end goal is seizing the means of production.’ I think they want to seize the means of production.”
“Now, maybe you missed that in school or missed school altogether, but THAT'S COMMUNISM.” Bill Maher

Quote III
“Important announcement: I am upping my offer, $10 million dollars for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boy’s high school state title team of my choice.If the Aces beat my team, I will give them $10 million.” Clay Travis

*****

One of the critical technical problems faced by the many proposed data center satellite constellations is how they will radiate the heat of their computer processes.

The satellite computer startup Sophia Space has now obtained a patent for technology it created in partnership with JPL that it says could solve this issue. Startup Sophia Space gets patent for technology that will shed heat from data center satellites

*****

Pray for Wisconsin on election day in November. Having this woman as governor would be devastating.

Francesca Hong stormed out of her kitchen at Madison’s Morris Ramen to become the first Asian American member of the Wisconsin Legislature. Now she’s running for Governor.
Francesca Hong: At 18, I had a mental breakdown. I didn't actually walk at my high school graduation because I had been hospitalized for a week at a child psychiatric hospital. I just felt like nothing had meaning anymore. It was a numbness that took over, and a pain that I couldn't describe. I couldn't feel anymore, and that scared the hell out of me. And I found myself self-harming to feel something.
Marsh: Were you cutting yourself?
Hong: It was cutting. I was diagnosed with bipolar disease. I was taking SSRIs and I'd overdosed on lithium. I didn't know why I couldn't connect with people deeper, and that pushes you into isolation. But in restaurants, I didn't feel that. You see the best and worst of people here. It’s like, everyone wants to feel like they belong. I think a lot of the root causes were in being an immigrant's daughter, and wondering if my sacrifices would ever really justify my parents leaving their homeland to create a new life for me. And I think the people who come into restaurants come from so many different backgrounds and life experiences, and the best restaurant teams take care of one another so that you don't have to think about if you belong here or not.

And who says woke progressives don't have mental health issues?

*****

Better late than never. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Florida carries out rare double execution including ex-cop who killed girl, 11
Florida has taken the ‘incredibly rare’ step of executing two prisoners on the very same day.
Former police officer James Duckett, 68, and Dominick Occhicone, 80, both died at Florida State Prison near Starke on Tuesday.
The two men were put to death by lethal injection just five hours apart, becoming the 11th and 12th people executed by the state this year.
Duckett was convicted of the 1987 rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee. Occhicone received the death penalty for murdering his former fiancée’s parents, Raymond and Martha Artzner, in 1986.

*****

"The movement has begun." Or as we say at Misanthropic Acres a new grifter movement has begun.

MTG Teams Up With Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie to Plot New Political Party: ‘The Movement Has Begun’

(Photo via: @fmrrepmtg on X)

What an adorably cute photo of Women Scorned, Inc. I wonder if their menstrual cycle is synchronized yet.

*****

As Col. Hannibal Smith once said, I love it when a plan comes together.

The court’s orders blocking the law took effect on July 21, less than three weeks after the effective date of the ban. Despite the uncertainty of whether SB 749 would take effect on July 1 due to the litigation from pro-Second Amendment groups, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and FPC, AR-15s and similar firearms that would be covered by the ban were flying off the shelves, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported in June.
“They’re buying the living daylights out of ARs,” Karen Ballengee, owner of Southern Police Equipment, said. “They’re buying guns as fast as they can get their hands on them.”

*****

The ONT Musical Interlude & Wild Blueberry Emporium

&&&&&

The Mystery Click & The Emporium feature tunes that have been playing lately at Camp Misanthrope.

*****

Cold feet? More like hot water. Genius Award Winner

JULY 29--Setting fire to the church where you are scheduled to be married is no cure for a bride-to-be’s cold feet.
Police allege that a 25-year-old woman started a blaze earlier this month inside a Utah church as family members were setting up for a wedding ceremony planned for the following day, according to a probable cause affidavit.
After a fire alarm sounded inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Kaysville, a Salt Lake City suburb, relatives were able to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher and “water from some of the wedding decorations.”
There were six individuals in the church (seen above) when the fire was lit. “The cost of building repair to date is just over $108,000,” police noted.
The blaze, arson investigators reported, appeared to have started beneath a chair stacked along a wall in the church’s Relief Society room. “Under one of the chairs appeared to be items that were out of the ordinary, including what appeared to be a tampon with the applicator on the floor,” a cop reported.

*****

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Ineptitude.

Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, S.C. has opined that is the only notice you Morons need. That and there is no more credit at the liquor store.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:02 PM

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1 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 03, 2026 10:02 PM (2n5IR)

2 Poised on the brink of extraordinary and positive change
or was I just dreaming that? Oh, well. Hello.

Posted by: mindful webworker - inordinately ordinary at August 03, 2026 10:02 PM (0poB+)

3 Hello, earthlings;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__w1pUjHJg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:02 PM (4tmEn)

4 Lovely colors in that painting

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (MprtZ)

5 Yay ONT!!! Now for the content. Oh, and hello everyone!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (2n5IR)

6 Amazing speed there, John. Congrats.

Posted by: mindful webworker - merely next at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (0poB+)

7 Great painting!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (hzuYO)

8 Monday, Monday ...

Bah bah bah bah bah bah, bum bum ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZUWJ)

9 Coooookiiiieeeesssss.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 03, 2026 10:03 PM (YlWIZ)

10 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 10:04 PM (uoXeR)

11 Top pic: no shortage of happy little trees

Posted by: mindful webworker - merely next at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (0poB+)

12 Clay Travis keeping his money is a lead pipe cinch.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (YlWIZ)

13 You say “seize the means of production”; but I say “put one right between the runnin’ lights”

Stupid bastards

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (Uhisz)

14 Turtle River? I've always heard it's Turtle Creek.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Happy to see a new ONT.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (jMluN)

16 This tranny scandal is, of course, demonic.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 03, 2026 10:06 PM (YlWIZ)

17 Hey, is that Ace's Vespa?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 03, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

18 Mis Hum. Outstanding painting. I love it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 03, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)

19 MTG Teams Up With Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie to Plot New Political Party: ‘The Movement Has Begun’

Go away loser nobodies. You're wasting your time.

(pulls off their faces, exposing a donkey)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

20 ***Quote I

"We're not meeting the moment!" James Carville***
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This is a sham link. It does not go to Carville not only that I clicked several links from that link and none, NONE of them go to Carville speaking.

Shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:08 PM (4tmEn)

21 Is that scooter worth tying up to that poor little Charlie Brown tree?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 10:08 PM (jMluN)

22 The scooter HAD to be tied to the little tree - it's a Limited Edition and they are disappearing daily!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

23 Thank you all for your commentary on tonight's opening picture.
And as always, my work can be purchased for a nominal fee

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (CkDaS)

24 Clay Travis is just being a huge troll. And I love it.

Also, I might not be able to fix that bride who lit the fire in the church, but based on the one pic I saw of her, I'd be tempted to give it a shot

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (RnjC7)

25 Carrying out the death penalty 40 years after the crime is useless.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (KC5Lt)

26 Real brain trust over at Tucker's place.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (6/7Fs)

27 Nice pastoral scene in the painting, Misanthropic Humanitarian.You have skill.

I would not want to canoe that, as it seems to be flat water with no current.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (u82oZ)

28 Yes, the Movement has begun!

The Bowel Movement...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (mP0Kj)

29 Florida carries out rare double execution...

_______________________

I wished they still used the electric chair....then I could have said:

" Duckett made a point of complaining that the seat was cold. Occhicone, whose execution immediately followed said 'it seemed warm to him'."

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (dIske)

30 Thanks for the ONT, Mis Hum.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)

31 Misanthropic Humanitarian

I have two of your paintings enshrined at my house.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:10 PM (u82oZ)

32 Turtle River? I've always heard it's Turtle Creek.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
-------
Which one?
The rich neighborhood in the Dallas area, or the poor one upstream from Letterman's old stomping grounds?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 10:10 PM (Lmo2r)

33 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (sAmhv)

34 Hello, earthlings;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__w1pUjHJg
Posted by: Braenyard

Is it too weird that when I hear Sinatra singing, I usually just think of Manchurian Candidate?

Posted by: mindful webworker - MisHum is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful... at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (0poB+)

35 Which one?
The rich neighborhood in the Dallas area, or the poor one upstream from Letterman's old stomping grounds?
Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 10:10 PM (Lmo2r)

Sooo... if'n ya go tub'n there... it's

Turtles, all the way down?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (mP0Kj)

36 Thank you all for your commentary on tonight's opening picture.
And as always, my work can be purchased for a nominal fee
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (CkDaS)

Yes, it is a nice picture.

So, if you purchase that picture in the next thirty minutes, does the buyer also get a heads up on your next post to be able to get the "first?"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

37 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Ineptitude.
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It's lazy, but I think the presence of the bike "chain" will still stop that from wheel from going around too many times, so no one's driving that scooter away.

Someone might pick it up and toss it in the back of a pickup, maybe.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 03, 2026 10:12 PM (vSvIl)

38 Sorry I'm late, the fight against J. Wellington Wimpy for the last escape pod took longer than I expected.

Side note, anybody who gave him cheeseburger money this past week expecting to get paid tomorrow might be disappointed.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 03, 2026 10:12 PM (tB9ZP)

39
My word, these Mormons! First Mark Hofmann, now this reluctant bride,* getting out of their obligations by burning and exploding things. Get hold of yourselves and solve your problems normally, Mormons.

*and some Happy Trad Family influencers who were actually child abusers in between

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (mmrXZ)

40 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-53
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 4, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. PDT (1400 UTC, 16:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/18lBZDObHp0

Those who weren't here earlier, we have a new kitten. He's a cutie!

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (2F0/Y)

41 So, if you purchase that picture in the next thirty minutes, does the buyer also get a heads up on your next post to be able to get the "first?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

NO, but WAIT! Buy now and we'll send you a Free Set of Ginzu knives... they slice, they dice...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (mP0Kj)

42 Fauci Has Been Taken Into Custody

Don't tease me, bro!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Hangin's too good for some folks at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (0poB+)

43 "We're not meeting the moment!" James Carville

You absolutely are, Jimbo. This is the rotting fruit of your despicable labors. Bathe in it, you vile, small, man.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

44 Fetterman, dammit!.
You'd think that autocucumber would recognize a sitting US Senator, and not confuse it with a washed up late night comedian.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (Lmo2r)

45 36 Thank you all for your commentary on tonight's opening picture.
And as always, my work can be purchased for a nominal fee
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (CkDaS)

Yes, it is a nice picture.

So, if you purchase that picture in the next thirty minutes, does the buyer also get a heads up on your next post to be able to get the "first?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

Only if full price is paid.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:13 PM (CkDaS)

46 ‘The Movement Has Begun’

---

I say that every time I take a shit

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 03, 2026 10:15 PM (9CZQg)

47 Which one?
The rich neighborhood in the Dallas area, or the poor one upstream from Letterman's old stomping grounds?
Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 10:10 PM (Lmo2r)

The housing development in the north part of my town.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 [carefully surveys the banks of the Turtle river from concealment, looking for snipers]

Howdy MisHum!
Seriously...very nice painting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 10:15 PM (XeU6L)

49
Took 40 freaking years to execute those guys. The one was 68 years old. He lived substantially more of his life after the murder than before.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:15 PM (mmrXZ)

50 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

Great artwork up top. The greens of the vegetation and the blues of the water are a fascinating blend.

That final photo is not ineptitude, but the hallmark of a high trust society. If the bike is still there when the owner returns, he may have high confidence that he is in a high trust society. If not, well, he chose poorly.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

51 Thomas Eagleton

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)

52 MTG Teams Up With Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie to Plot New Political Party: ‘The Movement Has Begun’

The Explosive Diarrhea Party!

Good Luck!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (sAmhv)

53 17 Hey, is that Ace's Vespa?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 03, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

Not any more.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (tB9ZP)

54 Those Florida executions were about 30 years overdue. But good anyway.

Posted by: Cosda at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (aZBZS)

55
We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-53
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 4, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. PDT (1400 UTC, 16:00 CEST)

Posted by: Joyenz

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

After that one I saw the other night, I'm going to try to see that one, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (mmrXZ)

56 Also, I might not be able to fix that bride who lit the fire in the church, but based on the one pic I saw of her, I'd be tempted to give it a shot
Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (RnjC7)

Some things are not fixable: "Do you guys want sparkling or regular water?"

https://tinyurl.com/hbnku242

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)

57 Cosda

Clear the backlog. Make the time from sentencing to execution a year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

58 25 Carrying out the death penalty 40 years after the crime is useless.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (KC5Lt)

So I take it you are not in the "Deterrence Camp"?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (CkDaS)

59 Oh gosh. It's our MisHum😜
Hi dude.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (348x5)

60 Oh I love this one, MisHum!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:18 PM (Dd38x)

61 50 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

Great artwork up top. The greens of the vegetation and the blues of the water are a fascinating blend.

That final photo is not ineptitude, but the hallmark of a high trust society. If the bike is still there when the owner returns, he may have high confidence that he is in a high trust society. If not, well, he chose poorly.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

Trust but verify, eh?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:18 PM (CkDaS)

62

Gonna Booglarize ya, baby

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

63 If ace needs more bling for the crows, he can auction off Firsts. Can he bill the trolls?

I want the Blade to pay double the going rate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

64 The DSA operation is basically what Trump did writ large, and from the Left. Remember Trump came on the scene with all these "crazy" "extreme" proposals like the "muslim ban" and then gradually softened as he gained more and more followers while still keeping some ideas that would have seemed extreme except compared to things like the muslim ban, so now previously "tough" ideas like sealing the border or actually kicking people out is softened.

This is what the Democrats are doing right now. By presenting full throated communism and having their "mainstream" explicitly denounce it, they are effectively using the Trump Strategy but as the greater party at large.

This gives them two huge advantages to go with all the other advantages it gives. One, it extinguishes all previous accusations from Republicans and Trump that mainstream Democrats are communists. What the Democrats are saying is "no, *these* are the communists". As the Democrats slowly absorb the energy and ideas and "soften" to the more "moderate" solutions, they get the advantage of both an appearance of moderation AND jerking the country Left while having it seem totally organic.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (vE0+H)

65 Misanthropic Humanitarian, your paintings are getting better and better! I've had soft pastel lessons and paint when I have my act together (which is never). Several framed.

One key is asymmetrical number of trees, etc. and you've got that compared to other paintings a few months ago.

Also, the water reflection is not easy and is lovely in this one. My teacher (lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains) said to achieve this sometimes hold the painting upside down before finishing.

This one is very pretty.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (hzuYO)

66 Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (348x5)

Hey there.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (CkDaS)

67 Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra

An armed society that grants trust reluctantly is a sound society. Like the Wild West.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:20 PM (u82oZ)

68 Francesca Hong is an anchor baby Chinese govt. operative.

Vote at will.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:20 PM (4tmEn)

69 Clear the backlog. Make the time from sentencing to execution a year.

Seems like each state could allow a brief period to contest/appeal the ruling followed immediately by a review in the state supreme court, which is about as far us as most reviews/appeals go (there aren't that many death sentences), then execute the bastard. Especially child murderers.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:20 PM (Jr+re)

70 44 Fetterman, dammit!.
You'd think that autocucumber would recognize a sitting US Senator, and not confuse it with a washed up late night comedian.
Posted by: buddhaha

No Jews.

Posted by: AutoCorrect at August 03, 2026 10:20 PM (sAmhv)

71 >>>>>>
Clear the backlog. Make the time from sentencing to execution a year.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
-------Why so long?

Posted by: Cosda at August 03, 2026 10:21 PM (aZBZS)

72 I wanna be in that painting

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 10:22 PM (0TVIV)

73 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

I trust you are thriving and avoiding hungry bears.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

74 After that one I saw the other night, I'm going to try to see that one, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (mmrXZ)

If you have good conditions and view, definitely record it.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 10:22 PM (2F0/Y)

75 Cosda

Clear the drugs out of the system for harvesting the organs, naturally. China and blue city gunshot ICUs are leading the way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:23 PM (u82oZ)

76 Made it home. Lucy got her butt shaved and the cyst lanced and drained. Shot of abx, pain meds and a cone.

That’s what I get for trying to take a little vacation.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 10:23 PM (FlHFA)

77
If you have good conditions and view, definitely record it.
Posted by: Joyenz

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

Will do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:24 PM (mmrXZ)

78 Mixed nuts.

The beautiful and charming Ms. Hong's chief of staff has PTSD.

https://tinyurl.com/32bbznnh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

79

re: The DNC vs the DSA?

The Sister Souljah moment of 2026?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 10:25 PM (Cqx++)

80 {{{nurse ratched.}}}

No guilt trips for vacations, please.

It's another story to tell the grandbabies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)

81 This one is very pretty.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 10:19 PM (hzuYO)

Thank you.
And you are most certainly welcome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:26 PM (CkDaS)

82 nurse, decades ago, we had a big tom cat, a Burmese, who showed up with a swollen drippy tail. Took him to a vet. After close examination, he told me the cat was a coward and had been bitten at the base of his tail, probably by another cat. I wanted to stop feeding him but another party in the marriage disagreed.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr+re)

83 Remember Trump stole the middle from both parties and made it the general proviso of the Republicans while leaving Democrats where they were - out in the old, dead, leftard cold.

So now instead of trying to claw that middle back by going to the actual center, Democrats are presenting a brand new open extreme (which was really what they've been all along) and inventing a brand new middle whole cloth which is just slightly to the right of the new "extremists". They will get people back that way, especially against a Republican Party that no longer has Trump at the helm, which may suddenly seem aged, stale, established or "stuck in the past".

It's an operation. The whole thing is planned. Democrats don't take a shit in the morning without their marching orders.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

84 Celerity is part of Justice as well, it isn’t just the certainty, the speed as well.

The classic example is the mental case that tried to shoot president-elect Roosevelt when he was visiting Miami with Chicago mayor Tony Cermak. FDR was unhurt, Cermak was wounded.

Cermak died after two weeks, so they switched to a murder trial midstream. The perp was apprehended, arraigned, tried, convicted and executed in 32 days.

These days they would have barely scheduled a press conference

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:27 PM (Uhisz)

85 https://tinyurl.com/hbnku242

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)
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Yikes. Point taken.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:27 PM (BZ3bm)

86 76 Made it home. Lucy got her butt shaved and the cyst lanced and drained. Shot of abx, pain meds and a cone.

That’s what I get for trying to take a little vacation.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 10:23 PM (FlHFA)

Sorry to hear about your dear Lucy. Hope she has a fast recovery and you get some vay-kay.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:28 PM (CkDaS)

87 Wife: You’re shirtless?

(husband nods)

Wife: And covered in…oil?

Husband: Well, you know how you always say I never glisten?

Wife: Listen. You never listen.

Husband: oh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:28 PM (u82oZ)

88 68 Francesca Hong is Korean. Her parents came on student visas. They were eventually naturalized, but she was born while they were on the student visas.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:29 PM (Dd38x)

89 ***MTG Teams Up With Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie to Plot New Political Party: ‘The Movement Has Begun’
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For me, not for thee party. That picture is so Americanesque.

https://youtu.be/6GmYsHZjTPk&t=17

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:29 PM (4tmEn)

90 “Now, maybe you missed that in school or missed school altogether, but THAT'S COMMUNISM.” Bill Maher

The left is playing a game now.

Like roads or library...har har you are a socialist too!

Ask the left why they don't go form a socialist commune on their own? Har har socialism means the government controls ALL means of production.

Oh and for those not following this closely the means of production includes your hands and your brain.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)

91 68 Francesca Hong is an anchor baby Chinese govt. operative.

Vote at will.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:20 PM (4tmEn)
__________________________

I'm more interested in her being thrown in the literal "looney bin" when she was 18 for an entire week. They don't to that lightly. She was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder.

Who knows. if she hits her head will campaigning she might come out the other end conservative.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

92 Quote II
“One of the new, soon-to-be Democratic congresspeople, Darlesia Chavalier, supports seizing all properties from landlords and said, ‘Seize the means of production.’ Mamdani has said ‘The end goal is seizing the means of production.’ I think they want to seize the means of production.”

Seize this, AWFL Honkus!

Posted by: Count de Monet channeling Josephus (Mel Brooks is a genius) at August 03, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

93 Mis Hum that painting is lovely.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

94 Poor Lucy!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Dd38x)

95 She’s a “paperwork American”. The courts have just piled atrocity upon atrocity with their bullshit rulings

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (Uhisz)

96 Carrying out the death penalty 40 years after the crime is useless.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (KC5Lt)

Agreed. The immediacy of deterrence has gone out the window, and the poor suffering families of the murder victims are tortured by the delays. Execution date should be no more than 90 days after the final appeal is heard. And every delaying tactic used by the defense, or anti-death penalty busybodies, should result in a 10% reduction of the voltage used in the chair, making for a longer and more painful death.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (1z8ji)

97 Orson

I thought that worked only for a stoke victim whose wife left him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (u82oZ)

98 ‘The Movement Has Begun’

Talk about being the turd in the punchbowl.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

99 66 TheMum...
Good to see you coming around

I hope you and your lovely one are catching many yummy fish.😲😲!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:33 PM (348x5)

100 And yes what I'm saying is the DSA deployment for this election season and well into our future, is a purebred genuine Hawaiian Kush DNC op.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:33 PM (vE0+H)

101 95 She’s a “paperwork American”. The courts have just piled atrocity upon atrocity with their bullshit rulings
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (Uhisz)

She is an anchor baby, but her parents were not here illegally. I guess that is something. I guess. Sort of.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (Dd38x)

102 "HONK FOR HONG HONKEY!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

103 Howdy MisHum!
Seriously...very nice painting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 10:15 PM (XeU6L)

I will second that, Mike!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

104
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

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omg. To take that apart...

She did not arrive in America until AFTER 9/11...

But she suffers more than anyone because of Islamophobic backlash...

Also because of constant anxiety that she's perceived as unAmerican...

And other unspecified assaults on her very being...

And because she herself is a memory of a terrorist attack.

/fin

This could be a cool party game. You draw a random atrocity out of a hat and devise some daisy chain of consequences that makes you the biggest victim of all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (mmrXZ)

105 Anna Puma

The positive outlook is this is another split the unhinged vote total effort.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)

106 She’s a “paperwork American”. The courts have just piled atrocity upon atrocity with their bullshit rulings

By their decision a German child born to a German couple in 1942 Warsaw is a Polish citizen.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 10:35 PM (sKqQm)

107 She is an anchor baby, but her parents were not here illegally. I guess that is something. I guess. Sort of.
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No it really isn’t, this is my point. The courts are full of shit

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:35 PM (Uhisz)

108 Piper et al

Look up the strange and disturbing case of Alice Leal Guo

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

109 Those Florida executions were about 30 years overdue. But good anyway.
Posted by: Cosda at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (aZBZS)

To be fair, I believe much of the delay can be laid to lawfare by the Left.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

110 I thought that worked only for a stoke victim whose wife left him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (u82oZ)
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No, you've got it all wrong. She was real broken up for him and his incapacitation, swearsies

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:37 PM (pvZnA)

111 Short anectdote about locking up bikes. Waaay back, I walked out of my apartment to see the lock on the chain securing my CB750 had been cut and was lying on the ground. When the perps whipped the cover off of it, they must have been disappointed to find an empty frame.

The engine was sitting on a metal crate in my kitchen, where I was replacing the head gasket. I was actually pretty amused by the incident

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 10:37 PM (XeU6L)

112 NayCly! Oh my darling!
My very much love to you💕💕💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:37 PM (348x5)

113 Salty Dawg

Only if the shivs come out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)

114 NayCly! Oh my darling!
My very much love to you💕💕💕

Get a room . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:38 PM (Jr+re)

115 Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:33 PM (348x5)

Fishing has been nice. And The Fabulous is back from her Granny Nanny duties.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:38 PM (CkDaS)

116 Blonde Morticia

As a junior officer, there may have been a competition with other junior officers to make every problem in the ship an issue caused by the Executive's Officer. Hilarity ensued. Allegedly.

Normal tasking was for the XO to run the inside of the ship, while the CO took care of outside the ship. Some role mixing did occur.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

117
25 Carrying out the death penalty 40 years after the crime is useless.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 PM (KC5Lt)”

Something I find very inconsistent in death penalty opponents; if a killer is stopped in the act (hopefully before completion) then we cheer someone (police OR bystander) who ends that killers life on the spot. BUT if he is found 5 minutes later, snd just laughs while he is arrested, we get to spend 40 years taking care of him while everyone plays expensive legal games.

What’s the sense in that?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 10:39 PM (Fo91n)

118 In no particular order:
Nice pic, MisHum!

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My mandela effect of the day:
claims that 'till' (yes, four letters, two ells) is - #1 definition! - a preposition that has been in continuous common use since the 12th century.

Really? Then why is it that, as voraciously and widely as I read, including things back to the 18th century, I have NEVER seen it used that way in English except among ignorant tweets and dictionary sites (and probably not even tweets)? I think someone's rewriting things again and hoping we believe the lies. Perhaps it was common spelling during middle English and someone's leaving off the "but it fell out of common usage with the rise of 'until'" part in an attempt to gaslight me?

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Job update: No update. Like the Dude, I abide. In the morning I'll send a "Hey, just checking..." email.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:39 PM (aJQbY)

119 COMountainMarie

Thank you, sunshine.

BTW, I am thinking of a Colorado trip in the future. I may email you some thoughts on that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (u82oZ)

120 This could be a cool party game. You draw a random atrocity out of a hat and devise some daisy chain of consequences that makes you the biggest victim of all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Heh! I will have to remember this!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (sAmhv)

121 If any WNBA team takes the offer, what does the state high school boys basketball team get for playing? "Ooh, we're better than a bunch of thuggish women."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

122 I thought that worked only for a stoke victim whose wife left him.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:32 PM (u82oZ)
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You did just remind me of Ace's phony letters from her to Fetterman. Those were damn funny

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (z9zfD)

123 POLITICO
@politico
He’s eating barbecue. He’s winning over Joe Rogan.
James Talarico is determined not to let Ken Paxton’s and Republicans’ attacks on his masculinity define him in what has emerged as one of the party’s loudest tactics in the crucial Senate race.

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Good thing Macho Man Randy Savage has passed on or they'd be fighting over who's the most macho.

P.S. He's a tactic? Now, weasel I could see.

P.P.S. James discusses his favorite Bible verses.

https://tinyurl.com/2ew9z5uv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (ndZc7)

124 That Fauci skit: I've avoided United Spot for a long time. I just don't find their work that funny, and this one was not really grinworthy either. I tried it because I saw they've moved from their old cartoony style to A.I. Didn't help. What also didn't help was that laugh track that just seemed random and repetitive. As usual, the premise was promising but the execution lacked.

But, thanks, MisHum; nothin' on you. Reinforced my aversion to United Spot.

Rand's sweater was appropriately awful.

Posted by: mindful webworker - comedy criticism is no laughing matter at August 03, 2026 10:41 PM (0poB+)

125 The Beefheart is wonderful. The full 27 minute Beat Club performance is great.

Posted by: Electricity at August 03, 2026 10:42 PM (JM9I6)

126 Good evening morons e grazie mh

Love love love the painting

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (JvZF+)

127 >>>“They’re buying the living daylights out of ARs,” Karen Ballengee, owner of Southern Police Equipment, said. “They’re buying guns as fast as they can get their hands on them.”
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The left does not understand the amount of carnage they are going to cause.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (4tmEn)

128
there may have been a competition with other junior officers to make every problem in the ship an issue caused by the Executive's Officer. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

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This competition was probably played in the days of Odysseus.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (mmrXZ)

129 Women Scorned party: Splitters. But, the antler chandelier was kinda impressive. In an old 1930s hunting lodge kind of way.

Posted by: mindful webworker - antler chairs would have been a nice touch at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (0poB+)

130 This could be a cool party game. You draw a random atrocity out of a hat and devise some daisy chain of consequences that makes you the biggest victim of all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (mmrXZ)

I declare the Siege of Baler to be the cause of my [check notes] um, claustrophobia. Darned Filipinos. This is why I can't eat lumpia.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

131 My mandela effect of the day:
claims that 'till' (yes, four letters, two ells) is - #1 definition! - a preposition that has been in continuous common use since the 12th century.

Really? Then why is it that, as voraciously and widely as I read, including things back to the 18th century, I have NEVER seen it used that way in English except among ignorant tweets and dictionary sites (and probably not even tweets)? I think someone's rewriting things again and hoping we believe the lies. Perhaps it was common spelling during middle English and someone's leaving off the "but it fell out of common usage with the rise of 'until'" part in an attempt to gaslight me?

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Job update: No update. Like the Dude, I abide. In the morning I'll send a "Hey, just checking..." email.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:39 PM (aJQbY)

"Till" is a verb, as in "till the soil". It can also be a noun, as in "glacial till".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (1z8ji)

132 Love the art, Mis. Hum.

Posted by: KT at August 03, 2026 10:43 PM (rdeQO)

133 The left isn’t opposed to the death penalty, of that I have no doubt. They are opposed to their own getting hanged, fried, shot, injected or otherwise dealt with appropriately.

They will have a strange new love for the death penalty should they achieve enough power. Watch.

It’s just as conditional as any other of their other principles.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Uhisz)

134 There are accusations of padded bras being used for an aerodynamic advantage taking the cycling world by storm as the Tour de France Femmes takes place across Switzerland and France.

tittiedynamics

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (/+uur)

135 The Turtle River painting is wonderful. Is it a Magic Eye thing,where if you stare into it you see the turtles? I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (JM9I6)

136 118;Job update: No update. Like the Dude, I abide. In the morning I'll send a "Hey, just checking..." email.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August

Subject: Thank you for the interview
Dear [Interviewer’s Name],

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me [on date] about the [Job Title] position. I enjoyed learning more about the role and the team. Our conversation further strengthened my interest in the opportunity.

I particularly appreciated hearing about [mention one specific topic, project, or aspect of the role/company that stood out]. I’m confident that my experience in [relevant skill or background] would allow me to contribute meaningfully.

Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you need any additional information from me. I look forward to the next steps.
Best regards,
[Your Name]
[Phone Number]
[LinkedIn or email if relevant]

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Dd38x)

137 They will have a strange new love for the death penalty should they achieve enough power. Watch.

It’s just as conditional as any other of their other principles.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Uhisz)

They love killing babies

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (/+uur)

138 The two men were put to death by lethal injection just five hours apart, becoming the 11th and 12th people executed by the state this year.
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Thereby saving the lives of future innocent victims

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:45 PM (JvZF+)

139
Heh! I will have to remember this!
Posted by: Puddleglum

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I've got a name for it: Victilympics!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:45 PM (mmrXZ)

140 AOP that's what I said! Dictionary sites are lying otherwise and the LLMs are believing them.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:45 PM (aJQbY)

141 I've heard "till" used to define the drawer/box where cash was kept in small stores.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re)

142 Mr. Pitt

On the bank to the left.
Although normally there are logs in the water covered by turtles, rather than on the river bank.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:46 PM (u82oZ)

143 That Tucker Carlson photo reminds of the photo of the DSA meeting with all the mask-wearers. Cree-pee.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:46 PM (JvZF+)

144 Piper, this is more "Hey, company recruiters and schedulers, have you heard from the client about when they want to do the interview yet?"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

145 Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Dd38x)

Piper, that is an awesome nugget of assistance. Thanks on behalf of job seekers.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 10:47 PM (OlzlW)

146 "Drumbo" French is Beefheart's drummer in that clip. He does the whole performance while wearing a monocle and tie-dyed underwear on his head.

Posted by: Offbeat at August 03, 2026 10:47 PM (JM9I6)

147 He does the whole performance while wearing a monocle and tie-dyed underwear on his head.

If ya wanta make a livin' ya gotta put on a good show!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Jr+re)

148 "HONK FOR HONG HONKEY!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

Honk, honk!

Posted by: Harpo at August 03, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

149 16 This tranny scandal is, of course, demonic.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 03, 2026 10:06 PM (YlWIZ)

Which one? Seem to be a few to choose from lately.

Posted by: The murdery one or the rapey one? at August 03, 2026 10:48 PM (TbWk/)

150 The best things in life are free.

John McFaul
@JohnMcFaul1
You know what, Matt? I have no idea what’s in the DSA platform, and I’m not a DSA member, so frankly, whatever it says is irrelevant to me. I voted for Zohran because he promised fast & free buses, a rent freeze & cheaper groceries.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:49 PM (ndZc7)

151 till = until

I'll wait till Monday.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 10:49 PM (OlzlW)

152 I've heard "till" used to define the drawer/box where cash was kept in small stores.
Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re)

You're right! I forgot that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:49 PM (1z8ji)

153 121 If any WNBA team takes the offer, what does the state high school boys basketball team get for playing? "Ooh, we're better than a bunch of thuggish women."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

There has to be at least 4 or 5 gals that don't play for the Intl Team of Carpet Munchers.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:50 PM (CkDaS)

154 144 Piper, this is more "Hey, company recruiters and schedulers, have you heard from the client about when they want to do the interview yet?"
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026

Awww. Okay. Well, hold on to that one for later. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:50 PM (Dd38x)

155 145 Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Dd38x)

Piper, that is an awesome nugget of assistance. Thanks on behalf of job seekers.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August

I used to do it for a living once upon a time!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (Dd38x)

156 I text 12 YOs after school

Jamie T

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (/+uur)

157 146 "Drumbo" French is Beefheart's drummer in that clip. He does the whole performance while wearing a monocle and tie-dyed underwear on his head.
Posted by: Offbeat at August 03, 2026 10:47 PM (JM9I6)

An appreciative Music Thread commenter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (CkDaS)

158
Heh! I will have to remember this!
Posted by: Puddleglum

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Here are some atrocities to get you started:

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Johnstown Flood
San Francisco Earthquake
Nanjing Massacre
AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Giant meteor that killed off dinosaurs
The Holocaust

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (mmrXZ)

159 You know what, Matt? I have no idea what’s in the DSA platform, and I’m not a DSA member, so frankly, whatever it says is irrelevant to me. I voted for Zohran because he promised fast & free buses, a rent freeze & cheaper groceries.

As I have pointed out for a while a significant chunk of the Dem's vote is the FSA - people that want free shit and do not care how the government pays for it. And literally nothing else matters.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)

160 Hope the groom appreciates that he dodged a bullet with that firebug bride.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Firebug Bride open for Flaming Lips one hot night at August 03, 2026 10:52 PM (0poB+)

161 JohnMcFaul1
You know what, Matt? I have no idea what’s in the DSA platform, and I’m not a DSA member, so frankly, whatever it says is irrelevant to me. I voted for Zohran because he promised fast & free buses, a rent freeze & cheaper groceries.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:49 PM (ndZc7)

Then why didn't you vote for the Tooth Fairy, you deranged faggot? You'd have a better chance of getting the results you wish for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

162 'til

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 10:53 PM (4tmEn)

163 Look, running the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States is doable for us neurodivergent, Cluster B Boss Babes. I just need some Me Time now and then. No biggie. 5 million people are my subjects, er ah citizens, er ah residents.

Posted by: Lena Hildago, Harris County Judge (Chief Executive) at August 03, 2026 10:53 PM (wVcYX)

164 Best regards,
[Your Name]
[Phone Number]
[LinkedIn or email if relevant]
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 10:44 PM (Dd38x)

They'll still ghost you. They give not a single fuck about job applicants.

Posted by: Corpo HR is total shit at August 03, 2026 10:53 PM (TbWk/)

165 Hope the groom appreciates that he dodged a bullet with that firebug bride.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Firebug Bride open for Flaming Lips one hot night at August 03, 2026 10:52 PM (0poB+)

It could have been worse- she might have set him on fire.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

166 She might have set his privates afire.

Or worse, she runs for office.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 10:55 PM (2GVsD)

167 he dodged a bullet with that firebug bride.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Firebug Bride open for Flaming Lips one hot night at August 03, 2026 10:52 PM (0poB+
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He's a young lad. He's probably thinking about how conjugal visit sex works.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 10:55 PM (LRjsT)

168 It could have been worse- she might have set him on fire.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

A hunka-hunk of Burning Love!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:56 PM (1z8ji)

169 That's a lovely painting, MisHum. Very bright and cheery, lovely colors, very inviting. I could never make anything like that. Cheers.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 10:57 PM (CHHv1)

170
Here are some atrocities to get you started:

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Johnstown Flood
San Francisco Earthquake
Nanjing Massacre
AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Giant meteor that killed off dinosaurs
The Holocaust
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (mmrXZ)

Dibs on the Galveston Flood!
No, seriously, one of my maternal grandfathers survived that.

Posted by: sal at August 03, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

171 165 Hope the groom appreciates that he dodged a bullet with that firebug bride.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Firebug Bride open for Flaming Lips one hot night at August 03, 2026 10:52 PM (0poB+)

It could have been worse- she might have set him on fire.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

And I bet she was reported as "the quiet type"

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at August 03, 2026 10:58 PM (CkDaS)

172 NyCly!
Please oh pleaase do get in touch
I would so love to give you a big hug🤨💟💕
!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 10:59 PM (348x5)

173 Have a great night, everyone.

May you get the sleep you need. And no bear attacks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 10:59 PM (u82oZ)

174 Here are some atrocities to get you started:

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Johnstown Flood
San Francisco Earthquake
Nanjing Massacre
AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Giant meteor that killed off dinosaurs
The Holocaust
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 10:51 PM (mmrXZ)

Dibs on the Galveston Flood!
No, seriously, one of my maternal grandfathers survived that.
Posted by: sal at August 03, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

Only three of these are atrocities; meaning deliberately caused by human agency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:59 PM (1z8ji)

175 COMountainMarie

As you wish, dear one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (u82oZ)

176 If I was going to pick a disaster, I’d pick the Boston Molasses Flood.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (Fo91n)

177 Till

https://youtu.be/5gndkZJl46w

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (nbLIj)

178 >> Here are some atrocities to get you started:

You've got to include the Younger Dryas in that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)

179 4% of DSA member are working class.
Build shit elec plumb at al

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (/+uur)

180 nurse, decades ago, we had a big tom cat, a Burmese, who showed up with a swollen drippy tail. Took him to a vet. After close examination, he told me the cat was a coward and had been bitten at the base of his tail, probably by another cat. I wanted to stop feeding him but another party in the marriage disagreed.
Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr+re)

You definitely don't understand how cats (or most animals) fight.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:00 PM (g8Ew8)

181 Is it too weird that when I hear Sinatra singing, I usually just think of Manchurian Candidate?
Posted by: mindful webworker - MisHum is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful... at August 03, 2026 10:11 PM (0poB+)

Sinatra was lined up to play Dirty Harry, which, for some reason, I cannot seem to forget. I always think "Go ahead, make my day" when I hear him start up with New York, New York...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:01 PM (cSmE1)

182
They will have a strange new love for the death penalty should they achieve enough power. Watch.

_________

They've taken three cracks at Trump, assassinated Charlie Kirk and murdered that CEO. They have the taste of blood in their mouths.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:03 PM (O0L8i)

183 You've got to include the Younger Dryas in that.

Taylor Lorenz remembers that time well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

184 Sinatra was lined up to play Dirty Harry, which, for some reason, I cannot seem to forget. I always think "Go ahead, make my day" when I hear him start up with New York, New York...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:01 PM (cSmE1)

Seems to me somebody should found a town by the name of East Clintwood. Just because.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

185 Joe Kidd, that man could sing! Nice song. Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 11:04 PM (Jr+re)

186
Here are some atrocities to get you started:

____________

The Novus Ordo Mass
Gas cans

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:04 PM (O0L8i)

187 I see no turtle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (u/oMr)

188 Seems to me somebody should found a town by the name of East Clintwood. Just because.

The Beavis & Butthead types would spray-paint out the 'n'

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

189 MisHum!
Thanks.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (kU0PQ)

190
Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (O0L8i)

191 Pretty sure it’s bedtime. Nightsie noodles!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 11:06 PM (Dd38x)

192 Dr PC & B, I've had several tom cats who fought regularly and they all had scarred noses and ears and eyelids. I think this cat was unassing the AO.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

193 Never forget

Oradour-sur-Glane

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD)

194
There was also the 536 AD event. Some still think maybe a little SMOD event, but the majority think it was some Heap Big Volcanic eruptions. It caused the "worst year" in recorded human history.

A Roman historian wrote: ""during this year a most dread portent took place. For the sun gave forth its light without brightness... and it seemed exceedingly like the sun in eclipse, for the beams it shed were not clear"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

195 I voted for Zohran because he promised fast & free buses, a rent freeze & cheaper groceries.
------------

As I have pointed out for a while a significant chunk of the Dem's vote is the FSA - people that want free shit and do not care how the government pays for it. And literally nothing else matters.

Posted by: 18-1
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We're not getting American culture back until we quit paying people not to work.
_no free shit from uncle gov.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:07 PM (4tmEn)

196 Here are some atrocities to get you started:

____________

The Novus Ordo Mass
Gas cans
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:04 PM (O0L8i)

Morbidly obese fat chicks in yoga pants
Fat guys in Speedos at the beach

Posted by: Lena Hildago, Harris County Judge (Chief Executive) at August 03, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

197 121 If any WNBA team takes the offer, what does the state high school boys basketball team get for playing? "Ooh, we're better than a bunch of thuggish women."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

From the article: the boy's team splits the 10 mil.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:07 PM (cSmE1)

198 The producers of Die Hard were contractually obligated to offer Frank Sinatra the role of John McClain in Die Hard due to him being the lead in The Detective. Could've changed a Christmas classic.

Posted by: Bete at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (LX4y3)

199 190
Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (O0L8i)

Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (cSmE1)

200 Off, crazy lady sock

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (wVcYX)

201 Seems to me somebody should found a town by the name of East Clintwood. Just because.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

When I become Emperor, that will definitely be on the agenda.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:10 PM (cSmE1)

202 Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (O0L8i)

Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (cSmE1)

Suddenly (1954)

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 11:11 PM (wVcYX)

203 Suddenly (1954)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 11:11 PM (wVcYX)

Checking out to check it out. Thanks.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:12 PM (cSmE1)

204 Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (O0L8i)

Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (cSmE1)

Suddenly (1954)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 11:11 PM (wVcYX)

Oceans 11 (1960)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 11:13 PM (qx7Zg)

205 It’s surprising really, how often Hollywood movies and radio programs mirrored actual research and spook activities, in retrospect of de-classified materials. A lot of the 50s Sci-Fi in particular.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:13 PM (Uhisz)

206 Piper, this is more "Hey, company recruiters and schedulers, have you heard from the client about when they want to do the interview yet?"
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

In the past, I've followed up with (paraphrasing), "I'm keeping some time open for the client interview. Let me know there's a day or two on the calendar that appears likely from your perspective"..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 11:14 PM (nbLIj)

207 Frank Sinatra was technically required to be offered the role of John McClane in Die Hard first but at 70 years old turned it down. He starred as John Leland in The Detective, the prequel to Nothing Lasts Forever (the Die Hard book) in 1968.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

208 198 nevermind........

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

209
Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:05 PM (O0L8i)

Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts

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I just watched High Society. It was fun.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:15 PM (mmrXZ)

210 Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts
---

Man With the Golden Arm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWk-DQmDC4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:15 PM (4tmEn)

211 One of the critical technical problems faced by the many proposed data center satellite constellations is how they will radiate the heat of their computer processes.

Vast numbers of people think "space is cold" (because it's a vacuum) and that should be easy. Because they don't realize 1) that space is only cold where there's nothing making heat and there's no sunlight to add heat, and 2) just how much the motion of air and water does to take away heat on Earth. Even though they listen to the window pitch man tell them about how their new windows will be so well insulated, they never connect it to space being a giant insulator in many ways.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 11:15 PM (kU0PQ)

212 'til
Posted by: Braenyard
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gPdidRreduM

WWII nostalgia

Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 11:16 PM (Lmo2r)

213
Only three of these are atrocities; meaning deliberately caused by human agency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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

Throw in disasters. These are, after all, the Victilympics!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:18 PM (mmrXZ)

214 GWB, are the space data satellites to be in geo stationary orbits? Wouldn't the cooling be improved by some motion through space? Could the proposed data transfers still be done in an efficient manner?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 11:18 PM (Jr+re)

215 OK pals. I love ya all....

"You’ve seen enough of the cruel world so better close your eyes already."

Good night my lovely wonderful pals🧡💛💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 03, 2026 11:18 PM (348x5)

216
Never forget

Oradour-sur-Glane
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Ugh, some of these atrocities aren't really fit for games. Maybe disasters would be better.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:19 PM (mmrXZ)

217 the 1987 rape and murder
murdering ... in 1986

Glad Florida finally got around to it, but those crimes were committed 40 years ago. Forty years it took to bring justice. And there was absolutely no reason to wait that long.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 11:19 PM (kU0PQ)

218 Manchurian Candidate was the movie that convinced me that Sinatra truly was a fine actor. It’s a shame that he spent most of his career slumming in forgettable movies which he sleptwalked through. A man with great talent but very little work ethic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:19 PM (Fo91n)

219 'til
Posted by: Braenyard

I don't count it paid 'til the money's in the till.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 11:20 PM (qx7Zg)

220 Got any recommendations? I've only seen him in the manchurian candidate.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at August 03, 2026 11:08 PM (cSmE1)

The Lady In Cement. It has fast cars, Raquel Welch in a bikini, and Dan Blocker as Waldo Gronsky

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)

221 The Lady in Cement is also free on YouTube

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)

222 Throw in disasters. These are, after all, the Victilympics!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:18 PM (mmrXZ)

Reminds me of when I said BLM stands for the Blacklympics. Democrats only care about them every four years.

No one appreciates my humor.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H)

223 "Occhicone received the death penalty for murdering his former fiancée’s parents, Raymond and Martha Artzner, in 1986."

What the hell? It took 40 years to get this guy in the ground?

Posted by: Ralph at August 03, 2026 11:21 PM (8WZD4)

224
Thermal control in space is far from a trivial engineering problem. Far from it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)

225
BLM stands for the Blacklympics. Democrats only care about them every four years.

No one appreciates my humor.
Posted by: ...

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

HAHAHA! I certainly do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:23 PM (mmrXZ)

226
What the hell? It took 40 years to get this guy in the ground?
Posted by: Ralph

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

At age 80. It's like he died WITH lethal injection, not OF it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:25 PM (mmrXZ)

227 It’s surprising really, how often Hollywood movies and radio programs mirrored actual research and spook activities, in retrospect of de-classified materials. A lot of the 50s Sci-Fi in particular.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:13 PM (Uhisz)

Most CIA research was done openly by universities, except the really nasty stuff, and even then people talk.
Some works, especially the first new wave 1965-73, may have been put out as paid "seeding" to legitimize or make interesting certain things. Michael Kurland wrote about such things in one of his omnibus subject books, The Spymaster's Handbook, which talked about the Suretee causing detective novels to be written before and after WWI so they could put certain ideas into heads, like how to deal with suspected spies.

Michael Kurland was also one of the new wave authors and wrote hideously bad series like War Inc

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 11:27 PM (rbvCR)

228 HAHAHA! I certainly do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:23 PM (mmrXZ)

You know how to cheer a dreary guy up, and

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At age 80. It's like he died WITH lethal injection, not OF it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:25 PM (mmrXZ)

LOFNL

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:28 PM (vE0+H)

229 Von Ryan's Express

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 11:28 PM (U/Byj)

230 By the way, the city sent a guy out to look for subterranean pipes for the sewer and water. My area was not mapped when installed.
He did not use electronics or GPR, he was a dowser and used two hunks of heavy gauge copper wire.

he found them too, though it was where the other locators put them. He also found a drainage pipe where I knew it was but he didn't.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 11:29 PM (rbvCR)

231 Wouldn't the cooling be improved by some motion through space?

No. Without an atmosphere, heat that radiates away does so regardless of motion, and heat that convects away… doesn’t. Motion won’t help in either case. If they could move to always keep the earth blocking the sun, that might help, although I don’t know how much. I’m not sure that orbit is either possible or useful however.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair (not Samoan, or a lawyer) at August 03, 2026 11:30 PM (kYmoU)

232 "Seize the means of production."

They keep saying that. It's a tenant of their religion. Kind of like "Thou shalt not steal" as a Commandment. Different gods, between Yhwh and Karl.

So, say their communist paradise comes to pass (again!). They now have the means. But do they have the capability? Do they have the knowledge? Do they even have the IQ needed to actually build, grow, and maintain things?

It's probably why "The Proletariat" never actually wants in on that tripe. They're actually working, building, maintaining things. The ones pushing for Communism do none of that - they're emotionally retarded, wanting free stuff without understanding that the stuff they want is never free. It takes effort to make. Someone has to make it. And to demand the work of others, for free - is that not a kind of slavery?

Even freedom isn't free, after all.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 03, 2026 11:30 PM (4h45B)

233 Sorry, new wave of science fiction, writers like Niven and Moorcock.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 11:32 PM (rbvCR)

234 At age 80. It's like he died WITH lethal injection, not OF it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 11:25 PM (mmrXZ)

The could have killed him with Donna Mills's OF channel. The excitement might have stopped his heart.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

235 When they say “seize the means of production” they’re using “seize” in the sense of “jam”.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 03, 2026 11:34 PM (kYmoU)

236 I see no turtle.
Posted by: Cicero

What part of "ninja" are you unclear on?

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)

237 158
Heh! I will have to remember this!
Posted by: Puddleglum

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

Here are some atrocities to get you started:

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Johnstown Flood
San Francisco Earthquake
Nanjing Massacre
AD 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Giant meteor that killed off dinosaurs
The Holocaust
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The Johnstown Flood would be an easy one. I had some family survive that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 11:34 PM (sAmhv)

238 >> I’m not sure that orbit is either possible or useful however.

See the concept of "beta angle", the angle between the sun's position and the orbital plane. That gets a bit complex.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

239 Frank won the supporting actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

240
In vacuum, the only way to shed heat is via radiation. No conduction or convection at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

241 239 Frank won the supporting actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

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He's not getting that part!

Posted by: Jack Woltz at August 03, 2026 11:39 PM (6/7Fs)

242 In vacuum, the only way to shed heat is via radiation. No conduction or convection at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

Well, you could spray urine on the radiators. The delta H vap of water is pretty significant. But would the value of the cooling match the cost of trucking up replacement water from downstairs?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)

243 Vast numbers of people think "space is cold" (because it's a vacuum) and that should be easy.
Posted by: GWB

Compare it to a vacuum vessel here on Earth.

i.e. a Thermos. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold.

"I put a datacenter in space" is almost exactly like "I put a datacenter in a Thermos."

Except for all the cosmic radiation making nanometer-scale computing harder, where one random particle from the Sun changes what you're holding in memory, and there are a shitton of those particles flying through your datacenter constantly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

244 Sinatra started out as a singer, by 1939 (long time ago) he was #1 singer in US (pop star) singing with the Harry James, #1 pop band leader in US, (married to Betty Grable, that should measure his popularity).
Sinatra was always a singer first. The other accomplishments along with the others in the rat pack is a level of professionalism we don't see today.

Who does music, movies, and live performance, top drawer, today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (4tmEn)

245 Wait a minute...

put out the flames with a fire extinguisher and “water from some of the wedding decorations.”
and
“The cost of building repair to date is just over $108,000,”

HUH?! They managed to put it out with water from vases and a fire extinguisher and it will cost $108,000?!?!?! How does that make sense?

And...
including what appeared to be a tampon with the applicator on the floor
Well, *someone* knows one of the good secondary uses for tampons. (Spit-shining boots is another.)

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (kU0PQ)

246 He's not getting that part!
Posted by: Jack Woltz at August 03, 2026 11:39 PM (6/7Fs)

You'd better stop horsing around.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

247 Speaking of the coldness of Space. One thing that strikes me as a little bit or even a lotta bit astonishing is the North American command module on Apollo 13. They had no choice but to shut it down completely during the mission for a few days, something that had never been done before or even considered. The gyros for example, what will 3 days of subzero temps do to precision bearings and lubricants? Lots of condensation behind panels dripping from switches and wiring. They were really lucky it didn’t turn into a fireworks show when they started flipping circuit breakers back on.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (Uhisz)

248 Anyone know the details on the chick at the front right in the Tugghim Carlson photo?

pretty 🔥

Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:43 PM (NoYYJ)

249 Great painting, Mis, Hum, especially your pine trees. *sigh* My pine trees suck. Which just means I need to paint more of them to improve. But I hate painting trees...

Posted by: tankascribe at August 03, 2026 11:44 PM (NtoJk)

250 226 Morticia

A double header! Good for the Sunshine State!

Fyi, the average time on death row for those who are eventually executed is 17-18 years.

Obviously, this excludes the 50% of death row inmates who spent time on death row, but had their death sentences overturned on appeal.

There are 2 levels of appeal, of course. State appeals, and only after those are exhausted, the federal appeals start. Back to square one, only this time in federal court.

Most judges despise the death penalty, and they'll look very hard for a reason to overturn those sentences. That's why appx 50% of all death sentences are reversed and remanded.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)

251 Good night good people.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 11:47 PM (CHHv1)

252 The scooter HAD to be tied to the little tree - it's a Limited Edition and they are disappearing daily!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Limited Edition of whatever-that-is is the equivalent of "the hottest chick still at the bar at 0200."

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)

253 244 B-yard

Sinatra:

When asked why he had so many mob associates, he explained, "I've been singing in saloons since I was 19. I didn't have a chance to meet many Nobel Prize winners."

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (RCjYY)

254 What the hell? It took 40 years to get this guy in the ground?
Posted by: Ralph at August 03, 2026 11:21 PM (8WZD4)

It only took 10 years to fry Bundy. And back then that seemed like forever.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (SjAWL)

255 DAMMIT FRONT LEFT!!!

Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (NoYYJ)

256 Anyone know the details on the chick at the front right in the Tugghim Carlson photo?
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SSBN656 -Are you just back off of a cruise?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (XeU6L)

257 Chains a scooter to a frigging sapling. Yup, I'm convinced that mankind is too stupid to survive. Where the fuck do they grow these people? The imbecile rate is growing exponentially.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (S41Gd)

258 >> But would the value of the cooling match the cost of trucking up replacement water from downstairs?

The space suits for the EVAs still use the Apollo sublimator design, although it's been improved. It's self-regulating too. But for the cooling the whole ISS, or a spacecraft, yep, that would require too much water.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

259 Speaking of the coldness of Space. One thing that strikes me as a little bit or even a lotta bit astonishing is the North American command module on Apollo 13. They had no choice but to shut it down completely during the mission for a few days, something that had never been done before or even considered. The gyros for example, what will 3 days of subzero temps do to precision bearings and lubricants? Lots of condensation behind panels dripping from switches and wiring. They were really lucky it didn’t turn into a fireworks show when they started flipping circuit breakers back on.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:42 PM (Uhisz)

If the command module is shut down, then no systems are making heat, right? The skin of the vehicle will radiate some heat to deep space, but how fast? And as the Sun shines on it, it will warm up some, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:49 PM (1z8ji)

260 Ooo.. the Victilympics! Great idea, Blondie!

My dad's parents (years before they met/married) and their families all survived the "Great Fire of 1910". Write-up at wiki...

Both families ran independent, portable sawmills and moved around the forests making lumber in NE Washington/North Idaho.

Terrifying!

Do I get double points?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

261 I am still wondering about that toilet on the very left of the frame. Did they leave it in so the photo looked casual and not overly managed?

Who the FUCK wants to have their movement associated with a toilet? Who puts a toilet in ANY picture...???

Only the GOPe, man. Only the GOPe could be responsible for something so fucking retarded. Classic them, I'm telling you. Someone explicitly decided to have that toilet in there.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:50 PM (vE0+H)

262 Sinatra the actor >>> Sinatra the singer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Disagree.
Does TCM, et all have Sinatra film festivals?

SiriusXM has "Siriusly Sinatra" on Channel 70.

Music critics rhapsodize over his tone, timing and phrasing. Yeah, he got an Oscar, but it was as Best Suporting Actor.

He was a decent actor, but he was a superb singer.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 11:51 PM (Lmo2r)

263 The contractor for the fuel cells claimed the hydrogen and oxygen tanks were insulated so well, it would take eight years for ice to melt and a few more years after that to reach ambient temperature. Wish I had a thermos that worked that well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:52 PM (Uhisz)

264 There's a difference between atrocity and disaster.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:52 PM (4tmEn)

265 He was a decent actor, but he was a superb singer.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 03, 2026 11:51 PM (Lmo2r)

Now do Dean.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 11:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

266 DAMMIT FRONT LEFT!!!

Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:48 PM (NoYYJ)

Not bad cleavage!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 03, 2026 11:54 PM (XRv1r)

267 There's a difference between atrocity and disaster.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:52 PM (4tmEn)

Atro-Cities is a muslim social media site.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:54 PM (1z8ji)

268 There's a difference between atrocity and disaster.
Posted by: Braenyard

Right.. But I thought we were including disasters?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 11:55 PM (rdVOm)

269 I just realized what would have made the Tuq'r photo perfect. Chili. Not just any chili. Chili thickened with almost enough Metamucil to notice. Not quite enough to serve as colonoscopy prep.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

270 Yes, they had a passive thermal control, and the sun was shining on it, but in any event everything pretty much froze up solid, including the wet pack foods. As it was they were running about 35 deg. F. Ambient for the interior air temp.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:55 PM (Uhisz)

271 Just finished listening to the Muddy Waters et al. clip. Thanks, MisHum. Good stuff.

I check YouTube for music. What it offers me is a lot of stuff I've already heard, stuff it brings up because of what I've just listened to (Sinatra, tonight), lots of odd stuff like "dirty" songs (AI pretends to be 1950s), and on and on. Can't add search parameters like "acid rock" or "songs new to me" because it thinks those are song or playlist titles. Stupid YT search function.

So I end up looking at gimmick songs like
Rock-A-Charleston (Flapper Flip) - Annette Funicello - Original 1961 Music Video
https://youtu.be/YIk59qc5Gew

I don't recall her doing that on the Mickey Mouse Club.

or, ahem! All teen (14-1

all girl rock band performs “Whole Lotta Love”! Live Cover! Tru Illusion Band!
https://youtu.be/Q_IgK4a2cws

They're cute, but I don't know how I feel about a leggy young'n in a short skirt singing "'way 'way down inside," y'know?

Bunk time. Oh, wait, that's… never mind.

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - honeeeey, yo-oou neeeed.... at August 03, 2026 11:56 PM (0poB+)

272 Anyone know the details on the chick at the front right in the Tugghim Carlson photo?

pretty 🔥
Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:43 PM (NoYYJ)

Tacky chandelier.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 11:56 PM (2WIwB)

273 existentialcomics.com/comic/514

Don't know if this will work.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:56 PM (FRcIP)

274 Hi Mike Hammer 😎.

No, actually shattered my left femur and have been in the hospital for the past 7 weeks,. 🚑

Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:56 PM (NoYYJ)

275 >>> ran independent, portable sawmills and moved around the forests making lumber --
--

That sounds.....mysterious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 11:58 PM (4tmEn)

276 Chains a scooter to a frigging sapling. Yup, I'm convinced that mankind is too stupid to survive. Where the fuck do they grow these people? The imbecile rate is growing exponentially.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Intelligent people tend to get their act together before having children. Idiots just breed. And breed.

Doesn't take any brain power to just f*ck.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

277 It’s one extreme to the other. Ordinarily the problem was heat, or how to get rid of it. Glycol cooling, since passive radiation doesn’t really work in space. But with everything shut down, no more heat.

They ran everything down to about 10 amps DC, about the equivalent of an old school pickup truck with only the headlights and taillights running.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (Uhisz)

278 >> If the command module is shut down, then no systems are making heat, right? The skin of the vehicle will radiate some heat to deep space, but how fast? And as the Sun shines on it, it will warm up some, too.

That was the problem. They had to design the whole thing with thermal control in mind. Now, all the internal electronics and systems would be making a lot of heat. The whole thing was designed around handling that heat load. When they shut it down, they were suddenly outside that design envelope.

They still had to do the famous "BBQ roll". Uneven heating, one side of the spacecraft in sunlight and the other facing dark could not be tolerated. The temp differences would've warped things too much.

Looking it up, the LM stayed a little bitter warmer than the CM. Some of its systems were still on, and you had a little bit of body heat from the crew. LM temp stabilized at around 50F, while CM temp was about 38 - 40F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (w6EFb)

279 On another Communism note - Rush used to have a story he'd talk about on air about how early America was founded on Communism (stay with me here).

1620. The Mayflower, with its cargo of Pilgrims, lands at Plymouth Rock / Harbor. Ended up landing there late fall, close to winter. A good number of them died from the cold, and supplies ran low because of how long it took to get to the New World. Their saving grace were the natives of America, who helped the strange white folk through the winter.

Now, on the way over, the Pilgrims wrote up the Mayflower Compact. Basically a constitution for their new community. A Communistic community, before Karl Marx was even a thing. The Pilgrims would farm and produce, which would all go into a common bank. Each Pilgrim would have one share of this bank. Regardless if they were productive, or lazy. And Commies being Commies, the system failed - resentment grew between the doers and the takers, when everyone had an equal share.

Unlike the Marxists, they realized it failed. They scrapped the idea after a short time, granted families a plot of land, and ownership of what they produced. Capitalism was born, and it worked.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (4h45B)

280 No, actually shattered my left femur and have been in the hospital for the past 7 weeks,. 🚑
Posted by: SSBN656(G) at August 03, 2026 11:56 PM (NoYYJ)

Sheesh.
Thats a long stretch.
The hokey-pokey was not meant to be a contact sport/dance.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

281 till = until
I'll wait till Monday.
Posted by: Emmie

As a contraction, that should be 'til, not till.

Like this:
https://youtu.be/zUKXhRikfPw

Posted by: mikeski and/or Wesley Crusher at August 04, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)

282 Tacky chandelier.
Posted by: Diogenes

You may say that. And think that. But those things are *WAY expensive* and sought-after by wealthy peeps what have fancy homes.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

283 Now do Dean.

Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Sloppy singer, by intent. +
Humor +
Actor, OK
Performer +

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:03 AM (4tmEn)

284
Right.. But I thought we were including disasters?
Posted by: JQ

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

I should have said Disasters & Atrocities.

And if you have 2 survivors of a disaster in your ancestry, beeeee careful -- think of all the people who suffered backlash!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 12:03 AM (mmrXZ)

285 Chains a scooter to a frigging sapling. Yup, I'm convinced that mankind is too stupid to survive. Where the fuck do they grow these people? The imbecile rate is growing exponentially.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Intelligent people tend to get their act together before having children. Idiots just breed. And breed.

Doesn't take any brain power to just f*ck.
Posted by: JQ

And we've made the world so safe that we can give out annual Darwin Awards for people who somehow still manage to let their stupidity kill or sterilize themselves, despite all the safeguards.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

286 Was just reading how Cuba’s power grid crashed again today. Not just part, the entire island.

Some wonder why we haven’t pushed the situation harder than we have, but I get it. When Cuba finally falls, it’s going to be a massive humanitarian disaster on our doorstep, there is no reason to open up that can of worms before we have to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:04 AM (Fo91n)

287 You may say that. And think that. But those things are *WAY expensive* and sought-after by wealthy peeps what have fancy homes.
Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

Chandelier looks like Ann Coulter's skeleton.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

288 mikeski, yeah stupid dictionary sites are claiming (WITHOUT EVIDENCE) that 'till as in time' has been around since Early/Middle English. Me, I say 'press X to doubt'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 12:05 AM (aJQbY)

289 Tucker the poser, with his antlers and candles. He tries to create that ambiance of the rugged individualist, but he's a bought and paid for whore. Tucker can't even catch a fish without a guide to place him in a fish farm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 12:05 AM (ixEhJ)

290 121 If any WNBA team takes the offer, what does the state high school boys basketball team get for playing? "Ooh, we're better than a bunch of thuggish women."

I thought his funnier offer was to start a WNBA expansion team that had all tranny men, cause you know, they are really women. If they let him do that this team would be like the Jordan Bulls against the rest of the league except twice as much

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 04, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

291 No, actually shattered my left femur and have been in the hospital for the past 7 weeks,. 🚑
Posted by: SSBN656
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Grieved to learn that. I've spent some time rehabilitating in a hospital myself. I penned a rather weak monograph about the experience.

My comment was supposed to be tongue in cheek humor re sailors who have been at sea for a while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:06 AM (XeU6L)

292 Unlike the Marxists, they realized it failed. They scrapped the idea after a short time, granted families a plot of land, and ownership of what they produced. Capitalism was born, and it worked.

Posted by: Another Anon
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Made in the USA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:07 AM (4tmEn)

293 Other than being believable, what is it about the sapling photo that makes us think it wasn't staged?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 12:08 AM (vE0+H)

294 The most fascinating disaster for me is the Port Chicago explosion at a Navy facility during WW II.

The name notwithstanding, Port Chicago was located north of San Francisco. All the Navy munitions headed for the Pacific went through Port Chicago.

Competitions to see which work gang could load the most shells the fastest!

A winch broke on a crane hoisting a 2000 lb Torpex torpedo.

The explosion shook the ground as far away Salt Lake City.

Had Port Chicago been a battle instead of an industrial accident, it would've been one of Japan's larger victories.

Posted by: mnw at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (RCjYY)

295 Chandelier looks like Ann Coulter's skeleton.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's got too many antlers...overdone. Less is more with those chandeliers, and some look quite elegant. But not *that* one. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

296 Some wonder why we haven’t pushed the situation harder than we have, but I get it. When Cuba finally falls, it’s going to be a massive humanitarian disaster on our doorstep, there is no reason to open up that can of worms before we have to.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Trump said that he would take care of Cuba when he finishes with Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (4tmEn)

297 I should have said Disasters & Atrocities.

And if you have 2 survivors of a disaster in your ancestry, beeeee careful -- think of all the people who suffered backlash!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 12:03 AM (mmrXZ)

The way I define the difference between the two:

The Ford Mustang II of the mid 70’s was a disaster.

The current Ford Mustang 4 door EV SUV is an atrocity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (Fo91n)

298 Unlike the Marxists, they realized it failed. They scrapped the idea after a short time, granted families a plot of land, and ownership of what they produced. Capitalism was born, and it worked.
Posted by: Another Anon at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (4h45B)

One could argue that what succeeded the "commune" was not "capitalism", but a market economy. None of the colonists had any capital to invest; they were all putting sweat equity into their little farms.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:10 AM (1z8ji)

299 Intelligent people tend to get their act together before having children. Idiots just breed. And breed.

Doesn't take any brain power to just f*ck.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

Not sure about that. This latest breed of human might actually stick their dick in a wall socket.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 12:11 AM (S41Gd)

300 Irregardless, we could keep tiling that ground till the cows come home, but we should of spellled it 'til anyways.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:11 AM (dW5FI)

301 Re comment 279
See: FDR's 'Homesteads'

Failed...all of them. 100 I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L)

302 Trump said that he would take care of Cuba when he finishes with Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (4tmEn)

Yes, I’m aware. It’s clear we’re in no hurry, and we shouldn’t be. It needs to happen, but it’s going to be a hell of a mess when it does.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:12 AM (Fo91n)

303 Chandelier looks like Ann Coulter's skeleton.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

I literally bumped into her once in NY.
She has a couple soft spots.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

304 >>The Ford Mustang II of the mid 70’s was a disaster.
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I had one of those! ('75)

Woot! Triple!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

305 stupid dictionary sites are claiming (WITHOUT EVIDENCE) that 'till as in time' has been around since Early/Middle English. Me, I say 'press X to doubt'.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 12:05 AM (aJQbY)

I was taught till=until='til in the 1970s.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (OlzlW)

306 Trump said that he would take care of Cuba when he finishes with Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (4tmEn)

Cuba is not going to need a massive military presence. Their belly buttons are kissing up to their backbones. What it's going to need is a massive sea and airlift of humanitarian supplies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

307 Tucker the poser, with his antlers and candles. He tries to create that ambiance of the rugged individualist, but he's a bought and paid for whore. Tucker can't even catch a fish without a guide to place him in a fish farm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 12:05 AM (ixEhJ)

Not sure he could catch a fish if you lowered him into a small aquarium with a stick of dynamite.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 12:14 AM (S41Gd)

308 raimondo generated more interest last night than I have tonight.

Nytol

Posted by: mnw at August 04, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY)

309 mikeski, yeah stupid dictionary sites are claiming (WITHOUT EVIDENCE) that 'till as in time' has been around since Early/Middle English. Me, I say 'press X to doubt'.
Posted by: RandomDave

Eh, that sounds reasonable. How far along were we before we standardized the spelling of words? Was that in Middle English, or did it wait for Modern English?

"Þylle" was probably a cromulent spelling of "'til" pre-Middle-English.

Prithee, dictionary compilers, tell me why "till" for "until" should be accepted in Modern English.

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 12:15 AM (VHUov)

310
Had Port Chicago been a battle instead of an industrial accident, it would've been one of Japan's larger victories.
Posted by: mnw
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Halifax?

"The Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917, resulted in approximately 1,782 confirmed deaths and around 9,000 injuries. This disaster was one of the largest man-made explosions prior to the atomic age."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 12:15 AM (XeU6L)

311 Not sure he could catch a fish if you lowered him into a small aquarium with a stick of dynamite.
Posted by: Berserker

Heh. Dupont Lures can't help him LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

312 Sloppy singer, by intent. +
Humor +
Actor, OK
Performer +
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:03 AM (4tmEn)

Well, do you mean live performance, or records? Live, sure, it was part of his schtick. His records, when the song wasn't treated as a joke, are pretty good.

Have you seen "Five Card Stud," "Rio Bravo," or "Rough Night in Jericho?" It you're talking Matt Helm, yeah, but he's playing to his type, like the "sloppy singer" I think.

He's pretty darn good in those Westerns. Which he's on record as saying that's his favorite movie genre to act in.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 12:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

313 That's the problem with all-electronic/digital books/dictionaries, etc. Easier to change the popular understanding of the past

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:16 AM (dW5FI)

314 >>The Ford Mustang II of the mid 70’s was a disaster.
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I had one of those! ('75)

Woot! Triple!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

For some reason their front suspension ends up in quite a lot old world hotrods.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

315
The other accomplishments along with the others in the rat pack is a level of professionalism we don't see today.

Who does music, movies, and live performance, top drawer, today?

Posted by: Braenyard

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

I think there are some marvelous talents out there, but in this atomized entertainment realm we have today, those talents don't get as wide of exposure as they used to. I recently watched the Halston biopic mini-series on Netflix, and it featured some singer/actress playing the part of Liza Minelli. She was FANTASTIC. Go to some local theater productions and you might be amazed.

But generally, we don't have great vehicles. That remake of A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga was awful awful awful. She's a good singer, maybe puts on a good live show, maybe a good actress, but who would know with that lousy script? Ugh and I hate to mention it, but that Snow White actress. Very good singer and she reportedly was a smash in Evita in London. But that's another thing, today's entertainers kill the fun with their stupid yakkety-yak.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 12:17 AM (mmrXZ)

316 I was taught till=until='til in the 1970s.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (OlzlW)

If you are going to abbreviate "until", say for poetry or a song lyric, 'til is the way to do it. You do not make abbreviations by dropping two letters, and then adding one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)

317 I literally bumped into her once in NY.
She has a couple soft spots.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 04, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

In her head?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 12:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

318 That's the problem with all-electronic/digital books/dictionaries, etc. Easier to change the popular understanding of the past
Posted by: Don
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You ain't seen nothing.

Posted by: AI at August 04, 2026 12:18 AM (XeU6L)

319 Cuba is not going to need a massive military presence. Their belly buttons are kissing up to their backbones. What it's going to need is a massive sea and airlift of humanitarian supplies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

And a few guys with rope.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

320 One of the problems with the Pilgrim deal, some of the Investors wanted to basically play feudal lord. They didn’t want to work or contribute materially to the enterprise, they thought their money was enough, and they could just lay around. Well in a survival situation that won’t work. They were soon disabused of that notion.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:20 AM (Uhisz)

321 One could argue that what succeeded the "commune" was not "capitalism", but a market economy. None of the colonists had any capital to invest; they were all putting sweat equity into their little farms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:10 AM (1z8ji)

Reality is a harsh mistress - Jamestown started off with a lot of foolish ideas about how to create a colony, and it’s easy to forget that only half the colonists lived through the first year. Even worse, only 60 of the first 500 colonists were still alive after 1610. (Founded in 1607)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:20 AM (Fo91n)

322 For some reason their front suspension ends up in quite a lot old world hotrods.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

It was just a beefed-up version of the Pinto front end, and it was an easy swap because most of the critical geometry was all in one bolt-on subframe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

323 I can believe - although I'd want to see hard evidence, not just 'dictionary and wikipedia sez' - that 'till' as a spelling was used in middle english - and then got dropped, or morphed into until. But trying to claim "Well it's been an active usage since 1200"? Not likely. The distinction being, "Um, but not really seen day to day since modern english spelling was standardized and those spellings broadly taught..."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 04, 2026 12:22 AM (aJQbY)

324 Yep. AI is kinda the endgame of erasing the past in a widely accepted manner.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:23 AM (dW5FI)

325 I literally bumped into her once in NY.
She has a couple soft spots.
Posted by: Diogenes

In her head?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Bone bruises?

Posted by: mikeski at August 04, 2026 12:23 AM (VHUov)

326 The Black Tom Island Explosion in NY Harbor in 1916 didn't have much loss of life, but it was a explosion of a huge amount of shells, ammo. Arson by German agents. Broke windows in all five boroughs, and sent shrapnel through the arm of the Statue of Liberty.

Posted by: The Kaiser On A Roll at August 04, 2026 12:24 AM (JM9I6)

327 Mike Hammer, your monograph was not weak at all, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I wish that I could put thoughts to paper so well.

Beautiful painting, MisHum!

{{{Emmie}}}

Happy Monday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 12:27 AM (ibDUx)

328
I literally bumped into her once in NY.
She has a couple soft spots.

Posted by: Diogenes
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Only a golfer could find them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:27 AM (4tmEn)

329 Hi, Debby!

*slides Chivas down the bar*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

330
I got to reading about the thermal control systems on the ISS. It has about 6500 sq ft of thermal radiators to reject the heat from the ISS proper, and some more radiators to handle the heat from the solar arrays.

Total heat rejection capacity is about 120 kW. But I think they can increase that somewhat if they have to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

331 Now do Dean.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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The same adjective describes "Deano's" theatrical and musical performances: lazy.
When he first started out, he actually sang, but by the 60s, he was playing a caricature of himself. Hey, give 'em what they want. It worked, he died very very rich.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 04, 2026 12:30 AM (Lmo2r)

332 Texas City Disaster of 1947, similar circumstances to the Halifax explosion. 581 dead, over 5000 injured, most of the town leveled when a shipload of fertilizer detonated. Still credited as one of the largest non nuclear explosions ever.

I think the saddest part is that the entire volunteer fire department , save for one man, had gone down to the dock to fight the blaze when it started. Every last one of them was killed in the explosion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:31 AM (Fo91n)

333 The distinction being, "Um, but not really seen day to day since modern english spelling was standardized and those spellings broadly taught..."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)
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Thought Jack London used it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:32 AM (4tmEn)

334
Good evening, Debby! How goes it?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 12:34 AM (mmrXZ)

335 >>>Hey, give 'em what they want. It worked, he died very very rich.

Posted by: buddhaha
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Have you been to the Cal-Neva? That's where they did a lot of work. It's a small room, maybe 250~300 people at best. The front row 15ft from the rat pack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 12:35 AM (4tmEn)

336 Well, I got 4 sheets of roofing tin hung on the wall of the shop today. My hoisting rig, with some alterations made this morning, worked just fine. Only real issue is that it hoists too quickly, making it tricky to guide the rising panel around obstacles. I have one and a third panels left to do on the East wall. I will hang the last full panel, then measure the need size of the fractional one (about a foot wide), and cut the needed strip off a panel. I have an air-operated metal shear that will make a very neat cut, quickly.

I was multi-tasking today, too. Got six old brake drums turned on the brake lathe, and mowed a patch of grass, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:35 AM (1z8ji)

337 Nice work, AOP! I get tired just reading about all you do... Wish I had your energy.

Today I watered the yard, bought groceries & cleaned the living room-- bro & nephew will arrive tomorrow.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

338 brake drums turned on the brake lathe
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Couldn't ya just bolt 'em on backward and put the vhicle in gear while on jackstands and...yeah, probably not.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:40 AM (dW5FI)

339 Cheers backatcha JQ.

Blondie it goes as well as it should go, I suppose. I wish that AOP could rebuild human bodies like he does to other old machines. I could be a whole new person.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 12:41 AM (ibDUx)

340 Wish I had your energy.

Today I watered the yard, bought groceries & cleaned the living room-- bro & nephew will arrive tomorrow.
Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

Short bursts of furious activity, tempered with periods of quiet contemplation. Riding the lawnmower almost qualifies as the latter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)

341 It's really hard to find someone who turns brake drums anymore.

Posted by: Or Getting My Hat Blocked at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (JM9I6)

342 AOP - now you need to arc the brake shoe linings to fit the turned drums.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (Uhisz)

343 Or Getting My Hat Blocked
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or boots re-soled.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (dW5FI)

344 Took one of my daughters to a fiddle contest Sunday. She palced third after two fiddle teachers who have been playing forever. Best Sally Goodin I have heard in quite a while.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:47 AM (dW5FI)

345
343 Or Getting My Hat Blocked
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or boots re-soled.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (dW5FI)

There’s a good little Mexican place here in town, Lucio’s, that still does fantastic boot/shoe repair. The guy’s a real craftsman.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 12:48 AM (Fo91n)

346 Couldn't ya just bolt 'em on backward and put the vhicle in gear while on jackstands and...yeah, probably not.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:40 AM (dW5FI)

If you set it all up rock-solid, it could be done. Garage 54 did an episode where they used abrasive blocks in place of brake pads to resurface brake rotors. My brake lathe was bought used from a shop that was closing down. It works just fine. Today, I figured out how to make the automatic feed work, which I thought was broken. So I could set the cutter, turn it on, and let it make a pass all on its lonesome. When the carriage reaches the end of its travel, it hits a switch, stopping the feed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:49 AM (1z8ji)

347 Lucio’s
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Tylaer?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:50 AM (dW5FI)

348 Tyler, I mean.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:50 AM (dW5FI)

349
I wish that AOP could rebuild human bodies like he does to other old machines. I could be a whole new person.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

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Oh my goodness. Maybe Elon will change the human race, but not in time for us.

Don, that's great about your fiddling daughter! I used to throw a few coins at a girl with a fiddle in the BART Station. No idea how she fared when COVID hit, which made me mad.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 12:51 AM (mmrXZ)

350 >>I wish that AOP could rebuild human bodies like he does to other old machines. I could be a whole new person.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Hear, hear!

