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Hobby Thread - November 7, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling round and decided on a marble theme for this Hobby Thread.

Marbles? Read on, fellow hobbyists...

[Top photo: Moon Marble Company]

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Your host is a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms. That means it is difficult to get low to the ground and reach to shoot marbles. But I understand that others are into marbles. Some still shoot marbles or play other games. It seems like many others are enamored of collecting marbles because of the visual interest and variations inherent in the glass making process.

Marbles are also useful for other crafting and hobbying pursuits.

Other than losing them, what hobbying experience do you have with marbles?

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Give the content a chance before you judge and bail out. There's gotta be something that resonates with you. More importantly, what are you hobbying? Jump in with your hobbying, interests, stories and questions.

Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. If not, offer something else relating to hobbying or just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Are you wise in the ways of marble history?

The earliest marbles were made of flint and stone and baked clay. Examples have been found in archaeological sites around the world and some of these, from Rome and ancient Egypt, can be found at the British Museum.
There are frequent references to marbles in Roman literature and it is probably fair to assume that the Romans took this popular form of entertainment with them to all parts of their empire.
For centuries thereafter the marbles were made of common stone or in some cases, real marble. China and crockery marbles were introduced around the year 1800 and before that glass marbles had been made in Venice. However, it was only when a German glassblower invented a tool called the marble scissors in 1846 that production became quick enough to make the sale of glass marbles to the public an economic proposition.
These marbles became increasingly popular throughout Europe and America. An enormous variety of colours were used and intricate patterns were created within the glass.
Clay marbles began to be produced in bulk from about 1870 onwards on both sides of the Atlantic. In the 1890's the first machines for the manufacture of glass marbles were introduced. However, machine production remained low until the 1914-18 war in Europe cut off supplies of marbles to North America. This stimulated the machine production of glass marbles in the U.S.A. This production technique and the machines themselves are now found in many countries, east and west.

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Does anyone still shoot marbles? Do kids still learn?

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How it's made: marbles

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Some people are serious marble collectors based on the colors and patterns:

The world's largest Marble King (one specific marble maker) collection:

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Marble music:

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Anyone make cracked glass for crafting? Want to learn how?

How to Make Cracked Glass Marbles for Crafting

Cracked glass marbles can go by several different names. I've seen them called fractured glass, fried marbles, or shattered marbles.
So these marbles are pretty and all, but what can you do with them?
The answer is pretty much anything you can do with regular marbles! Which means there are plenty of options.
You can turn them into jewelry, embellish an art project, add them to an outdoor decor project, or use them as a vase filler. The list goes on and on.

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Marbles come in different sizes:

PeeWees - approx. 12mm or 1/2" and smaller
Decor Marbles - approx. 14mm or 9/16"
Target Marbles - approx. 16mm or 5/8" (most standard size)
Shooters - approx. 18 - 19mm or just under 3/4"
Cobbles - approx. 22mm or 7/8"
Boulders - approx. 25mm or 1"
Jumbos - approx. 35mm or 1 3/8"
Super Jumbos - approx. 41mm or 1 5/8"
Toebreakers - approx. 48mm or 2"

How much do marbles cost? Like anything else, fancier gets more expensive. They are sold in bulk quantities. I fancy found target marbles for sale on line sold by the pound. There are approximately 80 to 90 in a 1 pound bag ($13) and approx. 250 in a 3 pound bag ($32.50).

A 50 pack of bumblebee jumbos costs $52.

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Anyone play marble games called Ringer, Plums, and Dropsies in scouts?

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Marble jargon is fun. Here are some marble words that came up during the research for this content - can anyone vouch for these? Any others come to mind?

Types of Marbles:
Aggie - Marble made of agate (or glass imitating agate)
Alley - Originally from alabaster or real marble. Sometimes alley taw for a high-quality shooter.
Bennington - Glazed clay or stoneware marble (named after pottery style, though not made in Bennington, VT).
Cat's eye - Clear glass marble with a colored, eye or vane-shaped insert inside.
Clearie / Peerie / Purie / Crystal - Transparent clear glass marble.
Commonie - Cheap, plain clay or common marble.
Onionskin - Glass marble with layered, swirling color bands that run the length of it.
Steelie - Steel ball-bearing marble (heavy and effective as a shooter).
Sulphide - Clear or semi-opaque glass marble with a small clay or porcelain figure (animal, person, etc.) inside.
Bumblebee - Yellow-and-black striped marble.
Joseph's Coat Specific pattern with many straight color bands.

Size-Related Names:
Peewee / Pewee / Mini - Small marble
Mib / Target / Tolley / Duck / Kimmie - Standard target/player marble
Shooter / Taw / Dobber - Larger marble used to knock others out
Boulder / Giant / Bumboozer / Bowler / Tom Bowler - Very large marble
Other size nicknames include bonker, masher, popper, thumper, and godfather.

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Making a marble track:

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a crystals and gem cutting theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Boo! Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

2 I lost all mine.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 A very sad story to tell
I should be at this very moment in Lancaster playing a War of Ozz game but am at home, wasn't feeling well and had to bail out at its start.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I remember marbles from childhood. I never knew how to play them, but I'd roll them around and knock them together--they made a great sound. Sounds like I'm a cat but I'm not.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:34 PM (CHHv1)

5 My main hobby this week was drinking.

I did make a nice rotating spiral galaxy, though. Still frame:

https://tinyurl.com/yr5su32d

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)

6 https://tinyurl.com/2bxfupsx
A short video of some of the game boards at Fall in HMGS convention.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Didn't shoot marbles, but played Chinese Checkers with them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 They play with marbles in trans world.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (Cqx++)

9 "Bing Bang Boing"

Obscure, I know. But is or was, "a thing."

This is an open ended action game.

The object of the game is to be the first player to raise the "Ideal" flag. Players do this by arranging the various mechanisms, drums, and obstacles and then try to run a ball bearing through their course.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (RORbl)

10 A short video of some of the game boards at Fall in HMGS convention.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

Eh, Tuesday said otherwise, Skip.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 Marble Machine guy: when you're an engineer, but you wind up in a rock band instead of working for Volvo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:43 PM (VHUov)

12 I did make a nice rotating spiral galaxy, though. Still frame:

https://tinyurl.com/yr5su32d
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)

What did you use to create? Are you going for the realistic look?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 I remember seeing other kids play marbles, and the terms "aggie" and "cat's eye" are familiar to me. Not much else.

This week I've been tempted to buy a new vintage pipe, but haven't settled on one yet. However, I did buy a new watch, the first since 2020! It's a Laco "Flieger," the Luftwaffe-style pilot watch. Laco, it seems, was one of the five companies that supplied the Luftwaffe with pilot watches. Mine is 39 mm, the type B dial with two concentric rings, no date, and is handwound -- it has to be wound every day, like the German pilots needed to do. Completely unlike any of my other watches.

According to the USPS it's out for delivery today -- but I haven't seen the mail truck yet. Still might make it here before the evening is out, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (56Qyq)

14 Marbles was a big thing when I was a kid. I grew up in a black neighborhood so I don't know if the game holesies was common beyond my neighborhood.

You would dig three holes with your heel about two feet apart. Object was to shoot your marble into the holes forward and back. First to do it wins. You lose your turn when you miss. Your opponent can try to hole the marble or strike your marble .

Here is the part that's probably unique to the neighborhood. Loser has to put their knuckles on the ground by the first hole and the winner gets to throw a marble at them standing by the third hole.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (OXhw3)

15 My Lord of the Rings Online odyssey continues...

I've fought my way from Dol Amroth in western Gondor to the banks of the River Anduin in Eastern Gondor. All that stands between me and the Pelennor Fields is an Orc-infested city of Harlond. From Pelennor, I can get to Minas Tirith.

I'll say this for LOTRO...They make you WORK to get anywhere important from the books. You really feel like you've achieved something when you cross that hill and see the mead hall of Edoras in Rohan, or the immense fortress of Minas Tirith...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 05:46 PM (s2iZv)

16 Try again from beginning, some Fall in games Saturday
https://tinyurl.com/3eryjws4

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Didn't shoot marbles, but played Chinese Checkers with them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Similar. Had some marbles as a kid (lost now, obviously), but never played the actual game.

Mostly, they decorated the aquarium so the guppies had something to look at.

Or we built marble tracks for them out of other toys. Lego tracks were harder than they looked, since you could only make right-angle turns.....

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov)

18 Willowed: Sadly we had one of our murderfluffs pass this morning, little Shiloh girly was small and frail, we finally had her eating solid food at 6 weeks, this morning was exactly nine. the other 5 are active and healthy.

I am heartbroken, I thought we had nursed her along far enough
Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026

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My condolences to you, WtCDI.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (56Qyq)

19 Intellectually speaking, the primary use of marbles is aptly demonstrated within "Animal House." It is, of course, to screw up the local marching band when generously rolled within their projected path.

Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)

20 Never played marbles as such as a kid, but with marbles as game pieces, my grandfather made a Chinese Checker board and used marbles

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (Ia/+0)

21 IIRC I stopped playing marbles when the local marble guy was pointed out by my dad as for cheating.

I must have been about 11.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (NnhvP)

22 https://tinyurl.com/yr5su32d
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)

Very cool

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (OXhw3)

23 Similar. Had some marbles as a kid (lost now, obviously), but never played the actual game.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov)

Yeah, a leather bag with a drawstring. Never used for the game. Just other stuff. Not that I'm saying they were used as projectiles. No. I'm not saying that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 My last painting I did was from a photo ace posted on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:51 PM (OXhw3)

25 The Moon Marble Company (top photo) is in Bonner Springs, a little suburb west of Kansas City.

If travelling through the area with children (or adults with maturity equal to that of PI), it is a good, entertaining break.

You can also buy some unique marbles for kid Christmas presents, etc. I guarantee that is a gift that they will not already have in their toy box.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 05:52 PM (HlyYF)

26 Had a good Friday at Fall In, lost two historical games on the loosing sides, Prussian 1806, British at Saratoga 1777, but today played for 1st time a WW1 battleship battle on the German side and we won quite convincing .

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

27 I'm saying they were used as projectiles.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Corrected for brevity.

Yeah, Marbles fit the wrist rocket really well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:53 PM (NnhvP)

28 last painting I did was from a photo ace posted on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes

Nice work!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:54 PM (NnhvP)

29 I would guess the equivalent for girls is playing jacks. Does that still happen?

Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 05:54 PM (qBjG1)

30 Beckoning Chasm kind of makes me think of the Restaurant at the end of the universe

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)

31 My former house was a marble farm. It was on a corner, in an older neighborhood, and near schools.

Almost every time I dug around to plant something, would find a marble. After removing the sod out front, there were marbles galore exposed after it rained.

I'd imagine many children played on that very yard, with many marbles won and lost there over the decades.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 05:55 PM (rdVOm)

32 I used marbles for my wrist rocket.

Looks like lashing wire is used for the tracks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (X8vlu)

33 My last painting I did was from a photo ace posted on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026

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Beautifully done; it makes me want to drive out West again and see some unobstructed sky for a change.

Your "Algiers Point" is remarkably realistic, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (56Qyq)

34 Good evening Horde. Happy hobbying!

Posted by: TRex - glassy dino at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (XfIK1)

35 I would guess the equivalent for girls is playing jacks. Does that still happen?
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026

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If there's an app on their phones

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:59 PM (56Qyq)

36 > I used marbles for my wrist rocket.
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Interestingly... those are making a bit of a comeback. As "less lethal" type weapons.

Probably depending on the ammo.

Currently used to pop Flock surveillance cameras.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 06:01 PM (RORbl)

37 My marble collection was stored in rectangular, clear glass canisters. Had hundreds of marbles, old and new.. a couple of clay ones... Asshoe what broke into Dad's house stole them all.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 06:02 PM (rdVOm)

38 I gotta get to my mother's house to find that wrist rocket. Lott fun with that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (X8vlu)

39 Similar. Had some marbles as a kid (lost now, obviously), but never played the actual game.
Posted by: mikeski
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Yeah, a leather bag with a drawstring. Never used for the game. Just other stuff. Not that I'm saying they were used as projectiles. No. I'm not saying that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Yep. Dad showed me a replica he made for shooting marbles. Iron water/gas pipe, drilled a hole to feed a 1940s sized fire cracker through the threaded end cap. Stuff some old rag in, marbles next, firecracker, then screw on the end cap.

Point and light. Pray a little too.

*for experimenting only*
I extended that design to pvc and potatoes. Used aquanet hair spray for the propellant and fired it with a fireworks punk shoved into the combustion chamber. Modern upgrade would use a butane torch complete with ignition source built in to the handle.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (QVmho)

40 My 'hobby' has been replacing the radiator in the 2006 Miata automatic transmission, bought on Thursday, radiator blew on friday. Waiting for the all aluminum replacement after noticing I ordered the one for a Manual transmission, added over a week.
Had a difficult time 'burping' the air out of the system, it is a rather fiddly procedure.
All done yesterday. Driven slowly locally yesterday. No leaks. Will take it out on the freeway tomorrow.
Hurray!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (NnhvP)

41 For some reason we never played 'official' marble games when growing up. However, we had a lot of marbles, some as gifts, some, a surprising number, we found from past generations that had been lost in our yards. We all played Chinese checkers and making the board was a common project in shop class along with cribbage boards.

Not a game as such, but us boys would gouge tracks in the dirt on an incline so the marbles would move. The idea was to make the track layout as complicated as we could without the marbles getting stuck. Any excuse for seven year old boys to play in the dirt. Packed snow could also be used.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)

42 The WWII Battleship game I played in the game master made all the game parts needed with a printer.
Game board to track damage, range finder and moving measure device.
Also at another game just looking around a 28mm Napoleonic cavalry figure printed that was amazing as and metal figure in details.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

43 I gotta get to my mother's house to find that wrist rocket. Lott fun with that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Replace old surgical tubing!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:07 PM (NnhvP)

44 Mom made each of her kids one cloth drawstring bag and monogrammed them our initials on her fabulous Singer Slant-O-Matic sewing machine. She put marbles in them as a sort of starter set. We played, a lot. Neighbor kids, too. My sister won a steelie shooter, and it was the envy of the neighborhood. I still have mine somewhere. The bag is a lovely robin's egg blue, and the marbles are mostly cat-eyes. I guess they all count as antiques these days, as do I.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)

45 Any excuse for seven year old boys to play in the dirt. Packed snow could also be used.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)

Funny how the best stuff to play with when we were kids didn't cost a dime, but usually involved a bath later.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:09 PM (5WPt1)

46 Replace old surgical tubing!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Yep. Probably snap on the first draw.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (X8vlu)

47 Wolfus:
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?

Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (qBjG1)

48 28mm Napoleonic cavalry figure printed that was amazing as and metal figure in details.
Posted by: Skip

A friend uses a resin print for fighting figures for increased detail.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (NnhvP)

49 nice work, polynikes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (VyBeY)

50 OT, but it appears DH's dad is probably dying this week. He pretty much smoked and drank his heart to death, besides being an obdurate asshole and being emotionally abusive to his long suffering wife. Still, it is going to be difficult for DH's mom, so a prayer or two would not go astray. Also, appears DH will have to fly back to WI, just two weeks out from knee replacement, so that will be a mess.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (5WPt1)

51 Mrs. JTB smiled when she saw the topic. The subfloor of her childhood bedroom, put in by her dad, had plenty of knot holes. Before the actual floor was installed, she would try to shoot the marbles down the holes. If anyone ever takes up the floor, they will have a good collection of marbles. Childhood memories.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:11 PM (yTvNw)

52
Yep. Probably snap on the first draw.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

You could poke out your eye!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:11 PM (NnhvP)

53 appears DH will have to fly back to WI, just two weeks out from knee replacement, so that will be a mess.
Posted by: tcn in AK

DH and family in my prayers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:13 PM (NnhvP)

54 24 ... "My last painting I did was from a photo ace posted on a cafe thread awhile back."

polynikes,
Nice painting. You have a wonderful talent for painting light.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:13 PM (yTvNw)

55 Some day I will open up a box and find all of the marbles that the kids played with when they were little. I remember making some cracked marble jewelry for my Mom back when I was in elementary school.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ibDUx)

56 Wolfus:
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?
Posted by: Wenda

Well, "jacks" seemed old fashioned, so they changed it up a bit. The game's called "fruit ninja."

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)

57 In reality I lost all my marbles years ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:15 PM (NnhvP)

58 Played a LOT of marbles as a kid. Aggies, cat's eye, peeries(?), steelies... I had a bespoke leather bag for my stash.

I've told before how my dad had a friend who worked at a ball bearing factory and he gave me a ball bearing as big as a silver dollar (or at least that's how I remember it). I dominated the playground marbles scene.

Dad and I also made those plastic/lucite balls where you pour the liquid stuff into glass balls with a stem, they heat up and then harden, and then you crack the glass and sand down the nub at the stem. I made the Tsar Bomba of "marbles".

Did anyone else make those? What was that stuff? Don't breathe too deeply! I sure huffed a lot of chemicals as a kid.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 06:16 PM (kpS4V)

59 The video on how marbles are made was fascinating. Good thing I was a English major. If the world depended on my technical imagination and skills, we would still be living in caves.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:16 PM (yTvNw)

60 still have the wrist rocket I bought in, maybe, 1977 ... now on 5th or 6th set of surgical tubing.

illegal in Chicago, so I bought it mailorder from L. L. Bean when they were an obscure sporting-goods place in Maine

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 06:17 PM (VyBeY)

61 Sorry about all that drama, tcn. Prayers for hubby.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 06:17 PM (kpS4V)

62 Regarding cars: The suburban library hosted a "Cars and Coffee" event this morning in their parking lot. Free! Including the coffee. People had a lot of muscle cars and their modern equivalents, like a Maserati sedan and beefed-up Mustangs and some BMWs. To me the stars were the old Chevys. There were two Corvette Sting Rays in red over black, one a '63 split-window (the first year) and the other a '66. One fellow had a '63 Chevy Impala SS coupe, tomato red, and a white '66 SS like my father drove in the late '60s. I commented about the '63, "Must be the last *non-low rider* left in America!" He laughed.

There was even a vintage Ford F-100 pickup, with a nicely appointed bed, and everything else looking pretty original. From the days when you bought a pickup to, yanno, *pick up and haul* things instead of to impress your neighbors. It had a cozy cabin too (probably damned hot in summer, unless he's put in A/C) with a plain bench seat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:20 PM (56Qyq)

63 Pipe smoking hobby. I ordered several pounds of my favorite pipe tobacco today while it was on sale. A bit extravagant but it is a Danish company and with all the problems in Europe these days I imagine there could be disruptions. The blends are Stokkebye's Navy Flake, Cube Cut, and Black Cavendish. Should be enough for quite some time.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:22 PM (yTvNw)

64 Wolfus:
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026

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I just meant the kids would probably be so attached to their phones they wouldn't have any interest in a real life game. No idea if that's true, but the college students I used to see at my former work had their eyeballs glued to those little screens all the time and never spoke to each other.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:23 PM (56Qyq)

65 *hic*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (vBZcw)

66 There was even a vintage Ford F-100 pickup, with a nicely appointed bed, and everything else looking pretty original. From the days when you bought a pickup to, yanno, *pick up and haul* things instead of to impress your neighbors. It had a cozy cabin too (probably damned hot in summer, unless he's put in A/C) with a plain bench seat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:20 PM (56Qyq)

I look for them once in a while, but every one I find online is either rusty or they want 30k for them.

Watched a vid earlier from a Model A guy who drove a Model A pick up to haul some wood. Nice looking thing. I wonder what the market for those are?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 Intellectually speaking, the primary use of marbles is aptly demonstrated within "Animal House."

Using the bulk prices shown above, 10,000 marbles would be about $1300, or about $118 in 1962 adjusted for inflation.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 07, 2026 06:25 PM (vTZFs)

68 Pipe smoking hobby. I ordered several pounds of my favorite pipe tobacco today while it was on sale. A bit extravagant but it is a Danish company and with all the problems in Europe these days I imagine there could be disruptions. The blends are Stokkebye's Navy Flake, Cube Cut, and Black Cavendish. Should be enough for quite some time.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026

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Erik Stokkebye, or Peter? I have some Erik S. Morning Blend, which smells darn near edible and smokes quite well once it's dried a bit. And I think I tried the Cube Cut. Couldn't get it lit by itself, but mixed in with another blend, it worked fine.

I've been finding Gawith & Hoggarth's Bob's Chocolate Flake to be a good cool smoke, and actually I get some cocoa/whisky aroma out of it now. But finding the actual product is a challenge. Everybody seems to be out of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:26 PM (56Qyq)

69 50 OT, but it appears DH's dad is probably dying this week. He pretty much smoked and drank his heart to death, besides being an obdurate asshole and being emotionally abusive to his long suffering wife.

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A poetic epitaph if I ever read one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:26 PM (vBZcw)

70 My son picked up some Australian black licorice on sale at Ollies.

OMG. I just could not stop eating them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 06:27 PM (LOvBA)

71 I saw the Obdurate Assholes open for Big Head Todd and the Monsters at the Santa Monica Civic in '84.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:28 PM (vBZcw)

72 Literally no one ever "played marbles" in my neighborhood.

I think we had a board game involving a marble track of some kind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

73 I just meant the kids would probably be so attached to their phones they wouldn't have any interest in a real life game. No idea if that's true, but the college students I used to see at my former work had their eyeballs glued to those little screens all the time and never spoke to each other.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Rather true for most adults under 40 or so.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:29 PM (XeU6L)

74 Stalag 17 is on Movies! at 7 pm Central. I doubt we'll be back from dinner (Mexican tonight) in time to watch it. Svengoolie has Young Frankenstein at 6, and two original Twilight Zones right afterward.