When training noobs on assembly line, they'd be afraid of damaging the equipment or machinery. I'd tell them:
"We have a world-class machine shop on-plant. Anything you break, those guys can fix, EXCEPT YOU! Don't hurt yourself!"

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

351 If a high school boys team plays against the WNBA champs I hope their team name is the Flying Green Dildos.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 12:52 AM (ibDUx)

352 AOP - now you need to arc the brake shoe linings to fit the turned drums.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (Uhisz)

I have a machine that is supposed to do that, but it is lacking the fixture to hold the shoe and swing it in the correct arc.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

353 Have you been to the Cal-Neva? That's where they did a lot of work. It's a small room, maybe 250~300 people at best. The front row 15ft from the rat pack.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Been to the Cal-Neva a couple of times in the late 70's, well after the Sinatra era. Skiing at Squad and took a drive to have dinner and drop $10 on the slots.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 04, 2026 12:52 AM (Lmo2r)

354 Sally Goodin - the tape is bad, but there’s a video recording on YT of Doc Watson, Norman Blake, and Sam Bush thrashing at a festival at Telluride in the early 1970s. Doc was on fire and havin’ a good ole time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:52 AM (Uhisz)

355 bought used from a shop that was closing down
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That would be a great tool to have! I replaced old tires a week ago with my 15 year old so he could learn how to do it without the machines...my back told me the next day that I am getting old.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:54 AM (dW5FI)

356 Short bursts of furious activity, tempered with periods of quiet contemplation. Riding the lawnmower almost qualifies as the latter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Truth!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

357 when COVID hit,
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We started playing as a family band when COVID hit. Only lost one gig, as it was supposed yo be a St Patrick's day affair at an Irish pub, but we were so new at it that all our other shows were very small and outdoors, so we played a lot that year.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:58 AM (dW5FI)

358 Brake shops did all sorts of things that made braking work, important with drum brakes.

Everyone wanted to save money back in the day, and do brake work themselves. Probably half the cars brought in for brake work had fucked up brakes, because somebody’s other brother Daryl or brother in law thought he could git ‘er done.

One thing they did was sell oversized linings, to closely fit the drum, depending on how far it had been turned. Then they woukd get arc’d on the brake shoe machine to have a near 100% contact patch from the start. Of course they used asbestos for brake linings, and brake shop guys all smoked like chimneys. They never actually outlawed brake shoe arc machines but they all pretty much went bye-bye along with drum brakes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:59 AM (Uhisz)

359
348 Tyler, I mean.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 12:50 AM (dW5FI)

Yes, his shop is right near downtown.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 01:01 AM (Fo91n)

360 Don in SoCo, congrats for your daughter, that is impressive. I do not possess an ounce of musical talent, but I truly appreciate it in others. Good on you for giving your kids the gift of music.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 01:02 AM (ibDUx)

361 drum brakes.
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Seems like I remember prices for disc brake service being higher that drum brakes. Never u derstood that. The disc brakes are so much easier...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:02 AM (dW5FI)

362 congrats for your daughter
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Thanks, Debby. I brag on her like a grandparent, but I have to keep up with her on guitar, so I have to earn it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:04 AM (dW5FI)

363 I think that’s actually part of it. Drum brakes are complicated affairs. Discs are cheaper, more or less.

Drum brakes are subject to fade on long downhill runs, or running through water. And rust and corrosion soon locks up the “self-adjust” feature.About 70% of stopping power is achieved by the front axle. Drum brakes held on for a long time on the rear axle, but often they aren’t doing much of anything at all. Parking brake is a lot easier with drums, I think that’s the only reason why they kept ‘em for the rear axle.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:08 AM (Uhisz)

364 Yes, disc brakes are a cake walk, compared to drums! And safer to work on...

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

365 Yes, his shop is right near downtown
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Have to go visit Tyler next time we go to Athens. One of the best Texas Fiddle events in the state there every year in April.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:10 AM (dW5FI)

366 Pray for Wisconsin on election day in November. Having this woman as governor would be devastating.

HONG TODAY. HONG TOMORROW. HONG FOREVER. MAY EVERY DAY BE LIKE SATURN DEVOURING HIS CHILDREN. SUFFER, CHEESEHEADS, SUFFER.

Posted by: GOBLINS FOR HONG at August 04, 2026 01:13 AM (Xrf8Q)

367 safer to work on...
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Yeah, I nearly poked my eye out stretching one of those springs with needle-nosed pliers...better at it (and more careful) now...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:14 AM (dW5FI)

368 366 Pray for Wisconsin on election day in November. Having this woman as governor would be devastating.

HONG TODAY. HONG TOMORROW. HONG FOREVER. MAY EVERY DAY BE LIKE SATURN DEVOURING HIS CHILDREN. SUFFER, CHEESEHEADS, SUFFER.

Posted by: GOBLINS FOR HONG at August 04, 2026 01:13 AM (Xrf8Q)

Like Lina Hidalgo (the corrupt drama queen County Judge of Harris County, TX), only Asian.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:15 AM (ukytI)

369
That thermal control thing was one of the big factors in the moon landing considerations and engineering. They landed during the early morning, low sun angle. This meant low surface temperatures -- it was just beginning to warm up, and the low sun angle made for long shadows which helped during landing. They could see boulders and obstacles better.

During Apollo 11, surface temperature measurements ranged from -9F to 45F.

During the longer duration J missions it got a lot hotter during the stay, 120F - 150F surface temperature. It hit 180Fish during Apollo 16's last EVA. Charlie Duke said, "Boy, it's hot out here today!".

But they all left before the 250F maximum.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)

370 hey never actually outlawed brake shoe arc machines but they all pretty much went bye-bye along with drum brakes.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 12:59 AM (Uhisz)

I remember using one, being trained to use it, back in the '70's. Easy to learn to do, and it was a very quick operation, too. But it made a huge difference in the effectiveness of the new brakes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)

371 319 Cuba is not going to need a massive military presence. Their belly buttons are kissing up to their backbones. What it's going to need is a massive sea and airlift of humanitarian supplies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

And a few guys with rope.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 04, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

The 2T2 Mafia can take care of Cuba easily.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:18 AM (ukytI)

372 Have to go visit Tyler next time we go to Athens. One of the best Texas Fiddle events in the state there every year in April.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:10 AM (dW5FI)

Yes, I’ve been to it a couple of times! Some great musicians, every year.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 01:18 AM (Fo91n)

373 It's really hard to find someone who turns brake drums anymore.

Posted by: Or Getting My Hat Blocked at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (JM9I6)

Thats because places want to use $1.83 yangpoon drums and rotors instead of cutting them. Its faster. Its also crap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:19 AM (S41Gd)

374
Interesting. Charlie Duke had tight strap on his PLSS backpack, which compressed the suit at a point, and he noted he could really feel the Sun at that spot.

The suits performed well, but the cooling system did have to run a little higher than normal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 01:20 AM (w6EFb)

375 Seems like I remember prices for disc brake service being higher that drum brakes. Never u derstood that. The disc brakes are so much easier...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:02 AM (dW5FI)

When disc brakes first came out, shops had to re-tool to do them. Old drum brake lathes cannot cut rotors. And there was a learning curve, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:20 AM (1z8ji)

376 It’s great to be sentenced in a state with no death penalty.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 04, 2026 01:21 AM (ukytI)

377
That final photo is not ineptitude, but the hallmark of a high trust society. If the bike is still there when the owner returns, he may have high confidence that he is in a high trust society. If not, well, he chose poorly.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 03, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

So is self-checkout. But people here are enraged at self-checkout.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:23 AM (ukytI)

378 Yeah, I nearly poked my eye out stretching one of those springs with needle-nosed pliers...better at it (and more careful) now...
Posted by: Don in SoCo

A "brake tool kit" is worth its weight in gold! There's one tool that you poke through the loose end of spring, after affixing the other end to the shoe, and then put tool on the the stud at top of backing plate, and lever the spring's hook over the stud. Much easier than the pliers/vice grips method.

And wear a face shield!!! I'd wear a leather apron as well.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

379 376 It’s great to be sentenced in a state with no death penalty.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 04, 2026 01:21 AM (ukytI)

FUNNY, I RECALL THE DEATH PENALTY BEING INFORMALLY ADMINISTERED, JEFFRO.

Posted by: GOBLINS JEFFREY at August 04, 2026 01:23 AM (Xrf8Q)

380
You know that "crumpled tin foil" covering on the LM that a lot of the moon landing conspiracy types like to mock?

Those crumples were carefully engineered for thermal control purposes. Every little detail of everything was designed to a T. Do the job with the least amount of weight. No more and no less than needed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)

381 Just looked up “till” in my Random House Unabridged Dictionary, (C) 1973. It lists five definitions which match the five meanings given in my iPad dictionary app. It was the original version of “until” which was formed from “till” at a later date. It also means to work the soil, a cash box, a glacial “till,” etc. I could look it up in my OED, but that is in a library in an outbuilding, and I am in pajamas, so I won’t. Going to bed, goodnight.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:24 AM (bELOb)

382 So I see that Iran is negotiating by shooting drones at US bases again tonight. There’s a surprise.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 01:26 AM (Fo91n)

383
Glacial till is a fascinating thing indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)

384 Yes, I’ve been to it a couple of times! Some great musicians, every year.
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We met a young fella there back in (2019.or so?) named Ridge Roberts. Nicest kid and family - kinda took the fiddle world by storm since then:
https://tinyurl.com/mwy34bbj

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:26 AM (dW5FI)

385 Yes, disc brakes are a cake walk, compared to drums! And safer to work on...

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

The harley drum brakes are a riot. They were originally mechanical. Hydraulic rear came out in '58 and were made by bendix. They were never great. The mechanical rear brakes would flatten your eyeballs when you hit the pedal. The hydraulic ones were just decent. All were fairly easy to work on. Mechanical front brakes lasted until '72 and they were basically a suggestion. Disk brakes came out in '73 and they blew ass. They didn't get better until the early 80's.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:28 AM (S41Gd)

386
The left is playing a game now.

Like roads or library...har har you are a socialist too!

Ask the left why they don't go form a socialist commune on their own? Har har socialism means the government controls ALL means of production.

Oh and for those not following this closely the means of production includes your hands and your brain.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)

That’s been going on forever. They are presenting you a false choice: either you are a Socialist or you want anarchy. It’s what happens when you aren’t educated properly. For instance, for many years libraries were privately funded, until the government decided civil society was the problem and took over funding.

As for fire departments, I always love Socialists making that argument. People would be shocked at just how much of the country is covered by VFDs who only get funding from donations and fundraisers they put together. (Support your local VFDs.). I bet NONE of those dummy Socialists can be bothered to donate any money to one single VFD.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:28 AM (ukytI)

387 FUNNY, I RECALL THE DEATH PENALTY BEING INFORMALLY ADMINISTERED, JEFFRO.
Posted by: GOBLINS JEFFREY at August 04, 2026 01:23 AM (Xrf8Q)

SHADES ARE DRAWN NO ONE OUT CAN SEE
WHAT I’VE DONE, WHAT’S BECOME OF ME
HERE I STAND ABOVE ALL THAT’S BEEN TRUE
HOW I LOVE
HOW I LOVE TO KILL YOU

Posted by: Slayer at August 04, 2026 01:30 AM (ukytI)

388 373 It's really hard to find someone who turns brake drums anymore.

Posted by: Or Getting My Hat Blocked at August 04, 2026 12:42 AM (JM9I6)

Thats because places want to use $1.83 yangpoon drums and rotors instead of cutting them. Its faster. Its also crap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:19 AM (S41Gd)

I was pleasantly surprised when O’Reilly Auto Parts had my brake discs turned.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:31 AM (ukytI)

389 Brake spring pliers are cheap. An experienced feller might just use a well worn screwdriver. But the springs will get ya, if not careful. The pliers worked good for a newbie.

Old springs were no good, the brake shoe “pads” on the backing plate would get deep gouges, brake cylinders full of crap and sludge, mismatched linings & glazed drums.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:32 AM (Uhisz)

390 Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:28 AM (ukytI)

It's just visual imagery to persuade idiots. The Left would let the Muslims burn down every hospital, library and fire station without blinking.

All they want is submission to their arts, so they will come up with any word that sounds good.

ROAD! LIBRARY! BRIDGE! They really don't give a fuck what the word is as long as it gets them to the next day with you a tiny bit diminished. And dopey us we still try to "argue" with them. Not realizing that while you are busy arguing they are already moving to their next eight lies.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

391 And wear a face shield!!!
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Yeah, I was quite a danger to myself back in the day. I have the spring tool now (might even be able to find it). I still do drum brakes on occasion(trailers), but mostly disc brakes (suburban, yukon, pickup).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:34 AM (dW5FI)

392 DOES PAUL MASSON STILL EXIST? REMEMBER, 29-YEAR-OLDS? ORSON WELLES, ROLLING ACROSS THE LAWN, SCREAMING, "THERE SHALL BE NO WINE BEFORE IT'S TIME!?"

Posted by: GOBLINS FOR PAUL MASSON at August 04, 2026 01:34 AM (Xrf8Q)

393 I was pleasantly surprised when O’Reilly Auto Parts had my brake discs turned.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 01:31 AM (ukytI)

There are a few people around here who do them. I used to keep a spare set on hand for when I did the brakes. I would get the ones I pulled off cut and put them in stock for the next time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:35 AM (S41Gd)

394 Turning brake discs is sort of retarded. So long as they are not glazed over, it’s just needlessly jremoving mass, and cooling power. They did it to pad their bottom line, mostly.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:35 AM (Uhisz)

395 A large "clutch-drive" screwdriver would make-do for brake spring lever tool-- has a nice concave shape that wouldn't slip off the backing plate stud...

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

396 after all this time, I haven't bonded with any radio talk show since Rush died.

Any recommendations?

Posted by: goatweed at August 04, 2026 01:37 AM (jK3NL)

397 A lot of guys will buy the most expensive “racing” pads. This sounds like s good idea, except they aren’t racing, just driving around town. The linings never get hot enough.

The euros use semi-metallic pads and a softer steel for discs. They are routinely noisy and dirty across different makes and models. Brake dust on wheels. But holy shit, those fuckers can stop on a dime, which is exactly what you want, especially on high speed roadways.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:39 AM (Uhisz)

398 378 Yeah, I nearly poked my eye out stretching one of those springs with needle-nosed pliers...better at it (and more careful) now...
Posted by: Don in SoCo
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VW brake springs were vertical not horizontal. I godda nose to prove it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 01:39 AM (4tmEn)

399 The harley drum brakes are a riot. They were originally mechanical. Hydraulic rear came out in '58 and were made by bendix. They were never great. The mechanical rear brakes would flatten your eyeballs when you hit the pedal. The hydraulic ones were just decent. All were fairly easy to work on. Mechanical front brakes lasted until '72 and they were basically a suggestion. Disk brakes came out in '73 and they blew ass. They didn't get better until the early 80's.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:28 AM (S41Gd)

I have never had any hands-on experience with anything Harley-Davidson. Not because of any phobia, or dislike, or anything. Like Studebakers, they mark their territory! (and if Studebaker had lasted longer, they would have cured that, just like HD did, LOL)

I have one rare old bike here: a 1970 (+/-) Greeves Griffon. It is a pure motocross bike, not road legal. They were made with a 380 cc two-stroke engine of Greeve's design, built, AFAIK, by Villiers. The bike I have is in amazingly good condition for a 50 year old motorcycle, but some farm boy wedged a Kawasaki 350 rotary valve 2-stroke into the frame. The engine is nearly as old as the bike.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)

400 after all this time, I haven't bonded with any radio talk show since Rush died.

Any recommendations?
Posted by: goatweed at August 04, 2026 01:37 AM (jK3NL)

The An Evening Of Old Time Radio channel on utube.

Great stuff.
Listening to Breakfast In Hollywood from Dec 11, 1946.
SO MANY Michigan sevicemen on the show...

https://youtu.be/sIlutPsodj8

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 04, 2026 01:41 AM (ufFY8)

401 396 after all this time, I haven't bonded with any radio talk show since Rush died.
Any recommendations?
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I went down that path a while back because I was driving a lot. Kind depressing. Started listening to podcasts instead.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:41 AM (dW5FI)

402 My dad was a service manager at a Ford dealership when they did away with asbestos in brake shoes. Endless compaints of squeaking.

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 01:43 AM (FRcIP)

403 Ford was famously hidebound with respect to hydraulic brakes long after everyone else had swapped over. He even had a marketing blurb - “the security of steel, from pedal to wheel” or something like that. It is true there wasn’t any concern about brake lines rusting out, a single line blowing out meant bad things for the entire system.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:45 AM (Uhisz)

404 Old springs were no good, the brake shoe “pads” on the backing plate would get deep gouges, brake cylinders full of crap and sludge, mismatched linings & glazed drums.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:32 AM (Uhisz)

Those little pads on the backing plates are called "tables". When I find them to be worn with grooves, I run a bead with the MIG welder, and grind them smooth. And when I assemble the brakes, those tables and other metal-to-metal friction points get a dab of anti-seize compound.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

405 Sweet dreams Horde, I am off to bed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 01:47 AM (ibDUx)

406 Yep, that keeps the brake shoes from sticking or hanging up. Very important for proper shoe action. They have to be able to slide back and forth very quickly. Commonly overlooked. All that shit worked okay 65 years ago, but it’s all trashed by now

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:49 AM (Uhisz)

407 Ford was famously hidebound with respect to hydraulic brakes long after everyone else had swapped over. He even had a marketing blurb - “the security of steel, from pedal to wheel” or something like that. It is true there wasn’t any concern about brake lines rusting out, a single line blowing out meant bad things for the entire system.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:45 AM (Uhisz)

The big problem with mechanical brakes was equalizing the braking effort from side to side. That, and brake cables inside jackets rusting up solid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:50 AM (1z8ji)

408 Welp, the insects of the world have found my cell phone. Time to sleep. Goodnight, All.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 04, 2026 01:50 AM (dW5FI)

409 'Night, Debby! See ya next time!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

410 Good night, Don in SoCo

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

411 What do we know about the arrested Spokane arsonist?

https://tinyurl.com/3ry36kj5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 01:51 AM (QNSrI)

412 Well, getting close to midnight; time for me to go down for a snooze. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:52 AM (1z8ji)

413 Our war machine is vamping.
Trump is endorsing candidates and CENTCOM is showing pictures of its various machines.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 01:53 AM (4tmEn)

414
Looks like a deal for SpaceX to acquire Pecan Island is about to be finalized. This will be a new space port, and will sit halfway between Starbase and Florida. They will have launch facilities there, as well as testing and other facilities and will be a major hub between Texas and Florida.

This will be on of the largest projects in LA history.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 01:55 AM (w6EFb)

415 After all my dealings with various automotive & mechanical stuff... I can say: "I'm glad I did it. I'm glad I learned the things I learned."

I cannot, however, say that I wish to continue to pursue such things in my old age! I'm an old woman. Wish to just live out my days or years without any more struggle! So tired, ya know?

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

416 The big problem with mechanical brakes was equalizing the braking effort from side to side. That, and brake cables inside jackets rusting up solid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 04, 2026 01:50 AM (1z8ji)

Harley got it easy. One pedal, one linkage, one wheel. Still, some people still manage to fuck it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:56 AM (S41Gd)

417 Can't walk your dog in NY without being accosted by mooselimbs.

https://tinyurl.com/yura76su

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 01:56 AM (4tmEn)

418 After all my dealings with various automotive & mechanical stuff... I can say: "I'm glad I did it. I'm glad I learned the things I learned."

I cannot, however, say that I wish to continue to pursue such things in my old age! I'm an old woman. Wish to just live out my days or years without any more struggle! So tired, ya know?

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

If I stuck you on harley stuff you would be like a kid in a candy store. The mechanical curiosity would win, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 01:58 AM (S41Gd)

419 >>>I'm an old woman. Wish to just live out my days or years without any more struggle! So tired, ya know?

Posted by: JQ
---

As sweet as you are, you know that ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:03 AM (4tmEn)

420
Yep, Elon is going to get this Moon base thing done. When all these 3 locations are fully operational, he'll have one hell of launch cadence capability. If something goes boom on one of his pads, he'll have many more to keep going with.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

421 Didn't they do away with mechanical brakes on cars in the early to mid '30's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:07 AM (4tmEn)

422 If I stuck you on harley stuff you would be like a kid in a candy store. The mechanical curiosity would win, lol.
Posted by: Berserker

Probably. (Because it wouldn't be *do or die* for my own purposes!)

Yes, I like the mechanical challenge but don't enjoy the stress of immediate necessity...

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

423 Heating/cooling and staying healthy in a low gravity environment.
That will be some kind of engineering.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:09 AM (4tmEn)

424 Dramatic New Video from the Old Trails Fire in Spokane shows dozens of homes burnt to the ground,
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https://tinyurl.com/5bewt69c
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Any word from Jordan61?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:17 AM (4tmEn)

425
I'm understanding now why nuclear reactors are gonna be needed for the moon base. Solar alone is not going to cut it. They'll use that too.

We're going to build on the south pole.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 02:17 AM (w6EFb)

426 There's a new racism in town:

https://tinyurl.com/3cb9zwrz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 02:18 AM (QNSrI)

427 Pit bulls are lovers until they aren't.
They should be attritted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:22 AM (4tmEn)

428 Yes, I like the mechanical challenge but don't enjoy the stress of immediate necessity...

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

I know. I picked up a harley for Mrs B a few days ago. The seller was an older guy that was getting out of riding. Bike was kept like a holy relic, absolutely beautiful. It was about 50 miles away. I gave him a deposit, and told him i would have to make arrangements to get it home. He tells me just ride it home on my plate and registration, and when you come back with the rest of the money I'll give you the title. Ok cool. Bike checked out nice. On the way home after a 25 mile highway cruise I saw the oil light come on when I hit the first traffic light at idle. A wee bit of throttle and it went out. Yeah, not good. I got home and noticed the cylinder base gaskets were leaking. I called him, he said he changed the oil sending unit thinking it was the problem. Not the problem. He says just bring it back. Nice guy. He offered a good reduction in price, but I didn't enjoy the "immediate necessity" of having to do top end gaskets and an oil pump. Shame though, it was a cream puff. It rode beautiful.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 02:28 AM (S41Gd)

429 Spokane before AND after the wild forest fire [looks like half the city]

https://tinyurl.com/8ry3wwre
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@thehoffather - 2h
BREAKING: Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane (37), has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire as crews continue battling devastating wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of structures and forced tens of thousands of people to flee across the County.

Farinacci was arrested around 5 pm Monday & is being held on $1 million bail. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tues & has a previous felony manslaughter conviction in Arizona

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:28 AM (4tmEn)

430 I like dogs *and* cats, but don't have the time or patience for puppy training right now.

Besides, Cat came here because of former owners' adoption of a loud, active dog... with which Cat didn't "get along" and so he fled to my yard! He's welcome here, LOL.

When Cat crosses the Rainbow Bridge (he's 14 now) I will take a break from pet-ownership. May or may not resume.

Perhaps, after some time, I'd consider fostering. Or, adopting an older pet. Wouldn't want to 'leave a critter behind' when I die!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

431 Spokane, a different perspective.

https://tinyurl.com/mr42mczf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:34 AM (4tmEn)

432
Pit bulls are lovers until they aren't.
They should be attritted.

Posted by: Braenyard

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

Yes. Whatever that brain trigger is should be bred out of existence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 02:35 AM (mmrXZ)

433 Spokane before AND after the wild forest fire [looks like half the city]

https://tinyurl.com/8ry3wwre
--
@thehoffather - 2h
BREAKING: Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane (37), has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire as crews continue battling devastating wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of structures and forced tens of thousands of people to flee across the County.

Farinacci was arrested around 5 pm Monday & is being held on $1 million bail. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tues & has a previous felony manslaughter conviction in Arizona

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:28 AM (4tmEn)

Jesus, that destruction. Court appearance? He should get 2 bullets in the head and thrown into the largest burning house. Actually, fuck the bullets, break his arms and legs and then throw him into the largest burning house.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 02:36 AM (S41Gd)

434 Perhaps, after some time, I'd consider fostering. Or, adopting an older pet. Wouldn't want to 'leave a critter behind' when I die!

Posted by: JQ
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four seasons mentioned that she is more concerned about the dogs than her kids. (it wasn't a rude comment)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:36 AM (4tmEn)

435 I like dogs *and* cats, but don't have the time or patience for puppy training right now.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

I love dogs, but can't do it. My lifestyle is geared around being light on my feet. I didn't have kids because of that, and I'm going to do it with animals? Not happening. Maybe once I'm older and have nothing left to do. I really do love dogs. Cats, not so much.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 02:39 AM (S41Gd)

436 I kiiiinda get "seizing the means of production" in an agrarian or proto-industrial society, though not very efficient, but how in hell does that remotely work in an information/computer age-type industrial society? It's Thelma & Louise, what-the-Hell, YOSO (You Only Seize Once) stuff.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 04, 2026 02:40 AM (DZ9Lv)

437 Got a picture of my mother and her sister's Pit on a chaise longe.
They were two of a kind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:40 AM (4tmEn)

438 The Old Trails Fire is near my childhood home! Yikes! But I see that the old 'hood wasn't evac'd...

Hope they hang that fker, if it was arson.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

439 If those idiots seized the means of production they wouldn't know what to do with it. Ignorant people with catchy slogans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:47 AM (4tmEn)

440 Oh, goody-- lil bro says his visit will be postponed by a day. Fine, I get an extra day to prepare. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

441 427 There's a new racism in town:

https://tinyurl.com/3cb9zwrz
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 04, 2026 02:18 AM (QNSrI)

The problem with pit bulls is that some of them are very docile and wonderful, and some are just plain nuts, and you can't tell the difference by looking. A perfectly wonderful dog will just decide one day to eat your face. You can't predict it, and you can't defend from it.

No point in taking that chance, since there are so many other dogs out there looking for homes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 04, 2026 02:56 AM (ar4Wi)

442 Hope they hang that fker, if it was arson.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

Nah. Light his ass on fire. Let him burn.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 04, 2026 02:57 AM (ar4Wi)

443 View of the fire from the water.
Is there a river or big lake in Spokane?

https://tinyurl.com/mr33b345

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:59 AM (4tmEn)

444 I really do love dogs. Cats, not so much.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2026 02:39 AM (S41Gd)

Pick an older dog who fits on the bike. The love of a dog is worth every little bit of your energy, IMO. Buy him some doggles and take him with.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 04, 2026 03:01 AM (ar4Wi)

445 >>Is there a river or big lake in Spokane?

Yes. The Spokane River.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

446 That fire goes down to waters edge. Home owners on the waterfront could have rented big sumps and watered the area.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 03:06 AM (4tmEn)

447 413: read the Vienna Convention of 1961. Carefully.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 03:12 AM (ukytI)

448 >> Is there a river or big lake in Spokane?

Look up ancient Lake Missoula and the Biblical level floods it cause which carved the Scablands up there. Fascinating tales of the end of the Pleistocene leading to the Younger Dryas, after which our modern world was formed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)

449
Heck, Spokane was under water back then, under glacial lake Columbia. Lake Missoula was to the west in Montana.

Ice sheets damned them up, and they would burst, producing floods the likes of which boggles the mind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 03:20 AM (w6EFb)

450
444 View of the fire from the water.
Is there a river or big lake in Spokane?

https://tinyurl.com/mr33b345

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 02:59 AM (4tmEn)

Wow, it looks like Los Angeles!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 03:25 AM (Fo91n)

451 Preacher says there is evidence that the Grand Canyon was created by a one time event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 03:26 AM (4tmEn)

452 I seem to N be awake

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:36 AM (Ia/+0)

453 448 413: read the Vienna Convention of 1961. Carefully.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 03:12 AM (ukytI)

Rainmandodo doesn't read. He just listens to his masters.

And then he asks mom to change his diapers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 04, 2026 03:43 AM (ar4Wi)

454
452 Preacher says there is evidence that the Grand Canyon was created by a one time event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 03:26 AM (4tmEn)

I’ve been in it and believe it was created more quickly than is usually claimed; but there’s also good geological evidence that this happened quite a while ago. Lava falls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2026 03:43 AM (Fo91n)

455 Last two nights been up.like 5 times a night

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 03:46 AM (Ia/+0)

456 Like Comanche warrior, Musk wants to keep 5 rockets in the air at one time.
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Several Louisiana media outlets report that Elon Musk's SpaceX is in the "final stages" of securing approximately 130,000 acres on Pecan Island for a massive new spaceport to launch rockets into orbit.

...SpaceX is poised to take control of roughly 130,000 acres at Pecan Island - more specifically, the coastal Vermilion Parish - as part of a settlement resolving long-running coastal lawsuits against ExxonMobil. Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to announce the agreement this month. ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 03:47 AM (4tmEn)

457
They think the main carving of the Grand Canyon started about 5 - 6 mya. But certain segments and valleys may go back well before that.

There are still some mysteries about it. The main thing is uplift, the rocks and all were pushed up raising the Colorado Plateau, and the river then started carving it out. The unknowns lie in just how that happened the way it did.

There was a also a recent study that found that the impact that created Meteor Crater out there, about 56 kya ago, triggered an earthquake that dammed up the Colorado, forming a lake, which then later burst.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 03:48 AM (w6EFb)

458 FYI

Babylon 5 has an official YouTube channel.

youtu.be/ztQ4o0XG1Gg

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 04, 2026 03:51 AM (sAmhv)

459
There is the conflict between uniformitarianism (gradualism) and catastrophism. Some of the first geologists back in the day believed in the Biblical Flood and explained a lot of things through that lens.

Uniformitarianism arose in opposition to that, and it sort of became a bit dogmatic, exactly the thing it was originally "fighting" with the Flood thing.

The truth is in between. Indeed, earth's history is probably like that old saying, "long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 03:55 AM (w6EFb)

460 Good night, horde. Can barely stay awake here. Heh, I'm giving up for tonight...

Blessings to all of you!

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 03:58 AM (rdVOm)

461
See J. Harlen Bretz, the geologist who first proposed the Missoula flood theory. He was met with scathing opposition -- they hated him and wanted to destroy him (and this was due to the Biblical Flood thing). He persisted and prevailed. Right before he died, he was awarded the most prestigious Penrose Medal, the highest honor in geology.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)

462 Limited Edition indeed.

Posted by: Sixiron at August 04, 2026 04:00 AM (UMeAV)

463
He was 96 when he received that award. He remarked that his all his old enemies were dead, and he had no one left to gloat over.

But he did live to see himself vindicated, even if his enemies did not.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 04, 2026 04:01 AM (w6EFb)

464 That's interesting about the conflicting theories and the possibility of quiet then all at once. Wouldn't be the only time.

Glad to see that preacher wasn't taking literary license, some do that and loose credibility.

It's been an interesting evening that's kept me up overtime so I'm hitting the skids. Good evening.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 04, 2026 04:14 AM (4tmEn)

465 The truth is in between. Indeed, earth's history is probably like that old saying, "long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror".
Posted by: publius

Baseball

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 04, 2026 04:20 AM (DZ9Lv)

466 Coffee seem weak , made it as always

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)

467 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 04, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

468 Did you rinse out the carafe ?

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 04, 2026 04:49 AM (T8RPZ)

469 Let’s at least add one more.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 06:07 AM (ukytI)

470 E (if you are in Denver)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 04, 2026 06:07 AM (ukytI)

471 >>Irregardless, we could keep tiling that ground till the cows come home, but we should of spellled it 'til anyways.

FWIW, my Oxford American Dictionary, printed in 1980, 'till' has 3 entries, the second of which is 'until'.

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Posted by: slot games blog at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (DyrUM)

473 huh. is moonlight on vermont popping up because b. fart was featured? because he does a great song titled that. caught them a few times circa ice cream crow and shiny beast.
and then mayor grouchy's navy pier fest. good times but we overwhelmed the sanitary system... only two years on the pier. muddy played two nights in a row, it rained both but it was warm out. nobody left. vanessa davis opened, woman had energy. luther allison played the rock stage before mighty mighty whatevers deflated.
the beer stands carded us but the pitchers of wine weren't selling so they were glad to make sales. strogilo banged some college gal under the grandstands. brief encounter, that.

Posted by: cmeat at August 04, 2026 03:54 PM (Bep7s)

Monday Cafe

Saxer Lucke ridge, Appenzellerland, Switzerland
@marc.hennige

Big horns.

Ducklings enjoy an improvised waterslide.

Rescuing cats from a flood.

Cat enjoys belly rubs.

Beaver crossing.

Puppies growl a warning but they don't mean it.

Strike a pose.

Strike an even more provocative pose.

Hero dog.

I halp..🦜🫛😍 pic.twitter.com/KI2dLmngma
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 3, 2026

Those little happy tails..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/yjMt28sO8h
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 3, 2026

I pet you..🐈🐾🐶😍 pic.twitter.com/XL9nZY0Gzv
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 2, 2026

Most vicious fight..🦌🐑😅 pic.twitter.com/Z7bmlKBlym
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 2, 2026

Helping a paralyzed rescue dog to use a new wheelchair.. expeditionola..🐕🐾😊❤️ pic.twitter.com/q8gttUCsf1
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 2, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2
to return to the tiny little town of Appenzell Pa!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 03, 2026 07:32 PM (x0n13)

3 Dogs tails are cute.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

4 Evening all,

We have a new kitten. You can read about him and see his pictures on our cat fund.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 07:34 PM (2F0/Y)

5 ace

Great photo on top. Doing a ridge line assent from the left and then a traverse for the other summit is for climbers that like pain and who brag.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:35 PM (u82oZ)

6 Those puppies sound like a balloon rubbing on glass.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2026 07:35 PM (3uBP9)

7 The other day I mentioned I only had 4 films from the 1930s, I’ve now acquired and additional 20 films.

Mostly The Marx brothers and Chaplin but it counts .

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 07:36 PM (JxuGe)

8 I love how those geese calmed down as soon as they were near the dog, even before the dog could see what was distressing them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 07:37 PM (vJrRc)

9 We apologize. We worked all weekend, but it's just not enough time to mostly eliminate that horrid mephticism from last week. We will keep trying.

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 03, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

10 >>>Big horns.

I'm getting an AI vibe from those horns. I think they started out as antlers IRL.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 03, 2026 07:41 PM (syz1S)

11 A “new” kitten? Is there any other kind?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 07:41 PM (vRzib)

12 The happiness you see on the wheelchair dog can cause allergies.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt)

13 7 The other day I mentioned I only had 4 films from the 1930s, I’ve now acquired and additional 20 films.

Mostly The Marx brothers and Chaplin but it counts .

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 07:36 PM (JxuGe)

=======

I did this sort of thing a few years back.

Realized most of my collection was from the 2000s. Then I set out to buy movies from a bunch of different decades.

The 2000s is down to 20% total. Still the highest of any decade, but much, much lower than it used to be.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:42 PM (bzPaY)

14 From the 1930s: I got Alexander Nevsky. Sergei Eisenstein was a great director.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:43 PM (4g5V+)

15 I spent the afternoon setting up a new phone. I believe I'll go find some whiskey now.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 07:44 PM (4mmkh)

16 That's one horny mountain goat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 07:45 PM (FyeA3)

17 thank you, ace, I really needed puppy videos!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 07:45 PM (VyBeY)

18 1939

Stagecoach
Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
Of Mice and Men

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:45 PM (KC5Lt)

19 now I want to go to Switzerland

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 07:48 PM (jrgJz)

20 12 The happiness you see on the wheelchair dog can cause allergies.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:42 PM (KC5Lt)

Seriously, the dust in here is insane.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 03, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

21 Puppy tails have their own minds. The puppies have no idea what their tails are doing. Once they discover they HAVE tails, those tails get chased, because they are foreign to the puppy's consciousness.

And then they catch 'em. YIP!

Puppies would not be nearly so squee without those silly tails.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 07:48 PM (FyeA3)

22 And you got to have at least one Shirley Temple movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:48 PM (KC5Lt)

23 19 now I want to go to Switzerland
Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 07:48 PM (jrgJz)

Might be cool, but I'm fine with my mountains around here, because most of them come with ocean around them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 07:49 PM (FyeA3)

24 _Tried watching 'Male and Female' (1919) - too slow
_Tried watching 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' - very amateurish - good poses of Brad Pitt for the ladies. Is Tarantino a fag?
_Watched, ' Quatermass and the Pit', well done and entertaining if you are a sci-fi fan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 07:50 PM (4tmEn)

25 Evening y'all. Why am I tired when I didn't accomplish anything today?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 07:50 PM (aJQbY)

26 >>now I want to go to Switzerland

Pretty much the only place in Europe I have any interest in visiting again. Beautiful country and not part of the EU.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 07:51 PM (viF8m)

27 I'd like to collect every Humphrey Bogart movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:51 PM (KC5Lt)

28 Evening y'all. Why am I tired when I didn't accomplish anything today?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 07:50 PM (aJQbY)
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Did you roll out of bed? That always wears me out!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (FZ29D)

29 At the emergency vets office. Just got home from being gone for a few days and Lucy has a ruptured oozing cyst on her tail.

Scared to death.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gjFiG)

30 25 Evening y'all. Why am I tired when I didn't accomplish anything today?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 07:50 PM (aJQbY)

We are living in our camper while the house is being renovated. Rained all damned day. I can't think of a single thing I have to do, let alone anything I really can do, except maybe sweeping the floor and making dinner. This may go down as the laziest summer I have ever lived, and that includes when I was a kid, because I was a busy kid.

Luckily with Elon in the yard I have access to lots of books. I'm reading what DH calls my "summer crap" although I have mixed in a few real books with intellectual stuff. But just now I'm reading the "Silo" books, so yeah, just summer crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 07:54 PM (FyeA3)

31 My neighbor's daughter lived in Switzerland and they would travel there at least twice a year. I would get a supply of real dark chocolate on every visit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:54 PM (KC5Lt)

32 At the emergency vets office. Just got home from being gone for a few days and Lucy has a ruptured oozing cyst on her tail.

Scared to death.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gjFiG)
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Oh, no! Prayers up for poor Lucy!

Hopefully it turns out to be nothing some antibiotics can't solve.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:54 PM (FZ29D)

33 I'm getting an AI vibe from those horns. I think they started out as antlers IRL.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

It's an alpine ibex. They do have horns like that.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 07:54 PM (vJrRc)

34 Prayers for Lucy!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 07:55 PM (aJQbY)

35 29 At the emergency vets office. Just got home from being gone for a few days and Lucy has a ruptured oozing cyst on her tail.

Scared to death.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gjFiG)

It ruptured, so it will drain. They will have her on antibiotics for a while, and she will recover. I know it's scary. Ruby had one on her neck for months and we really thought she was going to die. But here she is, happy and healthy.

All will be well, all will be well, and all manner of things will be well.

Prayers for peace of mind coming your way, stat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 07:55 PM (FyeA3)

36 Realized most of my collection was from the 2000s. Then I set out to buy movies from a bunch of different decades.

The 2000s is down to 20% total. Still the highest of any decade, but much, much lower than it used to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:42 PM (bzPaY)
---
I stuck all my movies in Libib, the same app I use for my book library.

Curiously, "Shaun of the Dead" shows up with a publication date of 1816.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:57 PM (FZ29D)

37 The Dog:

*shit machine*

*crap factory*

*crap factory*

*shit machine*

*territorial crap factory*

OH, YOU MOTHERFUCKER- I CAN KILL!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)

38 Why am I tired when I didn't accomplish anything today?
——

A nice cup of Coffee will fix you right up - and then you’re ready for a nap!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (vRzib)

39 36 I stuck all my movies in Libib, the same app I use for my book library.

Curiously, "Shaun of the Dead" shows up with a publication date of 1816.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:57 PM (FZ29D)

=======

Because it's classic literature. Duh.

I use Blu-ray.com's cataloging system on their site.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (bzPaY)

40 Id have to check. Not sure of the decade breakdown, but I'd say they concentrate in the 90s and 2000s and the 50s and 60s- skipping over the 70s nearly entirely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

41 My new cat Chloe has discovered the magic and the mystery of my closet door.

I hope she brings me back something nice from Narnia.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:59 PM (FZ29D)

42 I hope she brings me back something nice from Narnia.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:59 PM (FZ29D)

If that white witch comes through, be ready with the .50 cal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:00 PM (FyeA3)

43 40 Id have to check. Not sure of the decade breakdown, but I'd say they concentrate in the 90s and 2000s and the 50s and 60s- skipping over the 70s nearly entirely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

=======

90s and 2000s were the height of DVD as a format, so most of what got pushed out individually was in that era. Everything got a release. If you collected during that period, you'd have to really try to not be heavily invested in the 90s and 2000s, especially since the boutique label was mostly limited to Criterion.

Different world now.

For old silents, you have a boutique label like Flicker Alley putting out wonderful collections of Melies shorts.

For 60s and 70s schlock, you've got Vinegar Syndrome.

And everything in between. You can build up a huge collection and not touch the 90s and 2000s.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:01 PM (bzPaY)

44 "Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
2h
BREAKING:

Greek police just arrested a 26-y-old Afghan asylum seeker for the murder of the 38-y-old Scottish woman Elisabeth-Jane Ross.

He murdered her because he thought she was attempting to convert his girlfriend to Christianity.

Elisabeth-Jane worked for a Christian NGO aiding refugees in Athens.

On July 18th, a homeless man noticed a foul odor coming from a derelict building in Athens.

Inside, he discovered Lisa's body wrapped in cloth and stuffed inside a suitcase"

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:01 PM (g47mK)

45 Beaver crossing wasn't what I , oh never mind

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

46 My painting of the closing credits of the movie Sweet Land. Mail order bride for a MN immigrant farmer and their story. I liked it a lot though some might think it's a little slow. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 08:01 PM (KC5Lt)

47 Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gjFiG)

It will be ok. We have had those a lot over the years. Draining is good. Hugs.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 08:04 PM (2F0/Y)

48 polynikes that is amazing work

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

49 I do love dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

50 He murdered her because he thought she was attempting to convert his girlfriend to Christianity.
——

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 08:04 PM (vRzib)

51 Polynikes,
I am in awe at how many different moods you capture in your paintings.

Posted by: Wenda at August 03, 2026 08:05 PM (7m/2p)

52 36 I stuck all my movies in Libib, the same app I use for my book library.

Curiously, "Shaun of the Dead" shows up with a publication date of 1816.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:57 PM (FZ29D)

=======

Because it's classic literature. Duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (bzPaY)
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Ah, yes. The true inspiration for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (181

. How silly of me to forget that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:06 PM (FZ29D)

53 52 Because it's classic literature. Duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:58 PM (bzPaY)
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Ah, yes. The true inspiration for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (181. How silly of me to forget that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:06 PM (FZ29D)

=======

Really, just a coincidence.

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright just happened to also be friends with Lord Byron when they also had the idea of reanimating dead flesh while hanging out at his villa in Switzerland.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:07 PM (bzPaY)

54 I hope she brings me back something nice from Narnia.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:59 PM (FZ29D)

If that white witch comes through, be ready with the .50 cal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:00 PM (FyeA3)
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*sigh*

She didn't even bring me Turkish Delight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:07 PM (FZ29D)

55 Thanks guys.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

56
Hey, Joyenz! I saw an actual launch the other day! Well, I saw the Falvom9 exhaust trail from Vandenburg over the horizon in San diego. It was cool.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 03, 2026 08:09 PM (mmrXZ)

57 My painting of the closing credits of the movie Sweet Land. Mail order bride for a MN immigrant farmer and their story. I liked it a lot though some might think it's a little slow. See nic
Posted by: polynikes

Good movie. Watched it some years ago.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)

58 We apologize. We worked all weekend, but it's just not enough time to mostly eliminate that horrid mephticism from last week. We will keep trying.
Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 03, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

After a thorough onsite investigation, multiple eye witness reports, and review of hidden camera footage we have ascertained without a shadow of a doubt the "mephticism" is emanating from you. We have delivered the report to AOSHQ management and emergency deportation proceeding have begun. You also have an option to self deport.

Posted by: AOSHQ Security Services at August 03, 2026 08:09 PM (g47mK)

59 Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 08:04 PM (vRzib)

Intelligent? Prescient? Christian? Reasonable? Honest? Decent? Invested in the Culture of Life? American?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:10 PM (FyeA3)

60 I don't want to criticize his culture, I just want it eliminated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 08:11 PM (zZu0s)

61
Randomdave, how goes it?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 03, 2026 08:12 PM (mmrXZ)

62 44 "Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
2h
BREAKING:

Greek police just arrested a 26-y-old Afghan asylum seeker for the murder of the 38-y-old Scottish woman Elisabeth-Jane Ross.
...
Posted by: runner
--

Cultural enrichment syndrome

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 08:12 PM (4tmEn)

63 Cats are the worst at letting you know ' I need to go to the doctor' . Hope everything turns out okay for Lucy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 08:12 PM (KC5Lt)

64 Big horns.
----
If that guy rams you off the trail, you ain't coming back up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:13 PM (FZ29D)

65
The happiness you see on the wheelchair dog can cause allergies.
Posted by: polynikes

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

The way it knew how to pivot and turn around!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 03, 2026 08:15 PM (mmrXZ)

66 Darling telling it like it is !

"JUST IN: Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) just came out in support of NUKING the filibuster for the SAVE America Act

She's now SCORCHING Senate leadership for planning August recess 🔥

"What's up with recess anyway?! Who gets a MONTH off from work? I think we should stay there and work to GET IT DONE."

"I am all for, this is where I differ from my brother, getting rid of the filibuster to get this done because eventually the Democrats are going to get rid of it anyway!"

"In New Jersey, they had 6,600 people, non-citizens registered to vote and several hundred of them DID vote in our election."

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:15 PM (g47mK)

67 *Darline ?

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:15 PM (g47mK)

68 That Afghan also was using her credit cards and somehow making it to family she didn't want to be contacted

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

69 Still not sold on Ladybug Lindsey's sister.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:17 PM (zWqu+)

70 Swiss photos on here are AI. The truth is fetid, squalid, litter-strewn, tagged, smoky.

Posted by: The Lake Geneva Shoreline at August 03, 2026 08:19 PM (JM9I6)

71 Chloe has also discovered the magic and mystery of knocking things off my desk.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

72 Still not sold on Ladybug Lindsey's sister.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:17 PM (zWqu+)

Voting correctly is job one. Being able to convince your colleagues to do the same is job 2. If you can do both better than your opponents you get my vote.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 08:20 PM (KC5Lt)

73 Mostly The Marx brothers and Chaplin but it counts .
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wheeler and Woolsey, FTW. Made 21 films together.

Posted by: Ol' Codger at August 03, 2026 08:21 PM (JM9I6)

74 >>@RandPaul
·
53m
>>Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:24 PM (viF8m)

75 "Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
2h
BREAKING:

Greek police just arrested a 26-y-old Afghan asylum seeker for the murder of the 38-y-old Scottish woman Elisabeth-Jane Ross.
...
Posted by: runner

--------------

Her crime? "BWW (Breathing While White) in The First Degree."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 08:24 PM (rwvgL)

76 Hey, Joyenz! I saw an actual launch the other day! Well, I saw the Falvom9 exhaust trail from Vandenburg over the horizon in San diego. It was cool.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 03, 2026 08:09 PM (mmrXZ)

Very cool. I always wanted to see a launch live. Won't happen though from the midwest lol

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 08:28 PM (2F0/Y)

77 >>@RandPaul
·
53m
>>Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:24 PM (viF8m)

----------------

An Oligarchy, if you can keep it ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 08:28 PM (rwvgL)

78 Oh, wow. The Ozempic craze may have a catch if the post on Instapundit holds water. Apparently, hair loss is part of the deal.

I've not really followed the weight loss drug trend very closely. Is it mostly women using Ozempic? And do we really want to see a bald Amy Schumer?

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 08:29 PM (dIske)

79 {{{{Joyenz}}}

Rocket launches from North Dakota and Wyoming is not a good sign.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:29 PM (u82oZ)

80 Cats are the worst at letting you know ' I need to go to the doctor' . Hope everything turns out okay for Lucy.
Posted by: polynikes

We had a fixed male. Name of Vinny. One day Vinny comes into the kitchen with half his guts hanging out.
First vet stitched him so his coloring still matched. Didn't hold. Next one stitched him good.
Vinny never complained.

Posted by: MkY at August 03, 2026 08:30 PM (q6tQZ)

81 Rand Paul also discovered Bill Hayes had Q level security clearance from the DOE.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at August 03, 2026 08:30 PM (iKvf9)

82 And do we really want to see ~~a bald~~ Amy Schumer?
Posted by: Orson

No. FIFY.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:31 PM (u82oZ)

83 JackStraw

Send Bill Gates to Africa. Let him spread his joy there. Bill the EU and the Spanish government.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

84 Gates not Hayes. That's this stupid phone. I thought I turned off the autocuke but it persists.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at August 03, 2026 08:33 PM (iKvf9)

85 >>>Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.

Posted by: JackStraw

>Gates should be put down over the Epstein files. There's a reason why his wife left him with almost half of his shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 08:33 PM (ixEhJ)

86 @13

>>Realized most of my collection was from the 2000s. Then I set out to buy movies from a bunch of different decades.

I’ve built a movies vault / Plex Replacement, one of the things I built into was a search/lookup feature that allows you to look at your collection by year and you can search for actors, directors genres, it will the display the movies by your criteria.

It’s shown me where the gaps are in my collection.

For instance, I have no films that are categorized as horror films.

Horror films are not my thing but there are some essentials I should have in my collection.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)

87 Publius on Stupid Phone

Why I don't worry about AI.

"Norman, Coordinate."

Put AWFLs in a room with AI question terminals and watch the fun.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (u82oZ)

88
Spent the weekend on sidewalk cafe's in Chicago with people from Brooklyn.

Hair on fire aside, America is still very here.

Red wave in November, in spite of Republicans.

Posted by: Auspex at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (Y8DZL)

89 Bill Gates?

Remember on the morning of 9/11/2001 that Warren Buffet just happened to find himself at Offut AFB Neb. right in front of the underground command bunker? Could happen to anybody.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (caXqo)

90 Rand Paul also discovered Bill Gates had Q level security clearance from the DOE.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at August 03, 2026 08:30 PM (iKvf9)
---
Was his authentication code "sweet-44 tender-9 hot-juicy pork chops"?

Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Slater at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (FZ29D)

91 >>Send Bill Gates to Africa. Let him spread his joy there. Bill the EU and the Spanish government.

Even though we knew or at least suspected all of this, it's still pisses me off when I see it reported as fact, Salty.

They stole so much from us and treated us like criminals if we pushed back. I will never forgive any of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (viF8m)

92 >>>72 Still not sold on Ladybug Lindsey's sister.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:17 PM (zWqu+)

Voting correctly is job one. Being able to convince your colleagues to do the same is job 2. If you can do both better than your opponents you get my vote.

Posted by: polynikes
---

Heard that, behind the scene, she has worked with her brother and other Republicans on conservative issues. It appears that we have a new invigorated firebrand in the Senate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (4tmEn)

93 Rocket launches from North Dakota and Wyoming is not a good sign.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

*Hides under desk*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (zWqu+)

94 As a little kid, seeing the Universal globe and hearing the triumphant tune meant a great movie was just starting. Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Mummy.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 08:37 PM (caXqo)

95 This afternoon I spent pressing and canning apple juice. The total is six gallons and one quart canned, and one additional gallon diverted to try to brew into apple cider vinegar

I will take a stab at making at least mildly hard cider this year. I have bottles and a corker. And lots of apples left.
Who wants apple juice?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 08:39 PM (rbvCR)

96 Just looking at the latest. SpaceX has the floating Starship under tow, and by the tail. They are apparently headed to Dampier, Aussieland with it.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at August 03, 2026 08:39 PM (iKvf9)

97 Heard that, behind the scene, she has worked with her brother and other Republicans on conservative issues. It appears that we have a new invigorated firebrand in the Senate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (4tmEn)

Got primaries in 8 days. We shall see.
Still don't know who I'm voting for.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:39 PM (zWqu+)

98 Publius on Stupid Phone

Yeah!

This will give the engineers valuable data.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:42 PM (u82oZ)

99 >>>Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.
~~~~~

Bill Gates terrifies me more than Soros, Singham or any other global scoundrel. He's pure evil and intent on killing as many of us as possible with his ticks, mosquitos, vaccines, blocking the son, etc.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 03, 2026 08:42 PM (3ImbR)

100 >>>Remember on the morning of 9/11/2001 that Warren Buffet just happened to find himself at Offut AFB Neb. right in front of the underground command bunker? Could happen to anybody.

Posted by: Common Tater

>Buffet may be able to keep the trains running on time, but he's fucked over a lot of single family home owners. Maybe he found a way to take it all with him.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 08:43 PM (ixEhJ)

101 Or the sun.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 03, 2026 08:43 PM (3ImbR)

102 Apparently Darline has not heard how things are done around there.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

103 Elon Musk made a mistake, his Starship didn't blow up and sink upon landing in the Indian Ocean.
It floats! It's afloat!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 08:45 PM (4tmEn)

104 I've not really followed the weight loss drug trend very closely. Is it mostly women using Ozempic? And do we really want to see a bald Amy Schumer?
Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 08:29 PM (dIske)

I'm on Mounjaro. Ozempic is apparently like a sledge hammer, according to my doc. Mounjaro just takes away your appetite. So far, so good.

Also, increase your protein, or lose muscle and hair. You have to follow the rules or you will get sick. Could be nasty. But I'm kinda tired of tuna, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:45 PM (FyeA3)

105 102 Apparently Darline has not heard how things are done around there.

Posted by: fd
---

She's like that crazy president; Go her own ideas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 08:46 PM (4tmEn)

106 >>Bill Gates terrifies me more than Soros, Singham or any other global scoundrel. He's pure evil and intent on killing as many of us as possible with his ticks, mosquitos, vaccines, blocking the son, etc.

He truly is an ego maniac and a monster. He has a God complex.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:47 PM (viF8m)

107 67 *Darline ?
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:15 PM (g47mK)

Oh, M'Darline,
Oh, M'Darline,
On, M'Daaaarline Clemontine...

Eh, seems to scan well enough.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 08:47 PM (SgdqL)

108 Gates should be put down over the Epstein files. There's a reason why his wife left him with almost half of his shit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 08:33 PM (ixEhJ)

Dude has no conscience. The definition of megalomaniac. He stole his affluence, and uses it to spread evil.

Can't wait until he meets his Maker, but in the meantime, best to keep your distance.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:48 PM (FyeA3)

109 She has no voting record. I don't where she stands on most issues. It was implied that she was finishing her brother's term, but changed her mind.

I gots questions.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:49 PM (zWqu+)

110 Tuna is pretty tasty stuff. When I was “dieting” and watching intake closely (really closely lol) I made a Tuna sammich with mayo and mustard and some chopped dill and such, and it was about the beet thing I ever tasted.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 08:49 PM (caXqo)

111 JackStraw

Forgive has nothing to do with this.

Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam, ejects mag, puts now one in ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:50 PM (u82oZ)

112 Hello, cafe friends! The work day is over.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 08:51 PM (Dd38x)

113 Hello, cafe friends! The work day is over.

Pffft! I never started one!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 03, 2026 08:54 PM (Jr+re)

114 Don't want beets in my tuna.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 08:55 PM (Cqx++)

115 Piper

Not only making America more fashion conscious, but firming up the women of America.

For their cardio and flexibility health and the male gaze. Right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:57 PM (u82oZ)

116 Darline has to be a plant. Why the cagey answers? She ‘s worked with her brother in DC for years and doesn’t know why SAVE is dead? All plant, no fruit.

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 08:58 PM (GbONR)

117 Darline should consult with Miklos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 08:59 PM (Cqx++)

118 115 Piper

Not only making America more fashion conscious, but firming up the women of America.

For their cardio and flexibility health and the male gaze. Right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:57 PM

I am doing my best!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 09:00 PM (Dd38x)

119 Recognizing I'm not an MLB general manager, this draft deadline stuff still bewilders me. I get that after the Braves just swept my beloved Nats all hopes of the wildcard are now dead, but still, why mess with a promising cor?.

Good luck to Louis Garcia, Jr., who my Nats just dealt to the Yankees. I watched this guy make some serious improvements over the last three years and thought he was destined to be part of the next competitive squad.

Eh.

I gather we got a fistfull of pitchers in return, which we certainly need in the bullpen, but yeah?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 09:01 PM (SgdqL)

120
* doffs beret toward TheJamesMadison *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at August 03, 2026 09:03 PM (0sNs1)

121 >>>Don't want beets in my tuna.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Pickled beets would be a nice side dish for a tuna salad sandwich. Definitely an odd combo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 09:04 PM (ixEhJ)

122 But I'm kinda tired of tuna, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:45 PM

We're here for you.

Posted by: Moose and Walrus at August 03, 2026 09:05 PM (0sNs1)

123 Bill Gates just another semi smart guy who took what others created and made it his own. IBM you were so stupid.

On that note, it seems trivial but the guy who did the Cabbage Patch dolls basically stole it from a poor girl by tricking her and never giving her proper compensation. I don't know why that makes me so angry . I hate bullies.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:06 PM (KC5Lt)

124 Greek police just arrested a 26-y-old Afghan asylum seeker for the murder of the 38-y-old Scottish woman Elisabeth-Jane Ross.

If you want the story details, with pix, PJ Watson has it. (~6min)

https://youtu.be/Zmmpks0ejR0

Headline on GellerReport.com

Pennsylvania Voter Roll Purge Wipes Out Tens of Thousands Democrats in Just One Week
https://bit.ly/4yQxci1

Wiping out tens of thousands of Democrats: It's a good start.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cafe news supplement at August 03, 2026 09:06 PM (0poB+)

125 @thatsKAIZEN
Aug 3
I was in Madrid when Spain won the World Cup.
Almost 2 million people celebrated in the streets.
I saw 0 violence.
0 property damage.
0 rioting.

Spain’s government later reported a total of 6 arrests, and no serious incidents.

Almost 2 million people.
Almost entirely peaceful.

When a Parisian team won the Champions League in 2026, riots broke out and trashed the city.
And it happened before that, in 2025.
And there was violence before that, in 2018, when France won the World Cup.

Guess when their celebrations were peaceful?

In 1998 - before their immigration policy created an entire population of people who didn’t assimilate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 09:07 PM (4tmEn)

126 121 >>>Don't want beets in my tuna.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Pickled beets would be a nice side dish for a tuna salad sandwich. Definitely an odd combo.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 09:04 PM (ixEhJ)
------

Ssssss. Give us nice fishes, keeps nasty beets!

Posted by: Gollum at August 03, 2026 09:08 PM (SgdqL)

127 {{{{Joyenz}}}

Rocket launches from North Dakota and Wyoming is not a good sign.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:29 PM (u82oZ)

LOL I guess that is true!

Posted by: Joyenz at August 03, 2026 09:08 PM (2F0/Y)

128 109 She has no voting record. I don't where she stands on most issues. It was implied that she was finishing her brother's term, but changed her mind.

I gots questions.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026

She is saying all the right things on x.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 09:09 PM (hftzA)

129 123 Bill Gates just another semi smart guy who took what others created and made it his own. IBM you were so stupid.
---

They still are. They are an exemplar of MBA management.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 09:09 PM (4tmEn)

130 Beets are the number one food you should give up if you're prone to kidney stones. Glad I hate beets.

Cashews are number two. Man I love cashews and miss them greatly.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:10 PM (KC5Lt)

131 But I'm kinda tired of tuna, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:45 PM

Not sure whether to go with a vaginas vs dick joke or point out steak does exist- and eggs! Hard boiled eggs. That can be deviled!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 09:10 PM (zZu0s)

132 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 09:10 PM (

I'll never get tired of Tuna if you know what I mean.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:14 PM (KC5Lt)

133 When I lived in Astoria, there was a Greek diner I used to hit on my way to the train, I would get Tuna melts every morning for breakfast.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 09:17 PM (XV/Pl)

134 I remember 10 years or so ago the US put out a travel advisory to Spain for black Americans.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:18 PM (KC5Lt)

135 134 I remember 10 years or so ago the US put out a travel advisory to Spain for black Americans.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:18 PM (KC5Lt)

H town had a black AMerican warning for Spanairds this summer at the Whirled Cup

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:20 PM (/+uur)

136 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins! Busy day today, got a lot accomplished. My knee and back are sore. Popped some Ibuprofens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:21 PM (1z8ji)

137 At the emergency vets office. Just got home from being gone for a few days and Lucy has a ruptured oozing cyst on her tail.

Scared to death.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 07:52 PM (gjFiG)

I am sure it will be all right. Lucy is a cool cat. BTW, any word from Jordan61?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:26 PM (1z8ji)

138 She is saying all the right things on x.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 09:09 PM (hftzA)

Minor quibble: so did her brother. Until he also said that the Capitol police should shoot all the grandma's 'storming' the Capitol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 09:26 PM (zZu0s)

139 It's an alpine ibex. They do have horns like that.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 07:54 PM (vJrRc)

Could have been an Index. Or worse, a Thesaurus.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)

140 74 >>@RandPaul
·
53m
>>Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.
Posted by: JackStraw

And MS Windows sucks hard. So much so, they seem to be redesigning Win11 on the fly because they are losing market share to Apple and Linux. I'm not sure how much input Gates has with MS anymore but still, burn the witch!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 09:30 PM (sAmhv)

141 Minor quibble: so did her brother. Until he also said that the Capitol police should shoot all the grandma's 'storming' the Capitol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Exactly.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:34 PM (zWqu+)

142 Also, increase your protein, or lose muscle and hair. You have to follow the rules or you will get sick. Could be nasty. But I'm kinda tired of tuna, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 08:45 PM (FyeA3)

You could shoulder the Grimsley Bears aside, and take all their salmon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:36 PM (1z8ji)

143 Darline has no voting record in any public office. I saw how her brother said one thing, voted another.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:38 PM (zWqu+)

144 I still don't understand how Miklos got to meet Darline. Seems like she would be out of his league, unless of course she like Waffle House and Walmart. I never knew a moron with that kind of connections. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 09:38 PM (FyeA3)

145 Most of these goats have very little fear or hostility toward humans. We almost never see each other. When I see them I fuck with them and give them junk food. Moutain goats like pringles and funyons.

Mountain rams, big horn sheep, are a little more combative so you have to be prepared to get slammed. Just a sparring exercise but it'll wake your ass up.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 09:39 PM (ixEhJ)

146 You could shoulder the Grimsley Bears aside, and take all their salmon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:36 PM (1z8ji)

Had smoked Kasilof salmon for dinner Friday. I have at least 20 more jars of that lovely stuff. I eat it, but it's too good for just lunch.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 09:39 PM (FyeA3)

147 Mountain rams, big horn sheep, are a little more combative so you have to be prepared to get slammed. Just a sparring exercise but it'll wake your ass up.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Inshallah. I like feisty.

Posted by: Muhammed M Muhammed at August 03, 2026 09:43 PM (zWqu+)

148 Inshallah. I like feisty.
Posted by: Muhammed M Muhammed at August 03, 2026 09:43 PM (zWqu+)

If you were crazy enough, Mo, you could cornhole a Tibetan monk. That would make you a ram-a-lama ding-dong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:46 PM (1z8ji)

149 tcn in AK:

I've outlived all my siblings, despite the fact that I'm the only one who has had a serious illness, i.e., a drop-dead diagnosis of ovarian cancer (which obviously I survived).

It has puzzled me. But the only thing they all had in common that I did not was a continuing struggle with their weight. Aside from chemo and pregnancy, I weigh within a few pounds of what I weighed at sixteen.

Which is a long-winded way of saying I really respect what you are doing, and keep doing it, because it matters more than you may realize now!!!!

Posted by: Wenda at August 03, 2026 09:47 PM (7m/2p)

150
I'm going nuts over this "library card-esque" non-plan to control access to cheep groceries in NYC. The latest I can get is from the NY Post. The "memberships" or residency verification actually will NOT be required -- so no one in his administration has answered the question of how they'll prevent resellers and outsiders from scooping up groceries that are 30% subsidized by New York City taxpayers.

If I had all the money in the world, I'd go there myself and hoard groceries like it's 2020. Or I'd pay non-New Yorkers to drive in every day and do it. I like to break stupid toys.

And I like to say "cheep."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 09:49 PM (mmrXZ)

151 Not even ONT time?

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 09:54 PM (Ia/+0)

152 Ace has left us for the night. Bring out the ONT and partay!

Posted by: mindful webworker - inordinately ordinary at August 03, 2026 09:58 PM (0poB+)

153 I have a sister who always asks if the fish and chips is made with Pacific halibut. No, Honey, this is Red Lobster. If we are lucky it is pollock and not tilapia.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

154 ONT is upstairs.

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Quick Hits

You don't say:

Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: 'It probably was a lab leak'
Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak."

Also CNN, who got everything wrong on covid: RFKJr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview

The concept of "Maybe you should just sit this one out" never occurs to a narcissist deluded with a self-conception as an Expert Genius.

Do you hate Ken Jennings, the leftwing lunatic and former Jeopardy champ who the show made their host for some reason, making viewers like me permanently stop watching the show?

Well, you and transgenders have something in common. For some reason, trannies have decided that no one is allowed to read the New York Times any more. I guess maybe the NYT wrote one or two articles that suggested their mental illness wasn't the greatest so now you're not allowed to read it.

Anyway, Ken Jennings bragged about playing some NYT word-game and the trannies have been dragging him for days on BlueSky.

DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA, spoke with DHS and confirmed that more than 1.4 million illegal aliens have been deported within the last 12 months. When it comes to the housing crisis, the bad job market, the crime wave in urban areas, and other economic and social problems, we find that illegal immigration has exacerbated or caused them all.
Advertisement
Kolvet posted on X on Sunday, "Just spoke to a source at DHS. A new report on deportations for the last 12 months just dropped which includes all deportation flights (commercial + government planes): Total alien forced departures of 1,461,529. The last 7 day average of forced removals: 4,291/day (believed to be a new all-time high)". He clarified, "This does not include self deportations."
There are up to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States, but it is difficult to get an exact number precisely because they didn't go through vetting to enter our country, and Democrats are not interested in being honest with statistics on the subject. Indeed, since somewhere between nine million and 20 million illegal aliens entered just under Joe Biden, it is possible that more than 30 million illegal aliens have entered the United States within the last half a century. The point is, we don't know for certain what the numbers are, but we do know they are massive. That is why mass deportations are so important.

Gunther Eagleman
@GuntherEagleman
🚨 1,645 Arrests. Every. Single. Day.
July just became the biggest month in ICE history, nearly 51,000 illegal aliens taken off the streets.
June set the record.
July shattered it.
Thousands of brand-new agents are now flooding American cities because President Trump actually funded the fight.
This is what real enforcement looks like.
No amnesty.
No catch-and-release.
No excuses.
Mass deportations are no longer a campaign promise.
They're happening. Keep going. Full throttle!

Cornyn and Tills have finally agreed to vote in favor of Todd Blanche as AG -- but they demanded Trump end his weaponization reimbursement fund for their vote.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., issued a joint statement on Monday, confirming their plans to support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for confirmation to the post.
The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

And here we go! I wrote for @thefp about Sophie Cunningham, George Orwell, and the emperor whose naked ding-dong everyone is very tired of pretending not to see https://t.co/lJHqtY0RMm pic.twitter.com/jT3qtYQtlx
— Kat Rosenfield (@katrosenfield) July 30, 2026

I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history! https://t.co/qKfQshJHQ3
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 3, 2026

Clay Travis
@ClayTravis
Important announcement: I am upping my offer, $10 million dollars for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boy's high school state title team of my choice. If the Aces beat my team, I will give them $10 million.

Why is CNN giving this person a national platform? https://t.co/bOGKOuMthg
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) July 31, 2026

He's poison to the Democrat/Communist coalition:

"To talk about the larger Democratic Party, post the election in Michigan going forward, I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker," Carville said on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing," referring to the Michigan Senate race between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.).
"I have no intention of ever being in the same political party with that guy. Now, I think that a majority ---- overwhelming majority of Democrats agree with me, but this idea that we're going to seize the means of production and this ---- just go look at the DSA platform," he continued, referring to the Democratic Socialist of America (DSA).

Fmr. CIA Chief of Staff, Jeremy Bash, lied so much about the Hunter Biden laptop that it deserved its own video:pic.twitter.com/dfuICDKBqm https://t.co/Mv05PRUrdX
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) August 3, 2026

When you declare it's racist (or -phobic) to question certain people, you breed people who believe, quite understandably, immune to any kind of accountability.

A Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in the TV show Seven Up decades before he was born.
Prof Jason Arday said he had appeared in the series, which follows the lives of a group of people for decades from the age of seven.
The inaugural episode was broadcast in 1964. He was not born until 1985.
Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academic plagiarism after The Telegraph revealed that he had been accused of copying parts of his PhD thesis from an earlier work by another student.
He has admitted a series of errors in his work but said the "positioning of me as this kind of liar and fantasist is totally unacceptable".
Now footage of a talk Prof Arday gave in October 2022 has re-emerged, revealing his claim that he appeared as a child on Seven Up.
He told the University of Bath's Race Equality Taskforce: "I was part of a programme, actually, which -- it doesn't really exist any more -- but it was called Seven Up at the time.
"And Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at [ages] 7, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14."
During the same talk, he also claimed: "I had just turned 18 when I learnt to read and write."

He probably didn't mean that earlier Seven Up documentary series, but a more recent one.

But that's also impossible:

The BBC also commissioned a spin-off series titled Up: Millennium Generation. This began in 2000, also featuring a group of seven-year-olds. At the time, Prof Arday would have been 15.
A BBC spokesman confirmed that Prof Arday was not involved with the Up: Millennium Generation films.

That there’s even a controversy about this story is incredible. If a Cambridge prof can plagiarize this carelessly and get away with it for years, and still have defenders, shows academia is totally broken https://t.co/R5TNdxBYgt
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) August 2, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

Comments

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1 Yay!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)

3 I still wear a mask when I kiss Jill bit not when I kiss the dog.

Posted by: Blo Jiden at August 03, 2026 06:23 PM (SOf5W)

4 1.5 Million Illegals
So another 20 years and maybe break even if they don't keep returning like many criminals have a half dozen times

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

5 >>>July just became the biggest month in ICE history, nearly 51,000 illegal aliens taken off the streets.

just 100 million more to go

Posted by: brak at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (sCxmP)

6 Wow, Dana Bash being Mrs CIA Chief of Staff explains a lot

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:25 PM (0TVIV)

7 Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: 'It probably was a lab leak'
Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak.

I disagree!!!!! It did not come from someone kissing a Labrador Retriever Dog !!!

Even I am not that dumb........ Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh !

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 06:25 PM (pVVfU)

8 Dana Bash is a Deep State operative.
====

I said this exactly on the earlier thread.
*affixes gold star*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (JvZF+)

9 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

And the AG can just throw out a portion of a legal agreement because a couple soon-to-be-former Senators demanded it? Cool, let's throw out their pensions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

10 Also, he's married to his wife, Morgan Fairchild!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (JvZF+)

11 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

=======

2x Operation Wetback...which was actually a giant scam, a precursor to DACA, and deported a fraction of the touted 700,000 number.

The largest deportation operation in history with likely attached self-deportations of a minimum of 4.5 million.

Too bad all of this didn't happen because a carrier group went to the Omani Gulf.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (bzPaY)

12 They had the genetic structure for about 3 years.
Everyone at my watering hole had it in Nov 2019.
There are blood samples from Seattle in Oct 2019 that are CV positive.
There was no flu in late 2019 2020 2021 and 2022 because it was called CV 19.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (/+uur)

13 Trannies - finally a group more annoying than Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

14 Funny
AI mock up of mamdamnee's new grocery store

x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (0TVIV)

15 That guy told so many obvious lies.

He runs six hundred miles in 6 days. Sure, Jan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (JvZF+)

16 End all language other than English in schools.
End all free meals.
Watch schools lose 10% of students in 60 days.
Schools in CO are down over 5%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (/+uur)

17 That Jason Arday dude is awesome.

He's exactly the kind of DEI poster boy you want for mocking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

18 16 End all language other than English in schools.
End all free meals.
Watch schools lose 10% of students in 60 days.
Schools in CO are down over 5%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (/+uur)

======

CO teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to make up for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (bzPaY)

19 Great job, we just need to repeat that each year for about a millennia and we’ll be making some real progress for the sentient race of ai controlled mecha-raccoons that will be the dominant species by that time.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (wYTRi)

20 There was no flu in late 2019 2020 2021 and 2022 because it was called CV 19.
Posted by: r hennigantx
____________

That alone should be a huge scandal within the scandal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (XvL8K)

21 17 That Jason Arday dude is awesome.

He's exactly the kind of DEI poster boy you want for mocking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

======

"Can I go to Cambridge and write barely literate nonsense and get praised for it?"
-Tommy

"Oh, no, no, no, Little Tommy. You're white."
-Tommy's father, chuckling at the boy's innocence

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (bzPaY)

22 Trannies - finally a group more annoying than Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

Trannies, and Commies, and RINOs, oh my.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:33 PM (dK+Kv)

23 The largest deportation operation in history with likely attached self-deportations of a minimum of 4.5 million.

Too bad all of this didn't happen because a carrier group went to the Omani Gulf.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (bzPaY)

At the end of WWII there were multiple large deportation/population transfers in East Europe between the USSR, Poland and East Germany.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:33 PM (uhVAy)

24 "Can I go to Cambridge and write barely literate nonsense and get praised for it?"
-Tommy

"Oh, no, no, no, Little Tommy. You're white."
-Tommy's father, chuckling at the boy's innocence

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (bzPaY)

He's indefensible. And yet . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)

25 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

And the AG can just throw out a portion of a legal agreement because a couple soon-to-be-former Senators demanded it? Cool, let's throw out their pensions.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

So does Trump just keep that money? It was a payment for malfeasance against him by the IRS.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)

26 Ken Jennings is obviously good at Jeopardy, but defending Jamelle Boiue,even if he's right on this subject, tells a lot. Boiue is a racist ahole who gets a lot of credit, all unearned , for being an intellectual

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (BFvh9)

27 14 Funny
AI mock up of mamdamnee's new grocery store

x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (0TVIV)

First they did not sell to the people with no NYC ID
And I did not speak out
Because I had an NYC ID

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (/+uur)

28 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)

29
Oh man. The Cambridge don who can't spell "teachers." I noticed that in every case, it was "student teachers.'" I smell a global search & replace on bad data, unwanted results, or bad reasoning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (mmrXZ)

30 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)

31 28 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)

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They were saved from the fascist, totalitarian, capitalist. oligarchical, dystopia that is America where brown people get shot by police for sport.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (bzPaY)

32 What's to stop free restarting the fund after the Senate is seated?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

33 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)
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I doubt they did so directly, but if word got out to certain members of a certain cartel....Well, accidents happen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

34 30 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)

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The reported self-deportation to forced-deportation ratio observed over the years is between 3:1 to 6:1.

4.5 million additional, at a minimum, are also gone.

That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (bzPaY)

35
What's the actual grievance with that self-important ass, Ken Jennings?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (s9VOe)

36 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)

Well Cueta is right *there*

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (uhVAy)

37 Ask not for whom the nood calls.

It calls for thee.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (0sNs1)

38 Important announcement: I am upping my offer, $10 million dollars for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boy's high school state title team of my choice. If the Aces beat my team, I will give them $10 million.

Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)

39 x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46

___________________________________

passes broken link right on by!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (zBgIx)

40 That was not an actual nood call.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (0sNs1)

41
CO teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to make up for it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

CA teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to NOT speak Spanish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (mmrXZ)

42 So when they said that antibodies did not work I knew the SCIENCE was bullshit.
Then vaxxed people got the CV and I knew the science was wrong.
The Ebola outbreak in Africa spread to about 1500 people because the fucking idiots wanted to bury the dead (infected) because of tradition.
So when the next Spannish Flu hits (and it will) how will most Americans react.
More importantly, how many will go off the the CDC Camps?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (/+uur)

43 Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)
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I bet they'd also renege on the deal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (FZ29D)

44 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

45
passes broken link right on by!
Posted by: Will Robinson

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

In the URL, get rid of:

%20

That's where there's a space.

Posted by: Don't Be A Baby at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (mmrXZ)

46 Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)

Never seen a boy's HS squad as bad as a non-Caitlin-Clark WNBA team. Even if they are polite to the old ladies, they are gonna take them to the woodshed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

47 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street? I think McCaughnehey said it. Just having some fun is all.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

48 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

But its a yawn and ignore when an American couple with 3 young kids get mowed down by an illegal alien truck driver.

PBS hates humanity. They don't give a shit about an Guatemalan family unless they can parade their deaths for political gain.

Demonic. All of them.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (+4Cf6)

49 >>Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I would think even high school kids are smart enough to figure out $10 million is more than several million.

Bidding for throwing the game starts at $11 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (viF8m)

50 "32 What's to stop free restarting the fund after the Senate is seated? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)"

Nothing. I expect Trump, as well as losers Cornyn and Tillis all know this.

Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (nDOPx)

51 I wish we were in the old West and there was a bounty to call ICE if you suspect an illegal. If they are illegal, a small reward. If a criminal a bigger award. Then deported. We could all feel a part of the mission to clean our country of them.

Remember when, for years and years, it was reported the same, stale 11 Million Illegals? Over and over.

During the yelling/emailing stage of my life I'd tell politicians and talking heads this figure is bull as it is the same number for years. Had the cost to a penny of how much we were paying for one illegal in FL.

I am now in the "sit back and watch" stage to 30 million.

I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

52 On Hasan, it's the same reason Zendaya is in everything: impressions on social media.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

53 47 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street? I think McCaughnehey said it. Just having some fun is all.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

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Yes, I got it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (bzPaY)

54 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

They want someone else to do the work, like usual. It was on Carville's corrupt watch that the course was set.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (uhVAy)

55 @50 yup , Trump hinted at that the other day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (BFvh9)

56 TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street?

That's a movie, right? TJM doesn't know anything about film.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.

Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)

58 56 TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street?

That's a movie, right? TJM doesn't know anything about film.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

======

Only cinema like Taste the Blood of Dracula.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (bzPaY)

59 Glass writing at some mag.
Gay writing at Harvard.
Warren writing at UT.

If you write the Right words, with the Right Skin, and say the Things people want to hear your are golden.

PS I type in my name and it shows a few really bad half marathon times I ran.
I type in the golden boy and his name does not appear.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)

60
I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

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

This is my favorite Big Lie of the moment: that the current Democrat party has nothing to do with this DSA thing. That Democrat party principles never led to this, that every development of Democrat party policy hasn't been a step in this direction. Sorry, Jimmy.

THIS
is
D N C

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (mmrXZ)

61 Nick Shirley is in Cueta:

Here is the truth from Ceuta, Spain:
60,000+ migrants from Morocco’s border stormed the small town and are now hiding in the mountains and city to reach mainland Europe.

Moroccan migrants said Moroccan authorities let them through their border and Spain literally opened their gates upon arrival. Many migrants thank PM Pedro Sánchez for opening the border... Ceuta is now effectively shut down due to looting concerns, and the military is losing power as migrants outnumber them and continue to escape into the mountains.

Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)

62 I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

since we pay them money to self deport, we probably know very well how many. Unless you are really wanted for serious crimes here there's no reason to do it on your own dime.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (uhVAy)

63 The reported self-deportation to forced-deportation ratio observed over the years is between 3:1 to 6:1.

4.5 million additional, at a minimum, are also gone.

That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
--
Miller has said the goal is 2,000 detained per day.
Then, when that is reached, 3,000 a day.

My prognosticator hat says the 3k will be announced as the target on 11-15-2026.

Also, reports of early school enrollments are backing up the self-deportation numbers; they are way down.
Because they're all going to charter schools, donchaknow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (3cUTc)

64 57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.
Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)

Thinks about Airplane white people teaching Africans to play ball.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (/+uur)

65 Only cinema like Taste the Blood of Dracula.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (bzPaY)

Now do Blackula

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (/+uur)

66 Moroccan migrants said Moroccan authorities let them through their border and Spain literally opened their gates upon arrival. Many migrants thank PM Pedro Sánchez for opening the border... Ceuta is now effectively shut down due to looting concerns, and the military is losing power as migrants outnumber them and continue to escape into the mountains.

Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)

Well the mountains won't be feeding them for very long.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

67 I'm just guessing the couple was probably involved in the same criminal activity that got them deported in the first place.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (KC5Lt)

68 62 I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

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Not everyone is going to take up the CBPOne app offer. They came across without documentation, and they go back. The trip back is easier, too. They don't have to wade across a shallow part of the Rio Grande. They can just drive back.

No documentation of being here, no documentation of going back. No threats, once back, of being banned from US soil.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (bzPaY)

69 5 million, 10 million...I just know that the highways look a lot better - less congested

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (g47mK)

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Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:47 PM (T1wyk)

71 Get rid of 4 million or so illegals.
Murder rate down to level 100 years ago.
Correlation is not causation but it is pretty fucking close.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)

72 I was in Queens over the weekend, and yeah, it looked less crowded. More filthy and broken, but less crowded.

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (/Chlc)

73 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I doubt those numbers.

- Trump may be counting self deportations, as we now pay them to leave and would have a better count than in the past
- 3:1 may have been real when a lone criminal was deported, but he already had family, etc. With recent migrants they probably do not have that so fewer go along
-And many self deportation in past may have been organic. So we deport 100,000, but 300,000 decided to leave anyways. Now we deport 1M, but only 300,000 decide to leave anyways. And they are counted in the 1.5M number, I suspect.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (k12bV)

74 DSA
You only need to work as much as you need but not as much as you have to.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)

75 63 Miller has said the goal is 2,000 detained per day.
Then, when that is reached, 3,000 a day.

My prognosticator hat says the 3k will be announced as the target on 11-15-2026.

Also, reports of early school enrollments are backing up the self-deportation numbers; they are way down.
Because they're all going to charter schools, donchaknow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (3cUTc)

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ICE is doing what it can. The increased personnel will help.

But the meat is always going to be local, county, and state police with 287g agreements with DHS. They do most of the interactions with the populace, and I suspect they're happy to impound cars driven by illegals who get caught speeding and then get sent straight to ICE for deportation.

If people want to help, they can always try and contact their local governments to get them to agree to the 287g agreements.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (bzPaY)

76 Posted by: Don't Be A Baby at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (mmrXZ)

Use a url shortener maybe?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (zBgIx)

77
Look, let's not dig up the past about COVID. It happened, what, six years ago and rehashing it is divisive and a waste of energy. Let's concentrate on more vital issues, like slavery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (O0L8i)

78 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

79 It was 10 years ago when the Dems almost voted to remove God from their platform or any other official Dem statement. That it even came up for a vote tells you the Democrats have always been commie lite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (KC5Lt)

80 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

-
He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

81 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

Just deport anyone at a soccer game, just to be sure.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (uhVAy)

82 73 I doubt those numbers.

- Trump may be counting self deportations, as we now pay them to leave and would have a better count than in the past
- 3:1 may have been real when a lone criminal was deported, but he already had family, etc. With recent migrants they probably do not have that so fewer go along
-And many self deportation in past may have been organic. So we deport 100,000, but 300,000 decided to leave anyways. Now we deport 1M, but only 300,000 decide to leave anyways. And they are counted in the 1.5M number, I suspect.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (k12bV)

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Nope.

The 1.5 million is forcibly deported. It's not voluntary deportations (agreeing to deport at immigration hearings) or CBPOne self-deportations. Those are extra.

And the numbers we're looking at, we're talking about taking out large portions of communities. Hollowing out communities is incentive for those left to go back.

There's no reason to assume that the ratio goes down with higher numbers. In fact, there's every reason to assume the ratio goes higher.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (bzPaY)

83 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

-
He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

The Nashville "Wymyn".

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

84 A forth point -- I knew many Mexicans in CA who had relatives who "self deported" at least once a year. So those old numbers are probably trash too.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (k12bV)

85 The funniest part about the 1.5 million deported is ....

Somehow, not a one is a US citizen.

Despite the constant howling from the AWFLs and their dried-up grandma brigade that "any one of us could be kidnapped* by ICE!!!"

*I argue, proper English requires that children are kidnapped.
Adults are abducted.
But the point stands:
Not one citizen has been deported.
The only ones that have--and these stories are questionable as so many have turned out false--are the ones who either interfered with and arrest or refused to provide ID.
But all were released from custody.
None, not one US citizen, has been deported.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (3cUTc)

86 The modern Spanish left cannot get over Franco. He haunts their dreams and they are determined to "restore" the Second Spanish Republic. In the old days, they just emptied the jails (seriously) but now they can also import thugs to create even more chaos.

There is no end state, btw, it's destruction because that's who they are. Marxism is demonic, first wearing the skin suit of science and now Climate Change or Trannies, whichever seems to work.

I notice an uptick in sales for Long Live Death all of a sudden. A good time to read about what really happened in the Spanish Civil War, not leftist agitprop disguised as history.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (ZOv7s)

87 78 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

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NC state legislature just passed a law over Stein's veto that forced all police in the state to take part in 287g agreements with DHS. Once that's in effect (I assume January 1, 2027), expect more action in places like Mecklenberg County.

My outlying county already has an agreement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (bzPaY)

88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

89 I know a couple of lawn service companies that had to refuse jobs because they didn't have the staffing.

White boys need to stop looking for summer jobs in the mall.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

90 Guess who is to blame for the Cueta operation according to Breaking Points?

Why the Jews of course. Who else?

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 06:54 PM (tNkpt)

91 It was 10 years ago when the Dems almost voted to remove God from their platform or any other official Dem statement. That it even came up for a vote tells you the Democrats have always been commie lite.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (KC5Lt)
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Not true. This is not Andrew Jackson's Democrat party. It's not even JFK's though media keep trying to tell the geezers that still watch network TV that it is. It's been taken over by the Anarchist wing of Marxism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

92 When Matthew Colin Taibbi is the voice of reason...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (NnhvP)

93 90 Guess who is to blame for the Cueta operation according to Breaking Points?

Why the Jews of course. Who else?

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 06:54 PM (tNkpt)

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Because Bibi's son tweeted something 7 years ago about how Ceuta should be considered Morroccan because the Spanish were being dicks about Palestine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (bzPaY)

94 I know a couple of lawn service companies that had to refuse jobs because they didn't have the staffing.

White boys need to stop looking for summer jobs in the mall.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

Quite a few YT channels of people doing overgrown lawn work for free because the channel's income offsets the cost of doing the job.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (uhVAy)

95 Use a url shortener maybe?
Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM

I, for one, don't recommend it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (0sNs1)

96 Prof [Jason] Arday gave in October 2022 has re-emerged, revealing his claim that he appeared as a child on Seven Up.

He told the University of Bath’s Race Equality Taskforce: “I was part of a programme, actually, which – it doesn’t really exist any more – but it was called Seven Up at the time.

“And Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at [ages] 7, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14.”

During the same talk, he also claimed: “I had just turned 18 when I learnt to read and write.”

Makes Obama seem like a Real Majic Negro

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (/+uur)

97 Lawn mowing is prolly a better summer job than cart-wrangling in a parking lot.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:56 PM (13VxP)

98 The other being The Barrel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:56 PM (0sNs1)

99 More Balls than any other WNBA Team
Most Cocky WNBA Team
Chicks w/ Dicks WNBA Team

sorry
ran out of puns

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:57 PM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (/+uur)

101 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)

102 its the new 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (/+uur)

103 One of the builders in our area is conservative but today he was complaining about the non-stop round up of illegals in Fredericksburg. Hurting business.

I like the guy but couldn't help but snicker.

It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)

104 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

105 So Fr Jha now days "it was more likely a lab leak"

Do I guess what that means is that definitely without any doubts at all with the most of eternity with the evidence now available. That he isn't sure where that virus came from .

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (Ka8ht)

106 tranny wnba team will be named Slay Queens

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (13VxP)

107 88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

I have been to the buzzards retuning to Hinkley.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (/+uur)

108 Remember when, for years and years, it was reported the same, stale 11 Million Illegals? Over and over.
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Without illegal immigration, the US population would be 100 million less today.

Wages up, way up.
While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.
To say nothing of the crime, the constant dull roar of crime everywhere all the time.

I don't think any American can even understand how much the illegal invasion has cost us.
Like 3am kababs in England, all-night tacos--and I love Mexican food--is not worth the cost.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

109 School enrollment locally dropped almost 2% last year so it'll be interesting to see the upcoming numbers.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (enNUy)

110 More Balls than any other WNBA Team
Most Cocky WNBA Team
Chicks w/ Dicks WNBA Team

sorry
ran out of puns
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:57 PM (/+uur)

Our dicks are bigger than yours. But only slightly.

Nah. Too long for a t shirt.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

111 88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

Franklin wanted the Turkey Vulture as the national dish.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (/+uur)

112 It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.
Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)
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I notice the lawn services seem to be a bit paler than before. Saw one team that was all white, two dudes with the trimmer and a woman driving the mower!

I think self-deportation is happening under the radar by people who have stuff and want to take their stuff with them rather than have to leave it behind. They can't just fly out, they will need to pack up and go.

But as the squeeze continues on banking, benefits and such, the math for staying looks worse and worse.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

113 108 Without illegal immigration, the US population would be 100 million less today.

Wages up, way up.
While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.
To say nothing of the crime, the constant dull roar of crime everywhere all the time.

I don't think any American can even understand how much the illegal invasion has cost us.
Like 3am kababs in England, all-night tacos--and I love Mexican food--is not worth the cost.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

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Read earlier that more than half of all houses have lost value in the last year.

The affordability crisis, which I don't hear bandied about a whole lot anymore, gets fixed by mass deportations.

And Trump is doing mass deportations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (bzPaY)

114 Teachers went along with that free Covid ride shooting themselves in the foot

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

115 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Carville and Maher will each take a glass slipper and start hunting for the magic Democrat who will somehow eject the new base of the party and lead them to the promised land.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

116 Border Patrol dog living the dream after discovering massive haul of "prohibited meat"

Not The Bee
t.co/SL9QKnyWdU

Posted by: banana Dream - prohibited meat at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (3uBP9)

117 In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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This is the thing, right here -- removing people just crushes the side of the economy built on the dependent class needing services and spending their benefits checks.

So, I would expect "GDP" to crash if 10% of population is removed. (which is the minimum necessary to restore normalcy)

Not not GDP, there is no production in taking money from Bob and giving it to Jose to send back home. There is no wealth created for Americans in 90% of the migrant economy that just supports and sustains other foreigners.

So on paper, it looks bad. It also looks bad because increased security, education, better healthcare, cleaner streets,.. and people in TJMax speaking English is not counted by the government even though that surely is a form of wealth.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (k12bV)

118 112 I think self-deportation is happening under the radar by people who have stuff and want to take their stuff with them rather than have to leave it behind. They can't just fly out, they will need to pack up and go.

But as the squeeze continues on banking, benefits and such, the math for staying looks worse and worse.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

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If ICE picks you up, you keep nothing. They impound literally everything. Even if you voluntarily deport at the immigration hearing, you still don't keep your stuff.

There's a huge incentive to just go.

Even going out through CBPOne means you can't come back for 10 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bzPaY)

119 116 Border Patrol dog living the dream after discovering massive haul of "prohibited meat"

Not The Bee
t.co/SL9QKnyWdU
Posted by: banana Dream - prohibited meat at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (3uBP9)

It if was one of the dogs I owned he would have laid down and rolled in it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (/+uur)

120 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

When did they rule the separation between church and state and who interpreted it to mean No God anywhere government is involved. Who was the party of Slavery and feudalism?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (KC5Lt)

121 I admit it, I still watch Jeopardy in spite of Ken Jennings and his little liberal moues of Concern over mistreatment of some historic first [X] or, at least weekly, the answer "who is Emmett Till?".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (kpS4V)

122 117 So on paper, it looks bad. It also looks bad because increased security, education, better healthcare, cleaner streets,.. and people in TJMax speaking English is not counted by the government even though that surely is a form of wealth.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (k12bV)

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We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

The topline number was something like 1.5% for Q2, but considering the reality of what's happening...

America is doing quite well.

Apparently the DC economy sucks, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (bzPaY)

123 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

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He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

The Nashville "Wymyn".
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

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The Nashville Reverse-Cowgirls.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (T1wyk)

124 I reflect that even though they disagree on what the Democratic Party should stand for, Carville still knows what opinion other people in his party should hold.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (ikSmX)

125 Our dicks are bigger than yours. But only slightly.

Nah. Too long for a t shirt.
Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

Andddd Startttiiiiinnng Forwarddddd
Angela Smittttthhhh
A K A A A A A
Bigus us us Dick us us us us

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur)

126 115 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted by: Oldcat

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Maybe you mean Jack in the Beanstalk socialism where they rub some magic beans and climb up to steal the money from the Ogre (a Jew, natch.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (k12bV)

127 57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.
Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)

Especially when the game is played with the WNBA's smaller ball! Compared with balls used in age 15 and up men's games, the ball used by women in high school, college, and WNBA games is one inch smaller in circumference and 2 ounces lighter.

Same hoop height and inner diameter (18 inches) for men and women's games.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (5rh/l)

128 When did they rule the separation between church and state and who interpreted it to mean No God anywhere government is involved. Who was the party of Slavery and feudalism?
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (KC5Lt)
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American political parties are really like coalitions, and the members of the two parties have shifted back and forth.

Republicans supported prohibition - Dems generally opposed it. It goes back and forth. And of course a bunch of "conservatives" are now to the left of the Bill Clinton's administration.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

129 Ken Jennings isn't the only one with problems.

Woke bar apologizes for song mocking Charlie Kirk … because his name triggered their woke patrons

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 07:07 PM (ndZc7)

130 Which party members were supporting the Soviets after they took power. ? Which party was sympathetic to the Spanish Republicans ?

Which party supported the New Deal and socialist policies? Which party defamed McCarthy?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:07 PM (KC5Lt)

131 We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

The topline number was something like 1.5% for Q2, but considering the reality of what's happening...

America is doing quite well.

Apparently the DC economy sucks, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (k12bV)

132 Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)
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Two days ago I saw a video of Morocco shipping them out by the dump truck (or garbage truck...fitting) waving to cameras. Morocco military were waving them through.

Many were let out of prisons. Fine, upstanding families to give culture to the EU and UK.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (hzuYO)

133 It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.
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It was never "jobs Americans won't do*."

It was always, "jobs Americans won't do for 12 hours to earn what used to be made in 6 so the corporation can save on labor costs."

There is not one job "Americans won't do" that won't be fully staffed Monday morning with white men if they double the pay offered.

*notice how they never discussed who these Americans were that "wouldn't do those jobs"
See, you're just supposed to sneer at the lessers.
College grads are above that menial work.
And the poors?
Well, they're all just lazy trailer park trash and don't want to work hard. That's all.
Probably fucking their cousins and stuff, stupid hillbilly rednecks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

134 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

That my friends, in non politics world, is Extortion.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

135 131 Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (k12bV)

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We outright declined overall in terms of population in 2025. First time since the 60s.

It's not marginal numbers being deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (bzPaY)

136 We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (bzPaY)
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GDP is a farce in the current age. You borrow money and spend it and that counts as growth. Obama's two terms were an uninterrupted recession papered over by borrowing. Look at how much GDP grew and then compare it to the national debt's growth. Prefect alignment.

GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

137 the NYT wrote one or two articles that suggested their mental illness wasn't

In the 19th century there was some sort of social contagion in which mentally ill people came under the delusion they were the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, giving rise to a meme.

If that happened today, the libs would be arguing we have to affirm these people by giving them an army and helping them invade Russia.

And worse, the nuts themselves would be all over the internet demanding the same, viciously attacking anyone pointing out the insanity of it all and getting their delusion reinforced in schools and mainstream entertainment.

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (6Q9y6)

138 You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
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They believe in that too. Just instead of a pumpkin, its famine.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ikSmX)

139 Also, GDP may be in bubble territory and that helps. For a while.

(I asked Grok if GDP is getting a boost from the AI bubble and it said I have been selected for reeducation.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (k12bV)

140 133 It was never "jobs Americans won't do*."

It was always, "jobs Americans won't do for 12 hours to earn what used to be made in 6 so the corporation can save on labor costs."

There is not one job "Americans won't do" that won't be fully staffed Monday morning with white men if they double the pay offered.

*notice how they never discussed who these Americans were that "wouldn't do those jobs"
See, you're just supposed to sneer at the lessers.
College grads are above that menial work.
And the poors?
Well, they're all just lazy trailer park trash and don't want to work hard. That's all.
Probably fucking their cousins and stuff, stupid hillbilly rednecks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

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There was a discussion a few years about on this topic.

It stemmed from a poll of the American people that said that only 25% of the American people would work in a factory.

"See? Americans won't do real work!"

5% of Americans work in factories in reality, meaning that 20% of the American public who aren't working in factories are open to working in factories.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:10 PM (bzPaY)

141 136 GDP is a farce in the current age. You borrow money and spend it and that counts as growth. Obama's two terms were an uninterrupted recession papered over by borrowing. Look at how much GDP grew and then compare it to the national debt's growth. Prefect alignment.

GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

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I think a lot of problems with GDP go away if you count government spending as negative to GDP growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:10 PM (bzPaY)

142 He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

Nutter Butters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (zZu0s)

143 They could deport the whole town of Watsonville here in Santa Cruz county. English is a second language.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (UjdFS)

144 143 They could deport the whole town of Watsonville here in Santa Cruz county. English is a second language.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (UjdFS)

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866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (bzPaY)

145 Republicans supported prohibition - Dems generally opposed it.

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We're freeing ourselves from the scourge of alcohol.

Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Drinking Among Americans

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (ndZc7)

146 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

I watched the IT industry morph from almost all Native Born USians, to foreign born during the late 90's and early 00's.

The drastically increased the amount of H1Bs, and they cut all non College related funding for IT education (like Network Engineers), AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.

I lost out on Jobs because I did not speak the language of the overseas help desk....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

147 What all the dick-shaped "expert" economists on the teevee won't discuss:

Why, if there is some 4-6 million that have left, is unemployment and the economy improving?

If it were "jobs Americans won't do" shouldn't there be mass openings?
And if they were such valuable contributors to the economy, shouldn't their loss be dramatically felt?

It's almost like ... American citizens are taking those jobs and there's somehow less drag on the economy from the leach class.

Probably racist to even think about.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (3cUTc)

148 While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.

Wait until the lack of illegals using "free" healthcare and forcing most of us to carry "uninsured motorist" coverage gets back to the public.

(ha ha, who am I fooling? hospitals and insurance will keep the windfall)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (nAS9C)

149 GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed

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Good point.

Even without borrowing GDP is a crap metric. How does an NGO or gov. regulator increase "product" (production, wealth.)

Or any transfer payment. Or DEI departments.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (k12bV)

150 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

151 147
If it were "jobs Americans won't do" shouldn't there be mass openings?
And if they were such valuable contributors to the economy, shouldn't their loss be dramatically felt?

It's almost like ... American citizens are taking those jobs and there's somehow less drag on the economy from the leach class.

Probably racist to even think about.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (3cUTc)

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There's an assumption people make about job numbers that they don't even realize that they make.

150,000 jobs per month was considered healthy under W. I think it went up to 200,000 to 250,000 under Biden.

And those numbers are about population growth. As long as the population overall is growing, we expect that many jobs per month to be created to absorb the needs of graduates and immigrants.

But if population overall is declining (like it did in 2025 and probably is still), then you'd expect negative job numbers per month to keep up with population growth. And we keep having positive job growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:16 PM (bzPaY)

152 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

153 One of the local hospitals is requiring ID to enter the building. Haven't heard people pissed about it yet.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (enNUy)

154 I watched the IT industry morph from almost all Native Born USians, to foreign born during the late 90's and early 00's.

The drastically increased the amount of H1Bs, and they cut all non College related funding for IT education (like Network Engineers), AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.

I lost out on Jobs because I did not speak the language of the overseas help desk....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

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ICYMI, see me @ #70.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (T1wyk)

155 If they won't I will

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (z6ONu)

156 If ICE picks you up, you keep nothing. They impound literally everything. Even if you voluntarily deport at the immigration hearing, you still don't keep your stuff.

There's a huge incentive to just go.

Even going out through CBPOne means you can't come back for 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bzPaY)

I'd forgotten this, but at LAX they have signs posted everywhere offering free airplane tickets home and up to $1000 per family member who self-deports. It sounds pretty enticing, given the now, very real alternative.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (lCppi)

157 Delurker it is a fine one at that

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

158 Immigration enforcement. Trump’s greatest achievement by far, wins going away.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Gqar8)

159 It seems certain to me that, if the choice is forced, the majority of upper and upper-middle class liberals will choose the NY Times over trannys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)

160 Will they fire this Professor Arday who copied his Ph.D. dissertation and large parts of his publications? Of course not. He has a Get Out of Jail Free card: his race.

No chance in the world he will get canned.

Posted by: Ralph at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (8WZD4)

161 It stemmed from a poll of the American people that said that only 25% of the American people would work in a factory.

"See? Americans won't do real work!"

5% of Americans work in factories in reality, meaning that 20% of the American public who aren't working in factories are open to working in factories.
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That's hilarious.
I'd not heard that one.
But it follows the "if you really want to lie, use statistics." Or polls.

Like the "women have less auto accidents than men."
Except when you account for miles driven, type of miles and severity of accident.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (3cUTc)

162 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

Fire relief?

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (lCppi)

163 I refuse to watch any women's sportsball unless it's women's beach volleyball. Too much drama and strife.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (ixEhJ)

164 152 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

You know what you did.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (Gqar8)

165 If that happened today, the libs would be arguing we have to affirm these people by giving them an army and helping them invade Russia.

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (6Q9y6)

Napoleon was a 5ft 6 inch Dictator.
Zelensky... 5 ft 7 inch Dictator.

Already got that one covered.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (mP0Kj)

166 Diogenes

Fire danger just got real. Army going in for the rescues.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (u82oZ)

167 Prohibition was mostly supported by Progressives who formed third parties. The Karens of their day.

To be fair alcohol had become a huge problem in the country.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (KC5Lt)

168 158 Immigration enforcement. Trump’s greatest achievement by far, wins going away.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Gqar

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And it's just reality now. No GOP presidential hopeful in the near future will say anything about amnesty and have any glimmer of hope for getting near the nomination.

Hell, with all the bad-faith blackpilling about how Trump isn't doing enough, it's going to create an incentive for hopefuls to talk up what they'll do.

All while Democrats promise amnesty, citizenship, and puppies for everyone ICE ever looked at funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (bzPaY)

169 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

Caitlin Clark showed that if you let them women can play interesting basket ball. WNBA doesn't want to let them.

Instead they push Angel Reese who just got traded to a new team, leading the league in "Me-Bounds" - missed shots she grabs back, layups that only go a few inches high and turnovers.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

170 129 Woke bar apologizes for song mocking Charlie Kirk … because his name triggered their woke patrons

The venerable Nietzsche's in Buffalo. Saw a lot of great bands there growing up. My bass-player brother's band had a regular opening-slot gig there in the 90s, used to go see them play all the time. Sad to see this.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (2Drhq)

171 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (ixEhJ

I would include women's fast pitch softball.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:20 PM (KC5Lt)

172 169 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

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Cunningham has done something much more interesting and important:

Made Caitlin Clark out to be a spineless woketard who takes abuse because she thinks she deserves it for being white and won't stand up for herself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:20 PM (bzPaY)

173 Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

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ICYMI, see me @ #70.
Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (T1wyk)

/Fistbump

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:21 PM (mP0Kj)

174 131 Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob
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Yes, we probably have done about 5 million. Official figures are about 1.6 million plus another couple of hundred thousand that have registered for their check but not yet left the US. And even at a modest 2:1 ratio--of seen versus unseen, that puts us close to 5 million. Turn off more and more benefits, more and more will leave, go after employers, more will leave.

But it is lumpy--red areas are more likely to turn over illegals, blue areas aren't. If you live in a blue area, you might even see an increase where illegals flee red states to avoid enforcement but over all the trends in school enrollments, ER usage, crime, etc. are all behaving as if we have removed a large pool of people that have been causing issues. Rents have actually declined as well and traffic accidents are down in areas where enforcement is around.

And you have figures like growth of new jobs are going to US citizens and not foreign born as previous under Biden.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 07:21 PM (E4rtv)

175 We watched a bit of a WNBA game and it was like watching pee wee football. Chaos. They just launch the ball and hardly score. You could get 5,000 rebounds per game the way they play. My husband said for lesbians they sure have trouble finding the hole.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:22 PM (enNUy)

176 175 My husband said for lesbians they sure have trouble finding the hole.

Golf clap to your husband LOL

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (2Drhq)

177 >>Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

>>The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.

If you haven't seen it yet, she got hit with a no doubt elbow to face in a game yesterday. It was beyond obvious.

The foul was called on her.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (viF8m)

178 nckate

*Snort*. He has a way with words.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)

179 Instead they push Angel Reese who just got traded to a new team, leading the league in "Me-Bounds" - missed shots she grabs back, layups that only go a few inches high and turnovers.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

And a McDonald's value meal for some reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

180 And it's just reality now. No GOP presidential hopeful in the near future will say anything about amnesty and have any glimmer of hope for getting near the nomination.

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This will be Rubio's historical greatest weakness vis-a-vis The Presidency, but think he can overcome it with articulate contrition.

I can't remember whom I saw Articulate Contrition open for ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:24 PM (T1wyk)

181 Chinooks have impressive sling-load capacity.

Water buckets for fire fighting, is my WAG. Sounds like they need all the help they can get right now in Washington state

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (T/sM0)

182 Caitlin Clark showed that if you let them women can play interesting basket ball. WNBA doesn't want to let them.

Instead they push Angel Reese who just got traded to a new team, leading the league in "Me-Bounds" - missed shots she grabs back, layups that only go a few inches high and turnovers.
Posted by: Oldcat

DEI welfare league and the reason that the WNBA is not celebrating Caitlyn nor Sophie Cunningham is that they essentially paid by the NBA and that makes them resistant to actually broadening their appeal to increase their money.

And I would bet if the WNBA started taking off in attendance and interest,then the NBA would either cut their subsidies or demand a chunk of the profits.

So like a welfare queen, the owners and players in the WNBA prefer not to work for their paycheck honestly but want to rely on big strong men of the NBA to pull their financial cart for them.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

183 Clark should have supported Cunningham but instead she wussed out and tried to stay neutral. Like taking Cunningham's position was going to make her life more difficult than it already is.

She actually lost support from some of her fan base.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

184 180 This will be Rubio's historical greatest weakness vis-a-vis The Presidency, but think he can overcome it with articulate contrition.

I can't remember whom I saw Articulate Contrition open for ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:24 PM (T1wyk)

======

I don't trust the dude on the issue, but I see nothing about him deciding to go all, "We need to give illegals amnesty" from him as Secretary of State.

He's put on a real tough exterior on every issue his department touches, including immigration.

He's a smart cookie and a politician. If he's going to stab us in the back on immigration, it'll be after he's in a position to do it, and not before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (bzPaY)

185 >>So like a welfare queen, the owners and players in the WNBA prefer not to work for their paycheck honestly but want to rely on big strong men of the NBA to pull their financial cart for them.

I learned the other day that the women's national soccer team got checks for the men's success at the World Cup.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

186 175 We watched a bit of a WNBA game and it was like watching pee wee football. Chaos. They just launch the ball and hardly score. You could get 5,000 rebounds per game the way they play. My husband said for lesbians they sure have trouble finding the hole.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:22 PM (enNUy)

Saw a clip of Angel Reese being a gormless, doofus talentless joke on the court. Eighth graders anywhere on a team have as much or more talent. Can’t make layups, can’t hit the rim on set shots, can’t pass. Pathetic.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:27 PM (Gqar8)

187 183 Clark should have supported Cunningham but instead she wussed out and tried to stay neutral. Like taking Cunningham's position was going to make her life more difficult than it already is.

She actually lost support from some of her fan base.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

So, a type of Weasel, then??

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:28 PM (Gqar8)

188 So like a welfare queen, the owners and players in the WNBA prefer not to work for their paycheck honestly but want to rely on big strong men of the NBA to pull their financial cart for them.
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

Oh noes he din int!

Posted by: Cassadra Crumpton-Moorer, WNBA welfare queen at August 03, 2026 07:31 PM (ftsic)

189 JackStraw

The woman's team got very substantial checks.

One reason we did not do better; lack of incentives.

Economics and sports play is about incentives.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:31 PM (u82oZ)

190 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

191 Bible Study With James Talatico!

https://tinyurl.com/2ew9z5uv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 07:32 PM (ndZc7)

192 I learned the other day that the women's national soccer team got checks for the men's success at the World Cup.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yep, and mens football and basketball finance pretty much all the women's sports and that is because enough women are just not that interested in watching other women play sports. Maybe their kids, and it might change in the future but with the politicized crap that exists in the
WNBA and Womens soccer and the celebration of lesbianhood in both, it is not that attractive a proposition for women.

Most men would rather watch men's sports if they do so at all.

I think in general, we would be a healthier society to eschew professional sports and go back to sports' club outside of k12 schools and intermurals for college. But a majority of people feel differently than me so there is that.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

193 School enrollment locally dropped almost 2% last year so it'll be interesting to see the upcoming numbers.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (enNUy)

We still get our 18% increase in pay right?
- teacher unions

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 07:33 PM (tNkpt)

194 I do not get the purpose of letting young men hurt girls in HS Sports.
The girls get ZERO sympathy (from what I can see) and the Boy girls are just called bullies.
No one and I mean no one things they are girls.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:33 PM (/+uur)

195 The golf tournament broadcast was delayed by WNBA game that turned a 1:50 left into almost thirty minutes. The portion I watched I believe a traveling 15 year old boys team would have no problem beating a WNBA team.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)

196 I learned the other day that the women's national soccer team got checks for the men's success at the World Cup.
Posted by: JackStraw

50%

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

197 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (ixEhJ

I would include women's fast pitch softball.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:20 PM (KC5Lt)

I found it interesting during some sports strike because it seemed like what men's ball must have been like in the pre-1880s days of baseball - back when pitchers pitched underhand, relievers were basically unknown - Hoss Radborne one year when the second pitcher quit pitched the entire second half and won 60 games. Less waiting for longball and more moving the players along by other means.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

198 Saw a clip of Angel Reese being a gormless, doofus talentless joke on the court. Eighth graders anywhere on a team have as much or more talent. Can’t make layups, can’t hit the rim on set shots, can’t pass. Pathetic.
Posted by: tubal

I saw a video of her driving to the hoop and she double dribbled twice.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 07:35 PM (l26NL)

199 Dana Bash.

Why doesn't some Republican straight say, " your a member of the press fucking a CIA operative, that makes you tainted meat."

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 03, 2026 08:03 PM (DbmIv)

200 Ace what made me stop watching Jeopardy permanently wasn't Jennings, it was the obviously-rigged entire run by "Amy" Schneider, a trans woman.

I find it hilarious and ironic that the trans are cancelling Jennings after his show literally rigged Schneider's entire run FOR them - and make no mistake, he was part of that while scam, even while Trebek was still alive.

The whole truth will come out about the Schneider scam one day, I hope.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 03, 2026 08:11 PM (IhL8c)

201 The Nashville Dicky Chicks

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at August 03, 2026 09:21 PM (X5FXP)

202 Dana Bash: "Free Speech has nothing to do with saving lives."

also Dana Bash: "I'm saving lives by speaking out against vaccine hesitancy."

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 03, 2026 09:51 PM (fti8Y)

22 of the 27 EU Member States Demand an Emergency Summit to Deal With the Spanish Government's Attempt to Hack the Population of the Continent

The left's playbook is to engage in outrageous abuse of the populations they dominate but then demand people "be nice" and respectful about the massive and alien Cultural Enrichment they impose on society.

It works... until it doesn't work. Until they show their ass too much.

Until they get a little too brazen and a little too clear about their agenda to destroy civilization itself:

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24

BREAKING:
The prime ministers of 22 out of 27 EU member states have written a joint letter to the EU, demanding an emergency summit over the invasion of illegal migrants in Ceuta.
They are outraged by the recent ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court:
🇮🇹 Italy
🇩🇪 Germany
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇫🇮 Finland
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇫🇮 Finland
🇬🇷 Greece
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇵🇱 Poland
🇷🇴 Romania
France, Ireland and Portugal were the only larger EU states that didn't sign the letter.

From David Strom: Spain's socialist president is pretending to do something to forestall all of Europe putting up borders around Spain and effectively ejecting it from the Union.

It's all a lie, though. He will do nothing serious.

This is the plan.

Like Iran, he's just playing for time while he works on his nukes.

Pedro Sánchez is a socialist, so none of us should be surprised that he is lying when he tells everybody that the situation in Ceuta is back under control.
It is anything but.
Now it's true that most of the people who stormed the border have filtered back into Morocco, but about 20-25 percent are sticking it out and making clear that they have no interest in going back home.
It's also true that the border is not secure. If people decide to cross it, they can. It's just a bit harder.

This is today in Ceuta.

Hordes of invaders are marching through the streets while chanting "There is no god but Allah", and "Allahu Akbar".

Don't believe the communist regime or legacy media.

The situation is horrible. pic.twitter.com/IQKaoyLCy3
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) August 2, 2026

🇪🇸 In Ceuta, a crowd of illegal Moroccan migrants is already establishing its own rules in the city

The crowd shouts “Allahu Akbar” at National Guard officers and drags a wounded migrant through the streets in protest against being returned home. pic.twitter.com/Q27cvVFLTW
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 3, 2026

"Dirty" Sanchez is still babbling about diversity and Cultural Enrichment:

“Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Unbelievable - After 50,000 Military Age Fighting Men invaded several Spanish Enclaves - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is even still now repeating the Marxist Mantra pic.twitter.com/ehvfVvkEx7
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) August 1, 2026

The next Spanish general election must be held on or before May 2027. Sanchez is unpopular and will likely be replaced by the right, who have gained in recent regional elections.

But he can do a lot of Cultural Enrichment before then. He might even replace enough of the Spanish population with "anti-fascist" newcomers, which is the left's stated plan:

White Leftists in Spain openly support the “replacement theory” — replacing whites with migrants — so that there will not be any “fascists and racists.”

This is not “suicidal empathy.” This is the same globalist brainwashing playbook carried out in the US and Europe. pic.twitter.com/ksAA6bWJvh
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) July 31, 2026

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Foreign-born population, 1990 vs 2026:
🇬🇧 UK: 5% --> 17%
🇺🇸 US: 8% --> 15%
🇮🇹 Italy: 3% --> 11%
🇪🇸 Spain: 2% --> 20%
🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 9% --> 20%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 5% --> 14%
🇩🇪 Germany: 9% --> 20%
🇬🇷 Greece: 6% --> 14%
🇮🇸 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 6% --> 22%
🇫🇮 Finland: 1% --> 10%
🇫🇷 France: 9% --> 14%
🇳🇴 Norway: 4% --> 18%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 9% --> 22%
🇨🇦 Canada: 15% --> 22%

This video looks like it was taken at Ceuta, with paid NGO agents assisting the illegal entry into Spain. I'm not 100% on that, though.

🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk says that somebody is FUNDING mass NGOs who are facilitating mass illegal immigration and invasion of Europe

ELON: "Who is funding these NGOs?" 💯

The NGO workers PANICKED when confronted.

REPORTER: "You're facilitating illegal immigration — this is a…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 2, 2026

Predictivemoney
@Predictivemoney
·
22h
🚨 THE COLLAPSE OF EUROPE IS BEING FUNDED & ENGINEERED IN REAL TIME.
What we are witnessing in Spain isn't an accident - it is a COORDINATED CAMPAIGN facilitated by left-wing elites and dark-money networks:
* Street Chaos in Ceuta: Mobs march through urban neighborhoods carrying a wounded man while chanting "Allahu Akbar", leaving police and military forces completely OVERWHELMED.
* NGO Complicity: Leftist NGO workers act as a LOGISTICAL LIFT SERVICE for illegal crossings - handing out supplies, aiding beach landings, and growing PANICKED & HOSTILE the moment reporters question their illegal actions.
* Elon Musk Calling It Out: As @elonmusk exposed, massive funding streams are quietly bankrolling these NGOs to facilitate an UNCHECKED INVASION.
* The Left's Political Trap: Pedro Sánchez and the European Left aren't trying to stop this. Importing tens of thousands and pushing for mass citizenship creates a PERPETUAL VOTER BASE to lock in hard-left power forever.
They aren't losing control of the borders - they are DELIBERATELY DISMANTLING them.
FREEZE NGO ASSETS. ENFORCE THE LAW. WAKE UP EUROPE.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

3 They did it to themselves as well, they all have Muslim invaders

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.

The authorities, not so much.

So use the guns on them too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (2Cry5)

5 “Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

They are brain dead and hive mind controlled.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (cpFbA)

6 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

7 Homicide, not suicide. Jeeze Louise

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (DGpsA)

8 "They are outraged by the recent ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court"

Nobody expects the Spanish Supreme Courtisition!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

9 You mean it wasn't those wily Jews sending Muslims into Spanish territory?

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (VJX5o)

10 For some values of "we". Our strength. Not your strength.

Tracking now?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (DGpsA)

11 In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

Britain left the EU in name only. Case in point, judges are quoting EU regulation as to why 'refugees' must be allowed to stay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)

12
The Leopards Eating People's Faces Party has deep pockets.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)

13 >>Emergency Summit

I hear Cannes is nice this time of year. Really, it depends on the menu. If they serve a good selection of wine and Kobe steak, I am sure they could get the other three to join.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (k12bV)

14 Maybe the EU Top Weenies have learned that letting tens or hundreds of thousands of young single Third World Mooselimb men into their countries soon results in 99% of them forcefully asking, "Where da white wimmen?"

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (5rh/l)

15 Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.

The authorities, not so much.

So use the guns on them too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (2Cry5)
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The authorities--who currently HAVE the guns--would be all too happy to turn them on the citizens when the citizens become too uppity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (FZ29D)

16 Foreign born population should never be more than low single digits.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (VJX5o)

17 Re. Last Video.

There is sufficient water there to drown that person.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (zGzrB)

18 Britain left the EU in name only. Case in point, judges are quoting EU regulation as to why 'refugees' must be allowed to stay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, fuck the rube voters. Amiright.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

19 Another female NGO worker got murdered by a"migrant" she was helping. Paul Joseph Watson had a video today.

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (YwEeS)

20 BTW, Nick Shirley is in Ceuta.

Also, the funding for the NGO's is likely coming right from the UN. Morocco is known locally as the "Gateway to the EU", and the UN coordinates with Morocco to have a set number of refugees there at any given time. The usual number is around 20,000. However, when the Spanish supreme court whispered (more like shouted) "Amnesty" no one had to organize refugees to Morocco. They came running overflowing Morocco, and thus Morocco encouraged them to take a shot at Ceuta (which is officially a part of the EU by law).

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

21 Aaron Rodgers smacking Fauci (and the sports + "msm") around today. I personally liked when he called Fauci a "coward."

This will get out to more people than when the Eagles defensive coordinator mentioned Fauci pleading the 5th in his presser last week.

https://x.com/SleeperNFL/
status/2084345038243606628

Posted by: Ann at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (SHHm+)

22 Well the British are still under the EU code of Human Rights

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (YwEeS)

23 Maybe the EU Top Weenies have learned that letting tens or hundreds of thousands of young single Third World Mooselimb men into their countries soon results in 99% of them forcefully asking, "Where da white wimmen?"
Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (5rh/l)

As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

24 The UN is deeply involved in the funding for this.

That is why they have been so quiet about the Migration Situation. It is a Feature, not a Bug.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (zGzrB)

25 Yeah, fuck the rube voters. Amiright.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

Same as it's been, everywhere in the west, for decades.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (ExV1e)

26 I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)

27 Oh, wait! You mean Sanchez was lying over the weekend that the meek and sweet barbarians were being led like sheep return home?

News flash: I knew you were lying, scumbag. It was reported to be 50 to 100K, by the way. They came in waves. No one seemed to ask who bought them the floaties they discarded by the tens of thousands on the beach.

It is only a matter of finding a boat to get to Spain and then other nations.

Italy did the right thing.

In an independent podcast (guy from NY) it was discouraging to see Spanish people in Barcelona supporting the PM's signing to allow 500k amnesty. Due to the need for jobs one middle aged woman said wearing a keffiyeh.

Lady, they don't want jobs they want your house.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)

28 >>Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.

Blue Helmets and Keffiyeh Wearers, first.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (zGzrB)

29 >>I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Well he's a chick so ....

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)

30 Gee a conference. To appoint a blue ribbon panel. To establish study groups . To do something or other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (BFvh9)

31 I see a tweet from the Spanish PM.

Something like, no minor will be deported. We will treat them with dignity and humanity. We will take them to other cites, more able to support them. Unlike Trump.

Yes, he did take a swipe at Trump.

But, translation:
- we are going to call them all minors, even if they clearly are not
- we are going to ship them at taxpayers cost to the mainland
- we are going to give them all amnesty

Yeah, there's are reason for that letter-- they all know exactly what he is doing.

PS: my favorite is how the left ties this to Palestinian.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)

32 Let me guess. NGOs funded by governments without the knowledge of the taxpayers?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (qFwJc)

33 Fortunately our 15% is different from their 15%. More tacos, less terrorists.

Not that I'm not still complaining.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (n5tGW)

34 Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

21 Aaron Rodgers smacking Fauci (and the sports + "msm") around today. I personally liked when he called Fauci a "coward."

This will get out to more people than when the Eagles defensive coordinator mentioned Fauci pleading the 5th in his presser last week.

https://x.com/SleeperNFL/
status/2084345038243606628
Posted by: Ann at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (SHHm+)
**********
Saw that interview and suddenly I like him again!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (hzuYO)

35 [Looks out window in home in Middleborough, MA.]

I don't see any migrants running round. Effing right wing media.

[Sips coffee, still stumped by 1 Across.]

Posted by: Tom Tuppence at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (qUkBO)

36 The sexual assaults will get ramped up
They are not invading just for free food

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

37 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

========

For those women in the video wearing the vests and helping the invaders, it's not only their duty, it's there dream that all their orifices are about to be enriched simultaneously by eager swarthy migrants' members.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (2ap+5)

38 What we need to do is send all the colored people to white countries and all the white people to the colored countries. Then in a few years all the former white countries will be shitholes and all the former colored countries will be clean and prosperous, then we switch them again....

Posted by: UN Madness at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (F1rMs)

39 In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

And that vote has been fought tooth and nail since.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (KC5Lt)

40 It is important to understand that this is not just an invasion, but it is a religious invasion.

- They think Spain is muslim land and will be reconquered
- They think once in Spain, they must be treated as masters and the infidels must be "made to feel humiliated"
- They think the infidels are required by their piss covered god to support all muslims.

This is clear by what they say, but now the media is blaming this on a political squabble or Pedro Pascal (?) and downplaying the religious conquest aspect that everyone knows is inevitable unless we start shooting every muzzie in the West.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (k12bV)

41 Yeah, there's are reason for that letter-- they all know exactly what he is doing.

PS: my favorite is how the left ties this to Palestinian.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)
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Yeah, like the bleedin' heart British women who took in the little refugee boys, thinking they were teens. Only to find out by a dentist that they were closer to 30yrs. With daughters living in the same house. Brilliant!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (hzuYO)

42 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
_______

Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (XvL8K)

43 I just saw an amazing exchange in a facebook reel.

Leftist's point (though it took him forever to make it): I thought capitalists said competition was good? So what's wrong with Mamdani adding more competition for groceries?

First response: Just so you know they are planning on taking 30% of the cost of groceries from taxpayers to make them "competitive"

Leftist: That is just taxing the uber wealthy who have been stealing from everyone else for decades

And the lefty doesn't see he just invalidated his own point. This isn't competition any more then if Kroger sent armed agents to take money from Aldi. The government grocery store can't compete unless it takes money from someone else.

Mamdani is putting the cost of socialism at 30% of EVERYTHING, which I expect will be a serious underestimate.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (sKqQm)

44 I've never hit a woman but those NGO bints deserve a punch to the face.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (KC5Lt)

45
Don't vote for Pedro !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

46 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

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There was a sharp drop in cellphone usage in China that was never explained. I never knew how to integrate that into the scenario, until somebody suggested that China released Covid to cover up a slaughter of rebellion forces. It also explains the satellite reports that people construe as "mass graves".

It's not like I weight it that highly, but it has become a working scenario for me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

47 The same cockdicks screeching ‘diversity is our strength’ fight like cornered rats to ensure there is no diversity of thought

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (i+vnO)

48 See Sweden had a 22% increase in foreign born population. Nice of them to join NATO. Can we get a little help USA?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (BFvh9)

49 Last year, my buddy and I were planning to hike the Camino de Santiago.

Cross that off the bucket list.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (qFwJc)

50 Marxism
Free food, housing, transportation,

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

51 And that vote has been fought tooth and nail since.
Posted by: polynikes

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Boris is exhibit A for why voters must never trust a politician who has ever in their entire history been less than "deport them all."

You all know who I am talking about, but speak in whispers as he has giant ears.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (k12bV)

52 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

The EU has always been an attempt to create a rival bloc to the Russian, Chinese and US ones. They just keep forgetting to create armed forces to make it happen.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

53 Sell cork futures.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

54 Test run. Those numbers would overrun any police force in short order. How long would it take to mobilize 250,000 in London? 2 hours tops.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (abScH)

55 42 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
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Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (XvL8K)
___________________________

Not what you think. Most immigrants to Iceland are Eastern European. A good man were so tired of the massive immigration in their own countries of origin they saw Iceland as an escape. AND, the biggest influx of migrants to Iceland recently has been Ukrainians that don't want to end up as cannon fodder in their country of origin.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (dIske)

56 I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Well he's a chick so ....
Posted by: JackStraw

Second look at “bonus hole”?

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (VOQ3h)

57 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

It's even easier when you don't have daughters! Or any children!

Posted by: Angela Merkel at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (9ZFZd)

58 The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen.

Strengthen our ties to Japan. The rest can go screw because they're not serious people at this point.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

59 Paraphrase, but altered, from that muslim at the Oxford debate:

You say it is the Christian that is dangerous. But it is the Christians that are funding the police that keep me from killing you.
[Crowd applauds]

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (3cUTc)

60 And the lefty doesn't see he just invalidated his own point. This isn't competition any more then if Kroger sent armed agents to take money from Aldi. The government grocery store can't compete unless it takes money from someone else.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (sKqQm)
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And at least the tax payer.

A store that can operate on a net loss, because it has a tax revenue, is not competing.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

61 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
_______

Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.

I suspect there is a statistical anomaly with that one, mainly due to the low initial population.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (n5tGW)

62 See Sweden had a 22% increase in foreign born population.

'Sweden: 9% --> 22%' is a 244% increase.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 JUST IN: Elon Musk says that somebody is FUNDING mass NGOs who are facilitating mass illegal immigration and invasion of Europe

ELON: "Who is funding these NGOs?" 💯

The NGO workers PANICKED when confronted.

REPORTER: "You're facilitating illegal immigration — this is a criminal offense!"

Every western country has 'foreign aid' type programs just like USAID was, until Trump. I'm sure the EU does as well. Check there first.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

64 Mobile crematorium FTW.

Posted by: CCP at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (Wt1Rs)

65
🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%

This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)

66 If the US leaves NATO, the EU and member states would implode and then fight each other. Pax Americana allowed them to be really stupid politically

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (BFvh9)

67 37 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care.
___

Actually, I don't think they even care about that. Maybe tomorrow's new left wing fad: "Well MY daughter was GANG RAPED by migrants and I STILL support them! We OWE it to them! See how VIRTUOUS I am?"

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (qUkBO)

68 Europe should collapse and decent people should move to this hemisphere.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (RAxGY)

69 Marxism
Free food, housing, transportation,

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)
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Famine.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

70 "The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen."

Hear, hear!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

71 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

The UK government never implemented full Brexit and colludes with the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

72 Iceland has promoted immigration so cousins aren't screwing each other. I don't think they intended it to be middle eastern Muslims.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (KC5Lt)

73 🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%

This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)
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To make this even worse, I think it's been reported that a significant minority of students in schools (like 40% or more) are children of Muslim immigrants.

That does not bode well for the Gates of Vienna....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

74 Actually, I don't think they even care about that. Maybe tomorrow's new left wing fad: "Well MY daughter was GANG RAPED by migrants and I STILL support them! We OWE it to them! See how VIRTUOUS I am?"

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (qUkBO)
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Now, I'm picturing it as a rear window sticker.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)

75 Sell cork futures.
Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

_________________

Trump should start calling Pedro; Corky

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (NtVYv)

76 That pesky Elon Musk is just getting too big for his britches.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (UjdFS)

77 The FBI and CIA know who is funding the leftist NGOs. This would be great info to release

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (BFvh9)

78 Iceland has promoted immigration so cousins aren't screwing each other.

It'd be easier if Icelandic women were better looking. /sarc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

79 "I'm the proud parent of a girl who was processed by a Muslim rape-gang." -- Hollywood, probably

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

80 Also, the funding for the NGO's is likely coming right from the UN. Morocco is known locally as the "Gateway to the EU", and the UN coordinates with Morocco to have a set number of refugees there at any given time. The usual number is around 20,000. However, when the Spanish supreme court whispered (more like shouted) "Amnesty" no one had to organize refugees to Morocco. They came running overflowing Morocco, and thus Morocco encouraged them to take a shot at Ceuta (which is officially a part of the EU by law).
Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

The UN doesn't have that kind of money, especially when the US cut back on many payments to them. I'm sure they help, but finding is likely from EU nations foreign aid programs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

81 it would seem that if we are a major exporter of petroleum we wouldn't be living with shortage prices...why are we?

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (8uzBS)

82 Like mentioned above Nick Shirley was there and said it was a disaster.. Got chased by a group of them one with a knife

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (FtULh)

83 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

84 The left...

We must let in these third world Racists and Sexists who believe that Religious authority over rides secular authority...

To fight against Racism and Sexism, and to protect Democracy!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (mP0Kj)

85
no minor will be deported.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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wtf, unaccompanied minors in a foreign country? When Sanchez picks the cities to move them to, is he going to put them in orphanages or heavily supervised facilities that are sexually segregated? We've realized that even 18-year-olds like Natalee Holloway shouldn't be roaming around foreign places, even outright tourist destinations never mind "cities" that some leader thinks are suitable to host minor illegal aliens.

Send them back to their parents ffs!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (mmrXZ)

86 Would be great to change our SB1 visa terms:
Swedish Bikini team: Auto entry
Gay Frenchman: Auto denial.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (n5tGW)

87 The fastest growing religion in the world? Muslims.

This is the point of the invasion. Their Ummah. Without firing a single shot due to their laws.

In Britain and other countries Christians no longer consider themselves religious and stay home.

Being atheist or agnostic or cool.

Guess who won't get to stay home soon, little darlin's? It's coming at you fast!

There will come a time when you are outnumbered and forced to convert or die for your great idea as being too cool for church. Polygamist marriage. Cover your hair and body with a burka. Give up your bacon. Your life and career is over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (hzuYO)

88 Now it's true that most of the people who stormed the border have filtered back into Morocco, but about 20-25 percent are sticking it out and making clear that they have no interest in going back home.

So it was a raid, like Oct 7 in Israel, but this time the raiders left an occupying force.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (vJrRc)

89 Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again
Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt
Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it
Whistling tunes
We hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes
We're kissing baboons in the jungle
It's a knockout...

Posted by: Jeux sans frontieres at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (F1rMs)

90 Yeah, Europe is f*caked. And they are stupid for letting it happen. Just like we are.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (bqIVz)

91 Yes, he did take a swipe at Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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I saw a man on the street podcast (nate friedman) in Barcelona, and 3 of the people he spoke to supported this asswipe saying he was the only one "standing up to Trump."

What the fuck is wrong with Europeans that they think their politicians should be fighting Trump instead of doing their job at home? Same in Canada. The pols all love Trump for giving them the required enemy for them to build their fascism on.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (k12bV)

92 Gee a conference. To appoint a blue ribbon panel. To establish study groups . To do something or other.

Some asshole wrote a poem about that once. It’s probably good advice if you have shit for brains.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair (not Samoan, or a lawyer) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (kYmoU)

93 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)
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Sorry, you're wrong. It says here, "Moops".

Posted by: George Costanza. at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

94 it would seem that if we are a major exporter of petroleum we wouldn't be living with shortage prices...why are we?
Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (8uzBS)

1. Oil is a global commodity. If there is a shortage anywhere, there is a shortage everywhere.
2. The US has enough oil. The US does not have enough refining to deal with that oil so we still import oil byproducts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

95 The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen.

Strengthen our ties to Japan. The rest can go screw because they're not serious people at this point.
Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

And central/south Americas. Keep that Monroe doctrine going.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

96 83 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.
Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

Charles Martel... you are our only hope...

You and Vlad the Impaler...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (mP0Kj)

97 It's all fun and games until the Moops invade.

Posted by: And Ukraine is a Road Apple at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (qUkBO)

98 24 The UN is deeply involved in the funding for this.

That is why they have been so quiet about the Migration Situation. It is a Feature, not a Bug.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (zGzrB)

Bulg >> Feature == Bug

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (Sy6m/)

99 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)

100 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

101 Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

Annex Canada, Greenland, and take everything down to OUR Canal in Panama, and make that our border.

Then... close the borders... America is full...

Simple fact is we only have so much Fresh Water to support the population...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (mP0Kj)

102 This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)
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To make this even worse, I think it's been reported that a significant minority of students in schools (like 40% or more) are children of Muslim immigrants.

That does not bode well for the Gates of Vienna....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

Watched a short video by a guy in Vienna. He was filming outside of St Stephen's church. He was being harassed and followed by a group of filthy Muslims. The church walls were covered in graffiti. He was pretty sure they would have killed him if he didn't leave right away.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (USV1l)

103 It's all fun and games until the Moops invade.

Posted by: And Ukraine is a Road Apple at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (qUkBO)
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Ukraine is weak.

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Fi81e)

104 Axeman definitely if your not one of the protected class

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Schmoopie.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (UjdFS)

106 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

Well they better come up with some import controls between EU nations because Sanchez surely will want to export a lot of those boyos into France and Italy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

107 71 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

The UK government never implemented full Brexit and colludes with the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)

108 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

109 "This won't end well"

Well it didn't start too good either

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (DGpsA)

110 Spain does not have the economy that can handle this type of influx long term. They are depending upon the swarm to move on.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (n5tGW)

111 What's the name of the NGO featured in the logo of the purple vest those self-righteous wealthy white ladies were wearing?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

112 Moroccans are another muzzie nationality that think:

a) their country (morocco) is the greatest country in the world
b) they must leave that shithole because life sucks there. with no future and no hope.

From what I hear, moroccans are worse than the Turks in this regard, and the Turks are fucking horrible. They all think they are gods and Turkey is the best. as long as they don't have to live there.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (k12bV)

113 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

The EU won't dissolve until some country goes all "kill all the politicians". Then the other countries will have to decide if they've got the pull to go totalitarian or agitate for leaving the EU to save themselves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

114 Axeman, or make life miserable for others.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (abScH)

115 86 Would be great to change our SB1 visa terms:
Swedish Bikini team: Auto entry
Gay Frenchman: Auto denial.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

You said gay twice.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (VOQ3h)

116 In Ceuta, the Barbarians have breached the gates. It's an obvious op.

In Spain proper, the Barbarians have already been invited inside the gates, and by extension, all of the EU.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (dtajH)

117 2. The US has enough oil. The US does not have enough refining to deal with that oil so we still import oil byproducts.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

Which is primarily due to our STATEs having policies that make refineries almost impossible here.

Calif has closed 11 of 23 refineries... while demand for refined oil has increased dramatically.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (mP0Kj)

118 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (4tmEn)

119 Mamdani is putting the cost of socialism at 30% of EVERYTHING, which I expect will be a serious underestimate.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM

My prediction is that the stores will fail for any number of reasons. First of all they will stripped bare of any and all food by people who do not live in NYC regardless of the "ID" requirement. Fake ID's will abound.

There will be massive uncontrolled theft. People know they will never be arrested for stealing food so they will take everything they can and eat or sell it leaving the shelves bare.

Finally, vendors will refuse to sell to the city stores because they will either be paid late or not at all.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (cpFbA)

120 116 In Ceuta, the Barbarians have breached the gates. It's an obvious op.

In Spain proper, the Barbarians have already been invited inside the gates, and by extension, all of the EU.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (dtajH)

Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

121 The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.
Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)

And mostly they implemented things which could cause hardship to British citizens in an effort to have people think that Brexit had made their lives worse so they'd agitate for re-joining but in a manner which forbade leaving.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

122 The EU won't dissolve until some country goes all "kill all the politicians". Then the other countries will have to decide if they've got the pull to go totalitarian or agitate for leaving the EU to save themselves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

The EU is already totalitarian. Its legislature decides nothing and can't initiate laws. Its elections are increasingly fraudulent. Given everyone in Europe to choose from why would anyone choose the sort of people who lead the EU?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

123 I've also seen video of large trucks (like military) dropping off full loads of men into the street who then ran for it to Cueta.

Now I can't confirm that's where it was from but that's what Carl Benjamin showed on his channel talking about the situation.

This also happened in Cueta several years ago, but it was only about 8,000 people who got through the border.

Some are saying that the Moroccans are punishing Spain/EU over some negotiations over the control of the Western Sahara.

So it might not just be leftist immigration policies & NGO facilitators, it might also be Moroccans helping the situation along.