Getting dark here. I doubt the mail truck will show up this evening (though I have known it to arrive as late as seven pm). Guess I'll have to wait for my watch until Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:31 PM (56Qyq)

75 I didn't make any HF contacts this week, but right now I'm monitoring the smart meters in my neighborhood on 915MHz, using free software rtl_433 and an RTL_SDR dongle rcvr. Everything has a radio in it these days.

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 06:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

76 Still painting away, although not a lot recently as we've had to play host to a relative for 3 weeks and counting. Finished up another portrait and made a start on painting the recent solar eclipse. As I have no good photos of my own (we went to Iceland and got rained out), I'm using several from the internet which were taken in Spain as my inspiration. Have only managed to get in about 8 hours' worth of work on it due to having to spend a lot of time cooking meals and entertaining the company.

Posted by: tankascribe at November 07, 2026 06:33 PM (EhQXY)

77 I taught our boys to play marbles but they got bored after a few games. To tell the truth so did I.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)

78 Played marbles quite a bit in the second and third grades. Usually in the school/church parking lot in all seasons. Winters in Michigan could be extreme, so the players (kids) cleared off the ice and snow enough to make a go of it.

Made up rules for when the marbles hit puddles or snow.

Lots of fun.

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:37 PM (rj6Yv)

79 I taught our boys to play marbles but they got bored after a few games. To tell the truth so did I.
Posted by: fd
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Try Mumblety-peg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (XeU6L)

80 When I was a kid we did play marbles at school. For keeps. There might have been some crying involved.

Steelys not allowed. At first.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (MWfyi)

81 Made up rules for when the marbles hit puddles or snow.
Posted by: mrp

Calvinmarble!

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 06:40 PM (VHUov)

82 Pipe smoking hobby. I ordered several pounds of my favorite pipe tobacco today while it was on sale. A bit extravagant but it is a Danish company and with all the problems in Europe these days I imagine there could be disruptions. The blends are Stokkebye's Navy Flake, Cube Cut, and Black Cavendish. Should be enough for quite some time.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:22 PM (yTvNw)
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I still have a fair amount of Stokkebye's "Proper English" and "English Oriental Supreme" laid by. Good stuff!

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (rj6Yv)

83 Perhaps somebody on this thread can help America locate it's marbles.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (LHPAg)

84 There is (or at least, there was) a use for marbles when breeding certain tropical fish. I had several tropical fish tanks when I was a youngster. I raised up some fish called Zebra Danios which tend to eat their own eggs. Put a couple of layers of marbles in the bottom of the tank that's going to be the nursery and the eggs fall between the marbles. The adult fish can't get to them. Remove the adults when they've finished their fishy version of makin' whoopie and wait for the young-uns to hatch. Put a few floating plants in there so the young can feel more at home.

Posted by: George V at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (g6ahB)

85 "Try Mumblety-peg.
Posted by: Mike Hammer"

I did not teach them that because I didn't want their mom make them go to the emergency room.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (MWfyi)

86 I taught our boys to play marbles but they got bored after a few games. To tell the truth so did I.
Posted by: fd
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Try Mumblety-peg.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (XeU6L)
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Try teaching them the fine art of playing Draw Poker.

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:42 PM (rj6Yv)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, November 7

Courtesy Kentuckiana Humor

How are your cats adjusting to Standard Time?

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Courtesy Hrothgar:

A little timeline cleanse. I know it won�t last long.
You call them dogs. I call them fur missiles.
When you�ve seen one of these four legged rockets in action up close, there are no words to describe it.
Pure speed, power, loyalty, and absolutely no brakes. https://t.co/jTtczGVmmW
— ARMY1325AIR (@army1325air) October 24, 2026

Amazing. Some people need to be careful around those pups, I think.

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Extreme, but steps taking here may be applicable when other animals get their heads stuck.

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A pet from the yard?

Meet The PetMorons

Zach from Hilton Head has been on the page before. He's enjoying his new home on the golf course.
Rich

Zach looks wonderful on the golf course.

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I should have sent these orange and black cats last week ...
My two boy cats -- Rufus is my golden boy, a dog in a cat body, very sweet and protective, bossy and vocal. Julius is the black blob with lantern eyes, a terrific hunter, yet very cuddly, and my baby. They are five and four years old, respectively.
The tortie is Susannah, who is 14 and usually grouchy, but occasionally sweetens up. I sing "My Girl" to her and "Oh Susannah," and she knows they are about her.
I am skywch, and I usually lurk. Thanks!

Thanks for sending in the great photos of your wonderful, distinctive cats! Susannah can give a Halloween look, can't she?

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Commentary by Saijo:

I told Saijo I was going out to dinner tonight and his sister was babysitting the cats and him. I don�t think this is a happy face! https://t.co/w83lPrd1GD
— Piper (@piper_moves) November 6, 2026

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

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The view from my kitchen window.
King of the Castle and The Prince, 10 minutes ago

Howard in Alberta

Thrilling view, Howard! And great photos. Thanks for sending them in.

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 31

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:17 PM

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1 Ralphy's still kicking and a lot of work.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

2 Mr Trouble got a trip to the vet this morning. Noticed one leg seemed a little swollen and he was limping. Decided to take him in. The vet doesn't think it's broken. Troubles got the good drug and is resting inside.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:27 PM (JNr/z)

3 >>>Julius is the black blob with lantern eyes, a terrific hunter, yet very cuddly, and my baby.

I had to scroll back and look for him! I hadn't seen him the first time through.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:28 PM (odBC9)

4 >>>There is currently (1) cat in front of you for the
heat vent
Estimated wait time: 2 hours

haha!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)

5 Fur missiles mama got nice legs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (b70jm)

6 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:27 PM (JNr/z)

Thanks for the tip this morning.

Ralphy can be carried. Only 40 pounds.
It's the constant caregiving and making sure he doesn't hurt himsel that's wearing.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (Sco7b)

7 >>>The view from my kitchen window.
King of the Castle and The Prince, 10 minutes ago
Howard in Alberta

Majestic!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:32 PM (odBC9)

8 >>>I told Saijo I was going out to dinner tonight and his sister was babysitting the cats and him. I don’t think this is a happy face!

uh-oh

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)

9 This is the one I had for my old dog. Never really used it.

https://tinyurl.com/mserhh2w

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:39 PM (JNr/z)

10 Yay! Moron Horde Pets!

Murderfluff patrol:

Chloe - Napping on the cat tree next to my office window
Penny - Snoozing on my futon in my office
Allie - Siesta on the recliner in my library
Hexie - Wandering around my living room after I woke her up

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 03:40 PM (s2iZv)

11 9 This is the one I had for my old dog. Never really used it.

https://tinyurl.com/mserhh2w

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:39 PM (JNr/z)

Thanks. Looks complicated.
The carrying is just easier.
He always tries to do more though. He wants to go up himself.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)

12 Afternoon, Pet Peoples!

"Fur missiles" indeed!

Skywch, Rufus is easy to pick out as your "golden boy." But I'm confused as to which cat in the second pic is Julius, the "black blob with lantern eyes" -- is he the one whose eyes we see? And then Susannah is the one curled next to him whose head is hard to make out?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:49 PM (56Qyq)

13 My springr weighs 85 pounds. Luckily, there are just a couple of steps in the house. He has a step I use for him to get in and out of the car. Sometimes he needs help getting up on the couch. But he won't be around forever, so I do what I can. He can still chase bunnies out in the garden.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:51 PM (JNr/z)

14 My furry thugs have adjusted to standard time: The only way it affected them last Sunday was my shifting of their dinner and breakfast times. What used to be 6 am was now 5 am, so I held their breakfast off until 5:30 on Sunday. Dinner I gave them at 5:45 pm, and then breakfast as usual at 6 am Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:52 PM (56Qyq)

15 Freddy the Freeloader, the gray tabby with white semi-feral, and Alfred the Gray, the shorthair of that color, are still showing up for chow outdoors: Freddy 2x a day, Alfred for every second or third handout. I suspect he already has a home and they let him roam around. I suppose (he said, heaving a sigh) I'll spring for another $5 bag of the Friskies dry food for them when I hit the store on Monday. It's the Indoor Killer Kittenz who get the expensive IAMS stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:55 PM (56Qyq)

16 Murderfluff patrol:

Chloe - Napping on the cat tree next to my office window
Penny - Snoozing on my futon in my office
Allie - Siesta on the recliner in my library
Hexie - Wandering around my living room after I woke her up
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026

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I forget who said it, but it's still true: "Cats may have many ailments, but I've never known one afflicted with insomnia."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (56Qyq)

17 Meow....

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (sAmhv)

18 Pet World Problems

The glass of the sliding door is covered with moth smears and drool.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (w6EFb)

19 Afternoon all,

Small update of the week.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Those are some cute pet morons. The cats definitely look to be eating well.

Time to curl back up and sleep through my flu.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 07, 2026 03:59 PM (2F0/Y)

20 Ralphy has severe separation anxiety and needs to be around me all the time. So that means the constant carrying and it's a 2 level split. Five stairs to bedrooms, 8 to the computer room and 3 more for the basement.

We have a routine but still.
Like all caregiving it can be a drain.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 04:01 PM (Sco7b)

21 18 Pet World Problems

The glass of the sliding door is covered with moth smears and drool.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (w6EFb)

Tons of leaves dragged into the house.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 04:01 PM (Sco7b)

22 My visitor, Alfred the Gray, looks much like the gray cat ("blue," the fanciers call it) in the top pic.

OH, and we stopped by a thrift store/cat adoption center out in the western suburbs this am. Lots of antique materials, plates and cups and books and Xmas things, and even a few pieces of furniture. One corner of the shop is devoted to a large screened "porch" with cat trees and toys, and a number of adult cats for adoption. There's even a book you can look through to see the background and details on each one. They had at least one pure black, a couple of gingers, and a domestic longhair ("She's a diva," the lady told us with a smile) who looked much like my Dagny La Siberienne.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:04 PM (56Qyq)

23 My kittehs are good about not having a precise eating schedule. They eat when I wake up and again in the evening when I remember. What they insist on though is going outside about 7:00 am (now 8:00am). I should have never started it. If I don't get up the sister kitteh has learned to open my bedroom plantation shutters and then yells at me. They both want to eat the grass before they start their day.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 04:09 PM (OXhw3)

24 Every time I walk to the kitchen, the older cat follows me and goes for the food dish...
The two remaining cats don't really like human food, so leaving my food out is relatively safe...compared to the dead horny black cat, which would steal food off your plate if you were distracted by even a half second.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 04:13 PM (l3cgK)

25 Trained K9: "FA? FA? FA? FA? Please FA because I really, really want to deliver some FO!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 04:13 PM (HlyYF)

26 23 My kittehs are good about not having a precise eating schedule. They eat when I wake up and again in the evening when I remember. What they insist on though is going outside about 7:00 am (now 8:00am). I should have never started it. If I don't get up the sister kitteh has learned to open my bedroom plantation shutters and then yells at me. They both want to eat the grass before they start their day.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 04:09 PM (OXhw3)

At least they don't smoke grass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

27 Great moron pet pictures. Thanks.

That was a touching video about the wild animal rescue people trying to help the fox kit
They were right. What an incredibly small space to get its head caught in. These rescue people always seem like incredibly patient and caring folks. I guess they'd have to be to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:14 PM (JrHfD)

28 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:04 PM (56Qyq

Sounds like a nice place to visit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:17 PM (JrHfD)

29 18 Pet World Problems

The glass of the sliding door is covered with moth smears and drool.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM

True, but are there any nargles in the house?

Go ahead and check, I'll bet you can't find a single nargle.

If so, be sure to thank your furry protectors!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 04:17 PM (HlyYF)

30 Zach looks **ALERT**!

I just finished reading Birdie Horne's charming and funny mystery novel Don't Cross Mo Ellery, in which having to take care of three show-quality adult poodles is just one of the title character's escalating problems. The dogs, she is told, have French names that mean something like "He Who Eats the Brioche," "Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood," and a third Frenchified title I can't recall. Fortunately for Mo and the reader, they go by Jean, Jacques, and again I can't recall the third, but it was a French name. Thus I guess Mo's poodles probably looked like Zach here.

"Oy with the poodles already!"
( -- Lorelai Gilmore, suggesting a new national catchphrase)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:20 PM (56Qyq)

31 I don't know about cats but the dogs think their supper is late every night. They give me that "It's about time" look.

Posted by: Case at November 07, 2026 04:20 PM (En+fz)

32 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 04:21 PM (Ia/+0)

33 My kittehs are good about not having a precise eating schedule. They eat when I wake up and again in the evening when I remember. What they insist on though is going outside about 7:00 am (now 8:00am). I should have never started it. If I don't get up the sister kitteh has learned to open my bedroom plantation shutters and then yells at me. They both want to eat the grass before they start their day.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026

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Like having a coffee and an antacid tablet before eating. Sounds sensible, if annoying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:21 PM (56Qyq)

34 12 Afternoon, Pet Peoples!

"Fur missiles" indeed!

Skywch, Rufus is easy to pick out as your "golden boy." But I'm confused as to which cat in the second pic is Julius, the "black blob with lantern eyes" -- is he the one whose eyes we see? And then Susannah is the one curled next to him whose head is hard to make out?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:49 PM (56Qyq)

Julius is in the first photo. Sitting at the left.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:22 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:22 PM (56Qyq)

36 Julius is in the first photo. Sitting at the left.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026

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Oh, okay! I just didn't see a pure black in either photo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:23 PM (56Qyq)

37 Piper found a squirrel in the wood pile on the front porch. Chased the hell out of it and actually dispatched it, and then tried to bring it inside to show off. She is awfully fast when she needs to be, even though she's packed on a couple of pounds over the summer.

Also, it is the season of sled dog training, so when we drive in we usually see at least one and often three or four four-wheelers being pulled by full dog teams. The kennels around here are Iditarod dogs, and they need to train about twice daily to get into shape, and until there is reliable snow on the ground, they use the four-wheelers. Lovely dogs, really, and so happy to be out running.

We live near Reddington Kennels, which is the original home of the originator of the Iditarod race. Now it's run by his grandkids. Pretty cool legacy.

There's also a couple of 100 and 200 mile races that take off from our local lake in December and January. Plus the Jr. Iditarod for the kids.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 04:26 PM (5WPt1)

38 >>>True, but are there any nargles in the house?

Yes, we have no nargles! We have no nargles today.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:27 PM (w6EFb)

39 Regarding the kittehs waiting in line for a warm place, I've bought warming mats for the stray outdoor furbabies. They work indoors, too. $40-something on Amazon.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:29 PM (w6EFb)

40 The two remaining cats don't really like human food, so leaving my food out is relatively safe...compared to the dead horny black cat, which would steal food off your plate if you were distracted by even a half second.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026

***
Most of my cats have shown little interest in my food, even when sitting on the dinette table with us. (I know I shouldn't allow it, but hey, whatchagonnado?) Though the late black cat Wolf would sniff at my fish or meat if I got up and left the dish unattended.

Stirling knows when I am preparing frozen fish. He would show up on the kitchen counter even *before* I cut the plastic bag open -- there was no way he could smell it! Finally I figured it out. He was keying on my taking the aluminum foil from the cabinet and scrolling a length out before opening the fish. It's the only time I use the foil, really, so he saw the connection.

I cut open the bag and drain the meltwater into a bowl in the sink, and he laps at that while I prepare the fish out of his reach.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:29 PM (56Qyq)

41 >>>True, but are there any nargles in the house?
*
Yes, we have no nargles! We have no nargles today.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026

***
Yeah, but those Naugas are a bitch to work with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:30 PM (56Qyq)

42 The real food issue around here is the cheese tax. Payable daily, but the dogs lie about whether one or the other of us has already paid it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 04:30 PM (5WPt1)

43 Baby saved by pet Doberman who noticed his racing heartbeat. "Good news network " site:

https://tinyurl.com/3ahzuvz7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:33 PM (JrHfD)

44 Zach from Hilton Head has been on the page before. He's enjoying his new home on the golf course.

Hopefully he only retrieves those big yellow balls and not the small white ones. Might make the old duffers grumpy.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)

45 I forget who said it, but it's still true: "Cats may have many ailments, but I've never known one afflicted with insomnia."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It's all relative. "Cat insomnia" is when you can only sleep 14 hours a day instead of 16.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 04:49 PM (VHUov)

46 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 07, 2026 04:51 PM (t9JcX)

47 I've been extremely catlike this week. I nap often and do little that could be considered useful (except feed Publius, sometimes badly). He doesn't judge me.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:57 PM (w6EFb)

48 Hi everyone! Cutie pets AGAIN! I love seeing your critters.

Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 05:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

49 Saijo survived his night. But it was a little exciting, a tree branch fell on a transformer knocking the power out. But the kiddo handled it well, she got all the flameless candles out from the hurricane, brought them to my room, and read to the animals by candlelight. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 05:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

50 Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 05:06 PM (ZdaMQ

Awww. That's sweet!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:09 PM (JrHfD)

51 Happy Saturday from the blue state of Texas, y'all

Posted by: Texas Blue at November 07, 2026 05:10 PM (6Xg+m)

52 > How are your cats adjusting to Standard Time?
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Haaaaa haaaaa haaa ha ha *snorts*

Yea

No

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 05:11 PM (RORbl)

53 I have a rabbit that lives in the green space behind my house. Now I have to make sure my sister kitteh does not stalk and attack it. I caught her in mid stalk last week but thought it was for a bird until I saw the bunny.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:14 PM (OXhw3)

54 Jake follows me everywhere. If I get up at night, he follows me the four steps to the bathroom.

Is there anyway you could temporarily do everything on the ground floor? That would give you a break.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 05:17 PM (JNr/z)

55 I've wondered about pet birds when they are out of their cages. Do they just excrete all over the place? Poop on your shoulder? Or do they have a bathroom spot that's easy to clean?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 05:18 PM (OlzlW)

56 There should be a caption under the Susannah, the tortie.. so much personality in that look.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 05:25 PM (kJmSS)

57 Most of my cats have shown little interest in my food

My cat gets very sulky if I eat anything without allowing him the chance to reject it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:29 PM (CHHv1)

58 Sadly we had one of our murderfluffs pass this morning, little Shiloh girly was small and frail, we finally had her eating solid food at 6 weeks, this morning was exactly nine. the other 5 are active and healthy.

I am heartbroken, I thought we had nursed her along far enough

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 05:30 PM (jrgJz)

59 My cat gets very sulky if I eat anything without allowing him the chance to reject it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

How to describe a cat in one sentence.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:30 PM (VHUov)

60 Sadly we had one of our murderfluffs pass this morning, little Shiloh girly was small and frail
Posted by: what the cat drug

Aww. Condolences.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:31 PM (VHUov)

61 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

62 53 I have a rabbit that lives in the green space behind my house. Now I have to make sure my sister kitteh does not stalk and attack it. I caught her in mid stalk last week but thought it was for a bird until I saw the bunny.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:14 PM

We have lots of cottontail rabbits in our backyard and neighborhood.

In my experience, cats generally do not get very many adult rabbits.

OTOH, "teenage" bunnies have been caught and presented to me on several occasions.

Baby bunnies are another order of magnitude more vulnerable. Their only protection is not to be discovered.

In the spring, if you find a bunny nest you might try keeping your cats in for a few days. Or at least as much as they will tolerate until they decide to destroy your new sofa as the price of your insolence!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (HlyYF)

63 Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 05:30 PM (jrgJz)

I'm so sorry. It sounds very hard and that you were very devoted to caring for all those little kittens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:33 PM (JrHfD)

64 Ain't no way the on-deck cat waits two hours for his turn on the vent. I'd give it five minutes before the fur flies.

Posted by: Ken at November 07, 2026 05:39 PM (5z7M/)

65 Noodus hobbyana -- marbles!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:39 PM (56Qyq)

66 The birds poop everywhere and they throw seeds everywhere.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (JNr/z)

67 @Skywch: Susannah is a gorgeous Tortie!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (O7YUW)

68 I hope Zach stays safely away from the course alligators!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (nyHKk)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Nov. 7

More Late Color from Don in Kansas on October 16.

All the rain that we didn't get this summer fell during the past three weeks, 8.5 inches worth. The clematis that had gone dormant during the hot, dry weather woke up and is blooming again.

Ceratotheca triloba

And see the link above for photos and growing information on 'Darlow's Enigma' Rose, Symphyotrichum [Aster] oblongifolium, Salvia azurea, Thunbergia and a white form, plus Helianthus maximiliani (which had kept going since the last time we saw a photo of this magnificent sunflower.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Ever heard of this? Apparently, it contains Vitamin K. Wonder how many of us could grow it indoors in winter?

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#Food_Forest #Remedies #Discover
— TopTropicals.com (@toptropicals) July 9, 2025

Don in Kansas knows how to prepare for holiday visitors through research:

Puttering, Self-Improvement and Connection

This is one of the non-political Saturday threads, but if you missed it, someone posted in the comments on a recent thread an AoSHQ thread by Warden from another hard time, in 2012. It is entitled Where do we go from here? We talk about home and preparedness issues here, and we should probably talk sometimes about how we connect with neighbors.

Topics touched on in Warden's post include:

Focus on self-improvement

Get in shape

Outperform

Prepare

Preparation is a topic that fits into this thread. There are some ideas in Warden's post that we may sometimes neglect.

Small things add up

Some interesting ideas on doing the things you can and maintaining an attitude of gratitude.

Some AoSHQ threads have staying power.