It's not like Venezuela and Cuba weren't doing the same thing to us by setting their undesirables free and sending them our way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

124 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

My money's on Ben Had.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

125 Maybe my map reading skills need to improve, but are these young culturally enriched wannabe Rhodes Scholars in Cueta technically on the continent of Africa or the continent of Europe?

Posted by: Just got here at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

126 France, Ireland and Portugal were the only larger EU states that didn't sign the letter.
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What a surprise!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (4tmEn)

127 Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

I doubt ceding Cueta is the point, the Spanish would just leave. The globalists want that bleeding wound open.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)

128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)

129 Note how they call the illegal invaders "migrants" but they are all muzz scum men in their twenties.

This a foreign army invading a sovereign state. Declare war and shoot them all.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (xvV+O)

130 Maybe my map reading skills need to improve, but are these young culturally enriched wannabe Rhodes Scholars in Cueta technically on the continent of Africa or the continent of Europe?
Posted by: Just got here at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Africa.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (uhVAy)

131 The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)
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Con the people is all most governments do anymore.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

132 It's a game & a threat by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. MOST of the invaders went back to Morocco in about 48 hours.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has openly labeled Israel’s military campaign in Gaza a "genocide." Spain’s parliament formally approved Israel arms embargo and urged international sporting bodies to ban Israel from global competitions, and more.

Let's see what those 22 EU members do in response.

But remember, France, Ireland, and Portugal—along with nations like Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, Luxembourg, and Malta—have frequently joined international calls, United Nations resolutions, and joint European statements criticizing Israeli military actions in Gaza, settlement expansions in the West Bank, and restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (NFX2v)

133 There will come a time when you are outnumbered and forced to convert or die for your great idea as being too cool for church. Polygamist marriage. Cover your hair and body with a burka. Give up your bacon. Your life and career is over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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99% of muzzies are descended from women raped by invaders and cowardly men who converted under threat of the sword.

They are all slaves, bowing to their long dead master 5 times a day.

this is our strongest defense -- tell them that over and over and over. Ridicule them

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (k12bV)

134 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)
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It should be Spain's cue ta get out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

135 118 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

> Most people are blind to it.

Posted by: Oops at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (2Ez/1)

136 Con the people is all most governments do anymore.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

That's unfair. We also loot the treasury. -- Governments

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

137 Macron is pretending to be a pragmatic, centrist technocrat, but his sympathies are on the left, as far as culture goes.

Posted by: PG at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (W33Nw)

138 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
......

and the Greeks, with their short haircuts and full beards.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (UjdFS)

139 128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)

I looked at the map.. It looks like it's just part of Morocco....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

140 Perhaps a nice Spanish Civil War is order. Worked out splendidly last time. And if I recall correctly, the same assholes (socialists/communists) were the proximate cause.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (XMwZJ)

141 Spain could use a man like Franco again.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (xvV+O)

142 EU is a house of cards - always has been

It is like a mob takeover, and as soon as Brussels is done extracting every bit of wealth, it will collapse.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (k12bV)

143 Unbelievable - After 50,000 Military Age Fighting Men invaded several Spanish Enclaves - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is even still now repeating the Marxist Mantra

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Instead of being called Baghdad Bob can he be called Moroccan Pedro?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (ZNpJk)

144 "128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM"

Point Of Order: exclave.

Posted by: Person who likes to say Point Of Order at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

145 Nick Shirley is there, he's posting videos on X. Migrants with knives chased him down a street.

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (kX27y)

146 @141 -- Indeed. The problem is that last time Franco didn't kill ALL the commies.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (XMwZJ)

147 I looked at the map.. It looks like it's just part of Morocco....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

its on the same landmass, but Spain owned it before Morocco was independent of the Ottoman Turks. England used to own Tangiers back in those days too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)

148 In a country with free citizens who actually take personal responsibility for their communities, the whole situation in Ceuta would be just now getting exciting. As locals formed a militia, brought out their arms, and swept back through the peninsula, shooting those who advanced and chasing those who fled, until security was restored.

There were some guys back in the 18th century who wrote about throwing off a government who allowed exactly this sort of thing:

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
...

He ... has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless ... Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (kU0PQ)

149 For contesting purposes, amateur radio operators count 'Ceuta and Mellila' as an actual country. That's just how we roll. There's no rational explanation.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

150 Cueta is at a pretty strategic point right at the Strait of Gibraltar.

Spain is lucky to have kept it this long.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)

151
Ugh. I was positive I closed those tags.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (kU0PQ)

152 141 Spain could use a man like Franco again.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM

He's still dead.

Posted by: Chevy Chase at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)

153 fix

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

154 "Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?"

Great point. Ceatu is isloated geographically and now politically. It's only has 80,000 people on seven square miles. If I lived there I'd be thinking of moving.

Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper. This is waking up the rest of the EU

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (dtajH)

155 Islam is the broom we're using to sweep all the white people out of Europe.

Posted by: The New World Order at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (V362x)

156 * The Left's Political Trap: Pedro Sánchez and the European Left aren't trying to stop this. Importing tens of thousands and pushing for mass citizenship creates a PERPETUAL VOTER BASE to lock in hard-left power forever.

As an expert in spotting traps after they've been sprung, I agree. And the Allahus are the worst kind of Ackbar.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (/y3Vc)

157 Cueta is at a pretty strategic point right at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)

Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (kU0PQ)

158 Unbelievable - After 50,000 Military Age Fighting Men invaded several Spanish Enclaves - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is even still now repeating the Marxist Mantra

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Instead of being called Baghdad Bob can he be called Moroccan Pedro?
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (ZNpJk)

Not too shocking, it isn't like making sense will help him with the other Commies *now*

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

159 Serf or die.
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All that ammo.... can't take it with you.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (xvV+O)

160 "Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper."

Well, yes, it seems. They've legalized all their illegals so far AFAIK.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

161 Do the European elite think they'll survive the invasion and revolution? Bolshevik or Islamic revolutions don't like the wealthy and powerful so they either flee or are executed.
I sure don't want them here. Canada and Australia ain't looking too good so what's there endgame? Live on an island in the South Seas and you'll be tracked down

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (BFvh9)

162 Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper. This is waking up the rest of the EU
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (dtajH)

of course they could. lol.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (uhVAy)

163 Headline: Until they get a little too brazen and a little too clear about their agenda to destroy civilization itself.

On the contrary, not a contradiction at all. Why?

LIBs plead for a Morality which holds COMPROMISE as its standard of Value, making it possible to judge Virtue on the basis of the number of Values which one is willing to Betray.

Even as wave after wave of (T)error appear over the horizon as so many Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, LIBs will defy whether you possibly understand the motivation of each individual pilot just as the challenge you to prove their origin; even as they (the LIBs) guide them onto their targets to proudly do unto their own people PRECISELY what they forbid you to do to your Adversaries, they will impugn your character for not only Sponsoring your Adversaries but failing to actively Defend them -- it's YOUR FAULT they're Evil!

"Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It's not selling out your convictions." -- Clinton'2005 -- when it's is PRECISELY THAT. LIE TO ME!!!

Putin discovered long ago with Bosnia I, II and III.
Immigrands are invited in anddestroy and demand sponsorship.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (4hyME)

164 FREEZE NGO ASSETS. ENFORCE THE LAW. WAKE UP EUROPE.

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NGOs, the most evil people on the planet. I wonder where these people will go when they become outlaws in all civilized countries?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (ZNpJk)

165
In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.

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That was the Tory-Labour Uniparty's way of punishing the people for voting for Brexit

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (f0sNM)

166 How many ferry trips will it take to get 50,000 young male Mohammeddans across the Mediterranean Sea?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

167 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez....

This guy has been in charge of Spain since 2018.
I think I see the problem.

Posted by: dantesed at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (Oy/m2)

168 "Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control."

No new strait-control duty for a while, please. We've got enough on our plate.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

169 "136 Con the people is all most governments do anymore.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

That's unfair. We also loot the treasury. -- Governments

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e) "

admirably concise, and perfectly true

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (VyBeY)

170 I saw a thread where a libtard was claiming socialism didn't kill 100M people.

And the responses were interesting - right leaning people posting links to Stalin/Pot/Mao's death tolls and leftists copying holocaust denier talking points.

Oh, it was just a natural famine, and capitalist pig dogs made up the numbers, and really how could a government even kill that many people anyway???

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (sKqQm)

171 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (4tmEn)

172 How many ferry trips will it take to get 50,000 young male Mohammeddans across the Mediterranean Sea?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

Just a lot of half trips will solve the problem entirely.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

173 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

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The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)

174 Just landed.

Flying isnt nearly as fun as it used to be.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (fBdWv)

175 I thought all the invaders turned around and went back home?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

176 Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (kU0PQ)

The UK still controls the enclave of Gibraltar on the other side of the strait. They just recently ceded border control there back to Spain.

The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

177 I thought all the invaders turned around and went back home?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

not all, not yet. But some did. Of course they may have Spanish citizenship by now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

178 — Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Historically this is both a reasonable and effective way to stop invasions

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (sKqQm)

179 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ZNpJk)

180 The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

181 Who's feeding 60,000 invaders in a "town" with only 80,000 people?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (dtajH)

182 “Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

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What, "Build Back Bitter" wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (2frq+)

183 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ZNpJk)

I always liked "Cosmopolites" from the USSR.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:06 PM (uhVAy)

184
It's the Final Countdown

Posted by: Europe at August 03, 2026 06:06 PM (OkYzo)

185 How about China thru Iran sponsored the Ceuta matter. Close the Straight of Gibraltar next?

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (GbONR)

186 The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

Our citizens will sneer when hearing the name of your country. -- EU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

187 Soros

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (Wt1Rs)

188 Do the European elite think they'll survive the invasion and revolution?
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They have a death wish. It's some sort of coordinated, long running op against Western nations. I mean, obviously, unless one is persuaded this is somehow an organic, grass roots phenomenon that just happens to occur simultaneously around the world.

This is why it is ridiculous to try and sugar coat it and call it "suicide"; nobody voted for this, nobody wants it, it is being imposed from the top down. There are better adjectives to be sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (DGpsA)

189 Its a rough thing to think but the reaction to a potential assassination of a leftist EU leader or European leader would be telling. Would the elite realize they've pushed too far? Would there be backlash) Would the invaders take advantage?
Coming up a future near you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (BFvh9)

190 what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

Well, to be fair, it's been a pretty peaceful area since the end of WWII.

I assume Spain and UK have some coast guard ships around but who knows.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

191 After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

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I would add: Execute those who collaborate with the invaders and who allow the invasion.

And Execute all three.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (xvV+O)

192 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

193 The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)

No expert but the 1990s monetary "Union" was a bad idea since since strapping then German needs to what Greece or Italy needed was dumb.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

194 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

A 10-20 mile ferry ride and mass transit?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

195 Even if you stopped all immigration now, it is already too late. It's too bad because an honest look at the history of the past 530 years makes clear that European stock was responsible for 99% of human advancements in science and technology. No hate of other people, but the people living 300 hundred years from now will suffer greatly for our fear of being accused or racism.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:09 PM (wGerL)

196 Close the Straight of Gibraltar next?
Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM
++++
How do you know it's heterosexual?

Posted by: Zing! at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

197 The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)
****
A German in the 1930's had the SAME idea....

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (Wt1Rs)

198 I assume Spain and UK have some coast guard ships around but who knows.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

199 192 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

There are ferries across the strait, but the Spanish aren't letting any of these guys on board.

Sanchez claims that none of them will immigrate to Spain and will be sent back to Morocco.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)

200 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy

They really are up s**t creek without a paddle..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (FtULh)

201 > The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
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The proverbial "them and what army?"

They, the EU doesn't have one. Neither does Spain. Or the UK. Individually. And the rest?

Yea, about that.

The Muslim hordes have been informed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (2Cry5)

202 Idiocracy posited that the future will produce nothing that will advance civilization because....well you know why.

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Wt1Rs)

203 I wants too thank Presdent obono fore nots letting this be happen in the US. He be looks care of children of coller and kids not left criminals in the Cuntry unlike Trump.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (E2zMs)

204 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

I think they all pretty much gave up and let the U.S., and French & Italians to a lesser extent, handle the protection of the strait and the western Mediterranean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

205 Wholesome video. Just because I needed a break and am on my way out for the evening.

Dog shepherds baby ducks and their mother:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhtjz5v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (wmzkx)

206 Our citizens will sneer when hearing the name of your country. -- EU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

I just thought it was disgust from those stupid made up languages they have there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

207 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

208 A real good reason to stay out of the EU forever. I'm talking to you, post Brexit Great Britain. Handing over your sovereignty to the weakest link in a chain made up of nothing but weak links is just stupid.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (lCppi)

209 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Unfair. Here's a photo of the flagship of the British Navy. Gaze upon it and tremble.

https://tinyurl.com/57dyhkh3

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)

210 202 Idiocracy posited that the future will produce nothing that will advance civilization because....well you know why.
Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Wt1Rs)

Well when your colleges are putting out graduates with social justice degrees with a minor in basket weaving....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (FtULh)

211 Sanchez claims that none of them will immigrate to Spain and will be sent back to Morocco.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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I keep hearing two stories
- He said they will move to other cities and integrate, as required by law if they swam over.
- He will send them all back

I have doubts he will send them all back.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (k12bV)

212 Surah 4:100;

Whoever emigrates in the cause of Allah will find many safe havens and bountiful resources throughout the earth. Those who leave their homes and die while emigrating to Allah and His Messenger—their reward has already been secured with Allah. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (GMWTj)

213 How do migrants get from France to the UK? Little rubber boats with the aid of NGOs. Same with Ceuta to Spain proper

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (BFvh9)

214 After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (4tmEn)
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Second look at Maoism?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (JvZF+)

215 I think they all pretty much gave up and let the U.S., and French & Italians to a lesser extent, handle the protection of the strait and the western Mediterranean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

You can always just cut a boat or some guns for the army and use the 'savings' on some dumb grift or social program. Until they are all out of boats. And sailors. But never Admirals.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

216 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period
Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)
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We can change that!

Posted by: Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

217 If the EU countries had kept their own currencies, then Germany would have seen the mark appreciate cutting into its exports.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:15 PM (dtajH)

218 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period
Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

That's Jhenjhis. -- John Kerry, historian

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:16 PM (ExV1e)

219 My Son Was Rapist of the Month at (insert school name here).

Posted by: Fatima's Scion bumper at August 03, 2026 06:16 PM (Wt1Rs)

220 If the EU countries had kept their own currencies, then Germany would have seen the mark appreciate cutting into its exports.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:15 PM (dtajH)

And where would their economy be today if they'd allowed that to happen?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)

221 The common market was not a good idea.

It was not "common market," but common *centralized* regulation.

This is very different. Right from the start it was just adding more and more bureaucracy and regulation, totally disconnected from the local needs of industry and country markets.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (k12bV)

222 This video looks like it was taken at Ceuta, with paid NGO agents assisting the illegal entry into Spain. I'm not 100% on that, though.

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Thank goodness Spain has no equivalents to USAID and The ACLU!

Wait, wut?

/AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) and UDC (Unión de Defensa del Ciudadano); you can take The Corrupt Commies out of The Home of The Death Cult ... but you can't take The Death Cult out of The Corrupt Commies.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (2frq+)

223
Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

The EU has always been an attempt to create a rival bloc to the Russian, Chinese and US ones. They just keep forgetting to create armed forces to make it happen.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (JyBgb)

224 When are we going to reject the use of "migration" in favor of the more accurate, "invasion"?

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (lCppi)

225 China expects to win. The EU is trying to lose. Diluting the votes of non communists is the same as diluting the votes of fascists and wreckers. It’s just how they define the world.

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (/Chlc)

226 It was a little eerie watching World War Z last Thursday, turning on the news, and once again seeing seeing swarms running amok through streets and buildings.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 03, 2026 06:19 PM (CwhoI)

227 The common market was not a good idea.

It was not "common market," but common *centralized* regulation.

This is very different. Right from the start it was just adding more and more bureaucracy and regulation, totally disconnected from the local needs of industry and country markets.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (k12bV)

it was super important to regulate the size of Beer mugs in England. Kept a panel in Brussels in paid lunches and dinners for months, probably.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

228 I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (JyBgb)
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They are not that cunning. It was the Germans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (JvZF+)

229 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)

230 The common market plan was to INCREASE regulation as a way to create "fortress Europe" and exclude US companies from selling into the EU.

That was the purpose, and the plan. MORE regulation. CE marking, eliminating GRAS, the environmental stuff, etc. Then the VAT (a tariff) and net zero. All this was designed to harm the US.

Things fell apart, partially when their plans worked so well that China could undercut it all by ignoring all that shit and just flooding them with crap that their industry and customers needed because they could no longer afford regulated stuff.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:22 PM (k12bV)

231 I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

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Yes,
French thought they would control Germany.
Germany thought they would control France
Both thought they would rule the continent.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (k12bV)

232 No one talks surly about Davos anymore .

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (NFX2v)

233 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?
Posted by: Decaf
........

Just needs some posters.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

234 It's a modern day crusade in reverse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (2Cry5)

235 124 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

My money's on Ben Had.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)
***********
I will die, no problem. I will also kill a few before I leave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (hzuYO)

236 I saw a man on the street podcast (nate friedman) in Barcelona, and 3 of the people he spoke to supported this asswipe saying he was the only one "standing up to Trump."

What the fuck is wrong with Europeans that they think their politicians should be fighting Trump instead of doing their job at home? Same in Canada. The pols all love Trump for giving them the required enemy for them to build their fascism on.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (k12bV)
********
They've been lied to by social media, TV and their own politicians. Brainwashed.

The Europeans and others who came to the World Cup said this when they saw the beauty and freedom of the USA. I'm hoping this message eventually gets to the little people.

They were talking mighty big in Barcelona the first day of the invasion. Of how great it was to give 500K amnesty.

After a few days I saw photos of razor wire on balconies as the numbers increased of invaders.

I'm sure the video of them invading an apt and looting was wonderfl to watch in the event these barbarians made it to the mainland.

I read of citizens (men) hunting them down with big sticks. I have to assume there are no guns allowed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (hzuYO)

237 99 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
**********
Neither will I. I knew this a long time ago when I read of them holding a machete to your throat to submit to eeslam.

Nope! I will die, spitting in their faces, that I am Christian, altho I doubt that will come to the USA in my lifetime. If it did, though, I am firm on this and won't change my mind.

My rant was to the UK and EU. Where churches sit empty and are eventally turned into mosques. Where they have to listen to their effing call to prayer. Where they are rapidly losing their culture with the aid of politicians and wimpy police.

I pray the Christians and Jews will rise up in the UK and EU every night. It might be a foolish prayer but I say it anyway.

Their "religion," as you know, is multiplying fast with five wives and using women as chattel. Taking over voter blocs and no go zones for police (since the late '90's in Paris). Starting Islamic political parties in Belgium and Spain.

It's happening at a rather fast pace in the last decade.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)

238 Remember: military aged men committing illegal immigration is bad. Anyone else doing it? Perfectly OK.

My mother is an evil “foreign-born” . Never mind she came here the proper way, should she be deported?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:35 PM (4g5V+)

239 Remember: military aged men committing illegal immigration is bad. Anyone else doing it? Perfectly OK.

My mother is an evil “foreign-born” . Never mind she came here the proper way, should she be deported?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:35 PM (4g5V+)
==
Did she lie in her naturalization process? Maybe?

Actually all this happening in Europe will probably move towards a shutdown of immigration for awhile here.

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Posted by: dhcmbkcw at August 04, 2026 06:53 AM (kUpT5)

CNN's Dana Bash: How Dare You Say That CNN Attacked Anyone Who Dissented With Fauci and Deliberately Spread Fear for Ratings (and Access)

She says this while pushing fear about measles outbreaks.

BTW, she's highly selective about which outbreaks she chooses to freak out over. When monkeypox was spreading like wildfire, Biden's health advisor refused to even tell gay men not to go to anonymous gangbang/urination parties, and Dana Bash thought that was Sound Science.

But measles? That must be Trump's fault.

This is CNN:

RFK Jr torches CNN anchor Dana Bash for 'press malpractice' over COVID coverage in explosive clash

Kennedy told Bash she was 'scaring people' and accused her of punishing people who distrusted Fauci during the pandemic

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Dana Bash she was "part of the problem" and accused CNN of frightening viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bash pushed back and defended the network's coverage of federal health guidance.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused CNN anchor Dana Bash of COVID-era media malpractice Sunday, saying she failed to challenge public health authorities and helped marginalize dissenters during the pandemic.
"You were part of the problem. There was absolute press malpractice. Your job -- your job -- is a fierce skepticism toward authority, and you weren't doing that," Kennedy said on "State of the Union."
"You were beating up on people who were dissenting," the HHS secretary added.
Kennedy leveled the attack after Bash asked how HHS would prepare for another pandemic and tried to move him away from re-litigating the prior federal response.
Bash pushed back, saying she was trying to ask how Kennedy would prevent another public health crisis.
"I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said. "You're talking about therapeutics. Fine. It is also factually true that the COVID vaccine worked. The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."
CDC and Harvard researchers estimated in 2023 that primary vaccination could have prevented at least 232,000 deaths among unvaccinated U.S. adults.
After Bash acknowledged the frightening nature of the pandemic and said officials made mistakes, Kennedy accused CNN of contributing to public fear.
"You were scaring people," Kennedy said.
Bash asked why he believed CNN had frightened viewers, prompting Kennedy to point to its pandemic chyrons.
"Because that was the job of CNN," Kennedy said.
Bash said the network had been covering government officials, including President Donald Trump's daily White House briefings.
"We were listening to the leaders in this country, including the president, who had a daily press conference explaining what was going on," Bash said.
...
Kennedy later accused Bash of punishing people who distrusted Fauci, claiming he lied about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission and COVID-19's origins.
"We know that Anthony Fauci, who was the expert, was lying about everything," Kennedy said. "He was lying. And you were punishing people for not trusting the experts."

SilentPatriot47
@ShadowPatriotUS
🚨 THE CLIP THAT BROKE THE INTERNET
Dana Bash: "You're the HHS Secretary and you're leading to vaccine hesitancy."
RFK Jr.: "Do you see your job as ending vaccine hesitancy... or telling the truth?"
Bash: "The truth is that there is study after study..."
RFK Jr.: "You're repeating it like a parrot. I've actually read the science. Let's debate the science."
Bash: "I'm not debating this with you."
RFK Jr.: "Of course you won't. Because all you know how to do is repeat what you're told and say 'trust the experts.'
That's what you did during COVID.
Now we know Fauci was lying about everything -- about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission. He was lying... and you were punishing people for not trusting the expert."

Kennedy also asserted that the government took away our right to free speech during this period, which permitted Fauci's mismanagement and lies to take even more lives.

Dana Bash and Politico, of course, believe that if a (left wing) government bureaucracy wants to exert tyrannical control due to a "health crisis," only a right-wing nutter would object and talk about his constitutional rights.

During an appearance on "State of the Union" that Bash herself described as "contentious," Kennedy argued that Fauci, who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Covid-19 pandemic, was to blame for the millions of Americans who were sickened or killed by the respiratory virus.
Bash challenged Kennedy's assertions -- pointing out that public health experts say it was a combination of factors that led to such high death rates, including gaps in health care and misinformation -- and noted that Fauci served under President Donald Trump in the first Trump administration. Still, Kennedy held firm that it was Fauci who set the Covid response.

"Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could."

What would we do without experts?

"Anthony Fauci was mismanaging the Covid pandemic and was doing it under the Biden administration. President Trump wanted to end the lockdowns," Kennedy said.
The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.
"I mean, I think we did virtually everything wrong the last time," Kennedy said, adding that the "primary obligation" in any future health crisis must be to "protect our constitutional rights."
"You're talking about rights, and I'm asking about a potential public health crisis that is coming," Bash replied.

Dana Bash can't wait for total government lockdowns again. Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.

"One of the mistakes we made in the last time was suppressing those rights," Kennedy said. "So people weren't being heard. Doctors who are saying you're doing it wrong were being marginalized and vilified."
As Bash attempted to pivot, Kennedy accused her and CNN of being "part of the problem."
"Your job is a fierce skepticism toward authority," he said before accusing Bash of attacking him.
"I'm not attacking you. I'm asking questions about how to prevent the next pandemic," Bash replied. "But I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true. You're talking about therapeutics -- fine. It is also factually true that the Covid vaccine worked. The Covid vaccine prevented deaths. There is data upon data upon data."
Kennedy, however, dismissed those studies.
"You are saying nonsense. You are saying something that you cannot show me a single study that says that," Kennedy said, accusing Bash of "scaring people" about Covid "because that was the job of CNN."
"We were listening to the leaders in this country, including the president, who had a daily press conference explaining what was going on and trying to listen," Bash said before shifting over to the current measles outbreak.
Bash asked Kennedy if he accepted some responsibility for the current measles outbreak, labeling him as "one of the leading voices questioning vaccine efficacy."
"Absolutely not," Kennedy responded before again laying the blame at Fauci's feet. "The reason we're having a measles outbreak is because of the Covid lockdowns, because people didn't -- children during that period did not get vaccinated."
Bash then challenged Kennedy to stare into the camera and vouch for measles vaccines -- he did vouch for the vaccines -- before asking about researching a link between vaccines and autism.
Kennedy responded by discussing concerns around consuming Tylenol while pregnant, appearing to echo Trump's unsubstantiated claims of an unproven link between acetaminophen and autism. At that, Bash appeared visibly annoyed.
"You're rolling your eyes, Dana," Kennedy said.
"I am because I don't want to have you use our air to say this," she replied.

"Our air."

"Yeah you know, you probably don't understand this because you're not a scientist," Kennedy said.
"Neither are you," Bash shot back.

🚨 THE CLIP THAT BROKE THE INTERNET

Dana Bash: “You’re the HHS Secretary and you’re leading to vaccine hesitancy.”

RFK Jr.: “Do you see your job as ending vaccine hesitancy… or telling the truth?”

Bash: “The truth is that there is study after study…”

RFK Jr.: “You’re…
— SilentPatriot47 (@ShadowPatriotUS) August 2, 2026

Bash: "Covid was a scary time."

RFK: "You were scaring people."

Bash: "Why are you saying that?"

RFK: "Because that was the job of CNN. To put the chyrons up on how many people are dying to get people to believe a lie." pic.twitter.com/oTItEWU7BR
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 2, 2026

I don't understand why he would say that CNN wanted everyone to be afraid of covid!

I mean, Jake Tapper said "it's okay to be afraid of covid" and their medical "expert" Sanjay Gupta said it was "gross" for Trump to urge people not to let covid dominate their lives, so it's just a total lie that CNN wanted people to be afraid.

I can't believe Dana Bash allowed this lie on "our air"!

Please share this with everyone. Let’s never listen to these liars ever again. I guess CNN doesn’t need Sanjay to be a useful idiot anymore pic.twitter.com/XawCqUEWUB
— Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) July 30, 2026

RFK Jr: “As you know, Sean, I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021. It was the biggest-selling book of 2021. It sold 1.4 million copies. It was the most heavily censored book. The New York Times would not even print a paid advertisement for it.” pic.twitter.com/320XBZHrb5
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) July 30, 2026

CNN was all about the truth. And also, pleasing its huge advertiser Pfizer.

March, 2021. CNN breaks the "news" that the Pfizer vaccine is 100% effective in preventing infection and sickness in 12-15 year old.

It was absolutely not true.

This is the same CNN that wouldn't air Trump's recent speech because of "misinformation." pic.twitter.com/28QFofKkQD
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 31, 2026

“He lied about masks.”
“He lied about social distancing.”
“He lied about the transmission.”
“He lied about natural immunity.”@SecKennedy sets the record straight on Anthony Fauci and what he NEVER told the American people. pic.twitter.com/yReHxioEud
— HHS Rapid Response (@HHSResponse) July 28, 2026

Matt Orfalea put together this compilation of CNN scaring the hell out of people, telling them that covid would kill their 5-year-old children if they didn't get them fake-vaccinated:

CNN: “Covid was a scary time.”

RFK JR: “You were scaring people.”

CNN: “Why are you saying that?”

Ahem...pic.twitter.com/huLfZGl2WM https://t.co/exwcuMrRUK
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) August 3, 2026

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
The strategy CNN management chose was silence. Just say nothing, and hope the controversy fades away.
It's been almost 10 days since Fauci diary entries revealed that two of CNN's top anchors were private pals with the man they were supposed to be objectively covering.
From "friendship building" dinner parties, backchanneling interview questions, to texting insults about Republicans, none of it has been addressed by Tapper, Bash, Stelter or anyone else at CNN.
Just pretend like it never happened.
And to many people who aren't on 𝕏 or don't consume right-leaning media -- it never did.
Ethics. Transparency. Journalism.
This is CNN.

Even Bill Maher, who is a buffoon, can see through this:

RedWave Press
@RedWavePress
Bill Maher: "[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was caught in ACTUAL LIES... The big issue to me is the origin of [COVID], which is very important... and he was telling people up front... it was from the wet markets. 'That's a conspiracy theory if you say it -- escape from the lab.'"
"And he KNEW better because we have him in his diary telling us what he was saying to other scientists. Who were saying, 'No, absolutely.'"
"And the REAL ISSUE here is the gain-of-function research."
"We make everything about race... You couldn't say it escaped from the lab because that was the RACIST point of view somehow. That the entire Asian continent would have been somehow complicit in this because it escaped [from the Wuhan lab in China]."
"It was ridiculous!"

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:15 PM

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1 Foist.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (Av6i5)

2 "We have Photoshopped truth out of your memory banks."

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (Av6i5)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (NcvvS)

4 Bill Maher: "[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was caught in ACTUAL LIES... The big issue to me is the origin of [COVID], which is very important... and he was telling people up front... it was from the wet markets. 'That's a conspiracy theory if you say it -- escape from the lab.'"

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"But Democrats take climate change seriously, so I will vote Democrat still."
-Bill Maher

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (bzPaY)

5 We are you gonna believe? Me, or your lying eyes, ears, and memory?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Av6i5)

6 Dana Bash is taking her shots now, since she will be unemployed as soon as Paramount can navigate the Newsom demands for cash money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:19 PM (sKFJy)

7 "Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could."

What would we do without experts?

Clap loudly with Joker grins, in a standing ovation for thirty minutes, while praising Jesus and thanking him for this divine miracle?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)

8 6 Dana Bash is taking her shots now
Posted by: Huck Follywood

She's taking her shots about taking shots.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (Av6i5)

9 The Winter of Death was crazy.

If I hadn't died of Popcorn Lung back in 2018...it really would have taken a lot out of me.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (zGzrB)

10 "I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said.
=========================
When I heard her say that I laughed out loud. How is it possible for her to be so self-unaware?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (sKFJy)

11 Never thought in a million years that I'd be cheering a member of the Kennedy family. He isn't perfect , but RFK Jr is bringing the noise

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (BFvh9)

12 Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could.

They also say that we should forgive each other for the things we did and said during that time, particularly those of us who didn't receive a Presidential pardon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ExV1e)

13 Poor Dana.

Anyone who goes on CNN should bring up the dinner and text messages with Saint Fauci.

Ask them to address it.

Did Fauci lie in his diary?

Make them own it.

Saul Alinksky: rule something or another

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ItWcy)

14 Funny that Canada has an even worse measles outbreak and they are an enlightened very anti Trump country....

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (YwEeS)

15 The truth is like garlic for these media vampires.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (N1DT3)

16 FNM 2021: COVID is the most important thing in the world. The government can and should be able to do whatever it needs to to stop the spread. F*ck your freedoms

FNM 2026: COVID? Covid....oh yeah that flu from a few years ago. Wow did some people overreact with that one didn't they? I bet those people feel silly now!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

17 Also they're desperately trying to re-litigate "blue state shutdowns saved more lives!"

It's like they just can't understand, after Covid we:
- don't trust experts; especially not your experts
- don't trust your data; especially not your data
- don't trust your governments; especially your blue state governments

Another is, "Fauci et al. were just doing the best they could with the information they had and people are mad about that?!"

It's simple:
you lied about everything, you were caught lying about everything, you're still lying and citing back to those lies does not help.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (3cUTc)

18 Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (zGzrB)

19 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (2Drhq)

20 If you went against fauci in any form you were against the "science" and had to be silenced and cnn did just that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (cpFbA)

21 "You're talking about rights, and I'm asking about a potential public health crisis that is coming," Bash replied.

Dana Bash can't wait for total government lockdowns again. Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.

Does her cooter know that if you've had the measles or the measles vaccine that you won't get the measles?

Her cooter should worry about all the South-of-the-Border type new arrivals who don't care about her cooter caring about the measles.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

22 Bash came perilously close to tranforming into Venom during that interview.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (bX16E)

23 C'mon where are all you amateurs? Reading the content as usual?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (Av6i5)

24 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

25 18 Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (zGzrB)

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Canada prevented their disease outbreak by letting in half of Calcutta legally!

Oh, wait...Canada is dealing with worse disease outbreaks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (bzPaY)

26 Dana Bash is Very Deep State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (JvZF+)

27 RFK, Jr. is focused like a laser on the most egregious crimes of the covid era. He gets it.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (2ap+5)

28 My favorite Fauci moment is shortly after he flip flopped on masks, going from arguing they didn't do anything to arguing everyone had to double mask he had a friend ask him if she should be concerned if she was on an airplane next to someone without a mask.

Fauci's answer? No, masks don't do anything anyway

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)

29 I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Elastica at the Theater at MSG

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (BFvh9)

30 Trust. The. Journalism.

Posted by: James Earl Jones at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (n9eFH)

31 The strategy CNN management chose was silence. Just say nothing, and hope the controversy fades away.
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An all-purpose PR strategy at CNN, where actual values and beliefs are entirely flexible and subject only to Democrat Party needs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (sKFJy)

32 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

No argument from me.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

33 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

--

This sounds a lot like the nebulous " jobs saved or created."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (qBdHI)

34 32 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

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I don't know...

There's always Todd.

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (bzPaY)

35 "Your job is a fierce skepticism toward authority,"

I'd expect that from the press, fair enough. But our media's job appears to be to push the POV of their authorities, the ones who pay them and schmooze with them.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

36 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (VJX5o)

37 When does Communist News Network (CNN) rebrand as DSNN (Democrat Socialist News Network)? This month, this year, or next year?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (qx7Zg)

38 Poor Dana.

Anyone who goes on CNN should bring up the dinner and text messages with Saint Fauci.

Ask them to address it.

Did Fauci lie in his diary?

Make them own it.

Saul Alinksky: rule something or another
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ItWcy)
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And the hand signals she was sending to Biden during the debate she moderated alongside Fake Jake.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (sKFJy)

39 Aaron Rodgers unleashed at 'coward' and 'criminal' Anthony Fauci

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (RHGPo)

40 "gay men"; you mis-spelled homosexual.

Let's reclaim a perfectly good word, as well as the alphabet. Buggery activists works, sodomites, pickle-smoochers, whatever. But "gay" used to be a nice word. Not a cutesy euphemistic synonym for sex deviants.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (DGpsA)

41 This sounds a lot like the nebulous " jobs saved or created."
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (qBdHI)
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Two weeks!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKFJy)

42 I simply cannot stand to look at Dana Bash. She looks like a younger version of Andrea Mitchell. They could be sisters. And that's not good.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (qBdHI)

43 Why the long face, Dana?

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (2Drhq)

44 I saw Vibrating Cooters open for Hole at the LA Coliseum in 1992.

Made me moist it did.

Posted by: Dana Bash at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (F1rMs)

45 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

China, which used its own REAL vaccine for COVID claims it had 122K deaths, versus the US government that claims it had 1.2M deaths with the clot shot

So...what data we talking here Dana?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

46 19 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

Say what?

Posted by: Albert Fish at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (Av6i5)

47 That the entire Asian continent would have been somehow complicit in this because it escaped [from the Wuhan lab in China].

But, if it escaped from a wet market because the Chinese have a taste for penguin (yeah, I know, go with the bit), that's just their culture and not at all reflective of Asians as a whole.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

48 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.
Posted by: huerfano

I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

49 Fucking the 5th Fleet > Fucking Todd

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (sKqQm)

50 Bash was married to Jeremy Bash who was Deep State under Obama and was one of the 51 intelligence figures who signed the BS RussiaGate letter.
Then she was married to CNN dork John King.
If she apologized her whole world would implode

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (BFvh9)

51 The 14 people who still watch CNN will be amused by this debate.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (Av6i5)

52 >>I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Elastica at the Theater at MSG

Pity anyone who sees Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter - the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)

53 That COVID 19 Virus from Gay Penguins in the "Mostly Peaceful" Wet Markets was really intelligent !!!!

I did not know it had the ability to target "CHILDREN OF COLOR" more of White Racist Cracker MAGA children ...

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (J1l9E)

54 I simply cannot stand to look at Dana Bash. She looks like a younger version of Andrea Mitchell. They could be sisters. And that's not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (qBdHI)
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Are we sure they aren't clones?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (FZ29D)

55 Albert Fish murdered three.

Not a pimple on Fauci's withered ass.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (2Drhq)

56
Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (mmrXZ)

57 "Like, how do you kind of view this year versus maybe the years of the past?"

From there, things went off the rails.

"I'm going to plead the Fifth," Rodgers responded, referencing former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci pleading the Fifth over 100 times in a recent congressional hearing.

"That absolute coward, Tony Fauci," Rodgers went on. "Absolute coward. Yeah. Are you kidding me?

"You got a pardon and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. I thought you were, 'I am science,' and you get up there and you can't answer a question?

"And how much time did the network spend on that? How much time did they spend on my responses every week, on my vaccination status, on Taylor and Travis's wedding? Yeah. Did they do even a minute? Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci?"

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (RHGPo)

58 Where could this sudden onslaught of measles come from? Any mention from Bash that maybe, possibly the invasion of third-worlders who lack medical care might've brought it over the border? Did she even get to the part about the source as opposed to simply commenting that it spontaneously arose from phlogiston and let's not bicker and argue about 'oo previously killed 'oo?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (oji8u)

59 What I can't figure out is how the public got the idea that they could (somehow) avoid a virus altogether.

Nobody can stop a virus, not even a government. Everyone was going to be exposed, sooner or later. There is no way around this.
..
Then somehow they also got it in their head, that they were gonna die if they did catch it. So people camped out in their basement and microwaved their junk mail and disinfected their groceries and wore dust masks driving around in their car alone.

The whole things was just insanity

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (DGpsA)

60 Canada prevented their disease outbreak by letting in half of Calcutta legally!

Oh, wait...Canada is dealing with worse disease outbreaks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (bzPaY)

Don't forget about turning their waterways into the Ganges as well!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (N1DT3)

61 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM

Me and my brother got the measles in 1964 and it nearly killed both of us. This was before the vaccine was available. While we did recover after a few weeks it ruined our eyesight for the rest of our lives. My uncorrected eyesight was so bad I almost couldn't join the Army. They gave me a waiver and let me in because I scored high on the BTB (ASVAB).

The weird thing is my sister never was infected and she was three years younger than me and went to the same school.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (cpFbA)

62 I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).
Posted by: Bulg

Last I'd heard, mumps on only one side at a time doesn't affect your potency, mumps on both sides at the same time is what sterilizes you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (vJrRc)

63 While your parents or grandparents were being forced to die alone, locked in a nursing home, due to the lockdowns, Fauci and Tapper were having dinner parties together, drinking wine, and laughing at how stupid you all were.

Remember:
The basis for the lockdowns was the "6 feet apart rule" that they pulled out of their asses; just flat-out made it up.
And if everyone has to be 6 feet apart, nothing can be open and follow that.

That was the nastiest lie.
The one that cost billions in economic damage, millions in cognitive teaching lost, lives destroyed--and ended.
For a lie.
A rule they made up.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (3cUTc)

64 58 Where could this sudden onslaught of measles come from? Any mention from Bash that maybe, possibly the invasion of third-worlders who lack medical care might've brought it over the border? Did she even get to the part about the source as opposed to simply commenting that it spontaneously arose from phlogiston and let's not bicker and argue about 'oo previously killed 'oo?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (oji8u)

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"Biden never opened the borders. Biden's record on the border is more stringent that Trump's ever was. In fact, Biden would have been even more stringent if Trump hadn't torpedoed the bipartisan effort in 2023 to enhance border security. Trump is actually letting in more illegals than Biden did right now."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (bzPaY)

65 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

It sounds like it's as painful for him to speak as it does to listen to.

I have to read the transcripts, and hope they're accurate.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (qx7Zg)

66 Lady in Black -

Oh it definitely was. It's the, "Well, if you hadn't gotten vaccinated, your Covid would have KILLED you!" dodge. It's the "I've had 50 boosters and I keep getting new covid variants, while my anti-vax former friends don't. But I'm sure the boosters are what are keeping me safe!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (aJQbY)

67 You can't hate them enough.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (Q/FnY)

68 Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous. The notion that a fabric mask could stop viruses, which could slip through the weave more easily than a mosquito through a chain link fence? The notion that, even if you were what they called "fully vaccinated," you still needed to wear a face diaper? The notion that the virus was so polite that it would hover five feet above your restaurant table, so you could eat without the mask, but it you got up you had to wear the stupid rag? The idea that moving air, such as wind or air conditioning, could not waft the virus more than six feet?

Stoopid.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)

69 This is CNN:

Amazing that CNN is now being used to inject a touch of reality into the NPC bubble, isn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (DZ6nv)

70 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

You know who has a good speaking voice and can talk authoritatively about health matters?

https://youtu.be/2nzcrGHjuaU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (ExV1e)

71 Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

George Washington had the mumps. Why not run with that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (zdLoL)

72 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (Rr8Bc)

73 >>I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).

Sterility from mumps occurs when the male gets it post-puberty. Before the vaccine, most of us got mumps as kids.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

74 COVID was a complete fraud. If you didn't see people dying in the streets without scuba, it was a test run for a delivery system and the payload was flu. That shit was nasty, but the vaccines and boosters were worse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (ixEhJ)

75 RFK Jr: “As you know, Sean, I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021. It was the biggest-selling book of 2021. It sold 1.4 million copies. It was the most heavily censored book. The New York Times would not even print a paid advertisement for it.”
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The censorship was amazing. Still is, when you consider networks other than FNC have almost completely ignored the Fauci hearings and diary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (pRv/j)

76 >>Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

>>that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

I remember talking heads trying to explain to us rubes why it was totally fine to allow millions of 3rd world illegals into the US and not require them to be vaccinated while every American must get vaccinated and boosted forever.

Same with the BLM/antifa riots. They tried to stop me and a friend from going fishing on a boat in the ocean because we weren't in the same household but thousands could riot because "social justice" was more important than health.

So much idiocy and they still pretend it was real.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (viF8m)

77 The only point in the whole Covid that a lockdown could have helped was when Pelosi was saying it was no big deal--"to to Chinatown, hug, and celebrate the Chinese New Year."

And no one ever called her out on that in the media.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

78 26 Dana Bash is Very Deep State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (JvZF+)

I just heard today that her first husband, Jeremy Bash, worked for the CIA.

She's not a reporter, she's a protector.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

79 I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Primus at Antone's in '95.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (oqH4h)

80 >>Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous.

It should have been over the minute we did the Bodycount of the Princess Diamond/Diamond Princess.

We had an isolated, random population stuck on a Cruise Ship with the Virus for over 3 Months.
The kind of experiment that would be outlawed if you proposed it.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (zGzrB)

81 The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog; the lady in the grocery store with COPD who has the right to tell everyone else what to do so that she can be "safe"; your 6-year old's teacher who put plexiglass up around her desk and made her wear a mask while maintaining social distancing at recess; your school system administrators that wasted years of students' lives with remote "learing"

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (2ap+5)

82 One thing that gets lost with COVID, people point out the FNM/Biden junta let people riot over BLM stuff while looking down the normies, but they also imported tens of millions of foreigners over the same time.

Whatever arguments you can make for locking people down mean NOTHING if you allow people to travel the world

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

83 IMO Covid death numbers are greatly exaggerated. Also IMO many of the deaths that were mostly caused by Covid could have been prevented if HCQ and Ivermectin were allowed to be prescribed. HCQ as a preventative ( not great after contracting Covid) and Ivermectin as a treatment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)

84 Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous. The notion that a fabric mask could stop viruses, which could slip through the weave more easily than a mosquito through a chain link fence? The notion that, even if you were what they called "fully vaccinated," you still needed to wear a face diaper? The notion that the virus was so polite that it would hover five feet above your restaurant table, so you could eat without the mask, but it you got up you had to wear the stupid rag? The idea that moving air, such as wind or air conditioning, could not waft the virus more than six feet?

Stoopid.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)
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I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (FZ29D)

85 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (MWfyi)

86 84 I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (FZ29D)

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The experts said so, and the experts are never wrong.

Now, lay down and take your lobotomy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (bzPaY)

87 If a novel respiratory virus is circulating within populations, there is literally nothing you can do to stop the transmission and spread of it.

Especially a novel virus that was created in a lab to purposely be extraordinarily contagious.

The people who perpetrated this monstrosity against us deserve to meat the business end of an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (XV/Pl)

88 87 If a novel respiratory virus is circulating within populations, there is literally nothing you can do to stop the transmission and spread of it.

Especially a novel virus that was created in a lab to purposely be extraordinarily contagious.

The people who perpetrated this monstrosity against us deserve to meat the business end of an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (XV/Pl)

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Not even with plexiglass?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (bzPaY)

89 "You're a meanie.
*sniffle*
Plus you talk funny." - Dana Bash

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (UjdFS)

90 Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026

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Oh, yes. My long-time employer, supposedly a leader in medical and scientific research, fell like a Cadillac SUV full of lead for the entire hoax. They basically threatened us with termination if we didn't get the shot or an exemption.

Fortunately they accepted mine. But in late '21 I was ready to take my SS and annuity, unemployment if I could get it, and walk rather than be forced into that.

The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

91 Ffs, if journalists are going to be this stupid, they should at least be good looking.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (aoDJU)

92 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Dana Bash she was "part of the problem"

Kennedy undersold it. CNN, Bash, and a cast of thousands were not simply part of the problem; they were central and essential. Forgetting simply the explicit desire to rid themselves of Trump "by any means necessary", hence the conspiracy to go totalitarian to squash a booming economy, they buttressed the malignant Fauci gnome by exalting him - unquestionably and unceasingly - while completely abandoning journalism.

And the world NEVER need listen to Bash et al again about anything. In fact in a normal society, we'd have placed then on an ice floe never to be seen again.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (oji8u)

93

She talks over people like that fatty Abby does.

RFK let her off easy. Never brought up how she and others on CNN fellated the little Fauci.

Sick freaks.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (2jv4y)

94 Here's a little Covid Memory we can ALL enjoy:

'Clearly Jesus loves me the most...'

https://www.youtube.com/
shorts/LFSpurLcWX0

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (zGzrB)

95 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog

I walk Elvis in a park that is on the ocean. The place was completely empty one day when we were out other than me and the dog and Karen. Karen was way on the other side of the park, like football fields away.

Karen was screaming at me for not wearing a mask. I had no idea what she was actually saying cause football fields away but she was agitated and pointing at her mask.

I just flipped her the bird and smiled. Apparently, that was not the response she was looking for.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)

96 Dana. Got. Bashed.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (Ae4dV)

97 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (MWfyi)
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Unless a child is immunocompromised due to their autism-spectrum diagnosis or taking extra hormones as part of gender transition "therapy" they are probably going to be OK.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (FZ29D)

98 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Nothing I have seen in my own personal life has lowered my respect for people more then COVIDmania

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)

99 "The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog;"

The sawed off little tyrant at the UPS store who forbid me from coming in the store, even after hours to check my mailbox. I see that guy every now and then and he gets the evil eye and he know it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (MWfyi)

100 Now we know Fauci was lying about everything -- about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission. He was lying... and you were punishing people for not trusting the expert."
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We do not feel that was part of our lived experience.

Posted by: Clone Nose Network at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

101 Hey everyone it's your favorite VP "The Kamster" here...

I am proud announce in cooperation with CNN the grand opening of "Hand Jobs Our Us" stores are now open in the LA Basin Area.

With cooperation with the Governor of CA we are hoping this will reduce the amount of Sexual Abuse crimes in the LA area.

So stop by and have a "Stroke" on Me....

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Dsp/g)

102 It sounds like it's as painful for him to speak as it does to listen to.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Same here. I have this weird trait where I tend to adopt he breathing patterns of the person who's talking to me, even if it's just via television. That's why I generally can't watch speeches on television.

I don't really have that problem with people I'm speaking to in person, or with people in movies. It only seems to happen with speeches by political figures. Weird.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)

103 Locking us down only caused the pandemic to last longer. A virus is going to do what a virus does and that is mutate but that is delayed with the lockdown.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (KC5Lt)

104 Illegal invaders were not required to get the shot.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (abScH)

105 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.

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Poor guy. It sounds like his throat is being dragged down hot pavement.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (qBdHI)

106 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)
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At that time, I worked in fairly close proximity with two coworkers. We scootched the desk of one of them a few inches just so we would all be in compliance with the "6-foot" rule.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (FZ29D)

107 My favorite mask moment...

I saw a teen girl riding her bike on the side walk. She had a mask on her face that had fallen below her nose. In one hand she had a phone which is where all her attention was focused.

One slip with her one hand on the handlebars, one pot hole in the sidewalk, hell, one sneeze and she would be riding straight into traffic on a busy road. But hey she was protected from COVID right?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

108 RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health
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Isn't that just the most incredible headline?

Politico thinks RFK is the problem here. It's dumbfounding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (pRv/j)

109 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all.

My co-workers were on board as well but I assume that's because they were all either on trannie drugs or "don't let me catch HIV this weekend when I have anonymous sex with 50 men" drugs so they were serious and thoughtful about their health.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e)

110 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Nothing I have seen in my own personal life has lowered my respect for people more then COVIDmania

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)
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Covid was a test that so many failed.

A lot of people who "hate fascism" tested positive for fascism.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)

111 Remember:
there is an "public health emergency" clause hidden in the Constitution.

It says, "if a county judge, with no scientific or medical training, determines there is a public health emergency, even without taking any public hearings or input, then all provisions and rights herein are suspended until further notice."

You'd know that if you were smart enough to go to Harvard like all the cartel judges that cowered and hid while people were being thrown to the ground and arrested for not wearing masks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (3cUTc)

112 I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
Oh yes. The BernieBro in my former writing group -- a starry-eyed socialist even though he'd been in the service in Vietnam and had been a working electrician all his life -- hated anything Trump had to say, so anybody who contradicted DJT had to be right.

"You know more than a medical doctor?" he demanded. "I do," I said, "when I use my own common sense and knowledge of how the real world works, and the doctors are clearly, what's the word, oh yes, LYING."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)

113 The point is, everyone, or virtually everyone was going to be exposed to the virus sooner or later.

You can make the argument that a 2 week lockdown to prevent a large slug of humanity from presenting themselves to the Hospital all at once, overwhelming the system, was a good idea.

But they never explained any of this adequately or realistically. For most people, it wasn't going to be a major issue, this became apparent. But they never explained this either. Some people, for whatever reason, some sort of prior immunity perhaps due to a related virus, were going to be symptom free. Some people were going to get it and get very sick. Some people were going to die.

They never explained any of this either. Instead they just fucked everything up beyond recognition, because they are pussies.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (DGpsA)

114 That vaccine didn’t do shit other than continue Fauci’s hairbrained experiments.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (aoDJU)

115 Doubt she has a cogent thought on her own. 🤷🏼‍♀️

1st husband, CIA under Obama. Wikipedia: American lawyer who served as chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and the U.S. Department of Defense (2011–2013) under President Barack Obama, in both roles as a senior advisor to Leon Panetta.[2][3]

2nd husband, John King. Wikipedia, American news anchor. He is CNN's chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C.. He formerly anchored Inside Politics,[2] State of the Union, and John King, USA.

Boyfriend: my definition, probably not hers: Spencer Garrett, actor.

AI: Has shown support for Democratic candidates and causes through public participation, campaign contributions, and political commentary. Grew up in a prominent entertainment industry family in Los Angeles.

Publicity Ho?

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

116 Politico thinks RFK is the problem here. It's dumbfounding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (pRv/j)
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They serve their party's narrative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

117 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog
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I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (25DXE)

118 >>The point is, everyone, or virtually everyone was going to be exposed to the virus sooner or later.

Sure.

But you had a choice if you wanted to expose yourself to the mRNA Treatment.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (zGzrB)

119 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

120 At that time, I worked in fairly close proximity with two coworkers. We scootched the desk of one of them a few inches just so we would all be in compliance with the "6-foot" rule.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
I was the only one in my "office," but it was a reception area that nearly everybody had to pass through. The personnel dept. actually suggested putting up plexiglas shields around my desk or hanging from the ceiling. Fortunately that went away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

121 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.

--

Mom Karen will take the kiddies down for their new covid shots just as soon as she picks up the newest ColorForms playset where they can pick their own genitals and stick them on depending on how they identify that day.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (qBdHI)

122
Finally realized what Dana Gash's face looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAyc-rhBcs

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (JyBgb)

123 Fauci. Mengele. Two peas in a pod.

CNN. To piss in their pants.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (n5tGW)

124 How did Fauci kill anyone?

Number of people I know that died from COVID = 0
Number of people I know that died from the clot shot = 2

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

125 County health authorities have broad sweeping powers to shut everything down. That's a fact.

But it is temporary at best. 30 or 60 days perhaps. After that, legislation, ordinance must be enacted or passed. They left that part out.

Nobody can be forced to participate in experimental medical trials. And you can't be fired or threatened with termination, no coercion is lawful. They left that part out too. And in some cases the vaccine caused real harm, particularly to young adults. Heart inflammation is
never a good thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (DGpsA)

126 And don't forget that the "public health emergency" secret clause of the Constitution is hidden in every state constitution but includes a double-secret:

"IF the Secretary of State or other such election official, determines there is a public health emergency, they are authorized to re-write any portion of the Elections Code as they see fit--without such amendment needing a vote in the Legislature or signature of the governor."

And, again, all the cartel judges cowered and hid in fear, pissing themselves, letting this happen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (3cUTc)

127 >>How did Fauci kill anyone? Even if his protocols were ineffective, how were they harmful? The vaccine did work.

Being THIS retarded should really come at a dire cost.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (zGzrB)

128 When I use Public Restrooms, I still wear a mask.

Who knows what dirty, filthy, redneck MAGA Racists may have used the Bathroom before. They carry dirty Guns, Drink PBRs, and eat Red Meat !!!!!!!

I heard MAGA Republicans are like "Carnies" !!!!
They all have "Very Small Hands" and like Big Breasted Real Biological Females" like Daisy Duke ...

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Dsp/g)

129 My favorite covid moment was my sister arguing with me that we should cancel Thanksgiving, and then showing up at my parents wearing a mask. Her two daughters too. Masked, at Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (25DXE)

130 Like I said before I didn't mind the 6 ft rule . It was like I had a force field I had always wanted.

I have to say i didn't experience the horrors of a lockdown as much as people in other states .

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt)

131 I don't what other conclusion one can draw about the media these days other than that they are mentally ill, and irremediably so. The idea that they could ignore the news on Fauci and continue to insist they were right (it's all there in Bash's interview) is plainly sick. And it's not just the Covid story but nearly every major "scandal" over the last 10 years. They're repeatedly, dogmatically wrong and totally incapable of admitting it or even modifying their conduct. That's a sickness.

I wish RFK Jr had been much more aggressive and contemptuous. He should have asked Bash when she intended to apologize to the country. Why are even pretending anymore that these people journalists?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (F8UH0)

132 The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.
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We shouldn't. That would be my answer.

"Preparing" for a pandemic is bullshit.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

133 One slip with her one hand on the handlebars, one pot hole in the sidewalk, hell, one sneeze and she would be riding straight into traffic on a busy road. But hey she was protected from COVID right?
Posted by: 18-1

The really stupid ones were the athletes and choral singers who pursued their advocations while masked.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

134 "Her cooter is vibrating"

Eh...might there be pics of this?

Posted by: dananjcon at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (8C1eU)

135 >>Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

Because he funded the development of the virus you fucking idiot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (viF8m)

136 Remember how if you were the slightest bit concerned that Obama was mishandling the Ebola outbreak, you were a "conspiracy nut"?

I do. I'm guessing Pepperidge Farm does too.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

137 The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.

Send the illegals home
Kill anyone that crosses the border without permission

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

138 >>Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

Because he funded the development of the virus you fucking idiot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (viF8m)
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Hey! I doubt Sid fucks.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

139 "CNN was all about the truth. And also, pleasing its huge advertiser Pfizer."

If Trump really wants to kill CNN and the MSM, he should follow through on his threat to ban pharmaceutical advertising from broadcast TV. Their remaining earnings would crater as a result.

The reason Pharma advertises on TV is not to push the next funnily-spelt drug to the public. It's to immunize themselves from investigative journalistic reports from the MSM. I actually have no problem with pharma companies - the drugs they've produced have, by and large, improved our lives tremendously. I do have a big problem when they use their influence to avoid critical scrutiny.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (0CU3H)

140 Forget the lead. Sid/Paul's brain is so dense, I don't even think Chernobyl's radioisotopes could penetrate it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (qBdHI)

141 Please don't edit Sid at 119. Instead, let's put that on in the sidebar as a permanent exhibit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (25DXE)

142 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I took great pride in explicitly defying those. No one ever said a word to me about it, though.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

143 You have to be incandescently stupid to still believe that vaccine did anything.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (aoDJU)

144 Here's Jeremy Bash lying so much about the Hunter laptop that an X user made a reel of it:

https://tinyurl.com/35rkha4u

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (kX27y)

145 @88

>>Not even with plexiglass?!

Not even if everyone wore level 4 bio suits.

To Paraphrase Ian Malcolm, Viri will find a way.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (XV/Pl)

146 Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (mmrXZ)

Since I work out of a few harley shops thats a big no. No masks, no fear, kept sterile with beer. Life went on. We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though. Made test rides a lot more fun.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (S41Gd)

147 All exchanges with the Democratic Party press should grow tense.

They absolutely should. And more conservatives ought to address the Democratic Party as "your party".

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (Fi81e)

148 Dana Bash is one of prettiest trans women on TV.

Posted by: Taste the Rainbow at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (S0aVF)

149 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM

I remember a guy walking up to me while I was in the check out line at Kroger, he pulled his mask down to let me know there was a lady in front of me that did not have her mask on. I pulled my mask down and said, hey bro you are breaking my six foot bubble. He walked away looking confused.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (cpFbA)

150 If Trump really wants to kill CNN and the MSM, he should follow through on his threat to ban pharmaceutical advertising from broadcast TV. Their remaining earnings would crater as a result.
=====================
That's Plan B probably, now that Plan A seems to be to merge it with Paramount CBS and let Bari Weiss start firing people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:50 PM (25DXE)

151 Besides Spider Solitary is evil

The Democrats Propaganda Ministry all jumped on Evil Fauci's Covid attack on the country, don't expect any of them to turn against Fauci.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

152 I also knew from my own experience that the entire "testing" thing was for show. We were supposed to go for a nasal swab at random intervals. I went once. The second time, they weren't watching me, so I carefully did NOT insert the swab in my nose, but put it right into the jar. In other words, they would have no sample to test and should call me back in, right?

Nope. "Passed."

After that I ignored the summonses. Nothing happened; there was no enforcement. We were all just supposed to trot over like good little robots and get our grease fittings checked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (wzUl9)

153 Hey! I doubt Sid fucks.
Posted by: Axeman

Think again.

Posted by: 500 lb transtesticle person behind the 7-11 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (EGW4m)

154 I think O'donnell is more closely related to a yeast infection

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (DGpsA)

155 No one knows that the vaccine worked and rely on the fact you can't prove a negative to push their position of its success. Of course they ignore the fact that many many people who received the vax contracted Covid afterwards. That's not how a vax works.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (KC5Lt)

156 Things public health told me were fine during COVID:

Going to a gay orgy
Glory Holes
Going to a casino
Getting shitfaced
Burning down by city and stealing TVs

Things they told me were not safe
Going to the beach...alone
Going hiking...alone
Going to Church

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

157 The vaccine didn't work, holy smokes this in known information now. It does not prevent acquisition or transference of covid 19. It does however have wide ranging terrible side effects.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)

158 Remember how they said Trump told people to inject bleach?

When what he actually said is, something like, "I know bleach kills it. What'd be great is, if they could find some way to inject that, kill all the virus in you. That can't be done, isn't safe, but that would be great."

Even today, you can still see the left claiming "Trump told people to inject bleach to protect against Covid!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (3cUTc)

159 It's been ~5 years and the medico-fascists are giddy about a replay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

160 The two weeks to stop the spread was stupid.

If you were old or immunocompromised, it was prolly a good idea.

But healthy people under age 65 were fine.

Cover coughs and sneezes
Wash your hands
Keep your hands away from your face
Stay home if you’re sick.

It would have made for a much quicker resolution.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (nKgb7)

161 I remember taking a walk in the park sans mask and a hysterical woman screaming at me that I was gonna kill people without the mask.. I said no problem and went on my way...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (TFsdh)

162 You could still go to the liquor store so it wasn't all bad , right?

Fucking idiots.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (abScH)

163 The Guardian: RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR

He should be forced to resign and be put on trial for all the innocent children he's harmed with his bullshit crusade against public health!

who knew putting a bunch of Fox "news" hosts in government positions would result in a complete shitshow

So now MMR is good? What about the autism claim you fucking clown did? Isn't this kind of reverse the kind of thing that got the anti maskers so pissed off at Fauci?

Thanks for causing disruption in America just to fucking finally agree with the science. All that damage is already done you asshole

It would be a more effective message if he made it shirtless with Kid Rock.

He should be using his office and our tax dollars to give the MMR vaccine out for free like other developed countries.

God why do braindead conservatives get to ruin everything and then have no political consequences afterwards.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (/y3Vc)

164 Axeman: "The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.
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We shouldn't. That would be my answer."

My answer would be:
1) Direct all MFM personnel to a SpaceX Starship,
2) Launch SpaceX Starship and aim it at the Sun,
3) Order pizza.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (oji8u)

165 Then somehow they also got it in their head, that they were gonna die if they did catch it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (DGpsA)

He kept track of the stats- the positive tests, the confirmed cases, etc. locallynd statewide.
I made him repeat a mantra every day:
"A positive test means you've been exposed.
You may or may not get Covid.
A confirmed case doesn't mean you're going to die."

Otherwise, he'd have worried himself ragged.

Posted by: sal at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (f+FmA)

166 Well Dana, if we controlled the borders a little better, managing a pandemic might be a tad easier.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (mseD3)

167 Every day, the squawking haircuts prove that rock bottom has a sub basement.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (XqFM2)

168 Height of Covid I had a few friends from Oregon over here for a Mountain Biking Trip.

We were out on a trail...18 miles from the trailhead, and ran into a woman Trail Running.
Wearing a Mask.

She insisted we get more than 6 feet off the trail so she could pass by.

Never underestimate the stupidity of humanity.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (zGzrB)

169 If we'd have been serious about fighting Crovid-Nineteen, Birx would have been on the tube advocating the use of gloryholes. Minimizes the exposure for sure. Not to AIDS or whatever. But still.

Posted by: Taste the Rainbow at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (S0aVF)

170 When what he actually said is, something like, "I know bleach kills it. What'd be great is, if they could find some way to inject that, kill all the virus in you. That can't be done, isn't safe, but that would be great."

Even today, you can still see the left claiming "Trump told people to inject bleach to protect against Covid!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (3cUTc)
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Are you sure?

Because I searched high and low for a Trump quote about bleach a number of times and the closest I ever came (each time) was about how some light kills the virus "like bleach".

I'd be interested to see the quote where Trump talked about injecting bleach.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

171 Or how about the time the media blamed Trump for those idiots who drank aquarium cleaner?

No, no, they the media were not to blame for the hysteria that they ginned up, making everyone think they were one inhale away from dying of Covid.

Nope, Trump said something that sounded like something else that's in the cleaner and so he caused that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)

172 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I took great pride in explicitly defying those. No one ever said a word to me about it, though.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026

***
I too took pride in ignoring the greeters/face diaper police at Walmart. And when necessary, waving my doctor's letter stating that my vertigo (basically non-existent) made it dangerous for me to wear a mask for any length of time.

One stupid "security guard" at one store made the mistake of saying, "You could have made this letter up." I snarled, "Are you telling me, a paying customer, that I'm lying?" and stalked out.

I wrote a letter to the CEO of the store, a local chain, complaining. No idea if there was any connection, but within a week or so, the security goons were gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

173 The Media's Plan for All Interviews: "I'm not debating this with you! I'm talking; you're listening then agreeing with me!"

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (5rh/l)

174 Since I work out of a few harley shops thats a big no. No masks, no fear, kept sterile with beer. Life went on. We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though. Made test rides a lot more fun.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (EGW4m)

175 Just where do these rocket scientists think measles all of a sudden showed up in this Country ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (TFsdh)

176
How did Fauci kill anyone?

Number of people I know that died from COVID = 0
Number of people I know that died from the clot shot = 2
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

I'm pretty sure that it killed my stepdad, despite the fact that he was in chemo for lung cancer (never smoked a day in his life, but got it anyway).

I don't bring up the vax with my mom, to avoid having her think that she held some responsibility there, since they were both enthusiastic about getting vaxxed. To their credit, they didn't put any pressure on the rest of the family, they understood the reluctance from some of us.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (JyBgb)

177 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog
========================
I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (25DXE)

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I was walking down a hallway in our local VA Medical Center, for work, with my bandana (painted with a giant boot-print per the famous Orwell "boot stamping on a human face forever" quote – as I refused to wear a mask) below my nose and some obese Nurse Karen (I know Imma gonna need to be A LOT MOAR specific) approaching me with a couple of her co-workers.

She said "PULL YOUR MASK UP!" I retorted "You should keep yours on permanently ... you might lose some weight."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (Ae4dV)

178 >>Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.

Usually you can't do that in the Holland Tunnel...

because it's all Clogged up.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (zGzrB)

179 Damn, not only is Dan-a Bash (not "Day-na") monstrously stupid, she's just monstrous, physically.
Fugly

Posted by: UncleJefe at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (gAuAm)

180 Dr. Fauci [to Biden] Now that brain that you gave me. Was it John Fetterman’s?

Biden [pauses] No.
Dr. Fauci: Ah! Very good. Would you mind telling me whose brain I DID put in?

Biden: Then you won't be angry?
Dr. Fauci: I will NOT be angry.

Biden: Abby someone.
Dr. Fauci: [pauses] Abby someone. Abby who?

Biden: Abby... Normal. No wait, I think Abby Phillips from CNN?
Dr. Fauci: [pauses] Abby Normal or Abby Phillips are the same?

Biden I'm almost sure that was the name.
Dr. Fauci: [chuckles] Are you saying that I put an
abnormal brain from CNN into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four-inch-wide Senator from PA?

Dr. Fauci: Biden you idiot!!! Is that what you're telling me?

Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (X2inB)

181 I'd be interested to see the quote where Trump talked about injecting bleach.
--
I was going from memory.
You're right, it was even less attenuated and more out of context than I'd recalled.

Full quote:
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me.”

Fucking media all deserve to burn.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (3cUTc)

182 "We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though."

That was a glorious two weeks. Driving with nobody else on the roads, as far as I could see to the horizons.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

183 Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (EGW4m)

It was crazy. I would come home and mrs b would ask how it looked out there. I would say 6 months after people. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (S41Gd)

184 Defying their stupid rules was one of the best larks I've had. My wife would get so mad at me just for causing trouble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)

185 Proof that the vaccine didn't work: They're reduced it to a palliative effect, and they deny they ever said it would prevent infection.

And there is no hard data that it even had a palliative effect. Just a bunch of "Listen to experts, sheep".

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

186 156 Things public health told me were fine during COVID:

Going to a gay orgy
Glory Holes
Going to a casino
Getting shitfaced
Burning down by city and stealing TVs

Things they told me were not safe
Going to the beach...alone
Going hiking...alone
Going to Church
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

Thankfully, my blue area somehow didn't get swept up in the total insanity. I may have actually communicated with my own councilman (a D) and had emails back and forth about "opening up the outside asap" b/c people needed an outlet and the Gov wasn't giving anyone one with schools shut, so the county had to make the outside the option.

It was a blessing that our local pool was open that Covid summer or my kid probably would have gone insane. We were there every day, even if we had to pre-sign up and stay in our pool area (yes, our area was blue, so we had some insanity)...same for our Couty parks, but there, they were just open...most time I've ever been outdoors since the military...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (tOcjL)

187 Defying their stupid rules was one of the best larks I've had. My wife would get so mad at me just for causing trouble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)
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I complied with most of them.

But I stopped wearing a mask, because it did impinge upon me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)

188 She insisted we get more than 6 feet off the trail so she could pass by.

Never underestimate the stupidity of humanity.
Posted by: garrett

My oldest son and I were backpacking part of the Pacific Creat Trail summer of 2021. We saw a woman, alone, hiking with a mask on coming in the opposite direction. She started screaming at us to put on a mask and get six feet off the trai so she could pass. We completely ignored her and when she screamed and ran off the trail we both stopped and had coughing fits and then told her to die.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:00 PM (nKgb7)

189 >>My oldest son and I were backpacking part of the Pacific Creat Trail summer of 2021. We saw a woman, alone, hiking with a mask on coming in the opposite direction. She started screaming at us to put on a mask and get six feet off the trai so she could pass. We completely ignored her and when she screamed and ran off the trail we both stopped and had coughing fits and then told her to die.

Based

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:01 PM (zGzrB)

190 Sorry I missed the Tucker thread...So he and the other rejects want a communist President ? Some Conservatives.... Do they actually think they will get any Lib votes ? Of course not... They want to take down MAGA

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:01 PM (TFsdh)

191 "I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said.

OMG! The chutzpah!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (oji8u)

192 2 weeks of lock down *at the time* made perfect sense. It was unknown how severe the effect of a brand new virus was going to be. Was it going to be similar to the 1918 flu, with cytokine storm targeting young people primarily? Nobody knew, or they weren't telling anyhow.

But it never ended. They just rolled with it on a semi-permanent basis. Public policy appeared to be largely based on the rantings of hysterical nutbars.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (DGpsA)

193 It was crazy. I would come home and mrs b would ask how it looked out there. I would say 6 months after people. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (S41Gd)
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If anybody gets the reference to "Blue Earth" on the series Fringe, that's the vibe 2020 gave me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

194 "We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though."

That's when I bought some XLE. Petroleum stocks were hated at the time, have near tripled since then.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

195 Sorry I missed the Tucker thread...So he and the other rejects want a communist President ? Some Conservatives.... Do they actually think they will get any Lib votes ? Of course not... They want to take down MAGA
Posted by: It's me donna

I think they just want to kill Jews.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (/y3Vc)

196 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)

197 I still can't get over the "science" that had people washing their groceries--fruits and vegetables--in bleach, then letting them sit outside overnight to stop the spead.

anyone in the medical community and the media going to own up to encouraging that lie?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (3cUTc)

198 Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.-Ace

Great. Now I have Cooter from Dukes of Hazard associated with Dana Bash's Vajayjay.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (OkYzo)

199
Usually you can't do that in the Holland Tunnel...

because it's all Clogged up.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (zGzrB)

*snort*

ISWYDT

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (JyBgb)

200 >>2 weeks of lock down *at the time* made perfect sense.

No. It never made any sense at all.

You can't just pause life as if you were playing it on your X-Box.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (zGzrB)

201 196 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (TFsdh)

202 Spring of 2021 never wore mask in the stores. Multiple confrontations by managers, clerks and customers. Ignored them all. Always finished shopping. I refused to do stupid. Fort Worth.
Still a pure blood.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ehY6c)

203 >>>Damn, not only is Dan-a Bash (not "Day-na") monstrously stupid, she's just monstrous, physically.
Fugly

Posted by: UncleJefe

>Not only is she long in the tooth, but she has a wet brain. Not very sharp, that one.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ixEhJ)

204 They officials had to update the entry on "vaccine" to mention palliative effects, because a vaccine is meant as a preventative, not a palliative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

205 Just where do these rocket scientists think measles all of a sudden showed up in this Country ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (TFsdh)

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Next you'll be telling me that tuberculosis in the USA has been on the rise SINCE 2021 -- PEAKING in 2024 -- marking a reversal after nearly three decades of consistent decline.

Wait, wut?

/Is there nothing destructive that The AutoPen Empire's open borders couldn't do?

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Ae4dV)

206
To this day, there are still people in Oregon driving alone in their car wearing a covid mask.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (OkYzo)

207 >>HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

Also, insanely Cheap.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (zGzrB)

208 That was a glorious two weeks. Driving with nobody else on the roads, as far as I could see to the horizons.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

Yeah it was great. Then in a few weeks we were able to laugh at the retards driving in cars with masks on. One day I was driving with a friend in the car, and we pulled up to a light and the person next to us was wearing a mask. He yells over "if its that bad in there just change your cabin filter". lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (S41Gd)

209 Gee I wonder if importing 10 million illegals from 3rd world shitholes had anything to do with a measles outbreak.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (tNkpt)

210 But, if it escaped from a wet market because the Chinese have a taste for penguin (yeah, I know, go with the bit), that's just their culture and not at all reflective of Asians as a whole.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Now, you're on the list.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (JM9I6)

211
This is good but the problem is, it will only be the red states and not the blue states:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
5h
🚨 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

State-level investigations are NOT covered under the autopen pardon 🔥

Leave no stone unturned, Fauci MUST face consequences!

GOV. RON DESANTIS: "This is a guy that was drinking his own Kool-Aid. He was venerated by the media. I think he liked the fact that he had a lot of this informal power when he was issuing these recommendations and telling governors and mayors to do some of the draconian things that were actually done, it had a really negative effect on a lot of societies throughout this country!"

"You had businesses reeling, people's liberties curtailed, and kids left on the sideline unable to access education."

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

212 Guy in a liquor store screaming at me to put a mask on. I just calmly said no. He says I'm standing way back here, don't get near me. I say no problem. Owner didn't care, I bought my bourbon and went my way.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (n5tGW)

213 Woodstock took place in the middle of the Hong Kong Flu pandemic.

On that note, I've not heard any COVID alarmists explain why flu cases were relatively non-existent throughout the COVID panic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (KC5Lt)

214 I see people in PA driving alone with masks occasionally

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

215 They officials had to update the entry on "vaccine" to mention palliative effects, because a vaccine is meant as a preventative, not a palliative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

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As commenter Romeo13 recently observed: by that definition, aspirin is now a "vaccine."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (Ae4dV)

216 DJT's second term Cabinet picks have been outstanding.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (rj6Yv)

217 I’m on an airplane right now.

Yes. There are people wearing masks.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (nKgb7)

218 I knew it had gotten out of hand the first time I saw a women driving down the roads in the car by herself wearing a mask.

I saw Moms with kids in the car, all wearing masks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

219 >>HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

Also, insanely Cheap.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (zGzrB)
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In February 2020, a month before the shamdemic, they outlawed the use of HCQ outside of hospital care.

There, they simply weren't going to give it to you, of course and pop your lungs with a ventilator and let you die.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

220 Nobody can be forced to participate in experimental medical trials.

Ethical standards, including the AMA Code of Medical Ethics and the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki, mandate that participation in biomedical research must be voluntary and based on informed consent.

Ethical standards are not law and cannot stand before the desire to affect an election.

And before you bring up the Nuremberg Code...

The Nuremberg Code has not been officially adopted as binding domestic law by any nation. It is a set of ten ethical principles rather than a statute or treaty, meaning it cannot be directly enforced in court on its own.

The US has regulations which, supposedly, enforce the Nuremberg Code but enforcement assumes that it isn't the federal government violating them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

221 Again, where did this notion arise, that one could, or should prevent exposure to the virus on a permanent basis? It's a fairy tale. The only objective that was practical was to slow the spread. Not prevent it, because that's

I suppose it would be possible to quarantine oneself for several years, maybe the virus will mutate to a less deadly variant. I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:08 PM (DGpsA)

222 I very much hope that historians will look back on the Covid-19 era and basically point and laugh about how comically fucking retarded everyone suddenly became, because as a whole, that's what we were.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (oqH4h)

223 I could set cruise control at 70 in Splendora and be in El Campo in under 2 hrs on 59 through Houston during covid.

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (8uzBS)

224 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

Have the Cajun Navy draw and quarter him. Then snacks for the gators.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (EGW4m)

225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (4tmEn)

226 Strip clubs and liquor stores were open.

Hiking trails and churches were closed

All you need to know about “the science”.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (tNkpt)

227 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

No argument from me.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

Jimmy Carter probably still squeaks out a win there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

228 The Diamond Princess was the perfect predictor of the Wuhan flu contagion and lethality.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (ehY6c)

229 222 The year 2020 in particular. The whole nation went nuts.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

230 225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.

Posted by: Braenyard

Not necessarily.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (nKgb7)

231 PBS, U.S. sent $1.4 billion in virus relief payments to dead people
By — Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Politics Jun 25, 2020

Note date, June 2020. Then it went on for years!
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FEMA - COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Milestones
FEMA has awarded $3.26 billion to more than 506,000 applications in COVID-19 Funeral Assistance for help covering expenses incurred between January 20, 2020, and September 30, 2025.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

232 Leave the fucking "Nuremburg Code" out of it. The whole thing was bullshit anyway.

Title 18 United States Code is black letter law makes it unlawful to force or coerce participation in experimental medical trials.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (DGpsA)

233 225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (4tmEn)

Especially when a bunch of third worlders unvaccinated flood the Country

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (TFsdh)

234 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

China, which used its own REAL vaccine for COVID claims it had 122K deaths, versus the US government that claims it had 1.2M deaths with the clot shot

So...what data we talking here Dana?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

China also had people welded inside their apartments. Wonder what happened to them?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

235 228 The Diamond Princess was the perfect predictor of the Wuhan flu contagion and lethality.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (ehY6c)

Yes.
And the percentage that died, older people with health problems, was really low.

That went down the memory hole quick.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

236 You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (abScH)

237 Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)

238 Then-governor Roy Cooper was one of the most zealous COVID lock-down advocates in these United States. I took to calling him King Cooper for all of his edicts. A sellout from Day One for the teachers' unions. NC teachers loved, I mean LOVED the school shutdowns.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)

239 I never understood why "The virus escaped from a lab where the Chinese were doing gain-of-function research on a bat corona virus mostly sponsored by America" was "racist".

But, "You know that weird market those Chinese people fry live dogs in, and sometimes maybe live pangolins? It came from eating all that weird shit" was not.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

240 I still can't get over the "science" that had people washing their groceries--fruits and vegetables--in bleach, then letting them sit outside overnight to stop the spead.

anyone in the medical community and the media going to own up to encouraging that lie?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026

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I will admit that all the insanity led me to wash my hands more thoroughly and frequently throughout the day -- after using the toilet (though I usually did that), when coming back from the grocery or meeting people, etc. I do think it's helped me keep well since '22.

But that's just good health practice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

241 237 Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)

I used to see this couple at the grocery store who had on masks and those shields.. Looked other worldly...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (TFsdh)

242
I should have worn a white mask with brown spots all over it from povidone iodine that made it look like I was a terminal TB patient. I'm ashamed that I didn't think of that until the hysteria was over.

On the other hand, I wore my Groucho facemask with "MARXISM" in big letters. Got lots of nasty looks, and quite a few compliments.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (JyBgb)

243 An interesting covid memory is a doctor explaining that masks were essentially useless - "if you throw sand at a chain link fence, it's going to stop some of the sand, but it's essentially useless. You can see that I am wearing a mask right now, and the reason I'm wearing it is because people are afraid and the mask is telling those people that I care."

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (2ap+5)

244 Dana Pinch Face's eyeballs are sinking back into her skull.

I wish RFK could yell over her. I always feel bad about his voice.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)

245 Remember the first reports of a lot of deaths were in that nursing home in Washington State(?) I think.
These people had one foot in the grave and somebody brought the virus is, but the media was all over it for a week.

Then it was off to the races with the Death Counters.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

246 there is a tuberculosis vaccine called the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which works well for infants and young children, but it is not routinely given in the United States

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (nKgb7)

247 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.
Posted by: huerfano

I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

Mumps sterilized *adult* men who caught it, the fever could scar the tissues due to fever as I recall. Kids didn't have an issue to any extent.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (uhVAy)

248 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

State-level investigations are NOT covered under the autopen pardon 🔥

Leave no stone unturned, Fauci MUST face consequences!

I assume he'd normally be shielded under the Supremecy Clause, just like the ICE agents Minnesota wants to lynch, er, fairly investigate and prosecute. However, if Trump says Fauci lied and was not acting in the government's interest, and directs the Feds to waive protection...it's an interesting question.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (/y3Vc)

249 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)

250 Walmart could be open.

But the garden center had to stay closed.

Lest people buy things for to be outside.
Of their own home.

That was the Science.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)

251 ^^^ *brought the virus in

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

252 Then-governor Roy Cooper was one of the most zealous COVID lock-down advocates in these United States. I took to calling him King Cooper for all of his edicts. A sellout from Day One for the teachers' unions. NC teachers loved, I mean LOVED the school shutdowns.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Supreme Court of Michigan found the head witch of Michigan way overreached her "emergency powers" and held on to them way longer than she was allowed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

253 As a uni grad this has always bothered me. Grok found no cause of death listed:

Lily Ernst, a UNI swimmer/diver dies unexpectedly.

Sorry. Unable to add a link.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (Y2/Vj)

254 Then it was off to the races with the Death Counters.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

Didn't they stop that when biden was president ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (TFsdh)

255 People were opening their mail wearing gloves. For an airborne disease.
Cuz science.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (tNkpt)

256 Bullshit, if you "really cared" you wouldn't be wearing a dust mask to mollify or assuage the guilt of idiots. Nice try though

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (DGpsA)

257 I assume China is lying.

But the amusing thing is their standard vaccine obviously did nothing positive or NEGATIVE...giving someone a tradition vaccine for a flu like illness isn't going to give them clots, strokes, and turbo cancer but it isn't going to stop you from getting COVID either.

But the point of all this is the official data says China's COVID vaccine was 30 times more effective then ours.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

258 @221

>> maybe the virus will mutate to a less deadly variant. I guess.

There is no mechanism of action for a virus to mutate or attenuate absent a host.

They circulate through populations and work through populations.

They are not hanging out under bridges waiting to infect an unsuspecting passerby.

This will always be the biggest scam ever perpetrated on the world.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

260 Do you remember when The Science™ told Trump hospitals needed 20 billion respirators by tomorrow or everyone who got COVID would die? Everyone who came forward with a prototype for a respirator that could be built in an hour for $3.50 was hailed as a genius by the Media! Some were personally praised on TV by PDT45, because he was following the The Science™!

If you remember that you must also remember the quiet fizzling-out of the Great Respirator Invention and Manufacture Crusade. Because The Science™ soon learned that putting older people with COVID on respirators was a death sentence.

The Science™ was capable of learning and revising public guidance. In that case. Unfortunately, The Science™ pushed by Fauci and Birx and every TV network COVID 'expert' was never continually assessed using available real-world evidence, then revised accordingly.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (5rh/l)

261 I put a clear glass plate in a welders helmet and wore it one time just to ridicule the insanity.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (abScH)

262
You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Crap.
- Guy making out with dancer at the Moulin Rouge

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)

263 I hate these people; they are liars, irrational, and fascist.

Posted by: Seems Legit at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (f5Y1D)

264 Didn't they stop that when biden was president ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (TFsdh)

Probably.
I stopped watching every one of them after the election, including Fox, so I'm not sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

265 Yes.
And the percentage that died, older people with health problems, was really low.

That went down the memory hole quick.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026

***
During mid-2020, the CDC's own website had the data. 94% of deaths "with Covid" were people who were over 65, overweight, and/or with other co-morbidities. Only 6% of the deaths could be attributed to the virus alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

266 Walmart could be open.

But the garden center had to stay closed.

Lest people buy things for to be outside.
Of their own home.

That was the Science.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)
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The argument used to be that they didn't want you to do something that might cause you to go to the emergency room, because they needed all that reserve for Covid patients.

Now, I'm pretty sure that it was primed to make us want to open back up, but for that the price was the Jab. Fraudci and Dalek wanted to try mRNA vaccine and that was what this was about start-to-finish.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

267 I spray painted a mask with gold paint and sprinkled glitter on it. Sparkel farkel fun, would hang round my mirror all flashy in the sun tooling down the street. Did sport it in smallmart now and then. Have fun when and where you can.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (ehY6c)

268 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

269 It would have really helped if a higher percentage of the population would have defied the idiotic orders/advice. I really respect the people who either recognized it was an op or the ones who at least applied common sense in the situation, like a friend who, with relief, stopped wearing a mask after she was vaccinated because common knowledge is that vaccines prevent disease. While neither masks nor Covid shots were actually protective, at least those precautions made some logical sense.

But widespread masking and leaky vaccinations helped the disease spread and mutate, and the suffering and panic could have been greatly minimized if more people had said NO.

Posted by: Emmie at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (OlzlW)

270 I put a clear glass plate in a welders helmet and wore it one time just to ridicule the insanity.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026

***
I was tempted to buy a medieval doctor's "plague mask" and wear that, but never got the nerve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)

271 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

It's on brand for Talarico because his real God is Government.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

272 There is no mechanism of action for a virus to mutate or attenuate absent a host.
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Of course not. If someone claimed otherwise, you might have a point

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (DGpsA)

273 IMO Covid death numbers are greatly exaggerated. Also IMO many of the deaths that were mostly caused by Covid could have been prevented if HCQ and Ivermectin were allowed to be prescribed. HCQ as a preventative ( not great after contracting Covid) and Ivermectin as a treatment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)

Hospitals in SoCal recanted about a third of their Covid death counts because it was utterly fraudulent. Like motorcycle accident deaths. That doesn't mean the other 2/3 were real. It also didn't subtract them from the 'grim milestone' numbers. The fact that also the number of actual flu deaths, which are considerable, went to 0 during Covid is another bit of evidence.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy)

274 When you pay hospitals an extra 13,000 for Covid deaths you're going to get a lot of Covid deaths.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (KC5Lt)

275 Title 18 United States Code is black letter law makes it unlawful to force or coerce participation in experimental medical trials.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (DGpsA)

So, how many people have been tried for forcing or coercing participation in experimental medical trials wrt the mRNA vaccine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (ExV1e)

276 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026

**
I had to order my ivermectin, "bimectin," from Valley Vet Supply. Still have some left. And they continue to email me every few days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (wzUl9)

277
Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)

One actual benefit to the face diapers is that it'll stop a lot of the virus that's suspended in your spit when you cough or sneeze. Not all of it though. Won't do diddly squat with the virus itself, but it'll reduce the chance that someone's going to accidentally spit on your pizza when you go out to eat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (JyBgb)

278 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

279 I so wish I had a MOPP 4 suit, boots, gloves, hood and mask, and deconn kit and the rest of it. I never needed to go anywhere during the insanity, but it would have been a blast.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (DGpsA)

280 Nood. The EU.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

281 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

__________________________________

Bonus: Turning water into wine endorses cheap wine. Jesus drank Mad Dog 20/20.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

282 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)
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Later in the shamdemic, the government of India was paying for Ivermectin for each patient treated for Covid.

This is while the "horse paste" thing was going on in American media.

I used to have fun with this: "So you're saying that Indians are stupid, right? That's racist."

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

283 What made me go completely insane was the “asymptomatic spreader” and “natural immunity isn’t as good as the vaccine.”

Pure, unadulterated bullshit. And I looked at providers and challenged them on it several times.

They knew it was horse shit. But they towed the line.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (nKgb7)

284 Only 6% of the deaths could be attributed to the virus alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

I recall the one guy in Florida who died of a motorcycle accident and they had the cause of death as COVID because he tested positive.

1. Why test a dead man?
2. Why pay hospitals $13,000 a pop for COVID cases to insure they tested a dead man?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

285 I was tempted to buy a medieval doctor's "plague mask" and wear that, but never got the nerve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)
----
I bought a gaiter that had the lower half of a skull imprinted on that. I wore that with a black hoody pulled all the way up, along with black gloves that have skeleton fingers imprinted on them.

When I went to Walmart, security should have thought I was there to rob the place. But nobody said anything.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (FZ29D)

286 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)

They wanted those drugs for themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

287 o, how many people have been tried for forcing or coercing participation in experimental medical trials wrt the mRNA vaccine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026

***
I recall speaking to a local lawyer about the legality of being threatened as I had been. When he heard I worked for a certain rich private university he really perked up.

His advice to me was to see if they accepted my exemption request, and then call him back if they did not. They did accept it, so nothing came of it all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (wzUl9)

288 During the initial ‘wear a mask” hysteria, me and my brother (both racecar drivers) went out in our full race helmets with visors.

We thought it would be obvious we were mocking the mask rules.

But … no. People thought we were serious, and that we were scared to death of the virus, so we quickly stopped doing that.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (i+vnO)

289 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

I don't recall Jesus claiming to be a government.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

290 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

Oh absolutely. They weren't gonna be holding that bag themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

291 And we were told that hospitals were choked with Covid patients. Then someone released actual video that showed they were practically empty.

As I pointed out to anyone who might listen at the time: "Are we seeing the gutters filled with dead bodies? No? Then it's not a pandemic."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (wzUl9)

292 I bought a gaiter that had the lower half of a skull imprinted on that. I wore that with a black hoody pulled all the way up, along with black gloves that have skeleton fingers imprinted on them.

When I went to Walmart, security should have thought I was there to rob the place. But nobody said anything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
In 2019 and earlier, they would have thought that of you.

There has long been a local ordinance here that no one is to wear masks after dark, even on Mardi Gras night. Somehow that vanished or got studiously ignored.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

293 But the point of all this is the official data says China's COVID vaccine was 30 times more effective then ours.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

Their flood control is even better. Entire cities are drowned under 30+ feet of water with only 29 deaths. Including drowned car tunnels full to the brim with occupied cars.

See, if you have more than 30 deaths you have to report in detail to Peking about why you messed up.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

294 My fav thing from the Covid files?

BLM protests were AOK, but going to church, or even paddleboarding by yerself in the Ocean, was not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (mP0Kj)

295
I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

Werd.

I've been saying that since Day 1. The way that the ChiComs flailed about, blaming everyone was the big tell (at different times, they blamed Italy, Australia and the US for sure, and probably more). If it was targeted specifically at Trump and the US, their story would have been more focused and consistent, with a single villain.

The commie cocksuckers in the US jumped on board opportunistically.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (JyBgb)

296 You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Crap.
- Guy making out with dancer at the Moulin Rouge
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Meh. Big Nose Kate did just fine.

Posted by: Doc Holiday at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (/y3Vc)

297 The only point in the whole Covid that a lockdown could have helped was when Pelosi was saying it was no big deal--"to to Chinatown, hug, and celebrate the Chinese New Year."

And no one ever called her out on that in the media.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

I downloaded that video and still have it on my computer.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (hmYU4)

298 To be extra safe I wear a Mask to protect myself when I kiss my dog.

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (xl8DV)

299 279 I so wish I had a MOPP 4 suit, boots, gloves, hood and mask, and deconn kit and the rest of it. I never needed to go anywhere during the insanity, but it would have been a blast.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (DGpsA)

Negative...... Wore this stuff in Kuwait when a threat was announced and it was not fun in 120 F weather.

Posted by: Franklin Stein at August 03, 2026 06:19 PM (xl8DV)

300 Isn’t it just about time to simply tell these people to go fuck themselves every time they try to divert and shift blame. Stop being nice. They are liars and they don’t deserve to be debated on their terms. CNN is the biggest joke of them all.

Posted by: Trip at August 03, 2026 09:49 PM (ahhjb)

301 Aaron Rogers goes off on Fauci...payback time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttAQhfI7imk

Posted by: techsan at August 03, 2026 11:11 PM (uNveu)

302 If you wish for to increase your know-how just keep visiting this website and be updated with the newest gossip posted here.

Posted by: Child Attorney service at August 03, 2026 11:52 PM (3BwJc)

Tuq'r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists

Great.

I wonder if there's any chance J.D. Vance will stop courting Tuq'r Qarlson and his audience now that he's announced he's running against him.

Probably not.

MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party, 'movement has come'
Greene's photo featured the Republicans who have been sidelined over their opposition to Trump's agenda and suggests discussions on a third party are continuing.

Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."
Last month, Carlson said he was planning to create a new political party, the Columbia Journalism Review reported.
Greene's photo, posted on X on Saturday, featured the three, who have been sidelined over their opposition to President Trump's agenda and suggests discussions on a third party are continuing.

Plus Joe Kunt.

"We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise. But he's betrayed us all. Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center," Greene stated in the post.

We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.
But he’s betrayed us all.
Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun. pic.twitter.com/mZXadw0kBr
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) August 1, 2026

The Demolition Crew of the American Right.

Tucker Carlson was registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 until 2020.

Joe Kent switched to the Libertarian Party in 2004 and then registered as a Democrat before the 2020 election. He also voted for Bernie Sanders in… pic.twitter.com/8RAMdrri97
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) August 1, 2026

WHOA: Tucker just called for President Trump and the congressmen pushing for American-Israeli military cooperation in the NDAA to face Nuremberg-style treason charges pic.twitter.com/gQCVlQZ3Ei
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) July 24, 2026

Related, because Tuq'r and Joe Kent and Thomas Massie are all leftists attempting to hijack the right and turn it into a socialist party: Mamdani says you'll have to present, get this, ID when you shop at one of his illegal government-operated markets.

But I was told that black and brown people can't get ID...?

And the Democrats claim that married women can't get it either?

I can’t believe married woman - who often have children - are effectively being barred from these grocery stores. Monsters. https://t.co/S1AHadJ4Ow
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 3, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

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1 Lincoln Project 2.0

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 03:22 PM (Ve/HL)

2 Ahoy!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

3 Clowns

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (5nGGo)

4 I like that they're pretending it's about Iran and that this is all just so super spontaneous and shit.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (ZWBDi)

5 ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.

Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (A7Rvw)

6 They've doomed themselves to Third Party Irrelevance.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

7 The Retarded Party

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (KC5Lt)

8 What we need is a Reform Party.

Posted by: Rots Perot at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (MWfyi)

9 Any room for Platner in this Party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (0sNs1)

10 Throw all sides in the burn barrel

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (enNUy)

11 All Americans, right, left and center.
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Has "No Labels" been tried?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (ZWBDi)

12 Is. Is that chandelier made up of...of deer antlers?

*faints dead away*

Posted by: Karen McKarenface, PETA supporter at August 03, 2026 03:25 PM (n9eFH)

13 Since they have all lost their elections or fired from their jobs the Loser Party would be an appropriate name.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:25 PM (KC5Lt)

14 "the movement has come."
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Get a towel

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (ZWBDi)

15 5 ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.
Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (A7Rvw)

Now, hear me out...

Posted by: Jeffery Dahmer at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (88C+u)

16 The ~~movement~~ grift has begun.

Fixed.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (+IsEU)

17 I can't wait for their first cruise convention!

Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (jGGMD)

18
A new "Last Supper" picture.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (OkYzo)

19 Though they might as well be up front about it and call themselves the American PLO party.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (KC5Lt)

20 Cookies, Water and Mugs. Oh my!!!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (ZWBDi)

21 >>>We said no more foreign wars

What a stupid thing to have said!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (odBC9)

22 That group at the table looks like a group of swingers who don't know what goes where or in which hole.

Posted by: Thy Neighbor's Wife at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (F1rMs)

23 'movement has come'

Bowel movement, am I right?

Posted by: mikeski, mugging for the camera at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (VHUov)

24 "no more foreign wars "

This is the same old war that has been going on unaddressed for 47 damn years.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (MWfyi)

25 I guess "Former Congresswoman MTG" polled better than "Disgraced Congresscritter MTG" or "Ordinary Citizen With a Barely-Granted Congressional Pension MTG."

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (Ve/HL)

26

That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (2jv4y)

27 Trailer-Queens are fine Americans and should be tolerated, yea, applauded.

Posted by: Iona Traylor at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (JM9I6)

28 If they put their ballot collection boxes inside the "free" grocery stores will the collective lunacy make the store implode? Somebody think of a socialist excuse for this, just to see if they take the bait ...

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (k+oif)

29 Are they selling merch? I hope they're selling merch. Where can I get some merch?

Posted by: that guy who loves saying "merch" at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (+IsEU)

30 To whom exactly is the new party supposed to appeal to?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (y8wRt)

31
This looks like the dinner table at Pankot palace where they serve monkeys brains, and baby snakes.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (OkYzo)

32 no more foreign wars "

So no problem with a domestic war?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (KC5Lt)

33 Caption Time

"Quick everyone, look casual!"

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (ZWBDi)

34 The movement has begun.

Brought to you by Miralax.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

35 'movement has come'

Bowel movement, am I right?
Posted by: mikeski, mugging for the camera at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (VHUov)

Do you hate chronic constipation? Then the Milk of Magnesia Party could be for you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

36 The movement has begun.

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The diarrhea type or is it constipated?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (ZNpJk)

37 30 To whom exactly is the new party supposed to appeal to?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (y8wRt)

Yaar, all of us the heritage Amrikis, please do not the redeeming

Posted by: true blue americans! at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (88C+u)

38 Brilliant idea to not crop out the toilet.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (ZWBDi)

39 Ooh! a new grift has appeared!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)

40 Did they name it the DOA party?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (n5tGW)

41 I like the wood wall look, but the trophy hunter chandelier is a bit too much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

42 Gaaaaaay

Posted by: The Bulwark and Lincoln Party at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (/y3Vc)

43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

I cannot believe he thought they would not close the Hormuz...did the Israelis tell him that bullshit?

Or were they are also miscalculating?

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIym)

44 38 Brilliant idea to not crop out the toilet.

omg so CLASSY

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (j+aD2)

45 Maine is our East Coast insane asylum.

Lock it down.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (bX16E)

46 btw, Laura Loomer noticed that Tuq'r has a wine glass in front of him. The glass is not half full. Absolutely HARAM

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (88C+u)

47 Who's the chick with the cleavage?

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (+IsEU)

48 I remember when it was impossible for Massie to lose his primary because he was an incumbent who was just doing what his constituents wanted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (bzPaY)

49 I really don't understand how Trump mis-judged this.

But its a huge fuck up.

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (IuIym)

50 Kent's wife who was killed in Afghanistan was from the county across the river from me. I know people who knew her and her family and they said she was great. Kent, not so much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (BFvh9)

51 Ballon + lead = fail

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Wt1Rs)

52 Is that chandelier made up of...of deer antlers?

Ann Colter is joining this party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (0sNs1)

53 Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIy

You gave yourself away.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (KC5Lt)

54 I really don't understand how Trump mis-judged this.

But its a huge fuck up.

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (IuIym)

Read the room.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (ZWBDi)

55 Seven famous people bound by their furious hatred of Trump, come together in a closed room and emerge as-

Pick one:

1) The League of Unwashed Genitals

2) The Maggot-filled Seven

3) The Seven UTIs

4) Seven Gays in Drag

5) Seven Brides for Seven Muslims

6) Seven Psychopaths (no change needed!)

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (iJfKG)

56 Tucker Carlson was registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 until 2020.

-------------

So never a Republican but demands the right to order how Republicans vote and if you don't you are a Nazi.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (ZNpJk)

57 43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

I cannot believe he thought they would not close the Hormuz...did the Israelis tell him that bullshit?

Or were they are also miscalculating?

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIym)

======

Someone should tell the oil markets that 20% of the world's oil supply is cut off because Iran says so.

Because oil prices don't reflect that, almost like no one actually believes it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bzPaY)

58 Someone might want to tell them that we've been at war with Iran since 1979.

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (Wt1Rs)

59 Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun.
- MTG

Um yeah, it's just not physically possible for a political party to represent the left, right, and center in America 2026.
They'd all kill each other in a month.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

60 Read the room.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (ZWBDi)

IOW this thread is a party, we're having a good time. You won't hijack this one.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (ZWBDi)

61 Why is no one mentioning Ann Coulter, hanging from the ceiling above the table?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (/y3Vc)

62 45 Maine is our East Coast insane asylum.

really tho?

Delaware exists

New Jersey exists

Maine is creepy, sure. But man. You can't live there and be TOO insane. A bear will eat you.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2)

63 Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM

Your concern is:

[X] Noted

[ ] Other Than Noted

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bFu5X)

64 Ladies and gentlemen the new improved Know-Nothing Party. They really, really know nothing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (BFvh9)

65 The movement has begun.
Turtle head.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (zlKAS)

66 That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
.......

and a shit eating grin.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

67 ignore the IC apparatchik

meanwhile! Tucker sure is a big smarty isn't he!

a true intellectual

the best of us!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (j+aD2)

68 I was just reading someone commenting on the Request For Proposal on the NYC gov groceries stores.

It's as insane as you'd expect from some theater losers who never ran a business in their lives.

- Wants them to bid on all 5 sites; only 3 have been chosen. But they should assume 15k sqft.
- bidder on all 5 gets preference. But each site awards separate. So you bid cost-of-scale for all 5, and you could win only 1.
- must carry full grocery, household goods, culturally specific products and the whole range of kosher, halal, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free options.
- no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products
- NYC sets final design, equip., fridges; operator pays all utilities, maintenance, cleaning and security.
- core basket must always be discounted
- membership cards for tiered discounts

So, your average Super Walmart--which is what is needed to stock and carry all these items--is 180k sqft.
They want to stuff all that in less than 10% of a typical Walmart sqft.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)

69 Why is no one mentioning Ann Coulter, hanging from the ceiling above the table?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM

See #52.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (bFu5X)

70 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2

Maine is the East Coast Alaska.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (KC5Lt)

71 Grifters gonna grift. Surprised Egg McMullin hasn't thrown in with this lot yet.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (2Drhq)

72 This is pure mental masturbation and it's not something I want to watch.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (3BwY8)

73
The He-Man Jew Haters Club

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (O0L8i)

74 Deep State PsyOp to divide & ultimately try to demoralize & defeat "Republicans" -- which MAGA won't fall for.

Kind of the reverse of El Rushbo's 2008 "Operation Chaos" plan that encouraged Republican voters to cross over and vote for Hillary the in Democrat primaries to prolong the nomination contest between Clinton and The DogEater -- weakening the eventual Democrat nominee and creating division within The Party.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (7nfvi)

75 I mean basically dumb rich kids are our biggest problem

their political affiliation is kind of just window dressing and/or grifting

Tuck and Zorro - basically the same

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

76 Don't be stupid, be a smarty,
Come and join the Tuq'r Party!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (bFu5X)

77 71 Grifters gonna grift. Surprised Egg McMullin hasn't thrown in with this lot yet.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (2Drhq)

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I remember when his third party bid meant the end of the Republican Party under Trump because no one would vote for a Republican Party under Trump and then Republicans were all partisany and even drew in disaffected Democrats because of immigration issues and then Trump became president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (bzPaY)

78 The He-Man Jew Haters Club

WINNER

that one sticks!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

79 So, who will be this party's POTUS candidate for '28?

I'll guess Massie.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (2CeDH)

80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

81 Actually I like how they have perfectly represented the Left and Right.

On the right is the flag. In the center, a spineless jellyfish. And on the left the toilet.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (ZWBDi)

82 The photo of Tuck cracks me up. He's smiling like his butt plug suddenly activated. Or Massie's gerbil found a new home.

We know they were not wearing pants under the table.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

83 Why wasn't *I* invited?

*sulks*

Posted by: Dr. William Kristol at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (n9eFH)

84 The Taqiyya Sunrise Party...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)

85
All Americans, right, left and center.
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Has "No Labels" been tried?
Posted by: ...

Coffee Party 2026

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Cqx++)

86 They want to stuff all that in less than 10% of a typical Walmart sqft.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Well a typical New Yorker willfully lives in a space that's about 10% of what normal people live in, so fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (3BwY8)

87 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

Hey! That's OURS!

Posted by: Oh Canada! at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

88 Someone should tell the oil markets that 20% of the world's oil supply is cut off because Iran says so.

Because oil prices don't reflect that, almost like no one actually believes it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bzPaY)

One silver lining is that no matter what happens Iran has guaranteed new alternate routes around Hormuz, there's no stopping it. What leverage they had there will soon be lost.

Which explains why they are pushing the Houthis so hard to attack the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

89 hey speaking of massy

he blocked Foundring for sharing that (really cool) Sad Little Man video with him

which was weird?

also it's a great video

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (j+aD2)

90 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

Orchid left you a loong message a few threads ago. Maybe you saw it. If so that's good, hope you're hanging in.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (ZWBDi)

91 Surprised they don't have a Palestinian flag in the background.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (KC5Lt)

92 79 So, who will be this party's POTUS candidate for '28?

I'll guess Massie.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (2CeDH)

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The time of third parties was 2016.

Trump took the GOP and revamped it (a process that has taken a decade and isn't done, but is a lot further along than anyone wants to admit). The Democrats absorbed their potential third party challenger by letting Bernie bots call some shots at the DNC for a few years.

The grumbling for a third party to break from the GOP in 2026 is a purely online phenomenon given scale by third-world bot accounts.

2016 was the year that the Libertarian Party got its highest percentage share of the electorate in history (3.5%). It is now getting less than it was before, less than 1%.

Partisanship with the two major parties is simply too baked in until something ends it. And Iran ain't it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (bzPaY)

93 They are leaving the MAGA party and not joining the Marxists
People without a country

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)

94 "the movement has come."
......

The Taco Bell Party

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

95 The (bowel) Movement has begun?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (yz/88)

96 The shoplifting will hit the Mamdani stores first. Then the riots when they run out of the basics. Then disease outbreaks from bad cheap produce

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (BFvh9)

97 I was born in Dusseldorf, and that is why they call me Rolf
Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (g47mK)

98 78 The He-Man Jew Haters Club

WINNER

that one sticks!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

I did Notsee that coming...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

99 Stormfront called. They want their party back.

Posted by: Sam at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (7jMef)

100 Make Millions with this One Neat Trick --

Start a spoiler political party!
Get millions in donations from Democrats and foreign governments!
Make your wife the Media Buyer so she gets to keep 10% of the millions you spend on advertising!

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (0MjtC)

101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

102 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

103 Notice how they want to form a party--but not run for office?

I grant them the same qualification on political insight that I give the National Review:
Run for office and win on your policy proposals and I'll listen to what you have to say.

Until then, you're a bunch of pud-mashing losers trying to engorge your wallets.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc)

104 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

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Rat-Faced Faucistein FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (7nfvi)

105 Hamas takes one more
trib.al/Sa9lE7I

Posted by: fuck hamas at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (88C+u)

106 88 One silver lining is that no matter what happens Iran has guaranteed new alternate routes around Hormuz, there's no stopping it. What leverage they had there will soon be lost.

Which explains why they are pushing the Houthis so hard to attack the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

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It's something the Gulf States should have done in the 80s.

Better late than never.

That UAE pipeline to bypass the strait will be done in six months or so, and they've announced a new port on the Gulf of Oman to help (2-3 years). Not to mention all the other pipeline expansions (like Iraq's).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (bzPaY)

107 Orchid left you a loong message a few threads ago. Maybe you saw it. If so that's good, hope you're hanging in.

I read it of course!

I'm ok just a bit exhausted it was an emotional week this past week. I feel badly I didn't go to all the services either. I just wasn't up to it all.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (j+aD2)

108 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

What are those birds that steal other birds' nests?

Oh yeah, cuckoos.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Drhq)

109 Asking the important question... what was on the menu?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Cry5)

110 Start a spoiler political party!
Get millions in donations from Democrats and foreign governments!
Make your wife the Media Buyer so she gets to keep 10% of the millions you spend on advertising!
Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (bFu5X)

111 I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

Hey! That's OURS!
Posted by: Oh Canada! at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

Penguin? Bat? River Otter?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (b7msB)

112 102 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.

Peaches that would really not work in the slightest.

I hope they do it.

it would be ... clarifying.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (j+aD2)

113 So Tucker stocks his hunting lodge with "The Tucker Carlson Show" coffee mugs?

Lame AF.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (3cUTc)

114 I grant them the same qualification on political insight that I give the National Review:
Run for office and win on your policy proposals and I'll listen to what you have to say

William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)

115 We'll never know what would've happened with a full term of Trump's domestic agenda instead of it being totally derailed by foreign adventures in Ukraine and Iran. We got what, 8 months? It's over now. The sooner he's replaced the better.

Posted by: Nothing to see here at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (CQ3Qb)

116 Oligachy!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (n9eFH)

117 Re: the last thread . . . The View has been around thirty seasons? Since 1996???

I know, it just seems like it premiered in 996. But . . . really???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (wzUl9)

118 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

119 Forgive me for being late to the party, but.......

I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Sick. F*cking. Burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

120 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (j+aD2)

Try and take it easy if you can. Promise your old pal Ellipsis

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (ZWBDi)

121 108 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

What are those birds that steal other birds' nests?

Oh yeah, cuckoos.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Drhq)

hagfish?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

122 The left is only one disaster away from starting the war they really want, a shooting war against America.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (LHPAg)

123 114 William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)

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Scott Pressler did run for office. He's got some small elections position in a Pennsylvania county.

Because of his efforts, PA had to remove 30,000 Democrats from the rolls last week. They were all registered illegal immigrants found by cross-referencing jury data.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (bzPaY)

124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

125 The party Graham Platner has been looking for, that oyster fokker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (xGnmX)

126 Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

But enough about MTG

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (ZWBDi)

127 >>It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.

Vance right now is Trump's likely pick to inherit the MAGA machine. I don't see him tossing that away to represent a bunch of grifters with absolutely zero shot of winning.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)

128 Mamdani wants to protect tax payer funded grocery store from non-NYC residents… they’ll need an ID card to enter.

This is clever, you get both sides arguing for ID.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (DZ6nv)

129 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

The Common Loon is the state bird of Minnesota.

It's also the state human of Minnesota.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (VHUov)

130 43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

Posted by: Harun
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Americans don't give a shit about us bombing a idiotic and evil mullahcracy. They care a bit about higher gas prices, but neither are at the top of the list of US problems which is why these people should be considered grifters rather than serious.

Remember how big Afghanistan was to Obama and how it hurt him, well, that didn't happen, what about Trump not being able to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan and Syria, welp, that did not hurt him, and the awful Afghanistan bugout did not appreciable hurt Joe Biden as much as massive inflation did.

Foreign policy is where the ideologues like the show their knowledge but for the most part, if American's aren't dying in large numbers, then they don't give a shit.

Foreign policy post Cold War simply is a sideshow to the average non ideological voter. It is confusing, far away, and world full of assholes that hate us and yet try to come here to live. So bombs away.

Trump detonated the stalemate for fifty years that was going to lead to Iran having nukes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

131 t wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

they made those plans in 2022

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (g47mK)

132 >>What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

Scorpion.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (viF8m)

133 Dumber than a bag of hair, perfect for Tucker then.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (xGnmX)

134 130 Trump detonated the stalemate for fifty years that was going to lead to Iran having nukes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

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I think the best comparison is to the Libya bombing campaign.

Lasted for 8 months.

No one gave a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (bzPaY)

135 William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)
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Hard to run a legitimate campaign when 90% of your waking hours are spent huffing your own farts.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (3BwY8)

136 Mamdani says you'll have to present, get this, ID when you shop at one of his illegal government-operated markets.
But I was told that black and brown people can't get ID...?

Yes, you were. That is the chef's kiss of "You know that what we say is full of sh*t, and we know that you know, and you know we know you know. Enjoy your humiliation; we sure are."

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (9ZFZd)

137 124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

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The painting was obviously done by a family member, and that's great. But for some reason, I figured Tucker as a hunting dog guy.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2ap+5)

138 now he's stuck like a tar baby

someone didn't read the source material

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (j+aD2)

139 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend"

I must once again remind my fellow Americans that middle names are for bigshots, not has-beens. It's just Marjorie Greene now. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Sy6m/)

140 - no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products
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That package of Oscar Meyer bologna is gonna get a workout.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

141 Y'all are just jealous that MTG got married and you no longer have a shot at those mansweat floptits......that is, unless you come along with more money and graft than the current guy.

She seems pretty whorey.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

142 Scott Presler was also instrumental in stopping Bob Casey from stealing a Senate seat, which the worthless GOPe was totally going to let him do.

That effeminate fanook has more balls than most of the men in the GOP.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2Drhq)

143 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

144 israel kills people for thinking about crossing them which is why i shout that israel killed charlie kirk without fear

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Hohgs)

145 Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches

As Al Bundy once said to his neighbor, "You're about as sharp as a bag of wet hair."

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

146 Back in the 80s and 90s, I was a true believer in the Libertarian Party. Then they went off the rails.
People say don't waste your vote. I say, my one vote won't make a difference.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (qJszG)

147 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Completely useless in the wild, and only really not extinct due to the support of Government?

The Giant Panda.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (VHUov)

148 115 We'll never know what would've happened with a full term of Trump's domestic agenda instead of it being totally derailed by foreign adventures in Ukraine and Iran. We got what, 8 months? It's over now. The sooner he's replaced the better.
Posted by: Nothing to see here

Not even a good attempt to troll. Trump got elected on closing the border, tempering inflation, and protecting US interest abroad. The fact you don't like what he did simply means you are one of the groyper assholes heading for the political darkness muttering about Das Jews. Or you are a moby, so no great loss to us when you inevitably flounce.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

149 >>Billygoatpuke

oooh. A Candace truther.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (viF8m)

150 Third party mascot? Pushmepulyou of course.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (LHPAg)

151 Dear lord...

Immigration just stopped because a carrier group moved to the Omani Gulf, huh?

Is that how government works?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (bzPaY)

152 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.
Posted by: gp

Has there ever been a comic-book character (supervillian or superhero) whose main superpower was massive and extremely smelly farts?

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

153 No worries, they are just working on a solution.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (g47mK)

154 Looks like we are over target, Hohgs is a squealing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (xGnmX)

155 I want to see the first shoplifter at the NYC commie grocery store arrested, tried by a people's tribunal, found guilty of being a class enemy, and then stood up against a wall and shot.

Do it all in a 12-hour period and then see what happens.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (b7msB)

156 @142

>>That effeminate fanook has more balls than most of the men in the GOP.

I think he's just from Wisconsin, I don't think he's gay.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (XV/Pl)

157 141 Y'all are just jealous that MTG got married and you no longer have a shot at those mansweat floptits......that is, unless you come along with more money and graft than the current guy.

She seems pretty whorey.
Posted by: Sponge
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Maybe Glenn, her new husband, is just fine with watching from a cuck chair in the corner.

I don't give this marriage long to survive either as she seems pretty engrossed in a torrid love affair with herself.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

158 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Hohgs)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

159 I'm wondering what the party platform will be?

1. No Zionists
2. No Zionism
3. Blame Trump
4. Blame Zionists
5. Muslims are Cool
6. So are Nazis
7. And Maoists
8. We can negotiate on Amnesty
9. Trans Men are Women!

Vote For The MassieTG-Cuq'r Party!
"No More Foreign Wars Over There, but More Foreigners Coming Here"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (6ydKt)

160 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (eh7Rr)

161 Oil and almost all oil and gas-related stocks are down 5%+ today.

That means a lot of investors think the new negotiations with Iran will end the war.

I don't think people are reading the fine print of what Trump said: immediate deal OR WW II scale bombing and "decapitation." He also said TODAY that Iran is "incredibly duplicitous." (duh)

I also don't think investors are paying any attention to what Iran is telling the world: "What negotiation? There ARE no negotiations."

I think we're about tom give war a chance, again.

So, I know which way I'm going with, and it ain't kumbya.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (RCjYY)

162 "We said no more foreign wars and we meant it ...
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Precisely the same thing that the Brits and most of Europe said after WWI.

So, the politicians and diplomats twiddled their thumbs, reduced their militaries and arms production, and turned a blind eye to Germany re-arming like mad. The result? Millions dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 03:51 PM (XeU6L)

163 161 I also don't think investors are paying any attention to what Iran is telling the world: "What negotiation? There ARE no negotiations."

I think we're about tom give war a chance, again.

So, I know which way I'm going with, and it ain't kumbya.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (RCjYY)

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I think it's more like...Iran can't affect the strait anymore. Trump bombing Iran is becoming as relevant to oil markets as if Trump started bombing Uganda.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:51 PM (bzPaY)

164 People say don't waste your vote. I say, my one vote won't make a difference.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

This of it this way, if you vote, it prevents someone else from voting for you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (vJrRc)

165 Has there ever been a comic-book character (supervillian or superhero) whose main superpower was massive and extremely smelly farts?
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)
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The Spleen, in "Mystery Men."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (amcLV)

166 Am Großen zwei !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (g47mK)

167 We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.
But he�s betrayed us all.
Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun. pic.twitter.com/mZXadw0kBr

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) August 1, 2026

Eat your own dick, bag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

168 154 Looks like we are over target, Hohgs is a squealing.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I find groypers some of the most ignorant and devoid of logic types around because they blame their shitty lives on Jews and women rather than the Democrats.

I know of one of my professor buddies whose kid went Muslim curious because of this stupid mansphere shit from the Tates and others nasty ass grifters on social media.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

169 The reason there are "food deserts" (i.e. a coupla square blocks with no grocery stores) in NYC is that the pre-existing grocery stores in the ghetto all got shoplifted to death, to the point of no longer being profitable. Hence, store gets shut down as not being financially viable.

So - do you think that ghetto shoplifters will honor the wonderful socialist store and never shoplift there?

OF COURSE NOT!

In fact, they'll be attracted to shoplift there MORE, because the socialists promised "abolish prioson" and "abolish the police," and "reparations for minorites" and "no more disparate minority arrest rates" and "restorative justice" and all the rest. So, if you get "caught" shoplifting from a scoialist store, what're they gonna do? Handcuff a black person in front of everyone? Arrest him? Send him to jail? NEVER. The optics with be catastrophic.

Hence there will be zero punishment for shoplifting the socialist stores, even if you get "caught" red-handed, which you won't because they won't even try to prevent shoplifting, since doing so is racist.

Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

170 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...

Posted by: UncleJefe at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (gAuAm)

171 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.
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Follow up question:
How were they able to tell the origin?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)

172 169
Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

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At least three murders, all of whom Mamdani will order NYPD to not investigate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (bzPaY)

173 Eat your own dick, bag.
Posted by: Sponge
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With insider trading and help from my foreign friends, I became a multi millionaire. Become a groyper and you too can be like us.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

174 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

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JD Vance will have to now publicly and loudly disown Tucker and his "party" or he will be sidelined himself.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:54 PM (ZNpJk)

175 If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...
Posted by: UncleJefe

She could be of great motility to her new party.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

176 I'm happy those retards found someone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (JvZF+)

177 Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!

I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (bFu5X)

Yeah. I used to wonder why Bernie kept running until I found out about Old Towne Media LLC and Bernie having his wife being one of the media buyers.
People can't understand why Bernie didn't make a fuss about the DNC "robbing" him of the nomination and giving it to Hillary.
Bernie never, ever wanted to be president. The genius had figured out how to get hundreds of thousands of socialist morons to give money from their minimum wage jobs to make himself millions of dollars -- so he could Fight The Rich for them. Lol! You gotta hand it to the guy. The last thing he wanted was to actually have to work for his money.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (0MjtC)

178 Dear God. That picture looks like The Pot Bellies United for Carbohydrates Club. Either that or a reunion of the cast of Friday the 13th.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (cn09p)

179 170 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...
Posted by: UncleJefe

Ah yes, the trio of losers that closely resemble the attitudes of Hasan Piker.

Like James Garner said to Bruce Dern's character in Support Your Local Gunfighter--they just make me feel tired all over.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)

180 The idea that the thing America really needs after Trump bashed both parties' brains in is a "third" party is quite funny.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (ZWBDi)

181 How about: Lex Luthor sneaks kryptonite kimchi into Lois Lane's diet in a desperate attempt to assassinate Superman with her flatulence?

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 TJM

Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (RCjYY)

183 Heh. Why would any grocer agree to that? NYC will just steal it from you anyway once you developed it. Unless of course, it's all a big scam for connected people who get millions from the city.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (n5tGW)

184 How were they able to tell the origin?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)

He who smelt it, dealt it.

Posted by: Every 7th grader in the country at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (n9eFH)

185 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

You're assuming we don't "allow" (with a wink) folks to shoplift from the privately owned stores to further increase our hold on things.

Posted by: Madmami and the NYC commies at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (9ZFZd)

186
The Third ~~Reich~~ Party

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (ZWBDi)

187 Follow up question:
How were they able to tell the origin?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)
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The one who didn't flee?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (amcLV)

188 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026

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The dachshund. Powerful they may be at what they were bred for -- digging out badgers and rats -- but let's face it, those little short legs look sily.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 03:57 PM (wzUl9)

189 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.

The tardigrade. Or retardigrade. Either one will do.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

190 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

I'm willing to be the security at the government run stores will be thick and prevent anyone from even thinking about robbing the place.

That will be perfectly fine at the corporate run greed stores. They will be provide zero protection whatsoever and the NYPD will be ordered to not respond to calls or investigate anything there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

191 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

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"If the shelves are already empty in the new socialist stores, and only shoplifters are around to see it, does it them clowns?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (ufdUA)

192 No more wars. OK. I'm not happy about this either - nobody really should. BUT....
I can see the steps Trump is taking now has a high probability of huge dividends later on:
--Strait of Hormuz will never be a choke point again
--Further implementation of the Abraham Accords - which Trump/his son-in-law started.
--We are seeing Gaza and Lebanon demilitarized. Slowly, but it is happening.
--We have seen that the Chinese military equipment is on par with everything else they make. It's garbage.
--War has now taken on a new dimension -- drones.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (N39Ws)

193 182 TJM

Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (RCjYY)

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Quick war premium that's gone within a few days.

Seriously, if Iran were really threatening the oil market at all, oil wouldn't be consistently below $100, definitely wouldn't be below $80 half the time.

Bypasses have been in play since about day 3 of the original bombing run to move more than half of all oil that was going out through the straight (most through a Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 barrels a day to 7 million a day, it's cap, overnight). Smaller tankers keep running the Omani side of the strait. Ship to ship transfers are handling the larger tanker loads, filling up in the Persian and unloading to other tankers in the Omani. All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (bzPaY)

194 That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY)

195 That look on their faces. It’s like a kid who got caught masturbating.

Oh- did we say we were Democrats er, “Republicans”, um, Independents, yeah that’s it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (cn09p)

196 Can't wait for the slap-fights between this lot and Bill Crystal's posse.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (SgdqL)

197 Trader Joe's: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Aldi: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Lidl: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Grocery Outlet: approx. 60% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Dollar stores: approx. 60% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Mamdani Commie Mart: 30% off compared to standard retail -- ACHTUNG! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! SUBMIT TO RETINAL SCAN!

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Av6i5)

198 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)

199 Do these narcissists have any kind of platform? Just having a coffee klatch is not the same as having a working strategy for moving country forward.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (ixEhJ)

200 My prediction: shoplifters at the city stores will be promptly executed in the parking lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (JvZF+)

201 Top of the page:...
I wonder if there's any chance J.D. Vance will stop courting Tuq'r Qarlson and his audience now that he's announced he's running against him.
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MANFRED can only PRESUME you people have NOT been paying attention -- this is cTHIEL, ctKARP, ctLUCKEY and cthANDURIL working behind the scenes to manufacture a future worse than ctHILLARY -- where switft death comes upon winged horror.
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation

And why? becaues Greater Evil Destroys its maker -- and that with a profit! Drone patrol's in schools and cities

DEEP STATE/Agency chiefs keep changing the tune an the hoard keeps dancing to it -- making Prez/Rubio the only seemingly/safe/sane pragmantic alternative which keeps the very people who should be indicted and canoe'd in power -- pitting Man against other men until we exist no more: yeah the epstein class doesn't begin to even describe it.

If they're so smart? how come they always get taken by surprise? (or so the media says). And you believe it?
It's what they do; what they're good at.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

TRUMP's Dueling Banjo's is an obvious "tell".
The question is, can you keep up?

LET's GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (4hyME)

202 I find groypers some of the most ignorant and devoid of logic types around because they blame their shitty lives on Jews and women rather than the Democrats.

I know of one of my professor buddies whose kid went Muslim curious because of this stupid mansphere shit from the Tates and others nasty ass grifters on social media.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

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They look through the history of the left, socialism, and communism and only see the Jewish names.

Nevermind that there are just as many Anglo, French, German, Irish, Cuban, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and all sorts of Arab and African names on the record.

No, despite all evidence to the contrary it's all those pesky, Communist, European Jews who caused all of this, and still are to this day.

It's a Mind-Virus that will never be penetrated by reality or rational thought, just like Woke and Communism.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

203 He who smelt it, dealt it.
Posted by: Every 7th grader in the country at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (n9eFH)

He who denied it supplied it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (PSEDc)

204 Don't be dumb, be a smarty!

Come and join the Nutzi party!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

205 When the stoopid party fails to gain traction, even on the dumpster fire called X, they will blame it on A__C !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (g47mK)

206 I think it's more like...Iran can't affect the strait anymore. Trump bombing Iran is becoming as relevant to oil markets as if Trump started bombing Uganda.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You would be right and oil exports last month hit an all time high from the US. This time, oil is actually reducing our trade deficit along with pushing mfg industry to onshore here rather than Europe, India, or China.

And Venezuela's production is moving right upwards too faster than predicted.

I have come to the conclusion that the financial media 'experts' are just as full of horseshit analysis as you find in sports, regular news, weather, and any other place that you have 'journalists' in their title.

Gell Mann amnesia hypothesis indeed.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

207 "What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?"

TuCa's new manufactured identity is rugged outdoorsman/dog lover, so it might be a canine.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 @204 ...@97

You are always late to the party, Sponge....

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (g47mK)

209 Need ID to grocery shop, no ID to vote in Marxist ciyy

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

210 >>Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

The big issue is not so much investors and oil speculators as it is the maritime insurance groups that control the shipping. It will be interesting to see if their financial entanglements get exposed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

211 It's a Mind-Virus that will never be penetrated by reality or rational thought, just like Woke and Communism.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Well said. And that is the way of the Muslim and the Turd World Commies--it is always someone else's fault.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)

212 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind. He was not loony for quite some time; in fact, he was a voice of reason on covid 2020-21….. but he’s lost it. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (yz/88)

213 Where is Meghan Kelly? On her knees somewhere?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (cn09p)

214 206 You would be right and oil exports last month hit an all time high from the US. This time, oil is actually reducing our trade deficit along with pushing mfg industry to onshore here rather than Europe, India, or China.

And Venezuela's production is moving right upwards too faster than predicted.

I have come to the conclusion that the financial media 'experts' are just as full of horseshit analysis as you find in sports, regular news, weather, and any other place that you have 'journalists' in their title.

Gell Mann amnesia hypothesis indeed.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

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Almost like a $50 billion market prefers moving product to waiting around for a situation to sort itself out.

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (bzPaY)

215
No more foreign wars? Good thing all foreigners have sworn off anti-US actions forever.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (mmrXZ)

216 TuCa's new manufactured identity is rugged outdoorsman/dog lover, so it might be a canine.
Posted by: gp

What, even after his pet demon-dogs jumped on the bed when he was sleeping and scratched him all up?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (vJrRc)

217 You are always late to the party, Sponge....
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (g47mK)

I mean, you don't have to rub it in......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

218 That meeting was awesome. We had just broken out our new uniforms for a first look (courtesy of Hugo Boss). We had just started affixing out lightning emblem insignia and Totenkopf emblems when the door slammed open, and rolled in on a box dolly was this figure duct taped to the back support.

I kid you not...the figure jumped off the dolly, affixed his glasses with a sweeping gesture and proceed to do a rousing Irish Stepdance and Céilí formation.

IT WAS MITCH MCCONNELL. There's no holding us back now!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (dIske)

219 210 >>Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

The big issue is not so much investors and oil speculators as it is the maritime insurance groups that control the shipping. It will be interesting to see if their financial entanglements get exposed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

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There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

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

220 More about their photo:
- all but one have coffee cups; no steam from coffee
- all have water glasses, some have water, some don't
- two sad plates of cookies; not big enough for all to have more that one each. No saucers for any to eat their cookie.
- no one has napkins but one.
- all the lights are on around them--but not the one above them.
- no notepads or any electronic devices.
- a sugar bowl on the table--but again, no stir spoon or saucers for the stir spoon
- no place mats or coasters for the water or coffee cups
- bunk beds in the room on the right
- you can see the TV is on in the reflection in the cabinet behind them

Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (3cUTc)

221 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)
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Have some empathy! Some people need to eat for free.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (EyiRc)

222 That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026

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Except for the antlers, it looks a lot like the small independent hotel where I stayed in Fort Scott, KS, this spring. It's the human contingent that makes it weird.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)

223 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (JM9I6)

224 Remember Minority Report with Tom Cruise and the robot-spiders that crawl around scanning everyone's eyes?

THAT WAS A WARNING, NOT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (Av6i5)

225 All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And higher prices lead to demand destruction where consumers either decrease the amount consumed or they find substitutes.

Supply and demand laws have never been beaten by 'analysts' yet.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)

226
I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

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Having a best friend who suffered a psychotic break, I strongly suspect he has, too. I'd be curious to talk to close acquaintances to find out whether he falls into the classic categories -- persecution, grandiosity, etc., and what his private behavior is like.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (mmrXZ)

227 no more foreign wars "

So no problem with a domestic war?
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (KC5Lt)

I think that's a significant observation. They probably won't say they want that, but then why are they always talking about "no more foreign wars?" What would be a non-foreign war?

What they mean is that they're just anti-war. Which means that they're unserious, about much of anything, but specifically about their claim of US citizenship, since the primary point of any nation is mutual defense against everyone else.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (vSvIl)

228 The Yahtzee Party

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (YwEeS)

229 Take a chance on the Yahtzee Party.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (2ap+5)

230 198 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Can I buy Kat Kot bars, Prongles and Dorneatos with my EBT?

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (2Drhq)

231 There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (bzPaY)

Where do I apply? I’ll work for a week and retire in luxury. I have no ship captaining experience but I did sleep at a holiday inn once

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (yz/88)

232 Are we supposed to cut off our friends and family who are incurable infected with TDS?

Posted by: Goatweed at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (jK3NL)

233 225 All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And higher prices lead to demand destruction where consumers either decrease the amount consumed or they find substitutes.

Supply and demand laws have never been beaten by 'analysts' yet.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)

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China was already facing issues with increased tariffs on its plastics manufacturing.

Imagine what it faced when it couldn't buy $30 per barrel oil from Iran anymore.

And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (bzPaY)

234 "That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho."

It's his 'rural Maine cabin' set that he does his podcasts from, isn't it?

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

235 My hometown had an "activist" setup a grocery store. He received numerous grants and tax breaks and golly knows what all. It took about five years to get constructed, and failed within six (6). It was hailed for all the great things, and the usual suspects blaming Whitey for the "food desert" in that area of town.

They claimed it was the first grocery store in the area, with a Hy-Vee right there that had opened a few years earlier. Interestingly soon after the politically correct grocery store opened, the Hy-Vee closed, citing "performance issues". Uh-huh.

Everything these motherfuckers claim about food deserts is bullshit. So very tedious and fatiguing

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (DGpsA)

236 So just so we are clear here the Tucker crew doesn't want the US cooperating with Israel.

Does that including ending all aid to Ukraine and leaving NATO as well? Because I want to hear each one of them say that

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

237 >> The movement has begun.

Well, you better start towards the bathroom. It’s all that Metamucil.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Q6Bu6)

238
Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And that is the cringe setup photoop shit that too many people think 'works' on social media. The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.

Whatever you say about Trump, inauthentic is not one of them. GOP, yes, Democrats, hell yes, DSA, ditto. But not Trump.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (E4rtv)

239 Six months, that is.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (DGpsA)

240 You know, I could work with that room.

Posted by: Stephen King, looking for new story ideas at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (n9eFH)

241
ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.
Posted by: H

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They also didn't say how they were going to stop the, eh, capitalists who buy up everything in sight and then resell it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

243 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Can I buy Kat Kot bars, Prongles and Dorneatos with my EBT?
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026

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So will the "shoppers."

"A Dongle Bar with chocolate and nuts, please!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (wzUl9)

244 I can't even imagine the hell hole those grocery stores will become. So awesome you need an ID though, lol.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (n5tGW)

245 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.
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Far more likely he has a new paymaster

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (DGpsA)

246 >>There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

I'm thinking more about the cabal of insurance and banking centered out of London that have been dicking around in the Middle East for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)

247 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

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Oh, a serious blow to 20% of their energy must mean no negative effects at all, then.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (bzPaY)

248 The Yahtzee Party

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🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (g47mK)

249 >>Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.

Imagine that group naked. In an orgy.

Hope you had lunch already.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Q6Bu6)

250 The bookcase booby trap is cool.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (2ap+5)

251 Remember Killer Joe Scarborough's Coffee Party?

Neither does anyone else. And so it shall be for this group of tards.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (2Drhq)

252 Mamdani's Grocery Stores Expose the Democrats' Biggest Voter ID Lie

Matt Margolis | 12:13 PM on August 03, 2026

And just saw this

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

253 The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.
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The Munsters were actually likeable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (amcLV)

254 And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=======
Yep. And Russia is having to import gasoline now because of Ukrainian attacks on refineries. That means Iran doesn't get any.

I am always bemused by people that think that this ONE variable is the answer to the entire universe whether it is 42 or something else. In reality, it is a long chain of variables, most of which are not shocking in the least and thus ignored, that usually dictate outcomes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

255 Buffalo Trace.

Make mine a double.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (nKgb7)

256 The Munsters were actually likeable.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

True--they were fake but true I guess while the groypers are fake and fake.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)

257 >>>Where is Meghan Kelly? On her knees somewhere?

Posted by: Vengeance

>She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (ixEhJ)

258 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)
________________________

Probably, the oil portion is a lot lower. They were dependant on Venezuela for the Heavy Crude, and Iran for the refining.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (dIske)

259 Their motto is going to be "Let's Play Twister!"

I guess Candace didn't make the cut. She might want to start speculating as to the reason, and watch out for the Twister Party assassins; they're probably out to get her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (EyiRc)

260 246 >>There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

I'm thinking more about the cabal of insurance and banking centered out of London that have been dicking around in the Middle East for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)

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This is overblown.

Lloyd's has been offering raised rates for ships through the strait for a long time. The US Treasury has been offering insurance as well.

The problem is Indian and Chinese captains who were too afraid of crossing the IRGC, but that's largely done now.

Ships just run on the Omani side with AIS off at night. Iran's ability to actually strike is ridiculously small.

Although, Iran did hit a ship recently. They hit a Chinese state owned LNG ship a few days ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (bzPaY)

261 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (JM9I6)

-----------------

Kap'n Kristol (or is it like Cap'n Crystal from Breaking Bad?) will be stationed primarily down in the cargo hold-on-tight and directing the action with his many Cabin Boys.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (ufdUA)

262 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

And the remaining 18% comes from slave labor.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (eh7Rr)

263 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

When I was in Europe I remember they had a show on the train touting China's green energy program and how unlike the US they were transitioning to 100% renewable.

It was all terrible bullshit

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

264 232 Are we supposed to cut off our friends and family who are incurable infected with TDS?
Posted by: Goatweed at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (jK3NL)

No. Torment them.
"Trump did this... blah blah blah"
"Yeah. Does it piss you off? Good. We need more of that".

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (cRySD)

265 Only relative to that 20% and the amount they can’t replace with other sources. They already know their energy weakness is oil and gas. It’s where they are most vulnerable.

So yes. It hurts. But not as much as people think.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (Q6Bu6)

266 Geography geekout: "Nauru" has changed its name to "Naoero."

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

267 I guess the "We Hates Joos" party would be a little too...on the nose?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (n/5MQ)

268 Not even a Ship of Fools, a Rowboat of Fools.

Hey, dumbass MTG, Trump didn't "start a foreign war" and didn't betray anybody, and if you can't tell the distinction between what he's doing and starting an actual war, you're a dumbass isolationist and don't have the wits or moral responsibility to run as dog catcher.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (F8UH0)

269 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Is there an option to reserve your own cabin boy?

Posted by: Bill Kristol at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

270 The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.
-------------
The Munsters were actually likeable.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026

***
Yes, they *tried* to fit into our outside society. The Addams family didn't care about that. (And yes, Morticia was much hotter than Lily. So there.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)

271 124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

Spitting image of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. I looked it up, and one of the four approved coat patterns is 'ruby' (uniform chestnut). I don't know if you could get a fancier sounding dog than a type of gem, type of knight, specific royal, and European nationality.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (Sy6m/)

272 265 Only relative to that 20% and the amount they can’t replace with other sources. They already know their energy weakness is oil and gas. It’s where they are most vulnerable.

So yes. It hurts. But not as much as people think.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (Q6Bu6)

======

I never said that it would destroy their economy or anything.

Just that it would lead to demand destruction because of lessened manufacturing for plastics (which come from oil).

Was that wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (bzPaY)

273 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!

Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (oji8u)

274 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance
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Coal prices are up too along with nat gas. Substitution effect that a price increase in one power source leads to others being substituted--so demand rises along with the price of the substitute until you reach equilibrium.

Much harder to do with oil as a feedstock for mfg though instead of power.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (E4rtv)

275 I can't even imagine the hell hole those grocery stores will become. So awesome you need an ID though, lol.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
.......

I bet they rub off all the 'Sell By' and expiration dates.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)

276 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

277 And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (bzPaY)

I've been checking out China Observer on YouTube lately.
Besides the endless flooding that they reported on for a few weeks, they've also honed in one 12 million graduates from Chinese universities this summer and very few will get jobs.
They're turning to online hosts/influencers & nightclub hosting/dancing for women and app delivery for men.

Now it's the real estate & construction that's falling apart because the market has fallen so far the past few years.

China ain't doing too good if the videos are anything to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

278 She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

==

*Halloween time
(Knock knock)
💀💀

What an interesting costume Little Girl! And who might you be??

I am Megyn Kelly !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (g47mK)

279 I bet they rub off all the 'Sell By' and expiration dates.

Remember chunky milk is safe as long as it has been pasturized

Posted by: Experts say at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

280 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)
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Are you referring to electricity production or something else?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (EyiRc)

281 273 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!
Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (oji8u)

We're here for you!

Posted by: HelloFresh at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (n9eFH)

282 Yes, what they tell you on China is they only have 20% of their energy dependent on fossil fuels. The rest is renewables and other sources.

The curious might ask- gee what is there major source of energy? But that’s inconveniently- coal. They are still building more coal plants because it’s abundant and cheap.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (Q6Bu6)

283 I mean, you don't have to rub it in...
Posted by: Sponge

This is about me, isn't it?
-- Jeffrey Toobin

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

284 205 When the stoopid party fails to gain traction, even on the dumpster fire called X, they will blame it on A__C !
Posted by: runner

With the DareToBeStoopid poster boy reprising the Harry Lime fingers through the grate scene as his empire collapses as all the filth and corruption foam up around his waist while Trump looks down an whispers: "No" -- with Bezo's his new BFF standing beside him chuckling away...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-getThisPartySTARTED
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-atLongLongLAST
Time to get WEIRD: Dare to be St00p1d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TC1xMyZDI
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: TO TELL US THE TRUTH
We create our own purpose, now go find yours

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-MorallySuperiorSharks
... Even more obscene is the celebration by the Democrats of the scandal during a presidential campaign.They would gladly sacrifice the country if only they could rule over its ruins. ...

LET's GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (4hyME)

285 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?

Would that be a Crappy Ending?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (n/5MQ)

286
That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

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

Seriously, he does look tired in that clip, and plates are spinning in the background. I think the broken porcelain all over the floor is getting to him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (mmrXZ)

287 277 China ain't doing too good if the videos are anything to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

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Xi should blow the Three Gorges Dam himself to clear him up of his issues.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (bzPaY)

288 Try to explain hypocrisy of ID's for groceries but not voting would be lost on the left. "That's different,racists"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (BFvh9)

289 Third party is pointless in a first past the post electoral system. I think they all know that.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (wGerL)

290 Although, Iran did hit a ship recently. They hit a Chinese state owned LNG ship a few days ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The LNG ships are the most at risk. It takes a lot to stop oil tankers even back in the Exocet days of the Iran-Iraq war. Oil is just not as flammable or explosive as LNG.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (E4rtv)

291 (And yes, Morticia was much hotter than Lily. So there.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)
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No disagreement. Yvonne de Carlo was a smoke show when she was younger, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (amcLV)

292 Total energy production in China.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Q6Bu6)

293 245 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.
====

Far more likely he has a new paymaster
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (DGpsA)
____________________________

I have another theory. What's the current state of his marriage? His wife was said to be hard core Trump, to the extent of getting kicked out of one of those neighborhood cocktail parties for saying so outloud.

So, if he's experiencing a rocky marriage, this could all be the pre-divorce stick poking. Never underestimate the influence of spousal retribution.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)

294 >>>Take a chance on the Yahtzee Party.

Posted by: Oglebay

>My mother loves yahtzee. I let her cheat when she the throws the dice off of the table, but I still kick her ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ixEhJ)

295 Their motto is going to be "Let's Play Twister!"

I guess Candace didn't make the cut. She might want to start speculating as to the reason, and watch out for the Twister Party assassins; they're probably out to get her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (EyiRc)

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"Twister" has been a Zionist Mossad PayOp to induce Climate Change since they assassinated the real JFK in 1966! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ufdUA)

296 Woman who helped migrants flood Europe was murdered and stuffed in a suitcase by an Afghan…

Revolver News, 38yo Scottish social worker helping the invasion murdered by a 26yo Afghan in Greece

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

297
- no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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

Thanks for that post! I don't know where to begin on the insanity, but this one.. wtf?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

298 I mean, you don't have to rub it in...
Posted by: Sponge

This is about me, isn't it?
-- Jeffrey Toobin
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)/i]

Rubbing it in is quite a bit different than rubbing one out, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (2YhKe)

299 T'qur has a sign in front of his house that says "Hate Has A Home Here!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (sKFJy)

300 "China Observer" added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

301 >>This is overblown.

Uh huh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

302 If you had a psychotic break it doesn't follow thar your priorities would stay the same - ie politics but you move to the fake right which is really the Left like so many grifters before you.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ZWBDi)

303 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!
Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026
*
We're here for you!
Posted by: HelloFresh at August 03, 2026

***
I'm out.
( -- The blonde Lume lady)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9)

304 289 Third party is pointless in a first past the post electoral system. I think they all know that.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
======
They plan to grift from idiots that fund them--primarily farming their own groyper supporters for bucks and from foreign powers like Qatar aligned with hating on Israel, supporting Muslims, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

305 "MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party"

De. Lu. Sion. Al.

The TDS worm and the Grift are a deadly combo. The number of joiners will fit in a phone booth.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (oji8u)

306 I can't imagine the amount of money Tucker wasted building that Temu Cracker Barrel he calls a home.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (zGzrB)

307 Curly haired brunette with cleavage is cute. I can fix her.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (Dv3i1)

308 Will they still allow straights in the new Yahtzee Party?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (2ap+5)

309 Like if Tucker had a psychotic break he would leave podcasting, become a fisherman full time. That kind of thing.

He wouldn't just become a different podcaster.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (ZWBDi)

310
Xi should blow the Three Gorges Dam himself to clear him up of his issues.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (bzPaY)

That would certainly get the people talking about something other than the economy.

They'd probably lose close to seventy million people but it's China so they're used to these kids of unfortunate setbacks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

311
301 >>This is overblown.

Uh huh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

======

Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

https://tinyurl.com/5cbuje5y

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (bzPaY)

312 >>Woman who helped migrants flood Europe was murdered and stuffed in a suitcase by an Afghan…

I will take 'These Things are Inevitable' for $800, Alex...

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (zGzrB)

313 No disagreement. Yvonne de Carlo was a smoke show when she was younger, though.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Lilly was much hotter than Morticia.

Morticia had the bug eyes. Bulg no likey.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)

314 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?
Posted by: 18-1
......

What a ripoff.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (UjdFS)

315 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (NcvvS)

316 278 She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

==

*Halloween time
(Knock knock)
💀💀

What an interesting costume Little Girl! And who might you be??

I am Megyn Kelly !
Posted by: runner

Like almost all primetime personalities, I see them as actors playing parts for whoever pays them. But they really don't like their 'peeps' and in private disparage and piss on them as stupid and easily misled.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

317 >>Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

I'm not talking about what Lloyd's or anyone else puts in their press releases.

You think it was a big coincidence that the UK actively participated in the Russia collusion hoax at the highest levels to take down Trump?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (viF8m)

318 China’s economy is taking a dick shot right now. But oil is only part of that. Exports are crashing and the entire paradigm is falling apart. Their property sector is disintegrating, their debt levels are unmanageable and their age demographics and youth unemployment are destroying the economy. Other than that, things are great.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Q6Bu6)

319 Total energy production in China.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Q6Bu6)
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Not sure what that means, if not electricity production. Do you have a link. since I'm interested in Chinese energy sources. Grok says coal supplies 55% of electricity fuel, oil/NG supplies 3%, nuclear 4% and the rest comes from all other sources (hydro, wind etc).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (sKFJy)

320 I also like that they are such brave, free-thinkers, not afraid of anyone that they don't have any beer, wine or liquor on the table.

Lest they offend anyone.

Say, a major funder that strictly bans alcohol.

But that's just a coincidence, I'm sure ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (3cUTc)

321 Begun, the Lily/Morticia Wars have.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (amcLV)

322 I always say to myself when see a No H8 Here that there is H8 there

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)

323 266 Geography geekout: "Nauru" has changed its name to "Naoero."

All the better to challenge Niue for "Most Frequently Mispronounced Nation."

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (2Drhq)

324 317 >>Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

I'm not talking about what Lloyd's or anyone else puts in their press releases.

You think it was a big coincidence that the UK actively participated in the Russia collusion hoax at the highest levels to take down Trump?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (viF8m)

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You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

Interesting...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (bzPaY)

325 Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

How is that different from what they can do by calling theselves America First Republicans?

I don't think the Republican Party has ex-communicated anyone including the Lincoln Project.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (wGerL)

326 Prediction: the socialist stores will be stocked with goods shoplifted from regular stores.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (bX16E)

327 >>You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

>>Interesting...

I'm saying there are bigger powers at play than Lloyd's.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (viF8m)

328 No more foreign wars
Let Iran run the Dog Leg of Harmuz, nuke Israel and probably expode one on us

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (Ia/+0)

329 "MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party, 'movement has come'"

So what are we talking here, less than 1/10th of 1% of republican voters? I got a gut feeling they are going to be the same people who vote libertarian or what ever third party is on the ballot for their state. This is nothing but statistical noise as far as actual voting numbers go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (cpFbA)

330 The socialist stores will stocked with goods stolen from hijacked food carriers.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (abScH)

331
do you think that ghetto shoplifters will honor the wonderful socialist store and never shoplift there?

OF COURSE NOT!

Posted by: zombie

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

Interesting the rfp posted by People's Hippo Voice shows that the operator is responsible for security. Gonna be wild.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (mmrXZ)

332 "JEEZ Who left the bathroom door open?" - Tucker

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (UjdFS)

333 Prediction: the socialist stores will be stocked with goods shoplifted from regular stores.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (bX16E)

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"We prefer the phrase 'Seized by our Stormtrooping Shock-Troops,' comrades!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (ufdUA)

334 286
That Modmadmi has dead eyes.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
Seriously, he does look tired in that clip, and plates are spinning in the background. I think the broken porcelain all over the floor is getting to him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

PITY FOR THE GUILTY IS TREASON TO THE INNOCENT. Period. Sad because he lost out on the REMAIN SINWAR trademark.

Prediction, his smirk upon year 1 Kirkaversary will reveal the obviousness of the truth in the LIB's alternative celebratory conFAB.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
There will be NO PEACE as long as Kirk (or any of you) Live!

LET's GO BRANDON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
METAL TRUMP

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (4hyME)

335 Begun, the Lily/Morticia Wars have.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
.......

I see no reason why Lily, Morticia and I couldn't settle things like adults.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (UjdFS)

336 320 I also like that they are such brave, free-thinkers, not afraid of anyone that they don't have any beer, wine or liquor on the table.

Lest they offend anyone.

Say, a major funder that strictly bans alcohol.

But that's just a coincidence, I'm sure ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (3cUTc)

Coffee mugs, no steam. I had a friend who worked for a couple of guys who were not fooling anyone, drinking their whisky out of coffee mugs. (But it was their business, so they weren't going to fire themselves...)

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (Sy6m/)

337 It isn't that JD Vance is squishy.
The question is how squishy is he, on a scale of 1 to 10.

I give him an 8.

How off base am I?

Posted by: He who questions all of it at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (vj9mz)

338 "no more foreign wars "

This is the same old war that has been going on unaddressed for 47 damn years.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (MWfyi)

Without foreign wars, the only people left to fight is your citizens.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (uhVAy)

339 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

The weasel.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

340 I'm wondering what the party platform will be?

1. No Zionists
2. No Zionism

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (6ydKt)

Is it Zionism when you are there already and have been for 70 years and more?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

341 You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (bzPaY)

Trump has offered his own insurance backed by the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

342 MTG starting howling over Medicare/state 'Obamacare' affordability for her own spoiled rotten adult kids, at least one married & spending like a Biden granddaughter. She's never to be forgiven. F**king Liz Cheney 2, View guest.

Gee, what timing. Turncoats for the mid-terms.

New party? The new Pelosi Democrats.

Place your bets.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (NFX2v)

343 Why did you rewrite my post Ace? I never mentioned our greatest ally. You intentionally deleted my comment and wrote in your words. I know you’re a scumbag, but never expected you not be able to withstand criticism. Wow, what a disgusting, vile person you have become.

“144 israel kills people for thinking about crossing them which is why i shout that israel killed charlie kirk without fear”

You attributed this to me, I never wrote this.
My comment was about you lying about the ultra high resolution, 4k video showing Tyler Robinson taking a rifle and firing the fatal shot that killed Charlie Kirk… something that NEVER happened in the video you touted.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (Hohgs)

344 How much are they paying you Ace?

You’re lying to yourself. I know it and you know it.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (Hohgs)

345 Why are you changing my comments? You scared?

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (Hohgs)

346 Please Uncle Ace, tell me the Jack Nutsack lie again about super clear, without a doubt video proof of Tyler Robinson’s guilt.

Oh please please please

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha!!!’

Loser

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (Hohgs)

347 Deep state Ace is a paid influencer, take it to the bank.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Hohgs)

348 Never any original content from Ace, just parroting the Boomer Faux News narrative. A little insight for ya Ace cuz you seem slow…it’s a uniparty moron, quit being soooooo left vs right. It’s a distraction. Next thing you know you’ll think Tyler Robinson confessed because you saw it on Discord, so it must be true. Nevermind he plead NOT GUILTY, which pretty much the opposite of a confession. But that’s right, we’re the conspiracy nuts, not the idiots who believe the government narrative…every single time.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (Hohgs)

349 Ace, you sound vaccinated.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (Hohgs)

350 PATRICK HENRY: Give me liberty, or give me death!

TUQ'R: Vote for us and we'll grant you peasant-hood status under our new unconstitutional feudal system.

Posted by: JTP at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (5jqlx)

351 So Mr. Kent wants an America that is whiny and toothless.

Boy does not understand the truth: The Enemy Gets A Vote. Japan did not give a fuck if we planned to stay out of WWII.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:38 PM (4g5V+)

352 "Nevermind he plead NOT GUILTY, which pretty much the opposite of a confession."

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (Hohgs)

Did he not confess to his gay-transsexual-furry lover? And then to his father? And finally to his pastor? And was he not subsequently persuaded by the latter two to turn himself in to the authorities?

Those three confessions are not the opposite of confessions. They meet the very definition of confessions.

Posted by: JTP at August 03, 2026 08:17 PM (5jqlx)

353 You’re assuming facts not in evidence. You have not nor has anyone seen Tyler Robinson confess to anyone. Please educate us, where are these confessions? The preliminary hearing has passed and confessions to his parents, pastor, deputy were NEVER submitted. There is ZERO hard evidence of a confession, ZERO. Again he plead NOT GUILTY! Maybe you’re not familiar with our system of justice, but you have to PROVE your case, the burden lies with the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. The only confession’s you’re aware of are hearsay evidence and not admissible at trial. Watch and learn Faux News moron.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (Hohgs)

354 Ace is now threatening harm to commenters who know what a paid shill piece of sh*t he is. Bring it gainz boy, I gotcha.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:36 PM (Hohgs)

355 And another point, Lance Twiggs is NOT transgender. Show me that evidence while you’re at it. But you keep eating that Fed Slop narrative. You know who’s not buying the Fed narrative? The vast majority of people who spent more than 30 minutes looking at the evidence. Despite the so called “overwhelming evidence “ talking point, there is actually very little to none.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:48 PM (Hohgs)

356 "The preliminary hearing has passed and confessions to his parents, pastor, deputy were NEVER submitted. There is ZERO hard evidence of a confession, ZERO."

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (Hohgs)

Not all evidence has to be entered at preliminary hearings, my friend. However, his SMS text confession to his gay-transsexual-furry lover was submitted:

GAY-TRANSSEXUAL-FURRY LOVER: you weren't the one who did it right????

TYLER ROBINSON: I am, I'm sorry

It's not hearsay if you admit a crime to somebody else. Then it's an "admission by a party opponent." And it's admissible evidence.

(As for the father, he may be asked to testify in the real trial. Or, the prosecution may spare him from that ordeal. However, Mormon pastors, to my understanding, are not bound by the same seal of the confessional that Roman Catholic priests are obliged to follow. So, that may happen.)

"Again he plead NOT GUILTY!"

So did Jeffrey Dahmer. So did the surviving Boston Bomber. Both the innocent and the guilty plead not guilty all the time. The plea itself proves nothing.

Posted by: JTP at August 03, 2026 09:37 PM (5jqlx)

357 ” .......

Show me where President Trump promised to shirk his duty if he believed America’s National Security is at stake.

Marjorie Taylor-Stompyfoot can’t tell a #FakeWar instigated by the World Mafia from a #RealWar targeted at the World Mafia. That’s because we’ve never seen one until President Trump.

PDT had to act, not because of Israel, but because of Democrats. If they ever came back to power, they would have sent Iran nukes directly, not just billions to build one.

All of those people decided that if defending America helps Israel, then America must not be defended.

That is an anti-Christ deception from the pit of hell.

How about #No New Wars–on President Trump, for a change?

BTW, Joe Kent didn't quit. He was fired because as a Deep State Nazi mole, he was criminally leaking and running his own foreign policy, which is to say the Luciferian Policy of the Secret Societies.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 03, 2026 09:44 PM (fti8Y)

358 "And another point, Lance Twiggs is NOT transgender."

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:48 PM (Hohgs)

Not according to Twiggs himself. In the police interview, submitted as evidence in the pretrial hearing, Twiggs admitted to sometimes going by the name of "Luna".
-- " ‘He wishes he hadn’t done it’: Roommate recounts Tyler Robinson’s confession in Charlie Kirk killing". Salt Lake Tribune. July 9, 2026

If you want to play tedious semantic games, he may be more of a transvestite than a transsexual. So, I'm perfectly willing to update his nickname to Gay Transvestite Furry Lover, if you prefer.

More important though, is that Lance (or "Luna") is willing to testify against Robinson. And maybe send him to the electric chair. (Where he belongs - after he's been proven guilty in a court of law, of course.)

Posted by: JTP at August 03, 2026 10:49 PM (5jqlx)

359 Tedious games? Is that what you think capital murder trials are?
Luna is Lance’s Furry character name, it has nothing to do with transgenderism. Trans and furry and two completely different things. It’s obvious you have no clue what you’re talking about .

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:29 PM (Hohgs)

360 “He wishes he hadn’t done it”. Are you serious? You’re citing a picture of his supposed text message on his phone? It’s a PICTURE of the message where he is confessing. That’s not evidence sh*t for brains. That’s hearsay and inadmissible at trial. The phone has to be turned over to the defense for authentication of time and place. You can’t take a picture of the phone and say it’s evidence of a confession. It doesn’t prove anything and that’s exactly the point…the prosecution has to PROVE it’s claims.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:36 PM (Hohgs)

361 He NEVER confessed at anytime. Show me some evidence. If he had confessed to his parents they would’ve been called to stand during the preliminary hearing to testify. If his Mom said he confessed then it would have case closed, he’s guilty. But that never happened, why? Because it (confession)NEVER happened.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:43 PM (Hohgs)

362 Where you at Ace? You lying scumbag filth. What’s your name? Why do you hide? Come on out into the light of scrutiny. You changed my comment to make me seem antisemitic. Such criminal behavior is disturbing. Myself and others like me just want to the truth about who killed Charlie Kirk and why. The Fed narrative is obviously full of holes. You think you’re intimidating? Is that it?

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:53 PM (Hohgs)

363 confessions to his parents, pastor, deputy were NEVER submitted. There is ZERO hard evidence of a confession, ZERO."

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 08:35 PM (Hohgs)

Not all evidence has to be entered at preliminary hearings, my friend. However, his SMS text confession to his gay-transsexual-furry lover was submitted:

GAY-TRANSSEXUAL-FURRY LOVER: you weren't the one who did it right????

TYLER ROBINSON: I am, I'm sorry

It's not hearsay if you admit a crime to somebody else. Then it's an "admission by a party opponent." And it's admissible evidence.”

It’s a picture of a purported text messages. A PICTURE, not the actual text messages. A picture is NOT evidence, it has to be authenticated first. Otherwise it is hearsay evidence. Again YOU gave PROOF of any kind of confession. NONE. ZERO!

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:59 PM (Hohgs)

364 "Tedious games? Is that what you think capital murder trials are? "

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 11:29 PM (Hohgs)

Cool straw man. It was perfectly clear that the tedious game in question was the semantic argument about whether Lance/Luna Twiggs is a transgender or a transvestite. Regardless, Robinson's guilt or innocence will not hinge upon that argument.

Law enforcement has stated that Twiggs is transgender, and the news media has reported it. Twiggs has not seen fit to correct the record.

Posted by: JTP at August 04, 2026 12:01 AM (5jqlx)

365 Tyler Robinson has never confessed nor is there any evidence, real evidence, of a confession. This may come as a surprise, but the Feds made up the story that he confessed from the very beginning. None of it ever happened, at least that is the evidence so far. The Fed’s lie, all the time. Tyler Robinson plead not guilty at his arraignment… that a fact. So tell me, does that not trump a supposed confession? I believe it does. Especially when that’s the only thing we have ever actually heard from the defendant. I hope feel comfortable putting this to death with a picture of his phone messages.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 04, 2026 12:09 AM (Hohgs)

366
“Law enforcement has stated that Twiggs is transgender, and the news media has reported it. Twiggs has not seen fit to correct the record“

Law enforcement says a lot of things that aren’t true, But ok, let’s assume they did. Where is the evidence? They have to prove all their claims. I watched Lance Twiggs’ deposition in its entirety. He was never asked if he was transgender. You can’t prove a negative.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (Hohgs)

367 "You’re citing a picture of his supposed text message on his phone? It’s a PICTURE of the message where he is confessing."

It'll have to be authenticated in the actual trial, sure. But note that its authenticity was corroborated in the pretrial hearing by the star witness (aka: Gay Transsexual Furry Lover).

Speaking of corroboration, Twiggs also gave evidence in the pretrial hearing that later Robinson verbally admitted to him IN PERSON that he committed the crime.

So, what's that again? Why, I do believe that's an "admission by a party opponent," and not hearsay. Which, once again, is admissible evidence.

Posted by: JTP at August 04, 2026 12:17 AM (5jqlx)

368 "If he had confessed to his parents they would’ve been called to stand during the preliminary hearing to testify."

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 04, 2026 12:13 AM (Hohgs)

Not necessarily. Prosecutors are human beings, not monsters. They live in America, not in the China of the Cultural Revolution. They're not going to compel parents to give evidence against their children, if they have sufficient evidence from other sources. (Like Gay Transsexual Furry Lover, for instance.)

Besides, the preliminary hearing was just to determine if there was probable cause. The prosecution's evidence doesn't have to be beyond a reasonable doubt at this stage. (In the real trial, the father and the pastor may very well be called as witnesses.)

At any rate, I'm repeating myself. As are you. The justice system will sort this out, despite what either of us say.

It's late, so I grant you the last word. Knock yourself out.

Posted by: JTP at August 04, 2026 12:40 AM (5jqlx)

Ultrapartisan Conspiracy Theorist Rosie O'Donnell Confirms She Will Return to The View As ABC's Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide News Product"

The FCC is investigating ABC's violation of the rules of equal time. The law requires broadcast networks to offer equal time to all candidates and all political sides if they use their taxpayer-granted airwaves to agitate for any candidate or party.

An exception is made for "bona fide news programs," whose political agitations aren't subject to equal time provisions. (But they should be!)

ABC does not want to give Trump 30-120 minutes per week equal time to offset the daily attacks made on him by The View, so they continue arguing, absurdly, that it's a "bona fide news program."

And just to prove how bona fide this news program is, they've rehired disgusting hag Rosie O'Donnell.

Rosie O'Donnell will be back on "The View" for Season 30.
The former co-host confirmed her return on Monday's episode of the "Tangle With Kyle Ridley" podcast, saying she will take part in the show's 30th-anniversary special.
The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."
She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I'm pretty proud of that show, what it's become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics."
O'Donnell, notably, co-hosted the ABC talk show for Seasons 10 and 18.
In addition to an infamous on-air spat with colleague Elisabeth Hasselbeck that led to her initial 2007 exit, the comedian had a "tense" dynamic with Whoopi Goldberg before her 2015 departure.
"I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."
She speculated that Goldberg, 70, "felt encroached upon in some way," which may have been why their time together "didn't go so well."
...
"It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about," the Daytime Emmy winner pointed out, which didn't "sit right with her.
...
O'Donnell has opened up about her short time on "The View" before, including a 2023 chat with Brooke Shields about why co-hosting is something she would not "ever do again."
At the time, she said, "It's not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness."

Oh Lord. I know you're all looking at the part about "defending humanity and kindness" but the really absurd part to my mind is "my talent."

Here are just a few of the many, many uncountably many times the "bona fide news program" called The View openly and absurdly electioneered for the far left:

🔥🚨LATEST: Joy Behar told her audience today that Trump is helping Saudi Arabia build a nuclear weapon to drop on Cleveland Ohio. This is airing on ABC.

The FCC is currently reviewing whetherThe View qualifies as a news program. You cannot make this up. pic.twitter.com/we7YUYLprB
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 29, 2026

Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms...

At what point does ABC lose their license for this mess?pic.twitter.com/L4CnnFY8UR
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 17, 2026

Fake Republican Ana Navarro demands everyone vote Democrat:

"What I will say is this, though, this tells us why as long as Republicans are in power in the majority there will never be accountability, there will never be checks and balances, there will never be oversight.

So if… pic.twitter.com/Y3ZphFYUMG
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 18, 2026

Oh, by the way, Rosie O'Donnell has herpes, and it's your fault, somehow.

In 2024, Rosie O'Donnell blames Trump and MAGA for her Herpes flare up.

I'm sure she'll bring the unbiased and centrist viewpoints "The View" desperately needs. pic.twitter.com/2ta6WypJFZ
— Pro America Politics (@proamericapol) August 3, 2026

I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:21 PM

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1 GOTTA BE QUICK WITH THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

2 This will surely help the ratings, and y'all can all admire her new facelift that she had to tell people as no one noticed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (hzuYO)

3 !

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (UjdFS)

4 which of you gave her the herpes?

Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)

5 I could have spent the rest of my life never knowing Rosie had herpes. Because part of my mind "went there."

Now I have to probably go to confession or flog my brain.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

6 "Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms"

[Adopts The Thinker pose]

I'll allow it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

7 Rosie is what happens when your politics finally infect your face. It happens to all of them, really. Maybe someone will write a doctorate thesis on it.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (B7WeE)

8 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)
_______

The pebble-shit eating guy, obviously!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

9 >>>Rosie is what happens when your politics finally infect your face.

she was always heinous.

Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (1wjle)

10
This kinda reminds me of the previous thread.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)

11 Nuke Cleveland?

The Sunni Saudis won't even nuke the Shia Iranians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (AdHga)

12 I did not need to see a close up of Rosie O Donnell's herpes sore.

I do not appreciate getting Adm'l Ackbarred by the Blog.

Posted by: Dis- gruntled at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (anL5R)

13 >>"It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about," the Daytime Emmy winner pointed out, which didn't "sit right with her.

So now she knows what a woman is.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (viF8m)

14 I enjoy the “She Blinded Me with Science” eyeglasses on her.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (b2n1e)

15 I'm the real victim here.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell's Herpes at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (1wjle)

16 She's looking rough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (zZu0s)

17
I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:21 PM

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (TFsdh)

18

Member when Hollywood Hamptons Howie used to make fun of the size of Rosie's head?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (2jv4y)

19 Why would Trump want Saudi Arabia to drop a nuke on Cleveland? He had a really bad meal and lousy waitstaff there once? So bizarre.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (y8wRt)

20 Good grief, the most shocking part of this post is O’Donnels face! At least the Cryptkeeper had a grin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (Fo91n)

21 Be nice, or I shall smite you with herpes!? That's what MAGA can do?

Cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (2Cry5)

22 well the charm factor on that show just skyrocketed

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

23 that last line, Ace! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (VyBeY)

24 After all Cleveland is "the mistake on the lake"

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (jrgJz)

25 Didn't this cretinous slagface harpy move to Ireland? Or was that some other cretinous slagface harpy?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

26 The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."

She's broke.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (EGW4m)

27 4 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace
======
Dunno, sounds like something Chuy or Lamont would do.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (E4rtv)

28 Any way you want me
That's the way you need me
Any way you want it

[Verse 1]
I loves to laugh
I loves to sing
I does everything
I loves to move
I loves to groove
I loves the loving things

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, all day
All night
Oh, every day

Posted by: Whole Lotta Rosie at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (wVcYX)

29 Google AI sez: "ABC's The View averages roughly 2.4 to 2.6 million daily viewers, ranking as the No. 1 daytime network talk show in total viewers and households."

IDNKT! So weird.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

30 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy. Vitamin D (and I don't just mean the Paolo to finally do some work and take one for the team.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

31 Bringing Rosie O'Donnell onto The View proves that ABC has the deepest bench for talent of all the networks

By the way, doesn't the logo for The View look like the logo for IngSoc out of the 1984 movies?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (rbvCR)

32 ABC news should try a different tactic. Claim The View is news for the brain damaged. Apply for an exemption using the ADA.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (BFvh9)

33 You know who would be fun to see on the View? Candace Owens, that’s who. And toss in Jasmine Crockett who will just occasionally shout “Y’all White Bitches be RAYCISS!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (Fo91n)

34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (3cUTc)

35 29 They leave it on in the waiting room of every doctor ...

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (YwEeS)

36 By the way, doesn't the logo for The View look like the logo for IngSoc out of the 1984 movies?

you're not supposed to notice that !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (VyBeY)

37 Suppurating Sore opened for someone, somewhere

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (qQ6p3)

38 Is it wrong to think that I have seen drawstring purses with a nicer smile than Rosie?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

39 Willow'd:

254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

I'm certain of it. You're not going to 'trick' anyone by claiming they said something they never said, but the mullahs do it all the time, trying to present our capitulation to their demands as a fait accompli. Trump is literally just mirroring their behavior.

--------

ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Manchin, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (Sy6m/)

40 Herp-ees would be a great name for a roadside reptile exhibit in Texas.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

41 No reasonable prosecutor would say they are a news program.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (n5tGW)

42 Graham Platner's nipple > Rosie O'Donnell's herpes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (JvZF+)

43 Holy shit, that video where this obnoxious pest blames Trump for her herpes ...

She looks TERRIBLE. Like, worse than her usual ugly bull-dyke self.

She looks medically sick.

I doubt she's long for this world. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

44 How has this supposed "bona fide news program" been on the air for 30 years?

That's insane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (FZ29D)

45 I really do not want an explanation for the cause of Rosie's heroes. Just no

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (BFvh9)

46 It's going to be a hard conversation when Herpes tells its partner that it has contracted Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (bNf8H)

47 O/T It is to laugh. From Techspot dot com.
One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time

"In brief: The controversy surrounding Flock cameras primarily centers on privacy and fears of a surveillance state. However, the cloud-based license-plate-reading system's accuracy and effectiveness have also drawn scrutiny. In one particularly egregious case, an internal review uncovered more than 1,000 false positives over two years.

Police in Roseville, California, found that, out of 1,427 incidents in which the town's AI-powered license-plate cameras flagged a vehicle as stolen or used in a felony, the cameras misread the plate in 71% of cases.

Flock, the startup that supplies the cameras to Roseville and approximately 6,000 other communities across the US, attributed the errors to Roseville's atypical camera setup, but as Business Insider reports, the results could expose flaws in an already controversial technology."