Adventure

Remember the Halloween quilt lady? She and her husband teamed up with a hiking friend for a post-Halloween adventure:

We finally got to hike in the Superstitions. The saguaros are abundant and thriving, the jagged skyline crystal clear blue with puffy clouds, the trail rocky and beckoning us on. We reached the end where there was running water from the rain storms. Also some very cool petroglyphs. There were a lot of people out enjoying this trail today!
After our hike, we drove to Tortilla Flat. I didn't know such a place existed. It's a teeny ghost town. The saloon/restaurant walls are covered in dollar bills. People write their names and the date on the bill and staple it to the wall. Some are layered 4 deep. My favorite had colored over Washington's face with a Batman mask and put a conversation bubble saying "I am Batman." There were even dollar bills under plastic on the tabletop. I'm sure there was at least a million dollars stapled to the walls. For being out in the middle of nowhere, there were a heck if a lot of people having lunch there. The food was great! Part of the road was still flooded, but it wasn't on the part where we drove in.

Wyatt Earp?

Gardens of The Horde

What's happening in your garden?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Halloween!

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

One of the oldest tree species on Earth,
The magnificent Ginkgo tree at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, England, transforms into a golden spectacle each autumn, https://t.co/RCIOyiVYlD
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) November 3, 2026

Posted by: K.T. at 01:24 PM

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1 The ginko vids are cool.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

2 Morning KT, thanks for showing some of the area less than 25 mins from where AOP and we live.
We ate ate Tortilla flat 2 weeks ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:31 PM (NnhvP)

3 I'm pretty sure vegan's mouths water when they smell meat cooking...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)

4 When I was I student there were two Ginkgo trees on either side of the entrance to the main library at OSU. I don't know whether they were male or female trees but after it rained they always smelled like someone had lost their cookies there.

Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 01:44 PM (lJ0H4)

5 I don't know whether they were male or female trees but after it rained they always smelled like someone had lost their cookies there.
Posted by: Tuna

Female, then... or at least one was. Every ginko sold by nurseries since they were introduced (? when) have been male clones. In any given population, at least 10% will become females.
The seed inside the fruit is what is sold as "ginko biloba" (Latin name of the tree). The fruit is considered a delicacy in Asia, and actually has a neat taste...after you get it past your nose.

Posted by: MkY given p at November 07, 2026 01:49 PM (ik4bQ)

6 We're gonna have fresh maters at Thanksgiving... well, semi-fresh anyway.

Posted by: MkY given p at November 07, 2026 01:50 PM (ik4bQ)

7 Regarding the bar with the dollar bills. There is (or was) a club in Chania, Crete, that did the same thing. It was a watering hole for American soldiers, most of whom were on the island for live fire missile exercises. I left a dollar there myself back in August 1990.

That was where I learned that Ouzo is the devil's drink.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 07, 2026 01:51 PM (0aYVJ)

8 One other thing about ginkos... they're very well mannered. They'll drop every leaf on the tree is a day or two.
Compare to the red oak group.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:51 PM (ik4bQ)

9 actually has a neat taste...after you get it past your nose.
Posted by: MkY

As is Durian?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:54 PM (NnhvP)

10 Ok, more veggie tales-
Our Magyar peppers (grown for paprika) performed horribly all summer. Since it's cooled off, they've exploded. Go figger.
Smoked a bunch yesterday for drying. Some we smoke, some we don't.
Also, you'd think jalapenos would prefer hot, dry weather (well, I did). We're still getting folks to come pick all they want.
Weird.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:54 PM (ik4bQ)

11 As is Durian?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Dunno. Never had it. I've gotten a few people to try ginko. Most won't.
Tuna's right. Smell's like a kennel.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:56 PM (ik4bQ)

12 I'm pretty sure vegan's mouths water when they smell meat cooking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)

That’s why they get so angry when the next-door neighbor fires up the grill on the patio.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:56 PM (6ydKt)

13 I haven't either.
I've smelled it and that was enough.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:57 PM (NnhvP)

14 If only the vegans could hear they tiny, muted, screams of the lettuce as it’s turned into salad maybe they’d take a different view on life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (6ydKt)

15 That’s why they get so angry when the next-door neighbor fires up the grill on the patio.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, never got that.
Do I complain when they grill their tofu?
I do not.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (ik4bQ)

16 We were supposed to be able to take just one pill a day for all of our nutritional needs by now.

The future is never as advertised.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:00 PM (6ydKt)

17 15 That’s why they get so angry when the next-door neighbor fires up the grill on the patio.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, never got that.
Do I complain when they grill their tofu?
I do not.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (ik4bQ)

They could save a step by throwing it directly in the trash...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)

18 16 We were supposed to be able to take just one pill a day for all of our nutritional needs by now.

The future is never as advertised.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:00 PM (6ydKt)

True. No hoverboard yet, and we're 11 years past when they were supposed to be everywhere...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:03 PM (l3cgK)

19 I think the crows have finally given up on my pecan tree. I collected a couple of pounds max, the other...probably 20+ lbs were "collected" by the f'n crows.

I did just harvest another pitaya (cactus fruit--smooth on outside, white on inside like a dragon fruit). The cactus has gone mad; more flowers are developing right now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)

20 Thanks KT.
Nice to see Tortilla Flat is still plugging along. Fun place. I am in the woods currently. All the leaves are on the ground . The only splashes of green are the pine needles. Happy Saturday, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:05 PM (8EA41)

21 Music behind the ginkgo tree was beautiful, a perfect match for the beautiful tree. And a nice mind-cleanser for a guy who spent the last hour on computer TRYING to renew a license with Texas.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (LHPAg)

22 That is a lot of money on the walls.
Seems like it would be a nice place to visit.

I think the cowboys named their bathtub ‘Wyatt Earp’ as a joke or something.
Who can understand cowboy humor?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (6ydKt)

23 MkY given p at November 07, 2026 01:50 PM

Congratulations !

Posted by: KT at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (X8QDB)

24 I am in the woods currently
scampydog

Don't settle for that 3 year old...

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:07 PM (ik4bQ)

25 Here’s the website for Tortilla Flat:

https://www.tortillaflataz.com/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:08 PM (6ydKt)

26 Don't settle for that 3 year old...
Posted by: MkY
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Lol. A lot of truth in your comment.

Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (8EA41)

27 25 Here’s the website for Tortilla Flat:

https://www.tortillaflataz.com/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:08 PM (6ydKt)

Went to Tombstone with the wife many years ago, never been to Tortilla Flat.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

28 scampydog
I stuck a nice hickory last night. Dang thing walked, and I reacted instead of just waiting.
Pretty 8.

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:12 PM (ik4bQ)

29 It's that time of year. The leave are turning to fall colors just before them wind takes them down. Even if the aren't brilliant in normal light, when the bright sunlight hits them they are transformed. The browns turn into deep burnished gold and bronze. The reds become all shades of ruby. The yellows can run the gamut from fresh dandelion to almost white. The remaining greens are interspersed throughout. And it all glows, as if lit from within. It is beautiful and almost holy to look at. There is usually just a two week window where the elements all work together but it is a wonderful window.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:13 PM (yTvNw)

30 I stuck a nice hickory last night. Dang thing walked, and I reacted instead of just waiting.
Pretty 8.
Posted by: MkY
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*knows knowingly* pine tree here two years back. Similar series of events.

Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:14 PM (8EA41)

31 I'm trying to root some thyme stems. They haven't died or dried up yet. If I look VERY closely there might be the first hints of roots starting. But it's at the point where that might be wishful thinking. Time will tell.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:16 PM (yTvNw)

32 31 I'm trying to root some thyme stems. They haven't died or dried up yet. If I look VERY closely there might be the first hints of roots starting. But it's at the point where that might be wishful thinking. Time will tell.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:16 PM (yTvNw)

ISWYDT

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:17 PM (l3cgK)

33 Went to Tombstone with the wife many years ago, never been to Tortilla Flat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

If I ever get to Arizona I’d like to see both of them.

Tortilla Flat looks like a nice daytrip.
The surrounding area is supposed to be nice and Southwestern.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:19 PM (6ydKt)

34 JTB
Aren't they like sweet tates? Root in water?

Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:19 PM (ik4bQ)

35 34 ... "Aren't they like sweet tates? Root in water?"

MkY, Yup. I have the thyme stems in water in bright but not direct light. They haven't died yet so that's a moral victory.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:24 PM (yTvNw)

36 Aren't they like sweet tates?
How'd muh sweet tate lat nite?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 02:27 PM (r50HQ)

37 In past years I took care of my plants better. This summer, the lychee died. The longan almost died (watered it in time). Blackberries went close to extinct (but are damn persistent). Only Pecan, Guavas, and Cactus did well.

I guess not watering much has it's price...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

38 I always thought using sunlight was the best for a Christmas cactus and it does OK. But when I switched to a full spectrum LED light instead of a window or regular grow light, the thing is taking off. New leaves, stronger growth, and more flower buds than before. No fancy setup, just the bulb in a table lamp. Have to try that with the other succulents.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:47 PM (yTvNw)

39 The Superstition Mountains remind me of one of the books I read when I was a kid. I was a voracious reader, and many of the books were about kids who lived out west and had the freedom to roam in nature. Sometimes they were looking for treasure, and sometimes they just stumbled upon something really cool that made them ask questions and try to figure out what happened. I was fascinated by the sense of adventure.

Are kids nowadays ever getting any adventure out in nature?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 02:50 PM (w6EFb)

40 One of my Christmas cacti has flower buds, which is pretty cool since both of them have been on the back porch, mostly neglected.

Most of my plants have been through a Darwinian torture chamber this summer. Mama kind of sucked up all of my focus, and whatever I had left was drawn into escapist videos. So those who still live are pretty tough cookies.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (w6EFb)

41 There are so many leaves in the yard. The animals are tracking them in and I'm in a bad mood.

Tuesday looks to be nice so that will get done.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (Sco7b)

42 sometimes they just stumbled upon something really cool
Nekkid pitchers.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (BgG0R)

43 Hello folks. Blustery day here in the Mitten.

All that rain has made my kale sprout and my cilantro is clinging to life.

We might get snow next week.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 02:55 PM (kpS4V)

44 The dampness in Canada will make the yard miserable and I have a TON of trees. We had one year, where the town couldn't reallly collect them.

So I prefer to mulch them. Sometimes into December.

In Canada.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 02:58 PM (Sco7b)

45 Cutting and dragging brush, scratched by thorn vines and worn out. Feel like a old coondog. I need a shower, a chili relleno, and a margarita

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 03:19 PM (LHPAg)

46 nood pets!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)

47 I love purple. Those flowers are beautiful.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 05:19 PM (kJmSS)

It's getting hard to keep all the streams of messaging straight now

"Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin (November 1789)

Courtesy Statues: The People They Salute

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The Democrats thought that "Our Democracy" was over before last Tuesday. And of course, Trump is still President. So some of them may still think it is over.

But some of them are sounding awfully feisty. On the other hand, I ran across a guy who was cheerfully enthusiastic about Mamdani's popularity in NYC.

Hard to keep up. How should we react?

So are we living under a fascist dictatorship or is democracy alive and well?? I�m just trying to keep up with the messaging😂😂 https://t.co/o2jE8Zj7as
— patriotic peach 🍑 (@patrioticpeachh) November 5, 2026

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On Substack, Michael Smith has had some interesting thoughts. This is from one of his posts from earlier in the week:

James Madison’s Shocked Face

When combined with government, the only human characteristic stronger than the desire to be benevolent toward others is to do it with someone else’s money.

I mentioned yesterday how dismayed I was that in the aftermath of our shellacking on Tuesday, there are the expected people on the left and a surprising number on the right who want the U.S. government to “do something” about the price of tea in China (archaic reference alert).
It reminded me of reading about how, on January 10, 1794, James Madison rose in the House of Representatives to challenge a proposal to provide financial assistance to French refugees who had fled the violence in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti).
Setting aside the fact that Americans are still paying for benevolence program in Haiti some 232 years later, Madison did not question the suffering of the refugees or the humanitarian impulse behind the appropriation, rather whether Congress possessed the constitutional authority to spend taxpayers’ money on charity.

According to the Annals of Congress, Madison declared:

"Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."
He continued:

"It would puzzle any gentleman to lay his finger on any part of the Constitution which would authorize the government to interpose in the relief of the St. Domingo sufferers."

Drawbacks to such humanitarian relief and the ingenious way Congress bypassed Monroe's objection are summarized in a colorful manner at the link above.

Madison’s objection was evidently the last time anyone in government could be shamed about such spending since today, depending on how broadly we define benevolence, roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of federal spending now goes toward social insurance, income support, healthcare, and other programs intended to provide financial or material benefits to individuals. That seems a remarkable proportion when considered against Madison’s objection to spending $15,000 for humanitarian relief.
Which brings me to the “affordability” crisis, and how the newly anointed Democrat controlled government deigns to “solve” it.

Some of the bright ideas for extracting money from groups under current disapproval are described, along with other typical plans to increase dependency on government. Mr. Smith also mentions things that the Congress DOES NOT intend to do to improve "affordability". This is refreshing.

Did I mention we are still sending aid to Haiti 232 years later?
Madison's corpse is so pissed right now.

And others remember:

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SHOULD WE TAKE A LOOK AT HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY?

Book Review reminding us of the limits of second-hand benevolence

"The Knife Went In"

Dalrymple's "Life at the Bottom" Turns 25

Empathy without that troublesome suicidal empathy
(You can listen to this article in a high-quality reading at the link.)

Summary:
Decline is a choice, and self-governing citizens can choose renewal instead.

Theodore Dalrymple is among the English-speaking world’s most insightful social critics. For decades, he has written about the pathologies that have ruined our cities and resigned entire neighborhoods to the antagonist world of the state of nature. . .
Among his most important works is the 2001 book, Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass now out in a new twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Drawing on his experience as a physician and psychiatrist in some of the most blighted slums of our society, Dalrymple argues that the West is facing a crisis of personal responsibility rooted in the determinist ideology that has infected the elite. As he writes in the book’s original introduction, “In the modern world, bad ideas and their consequences cannot be confined to a ghetto.”
One striking thing about Dalrymple’s work is its profound empathy. “In the course of my work over fifteen years, I spoke to thousands of people about their lives and the lives of the people around them,” he writes in the new preface. “As a result, I could not conceive of them as simply vectors of abstract social forces acting upon them.” A doctor treats persons, not statistics, human beings with real agency and life stories. Yet Dalrymple does not let his empathy calcify into excuses for their poor decisions. As much as he acknowledges how the “system” has failed his patients, he maintains that criminals bear ultimate responsibility for their crimes.

Armed with this experience, Dalrymple argues that modern liberalism’s great error is its social determinism. “The very form of the explanation offered by liberals for modern crime—from social conditions direct to behavior, without passing through the human mind—offers those who commit crime an excuse in advance,” he writes. The social scientists who attribute crime to poverty or inequality are in fact guilty of dehumanizing the very people they claim to want to help. By attributing social dysfunction to grand, sweeping trends outside of the control of any individual, they deny the impoverished a path out of squalor and delinquency.
One of Dalrymple’s most fascinating examples of how ideology disempowers people is the shockingly common use of passive voice in his sessions with British prisoners and addicts. His patients often spoke of themselves as “marionettes of happenstance,” in a dialect he calls “the psychobabble of the slums.” The fashionable relativism of academia and other areas of professional life filtered down to these unfortunates through mass culture, giving them a vocabulary to shift blame as far away as possible. Though many had “absorbed nothing at school, [they] had nevertheless absorbed the shibboleths of political correctness” and therapeutic culture. The immiserated then wield the notion of a true “inner self” to ward off responsibility, speaking as if they have no control over their actions. One man who had been guilty of stabbing someone uttered “the knife went in,” rather than acknowledge he chose to thrust the blade.

Leftist ideology adopted by Criminal:

"The knife went in."

Leftist ideology adopted by Journalist:

"The truck went up onto the sidewalk and hit five pedestrians."

Sources of social pathologies which affect the underclasses and criminal classes are described. Few of them are remedied significantly by passing bills or adopting "programs.

While these cases are depressing, the book is even more troubling when Dalrymple delves into the ideological roots of this mass enervation. He has a particular ire for insipid Rousseauian theories of the self, which cloak selfishness in romanticism. “This is the lie that is at the heart of our society, the lie that encourages every form of destructive self-indulgence to flourish,” he writes, “for while we ascribe our conduct to pressures from without, we obey the whims that well up from within, thereby awarding ourselves carte blanche to behave as we choose. Thus we feel good about behaving badly.” As a doctor, he is concerned above all with the practical effects of these theories—and his case-studies demonstrate how dangerous the lie of subjective morality truly can be.
Beyond his medical experience, Dalrymple’s upbringing under the roof of his outright communist father predisposed him to see the fatal flaws in collectivistic social theories. One essay recounts a barbaric episode in which his old man viciously destroyed a collection of old Victorian paintings on little more than a whim as a metaphor for the total cultural leveling of British society. Out of devotion to egalitarian and anti-colonial ideology, the bureaucrats of the centralizing state have graffitied or torn down the physical remains of the past. In both Britain and America, people are governed as if we were livestock, and our places are treated little better than pigsties. Is it any wonder that the prevailing mood of our age is despair?

Now I understand Dalrymple better! His early exposure to communism helps explain why he so effectively notices the destructiveness so prevalent in the Left today. There's more on specific actions of politicians, bureaucrats and ideologues at the link above.

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Another interesting way to look at the actions of Trump, from Michael Smith:

The King in the North

Sometimes leading means poking the bear to see what he will do.

As an executive, I’ve always hated working on the required 1-, 3-, and 5-year plans. I worked with my teams to create them because they were required and because the analysts wanted numbers even if they were bullshit. At best, they were believable bullshit and only directionally correct.
My approach to understanding policy and politics is to define electoral politics and the subsequent governing stages with a mashup paraphrase of Mike Tyson and General George S. Patton:
“Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face, your enemy gets a vote in what you do, and a good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
I had a couple of mentors during my early career who taught me the difference between a manager and a leader was that a leader makes decision and then course corrects when necessary and a manager just follows the plan because nobody ever blames someone for following “the plan”.
My first mentor told me, “Son, you already know a bear is a bear and generally know what bears do but sometimes you have to have the courage to poke the bear to find out exactly what he will do. The trick is to know when, where, and how hard to poke him and not only that, know what you are willing to do after he is poked.”
So, I guess that is my basis for supporting President Trump. He seems to poke the bear to see what the bear will do and then adjust accordingly based on that feedback.
That’s really the extent of his plan.

We need to acknowledge the difficulty of defining the problems we now face.

We need to do some bear poking.
The first step is to understand the enemy. Ours can be understood in their words, but also in their actions – so let’s look at both for a moment.

I really recommend clicking on the link for the following section of this essay, which provides examples of the behavior of our domestic opposition. Rather unsettling. Frightening, actually.

So, we already know the bear is a bear and have some insight into what that bear is going to do. They are showing us in real time.
The question we must answer is whether we have the courage to do what needs to be done.
So far, the GOP has not shown that courage and because we haven’t, the Democrats are about to give us yet another lesson in how far they are willing to go.
I’ll admit to liking HBO’s Game of Thrones – a lot - one scene that keeps penetrating my mind is the Battle of the Bastards in season 6, when Jon Snow stands alone facing Ramsay Bolton’s army. That seems to be our destiny because it is repeated again and again – when we do find a leader worthy of the fight, our army deserts him.
Right or wrong, Trump demonstrated the resolve to go shield to shield with the worst of the Democrats – but in the end, like Jon Snow, he was left alone on the battlefield.
If we want that to change, we need to field the right army.

World's toughest bear nicknamed "The Boss" survives being hit by train, and fathered 70% of cubs in his region. https://t.co/cJOEQ0V55V
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) January 6, 2023

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Founders

Some of the Founders had it tough:

Statues: The People They Salute

NAME the Signer of the Declaration of Independence who was dragged from his bed and marched in only a nightshirt and breeches in freezing weather to prison by the British.
RICHARD STOCKTON signed the Declaration of Independence knowing his life, fortune and sacred honor was at risk. Four months later he was imprisoned.

Stockton had been moving his family to safety because the British were following George Washington and his army into New Jersey after the Battle of Long Island, when a treacherous neighbor of the friend whose home he had moved his family to, led a band of loyalists to Richard Stockton.
They dragged Stockton from his bed and marched him improperly clothed (only a nightshirt and breeches) in freezing weather to a common jail in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Later he was moved to Provost prison in New York City, which was notorious for its harsh conditions. It is estimated that about three times as many prisoners died in the prisons and prison ships of New York City, as soldiers in combat during the Revolutionary War years.
After five weeks of being locked in irons and nearly starved, Stockton was released. The condition of his release was that he was not to engage in American affairs during the fight for freedom. His health was compromised to such an extent, that it is doubtful he could have contributed much on the battlefield. His home had been plundered of his furniture and livestock. His extensive library had been destroyed. His monetary wealth was also gone as he had donated most of it to the cause.

Richard Stockton died before the Revolutionary War ended in 1781 at the age of 51. He is the subject of one of the two statues representing New Jersey in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol.

More at Diana Erbio's Substack

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Weekend

The Week in Pictures: Electoral Degringolade Edition

Well THAT was no fun. No fun at all. But what is the Democrat plan for improving America? You can summarize it in one word—no, not “affordability,” but subpoenas. Think this is an overstatement? Let’s start here, and cheer up, this will be the Democrats’ undoing. (At least Newt Gingrich had a Contract with America with a policy agenda his House largely passed. The Democrats have no policy proposals for “affordability,” and appear instead to have a Contract on America.)

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Music

Soldier's Joy

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, Halloween Miscellany

Comments are closed on the thread above so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Follow-up

The people who asked questions about COVID early on may sometimes get a little weird, but sometimes they make some good points and point us in some useful directions, even now. Independent of the piece below, I saw a comment by Bret Weinstein stating that COVID would have been the biggest scientific investigation (or words to that effect) IF DATA HAD BEEN COLLECTED AND WERE BEING ANALYZED.