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

48 The studio will tip over.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (EGW4m)

49 Suppurating Sore opened for someone, somewhere
Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (qQ6p3)

Everyone, I am afraid.

Posted by: Doxycycline at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)

50 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)

*sideeyes*

Posted by: David St. Hubbins & Nigel Tufnel at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (wVcYX)

51 Flock must use Anthropic or ChatGPT as a backbone.

Posted by: Doxycycline at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

52 Heros, herpes what's the difference...

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (EGW4m)

53 Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms...
At what point does ABC lose their license for this mess?pic.twitter.com/L4CnnFY8UR
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 17, 2026
++++

And the answer is... NEVER!
--Hawaiian Judges

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (8mulE)

54
I might admit to giving her covid,but-

I'd never get within six feet of that stink whale.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (iJfKG)

55 It's going to be a hard conversation when Herpes tells its partner that it has contracted Rosie O'Donnell.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (bNf8H)

*goldclap*

LUCY!!! WHA HA YOU BEEN DOING?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

56 In that video of Rosie and the Cold Sore (that was a low blow, Ace) Rosie's speech patterns totally reminded me of Trump. She could just as well have been doing a parody of him.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (ffqrs)

57
Didn't Rosie flee to Ireland to escape persecution by Trump? Why is she returning the the US of Awful America?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (O0L8i)

58 Saw the new Spider-Man flick. Thumbs up.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (9aSFE)

59 Of course I got willowed. I wanted to explore Kindltot's reasoning in the last thread.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (OlzlW)

60 Rosie is going back to the US? FINALLY, our long national nightmare is over.

/everyone in Ireland

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (N1DT3)

61 "Herp-ees would be a great name for a roadside reptile exhibit in Texas."

Or a pet store! Nobody's grabbed it yet AFAIK. Closest I found was a 'naturopathic' cat medicine: "Feline Her-pees Formula"

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 The View is a CIA propaganda op. The scary part is it works.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (Q+gd/)

63 Not that I know anything about doxycycline

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)

64 Manchin? JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Joe, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Joe Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)

No. They pinned him down in an interview - I think it was Manchin - about whether he would ever vote for a socialist. He said no. But then she said "even if they have some good ideas?" I think he still said no, but that's not the point. The point is the framing has changed awfully quickly. I swear they were all crazies last week.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (ZWBDi)

65 Bona Fied Propaganda Ministry show

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

66 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace

I can not tell a lie, Paul did it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (NnhvP)

67 JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Manchin, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (Sy6m/)

No.

The interviewer told Manchin the DSA had some 'Good Ideas,' and Manchin kicked her shit in.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (AdHga)

68 That last video reminds me that while beauty may only be skin deep, ugly goes all the way to the bones.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (N1DT3)

69 34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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There are some people that just need to disappear, others that need to disappear in a hole in the ground. The people you mention fall in the latter category.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

70 others that need to disappear in a hole in the ground. The people you mention fall in the latter category.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)
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Make Open Manholes Great Again

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:36 PM (l3Npx)

71 You want the Fairness Doctrine back? Aren't you worried it would compromise the propaganda from Fox News and talk radio?

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 02:36 PM (Elsjd)

72 From Brave AI, Rosie will fit right in with her aging hag audience.

"The average age of the audience for The View is 65, a figure cited by former co-host Meghan McCain. The show's viewership skews significantly older, with approximately 83% of its audience aged 55 and over. In key demographic metrics, viewers under 50 typically represent less than 15% of the total audience."

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)

73 As a woman, I am extremely embarrassed that The View is supposedly all about women's point of view because it makes women look stupid and mean.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OlzlW)

74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich 1 at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (F1rMs)

75 Trump needs a punching bag, anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (EGW4m)

76 We all know what MSNBC is. Well, The View is MSNBC for dummies.

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (Ve/HL)

77 She's looking rough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03,
*******
Even after having a face lift back in January of this year.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (NpAcC)

78 r/AskReddit

Do women hate one another as much as they appear to on The View?

I have known woman to sometimes gravitate into a sewing circle. Weather it is the office setting or church ladies, there are some that congregate and gossip into little clicks not unlike high school.

Perhaps the show has shifted in recent years but I used to watch it fairly frequently and found it rather insightful at times

They’re playing to their target audience of uneducated women who hate men and get their news from these opinion shows. It’s all theater.

Pretty much this. It’s performative but there is some truth. See treatment of Caitlin Clark by fellow players.

Male pundits can debate and argue without being called shrews. I wonder why?

Media in general wants women to think they have to compete with and envy each other. Some women buy into that. The rest of us support each other. The view is patriarchal fan fiction

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (/y3Vc)

79 Rosie had a moment of being funny and even an approachable character on a screen. Then left wing politics became her forward face, now here we are. Drama in the front and the back.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)

80
I hope they reinforce the stage floor joists.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OkYzo)

81 Yeah? Well, Cleveland sucks anyway.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (ndZc7)

82 Cyrillic boobehs for Bulg:
youtube.com/watch?v=Q2muJlmYgJo

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

83 O'Donnell is a herpes outbreak.

And what's so bad about nuking Cleveland? Isn't it full of Democrats?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (1z8ji)

84 Someone needs to break into the View's set at night and change the logo to "The Vag". Then see how long it takes someone to notice.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (2ocoG)

85 56 In that video of Rosie and the Cold Sore (that was a low blow, Ace) Rosie's speech patterns totally reminded me of Trump. She could just as well have been doing a parody of him.
Posted by: 496
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How about she is a mental leftard that has the emotional continence of a toddler that wets the bed.

She is as useless as hind tits on a boar hog.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)

86 I've never had a cold sore. My MIL used to get them in what seemed like a lot over a few years (I was grossed out). There are meds now for this and I don't see the herp often, but am also not out in this infernal heat.

When we had our first boy I informed her highness that she could not kiss our baby on his mouth (she and her family mouth kissed. My redneck family did not). I explained to her the research said it could give baby boy brain damage (it does). She was not pleased and, no doubt, in a snit about it but I did not care.

I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on. I did not know any better and mouth kissed her brother, a priest, when we saw him on a visit from NY. I can't remember if I was in my swimsuit, which would double or triple the horror for the poor man.

I realized quickly that this rule was also not explained to me as I was trying to fit in. It is a miracle I survived.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (hzuYO)

87 Remember when Rosie was supposed to be "The Queen of Nice"?

And not homosexual, and in love with Tom Cruise.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (+IsEU)

88 Afternoon.

Rosie still squawking about how fire can't melt steel?

Continuing from the last thread, apparently State Troopers closed the eastbound portion of the highway cuz some asshoke threatened to jump off an overpass. He didn't. Pussy.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (dpXJq)

89 >>Male pundits can debate and argue without being called shrews. I wonder why?
__
Asked and answered.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (bNf8H)

90 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich 1 at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (F1rMs)

Hey-o!

Posted by: oral sex at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (88C+u)

91 Ana: I'm not sitting next to a fat white woman with herpes
Rosie: you're so fat you couldn't fit herpes
Whoopi: will you herpes honkies shut up
Joy: ladies, aach, thud
Ana : fat bitch your herpes killed Joy
Whoopi: she just choked on a doughnut. Joy , you gonna finish that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (BFvh9)

92 ABC's Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide News Product"

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Well, it's certainly not boner fide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7)

93 I've driven through Cleveland once. I'm not sure you'd be able to tell if it got nuked, just like Detroit.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (2ocoG)

94 69 34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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She must still be pissy that she had to back up her anti-illegal immigration rhetoric with actual action.

The sudden prospect of increased wages for Americans instead of depressed wages for illegals at her construction company really did a doozy on her mental state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (bzPaY)

95
As a woman, I am extremely embarrassed that The View is supposedly all about women's point of view because it makes women look stupid and mean.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OlzlW)

File a Class Action lawsuit on behalf of all women.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (iJfKG)

96 So she is returning, Ireland breathes a sigh of relief.

Wonder how Rosie will view Mahdami?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (xGnmX)

97 They ought put Roseanne Barr on The View, not Rosie O'Donnell!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (odBC9)

98 She is as useless as hind tits on a boar hog.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)
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Well, sure. That and then some. But her speech mannerisms really remind me of Trump.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (Ehi8B)

99 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich

Momma Cass could sing, Rosie simply repulses and I am rather over using her East of Eden dominatrix dressup for the Morning Report.

Use Harambe instead. Now there is a nice feller who left us too soon despite having a face like Rosie O Donnell. That ape had some talent and stage presences!!

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)

100 Emmie, revolutions cost money worse than just running an army. Part of it is the need to spend money to attract marks and subvert politicians.
The fact that every country in the world is having problems with either Islamists or Woke all at the same time means that there is something moving it
USAID was one of the funding elements, now there are millionaires, but the funding has to be moved around somehow. FATCA only works for official banks, and then only when the people overseeing it do their jobs -- like Epstein's odd payments that never raised any flags. Shadow banking is good, but it has to have assets in the real banks because it has to transfer in and out of the shadows.
Iran had isolation enforced by the US, and backdoors allowed by someone. IRGC has been called a "hedge fund with an army" and acts like that. Hedge funds have customers and investors.
Find them and find the corruption in the world that is attacking us

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

101
"I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."

Actually, I think they got along just like Pippen and Jordan did. They hated each other off-court.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (57NS5)

102 74>>> I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

I remember when Rosie was voted the Queen of Nice. She genuinely seemed a normal person at one point. The way she was in Sleepless In Seattle or League of Our Own. The early years of her tv show, where she shot those Kiosk Balls out to the audience.

How she went from that to the raging retard she is now is -- I can only assume -- the effects of undiagnosed psychiatric disorders fueled by identity politics.

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (Ve/HL)

103 Rosie had a moment of being funny and even an approachable character on a screen. Then left wing politics became her forward face, now here we are. Drama in the front and the back.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)

I am going to tentatively agree. Sleepless in Seattle era. But thats what? 30 years ago. Margaret Cho era.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

104 Daytime network talk show.
Never seen it. I work during the day. Must be good if it’s #1.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Qewkd)

105 Rosie in a leather get up in Exit to Eden immediately causes hysterical blindness

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (BFvh9)

106
I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on.”

There is just so much wrong packed into that simple statement.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Fo91n)

107 This is a good example why I could never be trusted as a billionaire.

I would set up a competing show in the same timeslot on my own network that was nothing more than a 400 lb person sitting on a toilet for an entire hour after pigging out at Taco Bell.

There would be no discussion, no comment, no explaination. Just a fat person sitting on a toilet. And, then I would compare ratings.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

108 "Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms"

[Adopts The Thinker pose]

I'll allow it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

Let's assume for a moment that the allegation is true. Do you know what that means? It means that a majority of American voters are so sick and tired of illegal aliens and their supporters, that seeing them gunned down in the streets is a welcome sight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (1z8ji)

109 Well, sure. That and then some. But her speech mannerisms really remind me of Trump.
Posted by: 496

No, she talks really fast, Trump rarely does and Trump, in public reiterates and circles around the points he wants to make several times, Rosie just emotes, talks loud and fast, and makes even her co starts hate her guts.

In her guts, you know she's nuts.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

110 I hate to say this but I'm pretty sure there was a few minutes in the 80s or whatever when her standup was pretty funny. And that seems like only yesterday to Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (ZWBDi)

111 Isn't the body in leather JJ photoshops heads onto for the morning report Rosie?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (IMeI4)

112 I am going to tentatively agree. Sleepless in Seattle era. But thats what? 30 years ago. Margaret Cho era.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s

I don’t want to do the math of the years ago. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (hftzA)

113 They want Rosie on the Spew because her TDS is more than even these Trump hating hags suffer from... What a great addition

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (TFsdh)

114 I always have to take a sec getting her mixed up with Roseanne Barr.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (n5tGW)

115 As a youngster, I enjoyed Rosie’s performances (Another Stakeout was my fav), but she is an example of how hate and detachment from reality can wear on your mind, body, and spirit.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (qzEmH)

116 No electioneering within 200 ft. of Poles.

Posted by: Leutonian Supremacist at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (JM9I6)

117 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy. Vitamin D (and I don't just mean the Paolo to finally do some work and take one for the team.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

The Paolo has higher standards than that. Find a lawyer.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (1z8ji)

118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt)

119 I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Ahahaha. Cruel. Cruel, but accurate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

120 99 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich

Momma Cass could sing, Rosie simply repulses and I am rather over using her East of Eden dominatrix dressup for the Morning Report.
Posted by: whig

Roseanne Barr seems the better comparison. They're both fat, ugly, and obnoxious, but Roseanne had some talent in comedy, saying shocking things others wouldn't, and her TV show made her seems relatable to much of middle America. Rosie has done lots of things, but none of it to a level of noteworthiness. Very strange.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (/y3Vc)

121 hey, did they ever figure out what the shooter in Idaho was pissed off at? I usually figure domestic in these situations.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (n5tGW)

122 Never watched that show.
Never will.

Such bitter, angry women.

I can see why they appeal to a certain demo, though.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (5ExGj)

123 She looks TERRIBLE. Like, worse than her usual ugly bull-dyke self.

She looks medically sick.

I doubt she's long for this world. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)
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I think it can go either way with these type. Their hatred may lead them to an early grave.

On the other hand, they may feel hatred in such abundance that it counter-intuitively nurtures them and they live on for another twenty years, eventually turning into an undead lich.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (FZ29D)

124 102 74>>> I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

I remember when Rosie was voted the Queen of Nice. She genuinely seemed a normal person at one point. The way she was in Sleepless In Seattle or League of Our Own. The early years of her tv show, where she shot those Kiosk Balls out to the audience.

How she went from that to the raging retard she is now is -- I can only assume -- the effects of undiagnosed psychiatric disorders fueled by identity politics.
Posted by: red speck

Celebutards are all that way. Remember how Ellen was portrayed? Saint Ellen, the safe and approachable lesbian Ellen?

TV celebutards lie to viewers faces every day as does the print media and one of the biggest whoppers are lies by omission. Everyone knew what an asshole Ellen was but no one wanted to tangle with the it girl and suffer career consequences. Everyone in Hollyweird knew Weinstein was a creeper and yet top talent still worked with his sorry ass.

I think leftist celebutards are assholes first but use politics to hide and excuse the fact that they are assholes. Weinstein, Ellen, Rosie, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)

125
Rosie will deliver the angry and embittered lesbian perspective on matters large and small.

So, no difference from what The Spew delivers now, except "lesbian". Look for Stephen King, Robert DeNiro, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to appear as Rosie's special invited guests to get a double dose of the deep anger and embitterment that dyed in the wool old lesbians bring to every ~~conversation~~ ~~dialogue~~ lecture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)

126 News from my neck of the woods:

Small plane has mechanical issues. Instructor and student pilot onboard. Instructor has to land it on I-10.

Dashcam video shows the plane barely making it under a sign support structure spanning the interstate.

https://tinyurl.com/25d9tyub

Blue Angel 3 is jealous.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (J4Dwc)

127 118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt)

She was supposed to play the little dutch boy, but kept plugging the holes of dykes instead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

128 On the other hand, they may feel hatred in such abundance that it counter-intuitively nurtures them and they live on for another twenty years, eventually turning into an undead lich.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Did you have to work Killary into the conversation.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

129 They want Rosie on the Spew because her TDS is more than even these Trump hating hags suffer from... What a great addition
Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (TFsdh)
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Greg Gutfeld is going to have a field day with all the material she's going to generate for his show.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)

130 118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt

Her Betty Rubble was cute. That was probably where she peaked.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (hftzA)

131 BUT, even back during her show, she was a raging and unstable retard. I remember a girl i knew saying she had watched her set up Tom Selleck during an interview for a new movie he had and then ended up screaming at him over the NRA. This was '98 or '99.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

132 I completely forgot O’Donnell was in Sleepless in Seattle.

In my defense, I don’t think I’ve watched it this century.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

133 I always have to take a sec getting her mixed up with Roseanne Barr.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (n5tGW)

Roseanne is looking like someone's grandmother who is a good cook and likes to laugh.
Rosie looks like she spends time around playgrounds so she can yell at children who aren't playing appropriately

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

134 spot-on, AOP!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (VyBeY)

135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (bX16E)

136 "She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I'm pretty proud of that show, what it's become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.""

All the FCC needs to show any judge is this statement. "speaks to the people and to politics" is newspeak for highly partisan democrat party propaganda show.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (cpFbA)

137 So... is she there to be the DSA contingent or something else?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (ZWBDi)

138
The Spew: Now With More Spittle-Flecked Vocalizations Than Ever!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (s9VOe)

139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (QZThv)

140 106
I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on.”

There is just so much wrong packed into that simple statement.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Fo91n)
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Well, I never said I was normal.

I was a redneck Presbyterian and did not know it was wrong as they all did it when greeting each other from ot of state.

I also had never had a cocktail til this sophisticated bunch who believed when the clock struck 5pm there should be booze in your hand. I had never had anything but bad wine or beer at 22yrs.

That poor man probably never recovered, altho he did help at our wedding, so I did not receive an exorcist as I probably needed. I am mortified I did that to the nice man. I was just being friendly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (hzuYO)

141 125
Rosie will deliver the angry and embittered lesbian perspective on matters large and small.

So, no difference from what The Spew delivers now, except "lesbian". Look for Stephen King, Robert DeNiro, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to appear as Rosie's special invited guests to get a double dose of the deep anger and embitterment that dyed in the wool old lesbians bring to every conversation dialogue lecture.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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As their audience dies off these celebutards become meaner, smaller in public's attention, and resemble each other as sea hags in appearance.

The audience of the View and these trans aging lesbians you mentioned above are made for each other. All of them are shriveling up and dying inside.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

142
Rosie, Whoopie, Chola, black slave owner, & Joy Behar one one stage?

Amazing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

143 135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (bX16E)

Rosey Grier? Oh, sorry, wrong Rosie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

144 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*Sulks in fish-belly white that glows in the sunlight, first sunny day after winter*

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (vJrRc)

145 I think leftist celebutards are assholes first but use politics to hide and excuse the fact that they are assholes. Weinstein, Ellen, Rosie, etc.
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026

I think they should all work on making it easier for us to separate their politics from their art.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (hftzA)

146
>>The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."

She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think.

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So is this a single show where they have as many people onstage as they do in the audience, and apparently Rosie is hoping it leads to Something? All it says is, "she will take part in the show’s 30th-anniversary special."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

147 "The law requires broadcast networks to offer equal time to all candidates and all political sides"

The equal time rule only applies to candidates for office. The requirement to present all sides was the fairness doctrine and it has been gone for decades.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (CNl8/)

148 139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.
Posted by: Ian S.
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She could probably pull her skirt down and catch it somewhere else. Where the sun don't shine.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

149 I wish Trump did just 10% of the things the left claims he does.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (tNkpt)

150 One of the best Babylon Bee headlines

No One Notices When Cast of The View Replaced with Shrieking ,Feral Pigs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (BFvh9)

151
Rosy
Whoopie
Sunny
Joy

Someone is having a fucking laugh.......

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (ZWBDi)

152
If they are bringing back "all the hosts", can we look forward to seeing the stiff and desiccated corpse of Baba Wawa in one of the seats?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (s9VOe)

153
Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

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

The Riveter was kinda cute. Tokyo probably had it going on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

154 142
Rosie, Whoopie, Chola, black slave owner, & Joy Behar one one stage?

Amazing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

Their names are ironic and contradictory...
Rosie's a cold scold.
Whoopie is no fun...
Joy has great anger...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (l3cgK)

155 Her Betty Rubble was cute. That was probably where she peaked.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (hftzA)

Nah, they could have done Betty a lot more justice than Rosie.

I don’t recall Betty being that round.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)

156 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

Headline doesn't match story is officially my least favorite thing about Current Time.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (ZWBDi)

157
She could probably pull her skirt down and catch it somewhere else. Where the sun don't shine.
Posted by: whig

Like a hot dog flying down a hallway!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (s9VOe)

158 In 2024, Rosie O'Donnell blames Trump and MAGA for her Herpes flare up.

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To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill: You may have herpes, Miss, but -- if your side ever succeeds in Assassinating Trump and Genociding MAGA -- you will still be retarded and ugly."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (7nfvi)

159 135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhuko

Rosie Palmer? https://tinyurl.com/mr28m45s

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (/y3Vc)

160
The View: Now with Herpes!

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)

161 I think they should all work on making it easier for us to separate their politics from their art.
Posted by: Piper
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I prefer watching shows where the celebrities are long dead or foreign tv now where I don't care about their politics affecting me.

Hollywood, TV, and all the mass infotainment industries are dying as the generation that turned on the tube to watch something is disappearing.

That leaves only sports standing and the leftards are doing their best to ruin that by their insipid and stupid political commentary when people just want to watch the game or highlight reels.

Devil Mouse is at the center of the entire unwholesome infotainment industry and I hope they go under while I am still living to dance on their grave.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

162 Re Pretty Rosie's.

Well, this interested me. There's a Rosie Huntington, but she has a ferocious case of man jaw.

Rosie Day is pretty cute in the Allyson Hannigan way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

163 Rosie sounds like the suburban woman I had dinner with last night. Her husband was just shaking his head, but she was almost unable to restrain herself and her anger over Trump, and she seems fairly typical to me.

Women are the Democrats leading voting bloc, especially professional women (and double goes for teachers). Seriously, they are nuts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (DeR1t)

164 Damn. It would be fun to watch the commies get in power and have a televised special where they "bring back all the hosts".

Admit it. You would tune in.

I would DVR the fucker and throw a super bowl party every day with it.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (ZWBDi)

165 Like a hot dog flying down a hallway!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Yep.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

166 >>>Rosie Palmer?

Harry's Mum?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

167 The View: Now with Herpes!

Now? You're saying they didn't have it before?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)

168 How did the View producers overlook her?

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Francesca Hong says that Ilhan Omar — who said that America was one of the worst countries — inspires her:

"The Congresswoman has a done a phenomenal job of showing what it looks like to lead with moral conviction and courage. I'm deeply inspired.”

https://tinyurl.com/yztzu7ps

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (ndZc7)

169 Didja all hear how the evil monsters of ICE deported twin babies back to Mexico as their nursing mother was trying to take them to a doctor's appointment?
(that was almost exactly the NPR headline)

Or, you know:
Illegal alien mother and father--who both were here illegally--choose to take their infant children with them back to Mexico--where they were citizens and grew up, instead of leaving them in the US with a legal resident.

You know who will never get the chance to be a mother?
Lakin Reilly.
How about a story on that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (3cUTc)

170 In 2024, Rosie O'Donnell blames Trump and MAGA for her Herpes flare up.
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That's actually funny.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (ZWBDi)

171 Women are the Democrats leading voting bloc, especially professional women (and double goes for teachers). Seriously, they are nuts.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Generational and upper class resentment from the fact that Killary, who many of them identified with, lost to Trump.

AWFLs have ruined every industry that they are employed in. Hell, they even made the word Karen become a proscribed name that no woman would give their daughter today.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

172 Rosie Perez is,… not horrendous.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was pretty good looking at one time but was only in a few movies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

173 I despised Obama’s years. But I never went into these unhinged rages I see leftists do on a regular basis.

It shows they’re mentally unstable and Trump is what sets them off today. Tomorrow something else will like the Starbucks barista won’t make the coffee right or something.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (tNkpt)

174
Headline doesn't match story is officially my least favorite thing about Current Time.
Posted by: ...

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ALL the hosts are coming back for the 30th Anniversary Special, which is a thing they've done in the past (except numbers lower than 30, obviously), and they were packed on the stage.

We may soon be seeing stories about Hasselback, McCain, all the other crazies. I get the impression we got this one about Rosie because she generates the most drama and she wants publicity. As Mr Aspirin Factory observed, she's broke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)

175 160
The View: Now with Herpes!
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)

LOL!

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (8mulE)

176 According to some here Roz from Night Court was HOT HOT HOT

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (ZWBDi)

177 Jean Carroll: wait , you say Trump has herpes? New lawsuit!!!!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (BFvh9)

178 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.

That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)

179 As Mr Aspirin Factory observed, she's broke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)

And that's just her brain!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (ZWBDi)

180 1. I thought the hag was in Ireland to escape "Trump's America!". Why would she come back?

2. Dropping a nuke on Cleveland would only improve it slightly.

Posted by: cheshirecat at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (E4Afo)

181 Kindltot, thank you for following up with me. I now have many more questions, but I will have to be content for now since pursuing this in blog comments would be tedious and frustrating. But I really appreciate your insights.

Posted by: Emmie at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (OlzlW)

182 @176 it's just that Markie Post was so hot it kind of dragged everyone over the line

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

183 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

184 Rosie Dolly was a Ziegfeld girl, but not especially good-looking.

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

185 The Bee hits it out again with their headline, "Spain proudly announce Ceuta is the fastest growing city in the world"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (3MX8+)

186 I remember a girl i knew saying she had watched her set up Tom Selleck during an interview for a new movie he had and then ended up screaming at him over the NRA. This was '98 or '99.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)
--

I think that inspired the bumper sticker: "If guns kill people then spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat"

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

187 105 Rosie in a leather get up in Exit to Eden immediately causes hysterical blindness
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (BFvh9)

Yeah, but Dana Delany in her get up would be more powerful than Viagra.

https://tinyurl.com/3vxpbnkf

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (k1E2D)

188 it's just that Markie Post was so hot it kind of dragged everyone over the line
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

Wasn't it Markie Post who was jumping on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom when the Clintons were infecting the White House?

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (ZgwKJ)

189 @RNCResearch
Democrat Francesca Hong says that Ilhan Omar — who said that America was one of the worst countries — inspires her:

"The Congresswoman has a done a phenomenal job of showing what it looks like to lead with moral conviction and courage. I'm deeply inspired.”

The only conviction I want to see is her getting the boot for Immigration fraud

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 03:02 PM (TFsdh)

190 @188 that's the rumor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:02 PM (BFvh9)

191 Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide Gladiator Movie"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (r3q5i)

192 The View: Now with Herpes!

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)
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Same as in town? Pay Per View?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (H1AMf)

193 132 I completely forgot O’Donnell was in Sleepless in Seattle.

In my defense, I don’t think I’ve watched it this century.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Meg was cute enough that the whole stalker vibe was neutered but Sleepless script could make a helluva scary horror movie like Possession. .

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

194 Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (RCjYY)

195 all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

But what about closing time at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina?

As we all know, desperate times, such as beer-goggled last calls at closing time, call for desperate measures.

(Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, a dimly-lit tavern in the dark and beating heart of Mos Eisley, is known, of course, for its strong drinks, hot tunes, and occasional outbreaks of shocking violence.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (0sNs1)

196 178 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.

That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)

Did you have a thing for Sandra Bernhard and Tracy Ullman?

Closest I got to attraction was Rita Rudner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

197 Roseanne Barr seems the better comparison. They're both fat, ugly, and obnoxious, but Roseanne had some talent in comedy, saying shocking things others wouldn't, and her TV show made her seems relatable to much of middle America. Rosie has done lots of things, but none of it to a level of noteworthiness. Very strange.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (/y3Vc)

Roseanne has mellowed out and is aging decently well, which means she's a spring chicken next to Rosie. Attitude and character make a difference, and one of my favorite bits of trivia about her is that she had a macadamia nut farm in Hawai'i called "Roseanne's Nuts!" I think that's the big difference on the inside, Rose started taking herself seriously, and it was all downhill from there -- including on the outside.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (Sy6m/)

198 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Because women (generally) have a natural instinct to "take care" of people. Leftardism promises just that.

And what's more it promises you too can do it the easy way. By yapping.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:04 PM (ZWBDi)

199 I kinda liked Roz in Fraiser. Something about her attitude.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 03:04 PM (n5tGW)

200 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.
That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)

I was going to laugh at you, but then I remembered-

there was a picosecond in the 80s or 90s when I thought that Janeane Garofalo was cute.

But, that moment passed and sanity returned.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:05 PM (iJfKG)

201 "Did you have a thing for Sandra Bernhard"

Ever since "The King of Comedy," I've wanted her to duct tape me to a chair and sing to me.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

202 Meg was cute enough that the whole stalker vibe was neutered but Sleepless script could make a helluva scary horror movie like Possession. .
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

I wonder what happened to Meg Ryan.
She was in every other movie for about a decade and then *poof* she’s gone.

She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

203 The View: Now with Herpes!
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Correction.
The View: Now with Extra Herpes!
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Look, I don't know the whole pharmacological regime of Whoopi but let's not pretend there isn't a battery of pills for herpes control.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (3cUTc)

204 Roseanne Roseanna-danna!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:07 PM (odBC9)

205
Speaking Meghan McCain, I bet she would accept the invitation to the "30th Anniversary Special."

I'm so sick of her. Does Mark Halperin still bow down to her? She's the daughter of a dead presidential candidate who lost the nation to Obama. What is it that she's supposed to know? I used to watch 2WAY and she was always alluding to her "contacts" and "insiders," but I can't remember it adding up to anything.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)

206 I wonder what happened to Meg Ryan.

She was in every other movie for about a decade and then *poof* she’s gone.

She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

She stepped away to raise her children and will return to the screen in 2027.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 03:08 PM (AdHga)

207 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM

Because leftist society has removed religion and family from these women's lives and they are hollow and angry. They don't know it but they are missing the best stuff of life and that is why they lash out and become Karen's and awfuls.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 03:08 PM (cpFbA)

208 Mentally Ill people will continue to spout insane rants. That's what they do . You can't have reasonable conversations with the mentally unwell because by definition they are t reasonable.

The problem is our society has somehow made it a bad thing to acknowledge people are mentally ill even when they admit they are. Society now says we must accept these people and their opinions as having as much weight as those who are not mentally ill. To do anything less is prejudiced, biased or whatever phobic they want to call it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (KC5Lt)

209 Meg Ryan had some bad plastic surgery and Hollywood said "nah". Thing was her mom was an attractive older lady on soap operas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (BFvh9)

210 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

I would advise you not look up pictures of what she did to her face although it will answer any questions you may have.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (ZWBDi)

211 Headline on Gateway Pundit:

"Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives"

Now, the question is, which one of you was it?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (0sNs1)

212 194 Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.
Posted by: mnw
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Infected green dildoes were imported where Juan did not wash his hands making them.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

213 Roseanne Barr is older than Rosie O' Donnell , yet Barr looks better and seems happier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM (lcMcX)

214 So... you're saying there's a chance?

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM (88C+u)

215
Meg Ryan was in a romcom with David Duchovny a year or two ago. It bombed, probably because movies just can't get eyeballs the way they used to, but she looked rather cute.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

216 Meg Ryan had some bad plastic surgery and Hollywood said "nah". Thing was her mom was an attractive older lady on soap operas
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Never understood why she did it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (EGW4m)

217 So... you're saying there's a chance?
Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM

Dunno ... are you more attractive than something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (0sNs1)

218 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (diia5)

219 The 20 - 30 minute life span for a Russian recruit (top of sidebar) is bullshit.

Assume that they have no more than 100 of these recruits manning the most dangerous positions on the entire Ukraine front at any one time, and that those are the only ones getting killed. (A ridiculous hypothetical in itself.) After a half hour, they're all dead (30 minute average lifespan). Bring in the replacements, times 24. That would be 4800 dead, every single day, just to keep 100 recruits continuously in those positions piling up corpses in front of them. Or 1.75 million dead per year. Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

220 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

Like 15 years ago she had some horrendous face work. Unless the internet lied.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (ZWBDi)

221 She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Having an affair with Russell Crowe on location in South America and then divorcing Dennis Quaid pretty much destroyed her acting career. Add in she went to the other extreme in some of her comeback movies including full nudity (In the Cut mebbe? and played thoroughly unlikable characters (Addicted to Love mebbe?. French Kiss with Kevin Kline was one her last watchable movies after she had several flops.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

222 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM

Hotdog, ketchup. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

223 Dunno ... are you more attractive than something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (0sNs1)

*shifts thighs*

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:14 PM (88C+u)

224
Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.
Posted by: mnw

Eh, to be fair. Most, not all, of the Herpes infections you see are from drinking after someone or eating after them or drinking from a public fountain.

Though yeah, direct contact will give it to you as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:15 PM (iJfKG)

225 Roseanne was always a smart down to earth person who had self awareness and logical reasoning. I blame her meteoric success in the Leftist world for her temporary insanity.

Her whole bit when she was just a regular stand up comedian was based on being a middle class housewife.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:15 PM (KC5Lt)

226 Bone and Flesh is my favorite Meg Ryan movie.

It's not a comedy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (KC5Lt)

227
Like 15 years ago she had some horrendous face work. Unless the internet lied.
Posted by: ...

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

Yeah, there are some awful pictures out there. Maybe she's had some of it fixed, or time worked its magic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (mmrXZ)

228 If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.

If you're gonna shop in one of Mamdani's government-run grocery stores, you gotta have a government-issued ID.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

229 "I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."

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Try to imagine Jim rome reading that quote out loud. And adding
"Wed be like MJ and Scottie, only much less talented, much uglier, and disgustingly fat. But definitely just ike them."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (4HoLg)

230 More Clay Travis:
says he will buy a WNBA franchise for Nashville.
100% trans women
100% trans women coaches
most inclusive team in history.
Will be named the Nashville Balls

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

231 Pres. Trump gave that harpy herpes?!

His power is never ending!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (uoXeR)

232 Alas, I will be continuing my regimen of not viewing the shrewfest of syphilitic whores espousing their mental afflictions.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (Q/FnY)

233 Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

This is the thing that does not make sense to me, casualty figures from two years ago should mean that Ukraine is a graveyard. There should be piles of the unburied dead everywhere.

Its all fake and gay. Always has been.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

234 *shifts thighs*
Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:14 PM

* squints *

Is that a ... Sarlacc?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (0sNs1)

235 I knew Rosie the Riviter's granddaughter. It did not move. You might say it was rivited.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (bX16E)

236 218 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (diia5)

Do you have pepperoncini in the cupboard? Any kind of pickled peppers? They make a nice change from cukes, if you got some on a whim and then forgot about them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (Sy6m/)

237 Amazing vid at GP of a drone slamming into a Russian beach. Seven beachgoers killed others injured.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (BFvh9)

238 I saw the Shrewfest of Syphilitic Whores at Coachella 2026.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (88C+u)

239 .. something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system

R-2!!!
Completely close the garbage bay!!!
I'd rather die than live another second in here!!!

Posted by: Luke Viewfinder at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (MDua2)

240 I don't care if AllBarakChannel is a legit news agency. In fact, I prefer they be called that. As been proven, they've hidden news and information detrimental to only one side. Therefore they should be shut down for that, not some equal time nickel and dime charges.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

241 * squints *

Is that a ... Sarlacc?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (0sNs1)

Ettes, avert yer eyes.

She's evidently pregnant. And did a gangbang at like 6 months pregnant. That poor poor kid.

I learned all of this from ewetub thumbnails. Thats it. Its fucking horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

242 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

243 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (hzuYO)

244 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (hzuYO)

I think it was the how people change as they grow older.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

245
More Clay Travis:
says he will buy a WNBA franchise for Nashville.
100% trans women
100% trans women coaches
most inclusive team in history.
Will be named the Nashville Balls

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

----------------

Please make it so! It'll make The Globetrotters versus the Generals look like an NBA Final Game 7.

[Was telling my wife about this as I listened a little bit to their show while in my car this morning -- and mistakenly referred to Clay as "Clay Davis." We're watching "The Wire" again for like the 5th time in a decade -- and that's the great corrupt State Senator character famous for responding ""Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" to others.]

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (7nfvi)

246 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM

The usual.

Rosie --> Prometheus --> Meg Ryan

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

247 233 Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

This is the thing that does not make sense to me, casualty figures from two years ago should mean that Ukraine is a graveyard. There should be piles of the unburied dead everywhere.

Its all fake and gay. Always has been.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Deaths are at least a hundred thousand for both sides after nearly 4 years of war. But when casualties instead of deaths are discussed, you probably have a multiple of 4-5 to 1 wounded via death. Casualties (death, wounded, debilitated by disease, etc. ) are probably well above 500k total.

And usuallya rule of thumb is attackers suffer about a 2-3 to 1 disparity in casualties. Russia being on the attack for most of the war means that Russian soldiers will probably be a majority of casualties and deaths.

Russian society we see is not affected that much because the deaths and casualties are coming from remote regions of Russia, many are not ethnic Russians, and from criminals conscripted into the army. Putin has left St. Petersburg and Moscow alone for going after soldiers to send to the Ukraine.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

248 The Bonnie Blue reference reminds me of the old Italian joke about the misread headline "100 men die laying Virginia Pip a leeni"

(Virginia Pipeline)

How much does one have to hate themselves to do what she does?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (uoXeR)

249 139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (QZThv)

Can confirm.

Posted by: Ted Danson at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (9ZFZd)

250 Supporting, airing the very WORSE white people: Rosie, Graham Platner, James Talarico, yada yada.

Of course.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (NFX2v)

251 Rosie's doctor refers to it as TeleHellth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (BI5O2)

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
Update: Trump Blasts "Duplicitous" Iran Leadership

Trump was ready, he says, to unleash a bombing campaign on Iran that would be the most destructive since World War II, but Iran and some Gulf States told him that Iran had accepted the basic framework of a "deal" and so Trump cancelled the attack.

And Iran says "We never agreed to any framework."

It's like the sun coming up and going down every day.

President Donald Trump has called off a major strike against Iran, claiming to have reached a framework for a deal with the regime.
"The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II. Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to," President Trump announced in a Saturday evening post on Truth Social.
The tentative deal includes "Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT," the president continued.
The pause in the military operation was "subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," he warned.

It's the Groundhog's Day War:

Tehran talks tough, denies agreement reached
Tehran rejected President Trump's latest peace overture, renewing its threats against the U.S.
"Iran has reached no agreement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Fars news agency reports, quoting a member of Tehran's negotiating team," Sky News (UK) reported.

Update: Trump blasts "duplicitous" Iranian leadership.

An irate President Donald Trump on Monday fumed over "duplicitous" Iranian leadership, after he called off planned strikes on Iran to resume peace talks, only for Iran to deny plans to meet.
"Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say 'beg,' talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they're not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they're only dealing with 'Oman,'" he posted on Truth Social.
"They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our 'Blockade' or, as some say, 'The United States Wall of Steel!" he wen ton. "Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished."
Trump's remarks follow Iran denying plans to meet with American negotiators on Monday. The president had anticipated a formal resumption of peace talks.

I heard someone say "Iran has never won a war, but never lost a negotiation."

Trump needs to hear that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:16 PM

Comments

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1 FIRST?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

2 well well well

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (B1+sW)

3 Yes, The Blade stole another FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

4 Whatever Country claimed the Iranians were ready to accept a deal...

Bomb the Fuck out of them, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (zGzrB)

5 Donald Trump is a lot of things, it stupid isn’t one of them. I have to believe there is something else happening beside Lucy holding the football.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (hftzA)

6 TransFirst!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (GMWTj)

7 5 *but stupid isn’t one of them.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (hftzA)

8 Tell it like it is, Ace.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (SiYsC)

9 Ace complaining about Trump? Yeah, we HAVE heard that one before.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (xqi/r)

10 Rope-a-Dope.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (xJpaU)

11 I was pissed when I heard this but like I've said I am no Military expert...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (TFsdh)

12 I’ve heard this one before, Ace.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (HEa7c)

13 And oil prices are down 5% because no one actually cares, all while Iran continues to just die as a country because of the blockade.

And, I remember when Trump was never going to bomb them. Then he bombed them for 6 weeks. Then Trump was so eager for a deal that he'd sign anything, and the MOU came along and Iran got nothing from it. And then most of what Iran had purchased to get imported never made it to port when the MOU got torn up and Iran got paid nothing.

And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

14 Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

15 Stop me if you heard this one:

The Iranians always lie...well, except when they issue statements denying any negotiated deals with Trump...then that's totally legit dope, yo bro!

Posted by: Boswell at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (j10i6)

16 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (zGzrB)

17 I've basically tuned out all Iran news because (i) it's deja vu all over again and (ii) I don't believe a word of it.

Same thing about Ukraine news.

Both wars will eventually end, and we can examine the results then.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

18 I have to believe there is something else happening beside Lucy holding the football.
Posted by: Piper

What if... Trump is Lucy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (vJrRc)

19 Groundhog Day

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (UjdFS)

20 yeah it's all market manipulation by Trump for himself and his cronies. Not complicated.

Posted by: UA113 at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iojh6)

21 20 yeah it's all market manipulation by Trump for himself and his cronies. Not complicated.

Posted by: UA113 at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iojh6)

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Then it should be easy to predict and you should be able to make the money as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (bzPaY)

22 Soon they will run out of hair to sell.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (UjdFS)

23 >>>so Trump cancelled the attack.

Mark Levin is screaming and breaking things in his bunker as we speak.

"Das war ein Befehl" he screams, pounding his tiny fists and shaking his finger at his intern.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

24 Mmm... Tacos.

*Drooling noises*

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (n/5MQ)

25 Have we forgotten the wisdom of Vince Vance & the Valiants?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (Av6i5)

26 Further proof Trump is Israel's puppet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (JvZF+)

27 How much napalm and HE would it take to clean off Karg Island for good ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (VvdWF)

28 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.

I prefer the CHIPOTLE threads.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

29 Then it should be easy to predict and you should be able to make the money as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (bzPaY)

—————-

You have to know the secret handshake or you can’t make money on it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (u73oe)

30 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
--
I found the video of this from your neighbor:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4DuMVJbSw5M

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (3cUTc)

31 JoOoOoOoOoOs!!!

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (n/5MQ)

32 What if... Trump is Lucy.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (vJrRc)
-----------
We are all Lucy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (amcLV)

33 The more I think about this the more I like the idea that PDT is just turning the whole Iran thing into ignorable background noise.

Iran's threats used to be able to shake the world's oil markets.

Now, what are they? And I think that this might be getting people to realize that "oh, Iran can't actually do anything, let's get back to business."

Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

34 Associated Press and Sky News. meh

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (8uzBS)

35 The whole thing is really ticking me off. I’m totally mystified as to what Trump is doing. Maybe what he’s actually doing makes sense but the continual pronouncements with no apparent follow through doesn’t look good. Maybe talk less and bomb and blockade more

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (yz/88)

36 Are we back to tRump being a doody head or did we never leave that station to begin with?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (zBgIx)

37 Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's peace out there today!

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (0MjtC)

38 It's the Groundhog Day War:

Bill Murray wakes up, looks around confused, drops a few Daisycutters on Tehran, goes back to sleep.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (Av6i5)

39 Willowed but relevant

Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)
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How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

40 25 Have we forgotten the wisdom of Vince Vance & the Valiants?
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (Av6i5

You are the angle atop my tree?

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (hftzA)

41 The mullahs and the IRGC will have gravestones that say "ok, we'll negotiate"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (BFvh9)

42 I gotta give Trump some credit, with the MOu it took over two weeks to accept that he was being played; with the 2nd cease fire, it only took about 4 days; now the loop looks down to about 48 hours.

Trump statement today:
“Trump: “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say “beg,” talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with “Oman.” They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our “Blockade” or, as some say, “The United States Wall of Steel!” Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished. Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (/R3g/)

43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

44 33 The more I think about this the more I like the idea that PDT is just turning the whole Iran thing into ignorable background noise.

Iran's threats used to be able to shake the world's oil markets.

Now, what are they? And I think that this might be getting people to realize that "oh, Iran can't actually do anything, let's get back to business."

Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

========

I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY)

45 Dead men tell no lies
-something Ten Bears might have said

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (LHPAg)

46 Afternoon.

Might as well just give Iran control of the straight. Maybe they'll fuck it up so badly the Saudis get will get pissed off enough to invade.

I'd hope the Iraqis, too, but their government has been an Iranian client for years now.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (dpXJq)

47 Every new day we spend negotiating with Iran is a Taqiyyah Sunrise.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (K6DGR)

48 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
--
I found the video of this from your neighbor:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4DuMVJbSw5M

Reforger is a bit hairier than I expected. Does he have a weakness for pic-a-nic baskets?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

49 Warning, Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!

Posted by: The robot (not Robbie) at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (n/5MQ)

50 All this on again / off again / on again shit about bombing Iran is akin to the Capt America meme:

Capt America, suit torn, face bloodied, tired but resigned look on face - "I can keep doing this all day

As TJM has posted, it's all background noise now

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (3sXRv)

51 39
How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

========

We cared about forever occupations. The American people has never cared about air campaigns that decimate funny sounding places half a world away like Libya.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

52 What I've found amazing is the amount of Military information that has been leaked to, and published by, the US Press.

Everything from Ship locations, to pictures of ships in transit, to how many missiles we have....

Shameless Aid and Comfort to our enemies...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)

53 The United States Wall of Steel > plain old perimeter.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

54 We are all Lucy.

Do you feel lucy, punk? Well, do ya?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (vTZFs)

55 On Fox they said what's happening is that there are at least 3 "Iranian governments" of varying compositions (1 is civilian and 2 are different IRGC factions) and Trump is continuing to play the "one of them makes a deal, the other ones blow that one up, now there are two" game.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (2ocoG)

56 43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

======

Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

57 I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY

And don't forget the 300 billion we gave them

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (TFsdh)

58
I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)

59 I think it will be interesting years down the road on what is actually happening in this war. The on again, off again nature is pretty strange to me. I don't know if Trump is doing some psychological thing on them, he's falling for some bullshit the cia is telling him, or if it's just muzzie countries purposely f'ing with us. But it does take the air out of what Israel is doing to Hamas and Hezbollah. I don't mind the economic crushing with intermittent bombing, I just want to know if that's the actual strategy which they stubbornly refuse to consult me on.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (n5tGW)

60 Or perhaps this Iran bombing campaign reminds you of Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch:

...'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (3sXRv)

61 I thought it was some combo of the senate says no you can't, we aren't going to fund it, Israel says do this and this.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (enNUy)

62 57 I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY

And don't forget the 300 billion we gave them

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (TFsdh)

=======

INSTANT WIRE TRANSFER!

GREATEST SURRENDER IN US HISTORY!

And then Iran spent the next month complaining that they didn't get any money, not even their frozen $12 billion in assets held in foreign banks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (bzPaY)

63 Tehran talks tough, denies agreement reached

I've never been spoken to by a city.

Perhaps there's a person doing the talking?

And perhaps that person should be held to account?

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (VHUov)

64 BuT iRaN iS wInNiNg!

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (n/5MQ)

65 How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

It’s exactly what we did with Saddam in Iraq for about 10 years or so between the two hot wars.

Forever Wars happen when we don’t want to accept the costs of ending them, but can’t surrender, either.
(Biden notably ended Afghanistan by simply surrendering)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (/R3g/)

66
Bombs cost money.

I'm concerned.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (OkYzo)

67 The world is a bigger place than everybody thought it was. It's also smaller. Funny how that plays with your head. Remember, bigger than you.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (ixEhJ)

68 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

I'm pretty sure Mohammed didn't have flak guns.

Infidel Iranians...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (AdHga)

69 Who new "forever" = less than one year?

Posted by: Homer at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (nvKZ7)

70 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

71 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

72 The mullahs and the IRGC will have gravestones that say "ok, we'll negotiate"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (BFvh9)
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"On the Whole, We'd Rather Be in Islamabad"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (JvZF+)

73 I've come to ignore any and all "stories" about Iran. Nobody really knows what's going on behind the scenes other than a few in the administration, a couple of mullahs and whoever's left running the IRGC.

Maybe none of those people know either. *shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2Cry5)

74 The IRGC will have to be eliminated for any lasting peace that achieves Trump's objectives.

-use millions of drones with superior US AWACS and AI to roll over Iran targeting every single IRGC point of resistance

-do this while we still have dominant air superiority and EW superiority before Russia and China push more weapons into Iran

-they have 30-40 deep bunker repositories of drones and missiles around the country, the Pentagon was counting these as eliminated if the entrances were bombed, each of these need to be rolled over and controlled with drones and a ground force (partisans plus special forces) to actually destroy the stocks of drones and missiles

-successfully defeating the IRGC in a couple of provinces and empowering locals will encourage locals in the rest of the country

oh wait, we don't have millions of drones

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (r3hkP)

75 I do hope we are learning things about our munitions and our tactics with these military actions. I suppose we aren't learning anything about their defensive weapons and capability considering there apparently aren't/isn't any.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (FmapG)

76 70 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

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They are.

Iran engaged in literal piracy when they tried to exert control over the strait. They took three cargo vessels.

They are a pariah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (bzPaY)

77 There is one thing that we may be missing. If Trump is confusing his allies and supporters, can you imagine what the Iranians are thinking? They've played US presidents and the Mafia for 47 years and now they're stuck dealing with Trump. The have to be thinking "how do you deal with this crazy man'

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (BFvh9)

78 You can't negotiate with liars. These fuckers repeatedly lied to Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Trump.

They didn't need to lie to Biden and Obama. Those clowns offered more than they were asking for.

You can't negotiate with them, but you can blow them up.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (ME/yj)

79 >>Bombs cost money.

So does EBT.

At least we get some cool footage out of the Bombs.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (zGzrB)

80 71 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

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Except not as embarrassing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (bzPaY)

81 Awwright. We'll call it a draw.

Posted by: Armless & Legless Invincible Black Imam at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

82 Angel. Not angle.

Ace, please. May I have edit capabilities?I swear I will hire someone to come build your shelves for you. Or I will come and use my weird Disney princess gift with wildlife and get your crows to love you. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (hftzA)

83 How about military action AND negotiation?
It might add some leverage to be able to say that the ceasefire is connected to a deal.
I dunno. It's seemed to work in the past.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (zafwz)

84 I'm jumping all over the next email from that Nigerian prince.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (ndZc7)

85 The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (BFvh9)

86 n dimensional chess. trust the plan.

Posted by: q anon at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (qdr3M)

87 Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?

Rhodesia wasn't Islamic. The UN (and Iran) are.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (2ocoG)

88 Hey, speaking of the WNBA, did everyone see...

No, of course not. Never mind.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (n/5MQ)

89 9 Ace complaining about Trump? Yeah, we HAVE heard that one before.
Posted by: tsj017

While Ace is more negative on Trump than most here, he's still generally supportive I think, and gives Trump credit for his wins.

This Iran business...is looking like amateur hour. Yes, Trump often seems clueless, or does things that seem countproductive, only to turn it around and make it a win (usually on the campaign trail), but he's going to need a miracle to make this look good, and in time to help in the midterms (instead of the mild drag it's providing now, which Iran knows they can instantly increase if they're willing to get bombed (they are)).

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (/y3Vc)

90 It's the Groundhog's Day War:

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It's a brilliant strategy, and if you see flaws with this, you are afflicted with TDS and are a NEOCON!!11!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (g47mK)

91
Isn't Tehran essentially a dead town before this conflict, because their water is polluted and running out? Iran is a mess.

Also read somewhere that the population is on the verge of overthrowing IRGC. I've heard this before, but it seems they might actually mean it this time. Especially if the IRGC is weakened enough and choked out to almost collapse.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (OkYzo)

92 >>Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

>>Flak cannons.

Remember when the world thought Russian and Chinese Air Defense Systems were significant?

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (zGzrB)

93 I have no idea what's happening. I
Am not Trump and am not in the meetings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (b78el)

94
Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

That's due to Ukraine hitting Russian refineries. Refineries are enjoying extremely high spreads at present.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (okun6)

95 The media not the Mafia

The latter is more honorable

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (n/5MQ)

96 78 You can't negotiate with liars. These fuckers repeatedly lied to Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Trump.

They didn't need to lie to Biden and Obama. Those clowns offered more than they were asking for.

You can't negotiate with them, but you can blow them up.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (ME/yj)

You said Bush twice.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (IMeI4)

97 Glenn Reynolds speculates:

think Trump is stringing them along, the way they’ve traditionally strung U.S. negotiators along. He knows they’ll break any agreement.

https://instapundit.com/814291/

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (8mulE)

98 The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber

I'd say it's the same difference, but literally nobody would be threatened if Brian Stelter and Jim Acosta showed up to shake you down.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

99 I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)

Why?

Trump and his proxies have defined 'winning' here over and over and over and over.

1. Destoy Iran's ballistic missile capability.
2. Destoy Iran's navy.
3. Destroy Iran's ability to obtain a nuke.
4. Destroy Iran's ability to fund terror proxies.

We've absolutely or de facto achieved every one of those. Now we're just grinding Iran into dust with basically no opposition.

How many caskets would you accept in exchange for rooting out the IRGC, down to the last man?

Me? None. I'd accept none caskets. Particularly when Iran's been taken off the board in any geopolitical sense.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)

100 >>Bombs cost money.
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So does EBT.

Now, hear me out....

Posted by: Zombie Augusto P. at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (vTZFs)

101 This Iran business...is looking like amateur hour. Yes, Trump often seems clueless, or does things that seem countproductive, only to turn it around and make it a win (usually on the campaign trail), but he's going to need a miracle to make this look good, and in time to help in the midterms (instead of the mild drag it's providing now, which Iran knows they can instantly increase if they're willing to get bombed (they are)).

Or perhaps Trump's internal polling is telling him the election is already in the bag, so he can continue to play cat and mouse with the Iranians without too much damage. The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

102 Of course we can be charitable and say someone leaked the plans to the WSj or NYT (forgot which), and that is why they had to postpone...so, find the leaker and shoot them for treason?

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (g47mK)

103 I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.
Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)
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Do you really think age is a factor in how we are analyzing this? I feel like all these youngsters are hooked on the copium!
/shaking clenched fist at clouds

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

104 > The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber
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TBH, either will work.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (2Cry5)

105 You said Bush twice."

I like....

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (XuXeR)

106 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Doesn't mean it will amount to anything, but they are hardly kicking back trading high fives.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (r7+Q7)

107 82 I swear I will hire someone to come build your shelves for you.

it's a trap!

Posted by: admiral ackbar at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (qdr3M)

108 It's all part of grand plan that we cannot possibly understand.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (g47mK)

109 The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.

There are rumors now that the Plattner replacement is just as bad.

Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

110 At this point, I just want to know who he's playing.

Us, the Iranians, the rest of the world?

None? All of the above?

He's obviously playing SOMEONE.

(Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (N1DT3)

111 >>Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

If I were the Mossad, I'd be sending the sons some pretty obvious Wire Transfers.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (zGzrB)

112 Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra > Perineum.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (wVcYX)

113 How much (money, weapons) have we wasted with Ukraine, too? Now -

NBC News, U.S. turns to war-weary Ukraine for help with drone technology
Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. told NBC News the two countries signed an agreement last week so Ukrainian combat drones can be sent to the U.S. for military testing and evaluation. July 30, 2026

Reuters, US signs deal to boost Patriot and THAAD missile parts production, By David Ljunggren, August 3, 2026

With Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman

(Watch the Congressional stock picks.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (NFX2v)

114 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Doesn't mean it will amount to anything, but they are hardly kicking back trading high fives.

Correct. IRGC is fracturing, which is excellent news. MOAR POPCORN!

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

115
Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

But she's behind by 5 points !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (TFsdh)

116 >>Flak cannons.

I wonder if Obama's Flak Tower has flak cannons?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (K6DGR)

117 Glenn Reynolds speculates:

think Trump is stringing them along, the way they’ve traditionally strung U.S. negotiators along. He knows they’ll break any agreement.

https://instapundit.com/814291/

I was long in the minority here in preferring DeSantis in '24, while most favored Trump. It's therefore a bit surprising that I agree with GR, while so many here think Trump is doing something stupid.

Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Riz8t)

118 I was gonna scroll past post but out of respect for Ace, did not. He finished strong with the GroundHog day reference.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Gqar8)

119 Why doesn't he just stop announcing 'deals'? As far as midterms are concerned, what more affects voter enthusiasm the best way (less up for Dems, less down for GOP): just staying mum and having and ongoing conflict and talk about 'progress trying to be made'... or this continual cycle of BS that is obviously lying to degrees (if not completely) by both sides?

Posted by: bearski at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Bhsk7)

120 (Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (N1DT3)

That's the wise choice. It's not like Trump has spent nearly his entire adult life railing against Iran and the threat that a nuke would allow them to pose to the US... Wait...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (AdHga)

121 56 43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

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Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

This is for propaganda aimed at bucking-up morale of Shia nutjobs and persuadable Iranian citizens, along with the global al-Jazeera crowd. "We are constantly fighting and defeating the Zionist and Christian Crusader air-pirates!" Cue the video of Iranian flak guns furiously shooting into the sky. Especially flak guns firing at night so the tracers provide a good propaganda light show.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (5rh/l)

122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

123 Or perhaps Trump's internal polling is telling him the election is already in the bag, so he can continue to play cat and mouse with the Iranians without too much damage. The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.
Posted by: Archimedes

To what end? Trump doesn't strike me as the kind if guy that likes letting things sit unfinished, especially if they make him look weak and foolish. Sure, maybe if he's going to flip it around and win, he'll wait a bit, but he's been dicking around with Iran since the end of February. I can't imagine Trump saying "yeah, let's let this flounder until December, then we can put the screws to them and settle this."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (/y3Vc)

124 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Suspicions of treachery between different factions of apocalyptic loons always ends well for the loons.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

125 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

Anyone who can do Senate Math.

If I don't get a more conservative option up in Maine, I'm supporting Collins for SCOTUS, committees, and agenda-setting powers.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (AdHga)

126 122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM

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I know, right?

Posted by: Romney-Ryan 2012 at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)

127 Why doesn't he just stop announcing 'deals'?

Everytime he announces a "deal" the IRGC gets hysterical denying such a deal and waring with the others they think are making the deals... Could be no such deal has been made.... Psych !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (TFsdh)

128 Weird, I just got some "Imminent Threat Alert" regarding "ongoing law enforcement activity" on the Interstate's eastbound lanes in the next county.

I wonder if it's like a high speed chase or something?

Shoot out with the cartels, maybe?

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (dpXJq)

129 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)
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This is a very good analysis. The regime change goal is mine not Trump's. I'm not going to hold him accountable for it but will continue to agitate for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (JvZF+)

130 What a fucking joke this whole thing has turned into.

>>Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

"A guy like Trump" doesn't seem to realize that negotiating with Iran is a fool's errand, regardless of the "game".

The only solution to the Iran problem is complete and utter destruction of the Islamic regime so that there are no more leaders with which to "negotiate".

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (WYStd)

131 >>Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

>>Flak cannons.

Remember when the world thought Russian and Chinese Air Defense Systems were significant?
---
Don't forget the shipment of shoulder-fired anti-air missiles China* just sent!

I saw all the news touting that as a new deadly danger for the US and proof that we are losing and China-Iran will defeat us.

* Max height of China MANPADS: 15k feet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

132 125 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

Anyone who can do Senate Math.

If I don't get a more conservative option up in Maine, I'm supporting Collins for SCOTUS, committees, and agenda-setting powers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (AdHga

Yeah a Democrat majority in either House or Senate es muy no bueno.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (Gqar8)

133 I just think PDJT believes so much in the Art of the Deal

unfortunately that doesn't work with psycho religious zealot thugs

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (j+aD2)

134 Now watch Collins win and then announce she's switching parties.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (n/5MQ)

135 Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

But she's behind by 5 points !
Posted by: It's me donna

Wait, there's a place where you can release wildy inaccurate (fake) polls for political purposes, and NOT have to retire in shame after the election shows you're a hack!?!?!?

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM (/y3Vc)

136 Trump's approval is under 40% per Rasmussen. We are screwed in November

Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM (RqMDa)

137 My position is I'm not going to pull my hair out because it changes nothing. I would have liked if we had not so many starts and stops but so far Iran hasn't gained anything and lost a lot . The verbal back and forth is just that. Looks like Iran is going to lose a little more in the near future.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (KC5Lt)

138 Speaking of people who suspiciously are not assassinated yet, I wonder about this Araghchi guy. How is he still above ground?

And I agree that Trump is just playing them and bit by bit destroying them. And what's the alternative? These are not the kind of guys who sign Geneva Convention treaties. They're insane. So let them burn themselves out.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (+jscL)

139 126 122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM

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I know, right?
Posted by: Romney-Ryan 2012 at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)

I'm taking time to step away from my funeral festivities to say ...

Don't you forget about me !

Posted by: zombie Adm / Sen J.S. McCain ace pilot at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (3sXRv)

140
1. Destoy Iran's ballistic missile capability.
2. Destoy Iran's navy.
3. Destroy Iran's ability to obtain a nuke.
4. Destroy Iran's ability to fund terror proxies

1) Trump said that we estimate we’ve destroyed 80% of their stockpiles. Since we also estimated that they had about 100,000 missiles of various types before this began, they only have about 20,000 left.

2). False goal. The Navy was just a PR thing to impress the neighbors. The ability to disrupt shipping was through drones and the fast boats, and we are still working to take those out.

3). Even the US admits we did not know about pickaxe mountain, and a significant part of their program may have been moved there.

4). Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi are still around and still causing trouble. It’s not over with them yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (/R3g/)

141 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.

But I'm assured by the confidence that this is the month the prices plunge!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (1PjjJ)

142 To what end? Trump doesn't strike me as the kind if guy that likes letting things sit unfinished, especially if they make him look weak and foolish. Sure, maybe if he's going to flip it around and win, he'll wait a bit, but he's been dicking around with Iran since the end of February. I can't imagine Trump saying "yeah, let's let this flounder until December, then we can put the screws to them and settle this."

You've hinted at two options, neither of which is appealing to Trump.
1) Go in full force, possibly including boots on the ground.
2) Run away, a la Biden.

Trump is famous for rejecting the proffered options, and generating a new one, in this case, a continuing, low level attack which costs the US relatively little in lives and military assets, while slowly and surely grinding Iran down. I suspect that is what's happening, but Trump failed to call be and fill me in this week so I can't be sure.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

143 I was gonna scroll past post but out of respect for Ace, did not. He finished strong with the GroundHog day reference.
Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Gqar

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Every thread is a movie thread.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (JvZF+)

144 Max height of China MANPADS: 15k feet.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

There must be a Swalwell/Fang Fang/Buttigieg joke here somewhere.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (/y3Vc)

145 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

My favorite 'yeah, right' topic is...

We must expand NATO to counteract the Evil Russians!!!

That would be Russia, that can't even beat Ukraine? But are some type of threat to NATO and the EU?

Uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (mP0Kj)

146 And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.
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And he can continue to degrade them by bombing them continuously until they surrender.

There's no reason to stop bombing every time they say they want to talk. Or Trump says they want to talk or whatever.

You can negotiate while the bombs are falling. You don't have to keep throwing them lifelines.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (vSvIl)

147 Wait, there's a place where you can release wildy inaccurate (fake) polls for political purposes, and NOT have to retire in shame after the election shows you're a hack!?!?!?

Ask the pollster who said Kumswala would win Iowa.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (n/5MQ)

148 Sigh...

Inside Elections 2026 Midterm Forecast

House:
🔴 Republicans: 215
🔵 Democrats: 206
🟡 Tossup: 14

Senate:
🔴 Republicans: 52
🔵 Democrats: 45
🟡 Tossup: 3

Swing States:
Maine: 🔴 Tilt R
Michigan: 🟡 Tossup
Georgia: 🟡 Tossup
North Carolina: 🟡 Tossup
New Hampshire: 🔵 Tilt D

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (g47mK)

149 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?
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Well, Collins has already shown how much damage she can do. Her opponents have promised to be worse.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (oB8bm)

150 I have a lot of sympathy for Mr. Trump. He really doesn't want to bomb these mfers back into the stone age.

But they are insane. I think he will not chicken-out.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (qFwJc)

151 But she's behind by 5 points !

Collins has polled behind by 5 points in like every race she's ever run, and then won by 15. It's like polls are for strippers or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)

152 136 Trump's approval is under 40% per Rasmussen. We are screwed in November
Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM

Our saving grace is the Dems ability to be ridiculous and put forth even crazier candidates than normal.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

153 Obviously Isreal and the US wouldn't target their own spies so if we further that everyone still alive is obviously a spy.
Looking at you IRGC. Get something done about this. Kill all of those Isreali spys. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (IMeI4)

154 "Even the US admits we did not know about pickaxe mountain, and a significant part of their program may have been moved there."

WaPo was reporting on Pickaxe Mtn facility before Feb 2026. We knew about it.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

155 Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.
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The thing about negotiations is, there are very few people in the world who ever do such.

And the club of "negotiated multi-million dollar deals with multiple parties--some hostile to the others" that is a NYC real estate deal is one of the smallest clubs in the world.

But I'm sure my dumb ass on the internet knows how to negotiate better with Iran ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (3cUTc)

156 >>(Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Trump has been talking about taking down Iran for decades, years before he got into politics directly.

He is not playing us. He's just doing things his way. Which doesn't bother me since decades of doing it the other way, invasions and then trying to rebuild and run other countries in the Middle East, has always failed. Always. There's a price to pay for that as well.

Bessent said the other day during the cabinet meeting that inflation in Iran is at 180%. Basically Zimbabwe, get out a wheelbarrow of money levels. Meanwhile, oil prices are coming down today in the US so the Strait actually isn't closed and even their threats are not doing much anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (viF8m)

157 Just another manic Monday.

Posted by: Written by Prince, Sung by The Bangles at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

158 >>>Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

The fact that we have to support her says a lot more about Maine / New England than it says about us or her. WTF is wrong with people up there? I mean Vermont!???...Bernie Fucking Commie hack Sanders!??? FFS! I don't know who's in New Hampshire the "Live Free or Die" state but I'm sure it's also a commie. Yeah, Live Free or Die but electing commies is the definition of stupid.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (K6DGR)

159 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.

High prices are due to corporate greed and price gouging only when a Dem is in office.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (/y3Vc)

160 Threats are nothing. Gotta have teeth and show them we mean business. Bomb the f*cking shit out of them with everything on the table. Cities, towns, electricity plants, everything.

It's the same with the fraud voting in this country. Have laws with teeth in them. Voting fraud, seven years in jail, no parole. Make it hurt. Judges who won't apply the law gets booted off the bench. Stop playing around. I'm so tired of the bullshit.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (bqIVz)

161 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)
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This is a very good analysis. The regime change goal is mine not Trump's. I'm not going to hold him accountable for it but will continue to agitate for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (JvZF+)

I ALSO want regime change in Iran. But I'm not willing to bury a single 0311 to achieve it. I'm certainly not willing to bury thousands of them and watch Iran devolve into the street-to-street fighting I saw in Fallujah while some of the fence-sitting Iranians decide the 'invaders' are worse than the Iranian leadership just as a function of being invaders.

Trump told us at the beginning what his terms for victory were. They were defined at the onset of hostilities. We focused on and achieved all of them.

Defining military victory and then kicking the everloving shit out of the enemy with a single-minded ruthlessness until we achieve that victory is unique in post-9/11 America, and I'm here for it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (AdHga)

162 Michigan - Abul Al Durka Durka Jihadi wins tomorrow, loses to Rogers in November, and from then till NOvemeber the JiahadDSA and D alliance will be featured prominently in ads in key states!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (g47mK)

163 I'd love to be wrong but I don't see NC as a toss up or else I've marinated in the shithole that is Charlotte for way too long and don't know the vibe out in the actual state.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (enNUy)

164 The fact that we have to support her says a lot more about Maine / New England than it says about us or her.

The whole Graham Platner thing convinced me that Stephen King was on to something by writing a lot of books about supernatural monsters in Maine.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)

165 >>Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

"A guy like Trump" doesn't seem to realize that negotiating with Iran is a fool's errand, regardless of the "game".

The only solution to the Iran problem is complete and utter destruction of the Islamic regime so that there are no more leaders with which to "negotiate".

There is one thing of which I am absolutely sure, and that is that "a guy like Trump" knows the Iranians will never abide by any agreement. That's why he's letting them hang themselves by continuing to "break" every agreement, while he just keeps hitting them. It's like Captain America says, "I can do this all day".

In the end, I think his goal is exactly what you say, he's just going about it in an opaque way. Given how poorly the alternate ways have fared in the past, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

166 The situation has a NY Post vibe to it.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (Gqar8)

167 Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

The Iran Junta's political calculation is clear to me.

Can their internal opposition be suppressed long enough that those who HATE Trump can somehow neuter him.

The vote in the Senate and the US MSM, give them hope every day, that if they can just last long enough, Trump will be weakened, or impeached.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

168 The markets seem to like Trump's strategy or at least are getting comfortable with it,

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (KC5Lt)

169 We have a weak hand. It is being exposed.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (bX16E)

170 The vote in the Senate and the US MSM, give them hope every day, that if they can just last long enough, Trump will be weakened, or impeached.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Oooooorrrrrrrr........
- Butler, PA, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (AdHga)

171 WHOA!

that was fast !

"JUST IN:

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy @ZelenskyyUa just dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her position as Ukraine's ambassador to the United States."

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:48 PM (g47mK)

172 What I've found amazing is the amount of Military information that has been leaked to, and published by, the US Press.

Everything from Ship locations, to pictures of ships in transit, to how many missiles we have....

Shameless Aid and Comfort to our enemies...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)

Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.

Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?

Ted Striker: I can't tell you that. It's classified.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 01:48 PM (wVcYX)

173 TACO Monday, followed by TACO Tuesday, etc., until Trump either wakes up or leaves office.

Posted by: p-squared at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (0prFs)

174 That would be Russia, that can't even beat Ukraine? But are some type of threat to NATO and the EU?

Uhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (mP0Kj)

The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)

175 Our saving grace is the Dems ability to be ridiculous and put forth even crazier candidates than normal.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

Agreed! Trump's greatest superpower is he has the DUMBEST enemies in history!

Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (RqMDa)

176 169 We have a weak hand. It is being exposed.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (bX16E)
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On what planet do we have a "weak hand?"

There's having legitimate criticisms of this campaign against Iran, and then there's doomer bullshit that has no basis in reality. This is an example of the latter.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (oqH4h)

177 I really wish Trump would just stop the blustering and blow Iran to smithereens.

Then take our troops and go home.

Done. Not worth another breath.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (iYyOT)

178 I'm certainly not willing to bury thousands of them and watch Iran devolve into the street-to-street fighting I saw in Fallujah while some of the fence-sitting Iranians decide the 'invaders' are worse than the Iranian leadership just as a function of being invaders.

Excellent point. The mullahs would like nothing better than American boots on the ground, because that's the only way they have left to rally and motivate their people to fight. Let's not give them what they want.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)

179 The only way to win is to not play the (negotiating) game — WOPR after it learned

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (+gA9j)

180 Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before.
..
It's like the sun coming up and going down every day.

Pointing out the obvious: Yes, that's how Dualing Banjo's is played -- begining the midpoint of the beginning in AI War I. Who's next?

LET's GO BRANDON.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

“the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (4hyME)

181 I am shock, shocked, totally to know Ian is lying... again.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (NnhvP)

182 Good news, eastbound lanes are open.

Guess they got the guy. Or...whatever happened. I don't know. Maybe a cow got loose.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (dpXJq)

183 The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)

But, so is Russia...

So it would end up looking like a Tranny Street fight...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)

184 Trump is supposedly issuing an EO to fully re-open the Sable pipeline in the Sta Ynez refinery group in Santa Barbara, cutting off California's obstruction. This is done under the defense production act as a supply for West coast military needs.

This is reported by fairly responsible accounts, but I find nothing about it on the White House EO page.

It would be nice if fuel prices out here moderated a bit!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

185
WaPo was reporting on Pickaxe Mtn facility before Feb 2026. We knew about it.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

Not a movie thread, but a line from Gandalf to Denethor seems highly appropriate: “Knew about it and did NOTHING!”
(By our own admission)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (/R3g/)

186 The most powerful ally the mullahs and IRGC has is the democrat party and their propagandists. Trump has a strategy to win against both but it will not move as fast as some wish for here.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (xvV+O)

187 184 Trump is supposedly issuing an EO to fully re-open the Sable pipeline in the Sta Ynez refinery group in Santa Barbara, cutting off California's obstruction. This is done under the defense production act as a supply for West coast military needs.

This is reported by fairly responsible accounts, but I find nothing about it on the White House EO page.

It would be nice if fuel prices out here moderated a bit!
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

Denied !

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (TFsdh)

188
This on-again/off-again bombing interspersed with negotiations reminds me of the US bombing North Vietnam back in the 1969s-1970s.

There apparently isn't any existing government faction in Iran that can actually be negotiated with.

Maybe it's a different enough situation that it doesn't mean the same thing.

These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)

189 The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)

They want a war with Russia so they can write off their banking losses and start over with a revalued currency.
What is interesting is that they could declare a war on Morocco and Libya and the rest of North Africa, do a Rif war 2.0 and have their forever war there. Morocco has just given them the invasion they need to declare a war there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)

190 So it would end up looking like a Tranny Street fight...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)

That is one we should both encourage and stay out of. Let Russia and the EU bitchslap each other for a few years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (IMeI4)

191 >>>I really wish Trump would just stop the blustering and blow Iran to smithereens.

I'd like him to announce that he's going to Rand McNally's offices and telling them they'll have to issue a new World Atlas after he's done wiping Iran off the face of the earth.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (K6DGR)

192 Not a movie thread, but a line from Gandalf to Denethor seems highly appropriate: “Knew about it and did NOTHING!”
(By our own admission)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (/R3g/)

Striking Fordow brought into the open bombs that didn't exist before. Pickaxe is deeper. There is - at least according to open source data - nothing in our arsenal that can get there.

Yet.

What would you like them to do with a target we can't reach?

I'll ask my caskets question again. How many dead Marines will you accept to take Pickaxe by storm since we can't destroy it with what we (publicly) have?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (AdHga)

193
16 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.
Posted by: garrett

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Coming in at #179, I'm glad I read the comments from the top down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (mmrXZ)

194 173 TACO Monday, followed by TACO Tuesday, etc., until Trump either wakes up or leaves office.
Posted by: p-squared at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (0prFs)
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Wakes up and does what, General Patton?

Our options are either to invade, which we're not going to do for a hundred thousand different reasons, start a campaign of bombing civilian infrastructure which will cripple the country and kill a lot of otherwise innocent people that have nothing to do with the IRGC, or tuck tail and leave, which you'd bitch about too. What should we do?

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

195 As one Iranian said about the Durka Durka Jihadis in charge of Iran right now "If their lips are moving, they are lying." Same goes for Phakistan.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (g47mK)

196 No more announcing. No threats. No press conferences or round tables or negotiations.

Boom.
Leave
Done.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (iYyOT)

197 Hello Darlin' -

You've got a man with a slow hand
You've got a President with an easy touch
You've got somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
Baby, believe me I understand
When it comes to bombing Iran you want a slow hand

Posted by: Zombie Conway Twitty at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (wVcYX)

198 build a parking lot

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (jrgJz)

199 181 I am shock, shocked, totally to know Ian is lying... again.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM

Good grief, Ian. Stop it!

Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (hftzA)

200 151 But she's behind by 5 points !

Collins has polled behind by 5 points in like every race she's ever run, and then won by 15. It's like polls are for strippers or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)

As a Mainer on the ground here in batshit crazy southern / Portland area - you couldn't throw a rock without hitting multiple Platner lawn signs.

Still haven't seen a single Troy Jackson yard sign anywhere. However, I've not seen a Collins sign either.

The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (WYStd)

201 .
Agreed ... tRump can be a cunt.

Posted by: Marooned at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (kt8QE)

202 188
This on-again/off-again bombing interspersed with negotiations reminds me of the US bombing North Vietnam back in the 1969s-1970s.

There apparently isn't any existing government faction in Iran that can actually be negotiated with.

Maybe it's a different enough situation that it doesn't mean the same thing.

These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)

The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran). There's also the potshots Iran is taking, but those are so few at this point they're getting intercepted. There are basically a few possible outcomes at present.

1. Iran collapses quickly due to having their power plants and bridges bombed
2. Iran collapses slowly due to the blockade
3. Iran cuts a deal

Outcome 1 and 2 is undesirable for those in the region, and perhaps Europe as well.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (okun6)

203 That Guy who says "Nothing will happen." must be hungover.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (0sNs1)

204 Trump has little or no control of the Iran war.

Is anyone taking anything he days seriously ?;

Ace is now down to comparing Trump to a comedy

Oil prices are undergoing wild daily swings someone could make millions of they only knew what was going to happen.

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 01:57 PM (cXME7)

205 >>These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Possibly not having to deal with hundreds of thousands if not millions of refugees.

I don't know why the "bomb Iran back to the stone age" supporters refuse to that Iran is country of over 90 million people. If we blow it to shit who is going to help feed and house those people? If we take out their infrastructure does anyone think they will just stay there and starve?

We always get stuck cleaning up after these decapitation wars. We've been living with the Colin Powell doctrine for decades. Pretending there is no cost from an all out war is a convenient position for a debate but it's not reality. I'm in the camp that doesn't want a forever occupation after the war.

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

206 So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

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Except not as embarrassing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM

Easy for you to say.

Posted by: Neon-green Dildo, lying on a WNBA court floor, alone and abandoned at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (0sNs1)

207 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

208 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Platner will come!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

209 "Boom. Leave. Done."

What should we target that we haven't already?
What ordnance should we use?
Should we go nuclear?
If that doesn't get them to capitulate, then what?

Only way to come close to guaranteeing their nuclear program is neutralized (the whole point of this war) is to put excavators and inspectors on the ground, all over their country, forever.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

210 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.
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Out here in kalifornia with gas at $2.50+ per gallon more, it is the state and local government giving us the green dildo of taxes that is gouging us here. And that green 12 incher is not lubed but is covered in 60 grit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM (xvV+O)

211 The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran).

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LOL, since when do arabs worry about refugees ?? Are any of them an enlightened democracy ? NO! They are all little kingdoms and with despotic rulers who will shoot anything coming across their precious borders.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (g47mK)

212 I expect paul will be sucking sid's dick soon.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (IMeI4)

213 You don't have destroy Pickaxe Mt. Just destroy everything in a 300 mile radius.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (qFwJc)

214 Our options are either to invade, which we're not going to do for a hundred thousand different reasons, start a campaign of bombing civilian infrastructure which will cripple the country and kill a lot of otherwise innocent people that have nothing to do with the IRGC, or tuck tail and leave, which you'd bitch about too. What should we do?
Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

You are completely correct. It is obvious to any sane person that there is not going to be any large ground invasion. It is also unacceptable to just tuck tail and run, as Biden did in Afghanistan. So whatever remains, after those two choices are eliminated, is what must be done, no matter how unsavory.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (/R3g/)

215 If the Gulf States don’t want 90 million refugees, perhaps they should be a little more forceful in getting Iran to capitulate.

Not our problem.
Not our responsibility to feed house or support Iranians. Saudi Arabia has a ton of money. They can figure it out.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (vXnb8)

216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (W90Ou)

217 Out here in kalifornia with gas at $2.50+ per gallon more, it is the state and local government giving us the green dildo of taxes that is gouging us here. And that green 12 incher is not lubed but is covered in 60 grit.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM

Kalifornians like it rough. This is known.

Posted by: Neon-green Dildo, lying on a WNBA court floor, alone and abandoned at August 03, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)

218 Shi'a Muslims from Persia are not going to flood into Arab lands. They hate each other ethnically and via religious sect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:02 PM (BFvh9)

219 On July 26, 2020, with the George Floyd riots having finally settled down, the CDC issued a plan for establishing nationwide quarantine camps. People were to be isolated, given only food and some cleaning supplies. They would be banned from participating in any religious services. The plan included contingencies for preventing suicide. There were no provisions made for any legal appeals or even the right to legal counsel.

The document was only removed on about March 26, 2023. During the entire intervening time, the plan survived on the CDC’s public site with little to no public notice or controversy.

It was called “Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings.”

Big Government Death Camp was already Trademarked by the Norks and Iran.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (/+uur)

220 The whole Graham Platner thing convinced me that Stephen King was on to something by writing a lot of books about supernatural monsters in Maine.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)
+++
The eldritch abominations in Massachusetts are even worse!

Posted by: H. P. L. at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (FZ29D)

221 211 The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran).

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LOL, since when do arabs worry about refugees ?? Are any of them an enlightened democracy ? NO! They are all little kingdoms and with despotic rulers who will shoot anything coming across their precious borders.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (g47mK)

A number of them have palestinians already to deal with. The wave could be well in the millions. They would naturally direct as much as possible to Europe like they did during the collapse of Syria/rise of ISIS but it would definitely effect them.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (okun6)

222 Not our problem.
Not our responsibility to feed house or support Iranians. Saudi Arabia has a ton of money. They can figure it out."

*stands and applauds*

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

223 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Platner will come!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

You can look around Maine and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see. On Election night, the Great Platner rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children!

Posted by: Linus at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (wVcYX)

224 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.

I think Iran war garbage pays better from whatever took over from USAID. Laurene Jobs? Neville Singham? Mark Cuban? Who knows.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (2ocoG)

225
I don't know why the "bomb Iran back to the stone age" supporters refuse to that Iran is country of over 90 million people. If we blow it to shit who is going to help feed and house those people? If we take out their infrastructure does anyone think they will just stay there and starve?”

And the obvious answer is “I dont care.” There are over a billion Muslims in the world, let them figure out what to do about starving Muslims. Not our monkeys, not our circus.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (/R3g/)

226 216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.

agree and honestly I take it to mean things are actually going much better than we think

I don't see Iran as a continuing concern, as it were. it will forthwith be a basket case, and have to be fully supported by China or Russia or whoever.

sometimes something is SO SHITTASTIC that it's hard to even tell when it's destroyed. That's Iran.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)

227 The trolls are constantly, inly here spewing their idiocy, but to what end? Do they ever offer an alternate candidate? Give us some insight.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (ixEhJ)

228 never lost a negotiation."[/]

All they've done is drag out their destruction.

Posted by: DaveA at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (FhXTo)

229 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (IMeI4)

230 The Iran war is basicalky like the Ukraine war, you can't believe anything anyone says about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (n37A8)

231 did you guys know Vermont has a Republican governor?

that's interesting.

because New England is supposedly totally loony liberal

which I ... and I go there a lot ... haven't noticed other than CT and MA.

Maine is definitely weird tho lol. (my husband is a Mainer)

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (j+aD2)

232 “the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26
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"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." ibid

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (oB8bm)

233 216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (W90Ou)
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These threads are the most glaringly obvious low-hanging fruit for the trolls to try and spread FUD about the administration.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (oqH4h)

234 Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

Our own Declaration of Independence is clear that it is the Right and DUTY of a people to change their government if it is not doing what they want and need.

So, based on that, if the Iranian people wish to live like 6th Century Warlords? Let them.

I know that 10's of thousands of them have already died in protests... a story our own Media wishes to ignore... so why are we not ARMING them?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (mP0Kj)

235 Fvck it all, nuke them from orbit to create a glowing reminder to remind the rest of them that we can remove problems permanently.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (Q/FnY)

236 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

I've seen speculation about attaching a small nuke to a small drone and getting it inside the mountain, but I don't know the details of how or if that could work.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

237 I heard someone say "Iran has never won a war, but never lost a negotiation."
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That's what one would call a "spotty record".

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (ZWBDi)

238 13 And oil prices are down 5% because no one actually cares, all while Iran continues to just die as a country because of the blockade.

And, I remember when Trump was never going to bomb them. Then he bombed them for 6 weeks. Then Trump was so eager for a deal that he'd sign anything, and the MOU came along and Iran got nothing from it. And then most of what Iran had purchased to get imported never made it to port when the MOU got torn up and Iran got paid nothing.

And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.
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Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 03, 2026 02:08 PM (VkY89)

239 >>Shi'a Muslims from Persia are not going to flood into Arab lands. They hate each other ethnically and via religious sect

Who do you think we are fighting in Iraq? Iranian militias. Used to see Iranians all the time in the UAE doing business. They make up between 5 - 8% of the population in the UAE.

At the start of this war there were a lot of people here advocating for freeing the Iranian people from the mullahs and IRGC. The ones that haven't been murdered are still there. And if you think the left is bitching about the price of oil imagine the bitching they will do about a humanitarian crisis in Iran.

Trump has been saying all along he wants to leave as much of the economy intact for the benefit of the people after the war. He's not stupid, he just has a different outcome in mind and way to accomplish than others. Whether it will work remains to be seen but the idea that he's afraid of the IRGC is dumb.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:10 PM (viF8m)

240 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

I've seen speculation about attaching a small nuke to a small drone and getting it inside the mountain, but I don't know the details of how or if that could work.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like a job for Mobile Infantry.

Posted by: Rico's Roughnecks - Everyone Fights, Nobody Quits, at August 03, 2026 02:10 PM (wVcYX)

241
They would naturally direct as much as possible to Europe like they did during the collapse of Syria/rise of ISIS but it would definitely effect them.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

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I'm trying to visualize this. Shiite-on-Sunni action in the streets of Europe? Maybe not, considering some number of Iranians are actually not hard liners.

I also get the impression Iranians are actually willing to work -- but then, that's my impression from the ones I've known in America, who were escapees of some sort. Bahai, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian.

Well, we got a lot of Japanese gardeners after WWII, maybe we can get some Iranian weather girls, accountants, whatevers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)

242 did you guys know Vermont has a Republican governor?

that's interesting.

Yes, and not unheard of there. Though their version is hardly conservative. BUT Vermont natives tend to be conservative. It’s the influx of what they lovingly refer to as “flatlanders” that make Vermont so insane. Vermont has very, very poor people next to wealthy. It’s a weird place.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (Dd38x)

243 SOROS is using the same Italian satellites that changed the numbers on the Dominion voting mac
hines ok ting machine to destroy the liner of the reflecting pool

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 02:12 PM (44Cah)

244 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Ian is a shit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (NnhvP)

245 @239 JackStraw, no argument about Iraq but they were in the country before our invasion. There are Iranians doing business as you experienced but large scale refugee invasions would be resisted more by the Sunni Arabs than Biden resisted the illegals invading the US

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (BFvh9)

246 c Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Somebody said you did it too fast. I secured the border in 30 days! Somebody said you should have taken a year and a half or two years completed, because everyone forgets!

"Even my speech writers, they say, sir, nobody wants to hear about the border anymore. You've done it!"

"It's an incredible job you've done. But nobody wants to hear about it. And I should have taken a couple of years to do it."

"And actually, the public has about a two-year, people do. They have a two-year memory for certain things."

"I may have gotten elected. I certainly partially own the border. And because we did such a great job, it was a long time ago."

"I did it twice. I did it in 2016 when it was bad. But I did it this last time when it was really bad."

https://tinyurl.com/yc4up3vp

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

247 President Charlie Brown vs. Mullah Lucy.

Posted by: Joe Mama at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (TezPK)

248 Vermont natives tend to be conservative. It’s the influx of what they lovingly refer to as “flatlanders” that make Vermont so insane. Vermont has very, very poor people next to wealthy. It’s a weird place.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (Dd38x)

I had some weird dreams about Vermont.

Posted by: Bob Newhart at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (wVcYX)

249 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM

Today typos, tomorrow kale?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

250 "That mountain is designed to survive nukes."

Poorly designed mountains that fail nuke testing are refurbished and sold in the hillock and mounds aftermarket.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

251 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Fatal even

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (ZWBDi)

252 17 I've basically tuned out all Iran news because (i) it's deja vu all over again and (ii) I don't believe a word of it.

Same thing about Ukraine news.

Both wars will eventually end, and we can examine the results then.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

I have gradually resigned myself to the realization that we will probably never know.

Different people are different, none of those countries are run by Germans, and even their internal confidential documents are likely full of risible self-lies. It would take archeologists and forensic scientists examining the physical evidence in the wild to determine what happened -- and every college-credentialed field is so corrupted by Critical Theory that they will see whatever they are told to see by their doctrinaire loathing of Christians, European Whites, and Western Civ in general.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

253 I also get the impression Iranians are actually willing to work -- but then, that's my impression from the ones I've known in America, who were escapees of some sort.

In my experience, legal immigrants to America come here willing to work, regardless of where they're from. That includes Africans, Iranians, Europeans, Russians, you name it.

Not so much the illegals.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)

254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

255 Trump should turn the tables. Announce we have the greatest peace deal ever and the next day start bombing. Oops...

Posted by: Lex at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (+ScOG)

256 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Ian is a shit.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (NnhvP)

Not so much the illegals.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)

I don't know why this sequence makes me laugh so hard.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (AdHga)

257 Senate will vote on Blanche nomination at 9 tomorrow after deal reached with Cornyn and Tillis.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (BFvh9)

258 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

well, it isn't choked off for one thing. Except to Iranian Tankers.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (uhVAy)

259 Here's my read:

Trump DOES NOT want to hurt more innocent people than is absolutely necessary. He doesn't want to bomb the people of Iran. He has said this repeatedly.

He is being patient because right now more innocents would be harmed by our response than would be harmed by the status quo. He's got some time to work with because we've severely set back their nuclear, military and leadership capabilities. As soon as that calculus changes, watch out!

I for one will be interested to see if I'm right.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (OlzlW)

260 Air drop a few million bottles of iodine tabs with a prescription, "Take 3 times daily before Friday."

Posted by: jacksonunit at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (86C1Z)

261 We are all Lucy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (amcLV)

Not me.

Posted by: Spartacus at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (We5PL)

262 Today typos, tomorrow kale?

Kale? Pretty soon that leads to messenger bags, Crocs, and a Vespa.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

263 Senate will vote on Blanche nomination at 9 tomorrow after deal reached with Cornyn and Tillis.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (BFvh9)

Hey, I know those guys. They're fags!

Posted by: Spicoli at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (wVcYX)

264 >>You don't have destroy Pickaxe Mt. Just destroy everything in a 300 mile radius.

Not even that. A2/AD is a thing.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (J4Dwc)

265
Things were reportedly already pretty bad in Iran before the attacks. Extremely high unemployment, and a severe water shortage caused by gross mismanagement combined with a drought. And, both caused by the theocratic/thieving government.They steal, and otherwise don't know or care about running the economy into the I wonder how close to the edge of survival average people are now.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (VWtfl)

266 Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

267 The gay eye-a-tolja is now not cardboard and can speak?

Who the heck is Trump talking to?

Seems like musical chairs but with no interpreters, music or chairs.

I will watch Tousi later and maybe he knows what's going on.

Bizarre.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (hzuYO)

268 none of those countries are run by Germans

I'm still in a small amount of awe at the sheer amount of paperwork that was involved in the Holocaust. The banality of evil indeed.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)

269 >> @239 JackStraw, no argument about Iraq but they were in the country before our invasion. There are Iranians doing business as you experienced but large scale refugee invasions would be resisted more by the Sunni Arabs than Biden resisted the illegals invading the US

Possibly. But they would still be stuck with a failed state on their border. And we all know what happens with failed states in the Middle East, we have many examples.

Trump is obviously trying a different way than has been done in the past using much more economic pain and fewer troops on the ground, like 0 other than I'm sure a handful of special forces types. If you want an all out invasion Trump is not your guy. He's been running against that for years. If it eventually comes to that then so be it but why not give a different approach a chance before throwing in the towel?

Iran is barely a blip on my life on a daily basis. A bit higher on gas prices for a short period is not too much of a sacrifice for me to be rid of the mullahs after 50 years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

270 Nood

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (enNUy)

271 I say we are playing a weak hand because we either can't or won't play the pimp hand.

We should've trounced Vietnam but we didn't. We should have trounced Afghanistan, but we didn't.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (bX16E)

272 Looks like Trump's war is really galvanizing Iranian support for their government. Being bombed by imperialist outsiders is the best way to unite a country!

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (Elsjd)

273 Iran is barely a blip on my life on a daily basis. A bit higher on gas prices for a short period is not too much of a sacrifice for me to be rid of the mullahs after 50 years.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

Bingo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hzuYO)

274 Here's my read:

Trump DOES NOT want to hurt more innocent people than is absolutely necessary. He doesn't want to bomb the people of Iran. He has said this repeatedly.
[ . . .]
I for one will be interested to see if I'm right.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (OlzlW)

There is another reason: Iran is a financial crime scene. All the info on funding ISIS, Hezb', the money laundering from Afghanistan, Iraq, black market oil sales and US "protest" groups go through somewhere, and the Iranians had lots of capital due to Obama' pallets of unmarked cash for seed money.
There is been exposed a large shadow banking system, and all those records show who got paid, who paid, and where the money was sent.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

275 These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

For some of them, if Iran isn't scary their US aid goes down. Such as it is.

And a docile Iran might look out at who in the past supported said regime.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (ItWcy)

276 Not watching it with or without her

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

277 254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

I'm certain of it. You're not going to 'trick' anyone by claiming they said something they never said, but the mullahs do it all the time, trying to present our capitulation to their demands as a fait accompli. Trump is literally just mirroring their behavior.

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ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

Manchin? JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Joe, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Joe Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)

278 What Trump has done and is doing to Iran is very good and long overdue. It's his talking that's the problem. He looks incredibly silly now and doesn't seem to realize it. He just needs to go radio silent on Iran for a few weeks or even months and take care of business on the ground.

Posted by: My Two Bits at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (qUkBO)

279 There is been exposed a large shadow banking system, and all those records show who got paid, who paid, and where the money was sent.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR

I assume the beneficiaries are the Marxist revolutionaries and Deep State operatives and corrupt politicians. Is Trump leveraging this to make progress on various goals, some of which are unrelated to Iran?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (OlzlW)

280 BTW… for the record: I might criticize Trump’s tactics on Iran but I very much support his objectives and still think he’s an all time great prez. He’ll not lose my support but I will gripe if I think he’s bungling this particular situation. No one is perfect. Abe Lincoln chose Ambrose Burnside and Joe Hooker for army command; that’s two pretty big boners by an alltime great

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (+gA9j)

281 I think Trump's playing these a-holes for the fools they are. Trump calls off a strike just to appear to appease various "peace" factions, when in reality he's just taking a short pause to resupply, re-organize, re-assess targeting, etc. And, just like that, as soon as the inevitable misstep from Iran occurs, it's back at it like Donkey Kong.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (y2f7I)

282 it's back at it like Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (y2f7I)

SURE THING

Posted by: MAC V SOG at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (P4Pk9)

283 Ace, Ace, Ace.

Much ado about nothing.

Iran knows what we are doing. Trump and the USA know what Iran is doing. It's all a play. Iran wants to delay to the midterms. Trump wants to demonstrate how Iran doesn't want peace and never has. It provides him global support to bomb the hell out of the next parts we want to bomb - increasingly all around the strait - wiping out Iran's capability for mischief there.

It's theater, and nothing more.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (7/DDO)

284 Trump needs to occupy Kharg Island and "negotiate" for it with Pahlavi, potentially aided and abetted by the Saudis, Kuwaitis, Emiratis, and Omanis. (The Qataris can be added later if they behave better.)

That will still likely not get the IRGC to negotiate in good faith, but it will set an environment that may get them to decamp to Russia or China sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Sam at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (7jMef)

285 278 What Trump has done and is doing to Iran is very good and long overdue. It's his talking that's the problem. He looks incredibly silly now and doesn't seem to realize it. He just needs to go radio silent on Iran for a few weeks or even months and take care of business on the ground.
Posted by: My Two Bits at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (qUkBO

Ditto x 1000

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (FCPbW)

286 Here are two possibilities:

1) Trump does not know how Iranians negotiate. They are stringing him along and he does not get it, or
2) US military operations are hamstrung by the lack of weapon inventories.

From what I have read, Trump tends to negotiate with little bluster when the partner is seriously engaged. When he determines that they are not serious, or they disrespect him, he goes "scorched earth". I think he has paid enough attention to Iranian negotiations to know that they are not serious, and they are stringing him along. I think that Trump is a smarter negotiator than possibility one.

Possibility two says that Trump wants to go "scorched earth", but our ammunition stockpiles are depleted and that limits the duration of operations. The United States is unable to sustain a bombing campaign. We do not have enough missile and drone interceptors for defense, and we may be short of precision munitions for infrastructure strikes.

I think he would do better to say nothing and turn the bombing on and off as available weaponry permits. Right now, his messages that Iran is not negotiating in good faith merely serve to warn the Iranians that a new round of strikes is coming.

Posted by: Marathons are hard for sprinters at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (LAJY1)

287 It’s got to be said. LOUDLY.

TRUMP IS THE SAME SORT OF WAR PRESIDENT AS TRUMAN, JOHNSON, CARTER, BUSH 2, OBAMA, BIDEN AND PUTIN…. LOUSY!!!!

HE WANTS PEACE TOO MUCH.

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Posted by: yxdowee at August 04, 2026 02:31 AM (kUpT5)

Politico: NJ Democrat Officials Anonymously Admit Far More Illegals Are Registered to Vote Than the Governor "Mikie" Is Admitting; Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000

The cleanest elections in the world, at least when Democrats win.

When they lose, Russia hacked the election.

In May, a bipartisan duo of New Jersey state senators introduced a simple piece of legislation that got little public attention.
It would add one sentence to the state's automatic voter registration law to make sure someone who indicates they aren't a U.S. citizen won't be prompted to register to vote.
The bill turned out to be extremely prescient.
That's because Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed last week that a "software error" at the Motor Vehicles Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens getting added to the state's voter rolls. About 400 of them voted, she said.
Her disclosure set off a political uproar that's resonated well beyond New Jersey, feeding into the Trump administration's push for voter restrictions and setting up a legal battle with the Department of Justice.
But it also exposed an open secret about New Jersey's so-called motor voter law that officials and political operatives have known for years: There's little to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake. And election officials and campaign consultants from both parties believe that the number of noncitizens being added to the voter rolls is significantly higher than the 6,600 Sherrill cited -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024.
"It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.
It's unclear how many noncitizens have registered to vote in New Jersey beyond the one-year period Sherrill cited. The Trump administration gave a preliminary estimate of around 35,000. While New Jersey political insiders don't know if that's true, they're almost certain it's more than 6,600. Some speculated it could be slightly more. Others said it could be even above the Trump administration's estimates.
But Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that the statewide voter database is a mess, and that noncitizen registrants are just one category of people who shouldn't be on it, like people who left New Jersey without notifying election officials and whose names linger until periodic clean ups of the voter rolls.

...

Thompson, the elections administrator, said county elections officials check each registration against a state database using Social Security numbers or driver's license numbers to confirm their identity, and that the information doesn't belong to people who have died. But noncitizens can obtain both forms of identification. "It does not validate any kind of citizenship," Thompson said.

So they have literally no checking of citizenship at all. At best, they check to see if you have a social security number, but illegals can apply for and get those, too.

...
But the existence of the bill, which has yet to advance in the full Senate or Assembly, suggests lawmakers were at least somewhat aware of the system's flaws. (A new law passed during the lame duck legislative session did something similar to Beach and Corrado's bill, but only for those applying for REAL IDs).

Officials admit they have no idea how many illegals are enrolled to vote -- but they're totally sure it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one.

Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (bFu5X)

2 Oregon also has an "honor system" for motor-voter

The county has trouble at times getting a decent jury together for that very reason

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (rbvCR)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

4 disclosed last week that a "software error" at the Motor Vehicles Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens getting added to the state's voter rolls. About 400 of them voted,"

Off by at least one zero...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (cGjQu)

5 >>Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.
__
Or, as Ronaldus Magnus once said, "There you go again."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (bNf8H)

6 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (xJpaU)

7 When MA voted to give driver's licenses to illegals, the Republicans inserted a provision that citizenship be checked before registering them to vote. Surprising no one, the Dems nuked that amendment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (bFu5X)

8 Most. Secure. Election. Ever.

Posted by: Kama Lama Harangue at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (xdU4O)

9 and in many states, a drivers license has no indicator that the driver is not a US citizen.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (vbXSk)

10 someone is still using my SSN!

it SUCKS

going back in for another meeting at our useless local SSA office to try to cull some more fakers

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (j+aD2)

11 dems be cray-cray

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (8uzBS)

12 Yes. We all know that.

The democrats fight way too hard to prevent people from checking the voting databases for it to be any other way.

(See also: number of dead people who have never missed an election since they died.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)

13 motor voter was always a way to increase illegal alien voting

we knew that back then! it was obvious

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (j+aD2)

14 Officials admit they have no idea how many illegals are enrolled to vote

Sure they do. They don't want YOU to know.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (xJpaU)

15 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

Let's institute an "honor system" to buy guns, then. I pinky swear I'm not a felon.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

16 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (j+aD2)

Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing and sleeping now

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (ZWBDi)

17 Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

On our own, as Whitesnake added.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (bFu5X)

18

If you want to purchase food from one of communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s government-run supermarkets, you must… present some form of ID.

And not just any ID… government ID.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)

19 someone is still using my SSN!"

Both me and Mrs have had that problem, and, according to the various websites, we've both donated to Dims.

Amazing, huh?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (cGjQu)

20 Voting is a singular bingular honor.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

21 Let's institute an "honor system" to buy guns, then."

Can I get them mailed to me?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (cGjQu)

22 This is happening in multiple states.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (2CeDH)

23 >>someone is still using my SSN!

it SUCKS

going back in for another meeting at our useless local SSA office to try to cull some more fakers

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM

Best of luck to you. That happened to a friend who wanted to open a bank account. She finally got it straightened out. Before she could get to the bank, another illegal alien used it to open a bank account.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (VJX5o)

24 Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

----
Just wait until the gay robots get the vote...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

25 but they're totally sure it's not a problem and never effects any elections,

"affects"

Posted by: midday Monday pedant at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (wBRco)

26 Troll should be by any minute to "laugh" at us even though they/them sit in the political wilderness despite mountains of cheat and built in advantage. Keep on laughing.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (ZWBDi)

27 Hang on...did one of those Things That Never Happened happen again?

So when are we at the "Yes it's happening and it's a good thing" phase?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (+4yJ5)

28 >>>Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

=====

Has Geoff said that? Hmm. Learn something new everyday.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (Y2/Vj)

29 First: No non-citizen can vote. That is a fact! Our system is perfect!

Then (Now): Well, ok, our system isn't perfect but its not enough to affect election outcomes

Soon: Ok, so millions of non-citizens voted and its a GOOD THING they did!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

30 Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing and sleeping now
sad and yet it was great seeing people

Im a little freaked out still tbh

I posted earlier these were peers (in age) who passed quite quickly and dramatically from various cancers (two were lymphoma, one was glio..something brain, the other was breast that metastasized dramatically after years of remission).

I mention a lot that my family and friends are VERY liberal. they all are very mRNA positive - really into getting every booster

so it's scary. I feel like things are popping up NOW for people who seemingly made it thru the mRNA shots ok. it's worrying me a lot.

hoping my autoimmune problem (and subsequent use of IVM and other treatments) will preclude a turbo cancer. but you never know.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

31 Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000

Gimme a break. I'm will to bet there are less than a million, but, does it matter? We can't prove that a single person registered and voted legally and/or was counted properly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (DZ6nv)

32 Just more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Aren't they just so precious?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (BI5O2)

33 Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

David Coverdale is a gay robot?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

34 The Left: But registrations aren't proof they vote.
Us: Here are some illegals that voted.
The Left: That's not proof of widespread electoral fraud.
Us: We need the SAVE act.
Republican Congresscritters: LOL, no.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)

35 Thank, Temporary Protected Status that lasted for generations.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (NFX2v)

36 The porn version of robot vs the Aztec mummy

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (NySpJ)

37 VOTER FRAUD NEVER HAPPENS!!

Voter fraud is rare and inconsequential!!

Anyone who wants to inspect our voter roles is a racist!

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Jl/ju)

38 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Had to get awY from building to get site up

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (HVMwt)

39 We should hire Costco to manage our elections and make sure only those eligible are allowed to vote.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (2ap+5)

40 Good afternoon Ace.
I said it when I first heard Mikie was admitting to 6,000, multiply it by 10x.
That's probably an underestimate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (BFvh9)

41 Both me and Mrs have had that problem, and, according to the various websites, we've both donated to Dims.

I suspect if you were to check official FEC lists and ask the people listed did you donate money to Act Blue/Candidate X less then 50% would say yes...

I mean when I've gone through the numbers you see endless lists of people donating small amounts at random time intervals.

So it isn't based on when they get paid (monthly/weekly/biweekly), and its not believable they get a windfall and donate...$7 a year out from the election

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

42 Dammit...

These people over in Oregon and Washington need to get their shit together. All this smoke is ruining my riding season.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (zGzrB)

43 So the Democrats work fast. The media is *already* transitioning from "the DSA so a bunch of extremist crazies!" to "you have to admit they have do some good ideas...".

I will do my best to draw your attention to the melody as this next year or so gets going, but you should already recognize the tune.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (ZWBDi)

44 "... the number of noncitizens being added to the voter rolls is significantly higher than the 6,600 Sherrill cited -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024."

Wow. Houston, we have a problem.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:27 PM (G0vdT)

45 Coverdale was a poon magnet back in the day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (xJpaU)

46 So the Democrats work fast. The media is *already* transitioning from "the DSA so a bunch of extremist crazies!" to "you have to admit they have do some good ideas...".

I'm enjoying the two step of:

You hate socialism huh? Don't you like roads and libraries?

and

No we can't forum a commune you idiots it is only socialism when the government owns ALL the means of production

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

47 they all are very mRNA positive - really into getting every booster"

I've posted similar about my family... *sigh*

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (l8URK)

48 New Jersey motor/voter goes by the “honor system.” If the honor system is so great how come everything is locked behind glass at drug stores like CVS and Walgreens.

Posted by: TitanTom at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (FRJQ/)

49 And this: Research groups like the Pew Research Center estimate the undocumented Indian population ranges between 430,000 and 725,000. (You know that's lowballing.)

Unauthorized Indian immigrants mostly live in California, Texas, New Jersey, New York, and Illinois. (A fair amount now in PA, MD.)

While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (NFX2v)

50 I remember Ted Kennedy pushing the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" that gave us this motor voter nonsense. Everyone knew that this, along with the addition of millions of welfare recipients to the voter rolls, was the real intent of the bill.

I wonder if we will ever truly understand how much damage that one man did to our country.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (0MjtC)

51 > The porn version of robot vs the Aztec mummy

Why'd you post your google search history?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (mkw2N)

52 While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)

yep they are emigrating to Canada and sneaking in thru the northern border en masse

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2)

53 The red states should start working on laws to provide the death sentence of non-citizens voting.

The courts will end it I'm sure, but force the left/FNM to argue the Republicans want to kill millions of brown people then realize what they just said...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

54 >>While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)

Do Not Redeem, Saar!

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (zGzrB)

55 Coverdale was a poon magnet back in the day."

Hell of a Jaguar salesman...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (l8URK)

56 Federal judge hands Gov. Sherrill and a broad coalition of voting-rights advocates a major victory, dismissing with prejudice a Trump administration lawsuit seeking New Jersey’s complete voter-registration database, including confidential driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers

Judge Zahid Quraishi has had an amazing career, and is definitely someone to watch. NYC born, Jersey raised, Rutgers graduate. He's one of us and I think we can trust him

Most corrupt president ever. Its the most anti-American shit ever coming after this data. Get wrecked maga or anyone who is not completely against the republican party at this point.

The party of “big government = bad”, ladies and gentlemen. If Republicans didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.

Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data. How are these not frivolous and sanctionable? Why are lawyers so complacent about this sort of bad behavior reducing the value of your profession. These fucks are making ALL lawyers look like shit.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (/y3Vc)

57 Let's simplify this. How many adult non-US-citizens are in NJ? That's how many voted. You're welcome.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1VZmA)

58 81 thousand votes... Nothing to see here... Move along

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (FtULh)

59 The part that is so blatantly wrong and yet gets accepted as if it just a ho-hum part of living like breathing is that THEY ISSUE DRIVERS LICENSES TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELONG IN OUR COUNTRY!

If they weren't doing that, there'd be nothing to discuss about voter registration.

Posted by: Crusader at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (TN0g+)

60 The honor system is how a lot of pregnancies happen.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (DZ6nv)

61 I like how they are refusing to let anyone know who these are; not letting the rolls be examined.

"Citizens of New Jersey" was a nice line.

A perfectly Confederate line.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (3cUTc)

62 People's Republic of New Jersey

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (HVMwt)

63 One does not simply hack an election.

Posted by: Boromir at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (xdU4O)

64 Judge Zahid Quraishi has had an amazing career, and is definitely someone to watch. NYC born, Jersey raised, Rutgers graduate. He's one of us and I think we can trust him

The guy's name means related to Muhammed's ruling tribe. Its like a German choosing a last name of Ubermench or Aryan

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

65 >>Ted Kennedy pushing the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" that gave us this motor voter nonsense. Everyone knew that this, along with the addition of millions of welfare recipients to the voter rolls, was the real intent of the bill.

Same asswipe Murderer/Rapist who gave us Chain Migration. (Hart-Celler Act, I think?)

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (zGzrB)

66 Still think Mikie won by the “largest margin ever”?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (Jl/ju)

67 The honor system is how a lot of pregnancies happen"

Honest, babe...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (l8URK)

68 Nothing will be done, no one will be held to account, the republicans approve of chicanery clearly because they are no different, in the unlikely event the story lasts more than a week trump will attack another elementary school

Posted by: EzE at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (pxzPN)

69 Damn the trolls are getting even dumber...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (FtULh)

70 Lotta hinky shit in the NYC mayoral race. 200,000+ sketchy votes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (xJpaU)

71 Now I have page up probably will get to comment, once new one is up it gives me unsecured website and won't let me back on. No problem going to any othrr of my favorite sites

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (L8DX7)

72 NJ: Oopsie we've been letting tens of thousands of non-citizens vote

The courts: The Trump administration has no right to review the voting rights of NJ, I mean can you believe he thinks NJ has been getting thousands of non-citizens vote?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

73 Meanwhile, in neighboring Pennsylvania, work by people like Scott Presler has forced election officials to purge their voter rolls and as of today Democrats only have a statewide registration lead of about 25,000 votes. PA might even flip to a R lead if this keeps up.

This is exactly what I meant by election rigging has contributed hugely to the power of leftist women.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

74 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)

75 After failing to deny Republicans representation in Congress, VA Drmocrats are pushing to let felons vote.

There's a reason Drmocrats need criminals to vote. They have nothing to offer the law abiding.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (uagKu)

76 Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

No KiNgS! or something

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

77 This is news?

In California, the motor-voter thing and other avenues as well have allowed illegals to register to vote for DECADES. No one bothers to complain or even point it out any more, it's so entrenched.

But it's actually irrelevant, because in a of of cities and areas of California, they don't check your ID when you go to vote in person, so anyone can vote anyway, whether or not you are registered. Just walk up to the check-in table, say, "My name is...Smith. Yeah, that's the ticket, Smith."

"You mean Bob Smith? Or Bill Smith?"

"Bob Smith, sure, why not."

"Here's your ballot, sir!"

Standard procedure in California.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 12:34 PM (Av6i5)

78 The other part I like is the cartel judge--totally not given advanced notice--made sure to issue his ruling that the DOJ cannot examine the voting rolls for illegal voters because there was no proof there were illegals on the voting rolls--almost hours before this came out.

And, of course, this revelation won't trigger a reconsideration.
Because Trump is a racist and only wants to see the voting rolls because he is a racist and only a racist would want to limit voting to citizens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)

79 Interesting story out of NJ neighbor Penn. Presler got the voter roles purged and Republicans are within 25k of Dem registration
Of course vtgst means Dems will have to vote three times in Philly but it's a good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (BFvh9)

80 There is only one reason someone would not want strict voting laws and coordination between the states and feds. And that reason is cheating.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)

81 >>Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

>>No KiNgS! or something

What they fail to mention is many of these victories get tossed on appeal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

82 Nuke Motor Voter and have everyone reregister to vote.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)

83 This has been the problem in every single state that decided to give illegal aliens drivers licenses. They get a card to register to vote at the DMV and if they either can't read, don't read or can't speak English they fill it out like it's something mandatory and either unwittingly or on purpose say yes to the questions on whether they are allowed to vote.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (2noDb)

84
What they fail to mention is many of these victories get tossed on appeal.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

But after months...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (FtULh)

85 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

The virus and the shot will affect everyone differently. And I think there are ill effects from both.

I'm so sorry for what you are going through. I think since we have no way of knowing anything, you have to push it aside day by day. I would have those worries too.

That said, we always want to connect dots or create a story put of things - but the truth is although you have suspicions you don't KNOW if the same story ties all of these cases together.

I have occasionally found myself with an intense fear, sometimes health related and sometimes from an actual symptom, that turns out to be nothing. Like... I have Crohns and sometimes every little thing (or multiple things) can seem like proof I'm headed toward a big flare. It hasn't been that... and honestly the first really big flare I had, I had no warning at all.

Bottom line? One thing you know for *certain* is worry is NOT going to be a net positive for your health or your autoimmune thing, right? So try not to feed it. I know it's easier said than done.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (ZWBDi)

86 "Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000"

I think the number probably is near 350,000 when you add 'em all up

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (VyBeY)

87 Hi Ace!

An illegal stole my credit card number. Which ticks me off as I need it and am having to use my dude's til one is mailed to me by Pony Express.

I am sure it was an illegal as who else would spend $40 on Domino's Pizza in LA? Capital One knew it was not me, as I have standards.

I don't give credit for random hobos figuring out my number. I check every online site for security before I order anything and this still happened. Maybe a ghey Russian/Chinese computer hacker's trans black homo escort had a craving for stuffed cheesy bread and could not wait.

It was denied, to their shame. I only wish this did not result in instant wood chipper.

I'm all for us voting with blue dye on our finger like they did in Iraq if that would help an honest election.

Is the worthless Commie Congress on "recess" to avoid voting on the SAVE Act?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (hzuYO)

88 The court split on mail in voter barcodes because the left got greedy (they got a favorable result in the 1st and then sued again in the DC circuit which sided against them saying no harm and that the harm on an injunction actually happens to the administration) is the thing to really watch.

That and DOJ Civil Rights Division sending election monitors. They've already announced monitors across more than a dozen jurisdictions just for primary voting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (bzPaY)

89 Yup.

Senator Ted Kennedy championed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which abolished national-origin quotas & eventually allowed many more immigrants from India and other Asian nations to enter the United States.

The new law replaced quotas with a system focused on family unification and job skills. Over the next few decades, this allowed hundreds of thousands of people from India—including many doctors, engineers, and tech workers—to move to America.

John F. Kennedy’s student airlift was a 1960 educational program that brought hundreds of East African students to North America. (NY Mayor's dad, for one.)

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation provided crucial funding for the African American Students Foundation (AASF) to finance travel for East African students, notably supporting future leaders like Wangari Maathai and Barack Obama Sr.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)

90 Of course the motor voter database is a mess. That was the intent.

Of course the 6600 number understates things. Also the intent. It was time limited and also category limited. It only counts those who self-identified as non-citizens but also got registered to vote. Those who falsely identified as citizens are not in the count.

Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (amP31)

91 Politico: NJ Democrat Officials Anonymously Admit Far More Illegals Are Registered to Vote Than the Governor "Mikie" Is Admitting; Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000

Any state still found in violation six months after federal government notification will be reverted to territorial status.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (yJpcc)

92 >>>like people who left New Jersey without notifying election officials and whose names linger until periodic clean ups of the voter rolls.

>Odd. I've never had to notify election officials that I've left the state. I just re-register in a new state. If the bureaucrats are too busy drinking energy drinks to stay on top of this shit they should be terminated.

They bust my balls in a new state more about licenses, registration, insurance, photo ID, voter registration, how hard could this be?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (ixEhJ)

93 >>But after months...

Nobody should have ever thought corrupt leftists who have spent decades rigging elections would just give up because Trump won. They will fight until the end so we have to as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (viF8m)

94 Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

Trump probably had Dan Scavino buy it off a Chinese website for $20. Do they really think the Party of Crap Servers and Shoddy Data Security have any secrets?

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (DZ6nv)

95 When MA voted to give driver's licenses to illegals, the Republicans inserted a provision that citizenship be checked before registering them to vote. Surprising no one, the Dems nuked that amendment.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

The problem with this is that drivers licenses are used for legal identification, and the issuance thereof assumes that you are a citizen or other wise allowed to get a government ID

I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Make a separate category of license for foreigners. One that identifies them as a citizen of another country, not a citizen of the US, who has been deemed competent to drive on US roads. This category doe not get entered into the voter rolls.

If you want extra hilarity, you make a third category - official identification for illegal aliens. Because the "real" problem is that they don't have official papers, right?
That way you can certify that this illegal alien is competent to drive on US roads while properly identifying his actual legal status. This category also does not get on the voter rolls. And is easy to pick out when it does.

Posted by: Internet at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (vJrRc)

96 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)

97 79. Of course vtgst means Dems will have to vote three times in Philly but it's a good sign
Posted by: Smell the Glove

The eye was on Philly so, mostly, the collars counties have taken over.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (NFX2v)

98 /sock

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (vJrRc)

99 The bigger issue is the inflated voter rolls which allow for ballot harvesting and just straight up ballot additions in the back rooms (hell, it didn't stop at the registration cap in 2020, some jurisdictions far outpaced that registration numbers which was why I was so black pilled for so long, there was no cap on cheating until suddenly there was again in 2024).

However, these illegal aliens on voter rolls probably did vote in large enough numbers to swing elections. Not necessarily the presidential election at the state level, but down ballot city council elections? City councils that do performative dances about climate change instead of fixing potholes? City councils that forbid 287g agreements with DHS?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (bzPaY)

100 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
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You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

101 Smokey Smokey smokey.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

102 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

103 102 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

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Sid and Paul.

They're jokes, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (bzPaY)

104 101 Smokey Smokey smokey.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

We had that here in NorCal last week.. Had to stay in most of the day

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (FtULh)

105 The only solution is in person voting w/ the purple thumb method.

Posted by: redchief at August 03, 2026 12:42 PM (oLflv)

106 102. No, they're not.

And it doesn't ever get better.

🤗 Lola

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (NFX2v)

107 >>Smokey Smokey smokey.

We got like a 24 hour window where the air was clean enough to see some clouds.

Got a 45 mile ride in, yesterday. Then it smoked up again.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (zGzrB)

108 -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024.

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So that's 6000 illegally registered in 1 year!?

So it's possible Trump's claim of 250,000 non-citizens registered in 3 or 4 states is a yearly number?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (DbmIv)

109 Here's the math:
1) There are just over 1 million people in NJ who are not citizens
2) the Motor Voter Act lets anyone automatically register to vote when getting their license
3) the box to check for citizenship is not emphasized (if it appears at all on the NJ MVA registration)
4) and besides no one checks if non-citizens have registered

BUT:
Only--only--6,600 non-citizens registered to vote.

yes, the admitted number is off by at least a zero, likely two zeros.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (3cUTc)

110 95:

Just get these people the fuck out of here. Problem solved.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (xJpaU)

111 Right now I'm watching a group of "citizens" putting a roof on the neighbors house blaring mexican music from their radio... I should call ICE... Never mind... I'm in CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (FtULh)

112 Any state still found in violation six months after federal government notification will be reverted to territorial status.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (yJpcc)

NJ was never a territory. One of the original 13 colonies. So, NYAH!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (hmYU4)

113 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)
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Are we sure it's Ace? Maybe that was CBD's recent secret mission...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (FZ29D)

114 I have no doubt that the true number of illegals voting in NJ is six figures, easy. In places like CA? Millions.

That's a big reason why Democraps fight to the death to keep any illegal -- not matter how criminal or undesirable -- from being deported. That's a vote for them. They will murder their grandmother for votes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

115 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

You would need someone funny to tell you a joke, right?

{{Pipes}}

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (ZWBDi)

116 Smokey Smokey smokey.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

AQI of 250+ the other night here as Spokane burned.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)

117 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
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You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

The only WNBA "action" I've ever watched is that lowlight video of the recent "All-Star" game - if that's in any way indicative of the standard of play, this seems pretty accurate.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (wBRco)

118 Just cool your jets.

Woke astronomer warns lunar colonizers that moon is part of “indigenous sky country”

https://tinyurl.com/z75xctuf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (ndZc7)

119 You can come up with all sorts of rules that can fix the problem, but blue states just aren't going to do it. They want to ensure their permanent power.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

120 100 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.
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Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
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You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

It is now known that Bobby Riggs threw his tennis match to Billie Jean King. Just sayin'.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (skR0U)

121 113 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)
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It was the shelving wasn't it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (G0vdT)

122 I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Bushido? Internment camps? Comfort women?

Honestly, I like where your head is at. But I think rock-ribbed republicans aren't there yet. They're still convinced they're going to make voting in blue urban enclaves an honest affair.

Posted by: zombie tojo at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (F7MYc)

123 " as a gay robot once said."

Is Graham Platner still around? Betcha he'd totally dominate that gaybot! But not in a gay way.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (GMWTj)

124 AQI 198 where I am right now.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (AYtUI)

125 {{{Piper}}}

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the possum it could be done.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (skR0U)

126 Just cool your jets.

Woke astronomer warns lunar colonizers that moon is part of “indigenous sky country”

Americans were the first people on the moon, so by the rules the left likes to argue for we are its indigenous people

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm)

127 110 95:

Just get these people the fuck out of here. Problem solved.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (xJpaU)

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DHS has forcibly deported 1.4 million people in the last 12 months (not the full breadth of Trump 2.0, just the last 12 months).

The studied ratio of self-deportations to forced-deportations ranges from 3:1 to 6:1. (You remove a portion of a populace, others follow for assorted reasons from fear to just wanting to retain community or family.)

So, most likely, at least 6 million people have left the US in the past year. It may be as high as 9 million or more.

Even the 1.4 million is twice the size of Eisenhower's Operation Wetback, and Operation Wetback was a scam that deported a whole lot less than people think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

128 It was the shelving wasn't it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (G0vdT)

You can't put Ace's love upon a shelf. Ask Garrett.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (dK+Kv)

129 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET
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The previous record of 196 feet was held by Dick Morris.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (ZWBDi)

130 These fucks are making ALL lawyers look like shit.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Too late congress did it long ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

131 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

I am sorry Piper. I would give you jam and fresh bread and sweet plums, but all I can do is give you a virtual hug.
I worked in that governmental side of that for a while, and it is hard on everyone's soul.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

132 >>You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.

Watched a 3-on-3 game, one side 25-30-year-old men and the other, late-teen women. The girls wiped out the guys. Of course, the girls had played for the HS state champs that spring.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 12:48 PM (NcvvS)

133 It is now known that Bobby Riggs threw his tennis match to Billie Jean King. Just sayin'.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (skR0U)

If the League of Lesbians had it's head on straight, they'd take Travis's bet, then offer to kick back $5 of the $10 million to the HS kids under the table.

Posted by: green rubber phallus at August 03, 2026 12:48 PM (F7MYc)

134 >>I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.

It's not a real Hug unless there is some ass grabbing.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:49 PM (zGzrB)

135 The honor system? In New Jersey? It is to laugh.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (bX16E)

136 If you want extra hilarity, you make a third category - official identification for illegal aliens. Because the "real" problem is that they don't have official papers, right?

That way you can
Posted by: Internet

Pick them up when they are there to get their id and deport them.

Picked up without ID? Straight to the border. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (yJpcc)

137 "AQI 198 where I am right now."

Ugh. The smoke this year seems more acrid than the smoke from a couple years ago was.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

138 135 The honor system? In New Jersey? It is to laugh.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (bX16E)
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They don't even trust you to pump your own gas.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (G0vdT)

139 But it's actually irrelevant, because in a of of cities and areas of California, they don't check your ID when you go to vote in person, so anyone can vote anyway, whether or not you are registered. Just walk up to the check-in table, say, "My name is...Smith. Yeah, that's the ticket, Smith."

"You mean Bob Smith? Or Bill Smith?"

"Bob Smith, sure, why not."

"Here's your ballot, sir!"

Standard procedure in California.
Posted by: zombie

That's also the standard procedure here in Minnestan. Though you also have to sign their big book of names/addresses, to "prove" that you're Bob Smith.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (VHUov)

140 Deportations are great for all kinds of things, especially crime. However, the registrations are still live and those mail ballots are still produced and arrive at dem headquarters.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (n5tGW)

141 How soon before we get election monitors from 3rd world shitholes to make sure our elections are fair and honest?

Like we do to those 3rd world shitholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (2Cry5)

142 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

Not complaining. Many more to go and the timeframe is shrinking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (xJpaU)

143 The US women's soccer team lost to a team of 14-15 year old boys. They've tried to argue it was only an exhibition.
A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (BFvh9)

144 136 Pick them up when they are there to get their id and deport them.

Picked up without ID? Straight to the border. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (yJpcc)

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Jurisdictions with 287g agreements with DHS do this sort of thing regularly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (bzPaY)

145 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)

146 Just more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Aren't they just so precious?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
.......

They strengthen us.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (UjdFS)

147 I just read some absolutely shocking, unexpected, breaking news:
The US called a ceasefire this weekend in the belief that an agreement had been reached to open the Straits of Hormuz for commercial shipping.
Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

148 Ugh. The smoke this year seems more acrid than the smoke from a couple years ago was.
Posted by: gp

Well, it's houses instead of apple orchards this year.

The smoke the year a bunch of central washington's apple orchards burned smelled amazing

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (vJrRc)

149 I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Bushido? Internment camps? Comfort women?

Honestly, I like where your head is at. But I think rock-ribbed republicans aren't there yet. They're still convinced they're going to make voting in blue urban enclaves an honest affair.

Posted by: zombie tojo

Ritual seppuku.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (yJpcc)

150 125 {{{Piper}}}

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the possum it could be done.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (skR0U)

Uhhh ... I'm right here ...

Posted by: Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (3sXRv)

151 142 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

Not complaining. Many more to go and the timeframe is shrinking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (xJpaU)

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DHS is fully funded and appropriated through 2028 because of the OBBB and the extra support funding passed after the pointless and partial government shutdown earlier this year.

Trump would have to sign funding that clawed it back, assuming Democrats take both chambers and manage to actually pass such a thing.

Trump has the largest deportation operation in history, and it's not even close, and it's going to run nonstop until the end of his term.

And things are accelerating.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (bzPaY)

152 For Piper:

A man went to the ER with a seriously inflamed throat and a high fever, and was admitted for suspected strep throat, pneumonia and dehydration. The series of tests and throat swabs were taken, and the man was put into a gown, and placed in a gurney in a bay for rehydration with a couple of bags of saline. Because of possible upper respiratory infection concerns he was asked to wear a mask.
He sat in the bed for a good while, listening to the machine go beep, and a nurse came in too check on him.

He asked the nurse through the mask, "are my testicles black, yet?"

The nurse, just on shift was taken back, but hiked up his gown and checked, arranging his various bits to see clearly.
She straightened up his gown and said, "no, they aren't" and turned away to wash her hands.

The patient pulled down his mask and said, "I am sorry, let me ask that more clearly. I meant to ask, 'Are my test results back, yet?'"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)

153 We are going to learn a lot of these Fires are intentional starts, before long.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (zGzrB)

154 My favorite part about the Motor Voter Act was that it required states to maintain their voting rolls and purge ineligible voters--with no private enforcement mechanism*.

The second best swindle pulled by the Dems since Reagan's amnesty.

* I'll point out again, the SAVE Act would pass if Trump removed that part, the private right to enforce.
That is the wooden stake through the heart of vote fraud that no one in the Uniparty can allow.
They are fine with all the stuff about proof of citizenship, etc.
Bc they know it's all meaningless bullshit they can avoid when only their pets at the DOJ have a right to enforce it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (3cUTc)

155 152 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 147 I just read some absolutely shocking, unexpected, breaking news:
The US called a ceasefire this weekend in the belief that an agreement had been reached to open the Straits of Hormuz for commercial shipping.
Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

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*looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

157 We should also make them register to set fire to women on trains.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (ZWBDi)

158 Y’all are the best. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (Wmg4n)

159 158 Y’all are the best. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (Wmg4n)

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Except for Todd.

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (bzPaY)

160 145 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)
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Just what that show needs.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (G0vdT)

161 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

162 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
.......

Going for the sex appeal, are they?

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (UjdFS)

163 Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

It's even funnier.. "They" said they're not talking to us they are talking to Oman....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (FtULh)

164 Tell me more about the gay robot.

Posted by: The Great Poof at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (JM9I6)

165 So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

Nothing like a shot to the janglesack to get your week off on the right foot.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (AdHga)

166 >>That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts.

I'm laughing AT you, not WITH you.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (zGzrB)

167 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.
________________________

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "the honor system" is not something compatable with politics. They should be centering everything around the "Finger System." As in, shake hands with a politician, count your fingers.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (dIske)

168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

what it most likely means is that the war is going to be fought on an on again, off again, on again basis all the way through the mid term elections. Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one, unless some other strategy is employed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (edUvp)

169 Except for Todd.

Fucking Todd.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (bzPaY)

My boyfriend in high school was Todd. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (Wmg4n)

170 Rosie back on the View? With Joy, Whoopi and Ana. Add Megan Rapinoe, Candace Owens and Jane Fonda
Then nuke the place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (BFvh9)

171 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "the honor system" is not something compatable with politics. They should be centering everything around the "Finger System." As in, shake hands with a politician, count your fingers.
Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (dIske)
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Heck, the Roman Catholic church doesn't even believe in the honor system when electing a Pope.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (G0vdT)

172 Remember when we were told RealID was going to solve all these problems. Then it turned out that the fat bitches who work at the DMVs all across the country were selling RealIDs on the down low to whomever no questions asked. Don't hear much about RealID anymore.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (enNUy)

173 So when are we at the "Yes it's happening and it's a good thing" phase?

A month or two probably. We're still at the "Yes it's happening but it doesn't matter" phase.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (vTZFs)

174 >>Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one

We've lost less soldiers than we would have during normal training in the entire time we have been bombing Iran.

Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (zGzrB)

175 They should be centering everything around the "Finger System."

Is the Finger System anything like the Finger Scale?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (wBRco)

176 Remember when we were told RealID was going to solve all these problems. Then it turned out that the fat bitches who work at the DMVs all across the country were selling RealIDs on the down low to whomever no questions asked. Don't hear much about RealID anymore.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (enNUy)

Try getting on a plane without one. They have done that much.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

177 Heck, the Roman Catholic church doesn't even believe in the honor system when electing a Pope.

There's a Cardinal Rule?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:00 PM (vTZFs)

178 168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

what it most likely means is that the war is going to be fought on an on again, off again, on again basis all the way through the mid term elections. Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one, unless some other strategy is employed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (edUvp)

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Well, the difference is that we're not sending in ground troops. We're degrading in a way that largely doesn't attract headlines and gets ignored while the region moves beyond Iran and the Strait drama. Also, this war started almost 50 years ago. Just ask Iran, plus the weakening of Iran ends other wars like Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Also, less than a year until after the midterms when Trump decides to just end it all (maybe?) with lots of civilian casualties wouldn't be a forever war. It would be destroying Iran as a nation and walking away.

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

179 We've lost less soldiers than we would have during normal training in the entire time we have been bombing Iran.

Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026

I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

180 >>That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts.

No video I guess. Shame.

15 minutes on and off with ice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (xJpaU)

181 Iran didn't fall in a few months of targeted bombing.

FOREVER WAR!

Please stop being this gay. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: seriously, join the log cabin republicans already at August 03, 2026 01:02 PM (F7MYc)

182 A few years ago a guy sued to get the info that google had about him. Turned out to be something crazy like 70 thousand pages. Govts can easily determine citizenship. Blue states won't. I don't know how to fix that other than single day voting to limit it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)

183
Please stop being this gay. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: seriously, join the log cabin republicans already at August 03, 2026 01:02 PM (F7MYc)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (TFsdh)

184 179 I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

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An Israeli general said early in the blockade that the blockade was hurting Iran more than the original 6 week bombing campaign did.

I believe him.

Iran has been cut off from the world except its small Caspian Sea ports for months now. They can't import the necessary feed to keep its livestock alive. They have to pay their soldiers with worthless rials that inflate literally every day more than ours did under Biden in a year.

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

185 So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

Nothing like a shot to the janglesack to get your week off on the right foot.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (AdHga)

The good news is the week can only get better.

Probably.

Maybe.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (wBRco)

186 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
.......

I was going to buy a new garden hose this week.
Thanks for the five star review.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

187 Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (zGzrB)

But calling it a Retarded War is forever.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (ZWBDi)

188 No video I guess. Shame.

15 minutes on and off with ice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (xJpaU)

I'd bet the ring camera on the neighbors house probably caught it.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:04 PM (IMeI4)

189 I'd bet the ring camera on the neighbors house probably caught it.

Million to one shot Doc!

Posted by: Frank Constanza at August 03, 2026 01:06 PM (n5tGW)

190 >>>"It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

An honor system on people who have absolutely no incentive to admit to state employees they are illegal aliens. Good grief.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (5rh/l)

191 My mind has 41 tabs open. Two are playing music and one has anime. I don't know where the laughter is coming from.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (oB8bm)

192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

193 The Motor Voter thingy is a menace. Georgia is another example. Georgia finalized a scheduled list maintenance process that canceled roughly 471,000 inactive voter registrations.

Less than 30 days later those same names were popping back up on the voter rolls. The culprit was motor voter (which is compromised, btw). It's an opt out system, so those renewing who were removed from voter registration for various reasons were put right back on the list when they renewed their license.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

194 161 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM
+++

I bought one of those last year.
There's a recall on them because of serious injuries.
I pitched mine.

https://tinyurl.com/2v5jnvfh

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (2Ez/1)

195 I'll stick with non-ballsmacking hose.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (xJpaU)

196 Cheat you, defeat you, then delete you.
-any democrat

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (LHPAg)

197 > Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
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Wonder what the market cap is on that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (2Cry5)

198 Election Auditor Flags More than 200,000 Votes in NYC Mayoral Race as Suspicious

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

199 "Her disclosure set off a political uproar that's resonated well beyond New Jersey, feeding into the Trump administration's push for voter restrictions and setting up a legal battle with the Department of Justice."

Yes, much MAGA pouncing and seizing was had.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 01:09 PM (oji8u)

200 Thompson, the elections administrator, said county elections officials check each registration against a state database using Social Security numbers or driver's license numbers to confirm their identity, and that the information doesn't belong to people who have died. But noncitizens can obtain both forms of identification. "It does not validate any kind of citizenship," Thompson said.

That's for sure. Our contractor just told me it cost only $500 to get a fake green card, ss number, and driver's license.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (lCppi)

201 192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

There's a different story in this somewhere ???

Posted by: zombie O. Henry at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (3sXRv)

202 Teacher: "Billy, use the word 'disaster' in a sentence."
Billy: "Grandma backed up into the electric fan, and it disaster."

Best joke I can come up with right now. Sorry.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger

You didn’t need to go that far to make me feel better! Whoa!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Wmg4n)

204 "...blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts."

Used to date her.

Posted by: Owowowow at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (2Ez/1)

205 What do the buyers want the hair for?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (n5tGW)

206 I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

I think the plan right now is to beggar them and put them where they can't buy loyalty anymore

Per Reuters, "[Shelbit,] one of the world's largest illegal gambling networks sends hundreds of millions of crypto through an office in Dubai. It’s part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion hub

"Shelbit is the hub of the Iranian money-moving operation, through which the gambling network, the central bank and other sanctioned Iranian entities have access to global crypto markets."

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

207 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson...

And that's certainly a reasonable barrier to those whose first act in America is breaking the law.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (oji8u)

208 But it also exposed an open secret about New Jersey's so-called motor voter law that officials and political operatives have known for years: There's little to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake.
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Some of us might have mentioned that 20 years ago. I was reliably informed to shut up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)

209 204 "...blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts."

Used to date her.
Posted by: Owowowow at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (2Ez/1)
_______________________

20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (dIske)

210 Guy Mohawk, wigs.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (abScH)

211 206 I think the plan right now is to beggar them and put them where they can't buy loyalty anymore

Per Reuters, "[Shelbit,] one of the world's largest illegal gambling networks sends hundreds of millions of crypto through an office in Dubai. It’s part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion hub

"Shelbit is the hub of the Iranian money-moving operation, through which the gambling network, the central bank and other sanctioned Iranian entities have access to global crypto markets."

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

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Impoverish them and force the Gulf States to harden against them at the same time so that Iran can't do anything to them all while killing their terrorist proxies in Gaza and Lebanon.

But that's retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (bzPaY)

212 An honor system on people who have absolutely no incentive to admit to state employees they are illegal aliens. Good grief.

And on state employees (and their bosses, and their party, etc.) who have absolutely no incentive to check.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (DZ6nv)

213 Cheat you, defeat you, then delete you.
-any democrat

Take your soul if you let them
Aw girl but don't you let them

Posted by: Not Quite Zombie James Taylor at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

214 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)
____

{{{Piper}}}

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (5ExGj)

215 "A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team"

Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (GMWTj)

216 Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

======

*looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)

217 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)
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Just what that show needs.
Posted by: WisRich

They haven't got enough fat, ugly, and stupid?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

218 216 Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)

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Yeah, sounds like something I said like 3 months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (bzPaY)

219 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
......

Smooth as a porpoise.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (UjdFS)

220 The comical thing is that the judges in Fed cts have thus far blocked the Feds from getting NJ and other states voting records. That should end soon but probably not soon enough to impact the midterms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (BFvh9)

221 205 What do the buyers want the hair for?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026

210 Guy Mohawk, wigs.
Posted by: Ben Had at August

And hair extensions.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (Wmg4n)

222 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)

223 201 192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

There's a different story in this somewhere ???
Posted by: zombie O. Henry

AoS -- come for the warblogging, stay for the literary references.

When they get home, they discover that their Iranian husbands have sold their Qibla watches to buy hair ornaments for their wives to wear under their hijabs.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (Av6i5)

224
"it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one."

So we're doing bingles now?!

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (pSotA)

225 197. Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
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Wonder what the market cap is on that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Not the current administration's fault.

Iranian media and international rights groups documented women and young girls selling their hair to pay for basic medicines, school costs, and dowries as early as 2021 and 2022.

By 2023, the The California Courier notes that the economic crunch had already driven some citizens to desperate extremes, including selling body organs like kidneys and corneas to escape poverty.

This baseline of poverty was driven by years of international sanctions, hyperinflation, and severe domestic economic mismanagement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (NFX2v)

226 >> "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

The honor system didn’t even work between good friends Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer in The Contest because George cheated…. It’s not gonna work with voting where the Dems (as Elissa Slotkin noted) can’t win if only citizens vote

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (yz/88)

227 Ahhh, real hair lace wigs making a comeback soon to AoS.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (n5tGW)

228 215 "A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team"

Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (GMWTj)
______________________________

Jordan always cracks me up. There was an interview where some young sports guy was trying to convince Jordan that his Bulls could not beat LeBron's team of today. Jordan chuckled....we could beat them. BUT, it would be close. I'm over 60.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (dIske)

229 You didn’t need to go that far to make me feel better! Whoa!
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Wmg4n)

Anything for you, Piper.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (IMeI4)

230 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)

I know, right. All they can do is whine about the whole childbirth thing.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (igCg8)

231 224
"it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one."

So we're doing bingles now?!

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (pSotA)

We also do bazillions

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (5rh/l)

232 How to Reverse a Hunched Back

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Get thee to Notre Dame?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

233 Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?

Mike's gettin' up there but Lebron could take any five of them by himself.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)

234 Rapunzel al-Islam let down your hair.
Doesn't have the same poetry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (BFvh9)

235 The market for ID's, licenses and the like for illegals must be a couple hundred billion dollar a year business.

No wonder we're pushing $40T in debt.

The state workers who are in on this need to be hanged for treason. And the illegals who bought them shot at dawn.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (2Cry5)

236 AoS -- come for the warblogging, stay for the literary references.

When they get home, they discover that their Iranian husbands have sold their Qibla watches to buy hair ornaments for their wives to wear under their hijabs.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (Av6i5)

***high five***

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (3sXRv)

237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)

238 "Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much."

Blame Eve. She's the reason it hurts.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

239 Iran isn't going to give until the Imam crawls out of the well

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (L8DX7)

240 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

241 Ace read our minds. Nood.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (hftzA)

242 Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)
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How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

243 237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)

I don't know nothin' about birthin' babies Capt'n Butler

Posted by: Prissy browndog at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (3sXRv)

244 The Iranians have not been selling hair anywhere as long as
Indians, Russians, Eastern Europe.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (NFX2v)

245 I know, right. All they can do is whine about the whole childbirth thing.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey
_______

I can at least imagine it. We all have structures that don't stretch well. But the pain receptors in the balls seem to be of an entirely different type from the rest of the body.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (XvL8K)

246
Iranian women are cutting off their hair because in Islam it's a sexual fetish.
That's why they have to wear those hoods and wear bags lest any of their hair shows in public and some young guy flies into a sexual frenzy.
So they're cutting off their hair to have it smuggled into the bunker tunnels of the IRGC for the fetish aspect.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (pSotA)

247 The only WNBA "action" I've ever watched is that lowlight video of the recent "All-Star" game - if that's in any way indicative of the standard of play, this seems pretty accurate.

Some guys made a lot of money on a prop bet that Angel Reece would miss her first shot of every game.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (2ocoG)

248 237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM

(n5tGW)Blame Eve. She's the reason it hurts.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Be careful there.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (LHPAg)

249 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.
****

A woman gives birth and says no more. Then, sometime later, will say I would like to have another. There is no man who, after being nut punched, will ever say I want to be nut punched again.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (oB8bm)

250 Played first base in high school. On a bad throw from the shortstop, I stretched out trying to keep my foot on the bag and ball took a bad bounce into my knackers.
To say that that was painful is an understatement.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (J4Dwc)

251 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.

I've heard the women's equivalent called a "c*nt punt".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (2ocoG)

252 Reportedly, the disconnect between state licensing laws and how undocumented drivers have obtained commercial (driving) credentials involves a mix of federal loopholes, varying state policies.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (NFX2v)

253 I think Lorea Bobbit may have explained some of the pain of natural childbirth for many women.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (NFX2v)

254
168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.

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I do, lol.

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (1PjjJ)

255 167, the good thing about Hunterdon County is there aren't that many illegals there.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (2noDb)

256 Reforger, sorry about the hose. I had that happen to me, scared the shit out of me when it flew at me. One of my service guys had a bungee cord snap back at him last Friday putting his ladder back on his truck and the metal hook took his eye out. It didn't help that he panicked and pulled the hook out before calling 911 after seeing all the blood. He's in the I can't believe this shit phase of recovery.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (2noDb)

257 Ow, my balls!

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (UjdFS)

258 PBS, U.S. sent $1.4 billion in virus relief payments to dead people
By — Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Politics Jun 25, 2020

Note date, June 2020. Then it went on for years!
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FEMA - COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Milestones
FEMA has awarded $3.26 billion to more than 506,000 applications in COVID-19 Funeral Assistance for help covering expenses incurred between January 20, 2020, and September 30, 2025.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (NFX2v)

259 258. Mea culpa. Wrong thread. 😔

However, Hunterdon County is very wealthy, consistently ranking as one of the richest counties in New Jersey and the United States.

Very few U or T Visa holders could ever afford to reside there, and undocumented children certainly wouldn't be dragging down the most excellent schools.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)

THE MORNING RANT: “Church Ladies of the Left” – AWFLs Are the Fallen Angels of Puritan Christianity

Witch trial of George Jacobs with Rainbow flag.png

I have periodically started to write a piece discussing how woke, white women (AWFLs) are the “Church Ladies of the Left.” More specifically, my thesis was going to be that when this type of judgmental harridan was involved in a local church and imposing her righteousness on just one congregation, it might have been rough on the pastor and her co-parishioners, but at least society as a whole wasn’t being tormented by this class of person.

From my own childhood circle of church friends, there are several real-life examples of girls who were prissy “Junior Church Ladies” back then, but who left the church and grew up to be anti-Christian woke-scolds for whom politics is now their religion. Their driving purpose in life is to excoriate the rest of us for our sins, which range from the “bigotry” of disallowed opinions, to “Christian hypocrisy,” to the use of leaf blowers. They live in a perpetual state of outrage because some people are leading a life with different values and priorities.

But I would always abort on this piece, because I couldn’t develop it much beyond an assertion that “a certain percentage of white women are just natural-born church ladies, be they Christians or AWFLs” without expanding on possible reasons why.

Before going further, this is also probably a good place to make the disclaimer that there is not a more conservative sub-demographic of women than white women, and at times it gets a little tiresome hearing very online people snarking about white women in general, just because the subset of AWFLs are so annoying. My wife is a mirthful, conservative, white, Christian woman who has patience for neither “church ladies” nor AWFLs, and pretty much the same can be said about all of the women in our circle of friends.

Returning back to the question of why “church ladies” have transitioned into AWFLs, Christian Heiens has offered a partial explanation in a recent series of tweets, as part of a discussion as to why New England is so liberal despite being very white, a demographic that is otherwise very conservative.

Mr. Heiens notes that there is a super-concentration of AWFLs in New England because these women are culturally still puritan church ladies. They traded their forebears’ Christianity for woke secularism, but they never forsook their puritanical intolerance and righteousness.

It’s so liberal precisely because it’s so white. Whites, and specifically Anglo-Saxons, were the world’s first liberals. When we consider that New England is one of the most ancestrally Anglo part of the country and remains very heterogeneous compared to the rest of America, it’s no surprise that places like Vermont or Massachusetts would be so liberal. Things like Progressivism and Wokeism are what happens when Anglo Puritans secularize their theology and universalize their unique cultural way of life. New England did both of these things long ago, which is a huge reason why it’s one of the largest left-wing bastions in America.

I am going to repeat this line outside of the blockquote because it brilliantly and concisely explains one reason why there are Church Ladies of the Left: ”Things like Progressivism and Wokeism are what happens when Anglo Puritans secularize their theology.”

Mr. Heiens went on to speculate as to why Appalachian whites, who are also descended from Anglo protestants, did not become such woke evangelists.

This got me thinking about why Appalachia didn’t follow suit as it was also settled by Anglo Protestants. I think a big reason why is because while New England went down the puritanical/reformist communitarian/institutional oriented route that eventually ended in Wokeism as a sort of secular theology, the Anglo settlers who moved into Appalachia went down the “rugged individualist” path of Liberalism.

While it’s true that Appalachia is more “rugged individualist” than New England, I think this difference is rooted in the provenance of the settlers. Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan. This difference in protestant lineages actually supports the hypothesis that today’s woke AWFLs are linear descendants of 17th Century puritans.

Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

This got me thinking about why Appalachia didn’t follow suit as it was also settled by Anglo Protestants.

I think a big reason why is because while New England went down the puritanical/reformist communitarian/institutional oriented route that eventually ended in Wokeism as a…
— Christian Heiens �� (@ChristianHeiens) July 25, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (yJpcc)

2 nd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

3 Corgis cslled

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (yJpcc)

4 Hey Buck

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (B1+sW)

5 No monkey

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (N1DT3)

6 Heiens is a good X follow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (bzPaY)

7 Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan.

Obligatory: The book to read is "Seeds of Albion", by David Hackett Fischer.

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

8 Cool. A post about my mom's bingo crew.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:03 AM (IMeI4)

9 The left is not anti-religious.

They are anti-Christ. They are honestly FAR more zealous for their religion than most Christians are, sadly.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

10 Yankees be Yankees. It’s what it is.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 03, 2026 11:05 AM (KGj36)

11
Present company excepted, having women be rabbis and ministers has turned out catastrophically. It is generally (and I stress that term) true that women will perform the most intricate mental prestidigitation to justify doing what they want to do instead of what they ought to do. "My feelz" will beat out "my duty" any time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:06 AM (O0L8i)

12 I saw a video of a British guy (who amusingly was of East Asian descent) tackling a black immigrant who had shoplifted from a store.

A pudgy white security card eventually caught up with the two and called the cops and shortly thereafter a late 50s white woman walks over and starts berating the Asian guy for being racist and anti-immigrant

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

13 This caught my eye this morning. She's not just an AWFL, she's apparently also a Shaker.

Single woman praised for believing only 'low effort' men don't want kids: 'Haven't gone to therapy' trib.al/SNhORag

https://xcancel.com/nypost/status/2083976474315350045#m

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

14 berating the Asian guy for being racist

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"Punisher" actor says discriminating against pit bulls is "dog racism"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

15 60 Year ago churches ladies had...church, and kids, and grandkids, and a retired husband to worry about.

Now? They are retired/semi-retired from what was a "send emails" job. They have perhaps one or two children who live on the other side of country and don't have much to do with them. And most importantly they stopped believing in Christianity years ago

So absent traditional religion or faith how do you add meaning to your life? Well, how about the Woke Religion? It has heaven and hell and notes you can literally create the former on earth...RIGHT NOW...if you just get rid of those pesky white men

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

16 I have always liked stories about communities filled to bursting with self righteous scolds until the day Anne (don't forget the "e") Shirley shows up, teaches them all a lesson, and makes the whole place happier. (Except possibly Mrs. Blewett.)

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)

17 "Winston had disliked her from the very first moment of seeing her. He knew the reason. It was because of the atmosphere of hockey−fields and cold baths and community hikes and general clean−mindedness which she managed to carry about with her. He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy."

Posted by: G. Orwell at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

18 I'd mentioned earlier about a gal on X who demanded men be forced to wear body cams to expose all the harassment they commit upon women daily.

But the mindset behind that thought is amazing:
1) the confident belief that all men are guilty of the sin of harassment
2) that all men must be punished and forced to wear a body cam
3) that men's privacy is not important compared to exposing their assured sins
4) that men must know their place as less than women, and accept this (a) assumed sin and (b) this loss of freedom and privacy
5) that women--who can freely choose to wear body cams to prove this accusation--should not bear that burden in the least (because men are less than and are sinners)

The best response was:
This will backfire worse than police body cams. And probably prove why the Salem Witch Trials burned those women.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (3cUTc)

19 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women.

/pedant
Teenage girls who got caught playing hooky from church.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (diia5)

20 If you are interested in this sort of politico historical trend analysis, look up Daniel Elazar, American Federalism: A View from the States.

He created a typology of traditionalistic, moralistic, and individualistic political cultures where one state like New England, for historical and sociological issues is more moralistic in nature, while Southern states with a cavalier and planter culture were more traditionalistic. Market oriented states like NY were more individualistic.

Within states, there is often a mix of cultures too--for example in North Carolina, you have a very different political culture as distance increases from the ocean. South Carolina has the piedmont and the lowlands. Georgia has the mountains, piedmont, and then coastal lowlands.

So geography plays a part, sociology does as well, wealth accumulation, and past traditions. And these are reflected by the political candidates put forward and the state parties in adapting to their particular mix of voters.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (E4rtv)

21 Is this about us?

Posted by: The Harper Valley PTA at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

22
Speaking of puritan AWFLs and brain dead progressive regions...
We are wheels up to Portland, OR today, driving to Redmond tomorrow to visit Smash's parents grave sites. It'll probably be the last time she visits, and most likely Junior-ette's only visit. Would appreciate it if y'all could spare a prayer for Smash, please. She lost her Dad when she was seven and her mom when she was fourteen.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

23 My wife is involved in dance. (I'll be unspecific as to which style to spare her from problems.)

There are definitely other conservative women in her style of dance, but almost all of them keep a low profile.

The religious fervor of the vocal dancers online is insane. They lash out at anyone they see even slightly outside of liberal dogma.

One professionally famous woman gave an opinion on "cultural appropriation" that she had learned in school less than a decade before. It was outdated and she was cancelled for daring to say that outdated view openly.

I know some of the other famous dancers who are fairly liberal, but keep their mouths shut because they know they can be cancelled because they aren't zealous enough.

These women are insane.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (N1DT3)

24 16 I have always liked stories about communities filled to bursting with self righteous scolds until the day Anne (don't forget the "e") Shirley shows up, teaches them all a lesson, and makes the whole place happier. (Except possibly Mrs. Blewett.)
Posted by: Oglebay

You must love Twain's "The Man that Corrupted Hadleysburg".

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

25 Another recent story I saw was about Elizabeth-Jane Ross who was an immigration volunteer in Scotland.

She was murdered and chopped up by an Afghan she helped bring in.

One problem we have with all of this is something of a re-play of COVID.

Pure bloods argued you had to do your own research and think things through not blindly believe what the FNM tells you.

BranchCOVIDians argued thinking for yourself is dangerous and you aren't qualified. So no with immigration the "experts" say the newcomers are all refugees that just need a hand to work and benefit society so you have all these left leaning people refusing to do anything other then repeat what they hear on the FNM even if it gets them chopped up and put into a suitcase

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

26 politico historical trend analysis

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A firm grasp of history.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxc45hr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

27 Presnent Obama has our backs and fully funded the FART Tube program. This Buck guy is libeling us and I will bring this up at our next Collective meeting. He's now on our list.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at August 03, 2026 11:15 AM (JM9I6)

28 So, it sounds like the AWFL cohort took God out of religion, took the name "religion" out of religion, but didn't actually get rid of religion.

Also a reminder that, whenever you hear people say that replacing government with a matriarchy would be utopia because "Women just work together better than men", any respect for them should drop to near-zero. The easiest counter-factual is the "mean-girl clique" in schools; if you ever became an enemy of theirs, for whatever reason (and 'reason' is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there), it meant war. Maybe a cold war, but there was no peace to be had.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (4h45B)

29 One professionally famous woman gave an opinion on "cultural appropriation" that she had learned in school less than a decade before. It was outdated and she was cancelled for daring to say that outdated view openly.

Smarter lefties ironically just repeat the current narrative with no thought. Why? Saying ANYTHING else, even prior goodthink, can get you cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)

30 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (3cUTc)

- Wear a body cam "for women's protection"
- Walk around behind attractive women in leggings, or shorts.
- Enjoy the footage later, at your leisure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

31 >>>From my own childhood circle of church friends, there are several real-life examples of girls who were prissy “Junior Church Ladies” back then, but who left the church and grew up to be anti-Christian woke-scolds for whom politics is now their religion.

>Luckily, this was not my childhood experience. The church girls who abandoned the church in this community grew up and learned to suck and fuck any boy or man who was willing to show them a good time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ixEhJ)

32 You also blame us for starting the religion of recycling.

Posted by: The AWFLs at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)

33 That pic is very small. Here's a bigger version.

https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/
wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1246_image01.jpg

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (8mulE)

34 Regular non-political,women are targeted and recruited by ill-intentioned leftist activist women. It usually starts small, with something they agree strongly about. Some obvious injustice of some kind.

Then they move them to a local "group" for more answers, and that's it - they are in.

That's the old way. I'm sure it's gotten more efficient these days. Hell the media is doing half the job already. You want to know why the media never stops lying, no matter the evidence etc, it's part of the recruitment program.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ZWBDi)

35 BranchCOVIDians argued thinking for yourself is dangerous and you aren't qualified. So no with immigration the "experts" say the newcomers are all refugees that just need a hand to work and benefit society so you have all these left leaning people refusing to do anything other then repeat what they hear on the FNM even if it gets them chopped up and put into a suitcase
Posted by: 18-1

The ironic thing is that these people have lost the capability of self governance so that they are begging for strong authorities to rule their lives and tell them what to do. Also see Islam or Communism.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)

36 This post is, specifically and particularly, about my ex's mother.

She (the mother) is an Episcopal priest and EVERYTHING is politics. Everything. On VERY rare occasion, something shows potential for breaking through, but Politics is All.

Her son was married for years, had two children, and his wife was lovely. The wife, though, decided she was a lesbian, so kicked him out, kept the kids, moved the girlfriend into the house, and found a court to order him to keep paying the mortgage. On a house he couldn't live in.

The ex's mother acknowledged how difficult it was to see her son be destroyed by the very thing she advocates (gay/women's rights), but ended up in the 'progress will never be perfect' camp.

It's mind-bottling.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

37 My first wife was/is a "Puritan church lady." She had a grandfather who was a Lutheran minister. His wife was pure hell. Nasty broad. I think that's where she got it.

The old lady hated me.

I hated her back. She had no clue how to deal with being talked back to.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (2Cry5)

38 Present company excepted, having women be rabbis and ministers has turned out catastrophically. It is generally (and I stress that term) true that women will perform the most intricate mental prestidigitation to justify doing what they want to do instead of what they ought to do. "My feelz" will beat out "my duty" any time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:06 AM (O0L8i)

Almost as though God recognized the different tendencies that He created into humans and specifically gave roles to the different sexes because He knew exactly what happens when you start acting contrary to the instruction manual He wrote.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)

39 Males and Females are wired differently, though the progressives had a short period of the narrative where we were all admonished to “celebrate our differences!” this didn’t last very long.

They have this idea that humans are basically interchangeable meat-sticks. Or maybe it would be great if they were.

A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (oJxaF)

40 I'd mentioned earlier about a gal on X who demanded men be forced to wear body cams to expose all the harassment they commit upon women daily.

You know what would be fun? If men should have to wear a cam because they are more likely to sexually harass someone then a woman is...does this especially also apply to certain ethnic and cultural groups of men that have an even higher rate of harassment?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

41 ‘If You Want a Picture of the Future, Imagine a Stylish Shoe Stamping on a Human Face – for Ever’

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (aD4fx)

42 The AWFLs seem more Charismatic/Pentecostal than Puritan/Calvinist.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Gqar8)

43 I think this difference is rooted in the provenance of the settlers. Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan.

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I don't think it was provenance so much as motive. The Puritans left because they wanted to practice their religion and build the City of G-d anew.

The Scots and Scots-Irish left because the English systematically forced them off their lands in both countries. They wanted to go somewhere that nobody could ever do that again, and had a healthy fear and hatred of government at a conceptual level.

Not "this government is fallen and a godly one will be better," but "I'm going to go live in the wilderness with the Indians, and let all government go horsefuck. See if they care to follow me into this trackless waste, brandishing their gay little papers and edicts."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (BI5O2)

44 A pudgy white security card eventually caught up with the two and called the cops and shortly thereafter a late 50s white woman walks over and starts berating the Asian guy for being racist and anti-immigrant
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

Asian guy should have said, "I am an immigrant, you deranged c***."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (1z8ji)

45 I'm a big supporter of the Women's Movement, especially when viewed from behind.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at August 03, 2026 11:20 AM (JM9I6)

46 That pic is very small. Here's a bigger version.

https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/
wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1246_image01.jpg
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (8mulE)

Still can't find the kitten.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 11:20 AM (wBRco)

47 this is also probably a good place to make the disclaimer that there is not a more conservative sub-demographic of women than white women

Married white women are conservative.

Unmarried white women are almost as Leftist as black women.

It's why the Left works so hard at undermining the institution of marriage.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 03, 2026 11:21 AM (aD4fx)

48 Males and Females are wired differently, though the progressives had a short period of the narrative where we were all admonished to “celebrate our differences!” this didn’t last very long.

Reading through threads of youngish women complaining about not being able to find a guy won thing that really, really shines is they have no idea how men thing or why.

Yes, it is harder to understand how the opposite sex thinks but this is something where as a seasoned 29 year old young people are dumber about this then my generation was, and more so women then men.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

49 One thing popular media has intentionally buried is the millions and millions of female wannabe Nazis who adored Der Fuhrer. The movie Battle of Britain has a good rally scene. Lots of moisture in the air.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (ZWBDi)

50 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

Just thinking about my mind being bottled boggles the mind.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)

51 But the mindset behind that thought is amazing:
1) the confident belief that all men are guilty of the sin of harassment

Another fun side of this, I've seen a million videos by women asking why men rarely approach women any more.

Well ladies, maybe ask yourself what changed in society over 20 years or so?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

52 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

...

boggling. Mind-boggling.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (N1DT3)

53 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]

Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (TRnzq)

54 Back when people were constantly yelling about the religious right, I was telling anyone who would listen that the religious left were the real problem. The most-leftist of them attend some very liberal church where the "pastor" is a lesbian with spikey hair. Politics is the real religion, dressed up in their favorite interpretations of Christianity. Sounds a little like islam, but those interpretations are closer to their actual texts that they follow (koran, hadiths).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (F7OTp)

55 Baffles science

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (eGw1s)

56 ‘I’m Eromero and I’m a redneck.’

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (ZsGRw)

57 Reading through threads of youngish women complaining about not being able to find a guy won thing that really, really shines is they have no idea how men thing or why.

I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

58 Francis Alcock Hutchins was the last victim of the Salem Witch Trials. Died imprisoned for the crime of wearing a scarf outside her social status. She was an indentured servant (slave) of some other passenger.
This ship was The Bevis of Hampton, sailed in 1638. Other notable passengers were Richard (The Colonist) Austin. Forefather of the founder of Texas, Moses Austin.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (IMeI4)

59 The Church of the Left offers salvation here and now.
It elevates their faithful to their rightful station, above all other sinners, today--and the more faithful, the more rewarded.

Christianity is lacking for those people.
It offers no rewards today, but stores them up in some far-off "Heaven."
It assures you God's Plan is not your plan and that He knows what is best for you.

Pride has convinced these apostates and atheists they know what is best for themselves.
That they should be in power.
That they do in fact live a perfected life, and it is not right unless they are in power.

"Come over here," whisper the acolytes of Satan, "here you will have your true station that honors your devotion today and now."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (3cUTc)

60 Unmarried white women are almost as Leftist as black women.

Often also married to Uncle Sugar just like black women too.

I suspect if you could reduce government welfare/bureaucracy spending to reasonable levels you might seriously mend the current incarnation of the "battle of the sexes"...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (sKqQm)

61 A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (oJxaF)

... And the gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (N1DT3)

62
Just thinking about my mind being bottled boggles the mind.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)

In my case, it would be one of those mini sizes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (O0L8i)

63 It's mind-bottling.

I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".

Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

64 One of the problems with analysis like this is it doesn't take into account how politics and election rigging play into power and stereotypes.

Northeast states aren't as uniformly aligned as electoral politics and power would indicate. But gerrymandering and election rigging, which has been going on since the days of Tammany Hall if not longer, have given outsized representation and power to the left and neutered conservatives and individualists. It becomes a self-fulfilling story, the more the left wins the louder their voices become and the more the right retreats from a hopelessly rigged game. And nobody takes advantage of this more than loudmouth leftist women.

Sure, some of it can be attributed to ethnicity and cultural issues but probably less than some think.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)

65 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]
Posted by: epador

*unholsters ruler*

Posted by: Sister Mary Kathryn at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wOO3z)

66 52 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

...

boggling. Mind-boggling.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (N1DT3)

"Mind Bottling" ... sounds like a Barstool reader / commenter

Posted by: Dave Portnoy at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (3sXRv)

67 Thx Buck
When my local rag website in my leftist area posts something and draws non left comments the pile on from leftist white women is intense. There are a few people of other sex/race but the overwhelming majority are Karen's/AWFLs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (BFvh9)

68 This is one of my pet subjects, but it is 12:00 am so I am not sure I can make any sense in a comment.

I think this is right, but indirectly. The "rednecks" went to Appalachia because they were not as citified. The point is that in in city society, a person who wants to display value to the community has limited paths. One is to show others that they know the rules and follows them - church ladies.

Step back -- all humans have a need to show the community that they are of value. Most men do this through strenght and cunning. Women have fewer options. They can not do it by being attractive, as that is value to them, and not the community - it attracts criticism. They can also get a high value man, but same problem. A man can stand nightwatch, or build a fence, or whatever, but women can't.

So many channel this inherent need to show the community they have value by pointing out their virtue and they do that by showing an adherence to a "morality," but it is a false morality as it requires no sacrifice to themselves personally. It is false empathy. Liberalism. Wokeism.

Rural culture does not value this, as rural culture values people minding their own. The fork is self-reinforc

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:26 AM (k12bV)

69 The left has rediscovered original sin(being born white), but they know nothíng about Grace.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (F7OTp)

70 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]
Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (TRnzq)

Totally unfair.

A lot of the Baptist ladies are packing, and none of the Presbyterians are.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (N1DT3)

71 It's the toxoplasmosis from all the cats. Drives them crazy.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (+4yJ5)

72 Ah, he made it make sense!

Now I want to watch The Mississippi Squirrel Revival by Ray Stevens.

Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (WEoXD)

73 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (abScH)

74 The fork is self-reinforc

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:26 AM

This may be the greatest unfinished sentence I have ever read.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (ZWBDi)

75 re 43 Yudhishthira's Dice

Agree heartily. Note they weren’t all Scots/Irish. My stock came from illegal immigrants from Scandinavia. Same reasons though. Escaping political strife promoting capital punishment, etc.

Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (TRnzq)

76 Buck, I completely agree with your your penultimate paragraph about the Scots Irish settlers and their contribution to American individualism. I proudly am about 30% Scots Irish (from my mom) and that part is the one that really REALLY does not like be told what to do. Well done.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 03, 2026 11:28 AM (+48wn)

77 I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

That is one problem. I want a 6ft, 6 figure (now $250K) plus man with a 6 pack. Well ok that's a faction of a percentage of the population...are you also in the top .5% of women as considered by men?

But these women I'm talking about aren't being this level of crazy. They just don't understand why for example bragging about having a PhD or being promoted to Director of HR isn't having men bang down their doors for a date...because the converse would make them interested in a man.

I'd say on just about every first date I've been on I've been asked about my job and level of education...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)

78 I've always been a big fan of the women's movement.
Especially from behind.

Posted by: El Rushbo at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

79 This ship was The Bevis of Hampton, sailed in 1638.

-------

My ancestors came over on The Butt-Head of Cockermouth, sailed in 1669.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2)

80 There is a reason Paul, more than once, forbade women to preach to men, but only to younger women or children. The current church ignores these tenets at its peril.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Wj1DV)

81 I don't care what religion you are, I don't care who you like to engage is sexual relations, keep that shit to yourself and out of my face.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (ixEhJ)

82 see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (abScH)

I have too much respect for you to make any kind of funny about the "broad brush".

That said, what would happen if some friend of yours tried to drag you to some dopey leftard meeting for "answers"? Exactly.

What about in your 20's? Probably the same. You know what time it is. Many women - and men - do not.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (ZWBDi)

83 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Of course, America has hundreds of millions of people and generalizations will miss many.

But out of the circle of single women you know personally how many of them are politically conservative?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (sKqQm)

84 "This got me thinking about why Appalachia didn’t follow suit as it was also settled by Anglo Protestants. I think a big reason why is because while New England went down the puritanical/reformist communitarian/institutional oriented route that eventually ended in Wokeism as a sort of secular theology, the Anglo settlers who moved into Appalachia went down the “rugged individualist” path of Liberalism."

Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (cpFbA)

85 It's true that for many on the left, their ideology (politics) is their religion. They're very, very passionate about it. They're will to kill those who don't subscribe to it.

Just like the jihadis.

And, to be clear, it's being "taught" in their "churches."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (2Cry5)

86 The Nazi propagandists, and they were pros, targeted females most aggressively. Radio broadcasting was in relative infancy, inexpensive or free “People’s Radios” distributed far and wide meant every home across Germany could get a direct firehose or pipeline of official pronouncements from on high. This was a new development in coordination. Any political movement has to get everyone on board, women are no different in that aspect.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (oJxaF)

87 #68 cont.

The fork is self-reinforcing, but it comes down to this inherent need for people (but we are talking about women now) to show virtue to their community. It makes them feel of value.