There are still some independent-minded people who maintain an interest in what happened. TWISTED Thursday, November 5, 2026 C&C NEWS

Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Apologies for the late delivery— your author is navigating the nation’s airports again (ugh). Our election hangover continues, creating a challenge to report real news, since the Great Shellacking is still busy throwing its weight around. But, only 48 hours in, twists and turns are appearing and some of the numbers are paying hide-and-go-seek. Today’s roundup describes what’s causing folks to scratch their heads a little. Plus, more good news from Florida.
By the way, I’m en route to the lovely city of Chattanooga, where I’m attending the Brownstone Institute’s sixth annual conference, “The Challenge Ahead.” For two days, a crowd of doctors, scientists, journalists, and assorted heretics of various sizes and descriptions will compare notes on how to unwind the capture of our institutions, preferably before the next “two weeks to flatten the curve” arrives.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:01 AM

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1 WTF is going on in Poland?? 12 dead and and it looks like the shooter was killed

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (ubCxQ)

2 Thanks I nooded.

Also Gateway Pundit has had good articles on the one in a trillion results.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Sco7b)

3 Sources of social pathologies which affect the underclasses and criminal classes are described. Few of them are remedied significantly by passing bills or adopting "programs.

Bills and programs are treating the symptoms, rather than curing the disease. We know how to cure the disease, we just choose not to.

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

4 It's always fraud. Expect it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:09 AM (RORbl)

5 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

6 20 million new Dem votes.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:15 AM (adwj9)

7 Won’t be long until all these statues are removed and replaced with statues of el Sayed and the like.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:17 AM (adwj9)

8 Poland attacker kitted out in full battle-rattle. Looks to be white with longish hair. No beard pic.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:17 AM (nEUC6)

9 The truck went up onto the sidewalk and hit five pedestrians."

Read that as "hit five lesbians"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 11:18 AM (PB/r3)

10 From KT's post:
"But what is the Democrat plan for improving America?"

The Dems/leftists/Commies/terrorists (but I repeat myself) have no interest in improving America. They are only interested in the ability to destroy, for their own power and benefit, whatever is good.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 11:25 AM (yTvNw)

11 Gas price is going to fall due to natural market forces. Dems will take credit, msm will give them credit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (adwj9)

12 Thanks for the bit on Richard Stockton, K.T. He was a great man, and I appreciate Diana Erbio's substack article on him. I have visited his family home and visited the graveyard where he is buried.
John Witherspoon, who was a clergyman and the President of what became Princeton University, also signed the Declaration. After BLM, some dolts from the school and community wanted to tear his statue because he owned a slave, without any knowledge of how he treated the slave, but wiser heads prevailed and the statue still stands.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (JrHfD)

13 Polish shooter used an AR-15/M4 style rifle? Just how readily available are such American weapons in Poland? Or elsewhere in Europe? Wondering if this was some known nutbar spun up by the Deep State to create FUD?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:30 AM (yky4J)

14 IIRC, Dalrymple's book, while published in 2001, was compiled through his many experiences in prior years. So it's 25 years old now, but the insights go back another 25 years. That's at least 50 years of rot, and we all know it goes back much further.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 11:33 AM (QaH55)

15 Take a look at what's happening in Europe. Who is allowing it to happen and who is funding it?

You likely won't be surprised that some of the same groups that have been funding chaos over there are also doing the same thing with NGOs here.

I would once again urge any and all on X to read the stuff DataRepublican has been posting. Those elections were every bit as real as Biden getting 81 million votes in 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)

16 I hope you don’t mind me posting this here. I took too long writing it and didn’t know a new thread was up.

252 220 Sickening.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)

Sickening isn’t even close to how I feel. Not even a scintilla close. The left didn’t like Whitmire because he was considered a “moderate” mayor pre the steal. We see how long that lasted.

Another massive steal is going to just casually go on by and not a damn thing will happen. I’ve voted in TX elections since 1976 and some of those state wide races (RR comm, comptroller etc) are ignored a lot of the times. People pick Pres, Sen, CD rep and move on. Everyone one of those offices Ds Iwon by huge margins. And we no longer have the straight ticket lever. And when a state moves right or left, it’s usually incremental, e.g. you would have seen R govs winning by smaller margins. Not become CA overnight. I’ll concede some of the losses for the reasons we’ve been fed, but not this nationwide level. 20 million votes is the new 11 million votes. Sorry for the rant.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:26 AM (itAg7)

Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:35 AM (itAg7)

17 > "But what is the Democrat plan for improving America?"
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Depends on what the definition of "improving" is.

Improving for (D) is one thing. Improving for (R) is something entirely different.

Neither, IMO, has the public's best interest at heart. At least not as a priority. Their own best interests are paramount.

This IS, the leading problem we face.

The GOP is inward facing... in it for their own benefit. The left is in it to fundamentally change the country to their benefit. One, that apparently suggests long term stability for the (D).

Both parties are corrupt. Pick the "better" of the worst? Or the one that "you" think will be "better" for you down the road?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:35 AM (RORbl)

18 Pick the "better" of the worst? Or the one that "you" think will be "better" for you down the road?
****

There is no better. There is only Zuul.

Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 11:40 AM (4nyld)

19 @datarepublican has a book out called "Unelected" under her real name Jennica Pounds. I got the kindle version as the hard back is around $35. I also believe authors get more money per unit with digital formats. I want to support her work as she's a warrior for freedom!

Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 11:44 AM (VCgbV)

20 Two years to flatten the country.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 11:45 AM (Cqx++)

21 Polish account," Interestingly, the attacker was wearing gear resembling that used by counterterrorism units. "

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:48 AM (nEUC6)

22 I’ve been voting since 72 (Nixon), was a part of the Farmer protest (100+ tractors) on the state capitol, The Tea Party, and MAGA. What’s next? January Tenther? Octo-Generain Crusader?

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 11:52 AM (LHPAg)

23 Here's what weed was like in the 1970s. Fourteen minutes of tragicomedy:
youtube.com/watch?v=YbVMbuoAwzI

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 11:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 > @datarepublican has a book out called "Unelected" under her real name Jennica Pounds. I got the kindle version as the hard back is around $35. I also believe authors get more money per unit with digital formats. I want to support her work as she's a warrior for freedom!
Posted by: lin-duh
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There was an interview with her... earlier in the year IIRC where she discussed (a little bit) about her work with DOGE during the early days of Trump II. Her introduction to the corruption and fraud was... in her words, unbelievable. And increased her desire to unravel the ball of string. Which is an amazing piece of work unto itself.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:54 AM (RORbl)

25 Thx K.T.
I pretty sure the left would love to drag every conservative and MAGA person out of their beds like Stockton. Stay armed and ready

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 07, 2026 11:56 AM (7XuqV)

26 Polish account," Interestingly, the attacker was wearing gear resembling that used by counterterrorism units. "
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:48 AM (nEUC6)

"resembling" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. All military/paramilitary police battle rattle pretty much has a sameness, the world over. Unless name badges and shoulder flashes, etc. were used or copied, it's just milsurp tacticool duds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)

27 The left thinks we are knuckle dragging cretins who don't know what's good for ourselves mainly because they think we aren't educated. I can play dumb if I have to.
"Oh, I don't follow politics."
"I'll just ask my husband how to vote."
"What?? I don't watch/listen to the news."

Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 12:02 PM (VCgbV)

28 After the Tuesday results I was livid for a couple of days. I cursed the lying candidates, the lying mainstream media, and the shit for brains who voted for or supported (looking at the Bush people in Texas) the leftist freaks who won. Economics aside, the perversion of justice the Dems will unleash is sickening.

Wallowing in impotent rage is no way to live. Then I had a bit of clarity and perspective. I'm in my 70s with a loving wife and no debts. My need to engage in current culture is very limited and can be reduced easily. I intend to focus on the people and things that bring me peace and joy, looking for what is beautiful in the world. I actually have those things on hand.

If I was fifty years younger my reaction would have been to stay enraged and betrayed, living in resentment. Now I can afford to take a different path, not of indifference but with focus on what is important.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 12:02 PM (yTvNw)

29
Morning, all.

I'm contemplating this change: start confronting some of the idiocy instead of putting it on Mute. I joined Facebook about 2 years ago for ONE purpose -- someone was using it to organize a reunion I was invited to. I keep getting notifications from the group, and I've seen some of my former colleagues posting the truly insane stuff -- ICE is the Brownshirts, etc. I used to think to myself "She's gone insane" and ignore it, but maybe now I'll start answering. I don't care if everyone else sees it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 12:04 PM (XJ22o)

30 "Wallowing in impotent rage is no way to live." Concur.

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

31 "resembling" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. All military/paramilitary police battle rattle pretty much has a sameness, the world over. Unless name badges and shoulder flashes, etc. were used or copied, it's just milsurp tacticool duds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

True, but that stuff is not as easily purchased in europe as it is in the US. That and the decked out AR, which is not readily available in Poland, is very weird.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (nEUC6)

32 Uh huh

>>@PamelaHensley22
·
2h
Look at California's statewide results. Governor 64-35, Lt. Governor 64-35, Secretary of State 64-35, Controller 64-35, Treasurer 64-35, Attorney General 64-35. Same numbers, different races.

Nothing to see here. This was the most secure election ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:06 PM (viF8m)

33
I can play dumb if I have to.
"Oh, I don't follow politics."
"I'll just ask my husband how to vote."
"What?? I don't watch/listen to the news."
Posted by: lin-duh

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

I like that approach if any of our Democrat friends suddenly realize they're getting what they voted for good and hard. The mileage tax if it happens would be perfect. "Well, I kinda don't like it, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it's political. Anyway, politics is so divisive. That's why I don't get into them."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 12:08 PM (XJ22o)

34 KT,
Thanks for the quote from Clarence Thomas. As usual, his brilliance shines through.

Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 12:08 PM (yTvNw)

35 True, but that stuff is not as easily purchased in europe as it is in the US. That and the decked out AR, which is not readily available in Poland, is very weird.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (nEUC6)

Exactly why I speculated upthread that it may have been a known nutbar, spun up and enabled by EU-Globohomo to create fear in the populace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)

36 Forget it, Jack. It's California town.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

37 I really, really like post-election Bridget Phetasy.

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 12:13 PM (rj6Yv)

38

Cash App, Chewy, Boll & Branch, and Lola Blankets said on Friday that they no longer sponsor or advertise leftist Jennifer Welch’s I’ve Had It podcast, according to company statements and customer service messages shared online amid backlash.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:15 PM (Cqx++)

39 I know there are some here who think Joe Rogan is a dope-smoking meathead, but I would recommend the pod he just dropped with Calley Means. Calley is a good man. Smart, honest and sincere. Traits that are just about non-existent in Washington, and he of course, was ejected from the system.

https://tinyurl.com/593f6ebn

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:18 PM (QaH55)

40 Everyone has to do what they feels is best for them. Myself, I am not going to retreat. I have been talking to local Republicans and Republican youth groups, setting up a civics 101 class and a open debate on socialism. I will be having a conversation with Darrell Harris about his campaign in a solid blue state.
Spencer Pratt has the the right messaging idea in today's climate and needs to be emulated.

The left wants us to back away and back down.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:20 PM (8Uo7a)

41 Gas price is going to fall due to natural market forces. Dems will take credit, msm will give them credit.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (adwj9)
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They carry too much Green Power and Fossil Fuel Hatred to make that work. Dems were elected without a mandate to do anything but fling poo like rabid monkeys at the Administration. That's going to get old quickly.

Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 12:20 PM (rj6Yv)

42 "setting up a civics 101 class" That's a great idea! Good luck!

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

43 DataRepublican (small r) sees the 15% shift across the board from early voting to final tabulation. She says it’s consistent everywhere. She’s not ready to call it fraud, but she does seem worried.

https://x.com/DataRepublican

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

44 Great stuff, KT. Thank you!

Posted by: Emmie at November 07, 2026 12:25 PM (OlzlW)

45 Nothing to see here. This was the most secure election ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:06 PM

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

Official Election Administration and Voting Comprehensive Report buried all the way on page 193 of the document shows Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship

Documented proof of citizenship like birth certificate, passport and naturalization papers is not required at the time of voter registration in Texas

56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”

This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)

46 Mediscare for all ends one of the prime reason to join a union, great insurance.
Maybe some job protection and maybe a few more bucks but the real Cadillac was the insurance.
Would love to be in the meeting where the DSA sells the union bosses and the one thing they control to control their members.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:29 PM (/+uur)

47 PS
Thanks for the blessing of eyesight.
My docs found on Monday the both my cornea transplants are not just healthy but have reduced my cornea swelling.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:30 PM (/+uur)

48 "the meeting where the DSA sells the union bosses"

DSA: 'Here's your bribes.'
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

49 This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)

Over 20 million new registrations after the 2022 midterms.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:32 PM (/+uur)

50 Good morning, not too late I hope.
Coffee will be kicking in any moment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:34 PM (vPv7/)

51 DSA: 'Here's your bribes.'
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

Now take that message to your members that coughed up about $20 B/year since 2013 (Obamacare start) to not be in Obamacare.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:34 PM (/+uur)

52 Can't be repeated enough. Every year 1,000,000 anchor babies become eligible to vote. The numbers have exploded in the last few years and we are seeing those effects now.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:36 PM (8Uo7a)

53 The *point* of our current government is to take money from one group (us) and give it to another (the left)

We've spent decades trying to change that and accomplished nothing.

And this is one major reason the left is so animated. This isn't a a hobby for them - this is their "job"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

54 I mentioned this earlier in another thread; there's speculation among some online data sleuths that the midterms were rigged. Not with ballots, but changed votes after they were submitted to be tabulated.

The results stink. No way 20+ million (R) voters defected in the states that flipped.

AI is suspected as being used to fake the results to "look" like a proper election. But... AI is being used to show that the results would look exactly like this... if you used AI. Debatable either way....

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 12:37 PM (RORbl)

55 43 DataRepublican (small r) sees the 15% shift across the board from early voting to final tabulation. She says it’s consistent everywhere. She’s not ready to call it fraud, but she does seem worried.

https://x.com/DataRepublican
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

I read her post as saying the day-of voting trends were consistent with the early voting numbers, so no obvious anomalies. IDK.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:38 PM (QaH55)

56
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'

How important are union bosses in the AI/robotic age?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)

57 "Now take that message to your members"

Dissident Union Member: 'This sucks.'
Union Boss: 'Nice job you have there. Be a shame to lose it.'

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

58 Just want to see what the average % of new registered voters is in each election year, going back 30 years. Without that context impossible to say if the figure is anomalous.

Ditto for mid-term vote totals. Dems added 20M (40%) to vote totals vs. last mid-term (2022).

Haven't checked but that figure seems massively, massively anomalous. Surely some election experts are drawing up this chart as I type? I would guess 5% is a typical variation cycle/cycle. Most elections are much closer than people think. A House seat where typical incumbent's victory margin is 5% is usually called "safe".

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (U/Byj)

59 Without proof of citizenship.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (LHPAg)

60 I remember in 2020 thinking this election will not stand.. There was obvious cheating and it will be overturned... Don't get your hopes up anything will change the results of the midterms... It will be the same as 2020

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (+gK6I)

61 Martini Farmer, the TX SoS's office did not publish any vote totals from 8pm until after 3am. That has not happened before. Precinct totals were delayed for over 6 hours.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:41 PM (8Uo7a)

62 20 million new voters all voting Democrat?
In a mid term.

Sure, Jan.

But nothing will be done about it and these 20 million “voters” will vote for AOC in 2028 as well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (adwj9)

63 GOP vote totals were I believe stable, same as 2022. Which seems logical. And also means no significant alienation or erosion of support. Which along with pre- and exit-survey (AFAI have seen) renders the simplistic analysis attributing losses to one issue implausible.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (U/Byj)

64 The thing that’s going to suck is the return of woke crap and censorship/deplatforming bullsh*t.

Along with all of the nonsense investigations and garbage legislation that’s going to be forthcoming.

The first order of business for the donks is nuking the filibuster, so the GOP is going to be even more of a useless pile of dogsh*t than usual.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (V4S8g)

65 That stupid bint in Alaska is ahead and we all know how that is gonna end up...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:44 PM (+gK6I)

66 So now Alaska is California?

Great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 12:45 PM (V4S8g)

67 49 This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)

Over 20 million new registrations after the 2022 midterms.

Posted by: r hennigantx
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Straw posted and article from 2025 validating that, among other things, Xi printed over 200,000 US Govt IDs for the 2020 election. From, DDG's AI on demographics, yesterday, Harris County (Houston) of 2025 has '600,000 undocumented aliens'.

Now do alien friendly Bexar County (San Antonio) and liberal Dallas County (Dallas). Amongst all the distractions people do not acknowledge that China is at war with us and its implications.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (vPv7/)

68 Here's a link to @WallStreetApes that includes analysis from @TruthAnswersAll which has a very good explanation for the 15% difference. IMO this election was stolen using a couple of different methods, and this algorithmic one is very compelling:

https://tinyurl.com/4w8vu2wn

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (3ImbR)

69 66

A lot of States have become CA all of a sudden

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:47 PM (+gK6I)

70 It's me donna, a convicted felon was elected to the State House in Texas. They are still trying to get her seated.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:47 PM (8Uo7a)

71 "She’s not ready to call it fraud"

The data IS compelling, but DJT isn't claiming fraud this time. I just checked his Truth Social, and he's posting stuff blaming R turnout, not D fraud. If I expected anybody to point out fraud, it would be him, but he hasn't so far.

It's up to the base, and the two-months-remaining R congress, to do something about it, if the President and his DOJ won't.

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

72 Terrible thing about Republicans is that Nancy Pelosi is a Democrat. If she were a Republican she would be slitting throats and kicking ass. Our side has no such person.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:49 PM (vPv7/)

73 Ben Had... I really feel for you all... To All of a sudden become a blue State is terrible... Since I'm a Californian with deep Texas roots I'm heartbroken

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

74 52 Can't be repeated enough. Every year 1,000,000 anchor babies become eligible to vote. The numbers have exploded in the last few years and we are seeing those effects now.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:36 PM (8Uo7a)

I follow a podcast that generally tracks flight activity, and what that means as far as the military shifting assets, etc. All during Biden's term, he was tracking all the contracted flights bringing illegals into the country. Hundreds of them. There point of origin and the destinations in the states. Whatever the actual number was - 10 million? 20 million? - they were dispersed all over the country, not just blue shitholes. You want 20 million more votes? Well, here's one way of getting there.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:50 PM (QaH55)

75 51 DSA: 'Here's your bribes.'
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
Posted by: gp
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DSA, good job, the transfer to your 501 account is complete.
Your friend.
Chairman XI

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:52 PM (vPv7/)

76 I think GOP turnout was flat with 2022. Which is not bad or hard to believe. But somehow Dem turnout increased 40%, which is hard to believe. Puzzled why Trump would say GOP turnout was a problem with this picture.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)

77 Wonder where Talafreako went for those 2 weeks ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)

78 22 PM (Jr5Lq)

43 DataRepublican (small r) sees the 15% shift across the board from early voting to final tabulation. She says it’s consistent everywhere. She’s not ready to call it fraud, but she does seem worried.

https://x.com/DataRepublican
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

That in fact makes me think it was in fact a shift in the electorate rather than fraud. Consider this; if the opposition was powerful enough to put in a 15% fraud in every single jurisdiction in the US, then they are already so powerful that the game is over and there’s no point trying to oppose them anymore. But I don’t believe that.
I believe we’ve entered a time where the population is angry and is going to vote against whoever is in power, flopping back and forth wildly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (oH6g4)

79 77 Wonder where Talafreako went for those 2 weeks ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)

Private mental hosp in OH
Same place they sent Lena about every other way

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:56 PM (/+uur)

80 The data IS compelling, but DJT isn't claiming fraud this time. I just checked his Truth Social, and he's posting stuff blaming R turnout, not D fraud. If I expected anybody to point out fraud, it would be him, but he hasn't so far.

It's up to the base, and the two-months-remaining R congress, to do something about it, if the President and his DOJ won't.

Posted by: gp
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Yeah, like congress, after doing nothing but roadblocking the president is going to do something in our favor.

And as far as claiming fraud, he pushed it before with no help
he has no expectation of help this time so it's better left alone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:56 PM (vPv7/)

81 They're not gonna change this election.. We just have to move on and do what we can do..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:59 PM (+gK6I)

82 "Puzzled why Trump would say GOP turnout was a problem with this picture."

I think I misinterpreted something he reposted. I saw a tweet saying R turnout was insufficient, but DJT's point was a reply tweet challenging that. I tried to make a tinyurl to link it, but that does not work, so to find it, you can look three hours down from the top.

I do very much regret the error.

Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 01:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

83 >>>...if the opposition was powerful enough to put in a 15% fraud in every single jurisdiction in the US, then they are already so powerful that the game is over... But I don’t believe that.
~~~~~

15% in every single state and every single race? Weird.

See my #68 for an explanation of where the 15% came from.

Our opposition isn't so powerful, but computers are.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:00 PM (3ImbR)

84 Noted earlier this morning, Houston mayor already issued EO for PD to not cooperate with ICE except with violent suspects. This is in violation of TX law. Interesting that he didn't even wait to do this until his fellow lawless vandals are in the governor and AG spots. Might indicate a confidence in brazen acts that is just the beginning. This country really is far gone, and pathetic.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 01:01 PM (U/Byj)

85 I'm torn about the plausibility of fraud. On the one hand, I know the forces that want to conquer and subjugate the US will perform the maximum level of cheating they think they can get away with. On the other hand, I hear a lot of voting people believing really stupid things and showing no attempts to apply discernment to the messages they hear.

Posted by: Emmie at November 07, 2026 01:02 PM (OlzlW)

86 Our opposition isn't so powerful, but computers are.

Posted by: IrishEi ?!
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If computers are opposition controlled?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:02 PM (vPv7/)

87 IrishEi, exactly.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 01:04 PM (8Uo7a)

88 No worries gp.

I am curious to see an election expert lay out the historical context here. Hard to believe a 40% leap in turnout, cycle/cycle.

I see an election result that's a mash-up of 1932, 1980, and 2010 - with economic and social conditions firmly in the average/middle range, nothing that unusual. Impossible to make sense of this, unless Servo's right and a large part of the electorate has become even dumber, and more volatile, than ever.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 01:04 PM (U/Byj)

89 Cornyn says if he was the nominee he would have won... Seriously ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 01:06 PM (+gK6I)

90 If JD or DeSantis or Marco can make 2028 happen we have about 15 new reps in Red States.
About 8 or 9 from 2030 census and about 7 or 8 from the 2020 that never got allocated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:08 PM (/+uur)

91 In 2026, once a state goes blue it will stay blue. Like the ComBloc of old. Instead of the Brezhnev Doctrine, it's called the California Doctrine.

I believe Rush BingBang used to talk about it. Once a democrat wins anywhere, they gerrymander and the courts support them and all the weirdos come out to the party to keep it in democrat hands.

Posted by: Good Luck at November 07, 2026 01:08 PM (Ssbab)

92 Until it's proven without a shadow of a doubt to be a legit election.... it's fraudulent. There's still much doubt about it. The answers are.... insufficient in explanation. Hand waving.

At a time that the right needed some stability.... it's gone. It could have made a significant difference. This never, ever seems to afflict the left.

Seems... sus to me. But it is what it is. My personal feelz won't change shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 01:09 PM (RORbl)

93 Impossible to make sense of this, unless Servo's right and a large part of the electorate has become even dumber, and more volatile, than ever.

The options:

1) People voted solely on the price of gas for the people that had raised it also to $4 four years ago

2) Fraud

3) The Dems turned out lefties in red states at presidential levels through their media campaign

Which of the three I don't know

Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

94 Fraud.

No one was working to secure the vote.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 01:11 PM (Sco7b)

95 >>>If computers are opposition controlled?
~~~~~

Guess I wasn't clear. I meant that our opposition was not overly powerful or intelligent themselves, but computers have changed the game.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:11 PM (3ImbR)

96 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 01:12 PM (Dk+mn)

97 El- Sayed on his opposition to Fetterman:

You put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message," El-Sayed, D-Mich., reportedly told progressive donors during a private Zoom call, arguing that challenging moderate Democrats in primary elections would send a message to the party's establishment.

What a delightful man! /sarc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 01:15 PM (JrHfD)

98 Martini Farmer, the TX SoS's office did not publish any vote totals from 8pm until after 3am. That has not happened before. Precinct totals were delayed for over 6 hours.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:41 PM (8Uo7a)

Vote counting paused overnight? Seems familiar…
Anyone remember a scenario like this in the past? Bueller? Bueller….?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

99 Interesting that on the whole
(R) hates (D) and Progressive ideas thinking that they have never ever worked.
Interesting on the whole
(D) hate the (R) to down to each person and wishes them death.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (/+uur)

101 >>The data IS compelling, but DJT isn't claiming fraud this time. I just checked his Truth Social, and he's posting stuff blaming R turnout, not D fraud. If I expected anybody to point out fraud, it would be him, but he hasn't so far.

I'd keep your eyes on that. The color revolution plotters are waiting for Trump to act.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)

102 vPv7/)

68 Here's a link to @WallStreetApes that includes analysis from @TruthAnswersAll which has a very good explanation for the 15% difference. IMO this election was stolen using a couple of different methods, and this algorithmic one is very compelling:

https://tinyurl.com/4w8vu2wn
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (3ImbR)

Two problems with claiming fraud, and I’ll limit this to Texas since that’s what I know.

#1: all 254 Texas Counties count and report their vote totals separately. An across the board 15% would require 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, including the most conservative counties.
#2; The people in charge of this system were Abbott, Paxton, and the Republican legislature. If they let this happen under their noses, then again there’s no hope and we might as well give up now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:18 PM (oH6g4)

103 You put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message," El-Sayed, D-Mich., reportedly told progressive donors during a private Zoom call, arguing that challenging moderate Democrats in primary elections would send a message to the party's establishment.

So El-Sayed wants to be put on a pike, does he?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 01:18 PM (ZVgZ4)

104 85 I'm torn about the plausibility of fraud. On the one hand, I know the forces that want to conquer and subjugate the US will perform the maximum level of cheating they think they can get away with. On the other hand, I hear a lot of voting people believing really stupid things and showing no attempts to apply discernment to the messages they hear.

Posted by: Emmie
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From a commenter here: More Democrats voted for Talarico than they have ever voted for a Democrat candidate in a presidential election.

That is a miraculous equation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:21 PM (vPv7/)

105 After what we saw in 2020 with the blatant stealing of the presidential election why would anyone discount Democrat cheating?

It's what they do. It's what they've always done.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)

106 I'd keep your eyes on that. The color revolution plotters are waiting for Trump to act.

Posted by: JackStraw
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If only the mover were to put them in jail.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (vPv7/)

107 You put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message,"
****

Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)

Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)

108 101 >>The data IS compelling, but DJT isn't claiming fraud this time. I just checked his Truth Social, and he's posting stuff blaming R turnout, not D fraud. If I expected anybody to point out fraud, it would be him, but he hasn't so far.

I'd keep your eyes on that. The color revolution plotters are waiting for Trump to act.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)

More Rainbow Revolution than Color Revolution...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)

109 Nemo

I'm no fan of most journalists, but El- Sayed really is an obnoxious bully. Article from "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/v928wdjb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (JrHfD)

110 The only way I see it being possible to cheat at the level needed is through tabulator machine updates by the election authorities or the manufacturer/vendor.

Otherwise, you would have to have inside people in elections offices in well over 2000 counties whose job would be to rig every voting machine by updating its software in person.

There are so many different types and manufacturers of voting machines, fraud would not be easy to carry out.

There are probably still lever machines still in use in places, those can’t be rigged with a software update. And the counties or districts that use paper ballots would be impossible to rig.

So it would have to be tabulators, but I still think it would be an insurmountable job to do this.

How many companies make tabulators?
Can they be rigged via software?
Is it possible to access every tabulator in over 2000 counties to get the job done?

It’s not impossible, but we need a lot more than speculation and graphs and statistical analysis to call it fraud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (6ydKt)

111 107 You put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message,"
****

Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)

Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)

He ranked relatively high on the "50 Most Hated" list...Must be all the libbies and Muzzies that hate him.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (l3cgK)

112 Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
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Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (amcLV)

113 112 Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
----------
Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (amcLV)

So an equal opportunity ~~employer~~ impailer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

114 >>>All 254 Texas Counties count and report their vote totals separately. An across the board 15% would require 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, including the most conservative counties.
~~~~~

And where do each of he counties send their results?

Ben Had commented: "...TX SoS's office did not publish any vote totals from 8pm until after 3am. That has not happened before. Precinct totals were delayed for over 6 hours."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (3ImbR)

115 NOOD Gardening

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

116 112 Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
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Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.
****
Well, you know, once you get started...

Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (4nyld)

117 >>If only the mover were to put them in jail.

Trump just ordered the DOJ to go after the people threatening Republican presidents, donors and others including young Republicans threatened by Slotkin. He mentioned her by name.

She is one of the color revolution plotters.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (viF8m)

118
105 After what we saw in 2020 with the blatant stealing of the presidential election why would anyone discount Democrat cheating?

It's what they do. It's what they've always done.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)

In 2020, the cheat was concentrated in a few major population centers, because those were easy to control. There were no anomalous results in rural, conservative districts. These districts didn’t have enough votes to be worth the effort of rigging.

This time the anomaly is across the board, in every district. It’s either a major shift in the electorate or it’s a power so vast and pervasive that the game is already over, and there’s no point fighting anymore.

Personally, I see one country in particular which bounces wildly from right to left and back because everyone is always pissed off at whoever is in power, and they’ve ended up with a chaotic government dedicated to pandering to whoever yells loudest as a result - France.

We might be turning into France.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (oH6g4)

119 We might be turning into France.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Corrupt to the gills.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:37 PM (vPv7/)

120 I don’t know how you would change vote totals through the Secretary of State offices, either.

Every polling place and central count office, report to a county or other municipality who then report totals to the state SoS office.

That means there’s a paper trail of records that also must be changed for everything to add up.

You can’t just hack the Secretary of State’s computer and change the numbers because you’d also have to change everybody else’s numbers at the same time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:46 PM (6ydKt)

121 It's not who counts the Stalins.
It's who Stalins the counters.

Posted by: DaveA at November 07, 2026 01:59 PM (PMJuY)

122 1) People voted solely on the price of gas for the people that had raised it also to $4 four years ago

2) Fraud

3) The Dems turned out lefties in red states at presidential levels through their media campaign
___

All of the above.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 07, 2026 02:21 PM (qesug)

123 Noted earlier this morning, Houston mayor already issued EO for PD to not cooperate with ICE except with violent suspects. This is in violation of TX law. Interesting that he didn't even wait to do this until his fellow lawless vandals are in the governor and AG spots. Might indicate a confidence in brazen acts that is just the beginning. This country really is far gone, and pathetic.
Posted by: rhomboid

Maybe Abbot will get off his ass and do..

Nevermind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 02:36 PM (SN8r1)

124 At least the trip will be entertaining.

>>@jsolomonReports
·
1m
>>Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 02:42 PM (viF8m)

125 “Stephen Miller is the most dangerous person in Trump’s administration and should be fired instead of promoted,” wrote Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) in a post on X.
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Bless Andy's little black heart.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 02:56 PM (vPv7/)

126 Stephen Miller is the most dangerous person in Trump’s administration and should be fired instead of promoted,” wrote Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) in a post on X.

Good choice then.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 03:03 PM (SN8r1)

127 This time the anomaly is across the board, in every district. It’s either a major shift in the electorate or it’s a power so vast and pervasive that the game is already over, and there’s no point fighting anymore.
-
I think that means the solution is fighting, rather than trying to manage elections and courts.

FWIW, I think I'm moving into the "elections are bullshit, it's all color revolution" camp. I *just* had an ad on youtube pushing the "Trump is Putin's stooge" shit.

Nearly a week after an election. When he's never running again.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 03:09 PM (vSvIl)

128 We might be turning into France.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Corrupt to the gills.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Babylon

Ancient Babylon serves as a profound example of national moral decay, illustrating how a once-mighty and prosperous nation can fall into spiritual blindness and moral bankruptcy through the rejection of God’s ways.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 03:11 PM (XeU6L)

129 That means there’s a paper trail of records that also must be changed for everything to add up.
-
Is anyone double checking those records?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 03:20 PM (vSvIl)

130 Not discounting moral decay. I may well be God's way.
But
China is at war with us and is winning. It is winning because neither the electorate nor the majority of politicians acknowledge this fact.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 03:25 PM (vPv7/)

131 Madison was not alone. In 1828, Davy Crockett, then a member of Congress, gave a speech opposing the granting of a pension to a widow, with similar argument, and the same result.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 07, 2026 03:46 PM (CAg82)

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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

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1 Good morning all!
Son and his buddy went camping last night. It was in the 40s. He had to borrow his father’s sleeping bag. I guess Christmas shopping for him will be easy this year. Prayers for all of the Horde.

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2 Morning, all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:22 AM (qRla/)

3 2 Cor 4 ending verse

17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 07:26 AM (/+uur)

4
Muh 'Horns play the Misery KittyKats today at 11 CT.

Should be a good game depending on which 'Horns team show up.

Hook'em Horns!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:31 AM (YSUhf)

5 Morning, all! Happy weekend!

Going to visit family this weekend, I'll probably read the content in the evenings.

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6 Yonder Horde

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Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (RORbl)

7
Slow start this morning here at the HQ.

Too many morons and ettes musta drowned their sorrow with too much Val-U-Rite.

VAL-U-RITE

It Takes Away Your Memories of...uh...What Was I Talking About?.....Is My Name Frank? Yeah, yeah, Frank. Maybe Johnny? Ah hell, Gimme Another Drink!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:35 AM (YSUhf)

8 We might want to add the country to the prayer list.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 07:36 AM (XV/Pl)

9 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (Ta4DE)

10 I always feel silly asking for anything on this thread, as so many have it so much worse. But here goes:

I was watching 1944s Hollywood Canteen the other night. It's a wonderful, funny and touching movie, but I had to stop halfway through because it was like a knife in my heart. It was, as I said, a funny movie - happy, smiling and innocent in a way real life never is, but how "Hollywood life" is. I couldn't stop crying, comparing that life with my own, and wishing I could live in that sunny, carefree world.

If anyone could spare a thought for my self-loathing and chronic depression, I would appreciate it. Keeping the 'happy mask' on is very tiresome.

And again, apologies for asking when so many of you are hurting so much more.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)

11 Good morning Horde, thx CBD. Happy weekend to all.
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need. Prayers for our country for the trying times ahead

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 07, 2026 07:41 AM (7XuqV)

12 Good morning horde
At Shady Maple for apple cinnamon bread

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (4Lxer)

13 Thanks CBD for the thread

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:43 AM (4Lxer)

14
Hitherto, I've been contemptuous of zombie nonsense. Except on Tuesday, the zombies got elected across America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)

15
Aside from the disastrous week for Our Country, I sat down and added things up, and-

yeah, yeah a few bumps here and there but overall life is good.

I think it's important to be grateful for all the good people and things in your life. Thankful for your family, etc.

The Lord provides and thanks are in order.

White Pilling, people. It's okay to be happy.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:48 AM (YSUhf)

16 12 Good morning horde
At Shady Maple for apple cinnamon bread
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (4Lxer)

hopefully you tied a ball of string to your bumper and carried it in with you so you can find your way out when you're done.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:51 AM (aKiSo)

17 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)

--

{{{{MP3}}}}

Oh how I wish I could ease your depression. I've been there. I know how it feels to plumb the depths of such an affliction. I can literally start to feel myself going down into the hole that never ends when it starts creeping into my mind. From my "friends in a box" perspective, you are such a wonderful, highly intelligent person and I know I'd feel the same if I knew you in person. But most of us can never see what others tell us we are. I am my own worst critic, and I say such horrible things to myself about myself I'd never say to another person. Just know that you're never alone in your suffering. We're here (lucky you!) and so many of us understand.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

18 Hitherto, I've been contemptuous of zombie nonsense. Except on Tuesday, the zombies got elected across America.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)

But think of how many more people will grow contemptuous now that it's impossible to ignore their nonsense anymore?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (aKiSo)

19
Another busy day. Up at 4:30, took care of the dogs, drove for 45 minutes to the show, now sitting outside the RV with Diana.

Stewarding until 2:00, drive home, take care of the dogs, then off to Mass at 4:00. Vigil Mass is not my favorite, but needs must.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (b8Otf)

20 Hookem Horns

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (/+uur)

21 Good morning again dear morons with gratitude to cbd and annie and you all for praying

{grammie}{Some Rat}{TiFW}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

22
Thanks for stepping in, CBD.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (b8Otf)

23 Good morning, praying for all this morning.

Posted by: Benjamin D. Over at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (YIbS+)

24 Thanks CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (8EA41)

25 Channeling irongrampa:

You are Americans, inheritors of a the most marvelous political system ever devised by Man. Never forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and commit to preserving their legacy against its enemies. Out of many we are One.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

26 Good Saturday morning, horde. Prayers for all. Special prayers for those who are unable to be with us.

Grammy winger, Donna Ampersands, JT to name a few; I know there are more.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 07:56 AM (CjHsb)

27 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 07, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

28 Thanks CBD. Good morning Horde. Pray, hope, don’t worry, practice, buy ammo, have a plan!

Posted by: Buck at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (z6ONu)

29 "But think of how many more people will grow contemptuous now that it's impossible to ignore their nonsense anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko"

You forgot the /s.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (MWfyi)

30 Final airshow of the season here today at NAS Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels.

They flew yesterday with only five instead of the usual six. That is because Blue Angels No. 6 (opposing solo), Maj. Scott Laux, has been booted from the team for "failure to uphold the standards expected of a Blue Angels member." He's no longer listed on the Blue Angels website.

Also no longer listed on the website is the Blue Angels' Public Affairs Officer, Capt. Danielle Cribb, who has previously described Maj. Scott Laux as her "mentor" on the team.

Doesn't take much reading between the lines on that one.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (J4Dwc)

31
But think of how many more people will grow contemptuous now that it's impossible to ignore their nonsense anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (aKiSo)

_________

If they don't get eaten first.

Hope my mood will change, but I couldn't be more contemptuous of the people in Texas. I was told that the Democrats' success was due to the Hispanic vote. If those people are Catholics, they got some explaining to do to the Lord. They voted for the advocates of objective evil: aborticomaniacs, sex butchers and murder applauders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:58 AM (b8Otf)

32 Veterans Day is next week. If you have the opportunity, maybe go to a ceremony and/or thank a Veteran.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)

33 Oh how I wish I could ease your depression. I've been there. I know how it feels to plumb the depths of such an affliction. I can literally start to feel myself going down into the hole that never ends when it starts creeping into my mind. From my "friends in a box" perspective, you are such a wonderful, highly intelligent person and I know I'd feel the same if I knew you in person. But most of us can never see what others tell us we are. I am my own worst critic, and I say such horrible things to myself about myself I'd never say to another person. Just know that you're never alone in your suffering. We're here (lucky you!) and so many of us understand.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
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This is an excellent analysis. Never say anything to yourself you would never say to a friend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

34 "Doesn't take much reading between the lines on that one.
Posted by: one hour sober"

Maybe they can get jobs as airline pilots and fly united.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)

35 Maybe they can get jobs as airline pilots and fly united.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)

They can fly the friendly skies also.

Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 08:02 AM (Oy/m2)

36 I couldn't stop crying, comparing that life with my own, and wishing I could live in that sunny, carefree world.

If anyone could spare a thought for my self-loathing and chronic depression, I would appreciate it. Keeping the 'happy mask' on is very tiresome.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)

You have my prayers, MP4. My husband suffers in the same way, except that the world he wants to be in is that of the warrior. I think he has never known what to do with his life or how to be after he left the Marine Corps. He wants so badly to be anywhere but here, in his own life.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (CjHsb)

37 The "cure" for my depression when I was there was to realize that it's the normal state of affairs. It isn't something wrong with you or something to fix, necessarily. You actually do suck. I suck. We all suck. Humans suck. The Universe sucks. You're not automatically awesome just for being. You don't deserve all that is good just because you were shat into this world through no doing of your own. You're made in your Creator's image, and your Creator is the guy whose last two attempts to create friends for Himself resulted in Satan and then us rotten reprobates who hate His guts regardless, too.

You're not supposed to gaze inward upon yourself and feel a rush of joy and light and loveliness. You're supposed to feel crappy, because we are, constitutionally, crappy.

So either wallow in the crap, or look back at your Creator and say to Him "Oh, wow, I get it. No wonder this world is so awful. It's swarming with awful things like me". And then go out and try to make at least one or two things about this world we have to share with Him a little less intolerable just so you and maybe someone else can get through today somehow. You can't fix it, but you can make it better.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (aKiSo)

38 Good morning, Dear Morons. {{{collective hug}}}.

MP4, do not despair because your life is messier than some Hollywood confection. Everybody's is, including all the people who spent blood, sweat, and tears to make that happy bit of pop art.

I'm enjoying your book, by the way.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (kpS4V)

39 I couldn't stop crying, comparing that life with my own, and wishing I could live in that sunny, carefree world.
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That sunny carefree world is an artifice and doesn't really exist. Don't be fooled into suspending your disbelief even after the theater lights have come back on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

40 White Pilling, people. It's okay to be happy.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:48 AM (YSUhf)

^^^^^This^^^^^

We did what we can do. Now we wait and watch, and prepare. In the meantime, we have friends, most of us have family, we have holidays coming where we celebrate gratitude and joy. Make the most of it, friends.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (CjHsb)

41 That's going to be a tough interview at United for Capt. Danielle Cribb. She's not a pilot. She's a Communication Strategy and Operations specialist.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (J4Dwc)

42 You're not supposed to gaze inward upon yourself and feel a rush of joy and light and loveliness. You're supposed to feel crappy, because we are, constitutionally, crappy.

This message brought to you by John Calvin.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (a4flb)

43 Well said, 'Fake and Dash.

To do any less would be ungrateful.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:09 AM (kpS4V)

44 Hitherto, I've been contemptuous of zombie nonsense. Except on Tuesday, the zombies got elected across America.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)

Not exactly a zombie movie, more like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but-

We saw a Japanese horror movie streaming on Shudder titled, "New Group". It kinda fits in with the events of this week.

The story is set in a Japanese high School where one boy is seen in the school yard on his hands and knees. Soon other students are joining the form a gymnastic pyramid. The school officials begin supporting the student pyramid and it grows larger and larger as it attracts more people. And then things get weird.

This is one of those individual vs the group stories.

I won't tell you that it's a great movie, but it's entertaining in WTF way and definitely keeps your interest as you want to see how things work out. You'll probably be surprised.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:11 AM (YSUhf)

45 You actually do suck.

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^^^ Hey, bumper sticker stuff right there!

Not to belabor the point on depression, but I find nothing as powerful as turning to G*d for mercy, comfort and a release of the negativity that sometimes engulfs me. I eventually climb out of it with His love and I truly believe, truly believe that when I berate myself with horrible insults for even the most minor things, it comes directly from the Devil...who wants me in despair and anguish. Through prayer, G*d gives me my ladder out. He is the only one that can.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

46 It helps to remember you weren't put here to be a happy. It helps a *lot.*

It also helps to understand why so much is so fucked up.

People striving against nature for something they can never have has led to an awful lot of destruction, only to make them and everyone else more, not less miserable.

Paradoxically, once you accept this, you'll be considerably more satisfied with life than when you lunging at shadows, because you realize just how lucky you are to have escaped the worst miseries.

Most of us stumbled ass backwards into a pretty good deal, all things considered. You could have been an aboriginal huffing petrol in the outback. You could have been a child soldier defending some warlord's control over a kimberlite pipe. You could have been Lena Dunham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)

47 We are all Lena Dunham. You're welcome.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at November 07, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

48 Just want to say thanks to everyone for the morale boost I get from this place. The main prayer I'm saying right now is asking for God to take away my anger and not respond to various provocations from folks on the other side.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2026 08:16 AM (/k3in)

49 CBD thank you for taking over the prayer list

Prayers for all the horde in need, and for our nation, and for Pres. Trump and his loyal supporters.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:16 AM (Ydd86)

50 I am my own worst critic, and I say such horrible things to myself about myself I'd never say to another person.

Are you trolling for people to bring on the Smack Down?

Truthfully, there are upsides to being your own worst critic. It is a cure for narcissism. It indicates a level of self-reflection; yearning for being better today than yesterday; a set of immutable standards.

From the spiritual standpoint, having that inner monologue of the Sinner's Prayer must also include the hope and promise of redemption and restoration else there is that dark spiral.

I pity those without faith since Science!™ tells them that it is simply unbalanced serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine — its all in the mind, have a psychotropic subscription.

Next thing you know, you are strangling your kids in the basement and other reprobates cheer because they are also damned.

That is why there is prayer and fasting.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

51 >>>You actually do suck. I suck. We all suck. Humans suck. The Universe sucks.

The trick is finding the right things to suck. Don't be creepy about it. Don't be a homo about it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (j98AZ)

52 Share your frustrations and disappointments with God. Just imagine how frustrated and disappointed He is with all He's got going on, too. Have a nice sit down and a chat with Him about how crap everything is. You'll probably find it turns out that you can help Him, and He can help you. We really are made in His image... and we all just want to be loved.

(do you capitalize "we" if it includes capital-H "Him" too? I actually have no idea....)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (aKiSo)

53 On a lighter note, I keep getting ads on YT for an Ugly Medieval Cat advent calendar, and the little figurines are hilarious.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V)

54
CBD! Getting up early on Saturday.

Thanks for the effort!

There sure to be a extra Ace Bux in your pay this week.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (YSUhf)

55 From my prayerbook

Hashem: We ask Your blessings for our country - for its government, for its leaders and advisors, and for all who exercise just and rightful authority. Teach them insights from Your Torah, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.

Creator of all flesh, bless all the inhabitants of our country with Your spirit. May citizens of all races and creeds forge a common bond in true harmony, to banish hatred and bigotry, and to safeguard the ideals and free institutions that are the pride and glory of our country.

May the land, under Your providence, be an influence for good throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom - helping them to fulfill the vision of Your prophet: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nations, neither shall they experience war any more." And let us say: Amen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

56 I pity those without faith since Science!™ tells them that it is simply unbalanced serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine — its all in the mind, have a psychotropic subscription.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

Heh. And just who was it that designed our stupid little thinking glands to run on hormones and ionic conduction, anyway, huh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (aKiSo)

57 "The trick is finding the right things to suck. "

You got that right.

Posted by: Electrolux at November 07, 2026 08:22 AM (MWfyi)

58 If anyone could spare a thought for my self-loathing and chronic depression, I would appreciate it. Keeping the 'happy mask' on is very tiresome.”

I’m blessed not to have suffered from this, but have had more than one close family member who I love that have. So I know what it is, and how it grinds a good person down.

You no doubt have heard all the standard replies a thousand times. Of course I don’t know your personal beliefs, but a story of Elijah from 1 Kings always struck me. Elijah, one of God’s greatest prophets, fell into a deep depression, told God he was through, and asked God to take his life, he was done. That’s as good and short of a description of deep depression as you’ll find, and it happened to one of the greatest prophets ever.

What happened next is the most surprising part - he wasn’t rebuked, he wasn’t told this was a sin. He wasn’t told he was wrong, he wasn’t told to straighten out. He spoke to Elijah in a still small voice and said “You know, I’ve still got a few things I want you to do here. And you’ve still got 7000 supporters you don’t know about. And most of all, I’m about to do some things that will astound you, you’re going to be amazed!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)

59 52 Share your frustrations and disappointments with God. Just imagine how frustrated and disappointed He is with all He's got going on, too. Have a nice sit down and a chat with Him about how crap everything is. You'll probably find it turns out that you can help Him, and He can help you. We really are made in His image... and we all just want to be loved.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM

The Oak Ridge Boys:

https://youtu.be/4fbuQvoKH9U

Posted by: Just a little talk with Jesus at November 07, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

60 I offer a prayer of thanksgiving and gratitude to the Lord as another journey around the sun comes to a close.

I feel closer to our Lord in my daily life, I walk with hope.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (Ydd86)

61 I sometimes feel guilty for not putting food out for the feral kitties, and then they pull crap like having epic cat fights on my porch and then I'm okay.

On the plus side, it's like a Bravo reality show on Cat TV for Lily.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)

62 That's going to be a tough interview at United for Capt. Danielle Cribb. She's not a pilot. She's a Communication Strategy and Operations specialist.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (J4Dwc)

So HR, then..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 07, 2026 08:26 AM (08OqX)

63
The Chosen.

Posted by: Come And See at November 07, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

64 vmom, happy birthday!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

65 Thanks for all the thoughts on depression.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Sco7b)

66 Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

Thank you, dear lady. When I watch movies like that, all I can think of is stepping into the screen like Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr and staying there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 08:29 AM (qRla/)

67 61 I sometimes feel guilty for not putting food out for the feral kitties, and then they pull crap like having epic cat fights on my porch and then I'm okay.

On the plus side, it's like a Bravo reality show on Cat TV for Lily.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)

Hahaha! Plant a barrel of catnip out there. That'll calm them down.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (CjHsb)

68 I was about to send this to my oldest, who is at his first state cross country championship as a freshman, for a bit of last minute introspection and motivation. I thought it might be appreciated here, too.

Control what you think, control who you are.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SHLEAp1CPQ4

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)

69 Good morning
Up way earlier than usual. Spent the first hour lying in bed trying to go back to sleep feeling off center. This week was really hard on my sense of well being. Like we did everything right but still got screwed. So, I come to this place and find out I am not alone after all. That it is normal to question purpose.. Every life has stages. Still trying to figure out this one.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (kJmSS)

70 One small glimmer of hope.

GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd Survives “Blue Tsunami” in Colorado, Defeats Democrat Challenger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (ndZc7)

71 Teach them insights from Your Torah, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.

They can concentrate on the words of the Midianite priest and Moses' father in law Jethro when providing delegation advice.

What we have now is the complete and total opposite.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)

72 Any time you're depressed about relationship things (family, romantic, any human relationship really), just think about how it all started. God created an entire Universe for one man, whose only job was to be His friend and live in literal Paradise... and then that guy said "this is dumb, i'm bored, make me a friend so i'm not lonely".

Imagine the heartache.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM (aKiSo)

73 https://youtube.com/shorts/SHLEAp1CPQ4
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)
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Eileen Gu is a commie and CCP shill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

74
Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flows the wellspring of life.

Posted by: Proverbs 4:23 at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

75 It helps to remember you weren't put here to be a happy. It helps a *lot.*
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^^^THIS!^^^
We were created to serve God. If you're happy and comfortable than you don't need God.
If you feel out of place, it's because you are. This place isn't supposed to be comfortable because it's not your final home. God wants you to yearn and strive for Heaven. To be with him is when you'll finally be truly fulfilled.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (VCgbV)

76 Did the democrats name it blue tsunami? If so they are even more incompetent and inept than previously imagined, if possible. Tsunamis are destructive, negative things. It sounds powerful and cool but in reality it causes upheaval, death and despair. So maybe they picked aptly after all.

Posted by: H at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (TrIzn)

77 Eileen Gu is a commie and CCP shill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

Right over your head it went.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (j98AZ)

78 I was about to send this to my oldest, who is at his first state cross country championship as a freshman, for a bit of last minute introspection and motivation. I thought it might be appreciated here, too.

Control what you think, control who you are.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SHLEAp1CPQ4
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)

That's good.

I think it's basically correct....even at 29.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (YSUhf)

79 Serenity Now!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at November 07, 2026 08:37 AM (Q+gd/)

80 Right over your head it went.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (j98AZ)
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No offense but I never gave it a chance. I put commies on "mute" as much as I can.

I trust that you are far more inspiring to him than she.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

81
Serenity Now! > Serenity Cow

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (YSUhf)

82 "...just think about how it all started. God created an entire Universe for one man..."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM

And He spoke it into existence.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

83 I'm sure this'll work out well.

Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:41 AM (ndZc7)

84 I'm sure this'll work out well.

Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats

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this is what happens when Rs act like Ds....

Posted by: runner at November 07, 2026 08:42 AM (AKptf)

85 Jon Stewart Says No to Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader: “Bull**** System the Needs to Go”

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When he's right, he's right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)

86 So (D) think they control everything.
They may have less power now than before as now they MUST do something other than bitch.
It is an almost impossible action as the things they are FOR would require them to MAKEOVER 3 major industries:
1. Healthcare $5.3 T system 360 M subscribers and 13 M providers. (Currently includes $550 B/yr in fraud and would double in first year of Mediscare/All)
2. Digital Economy $4.9 T system that can move anywhere by adding a mile or 2 of fibre. (AI and Datacenters need land and energy and the country that provide the best values WINS)
3. Higher Ed $1 T 20 M subscribers and 10,000 providers trying to create value (workers) in our $45 T economy. (See #2 and the Trades, Trades have forced many local schools to provide math/reading/thinking skill needed to build things and that leaves ZERO room for DEI and the Social Studies)

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

87 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (ZOv7s)

88 No offense but I never gave it a chance. I put commies on "mute" as much as I can.

I trust that you are far more inspiring to him than she.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

No offense taken. And in return, no offense, but I figured as much, and I get the inclination.

If it was commie speak, it wouldn't be offered here or as inspirational thought to my oldest. It is about personal power and power of individual thought, two things that are quite antithetical to communist dogma.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (j98AZ)

89 Good morning good people. Prayers up for all Hordian intentions and especially for those experiencing depression. My family has experience in that realm.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (L/8vZ)

90 >>Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats

New Georgia Department of Transportation

https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

91 Oh, MP4, my heart goes out for you. I have been there many, many times. How is the weather today in your neck of the woods? Maybe take advantage of some sunshine. Take a drive and enjoy some beautiful scenery. Hollywood is not real. Remember that you got some shout outs on your recent novel! We met at the old train station a few years ago. It was memorable in a positive way. You have so many people here that respect you. Endeavor to persevere, as the saying goes.... We love you here.

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at November 07, 2026 08:48 AM (OpLc2)

92 - Hmmm, should I or shouldn't I?

Well, if I address that one comment, then I'll have to address that other one. And then there was that one that...
Meh, too much one finger typing.

I'll just take the lizard's advice...
Let it go Louie. Let it go.