This connects to my absolute loathing the term "suicidal empathy."
What they are doing -- and pushing the wider community to do -- is not empathy. They are not empathetic. They are trading other peoples money (OPM) in as a way to show their own virtue.

These women are not empathetic. These are the women who champion abortion. Or who divorce and damage kids and family. They are the ones who cheat on their husbands. It is the same strain -- they are attention and virtue craving monsters.

OK, tired now.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (k12bV)

88 All women are crazy.

*braces*

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (g8Ew8)

89 I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

♫ ... if I could put mind in a bottle.... ♪♪

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (N1DT3)

90 ..., I would never go and I have no friends that would ever ask.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (abScH)

91 Their new religion is therapy. The language is flooded into our culture "emotional intelligence" "trauma" etc. All presuppositions are based on this now, all culture is built around it, all storytelling and policy and law are based on it. Its destroyed our culture because at its heart, humanity needs faith and religious structure. Having obliterated Christianity as a force in culture, they replaced it with therapy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (K32Fz)

92 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.

I saw a funny back and forth between a leftist woman and a right leaning guy. The leftist argued no one is oppressing white men they are just being assholes and that's why no one wants to associate with them.

The guy said, well honestly I just want to be left alone - so how about this, you stop taxing me and I'll stop even trying to talk or associate with anyone left of center deal?

And the leftist responded "No way its your civic duty to pay for the government we all want and need!"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

93 88 All women are crazy.

*braces*
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

As Mad Mike Williamson as said "All women are bi. Either polar or sexual. Choose wisely."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (+4yJ5)

94 Nothing new at all about Puritan do-gooders causing immense trouble, all in the name of righteousness. Ask Charles I.

And Americans have been bothered by it for 200 years now. See e.e. Cummings poem, "The Season 'Tis, My Lovely Lambs" (start of poem below):

the season ’tis,my lovely lambs,

of Sumner Volstead Christ and Co.
the epoch of Mann’s righteousness
the age of dollars and no sense.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (sFNX2)

95 It's mind-bottling.

I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

If I found a mind in a bottle

The first thing that I'd like to do

Is to send it to someone who lost theirs

And hope

They don't drop it and lose that one too...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (nbLIj)

96 "This ship was The Bevis of Hampton"

Interesting. My ancestors.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

97 I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

It isn't all beer and skittles. Sometimes I get lonely.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

98 The Nazi propagandists, and they were pros, targeted females most aggressively. Radio broadcasting was in relative infancy, inexpensive or free “People’s Radios” distributed far and wide meant every home across Germany could get a direct firehose or pipeline of official pronouncements from on high. This was a new development in coordination. Any political movement has to get everyone on board, women are no different in that aspect.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (oJxaF)

Get control of the pussy, you're in control of the world.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

99 Another big cause of loudmouth leftist women, universities.

Take a look at where some of the most culturally influential universities are located. They have been breeding grounds for radicalism for generations.

Lizzie Warren isn't from the northeast. She's an injun from Oklahoma. She became a MA resident via Harvard which churns our leftwing women like a factory. Same with the crazy mayor of Boston. She was born and raised in Chicago.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

100 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (abScH)

101 96 "This ship was The Bevis of Hampton"

Interesting. My ancestors.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

No one ever talks about it's companion ship, the Butthead of Cheapside.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (edUvp)

102 Oh I've been saying this for years informally. Keep saying "You remind of the lunatic christian women in the 80s when I was a kid"

Glad to see I'm not alone in this

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (ilHZO)

103 I would add another observation.

Being a woke AWFL scold is a luxury belief.

Impoverished Appalachian women don't have time for that shit.

Even if they are now middle class, THEY grew up with a grandma that didn't have time for that shit.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (HlyYF)

104 One thing that really depresses me in New England is how most of the churches, especially the ones with nice old buildings in the center of town fly tranny flags.

It makes me understood how French people felt in the 40s seeing a German flag over their village.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

105 I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

You gotta put it in when it is small and let it grow. Then you go to the brewery and say "Hey. I found this mind in one of your bottles so I get like free beer forever."

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (IMeI4)

106 22
Would appreciate it if y'all could spare a prayer for Smash, please. She lost her Dad when she was seven and her mom when she was fourteen.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

Prayers ascending for y’all. When my brother died, his sons were 4, 6 and 10. Their mother is still here. I recently had a 1993 VHS tape of my brother teaching a class on the Civil War converted to 3 USB drives for each one. Saw the youngest (now 26) last week and gave hime the drive. It’s the only video of his father, of whom he has no memories. When he said, I’ve never heard his voice, I almost lost it. It’s brutal to lose a parent that young. I can’t imagine losing both.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (SjAWL)

107 Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Thomas Sowell.
Lays it out.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (sl73Y)

108 50 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM

Now add a clock.

Posted by: Jim Croce's ghost at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

109 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (abScH)

You are fortunate. Many women are just living their lives, have no idea about politics or anything else, and they are ripe for the plucking from bad actors. People in their circle who they have no idea are deranged cultists. The Left has many of these constantly scanning for victims.

We like to theorize on what's going on In AWFL heads and are sometimes quite accurate, but until one knows the mechanism they cannot possibly fight it. Single women and unhappily married women make for perfect targets.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (ZWBDi)

110 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Mister Scott

And why many of us have re-settled here in modern times.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (uoXeR)

111 I think the thesis is correct but it shouldn't be limited to women.

Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

112 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Well, I'll credit you with forming a wonderfully sane group of people around you. I live in a blue area and finding right of center people is not easy because the wokeists have destroyed everything culturally.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)

113 100 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM

Just like boats, there is no government program that gives you free horses.

P.S. Howdy, Ben! I saw I just missed you in the Gub Thread.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (HlyYF)

114 Interesting. My ancestors.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

Mine too. It's why I even know about it. The manifest from that ship is pretty crazy to dig into.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM (IMeI4)

115 Impoverished Appalachian women don't have time for that shit.

Even if they are now middle class, THEY grew up with a grandma that didn't have time for that shit.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM
+++

Sounds like you've read Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM (2Ez/1)

116 I'm 1/8th Scottish. Highland Campbells who came here after the uprising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

117 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative
——

That isn’t the way to bet, though is it. A broad brush is used when a lot of territory needs to be covered with paint in a hurry.

The intact family with mom and dad is the basic building block of any society. That is why it is slated for destruction, even by a group purporting to believe “black lives matter”. It’s right on their webpage.

Replacing self determination and local control with the power of the State. This is the hallmark of collectivist and totalitarian ideologies regardless. People want to argue about left or right, nazi or communist or fascist or whatever, but the dirty little secret is it’s all the same goddamned thing.

It’s a top down structure, not a left/right thing.

“Single Moms” is a failure of government and society. Not a phenomenon that should be celebrated or subsidized.

The so-called “Great Society” programs destroyed communities. It must have been done on purpose, calculated by the ideological heirs of Goebells and/or Soviet counterparts to the most damage.

Everything within the state, nothing without the state

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (oJxaF)

118 116 I'm 1/8th Scottish. Highland Campbells who came here after the uprising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

=======

I'm 1/1026 Cherokee!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (bzPaY)

119 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

I'm going to disagree somewhat with this.

The left leaning men I know say the same things as the left leaning women but its pretty clear they don't actually believe them.

For example I had a group of left leaning cow-workers I went out to lunch with for a while. At one point they started discussing which of the local Asian rub and tugs were the best as if this was a normal thing to talk about with coworkers. And yes, most of them were married.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

120 Completely agree w title

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (4c6EF)

121 Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

I will pray for Smash and for all of you going back and forth. It is hard losing a parent or parents at any age. My father was gone when I was 9, my mother when I was in my early 20's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (xPsv8)

122 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

I would suggest that more than None of that is driven by a desire to bang the liberal woman spouting that garbage.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (AdHga)

123 87 #68 cont.

I realize I didn't tie it into Buck's post very well.

What happened is that the culture that wanted to be left alone to do their thing went to Appalachia ("Fresh air"!) The culture that wanted city life ("Times Square!") went to the port cities.

This is true, but the underlying motive (attention and virtue display) is present in both, only it becomes pathological in the city culture where they have no connection to the costs and they are not criticized by the local culture for not minding their own business.

What't funny to me, if you ever go to M. E., you will find the women in sacks the worst fucking scolds there are when a woman shows hair or needs to be stoned. Same driving emotion as we have in the West.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (k12bV)

124 Get control of the pussy, you're in control of the world.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew

OTOH, Tony Montana said first you get the power, then you get Michelle Pfeiffer.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 11:41 AM (wBRco)

125 "Mine too. It's why I even know about it. The manifest from that ship is pretty crazy to dig into.
Posted by: Reforger"

My Bevis ancestors ended up in Georgia. Traceable back to Hampton. Maybe you are a cousin!

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (m6yP/)

126 Spend a little time on your local NextDoor app.
You'll see.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do
——

They can hide behind the women’s skirts. It is a synergistic thing, through osmosis. The tranny thing is partly engineered, but partly an inevitable result due to the fact males are now largely raised by women who hate men. The schools are chock full of them. Boys are treated at best, as a species of defective girl, who need to be punished, drugged, and “rehabilitated”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (oJxaF)

128 A lot of the Baptist ladies are packing, and none of the Presbyterians are.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (N1DT3)

Significant numbers of elders at my church are armed, covertly, in any church service. We also have an armed security team in the narthex during services. Also the church and associated school buildings are wired for sound and video and closely monitored. We’re “hard-shell” Presbyterian. First time I attended, I was watched during the service and questioned before I enteed. I was, however, quickly accepted and soon became an official member. I have, in the past, been a member of a Presbyterian church where the sanctuary was burned by an arsonist. It took months to rebuild.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (Wj1DV)

129 All women are crazy.

You are not wrong. But the secret is... so are all men. We're ALL crazy. All of us.

Just like all of us have some degree of physical damage or problems, all of us have mental ones, too. Its part of life, its part of being human, we're damaged goods. You have poor eyesight or flat feet or can't hear as well out of one ear or worse something like being born without a leg. ALL OF US have something like that, at least one thing.

Our minds are no less messed up. Some are worse than others but we all have some damage up there, too. The mistake is thinking we can fix it all and have a perfectly clear and undamaged mind if we just try enough. You're not gonna make all of it go away any more than you can manifest that missing leg.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (K32Fz)

130 most of the churches, especially the ones with nice old buildings in the center of town fly tranny flags.
By the neck.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (pVzsS)

131 For example I had a group of left leaning cow-workers I went out to lunch with for a while. At one point they started discussing which of the local Asian rub and tugs were the best as if this was a normal thing to talk about with coworkers. And yes, most of them were married.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)

132 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (k12bV)

As I've often said, the lie of those societies is that the women are controlled by men. No. They are controlled by other women.

Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life. That may be diminishing somewhat in this age of dire isolation we live in but it's not being replaced with anything better.

Now all that said about what other women think? Not Brit Lass. Hell, she doesn't even care what *I* think of her, let alone some woman.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (ZWBDi)

133 Rushing in to leave my first comment of the day before The Boss posts.
Not that I have anything worth taking up a comment slot.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Off to the races at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (0poB+)

134 This was on FB not next door, but someone didn't have their recycling picked up by the town and posted:

"I know recycling is a scam, but why hasn't the town picked it up this week?"

And...there were endless posts, yes mostly women, saying "recycling does in fact work you h8ter!"

No one answered his question about why his recycling wasn't picked up

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

135 One thing that gives me hope: feminists have so terrorized men for so long, that family formation in the blue zones has cratered. This will only be exacerbated by the recent mass-migration, which appears thus far to be much more values-based than purely economic like the others.

There's a very real possibility that our ability for people to meet each other and have sex without fear means that we can beat Communism by default, using the simplest mechanism of all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

136 My Bevis ancestors ended up in Georgia. Traceable back to Hampton. Maybe you are a cousin!
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (m6yP/)

My grandmother on my mom's side was an Austin. Of the Michigan founding Austins. There are places in MI where I couldn't throw a rock without hitting a cousin.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (IMeI4)

137 Do not use narthex if you are allergic to narthex

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (pVzsS)

138 The so-called “Great Society” programs destroyed communities. It must have been done on purpose, calculated by the ideological heirs of Goebells and/or Soviet counterparts to the most damage.

Everything within the state, nothing without the state
Posted by: Common Tate
------------

Absolutely done on purpose to create dependence.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (k12bV)

139 "American Nations", man. Everyone knows New England was founded by a different breed, East Anglia outliers.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (gKWVE)

140 I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)
-------
Bingo.

"Why are the men I'm actually attracted to all conservatives?"

Because we're not shitty fembois, toots. Now take your septum piercing and fuck off.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

141 Common Tater, I don't even know where to begin with this. What about the young mom whose husband has died. Military moms who have lost their husband in combat.

Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (abScH)

142 Yeah, no. AWFLs are a result of the F. Some of the trappings and their social mechanisms may be tied to churches, but it'd invariably be something retarded and self destructive.

Not that men do much better when untempered. You need some balance.

Posted by: heya at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (ctAuL)

143 Sounds like you've read Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM

Actually I haven't. (Informative read?)

I did dearly love my maternal grandmother. She grew up in the Depression on a farm ... and therefore also had no time for that shit.

She came out of the kitchen one day and heard a rattlesnake under the sofa warning my five y.o. mother not to come any closer.

She grabbed my mother and took her outside, and grabbed the hoe. Went back in and flung the sofa aside and chopped the rattler in half.

My mother said she just went back into the kitchen to keep cooking after getting rid of the corpse.

This, from the same lady that made the best blueberry pie I have ever eaten.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (HlyYF)

144 Our minds are no less messed up. Some are worse than others but we all have some damage up there, too. The mistake is thinking we can fix it all and have a perfectly clear and undamaged mind if we just try enough. You're not gonna make all of it go away any more than you can manifest that missing leg.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (K32Fz)

"the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (N1DT3)

145 Single Moms” is a failure of government and society"

No, that and "raised by a village" are human norms...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (cGjQu)

146 related to the insane thing: we're all bad to each other as well. Its just that men's bad has been socially conditioned and legally restricted so that its less common than it used to be: don't hit women, get permission, don't solve everything with violence, etc. Now I would argue we've gone too far, but there it is.

The difference is that women are just as bad, but in different ways but the culture we live in celebrates and encourages bad behavior in women. Its like living in centuries ago when beating your wife was not just normal, but encouraged. Where you solved an argument with swords or pistols, but women weren't allowed any voice at all in public.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (K32Fz)

147 I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)

I think the most destructive aspect of Leftism / marxism / communism is that it invites people to outsource their morality so that it is only based on loyalty to the Party and saying whatever is party dogma at the time. Upon doing that, the member is absolved and invited to engange in the most loathsome personal behavior possible, with no threat of condemnation. (until people outside the group start hearing about it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (edUvp)

148 >>>I'm 1/1026 Cherokee!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

>Have you met Cher yet? Did you get 1/1026 of the reservation from Uncle Sam?

https://shorturl.at/OFcHD

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (ixEhJ)

149 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life"

No one hates women more than...women

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)

150 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of the
Posted by: ...

------

Bingo.

We used to know that women had that power. I think the women's lib movement suppressed this knowledge to make their point.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (k12bV)

151 Common Tater, I don't even know where to begin with this. What about the young mom whose husband has died. Military moms who have lost their husband in combat.

Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (abScH)

"We can't make children suffer for the choices of adults!!"

Ok. The children should be taken and re-homed since their parent obviously cannot provide for them.

We'd need to reopen orphanages, though.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (N1DT3)

152 Its like living in centuries ago when beating your wife was not just normal, but encouraged"

Que?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)

153 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.

Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (F1rMs)

154 As I've often said, the lie of those societies is that the women are controlled by men. No. They are controlled by other women.

worse: MEN are controlled by women. Men live in fear of what women will do to us, and cringe and obey out of he concern that we'll be destroyed socially, economically, and legally if we don't.

We men need to step up. Someone will be in charge, and we've ceded nearly everything to women and feminine tendencies. We gave up masculine Christianity for feminine therapy. We gave up truth and reason for empathy and feelings.

A good society needs both, but one side WILL be in charge, and in general, its been better for good men to be in charge of things in the past

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (K32Fz)

155 The Bevis Frond

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Cqx++)

156 I'm not sure understanding AWFuLs takes this much thought.

I think they are overwhelmingly empty vessels without meaning or purpose, so they fill the vessels with bitterness, anger, hate, and regret. They hate the world because they hate themselves.

I don't think they transition to this, either. I think they were always this way. Show me an AWFuL today, and I'll bet money she was the annoying scold in school telling the teacher about the kids smoking in the bathroom.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

157 Well, the Presbyterians are now substantially "different" in PA.

However, the Quakers and that darn Universal Unitarian group have caused the greatest damage in the Region.

States with the strongest historical and present-day presence of Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) include Indiana, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

Unitarian Universalist congregations have the highest number of members and churches in Massachusetts, followed by other populous states like California and New York.

Remember that lots of political kids including the O daughters and all of the Biden grandkids went to Quaker school in D.C.? Sidwell Friends School.

In fact, while President Joe Biden is personally a Roman Catholic 🤣, but he and his family have a direct connection to Quaker education through the Wilmington Friends School in Delaware and the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

Reportedly, Beau, Hunter, and Ashley Biden also attended Wilmington Friends School (Quaker) in Alapocas, Delaware.
Jill Biden praised the school's nurturing environment and Quaker values.

And take a look at the crackpots affiliated with the UU group. Mercy!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (NFX2v)

158 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

159 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life"

This is a not uncommon interaction with my GF:

Her: What do you think of this outfit?
Me: It looks nice
Her: But it is out of style
Me: But I like it so who cares?
Her: Maybe I'll just donate it

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

160 No one hates women more than...women
Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM

And gay men in the fashion industry.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (bFu5X)

161
No one hates women more than...women

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)

__________

Misogynist: a man who hates women as much as women hate each other.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (O0L8i)

162 153 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (F1rMs)

Tramp Stamps and neck tattoos.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:54 AM (IMeI4)

163 made me a better person.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

Impossible!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:54 AM (ZWBDi)

164 frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic

There's a joke there somewhere.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (EUDKb)

165 There's a vid at Twitchy of theater kid Mayor Wilson of Seattle, just about weeping at a press conference. I now want to see Mamdani weep.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (BFvh9)

166 Tramp Stamps and neck tattoos.

redrawn eyebrows, two-inch fingernails and eyelashes

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (K32Fz)

167 ..., darlin, I am the first one to recognize my short comings and there are plenty.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (abScH)

168 I think they are overwhelmingly empty vessels without meaning or purpose, so they fill the vessels with bitterness, anger, hate, and regret. They hate the world because they hate themselves.

One reason our society is having so many issues is that it no longer tries to nudge people to doing the right thing. Quite the opposite obviously.

But a few generations ago these same sorts of people would face social pressure to be something more then an AWFL...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

169 I went to a Quaker wedding once as a kid.

My dad angered my mom by telling us that the groom was a "liberal weenie." Well, he was, and so were most of the others.

It was also one of the most stultifyingly boring affairs I've ever attended. I thought it would be fun, because weddings are always fun.

Not a Quaker wedding.

During one of the seemingly interminable moments of silence, my dad snuck out with us boys and we went and played in the woods.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (BI5O2)

170 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (abScH)

I won't win this one except to say you know my feelings on the matter.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ZWBDi)

171 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM

I'm not sure what's funnier...the comment or the nic it came from.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)

172 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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And the natives still do. Sadly, we have been swarmed by culture-altering Locusts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 11:58 AM (XeU6L)

173 ..., and I am grateful for your friendship.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:59 AM (abScH)

174 All I have to say is I have been here like 20 years and i have not once been offered a festive hat

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 12:01 PM (K32Fz)

175 I went to a Quaker wedding once as a kid.

My dad angered my mom by telling us that the groom was a "liberal weenie." Well, he was, and so were most of the others.

It was also one of the most stultifyingly boring affairs I've ever attended. I thought it would be fun, because weddings are always fun.

Not a Quaker wedding.

During one of the seemingly interminable moments of silence, my dad snuck out with us boys and we went and played in the woods.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM

Do they throw oats instead of rice?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:01 PM (bFu5X)

176 Adding to my comment above, I don't think it's a coincidence that the Rise of the AWFuL came right after the explosion of woke race and culture bean-counting that put leftist minorities, gays, trans, and assorted perverts at the top of the food chain.

AWFuLs are almost always straight, white, affluent women. It's right there in the name. Without some gimmick or way to claw back power, AWFuLs would be almost at the bottom of the food chain, above only straight white men.

And that infuriates them. As I said above, these were the scoldy, authoritarian bitches in school. They always craved power. So they become woke champions, always kicking down at those below in the food chain, hoping that will enable them to rise up the chain.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)

177 >>>Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

I don't think I've seen a parallel drawn before between woke/cancel culture and the Salem Witch Trials. But it is strikingly apt.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (dK+Kv)

178 "Punisher" actor says discriminating against pit bulls is "dog racism"

Don't know enough about the guy to speculate but I wonder if the point he's making is the point he thinks he's making.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (vTZFs)

179 158 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

This has reminded me of a well known quote from US Grant, one reason many today believe he was somewhere on the autism scale - "I much prefer the company of Dogs and Horses to that of Men."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (edUvp)

180 111 I think the thesis is correct but it shouldn't be limited to women.
Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

Absolutely. Can't tell you how many of the left-wing guys in our old friend group that we can't even talk with anymore. Progressivism is all, and they'll repeat it more angrily and loudly if you didn't capitulate the first time.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (ztCYQ)

181 Look at the recent news to see my point.

- man in hat shoots murderer at In N out
- Man (16yo) battles surf to rescue swimmer

etc., This is how men show value to community. We respect them and honor them.

Women mostly don't have that path - of being prepared and fit and trained. Women have to stand at the fucking border with signs saying "welcome refugees" as we are invaded.

You see the problem? Men channel that need into training and preparedness -- having the right tools. Women into virtue signaling. Then we drop religion and they no longer have a rulebook for what virtue is, and they drop family so they have lots of time.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (k12bV)

182 I've often posted here about how Woke Leftism is an ersatz religion. People believe to fill a spiritual void, or they fake their belief for career advancement.

Women are more prone to Believing. When they do, they act like Church Lady scolds wherever they are. They have too much time on their hands even when at work.(cushy jobs!)

But they're not all women -- men do it too -- and not all women do this.

The demographic divide is more between College and Non-College: On the spectrum of beliefs, Non-College Women are only a bit to the Left of Non-College Men, and distant from College Men who are closer to College Women.

Non-College outnumber College by two to one, which is why Trump's been elected thrice.

Let's pray for four times, as he'll effectively be on the ballot in November.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (dtajH)

183 141. Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.
Posted by: Ben Had

Think that was Renee Good in MN.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:05 PM (NFX2v)

184 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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[Recollects Quaker Puffed Wheat,"Shot From Guns']

pic of ad: https://shorturl.at/VjKeV

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (XeU6L)

185 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (yJpcc)

186 175. Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Uh-oh. Sneaking in a food thread again.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:07 PM (NFX2v)

187 congratulations Buck, your rant post has stayed on topic till the end. I don't think I have ever seen (read) this before on this here blog.

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 03, 2026 12:08 PM (van9r)

188 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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[Recollects Quaker Puffed Wheat,"Shot From Guns']

pic of ad: https://shorturl.at/VjKeV
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

189 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

This has reminded me of a well known quote from US Grant, one reason many today believe he was somewhere on the autism scale - "I much prefer the company of Dogs and Horses to that of Men."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (edUvp)

People are frustrating, often disgusting in their morality, and quite stupid herd animals when you boil it down. Men attempting to learn how to connect with animals, I suppose, is a simple, honest, and rewarding affair.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (dK+Kv)

190 Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM

Starkey's The Devil in Massachusetts is a good read.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)

191 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Uh-oh. Sneaking in a food thread again.
Posted by: L - No nic

Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns.

Gun thread!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

192 Starkey's The Devil in Massachusetts is a good read.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Ooooh. Going to look that one up!
Thank you!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:11 PM (yJpcc)

193 A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.
Posted by: Common Tater
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On Insty, it was noted that there used to be men only and women only colleges in close proximity.
Both would focus on their studies during the week and could have the weekend to pursue their mating.

Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.
Mens colleges were just destroyed, or force to become co-ed.

To note that the prior arraignment was successful and offered benefit to the nation, while the current arrangement has no benefits will mark you as a bigot.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (3cUTc)

194 Ooooh. Going to look that one up!
Thank you!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:11 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (bFu5X)

195 Friends Journal, 2010

Why Do the Obamas, Bidens, and Clintons Choose Friends Schools?
October 1, 2010

(And the Nixon's, Theodore Roosevelt, the Gore's, and so on.)

Lindberg, Bill Nye, and Gore Vidal were attendees.
---
The United States Secret Service operates on private campuses like Sidwell Friends School by integrating heavily with school staff, blending seamlessly into classroom settings, and deploying extensive technological monitoring to maximize security while minimizing social disruption. (The Independent and others)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

196 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (yJpcc)
_______

It was an attempt by women -- overwhelmingly young and desperate to social-climb -- to destroy their rivals and gain power and attention for themselves.

Not many people know this, but the original accusers acted like possessed witches themselves, to gain attention and notoriety. Exactly what today's women of similar social aspirations do on social media: act extreme or often insane.

These original accusers sought to take out their rivals by accusing the rivals of casting spells on them. Then, when others saw that this could be used as a tool to take out rivals and undesirables, it was expanded to include men too.

But overall, the entire "witch trial" phenomena has been drastically over-stated. I don't think more than maybe a few dozen people were tried and convicted.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

197 Ok. The children should be taken and re-homed since their parent obviously cannot provide for them.

We'd need to reopen orphanages, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026

Because nothing makes a strong, well adjusted child like ripping both of their parents away.

Out of curiosity, who pays for the children in your orphanages?

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (OoFl2)

198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

We're right here, you know.

Posted by: Smith and Wellesley at August 03, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)

199 191. Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns.

Gun thread!
Posted by: rickb223

🤨😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:14 PM (NFX2v)

200 Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

Kareem al Wheat - Buckwheat's name when he converted to islam

Posted by: Josephistan at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (y9ksN)

201 Ewok's up.

Posted by: Smith and Wellesley at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

202 DOG RACISM

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (ZWBDi)

203 Piper, I made the comment that any woman on welfare that has another child should lose all benefits. Out of that, the taxpayers is already paying for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (abScH)

204 On Insty, it was noted that there used to be men only and women only colleges in close proximity.

fortunately this is still the case around me with private high schools (and grade schools)

Bonner-Prendie is a neat example where one wing is boys and the other is girls, and the central main building houses the shared cafeteria, offices and library.

but here we have DevonPrep/AgnesIrwin, Malvern/Villa, Padua/Sallies, etc etc

those are near each other - Villa is walkable to Malvern Prep for example - but not on the same campus like Bonner.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

205 Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing overall

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (ZWBDi)

206 198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

Mine wasn't . I didn't know a single lesbian who went there . There were certainly lesbians there but they were not in my circle and lesbianism wasn't something that was discussed. My closest roommate is a married - to a man for many years as are most of the women I went to school with. I dated men while I was in college

Were the male only colleges still open at the time finishing schools for gay men?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (xSAlF)

207 This has long been my theory. When Christianity was a cultural force, these women were attracted to it because it gave them both the self-righteousness and leverage.
They wanted to feel morally superior and have power over other people. Jesus was nothing more than a means to an end for them.

Once Christianity began to lose that authority in the culture, they quickly jumped ship and followed after the next cultural force, then the next, and currently wokeness. This is why the issues they fight for/against now can be diametrically opposed to the issues they fought for/against five years ago. The issues don't ever matter to them any more than Jesus did.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (0MjtC)

208 As Mad Mike Williamson as said "All women are bi. Either polar or sexual. Choose wisely."
Posted by: NR Pax

The problem I have with this statement is it only describes the kind of woman he prefers to hang out with.

The ones that aren't either aren't even on his radar, because they don't go the places he goes or do the things he does.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (vJrRc)

209 We all pay, especially the states depending...

The majority of children enter foster care in the United States due to parental neglect (62%), parental substance abuse (33%), and child abuse or domestic issues

There are 331,747 children in the US foster care system. The age distribution spans from newborns to older teenagers transitioning to adulthood

(Under 5): Represent roughly 30% of the foster population, often entering care due to immediate safety concerns at birth or during early development.

School-Aged Children (5–12): Account for approximately 40% of the population.

Teens (13–20): Make up roughly 30% of the system. Teens face unique barriers, as they are statistically the hardest to place with long-term foster families.

The system displays noticeable disparities compared to the general US child population:
White: ~43%
Hispanic: ~23%
Black/African American: ~22% (significantly overrepresented relative to the general population)
Multiracial & Native American: ~12%

The national foster care statistics cited above do not include unaccompanied migrant children who cross the US border without sponsors.

The data tracks only to the domestic child welfare system.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (NFX2v)

210 Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
--
It's a close call, whether The Crucible or The Catcher in the Rye is the worst literature the teachers force upon children.

Stupid, pointless and endlessly rehashed by dull minds.

Who proceed to kill any remaining love of reading with a recitation from Shel Silverstein.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)

211 206 198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

Mine wasn't . I didn't know a single lesbian who went there . There were certainly lesbians there but they were not in my circle and lesbianism wasn't something that was discussed. My closest roommate is a married - to a man for many years as are most of the women I went to school with. I dated men while I was in college

Were the male only colleges still open at the time finishing schools for gay men?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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So?

Your exception does not prove the general observation is wrong.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

212 She grabbed my mother and took her outside, and grabbed the hoe. Went back in and flung the sofa aside and chopped the rattler in half.

My mother said she just went back into the kitchen to keep cooking after getting rid of the corpse.

This, from the same lady that made the best blueberry pie I have ever eaten.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Psh. Women aren't capable of that kind of bravery. She should have waited for a man to come take care of it.

Posted by: Internet "trad" man at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (vJrRc)

213 203 Piper, I made the comment that any woman on welfare that has another child should lose all benefits. Out of that, the taxpayers is already paying for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (abScH)

And I don’t disagree agree with you. The purpose of welfare originally was to allow mothers to stay home with young children if they lost their husband, however that happened. A mom at home is a very positive thing, and could undue some of the ugly we see in society. But for the solution to be lose your child to an orphanage to avoid being g a single mom is pretty rough. I, of course, take this a little personally. But for the grace of God go I, you know? I could have easily needed social services there for a bit had J not decided I might be worth taking a chance on, special needs child and all.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (OoFl2)

214 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

I am speaking from personal experience . You are probably not because you never went to a woman's college 30 plus some years ago. I did not go to date women. I went to get an education which I did . I don't know what women's colleges are like now. Again, did all male colleges produce gay men?

I am done with this thread. Have a nice day

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (y8wRt)

215 The data tracks only to the domestic child welfare system.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03

I hate these stats. It hurts my heart. Children should be loved, and safe. They should never wonder why their mom or dad didn’t love them enough to be the best parent they could be. And adults should put their children before anything, they are the greatest gift from God. I strongly believe there is a special circle in hell for any parent who puts their children in harms way - physical, mental, emotional.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (OoFl2)

216 Late, I know, but...

Did no one point out Sophie Cunningham at the bottom, middle?

Posted by: mindful webworker - pointlessly willowed at August 03, 2026 01:09 PM (0poB+)

217 Because nothing makes a strong, well adjusted child like ripping both of their parents away.

Out of curiosity, who pays for the children in your orphanages?
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (OoFl2)

Same people who paid for the children of welfare sows.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (N1DT3)

218 And I don’t disagree agree with you. The purpose of welfare originally was to allow mothers to stay home with young children if they lost their husband, however that happened. A mom at home is a very positive thing, and could undue some of the ugly we see in society. But for the solution to be lose your child to an orphanage to avoid being g a single mom is pretty rough. I, of course, take this a little personally. But for the grace of God go I, you know? I could have easily needed social services there for a bit had J not decided I might be worth taking a chance on, special needs child and all.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (OoFl2)

Did you see the part about "having additional children while on welfare"? Or just jump to moralizing scolding without understanding the argument?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (N1DT3)

219 Puritans were Congregationalists, and always had a collectivist mindset and strong social discipline from the church. Re collectivism--note the Pilgrims' failed socialist experiment in their first year. Their instincts were broadly collectivist but the reality of looming starvation deflected them from that path. But it does show their orientation.

More settled and densely populated New England communities also permitted more intrusive monitoring of others' behavior, and imposition of church discipline.

In contrast, on the frontiers the settlers were not Congregationalists. But more importantly, low population densities meant that people could largely escape intrusive social control, from churches in particular. The competition between different denominations (Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists) on the frontier, in contrast to the dominance of established churches in New England, also undermined church discipline. And if things got too intrusive, you could pick up and move further out.

The AWFLs, and progressives generally, definitely can be traced back to Puritanism, as ironic as that might seem.

Posted by: Craig Pirrong at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (FRnoD)

Mid-Morning Art Thread [From the archives]

Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
Anne-Louis Girodet

Posted by: CBD at 09:25 AM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (NkUqe)

2 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (NkUqe)

3 Indigestion?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

4 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
_

The patron saint of the Horde. ;D

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (5ExGj)

5 I remember in Italy you'd be walking down the street and see something form two thousand years ago

Very odd experience as an American where OLD is the 1600s...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)

6 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

7 What's with the hand in vest Napoleon Bonapart pose?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (yJpcc)

8 The early bird catches the worm

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

9 Reaching for his flask.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (NkUqe)

10 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (bzPaY)

11 Chateaubriand was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

12 Dude looks seriously wasted.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

13 Mornin', y'all.

Now that my formerly indoor cats are now exploring the big, bad world, they cry to go outside...they are quite insistent.

It's only 65 degrees, so a very nice morning sipping my coffee watching the kittehs.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (5ExGj)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

15 Anne-Louis Girodet was a guy?!? Stupid french names

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)

16 Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (XvL8K)

17 Drunk Steve Carell.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (NkUqe)

18 CBD on the early tip....... On a Monday?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

19 Chateaubriand thinking about a good steak.
He looks oddly out of proportion.
Would hang though.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (BFvh9)

20
He needs to see a barber. And get a dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (O0L8i)

21 @16 Biff, definitely Horde mind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (BFvh9)

22 Was this guy a cook or something. Sounds familiar.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (sl73Y)

23 Never trust a man who surreptitiously tweeks his nipples in public.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (Q+gd/)

24 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Following which, he will pay a visit to the Tenderloin District for a piece of arse.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

25 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

26 Is he meditating or just trying to look like Napoleon Bonaparte?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (+gA9j)

27 Oh, geez, guess I'm late.
Happy Monday, look at that dignified fellow!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (X8xt3)

28 CBD on vacation again?

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

29 Sponge!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (5ExGj)

30 25 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

========

"Groovy."
-Ashley Joanna Williams

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (bzPaY)

31 Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

His head looks like it's been photoshopped in, with no connection to his body.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

32 No boobs. No dog. Man with a camel toe.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (EphcB)

33 Drunk Steve Carell.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026

***
He does look like Carell!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

34
Originally titled Chateaubriand Meditating On The Cute Babe Just Outside the Frame

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)

35 It's windy.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)

36 You're first name is "Anne-Louis" and yet you're a male.
Troubling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

37 ebsco-

"François-René de Chateaubriand was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement of the 19th century, known for blending personal emotion with broader themes in his works. His writings, particularly "The Genius of Christianity" and "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave," reflect his defense of the Catholic faith and critique of Enlightenment ideals, making him a key influence on later French literature and thought."

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

38 >>That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

But he's not giving it away for free - you must amuse him first.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

39 Guy's got the "I don't give a f" look down pat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (2Cry5)

40 38 >>That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

But he's not giving it away for free - you must amuse him first.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

=====

It's how he earns his keep, crashing in rich people's houses in Rome. He can't give it away for free, or he'll starve.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (bzPaY)

41 Chocolate Mousse is just out of frame.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

42 Guy could have used my services and products!

Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

43 oily!

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

44 Is he meditating or just trying to look like Napoleon Bonaparte?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026

***
Well, this painting was after 1808, so Mr. B. was still a force to be reckoned with in Europe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

No, he's contemplating the witty repartee he SHOULD have made - that would have brought in the babes for sure. L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

46
What a beefy-looking fellow!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

47 Seems he has the same heart problem that Nappy Bone-apart had...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

48 really looks like napoleans head was replaced with this one, and none too convincingly.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

49 45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

No, he's contemplating the witty repartee he SHOULD have made - that would have brought in the babes for sure. L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

=======

The look of detached disappointment bordering on anger lends textual support to your reading.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (bzPaY)

50 Long legs, short torso, and a big head is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

51 When did the Napoleon hand tuck stop being a thing? Late 19th century?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (XvL8K)

52
What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

53 Guy could have used my services and products!
Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at August 03, 2026

***
Dunno if I trust you after what you did to Rosemary.

Posted by: Guy Woodhouse at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

54 50 Long legs, short torso, and a big head is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

55 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (yJpcc)

56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

57 45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.
----
Like the Jerk Store.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

58 56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

Some more so that others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

60 I don’t like the painting but it is well done. The details of his hair and shadows is executed pretty darn well. Still, a boring painting…. No interesting action and even more important no beautiful woman in view

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (yz/88)

61 Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223

Daily swirlies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (NkUqe)

62 5 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026

***
It was France, so who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

63 As an Internationally-known actress, I could never afford to have dry, fly away hair. I found the answer in VO5 Hot Oil Treatment. It will work for you, too.

Posted by: Rula Lenska For Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

64 59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

Maybe it's only medium-rare...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

65 6 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (8mulE)

66 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake
*
On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026

***
Well done!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

67
What did he steak his reputation on?
Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

________

Well done!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (O0L8i)

68 I was hoping for a painting of Beef Wellington contemplating the Siege of Carthage.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (viF8m)

69 56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

=======

"Ohh, get that, would you, Deirdre?"
-Mum, dropping the newest child in Manchester from Chapter 2: The Miracle of Birth: Part 2: The Third World

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (bzPaY)

70 et Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223

Daily swirlies.

It was France, so it would have been L'Swirlee' du jour.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

71 seven year itch.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

72 59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM

I've got no beef with that.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

73 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026
*
Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026

***
That's it. Couldn't think of the name. He also was in the first Addams Family film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

74 On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

*goes to type "well done." Deletes figuring that comment has been made a few times already*

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (J4Dwc)

75 As an Internationally-known actress, I could never afford to have dry, fly away hair. I found the answer in VO5 Hot Oil Treatment. It will work for you, too.

Posted by: Rula Lenska For Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment

Surprisingly, she's still alive at 78.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

76 66 and 67. Horde mind

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

77
His hand was originally down lower, but he noticed someone watching him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

78 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake
*
On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM
*
I've got no beef with that.
Posted by: Oh, no... at August 03, 2026

***
Bye, son.
( -- Buffalo Jokes, Vol. 1)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

79 Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.

Surprisingly, still alive at 86.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

80 56 "oh, get that, would you colleen?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

81 I can still see the marks where the jockey hit it.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

82 His hand was originally down lower, but he noticed someone watching him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It wasn't nut day.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (yJpcc)

83 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

85 I prefer the portrait of his girlfriend, Juliette Recamier, by Francois Gerard.

Reading about Chateaubriand's political career is exhausting. The guy was constantly in the thick of things, changing allegiances, snd somehow survived revolutionary France.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (XTNWF)

86 64 his father was a wit, so he's a half- wit.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

87 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Caption:

"Looking at these ruins, I am filled with ennui. Ennui and disaffection.

And why the hell, haven't they invented Gaulloises cigarettes? i could be smoking one as I looked at the world through lidded-eyes demonstrating my indifference to the fates.

Merde!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

88
Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!

_________

The Trump Coliseum. Yuge, classy and luxurious.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)

89 Alternate Title: Napoleon Gives Elba The Elbow.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (4pZiu)

90 Chateaubriand, has a really nice cut of meat named after him

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (abScH)

91 a soothe- sear.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

92 84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

=======

Rome has been building Line C of their metro for 20 years.

Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

When I went last year, they were finally working on some city center stuff (mostly right outside Palazzo Vittorio Emanuele II), and it wasn't going to go quickly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (bzPaY)

93 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (5ExGj)

94 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Ruins, country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate!

Posted by: Al Czervik at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)

95 84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!
Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM
++++

*ahem*

Posted by: Buc-ee's at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

96 L'ennui, c'est moi.

Posted by: Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

97 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
Anne-Louis Girodet
***********

I Colum Like I Seum - a limerick

According to a sports commentator
Who was an avid Coliseum spectator
A man devoured his wife
With a simple kitchen knife
Then boldly stated he was gladiator!

Posted by: muldoon at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

98 Chateaubriand's friend, Juliette Recamier

https://tinyurl.com/5fs5vwhx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (XTNWF)

99 Per wiki (FWIW): "The hand-in-waistcoat gesture traces back to classical times – Aeschines, founder of a rhetoric school, suggested that speaking with an arm outside of the chiton was bad manners."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (XvL8K)

100 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Caption:

"Looking at these ruins, I am filled with ennui. Ennui and disaffection.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

101
Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

_________

"Archeological discoveries. Yeah. That's the reason." - Gov. G. Newsom

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (O0L8i)

102 82 man with hole in pocket feel nutty all day.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

103 96 L'ennui, c'est moi.

Posted by: Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

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He's in Italy.

"La noia e io."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (bzPaY)

104 Let's put a fork in these steak puns.

Posted by: They're done at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

105 You wouldn't know it by his picture but Chateaubriand was a great sumo wrestler. He had all kinds of trophies.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bqIVz)

106 101
Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

_________

"Archeological discoveries. Yeah. That's the reason." - Gov. G. Newsom

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (O0L8i)

======

Once they actually start building. "We found a Native American Hopi pot!"

"The Hopi never lived here."

"Doesn't matter! We have to stop work for 18 months to study it!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bzPaY)

107 The actual romans doing new construction and arguing over women are thinking 'Look at this lump.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (Y/06r)

108 Sigh. I'm stuck in limbo. The radiation machine is down so I'm sitting here waiting on a phone call where they'll say, "Come in now. NOW NOW NOW! Aaaaaaaaaa!"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

109 87 gitanes, official cigarette of the tour de france.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

110 >>>Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

>He's perfect for Hollywood. Most of them are short and have big heads. They wear lifts, for kris-sakes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (ixEhJ)

111 66, 67. Hordemind. Beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X)

112 Nice work muldoon. Nice work indeed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

113 Really interesting show on Tubi is Baumgarten Restoration. He is a painting conservator that restores damaged paintings. It's more of a skill than the painters themselves in many ways.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (KC5Lt)

114 >Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

Second cousins.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Q+gd/)

115 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

116 Scruffy-looking dude. How did he wind up getting a steak named after him?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:51 AM (1z8ji)

117 He’s not really thinking about Rome. He’s thinking “Where in Rome can I get a good steak, preferably one named after me?”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:51 AM (Wj1DV)

118 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

Gabbagool!

Posted by: Silvio Dante at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

119 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

Muro della masturbazione.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

120 If you're into atmospheric drawings of Roman ruins, you can't do better than Piranesi.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

121 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome, 1808
Anne-Louis Girodet

AI Overview: Chateaubriand is famous for a thick, tender cut of beef tenderloin and a famous French writer. It originally got its name from François-René de Chateaubriand, a 19th-century statesman and author.

The Famous Beef Dish
The Cut: A large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people.
The Origin: Named after the writer by his personal chef, Montmireil, who first grilled the tender beef for him.
The Style: Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise) and potatoes.

The Famous Writer
Literary Impact: François-René de Chateaubriand helped start the Romantic movement in French literature.
Key Works: He wrote The Genius of Christianity to defend the church and an famous posthumous autobiography called Memoirs from Beyond the Grave.
Role: He also worked as a politician and diplomat during turbulent times in France.
---
Once known as one of the most famous men in France — a giant of the literary scene and idolised by such future greats as Alphonse de Lamartine and Victor Hugo.

Would pass hanging today's art, but it's an interesting lesson. Thx.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

122 The Napoleon belly rub must have been the it pose back to then.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)

123 Muro della masturbazione.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (bFu5X)

124 Chateaubriand was looking into the future here, contemplating the Ramones 1978 album "Road To Ruin".

Posted by: Go Mental! at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

125 Girodet was a student of David and I usually prefer Girodet's works. I like the way he makes use of light and the skin tones in his many portraits idealized but natural. Also, the poses in the portraits are natural, relaxed which makes them more attractive. His historical and mythological themes are effective but melodramatic for my taste but typical for the era.

Girodet is considered a French Romantic painter. I prefer the English Romantic artists who are more in line with the poetry of that period. Constable, Turner and Blake come to mind.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

126
What is it about guys in the early 1800s posing for painters while diddling their nipple piercings?

The artist: "Yeah, you got one too. You really stand out from the crowd."

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:54 AM (s9VOe)

127 122 that's tomorrow.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)

128 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bzPaY)

When they were building a local freeway, they uncovered Mammoth or Mastidon bones that were, according to the layer they were found, 130K years old...with signs they might have had their bones smashed up by hominids wielding stones...
Stopped work on the freeway. Then they found the ruins of an indian village...AND the enviroweenies delayed it for some bird.
Freeway took well over a decade to finish it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (l3cgK)

129 122 The Napoleon belly rub must have been the it pose back to then.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM

20 Francs. Same as in Paris.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

130 Chateaubriand is looking askance.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (MDua2)

131 He spotted a lady but … is that a bulge in the crotch?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (qszYa)

132 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome, 1808
Anne-Louis Girodet

AI Overview: Chateaubriand is famous for a thick, tender cut of beef tenderloin and a famous French writer. It originally got its name from François-René de Chateaubriand, a 19th-century statesman and author.

The Famous Beef Dish
The Cut: A large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people.
The Origin: Named after the writer by his personal chef, Montmireil, who first grilled the tender beef for him.
The Style: Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise) and potatoes.

The Famous Writer
Literary Impact: François-René de Chateaubriand helped start the Romantic movement in French literature.
Key Works: He wrote The Genius of Christianity to defend the church and an famous posthumous autobiography called Memoirs from Beyond the Grave.
Role: He also worked as a politician and diplomat during turbulent times in France.
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise!

Posted by: Count de Monet says Mel Brooks went a long way for that joke at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

133 Thought bubble:

"I invented the "patting your belly stance"!

I did!!!

That wannabe Napoleon...what a poser!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Wj1DV)

135 Looks like a good match for AtC

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (ZWBDi)

136 Europeans know Chocolate, Wine, and Beer, among other things, but they never figured out Cigarettes for some reason. Those North Carolina and Virginia boys figured it out. Lucky and Chesterfield.

A classic pic is a WWII Frenchman enjoying a smoke given to him by an 82nd airborne troop at Bastogne or someplace like that during the Bulge battle. He looks ecstatic.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (oJxaF)

137 134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Wj1DV)

They would be YUUUGE manly cuts of beef...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (l3cgK)

138 Thought bubble:

"I invented the "patting your belly stance"!

Thought bubble:
"Why do they keep putting me in mom pants?"

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

139 He knows where that right hand has been … and he's ashamed.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

140 He spotted a lady but … is that a bulge in the crotch?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (qszYa)

The gentleman dresses neither left nor right. He tucks.

Posted by: Tailor for Mr. Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

141 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him.

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I named my toilet "Foucault."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (BI5O2)

142 The French are aghast ~~that we named a steak after him~~.

FIFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

143
Europeans know Chocolate, Wine, and Beer, among other things, but they never figured out Cigarettes for some reason. Those North Carolina and Virginia boys figured it out. Lucky and Chesterfield.

Euros: "Absinthe, mofos! Kiss our twee asses!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (s9VOe)

144 large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people

Do what now??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (oJxaF)

145 134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM
++++
Sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Frankie Delmonico at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

146 Looking pissed off, he reaches for his flintlock pistol to exact revenge on the pAntifa punks spray painting the local police station.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

147 Moe: Would you rather be beheaded or burnt at the stake?
Curly: I'd rather be burnt at the stake.
Moe: Why?
Curly: A hot stake is better than a cold chop anytime!

Posted by: Nyuk, Nyuk! at August 03, 2026 10:00 AM (JM9I6)

148 Chateaubriand? Wasn’t the food thread last night?

Chateaubriand is excellent, btw.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 10:01 AM (qszYa)

149 Sponge!!!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (5ExGj)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

150 The artists asked him to look over his other shoulder but he decided to turn his head at the last moment and look the other way. The pose became known as the reverse seer.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:02 AM (ZWBDi)

151 European history is confusing to say the least. If you did a flow chart it would look like a game of pick up sticks.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:02 AM (KC5Lt)

152
Like all thinking-out-of-the-box real estate developers of the Nineteenth Century, he's puzzling out where he will locate the obligatory tenements and slums for his projected 500 unit renewal project.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (s9VOe)

153 It's gotta be thin sliced ribeye.
With Cheese Whiz.

Posted by: Pat's and Geno's at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

154 132 sounds like fish taking a phone call from his wife.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

155 He looks like a youngish Andrew Jackson.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (SjAWL)

156 Well, I am just a T-bone kinda guy. Love that T-bone. In fact, you might as well call me . . .

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX)

157 Chateaubriand
-

CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)

158 Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Straining to keep this an art thread. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (NFX2v)

159 136 navy player's cut. sobranie.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

160
CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)

Does that make him homo now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

161 Euros: "Absinthe, mofos! Kiss our twee asses!"
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (s9VOe)

Also Euros: "Which is easy because, after two glasses, we're face down on the floor."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

162 He looks like a youngish Andrew Jackson.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (SjAWL)
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I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

163 Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise)

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WRONG.

I know people do this. They shouldn't.

Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

164
I need to start wearing my hair like that-

so I can look all famous and thoughtful...

...

...

Or crazy.

Either or.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

165 No French

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (JvZF+)

166 141 i called mine "beloit" until i ran out of nickels.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

167 >>>James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

168 CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)

Does that make him homo now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)
-

/ignores sponge while finishing tango with cbd while clenching a long stemmed rose in teeth

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (6ORiD)

169 England has had at least 10 civil wars. They don't even classify all the internal wars France has had as civil wars because they're so disjointed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (KC5Lt)

170
I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

"Blackadder: Jolly Old India!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

171 167 >>>James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

========

He's alternating between "I'll do anything the black community wants" and "I'm actually not a freak, gay, twink who is sexually attracted to trans kids."

Because he's winning easily according to Fox polling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (bzPaY)

172 Also Euros: "Which is easy because, after two glasses, we're face down on the floor."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM

After four, I'm under my host.

Posted by: D. Parker at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

173 Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise.

Posted by: That guy who never thinks he needs to check the previous comments at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

174
Or crazy.

Either or.
Posted by: naturalfake

To whom will you be gifting your magnificent collection of fake noses with a pair of eyeglasses above and a moustache below? You're not serious if you retain them!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (s9VOe)

175 I like the Bonanza cut.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (KC5Lt)

176 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

177 Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise.

Posted by: That guy who never thinks he needs to check the previous comments at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
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Baste!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (6ORiD)

178 according to Fox polling.
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I think I see the problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (JvZF+)

179 And Heinz 57

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)

180 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

- Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a tragedy.
- Karmelo Anthony being convicted of that murder was justice.
- Karmelo Anthony's sentence was... less.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

181 I need to start wearing my hair like that-

so I can look all famous and thoughtful...
Or crazy.
Either or.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

You want to look like Andrew Jackso
You will accept looking like Javier Milei
You will actually look like Rick Sanchez

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

182 178 according to Fox polling.
====

I think I see the problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (JvZF+)

=====

"I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (bzPaY)

183 And Heinz 57

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)
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"Perfectly stated." - Barak Obama

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (6ORiD)

184 I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose.

On the plus side, I'm safe for the moment.

Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

185 Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

186 163 smothered in melted stilton. done.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

187
Beef Wellington defeated the French Chateaubriand Steak at the Battle of Waterloo Gastro Pub in 1994.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

188 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

Charlotte just let a young guy who was previously convicted of murder out on bail who an hour later murdered someone.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

189 He's alternating between "I'll do anything the black community wants" and "I'm actually not a freak, gay, twink who is sexually attracted to trans kids."

Because he's winning easily according to Fox polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (bzPaY)

Don't forget that Christianity teaches us to respect the coming of Mohammed, final prophet of Allah... I mean God. As the Bible says. -- James Talarico

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

190 Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

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Don't sock regulars, Archimedes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (bzPaY)

191 I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose.

On the plus side, I'm safe for the moment.

Well that didn't go as planned. It was supposed to be socked with "TJM's hair".

Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)

192 176 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)
——

Agree. But I don’t think he’s ever getting out. He’s a violent narcissist with worms in his brain. He’ll murder someone in prison or get murdered himself. IIRC, the judge even said something to that effect during sentencing.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (qszYa)

193 185 What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

=======

What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

194
Speaking of Archeologists - a limerick

A crack hieroglyphical unit
While studyin' the past and reviewin'' it
Learned when Vikings brave and bold
Wrote their sagas, (tales of old)
They would take a good story and rune it!

Posted by: muldoon at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

195 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

Yeah, it's a damned shame the little shitmaggot was not fed through a wood chipper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (1z8ji)

196 The big, bad reputation of Texas Justice makes me laugh. They're teddy bears. Anthony would have to serve no less than 51 years in my state. They'd probably give him life without parole , though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)

197 You want to look like Andrew Jackson
You will accept looking like Javier Milei
You will actually look like Rick Sanchez
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM

Pfftttt...

Posted by: The ghost of Jim Traficant at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

198 They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)
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Under present circumstances of extreme anarchy and violence, I am for biblical justice: death sentences for any murderer from early teens and up - no exceptions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (6ORiD)

199 As a wee JTB I wondered why poses in paintings had one hand inside the vest or coat. The portraits of Napoleon are the usual ones that people think of. It was only later I realized the poses allowed for a sustained stance while the artist worked. Today's painting is a good example. He is leaning comfortably, relaxed, against a stone, one arm supporting the stance. The other arm is held in place resting easily in his vest (weskit according to Gaffer Gamgee). It would be easy to hold the position.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (yTvNw)

200 What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

White leftists 'understand' that the darkies are simple and the Great White Father has to tell them bedtime stories to get them to do the only thing they're good for. Obviously he doesn't actually mean any of that.

I've known a number of Austin leftists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

201 "I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM

He's broken our entire election season code!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

202 Single quotes are bad for nics. Right pointing carets are bad for posts.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ZWBDi)

203 They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

Life? No.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ZWBDi)

204 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.

However, requiring an ID to vote is still Jim Crow.

What would we do without communists?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

205 Well that didn't go as planned. It was supposed to be socked with "TJM's hair".
Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)

Socking is a dangerous game. People tend to forget that they have them on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)

206 194 ... "Speaking of Archeologists - a limerick

A crack hieroglyphical unit
While studyin' the past and reviewin'' it
Learned when Vikings brave and bold
Wrote their sagas, (tales of old)
They would take a good story and rune it!"

Muldoon, this is brilliant. Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

207 i think a trump 14 state is going to go blue because im smart
and i love the taste of cock

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 03, 2026 10:16 AM (pLxV9)

208 There are approximately a 1000 people in prison now for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide. I think that should be enough to justify a death penalty in a civilized society.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

209 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw

So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (yJpcc)

210
Socking is a dangerous game. People tend to forget that they have them on.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Condoms are a different matter altogether, ladies. A little pause and "Hey, presto!", no raincoat!

-- Graham Clapner, now only a humble oysterman

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (s9VOe)

211 Coolly reaching for his cigarette case. One cannot aptly meditate on ruins without a fag on which to puff.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (NYInA)

212 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

Yup

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (ZWBDi)

213 Huh? That was some weird, stupid, random trolling without an antecedent, right there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)

214 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw

So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (yJpcc)

And the wimmins?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e)

215 OT -- I have 4 out of 5 kitties snoozing around my office this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (FZ29D)

216 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.

However, requiring an ID to vote is still Jim Crow.

What would we do without communists?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

I need ID to browse 50 aisles of shelves, empty but for a few loaves of sawdust bread?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (1z8ji)

217 >>So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?

It's a problem so profound only a smooth brained leftist can figure it out.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (viF8m)

218 Perhaps they could just wear yellow stars?

Posted by: Too soon? at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

219 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

220 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober

16 more days until Judge Roach doesn't get removed, & 17 days until a new trial is denied.

And probably 18 months before the appellate court denies a new trial.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:19 AM (yJpcc)

221 Ketchup is the only steak sauce anyone needs!

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (JM9I6)

222
So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
Posted by: rickb223

Mamdani could not care less about the blacks, unless they were victims of oppression who received gallons of ink from the press.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (s9VOe)

223 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

If memory serves, there is a prisoner, in Cali I believe, who has killed two of his cellmates. Coincidentally, both were convicted of sexual assault of a child.

If we followed your approach, there'd be at least one still alive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

224 She was only an oysterman's daughter...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

225 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

For guards or staff, sure. Other prisoners? Not if the deceased had it coming.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (1z8ji)

226 i believed the polls saying kamala was going to win in 2024
and dman, sid's cock is tasty when it comes out uof paul's ass

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (dihdP)

227 Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Latest Polls Indicate the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November

The most-watched Senate primary in the country finally concludes this coming Tuesday, as Michigan Democrats choose between progressive insurgent Adbul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens to go against GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers this fall… If El-Sayed wins, it would be a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race. And then we would just have to see how that would go in November! If he were to win the general, it would prompt more risk-taking from Democratic primary voters down the road. If he were to lose, Democratic voters would quickly revert to nominating cyborg ex-Marine prosecutors selected by Chuck Schumer.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dr9pj

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

228 I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

Bien sur, Monsieur Bean! Or would that be Monsieur Haricot?

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (SjAWL)

229 Is our troll off his meds today?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

230 If El-Sayed wins, it would be ~~a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race~~ fraud

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (ZWBDi)

231 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

Prisoners use that excuse all the time to assault or kill another prisoner besides being idiotic to allow prisoners to carry out street justice no matter how satisfying.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt)

232 There are approximately a 1000 people in prison now for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide. I think that should be enough to justify a death penalty in a civilized society.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

Again, in my state, law is enforced seriously. Until quite recently, we had a special prison for multiple murderers. It was a notorious house of pain, nestled in a snake-infested subtropical forest. My wife knows a guard from there. He's a no-nonsense old man. I can't imagine anyone wanting to cross the likes of him when he was young.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)

233 Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Latest Polls Indicate the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November

The most-watched Senate primary in the country finally concludes this coming Tuesday, as Michigan Democrats choose between progressive insurgent Adbul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens to go against GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers this fall… If El-Sayed wins, it would be a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race. And then we would just have to see how that would go in November! If he were to win the general, it would prompt more risk-taking from Democratic primary voters down the road. If he were to lose, Democratic voters would quickly revert to nominating cyborg ex-Marine prosecutors selected by Chuck Schumer.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dr9pj
Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

This is apparently the year when the muslim "religion" becomes the-

out and in your face "muslim Political Party".

Where's your Constitution now, Jefferson?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

235 234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

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"All the people who espouse the communist manifesto don't call themselves communist, so calling them communist is dishonest."

Should work as well as "antifa is just an idea."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (bzPaY)

236 Is our troll off his meds today?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

As his current post states, I'm guessing he didn't get his taste of cock today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM (2YhKe)

237 > So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
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Or eat.

There's a trend in the restaurant biz to only seat those 30 years old, or older, and they must show a valid ID.

Everyone here knows why this is trending.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM (2Cry5)

238 >>Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Sometimes things happen during the course of an election that don't get reflected instantaneously in polls.

Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)

239 Turkish Photographer Beats Up Client After Learning Bride Is 15 Years Old

Refusing to continue taking pictures, Albayrak claims his client insisted he was bound by their contract to photograph the wedding. Things soon turned violent when the groom initiated an attack as Albayrak tried to leave. However, the photographer ended up breaking his client’s nose in the commotion. "Child brides are [victims] of child abuse and no power on earth can make me photograph a child in a wedding gown,” he said.

https://tinyurl.com/bdebjuva

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (yJpcc)

240 213 fruity pebbles.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (Bep7s)

241 167. Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober

He's into quoting the Apple iPhone ad titled "The Human Family," which debuted during the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony and Maya Angelou's Human Family poem.

“I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

With a mixing of "Get the billionaires!" which is not going to happen.

He's (or whoever is backing him bigly) slick though; his campaign emphasizes a broad working-family and anti-corruption message rather than aligning with specific democratic socialist or WFP platforms

He creeps me out no matter what he says.

>Texas Public Radio, Talarico touts labor, higher wages, opposition to ICE policies during San Antonio campaign stop, July 31, 2026

Recent public polling has continued to show a competitive contest. "Notably, a new Fox News poll shows Talarico with a three-point edge, 51-48, over Paxton and holding fast to a lead among independent voters and key constituencies."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

242 Morning all. I tried to read the comments but if I do I'll never catch up...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:29 AM (aJQbY)

243 As his current post states, I'm guessing he didn't get his taste of cock today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM

This really doesn't work as a hangry Snickers commercial.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (bFu5X)

244 Child brides are [victims] of child abuse and no power on earth can make me photograph a child in a wedding gown,” he said.
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Oh yeah?

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (ZWBDi)

245 She was only an oysterman's daughter...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

. . . shucks, Ma'am.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

246 Trump should have this guy to the White House.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (ZWBDi)

247 224 but all of the pearl manure?

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

248 We've already retreated back to the "the communism isn't happening" phase

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM (ZWBDi)

249 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw

Does Mamdani require illegal aliens provide proof of NYC residency to obtain welfare and other public-provided benefits? Will he require proof of NYC residency for illegal aliens to buy stuff at NYC-owned grocery stores?

Ha, I denounce myself for asking these dumb questions!

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (5rh/l)

250 I don't watch a lot of network TV anymore but the only campaign commercials I see are from the Talarico camp. I have not see one commercial for Paxton or one commercial against Talarico.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (KC5Lt)

251 There's a trend in the restaurant biz to only seat those 30 years old, or older, and they must show a valid ID.

Everyone here knows why this is trending.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM

"Youth" means black.

Posted by: The More You Know at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

252 235 234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Translation, his name is not on the pied a terre list for punishment.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

253 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

You're preaching to the choir my friend.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ZWBDi)

254 CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"

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Now, the dictatorship of the proletariat insuring from each according to their ability, to each according to their need, that's a good idea!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

255 Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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You know who else had some good ideas?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (ZWBDi)

256 child in a wedding gown,
Training bra

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (13bBv)

257 Yeahhhh boyeeeeeeee

Posted by: Flava Flav at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (qDb5n)

258 253 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

You're preaching to the choir my friend.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ZWBDi)

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How many times does Blexas have to not happen before people stop worrying about this shit?

Contrasting experience: 2020 South Carolina senate race.

Jamie Harrison raised $100 million to fight Lindsay Graham in a Trump +10 state. Graham was outraised and outspent.

Graham still won by 9 because the money didn't change the basic partisan makeup of the state.

And people keeping throwing Beto around from freaking 2018 like it's relevant. TX has gotten so much redder since.

And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

259 Manchin should have said ' I've not seen a good idea come from a Socialist'

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (KC5Lt)

260 Joe Manchin is a lot of things, but he isn't is as stupid as most Senators. He knew what his party was, and he can't feign shock now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

261 260 Joe Manchin is a lot of things, but he isn't is as stupid as most Senators. He knew what his party was, and he can't feign shock now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

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He's waiting for Schumer to tell him to stop clapping for things Trump did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (bzPaY)

262 228 ralph overhears alice's phone convo with trixie about french green beans and wants to know who harry courts verts is.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (Bep7s)

263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (oJxaF)

264 More good news.

Dem Socialist Melat Kiros: There's nothing "more American" than the economic philosophy of socialism."

The evidence shows it's the only one capable of delivering things like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Hoover: "Socialism has proven to deliver on the values of the Declaration of Independence more than capitalism has?"

Kiros: "Yeah."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

265 Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.
Posted by: JackStraw
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The Democrats are offering up one nutjob after another as candidates this year and depending on muh socialism and muh Orange Man Bad as their campaign subjects. Then again, the GOPe, apart from Trump resembles the Washington Generals that lose on purpose.

Reminds me of the old Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch. Then again, at least a greater number of new aspiring GOP candidates seem to be choosing boldness instead of cowardice as a policy.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

266
247 224 but all of the pearl manure?
Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM
+++
Let's try it.
She was only an oysterman's daughter, but all the pearlmen knew her.
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That's ok, but I was hoping for something with "seamen."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)

267 263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.
Posted by: Common Tater
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And people thought "Comfortably Numb" was just about rock musicians.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:37 AM (E4rtv)

268 Democraps become the biggest patriots around when they're running for office.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (ZWBDi)

269 And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

Your condescension is tiring.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

270 > CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name a "good idea" there Margaret.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Cry5)

271 264 More good news.

Dem Socialist Melat Kiros: There's nothing "more American" than the economic philosophy of socialism."

The evidence shows it's the only one capable of delivering things like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Hoover: "Socialism has proven to deliver on the values of the Declaration of Independence more than capitalism has?"

Kiros: "Yeah."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Yes, the foreigner deigns to share their wisdom that they are more American than existing Americans current and deceased.

Send her home to whatever shithole she came from even if she is second or third generation.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (E4rtv)

272 Is Margaret Brennan the one with Resting C*nt Face?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

273 265 The Democrats are offering up one nutjob after another as candidates this year and depending on muh socialism and muh Orange Man Bad as their campaign subjects. Then again, the GOPe, apart from Trump resembles the Washington Generals that lose on purpose.

Reminds me of the old Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch. Then again, at least a greater number of new aspiring GOP candidates seem to be choosing boldness instead of cowardice as a policy.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

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Dear lord in Heaven, I hope and pray that my assumption that the Obama years killed the Democrat ability to appeal to the electorate at all because they became addicted to federal grant money for fundraising and "fortification" is true. So an entire generation of political operatives have grown up knowing only how to raise up their crazies while getting paid no matter what.

Because that could run up against a world where fortification is more difficult (because of less money) and campaigning is harder, where actual Dem donors have been trained to send money to lost causes like TX while the fed grant machine funds everything else.

It'll be so fucking funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (bzPaY)

274 269 And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

Your condescension is tiring.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

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Sorry, Talarico is going to lose by at least 9, probably more.

Because Texas is just a Republican state.

Worrying about it is a waste of time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (bzPaY)

275 That's a tough one. I understandcwhy they do it.

But, I used to frequent fine dining establishments in my 20s. As a well-dressed, well-cultured young man with a pretty little thing on my arm, had I been humiliated by being turned away, I'd have told them "I'll turn 30 one day. But you won't know about it, because this is the last time you'll ever see me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

276 People say AOC is dumb and crazy (she is - but the people behind her are not) and I swear nobody listens to (or specifically reads) her speeches. She often sounds like the offspring of a Betsy Ross, Abe Lincoln, George Washington three-way. It's hilarious but also a little skin crawling. The commies love painting themselves in red, white and blue and apple pie.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (ZWBDi)

277 Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name them. Call her out

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 10:41 AM (FxH7T)

278 with a pretty little thing on my arm

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

*sobs*!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 03, 2026 10:41 AM (ZWBDi)

279 Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.

You make that sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (Riz8t)

280
Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a tragedy.

A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

281 She was only an oysterman's daughter, but the boys all wanted her clam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (1z8ji)

282
Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)

She just has to be stable enough to appear on camera once in a while and stay sort of on message. Call it the Sloppy Joe line. When Joe gets too sloppy, the rubes catch on. All executive decisions will be provided to her.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (r7+Q7)

283 The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -WC

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)

284 CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name a "good idea" there Margaret.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Cry5)

I am a socialist running for office. I will propose a change to tax law such that all persons who have acted as TV talking heads will have 95% of their wealth confiscated, for the people, and all future earnings shall be taxed at 99%. The money shall be earmarked for aerobics classes for social security recipients over the age of 150, hookers, and blow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

285 It'll be so fucking funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (bzPaY)

Without Trump we would likely be looking at 5 national losses in a row. People want to sit in denial about that, they are free to do so but it's unwise to forget where the assumptions come from.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (ZWBDi)

286 “ And TX is a Trump+14 state.”

In 2004 Bush won Montana by 21%

In 2006 Montana elected a Democrat, Jon Tester to the senate, defeating long time Republican incumbent Conrad Burns.

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (tNkpt)

287 Sorry, Talarico is going to lose by at least 9, probably more.

Because Texas is just a Republican state.

Worrying about it is a waste of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (bzPaY)
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I'll take the under for whatever money you want to put on that.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (oqH4h)

288 A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

Austin Metcalf's murder was a tragedy for his family.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

289
I see these little things, "You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies." No dear, I'm calling you a communist for wanting to tear up the Constitution, massacre Jews and "billionaires" and confiscate people's money and property.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (O0L8i)

290 A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

"Atrocity" works, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (1z8ji)

291
286 “ And TX is a Trump+14 state.”

In 2004 Bush won Montana by 21%

In 2006 Montana elected a Democrat, Jon Tester to the senate, defeating long time Republican incumbent Conrad Burns.

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (tNkpt)

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And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

292 AOC is a braying jackass. In other words, a perfect reflection of the Democrat party mascot. I welcome her. She's like Bernie Sanders with tits.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (ixEhJ)

293 287 I'll take the under for whatever money you want to put on that.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (oqH4h)

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There are websites for that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

294 But the economy is terrible.

>>@RapidResponse47
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4m
>>CNBC: "On manufacturing — comes in much better than expected, 55.6%. That would be the best read in over four years, since May of '22." 🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

295 294 But the economy is terrible.

>>@RapidResponse47
·
4m
>>CNBC: "On manufacturing — comes in much better than expected, 55.6%. That would be the best read in over four years, since May of '22." 🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

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GDP keeps getting dragged down because of imports and decreases in government spending.

Positive government spending should be counted as a negative on GDP, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (bzPaY)

296 Isn't it fascinating how fast we traveled from "these extremists are crazy!" to "you have to admit they have some good ideas".

Like... before anyone even had time to blink, that's already out there. What's it been? 10 weeks since the op started and the media has already decided these people - the ones who were sick and crazy and extremist five minutes ago - are full of "good ideas"?

Huh.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ZWBDi)

297 My favorite thing I read this weekend was a an article defending Troy Jackson, saying that he's a good representative of the State because "cousin marriage is common here."

Maine is coming out of this election with a pretty battered reputation. More battered than the prior candidate's girlfriends and gay-rape victims.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (BI5O2)

298 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

The US only has a half dozen government programs that feeds babies for free and dozens of private programs that do the same.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (KC5Lt)

299 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM

Something has to explain it because if crockett had won the primary that out of state cash flow would have dried completely up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (cpFbA)

300 Cat is asshole.

https://tinyurl.com/yznd4fuv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

301 There are websites for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)
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ace.mu.nu is the only one I need. Put your money where your wildly misplaced confidence is, hoss.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (oqH4h)

302
British horror

Shouldn't that be "British horrour"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)

303 My favorite thing I read this weekend was a an article defending Troy Jackson, saying that he's a good representative of the State because "cousin marriage is common here."

I'm so old I remember when WV was dismissed as a bunch of cousin humpers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

304 301 There are websites for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)
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ace.mu.nu is the only one I need. Put your money where your wildly misplaced confidence is, hoss.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (oqH4h)

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All my money is on Kamala winning the Democrat primary at predictit. Oh, and a few bucks on Collins winning Maine.

Not even the degenerate gamblers and progressives at predictit think that Talarico is going to win Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (bzPaY)

305
What's it been? 10 weeks since the op started and the media has already decided these people - the ones who were sick and crazy and extremist five minutes ago - are full of "good ideas"?

Huh.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ZWBDi)

They're hoping they're at the end of the line of people to be shot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:48 AM (O0L8i)

306 201 "I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is not just polling, but all media seeks to direct people to influence them. Including the not so conservative media side like Faux.

When one considers media personalities as celebutards with a scripted reality tv show, not as serious thinkers, then you can move past the fascination with people and wrestle directly with ideas. And the polling that media does is directly in line with that.

Want a sure fire tell of which races are competitive--look to where the parties are funding races (not the foreign cheap money from Act Blue) but the parties directing their own scarce resources (which by the way, due to a Scotus decision) the well funded GOP committees may now directly coordinate with candidates (Dem party committees don't have money and their independent Dark Money Pacs cannot coordinate and have limits on messaging).

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

307 Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)

308 They're hoping they're at the end of the line of people to be shot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Journalists have never been known for their intelligence (see John Reed for example). It is even worse in an era of tv news and influencer social media with their ridiculous blurring of reality tv and spouting off talking points.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (E4rtv)

309 And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

Why is his other state example off base but yours was on point?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

310 the Freak State
What are we, chopped liver?
- California

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 10:51 AM (13bBv)

311 298 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

The US only has a half dozen government programs that feeds babies for free and dozens of private programs that do the same.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (KC5Lt)

All the Marxists want to be Robin Hood until you remind them that Robin Hood actually took money from the tax collectors and returned money to the people who had their stuff taken by the government.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 10:51 AM (r7+Q7)

312 266 long and hard and full of seamen?

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:52 AM (Bep7s)

313 309 And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

Why is his other state example off base but yours was on point?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

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Because it was 20 years ago, Tester was more appealing to rural voters than Talarico is now.

You know, the reasons I gave in my response.

Partisan sorting has shifted markedly in the last generation. There's some split on state-level statewide races like governor (Larry Hogan going from popular governor to losing by double digits in a Senate race), but when it comes to federal races, things are falling in line with PVI more and more.

And James fake Christian Talarico who loves trans kids and is begging black people to turn out at all is not going to reverse those trends.

Allred was supposed to keep it close against unpopular and bad politician Ted Cruz in 2024.

Allred lost by 9.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (bzPaY)

314
Something has to explain it because if crockett had won the primary that out of state cash flow would have dried completely up.
Posted by: Mister Scott

ActBlue which is directly foreign money via smurfing into US elections. Foreigners are rather stupid about American politics as we are about foreign politics ourselves.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

315 The age of chivalry is over.

https://tinyurl.com/3cfys3pb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

316 (Dem party committees don't have money and their independent Dark Money Pacs cannot coordinate and have limits on messaging).

And Elvis runs a B and B in Sioux Falls.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

317 Sounds like James Madison is being condescending to... Talarico. I can't think of an arrogant idiot more deserving of being condescended on.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at August 03, 2026 10:55 AM (yYROg)

318 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

----

"NO. I'm calling you a Communist because this draft notice from the Ministry of Social Correction and Conquest of Nature states that the reason for your induction for Dignity Canal indenture is 'Communism.'

Now get on the transport before I have to taze you right in the nutsack, Communist."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:55 AM (BI5O2)

319 281 She was only an oysterman's daughter, but the boys all wanted her clam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM

312 266 long and hard and full of seamen?
Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:52 AM

Thanks. I'll add them to the list.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

320 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (bzPaY)

LOL

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (KC5Lt)

321 >>Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

I see it as a much bigger problem for the left than just Maine. Name one of these DSA clowns from any state that isn't bug fuck nuts. And it shouldn't be a surprise, you have to be one of life's losers to adopt communism.

These are the theater kids who protest on college campuses wearing a keffiyeh and holding a sign saying Gays For Palestine. They are idiots parroting slogans and policies they are told to say. AOC is in her job because she won an acting audition, not because her positions are long held and well thought out. Same with Platner, Talarico, Hong .. all of them.

Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

322
"I Don't Really Care, Margaret "

Posted by: Always a suitable response at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)

323 >>>Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

>I worked with a bunch of dudes from Maine. After hours we would go to a pool hall or a strip club and those boys would let their freak flags fly. Very low standards after a couple of cocktails.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (ixEhJ)

324 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.
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Feed poor babies to who?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (ZWBDi)

325 AOC is a braying jackass. In other words, a perfect reflection of the Democrat party mascot. I welcome her. She's like Bernie Sanders with tits.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (ixEhJ)

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Agents Of Chaos

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:58 AM (/rQW9)

326 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Late again. This week isn't starting off well.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 10:58 AM (2WIwB)

327 The one thing to remember about Paxton is he has ran and won repeatedly at the state level and suddenly these voters are going to gasp and say what have I done, I am voting for the Twinkie Talarico who is all nice, religious, and shit.

Candidacy quality matters in a race and someone who has won repeatedly at the state level even after his farce impeachment has name recognition that a newcomer state rep doesn't.

So like against Lady Lindsay's opponent in 2020, you have to spend a disproportionate amount of money just to be recognized as an actual candidate. And TEXAS is expensive media market wise--Houston, Dallas, even Austin TV markets along with El Paso and Amarillo are expensive to compete with on ads.

FWIW, that rather pathetic Faux Texas poll had Abbot with a two point lead against a political nobody.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (E4rtv)

328 Again,poll related:

https://x.com/reh_tai33/status/
2082966518975942678

Polling in summer sucks.

Fox polling in summer borders on criminal behavior.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (bzPaY)

329 Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

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When you've lost the Commie Van "Mao" Jones ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (/rQW9)

330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (tNkpt)

331 When you've lost the Commie Van "Mao" Jones ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (/rQW9)

He's a liar not lost. It's an op.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (ZWBDi)

332 327 FWIW, that rather pathetic Faux Texas poll had Abbot with a two point lead against a political nobody.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (E4rtv)

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Abbott keeps winning by like 15 points every election.

But this time he's gonna barely squeak by? Sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (bzPaY)

333 The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.
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The last 40 years or so has shown a remarkable propensity for Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (oJxaF)

334 AWFL White Women up!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (yJpcc)

335 Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.
Posted by: JackStraw

The smart GOP candidates are, it is the older more stupid Bush era idiots that cannot let go of the reluctance to attack as if the gentler kinder way of losing is preferable.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

336 *AWFL White Women up!*

That's redundant.

Posted by: And repetitive at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

337 330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/
Posted by: Election History

Go back to summer polls for comparison. Not polling close to the election. To do that you need to understand voter screening and sampling issues in summer. And for what it is worth, as you descend into state or district races, polling is awful unless you pay for the triangulated and very expensive private polling.

The Massie primary polling and prediction markets performance before the last week should be a warning to those thinking district level polling is anywhere near reliable. And the media spent gobs of money on polling that race.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

338 337 330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/
Posted by: Election History

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Why are you trying to compare summer polls this year to the final polls from 2024?

Is that a smart thing to do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (bzPaY)

339 263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.
Posted by: Common Tater

Don't believe they can be kept from running for a government position or office, or even assuming the office if they've won.

I've seen depositions of government officials where they've voluntarily listed some heavy duty psych. medications and then had their testimony sealed by the solicitors.

I've seen some lying across desks unable to function, some with breathalyzers on their cars.

One requirement for employment was the ability to drive and hold a valid driver's license from a state. To compensate, they were driven around to meetings, etc. or simply worked from the office or from home (even if in a field and/or managerial position).

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