Posted by: TeeJ at November 07, 2026 08:48 AM (/HR0+)

93 Serenity Now!
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at November 07, 2026 08:37 AM (Q+gd/)
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Insanity later!

Posted by: Lloyd Braun at November 07, 2026 08:49 AM (s2iZv)

94 I'm not "stepping away" from the blog, but I am going back into 2021 "weekend only" mode for a while. I realized that if the midterms had gone well, I would have kept posting and ignoring the many things that I need to do. So for the time being, those have priority.

We met with the oncologist and Mrs. Lloyd's chemo has been halted indefinitely until they figure out the abdominal swelling. She is still doing the drug therapy. The doctor said that there is not clear data on how effective partial treatments of chemo are, and where the curve lies in terms of odds of recurrence. It may be an even progression and it may have plateaus. I don't think the data isn't there, but no one ever compiled it. Weird.

Anyhow, the lesson is that we truly are in a spiritual war and the demons are very much active in this. God permits the wicked to prosper to call the faithful to repentance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)

95 Operation "Moar Shelving" is now complete. I still have all my fingers and toes.

I didn't have as much "help" from my ~~kitties~~ murderfluffs as I expected, though one of them did test the structural strength of the shelving after it was fully assembled.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (s2iZv)

96 MP4 I will pray for you. Also my btdt story:

In my own life, beginning a single daily practice is what eventually turned my depression around. You will laugh, but it was listening to a Christian music station while driving. So the music is mid, but they always interspersed with little Christian anecdotes etc.

So one day while listening while driving, and at the stoplight, I just burst into tears. I had such a feeling of needing God, like an empty hole in my chest.

After that I started consuming religious media. Then I started praying daily. Eventually, I went to confession. This process took years. Last year I found a Catholic therapy practice.

It didn't have to take years though lol.

Anyway, thank you KLOV radio. Even though I don't listen anymore, you changed my life.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (Ydd86)

97 >>Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats

New Georgia Department of Transportation

https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

What did Georgians use to light their homes before candles?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (j98AZ)

98 >>Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats

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"Angry over missing children, voters elect ravenous tigers to school board - citing their 'hunger for change.'"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

99 What did Georgians use to light their homes before candles?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (j98AZ)

them pluggy things and switchy things on the wall

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

101 Better to have this wonderful Scripture in context to explain why we are beaten, but not broken:

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

We can endure because Jesus, the long hoped for Messiah, The Christos

Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 08:54 AM (iwBbL)

102 Thank you San Franpsycho !

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:54 AM (Ydd86)

103 If you believe that PDT was saved from an assassin's bullet by something other than sheer good luck, then you have to believe that the current situation has been likewise influenced.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:55 AM (MWfyi)

104 We met with the oncologist and Mrs. Lloyd's chemo has been halted indefinitely until they figure out the abdominal swelling.
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Prayer for complete and immediate recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

105 And He spoke it into existence.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

Genesis as related by John:
“1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:56 AM (oH6g4)

106 Went to see the Elizabeth Holmes documentary last night.
Quite compelling. Theater was packed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)

107 Prayers for my Brother Joe
he has shingles

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (/+uur)

108 Anyhow, the lesson is that we truly are in a spiritual war and the demons are very much active in this. God permits the wicked to prosper to call the faithful to repentance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)

I have had events and occurrences in my personal life recently that have brought home that lesson to me in a very focused way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (oH6g4)

109 Ow Brother Joe get thee to a doctor for the shots. btdt

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 09:00 AM (MWfyi)

110 I'm enjoying your book, by the way.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (kpS4V)

Thank you, Eris. A review on Amazon would be much appreciated.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:01 AM (qRla/)

111 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Praying for Mrs.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86)

112
Looks like I'll have to handle my ring on my own today. That's the problem with being a good steward. It makes it easier for them to do things like this to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:04 AM (2TXIf)

113 Jennifer Welch's Podcast Loses a SLEW of Sponsors After Her Vile Giggling About Charlie Kirk

https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)

114 111 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Praying for Mrs.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86

Me too. For all of you.

Ralphy was just out again. He squirms and squirms. I'm so frustrated with him.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 09:06 AM (Sco7b)

115 The kids came for dinner last night and Girl F. is looking big she complained it is difficult to get out of bed. She has had a a relatively easy pregnancy so far b"h.

We made our child care offer. Maximum of 5 half-days or 3 full-days or equivalent combination. Between care for Boy F. and MiL that's the most we can manage regularly. They were very pleased.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

116 Et tu, Big Dog Food?

Politics1776 OP #007/92
@CaraGrace23
Update: Chewy is no longer affiliated or sponsoring Jennifer Welch’s podcast.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:08 AM (ndZc7)

117 I have had events and occurrences in my personal life recently that have brought home that lesson to me in a very focused way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (oH6g4)
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God be with you. The thing is, things are going very well on the home front, which makes obsessing over things I cannot influence really stupid. So as in 2022, I'm going to pour my energy into those things, which also produce tangible fruit, not just a sick burn on a screen.

Thank you everyone for your prayers. We are hopeful that the cancer got at least as wrecked as my wife, and the drug therapy is still ongoing. In the meantime, she can enjoy life a bit and I don't have to sleep on the couch two days per week. I will be active on the book thread and I'll have a lot of writing news.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

118 Four simple words of advice:

Endeavor to Persevere!

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (qgHp7)

119 Jennifer who?

Posted by: Most people at November 07, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

120 I didn't have as much "help" from my kitties murderfluffs as I expected, though one of them did test the structural strength of the shelving after it was fully assembled.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (s2iZv)

In No Man's Sky I named a planet Shelvington in the Ace of Spades HQ system that is intended to be the base for Horde players once I earn a billion credits in game.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 09:11 AM (lFFaq)

121 Looks like I'll have to handle my ring on my own today. That's the problem with being a good steward. It makes it easier for them to do things like this to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:04 AM (2TXIf)
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MBA Rule of Management #22: punish the effective with ever more tasks, protect the laggards in hope they will succeed

Corollary: they won't.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (RIvkX)

122 I'm heading out to practice what I preach and get stuff done, but before I go I'd like to recommend the Rosary as a prayer method. I was skeptical of it at first, but I now see its value.

For those who do not know, it is a cycle of prayer based on events in the Bible and lasts about 15 minutes. It is very repetitive, and that allows a deeper level of contemplation. During the Dark Times, I was saying one almost every day, and of course I cut back on that because hey, everything's fine. I need to make that more consistent, as with my daily prayer.

God bless!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

123 113 Jennifer Welch's Podcast Loses a SLEW of Sponsors After Her Vile Giggling About Charlie Kirk

https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)

They won the election...she's not needed anymore...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:13 AM (Gb7+b)

124 Gateway

Beautiful Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was sentenced to 74 lashes after she was seen singing without a hijab.

That’s not all. To make sure she does not put on such an illegal display the brutal regime, or what’s left of the regime, has banned her from singing for two years.

Parastoo sang without a hijab and her arms showing in an online concert on YouTube in 2024.

Now she will pay for her shameful display

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 09:13 AM (Sco7b)

125 The ones that pull the puppet strings of this world, the workers of iniquity, the merchants of death, the progenitors of lies, the sowers of famine and disease and chaos, those that foment disharmony, their assurance is of this world. They view their prosperity and longevity as proof that the unseen Lord is with them because He does not scuttle their plans and dash them against the rocks.

I pity them. They believe that life is temporal, that the portion due to them for their misdeeds and destruction can be forestalled forever, if only they outmaneuver and stay one step ahead of the sword of justice.

But the Lord will not be outplayed, outplanned, or manipulated. For all their cunningness come to naught on that day of judgement that is to come.

It is the conqueror of this life, this time, who knows that all in this world comes to an end and all its troubles and triumphs will end and the Eschaton, the kingdom that is to come, is an eternal one.

The ultimate "prepper" is the one who takes up his cross and follows the Lord incarnate, Christ Jesus.

Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 09:17 AM (iwBbL)

126 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 09:18 AM (LOvBA)

127
God bless!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

_________

The Rosary is a great comfort and a great weapon against evil. Best spent 20 waking minutes of the day.

Remembering Mrs. Lloyd in my intentions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:19 AM (2TXIf)

128
MBA Rule of Management #22: punish the effective with ever more tasks, protect the laggards in hope they will succeed

___________

The horse that pulls is the one they urge on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2TXIf)

129 It is the conqueror of this life, this time, who knows that all in this world comes to an end and all its troubles and triumphs will end and the Eschaton, the kingdom that is to come, is an eternal one.

The ultimate "prepper" is the one who takes up his cross and follows the Lord incarnate, Christ Jesus.
Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 09:17 AM
Going forward knows what counts. It’s the afterlife, not this obe

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 09:21 AM (LHPAg)

130 The ultimate "prepper" is the one who takes up his cross and follows the Lord incarnate, Christ Jesus.
Posted by: Going Forward
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I love this!

Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 09:21 AM (VCgbV)

131 My best friend convinced his brother to go to Confession.

The brother coined the term "Confession Therapy."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 09:22 AM (LOvBA)

132 Beautiful Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was sentenced to 74 lashes after she was seen singing without a hijab.

I guess I should admire their ability to pay attention to these small issues while running out of money and getting their asses bombed to hell.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 07, 2026 09:23 AM (vTZFs)

133 Who's Jennifer Welch or should I even care?

Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

134 For those who aren't Catholic, but would appreciate a series of guided meditations and prayers, Jenny Lynn Estes has a series of books based on the Biblical names of God that use Anglican prayer beads. There is one book a piece for the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit with 33 prayers in each.

Given the current fallen state of much of the Anglican church, the prayers are Biblically sound as are many of their traditional prayers. I've seen Jenny Lynn Estes on YouTube and her love for Christ really shines through.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (lFFaq)

135 Jennifer Welch's Podcast Loses a SLEW of Sponsors After Her Vile Giggling About Charlie Kirk

https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)

They won the election...she's not needed anymore...
Posted by: Nova Local

Good. What pigs. They can't help themselves.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Ta4DE)

136 >>I'm heading out to practice what I preach and get stuff done

Translation: I high-stepping it out of here before those I labeled "black-pillers" last week laugh in my face for being arrogantly incorrect.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 09:25 AM (J4Dwc)

137 Morning again, folken,

I see the thread has ben renamed, or at least has lost the "Coffee" portion of its moniker. The important part remains, though.

Cool here this morning, 61 at dawn. I just stepped out to air up the Buick's tires; they were down a bit, 33 psi instead of the 35 I like them at. In a little while Miss Linda and I will head out to the big library on the other side of the river. And I may have something new to report in the hobby line during that thread this p.m.!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:26 AM (56Qyq)

138 Who's Jennifer Welch or should I even care?
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026

***
Not any relation to Raquel, I trust?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (56Qyq)

139 Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

She is an odd, looking Violent extremist left woman who celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk. She has a YouTube or one of those channels where she rants on. i've never listened to her and won't , but sometimes some of her remarks get repeated elsewhere

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (JrHfD)

140 Not any relation to Raquel, I trust?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (56Qyq)

Not even close.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (Ta4DE)

141 133 Who's Jennifer Welch or should I even care?
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

Someone that makes way too much money being a horrible divisive human being on a podcast...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:28 AM (Gb7+b)

142 Glad to see people testifying to their faith in the Lord this morning!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:29 AM (JrHfD)

143 Mornin' Horde. Prayers for all y'all and your loved ones.

Psalm 37 is one of my go-to passages when things don't make sense, which is all the time, really. Here's the first 6 verses, but as Ace would say, read the whole thing:

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.

https://www.esv.org/Psalm+37/

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2026 09:29 AM (lOlUK)

144 How much money does she make?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

145 144 How much money does she make?
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

Considering her show had an enormous amount of corporate sponsorships that folks are now trying to all get to abandon her (and this is without any social media money added on top for views, clicks, etc)...

I think enough to make you and I cry...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:32 AM (Gb7+b)

146 How much money does she make?
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026

***
Prolly too much. Less in the future, we can hope, if some of her sponsors have dropped her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:33 AM (56Qyq)

147 Franp, didn't girl F already have a kid?

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (kGFCL)

148 Curious Disappearance update:

Early reports coming in with confirmation of 2023 K9 results with a couple of new sites with dog responses in the expanded search zone. Ground penetrating radar results (which will determine if there are any actionable targets) are still pending. Kind of a mixed bag. We are prepared for the possibility that it will come up empty.

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (qgHp7)

149 Psalm 69 is another I go back to all the time. Start in deep distress. Toss in a bit of imprecation. End with gratitude.

https://www.esv.org/Psalm+69/

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (lOlUK)

150 MP4, I didn't deal with depression so deeply as you describe, but the self-loathing I had in spades. Through the help of a good and competent counselor, I've been able to better understand myself and the things in my life & upbringing that made me feel that way. I eventually happened across this weirdly titled book that was (and still is) highly instructive: https://tinyurl.com/3ha8akd7

This book helped me gain emotional intelligence and stop blaming myself for everything (not to say I am blameless, I am human and therefore deeply flawed). I was then able to realize and ultimately feel that God does love each of us as his own children. It's easy to talk about God's love, but it's nearly impossible to feel it if you can not see yourself as loveable. We often hate ourselves because many of us weren't taught how to deal with our emotions or how to properly blame and then forgive, so we stuff them down, tell ourselves to "get over it" and then wonder why we suffer from rage or depression. I thank God I've been able to learn some of these skills and thereby truly accept and feel His love.

I shall pray that He lifts you up and that you find a way to accept His love.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (kOluj)

151 Oh I also want to thank the horde who often mention praying the rosary daily. Since the last week of September I have been able to pray the rosary daily except for a couple of days I missed.

I combine it with a short walk around the block.

The days when I forgot were fretful and anxious days.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Ydd86)

152 146 How much money does she make?
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026

***
Prolly too much. Less in the future, we can hope, if some of her sponsors have dropped her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:33 AM (56Qyq)

Internet estimates she makes, just on that podcast, high 6 figures to low 7 figures per year with no other social media included...

She had 36+ corporate sponsors, including Chewy, which has dropped her...there are plenty more to go (someobody has a whole list to contact and get them to drop her)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Gb7+b)

153 Gee, I wonder if she reports on her income tax return.

Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

154 Franp, didn't girl F already have a kid?
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (kGFCL)
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Six more weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)

155 Mornin', all. I've got an MRI scheduled for this afternoon. I suspect my occasional vertigo and associated issues are caused by an inner ear condition, but they're scanning me just to make sure I don't have a tumor, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or one of those thingies that Khan put in Chekov's ear running around in my skull.

Posted by: PabloD at November 07, 2026 09:37 AM (mXZsC)

156 The horse that pulls is the one they urge on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2TXIf)

Boxer always wanted to work a little harder

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 09:40 AM (/+uur)

157 MBS rule #12:
Managing Directors neither manage, nor direct.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 09:41 AM (/+uur)

158 Ralphy was just out again. He squirms and squirms. I'm so frustrated with him.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart

Was just out walking with the frantic beast.
Windy! So many smells! Leaves! Other dogs walking without his permission! Cars zooming.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (Ydd86)

159 > Jennifer Welch should have been black bagged ages ago and buried in a box. A truly bad person. Just beyond All. Possible. Redemption.

Had she been a vile (R) spouting what she does against (D) she'd likely already be in prison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (RORbl)

160 one of those thingies that Khan put in Chekov's ear running around in my skull.

*********

♫
1-877-Kars-for Kids

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)

161 Thank you all for your kind words, thoughts, suggestions and prayers. I do appreciate it, more than you know.

It's a gloomy, rainy day here at Stately Poppins Manor, but I do have errands to run. I think I'll put on the Gregorian Chant station on SiriusXM and let that flow through me as I drive. I'm sure there's a Rosary app that I could download to play in the car, but that's a task for another day.

Thank you all again, dear friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (qRla/)

162 A good plan MP4!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:43 AM (Ydd86)

163 Posted by: PabloD at November 07, 2026 09:37 AM (mXZsC)

Will keep you in prayer. Hope it all go smoothly , that medical folks can figure out what's going on and find a treatment that helps.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:44 AM (JrHfD)

164 It's easy to talk about God's love, but it's nearly impossible to feel it if you can not see yourself as loveable.

In the eyes of a Holy God, how exactly is one who is born in sin and spiritually dead be "lovable"?

Answer: We aren't. Which is the point. That is why Reformed Christian tradition declares that God knew a fraction of us before Creation and decided according to His own Pleasure who would be made alive and perfected by means of the Paraclete so that the Bride of Christ would be made pure.

What escaped Martin Luther was that regeneration included the change of disposition or our orientation towards disobedience to one of obedience, gratitude and willful performance of works, not as a guilt sacrifice, but as a natural inclination to be pleasing.

The idea that we have to force ourselves to act righteous in order to be lovable is a corruption and an impossibility.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)

165 Colorado Gray Wolf Update:

Gray wolves picked up 8 seats in the CO state legislature last Tuesday, giving them a resurgent minority with expectations of several key committee assignments, including oversight of the State Livestock Management Commission.

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

166 Faith of our fathers, living still...

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 09:51 AM (LHPAg)

167 Who's Jennifer Welch or should I even care?
Posted by: dantesed

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

168 165 Colorado Gray Wolf Update:

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Muldoon you could get a side gig at the Babylon Bee

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:53 AM (Ydd86)

169 Raquel Welch >>>>>>>>>> Jennifer Welch

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:54 AM (Ydd86)

170 Thanks CBD, for posting the prayer thread this morning.

Prayers up for all of the Horde and their loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 09:56 AM (ibDUx)

171 Stephen Miller comes out swinging.

https://tinyurl.com/2dvwdaej

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)

172 "Jennifer Welch should have been black bagged ages ago and buried in a box."

Two words: Stop it!

https://youtu.be/LhQGzeiYS_Q

Posted by: B. Newhart at November 07, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

173 Organized religion is just politics with 'God' used by its politicians.

One doesn't have to belong to a religion to accept JC as your savior and receive the Holy Spirit who will guide and comfort you no matter how awful this world is. You become a citizen of heaven.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 09:59 AM (OXhw3)

174 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09

Good for him for speaking up, and may the Lord protect he and his family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 10:02 AM (JrHfD)

175 Lot of weak ass fake Republicans blaming the immigration policies for the midterm losses. They remind me of the saying 'some people would rather rule in Hell than serve in heaven' .

They don't care about doing what's right . They just want to rule.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (OXhw3)

176 Fleece the sheep.

Somali daycare owner connected to convicted fraudsters defeats Republican in Minnesota

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

177 @164, I'm likely misunderstanding you, but it sounds like you are saying God does not love us?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 07, 2026 10:04 AM (kOluj)

178 Somali daycare owner connected to convicted fraudsters defeats Republican in Minnesota
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Republican incumbent iirc.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:04 AM (OXhw3)

179 Yonder Horde

Frosty 29F here in Bourbon Country.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (RORbl)

Just woke up here, Sun has just risen. Clear day, and about 33 degrees, little or no wind. Fine fall day for these parts. No frost!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:05 AM (yky4J)

180 Raquel Welch >>>>>>>>>> Jennifer Welch
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:54 AM

Welch's grape jelly >>>>>>>>> Jennifer Welch

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:05 AM (V7nuf)

181 Prayers for all. Great Saturday morning… Thanks CBD!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:06 AM (M+uMR)

182 What escaped Martin Luther was that regeneration included the change of disposition or our orientation towards disobedience to one of obedience, gratitude and willful performance of works, not as a guilt sacrifice, but as a natural inclination to be pleasing.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)
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That didn't escape Martin Luther at all. I just read Christian Liberty the other day.

He says:

"Hence, as our heavenly Father has in Christ freely come to our aid, we also ought freely to help our neighbor throughout our body and its works, and each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ may be the same in all, that is, that we may be truly Christians."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 10:06 AM (s2iZv)

183 Thanks for picking up the Prayer Thread, CBD.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (V7nuf)

184 The House seat in TN is crazy. The Dem candidate lost 2 years ago by 43 points and this year she's going to win against the same incumbent candidate.

Doesn't seem possible.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)

185 Thanks for stepping in, CBD.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (b8Otf)

Seconded.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (yky4J)

186 >>Doesn't seem possible.

It isn't.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)

187 Will the next Battle of Mogadishu be fought in Minnesota?

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:09 AM (LHPAg)

188 Thank you all again, dear friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM

Sounds like a plan. Gray and rainy here, but errands to do, so making the best of it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:09 AM (V7nuf)

189 184 The House seat in TN is crazy. The Dem candidate lost 2 years ago by 43 points and this year she's going to win against the same incumbent candidate.

Doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)

That’s insane! Who was the incumbent? What TN district? How did so many voters lose their minds and go total retard in a short space of two years? I am completely baffled… completely. I don’t have the first clue

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:10 AM (M+uMR)

190 >Doesn't seem possible.

It isn't.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)

Especially since she ran no TV ads at all.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:11 AM (OXhw3)

191 "Voters." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at November 07, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

192 I plan to saturate myself in college football today!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:13 AM (M+uMR)

193 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:10 AM (M+uMR)

I'm second guessing myself now that I read the news report correctly because it seems so crazy.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:14 AM (OXhw3)

194 Thank you CBD.

Prayers for all the Hordes needs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (NnhvP)

195
Good morning, horde. Did I see somewhere that Brother Tim is in a shelter, or going to a shelter? For some reason I misread it as a care facility. I don't want to be a sad sack on a Saturday morning, but I'm really sorry that someone who cared so well for his father in his final days seems to have no one to care for himself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (XJ22o)

196 We have conquered grapes!

/Welch's grape jelly

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

197 >>Especially since she ran no TV ads at all.

At some point people are going to stop blaming the "war" in Iran or enforcing border laws or something else Orange Man Bad did that we wanted him to do and realize a lot of impossible things happened in the elections.

Unless Texas became San Francisco overnight.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

198 190 >Doesn't seem possible.

It isn't.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)

Especially since she ran no TV ads at all.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:11 AM (OXhw3)
Stolen, cheated, frauded.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

199 >>> 189 184 The House seat in TN is crazy. The Dem candidate lost 2 years ago by 43 points and this year she's going to win against the same incumbent candidate.

Doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)

That’s insane! Who was the incumbent? What TN district? How did so many voters lose their minds and go total retard in a short space of two years? I am completely baffled… completely. I don’t have the first clue
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:10 AM (M+uMR)

*tee hee*

Posted by: Stalin's Vote Counters at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (PgV1+)

200 I'm sure the cost of living had some number of people upset enough to vote (D) but not enough to turn states from red to blue.

Some are suggesting the midterms were rigged. Not by flooding the place with ballots, but rather by rigging the machines themselves to switch (R) ballots to (D) during the tabulation process.

AI was used to game it out. It matches the midterm election results to a T. Whether that's significant or a function of how AI was used and thus, meaningless, is up for debate.

The results as they stand stink. People are having a hard time hand waving it away as some sort of sudden ideological switch that affected tens of millions of (R) voters.

I'm certain "nothing will happen" but it is an interesting theory. One that some are beginning to proffer up evidence of.

We were warned that the Democrats were preparing some sort of horseshit for the midterms. This was/is probably it. *If it pans out to be remotely true. YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (RORbl)

201
Stephen Miller comes out swinging.

https://tinyurl.com/2dvwdaej
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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

THAT's the attitude.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (XJ22o)

202 I do admit I'm a bit curious about how a party increases its mid-term turnout by *20 MILLION* from one cycle to the next. 20M. 40% increase. Feel fairly safe in saying that is multiples (several) of any cycle/cycle increase in turnout ever seen.

The pattern doesn't help in trying to explain it as other than real. Everywhere but FL - and as DeSantis noted, it was felt there, but fell just short (several R wins were thin vs. the expected blowouts, and I think one gerrymandered district was lost - !).

To me the mystery is how the greatest federal election wave in history (I think 2010 was deeper) occurred under these conditions. A benign to positive environment begets a 1932 or a 1980?? WTF?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (U/Byj)

203 Curses. Foiled again.

Posted by: The grapes at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

204 “So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10

Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM (g/iaZ)

205 New Georgia Department of Transportation

https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

Hah! How stupid. That would be a perfect site to build a current-operated cable ferry. Do they not have axes, and saws, and simple farmer tools?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM (yky4J)

206 >>To me the mystery is how the greatest federal election wave in history (I think 2010 was deeper) occurred under these conditions. A benign to positive environment begets a 1932 or a 1980?? WTF?

Kind of odd, no?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (viF8m)

207 >>> 197
==
At some point people are going to stop blaming the "war" in Iran or enforcing border laws or something else Orange Man Bad did that we wanted him to do and realize a lot of impossible things happened in the elections.

Unless Texas became San Francisco overnight.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

My vote counts are as valid as Brandon's, sir.

Posted by: Gina Hinojosa at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (PgV1+)

208 Thanks for stepping in CBD, and the very best for Misanthropic Humanitarian and family. He has been a blessing to the blog.

Prayers for God's grace for all of the Horde and their families. Prayers for comfort, Teresa, and for others all who've shown such remarkable caring and courage in your lives. You are inspirational. Thank you. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 07, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

209 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM

They saw it in The Hobbit.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (LHPAg)

210 205 New Georgia Department of Transportation

https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

Hah! How stupid. That would be a perfect site to build a current-operated cable ferry. Do they not have axes, and saws, and simple farmer tools?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM

They were going to build a Hadron Supercollider but whitey stole their lithium.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

211 But many of the states with the unbelievable flips are those that have cleaned up their election process. TX may/may not be among them, sounds like the registry there is dogs**t.

But in TX the huge flip of Hispanic voters, including a large % of Trump/2024 types, tracks with the stunning survey data that top concern was immigration enforcement/ICE.

Which is by itself a devastating factoid. Many had feared that apart from the rampant lawlessness at the heart of the problem, that even some supporters of enforcement would get squishy once the process actually started. It certainly looks like the case here. Along with elected figures (rather retarded WV R senator for example), this is a recipe for failure.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (U/Byj)

212 I'm really sorry that someone who cared so well for his father in his final days seems to have no one to care for himself.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (XJ22o)

I drives me nuts that I haven't figured out a way to help. He's nine hours away from us so it's not like he can crash on our couch. We have a guest room but it's upstairs, which doesn't work for him. And I can't get over the fact that his former coworkers and his church family seem to have abandoned him.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (OlzlW)

213 I'll Be With Thee

https://tinyurl.com/sejdwa5b

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (viF8m)

214 Is anything going on with MisHum and family, or is he just taking a well-deserved break?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (kpS4V)

215 Kind of odd, no?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (viF8m)

What's that quote by Edgar Allan Poe?

Only believe in half of what you hear and nothing what you see.

It's something like that. I think I got it wrong.

Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)

216
Will the next Battle of Mogadishu be fought in Minnesota?
Posted by: Eromero

If it is, the rules of engagement will be vastly different this time. Normies will go weapons free, no bag limit.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 07, 2026 10:25 AM (QVmho)

217 That TN district is easier to understand when I find out it was the NOT same electorate. The redistricting backfired… they added more liberal areas from Nashville area to that district and the conservative areas dipped enough to give the Dem an extremely narrow win. Maybe the redistricting wasn’t such a good idea after all…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:27 AM (M+uMR)

218 Just a quick question. What do you think is the percentage of American blacks that would convert to islam? And hispanics?

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg)

219 "Only believe in half of what you hear and nothing what you see."

Well, as it pertains to this election, it should be "you'll see half of what you hear, and none of what you believe"

Posted by: Boswell at November 07, 2026 10:29 AM (j10i6)

220 Houston mayor violates TX law, orders that cases involving non-violent illegals not subject to cooperation with ICE.

Two months (right?) of Abbott and Paxton in power. This mayor isn't even waiting.

Is it because he's got some angle or reason to do this quickly? Or just a sign of confidence that the election has destroyed the TX immigration policy so totally that he can act with impunity?

Houston was a center for human trafficking/illegals prior to Trump. Cartel central. Happy days are here again muchachos. Dallas has a GOP mayor. All other major metros Dems. I heard border sheriffs have said they won't drop their 287g agreements with ICE, which is critical (well except El Paso area, which is nice as it's right at one of the worst cartel-dominated spots in Mexico).

Sickening.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)

221 She had 36+ corporate sponsors, including Chewy, which has dropped her...there are plenty more to go (someobody has a whole list to contact and get them to drop her)...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Gb7+b)

Saw a partial list of her sponsors at the Twitchy link, and recognized none of them, except Chewy, which is a vendor I have never patronized.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (yky4J)

222 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (XJ22o)

He's in physical rehab after nearly a month in the hospital. If he weren't he would be sleeping in his car. I agree about the tragedy of him caring for his father but none of his family helping him. Hopefully, being in another city will help him find new opportunities.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 10:32 AM (lFFaq)

223 Organized religion is just politics with 'God' used by its politicians.

Rome is correct on this one. The "organized religion" is a means of Grace.

• Forsake not the fellowship of the saints.
• Paul, Timothy, et al understand the importance and prominence of bishops, elders and wise counsel
• the NT focus on the assembly of the saints, church discipline, order, the observance of the Elements, baptisms

All of this requires to some extent "organized religion"

You go lone-wolf, you often end up with DIY doctrine.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:33 AM (a4flb)

224 Opioid deaths down under Trump
Child trafficking down under Trump
Violent crime down
Manufacturing jobs coming back to our shores
Threat of Iranian nukes down under Trump.

Oh, but we may have to start rationing gas soon due to the war. /S

Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:35 AM (sdSI9)

225 Oh, but we may have to start rationing gas soon due to the war. /S
Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:35 AM
With gas stamps. And they won't take cash in payment.

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:37 AM (LHPAg)

226 Morn' all.. Prayers for all who need it... Also prayers for this Country for what is gonna be a difficult time.

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 10:39 AM (+gK6I)

227 Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:33 AM (a4flb)

I couldn't disagree more but you do you.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:42 AM (OXhw3)

228 Don’t forget…. Reagan lost the senate halfway through his 2nd term. Never had the house

It is different now though I admit because the Dems are not totally batshit crazy… Tip O’Neill they are not

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:42 AM (M+uMR)

229 What do you think is the percentage of American blacks that would convert to islam?
No ribs? No malt liquor?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 10:43 AM (B/m4p)

230 With gas stamps. And they won't take cash in payment.
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:37

Heck, I remember the gas crunch of the late '70s... You could only buy gas on odd or even day based on license plate number.

Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:43 AM (sdSI9)

231 228 — one letter typo changed the meaning

Dems are NOW batshit crazy… NOW

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:44 AM (M+uMR)

232 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:27 AM (M+uMR)

43 point flip.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:45 AM (OXhw3)

233 Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:33 AM (a4flb)

I agree with you and what's more, the sweetest people I spend time with all week are my church family. It's very uplifting.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 10:46 AM (OlzlW)

234 I was 30 years old in the late 70s,

Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:46 AM (LHPAg)

235 "Hence, as our heavenly Father has in Christ freely come to our aid, we also ought freely to help our neighbor throughout our body and its works, and each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ may be the same in all, that is, that we may be truly Christians."

Maybe you are missing the nuance. That is OK, most people do. Try this thought experiment I had with an agnostic:

M: "What do you find objectionable to Christianity?"
A: "All of the Do's and Don'ts"
< other chatter about righteousness and sin >
M: What if, instead of wanting to commit adultery, you lost your desire to commit adultery?

Because that is what sanctification means. In order to be a renewing of the mind that leads to repentance, the desire to do those condemnable things become unconscionable.

The Founders of this country knew that, and said that is the only prescription for a Constitutional Republic is to have a self-regulating, religious people - that is, enough regenerated and sanctified adults that would in effect be cultural salt and light making the Great Experiment possible.

The passage you provided is just an "ought"

Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:47 AM (a4flb)

236 Psalm 31:24

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Posted by: KT at November 07, 2026 10:47 AM (X8QDB)

237 > Just a quick question. What do you think is the percentage of American blacks that would convert to islam?
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In prison? The percentage is quite high.

Whether they are "practicing" Muslims is another story. But the prison ----> Islam thing... is "a thing."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (RORbl)

238 You've got 15 on me, I was just beginning my driving experience.

Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (sdSI9)

239 Prayers up for all.

And my co-worker (my prayer request from 10/10) is improving. Still in a care facility, but doing much better. So thanks for the prayers on her behalf.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (q3u5l)

240 "popular"
https://shorturl.at/biyKq

Posted by: Let's Go Brandon at November 07, 2026 10:52 AM (PgV1+)

241 Re Brother Tim: Thought I saw him comment that yesterday he was leaving a health facility in Montgomery and moving to a shelter in Huntsville. Some last minute difficulties might have arisen.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at November 07, 2026 10:54 AM (yTvNw)

242 The more we look at the numbers, the more straightforward the Texas vote appears.

Trump Voters, 2024: 6.4 million
Abbot voters, 2026: 4.4 million

2 million Trump voters either changed parties or didn’t vote at all. Of those who switched parties, the vast majority were Hispanic.
Gina Ginojoza ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign on Spanish language media that was remarkably effective, and we never saw it coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 10:56 AM (oH6g4)

243 Posted by: Mrs JTB

************

@148 update in case you missed it. I thought you might drop by this morning.

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 10:56 AM (qgHp7)

244 Go Army! Beat Air Force!

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 11:00 AM (qgHp7)

245 GatewayPundit has had good analsys of a one in a trillion election.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:02 AM (Sco7b)

246 Some other numbers people don’t generally know about Texas, from the US Census bureau.

2026 population breakdown:
Hispanic/ Latino: 41.7%
White/ Non Hispanic: 37%
Black/Asian/Other: 21%

They’ve had the numerical ability to take over for a couple years now - they finally flexed their muscle and did it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 11:02 AM (oH6g4)

247 Nood

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

248 One note about American blacks becoming Muslim; Black Muslims are a very strange sect completely disavowed by traditional Muslims.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 11:05 AM (oH6g4)

249 >>Trump Voters, 2024: 6.4 million
Abbot voters, 2026: 4.4 million

>>2 million Trump voters either changed parties or didn’t vote at all. Of those who switched parties, the vast majority were Hispanic.
Gina Ginojoza ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign on Spanish language media that was remarkably effective, and we never saw it coming.

A better comparison is with the 2022 governors race in Texas. In 2022, Abbott won his election against Beto the superstar. Here are the numbers.

Abbott: 4,437,099 votes,
Beto the wonder boy part time Mexican: 3,553,656

Both 2022 and 2026 were midterms not presidential races that always draw more votes.

Abbott got roughly the same number of votes. Hinojosa clobbered Beto's numbers gaining a very similar number as Talarico did.

Abbott: 4,524,955
Hinojosa: 5,230,929

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

250 Muldoon, Thanks for the update. Standing by for full report when you receive. Hoping for your family.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at November 07, 2026 11:11 AM (yTvNw)

251 Standing by for full report when you receive.
Posted by: Mrs JTB

*******

Probably by the end of next week...

Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 11:14 AM (qgHp7)

252 220 Sickening.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)

Sickening isn’t even close to how I feel. Not even a scintilla close. The left didn’t like him because he was considered a “moderate” mayor pre the steal. We see how long that lasted.

Another massive steal is going to just casually go on by and not a damn thing will happen. I’ve voted in TX elections since 1976 and some of those state wide races (RR comm, comptroller etc) are ignored a lot of the times. People pick Pres, Sen, CD rep and move on. Everyone one of those offices won by huge margins. And we no longer have the straight ticket lever. And when a state moves right or left, it’s usually incremental, e.g. you would have seen R govs winning by smaller margins. Not become CA overnight. I’ll concede some of the losses for the reasons we’ve been fed, but not this nationwide level. 20 million votes is the new 11 million votes. Sorry for the rant.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:26 AM (itAg7)

253 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at November 07, 2026 12:15 PM (HFx9z)

254 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)

___________________
Sounds like a bad case of being normal to me.. (because I have similar "ruts" in my brain. My wheels can really get stuck in them, especially when I'm driving a little too fast, so to speak.

Lee Warren Md. has some excellent and pragmatic insights. He is well worth a click or two. I wouldn't have come up from my normal lurking spot if I wasn't confident that I make a recommendation to someone I don't know.

best, from North Carolina.

Posted by: Danl Boone at November 07, 2026 12:43 PM (FkjAt)

255 Prayers for all above & prayers not requested.

Prayers Teresa's pain will improve soon & she's back to her spunky self. Those numbers are amazing. She's one tough lady.

Thank you for prayers for our mother. Home from rehab last Wednesday. Spoke to her Thursday & she sounded amazing & very happy to be home after 3wks (1 in hospital for glue repair of lumbar vertebra,2 in acute rehab). She'd made some progress in strength there but got a cold last weekend.

I think her energy burst being home was pure adrenaline & it's worn off.

Now she's weak but home & two good days til yesterday. Sitters 24/7 til the end.

I'm simply happy she's home in a hospital bed & receiving good care. My brother just told me about her resulting weakness from the cold (transferring from bed to wheelchair). Which undid any strength gained in rehab.

Home Health Care PT will evaluate on Monday. She may need a lift to transfer as it is not our first rodeo. Father required this for years.

We think she's subconsciously given up and that's ok as her faith is deep. She'd never admit it, but we see what is happening and the exact path her mother had at this same age. She's comfortable and all will be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 07, 2026 03:06 PM (hzuYO)

256 One more thing I read this week as a reminder after Tuesday's election results:

The Holy Bible says 365 times to not be afraid.

I also remembered the verse that NOTHING will separate our the love from God. Romans 8: 38-39.

He loves us all, as we are made in His image and why we celebrate life.

In our very conception, which is approx 1 in 300 million, and a selective process is amazing. And, upon success, modern technology reveals a spark of light at that moment.

Isn't that amazing, His plan for you to simply exist? The word, "light," is mentioned around 200-270 times in His Word. He created light, mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis.

You began with that spark of light. He knew you before you were ever conceived. This love never leaves.

No matter what is happening, who is in office, or the ups and downs of life, He loves you.

He forgives you if you ask. He will bear your burdens if you share them.

He wants to bear your pain and also hear of your thankfulness. His love never ends.

Psalm 46:1.

Psalm 136:1

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (hzuYO)

Daily Tech News 7 November 2026

Tech News

With the end of support of Intel Macinti, the number of MacOS-like varieties of Linux is rapidly increasing. (The Register)

Because it coincided with the rise of AI development tools and independent creators working on the "they can't sue all of us" philosophy quickly reskinning Linux to look and feel like MacOS but without the flaws. (Replacing them with different flaws, I'm sure.)
And while the Hackintosh - running MacOS on regular PC hardware - died with Apple's move to its own Arm-based architecture that too is making a return now that regular PCs are available running Arm chips. (Yoon's Blog)

Less appealing now though with the memory plague making comparable hardware just as expensive as an actual Macintosh.
Though if you're more of a classicist you can run something that looks and feels like the original MacOS on a Raspberry Pi Pico. (Free Hackers)

Not the now expensive Raspberry Pi 5, but the tiny $5 microcontroller.

And on the "they can't sue all of us" it includes the classic Apple menu icon. That's just asking for trouble.

Tech News

Speaking of Apple Applebees left its database password in its Android app, installed by over a million people. (Tech Crunch)

I am sometimes amazed that our species has survived this long.
Nagare Labs is making progress on the impossible: DRAM that runs more like SRAM. (Tom's Hardware)

The commodity dynamic memory (DRAM) found in every computer - except for example the Raspberry Pi Pico - is a tradeoff: It's much cheaper than static memory and much smaller, but it's slow and it leaks - it needs to be constantly refreshed where the contents are read and written back. That's invisible these days but if you look at older systems it was very obvious; the Zilog Z80 CPU had an integrated refresh counter and the Commodore Amiga had refresh slots baked in to the DMA allocation.

It looks like this still needs to be refreshed, but it solves a different leak: With conventional DRAM every read erases the data and the memory chip also has to write it back afterwards.

Long story short, the new memory uses two transistors per bit instead of one for DRAM or two for SRAM, is five times denser than SRAM, and fourteen times faster than DRAM. Only problem remaining is that it doesn't exist outside of lab samples yet.
Six more Nvidia GPUs with a total value of $11 million have been stolen in transit from a third-world country, this time California. (WCCFTech)

The cards left Oakland bound for Texas but only made it as far as San Bernardino County before the entire truck was abducted by aliens.
Some less bleak political news closer to home: The ruling Labor (Maoist) government at the heart of the rot down under, my birth state of Victoria, is now polling third ahead of state elections on the 28th.

The Greens (Khmer Vert) are polling fourth.

First are the Liberals (Conservative Squish), with second place going to One Nation (Conservative Non-Squish).

To give you an idea of how unpopular Labor has made themselves, they are polling at 22% in their own stronghold. And thanks to preferential voting (used by Victorian state and Australian federal elections) a situation where Labor loses numerically but wins a majority of seats as happened in the UK is all but impossible.

I hope this trend spreads.
Repotted all 29 seedlings in coconut fiber propagation pots so I can just pop them in the ground.

Now in the process of digging out the ground to plant them in. It's hard clay riddled with rocks and roots and builder's debris, so this is a lot of work. I planted one boronia this morning to replace the one that didn't make it through the winter, leaving 42 plants in various sizes of pot sitting by the walkway to my front door.

This is what the half-ton of gardeny stuff is for - soil improvement so I can grow something other than tussock grass and weeds, and mulch so that the tussock grass and weeds don't grow back.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: The children yearn for the mines.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

2 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

3 Speaking of Apple Applebees left its database password in its Android app, installed by over a million people. (Tech Crunch)
I am sometimes amazed that our species has survived this long.

I feel less dumb, now, by comparison! Perhaps wrongly.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:03 AM (odBC9)

4 This feels analogous to those dudes who rip the guts out of a Tesla and shove in a small block chevy and a five-speed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 04:04 AM (aKiSo)

5 >>>And on the "they can't sue all of us" it includes the classing Apple menu icon.

classing-->classic

>>>the Zilog Z80 CPU had a and integrated

had a and-->had an

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (odBC9)

6 Found another of those blasted iron staples the builders left behind. I'll need to get my garden fork to pry this one out; it's embedded in rock-hard clay.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

7 6 Found another of those blasted iron staples the builders left behind. I'll need to get my garden fork to pry this one out; it's embedded in rock-hard clay.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

I don't remember reading about this, before. How biggish is it?

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:10 AM (odBC9)

8 4 This feels analogous to those dudes who rip the guts out of a Tesla and shove in a small block chevy and a five-speed.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 04:04 AM (aKiSo)

I mean, if they're paying full price for the Tesla guts ....

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)

9 Good Morning Tech folks.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (YHGmp)

10 Whichever company made Applebees app for them can probably assume that contract won’t be renewed and that Christmas bonus might be taking a haircut this year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (6ydKt)

11 7 I don't remember reading about this, before. How biggish is it?
Posted by: m

Not that big - about eight inches long. Most of the builder's debris is bits of brick, but I've pulled out about a dozen of these things as well.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

12 Sounds like you need a little metal detector to find those staples, Pixy, because they are like roaches; if you see one that means there are hundreds hiding in the wall.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 04:18 AM (cHNrw)

14 I hope the guy that found the hard coded Applebee's rewards database credential in the Applebee app had the good sense to award himself chicken wings for life.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (wcyKn)

15 Willowed:

I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. 1. Impeach and convict both President Trump and VP Vance - removing both from office. This will cause the Speaker of the House, Ilhan Omar, to become president. 2.Change the filibuster back to a speaking filibuster only. 3.Pack the Supreme Court with 20 or so idiots like KBJ currently on the court. This will mean that the court will approve the effective removal of the Bill of Rights. 4. Add DC and Puerto Rico as new states giving the Democrats 4 extra Senators and more Representatives. 5. Institute Bills of Attainder, so that you can be declared guilty by act of the legislature. 6. Formally fund Antifa to attack anyone who resists.

The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? Consider your answers carefully before you say what you are going to do.

And before you point out that Ilhan Omar wasn't born here and can't be president; remember the packed SCOTUS: KBJ doesn't even know what a woman is, so 20 more of her...

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (WDknQ)

16 12 Sounds like you need a little metal detector to find those staples, Pixy, because they are like roaches; if you see one that means there are hundreds hiding in the wall.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

They breed?

I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

17 11 7 I don't remember reading about this, before. How biggish is it?
Posted by: m

Not that big - about eight inches long. Most of the builder's debris is bits of brick, but I've pulled out about a dozen of these things as well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

Be careful out there!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

18 16 12 if you see one that means there are hundreds hiding in the wall
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

But it sounds like at least a couple of them got *stapled* into your property.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

19 >>>Disclaimer: The children yearn for the mines.

Too bad the rhythm is gonna get them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 04:31 AM (j98AZ)

20 Fun facts it might be useful to know:

1. Despite what TV says; They can't do ballistics on a .22lr.
2. .22 revolvers don't leave ejected spent cartridges lying around as evidence.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:33 AM (WDknQ)

21 16 12 Sounds like you need a little metal detector to find those staples, Pixy, because they are like roaches; if you see one that means there are hundreds hiding in the wall.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

They breed?

I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

Haha! No, it's like, if you see a roach, and you think, oh, I've got a roach ... you probably have lots and lots of roaches, if you start looking.

But I take your point.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

22 "And on the "they can't sue all of us" it includes the classing Apple menu icon."

The Sylphide OS, which looks like the early Mac UI, uses a font that looks remarkably similar to the one developed by Susan Kare in 1983. The original name for the font was Elefont and was later changed to Chicago by Steve Jobs because he didn't like having fonts named after Philadelphia public transportation stops.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 07, 2026 04:34 AM (wcyKn)

23 15 Paragraphed:
I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do.
1. Impeach and convict both President Trump and VP Vance - removing both from office. This will cause the Speaker of the House, Ilhan Omar, to become president.
2.Change the filibuster back to a speaking filibuster only.
3.Pack the Supreme Court with 20 or so idiots like KBJ currently on the court. This will mean that the court will approve the effective removal of the Bill of Rights.
4. Add DC and Puerto Rico as new states giving the Democrats 4 extra Senators and more Representatives.
5. Institute Bills of Attainder, so that you can be declared guilty by act of the legislature.
6. Formally fund Antifa to attack anyone who resists.
------
Willowed:
I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. 1.2.3.4.5.6. ...
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (WDknQ)

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

24 For those who don't Remember what happened to Gloria Estefan:

In 1990 her tour bus was involved in a bad traffic accident and she was temporarily paralyzed by the broken back she got in the accident. They surgically stabilized her spine and she got some use of her legs back. It was enough that she was able to sing and perform again, but her dancing was simply gone. I'm glad we have videos of her pre-accident to remember her by.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:49 AM (WDknQ)

25 If the Dems accomplished everything on that list in two years they'd have several states seceding and a civil war on their hands by 2028.

And since the Democrat party would be the insurrectionists, again, it would not turn out like it did last time as I suspect the siege of their cities would not work out well for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:59 AM (6ydKt)

26 Mornin' Horde. So Applebees pulled a Cisco, did they? (The equivalent to leaving a root-level password openly in the firmware.)

Amazing how this keeps happening.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

27 The children yearn for the mines.

YESSSSS!

Posted by: Landmine at November 07, 2026 05:08 AM (HFrEr)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:11 AM (Hbeqj)

29 27 The children yearn for the mines.

YESSSSS!
Posted by: Landmine at November 07, 2026 05:08 AM (HFrEr)

And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills

--Stevie Nicks

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 07, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)

31 G'Day everyone
Thats more like it

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)

32 classing-->classic

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
----------------

I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)

33 32 classing-->classic

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
----------------

I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)

It takes a village.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

34 G'morning, all!

59 degrees out with fog.
Mrs VIA has a local 5K this morning, so I need to drop her off at 6:45.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2026 05:21 AM (iMotb)

35 33/m: "It takes a village".
34: Village Idiot's Apprentice's first post of the day.

*chefs kiss*

I love this place.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

36 6 Found another of those blasted iron staples the builders left behind. I'll need to get my garden fork to pry this one out; it's embedded in rock-hard clay.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

18 16 12 I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

But it sounds like at least a couple of them got *stapled* into your property.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

Or, maybe I misread "embedded in rock-hard clay"; maybe it's embedded in rock-hard clay because a heavy truck ran over it, not because it was stapled there.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

37 Gloria Estefan - Dr. Beat

I guess it's a camera trick but, golly, I can't watch somebody standing on the top of a tall building like she's doing, there, in opening shots.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

38 35 33/m: "It takes a village".
34: Village Idiot's Apprentice's first post of the day.

*chefs kiss*

I love this place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

Thank you, VIA, for your prompt attention to this matter:

33 32 classing-->classic

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
----------------

I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)

It takes a village.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

39 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:42 AM (JrHfD)

40 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 07, 2026 05:46 AM (V0/Sp)

41 Good Morining all.

Sounds like you have Alabama red clay for soil Pixy, I tried for years to have a garden, but the soil always reverted back to concrete when it dried up.

If the Democrats tried/did those things ... lets just say that they would unexpectedly find out why it was a bad idea.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 07, 2026 05:55 AM (Q/FnY)

42 While I had sun in my garden my ground has lots of clay. Adding compost in it helps a lot

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:04 AM (Ia/+0)

43 Compost and gypsum. One of my neighbours is a retired CSIRO soil scientist and told me what to do.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:10 AM (BLOW1)

44 Should leave at 7am, maybe go by way of Shady Maple, see what baked goodies I can find.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:13 AM (Ia/+0)

45 51 degrees now, little windy and not getting much warmer. Was very warm yesterday in upper 60s.

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:14 AM (Ia/+0)

46 Old time hymn- translated from German around 1752- "Be still, my soul":

https://tinyurl.com/mrx5ztdw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:15 AM (JrHfD)

47 So i had to look up how to do a Kitchener stitch to close up the underarms of this sweater i'm making, and apparently the reddit yarn biddies have decided that You Can't Call It That because colonialism or some dumb bullshit.

Heavens forfend a man risk life and limb to rid his African compatriots of a murderous cult of bloodthirsty foreign rapists oppressing them. What a monster. It is right and just that some numbskulls who don't know shit about shit can besmirch his name generations later because something to do with their hobby happens to share his surname. How lovely to live in this world.

Ugh.

I just wanted to make a sweater.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (aKiSo)

48 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Tell you the Duke it is not so good to come to the mines.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)

49 And another old time hymn-"Rock of Ages": sung by a group originally with the Billy Graham Crusade:

https://tinyurl.com/mptwjav5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:19 AM (JrHfD)

50 Any chance those staples were used to hold down a soil-stabilization fabric during construction? When I lived in Korea in the 1970s it was common to see woven straw matting used for that purpose.

Posted by: biteme at November 07, 2026 06:20 AM (xWS9V)

51 Evening and morning for the first Saturn's Day within this November!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:21 AM (56Qyq)

52 I mean, I get it, if it were called the "Nguema Stitch" I too would probably think "well, that's a little weird, let's not do that"...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:22 AM (aKiSo)

53 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (aKiSo)

I'm sorry. The internet can be a very annoying place with lots of stupidity, yes? . However, lots of people know what Kitchener did . You did . Make your sweater and enjoy that talent for knitting. There is a woman who sits behind me at the Anglican Church and she often knits during the service. I admire that talent.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:25 AM (JrHfD)

54 50 Any chance those staples were used to hold down a soil-stabilization fabric during construction? When I lived in Korea in the 1970s it was common to see woven straw matting used for that purpose.
Posted by: biteme

Maybe. There is some fabric like that on the other side of the block where it's particularly steep. I'll take a look and see how it's held in place.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

55 It's 62 F. here, feels like 61 thanks to an 11 mph NE wind. I'd open the windows and let the breeze blow in . . . except I have an A/C unit installed in one, and there's no "flow-through" when you have no windows on the opposite side anyway. Temps need to get down in the 50s -- here, anyway -- before an open window makes any difference in inside temp.

I got a decent amount of sleep after being short yesterday, so I'm taking it easy this morning. I'll need to feed the furry thugs in about half an hour, and myself pretty soon as well.

Saturday!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (56Qyq)

56 Should leave at 7am, maybe go by way of Shady Maple, see what baked goodies I can find.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026

***
My favorite coffee shop opens at 7 on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe a butter rum muffin is in my future . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:28 AM (56Qyq)

57 Seems like it should be Sunday since had rare Friday off

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:33 AM (Ia/+0)

58 If you need some feel good news...

The "I've had it" podcast, where the two harpies were saying they want to dig Charlie Kirk up just to kill him again, has had three sponsors ditch them over their vile, violent comments. Thanks to all the people who boycotted and sent a message, the companies actually listened.

Chewy, Boll and Branch, and Cashapp all made the correct choice. Don't sponsor evil.

Also, Trump dumped Susie Wiles and has installed Stephen Miller as his wartime consigliere, er I mean chief of staff. Good. Let's effin' go.

Happy Saturday!

Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)

59 Also, Trump dumped Susie Wiles and has installed Stephen Miller as his wartime consigliere, er I mean chief of staff. Good. Let's effin' go.

Happy Saturday!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)

I heard Wiles was still under his personal employ as a political hatchet man, she just isn't in the administration itself anymore.

I'm honestly a bit excited about Miller. That dude makes Trump look like a soft old pushover of a grandpa, and if there's anything this craptastic layabout party needs right now, it's an injection of hot piss and vinegar.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:38 AM (aKiSo)

60 In really big news, apparently Fox acquired Roku, which now means Roku will become enshitified and useless.

Their first order of business was to shit can the aquarium screensaver which did not allow for advertising in favor of the now default city background which does allow for advertising.

Fan-f******-tastic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)

61 Cats fed early. Helped Ralphy out and lifted him in. It's going to be a horribly long winter. He jumped and bounced around..

So tired of this.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (Sco7b)

62 Their first order of business was to shit can the aquarium screensaver which did not allow for advertising in favor of the now default city background which does allow for advertising.

Fan-f******-tastic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)

Why don't they just call us assholes to our faces?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (aKiSo)

63 Also, Trump dumped Susie Wiles
****

He moved her to head his political strategy side.

Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 06:40 AM (q4/FL)

64 I'm hoping this is the moment in history when the phrase "lame duck" exits the American lexicon and is replaced by "wounded lion".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:48 AM (aKiSo)

65 Good morning morons

Pixy Misa, mazal on being quoted on Instapundit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

66 @64

>> American lexicon and is replaced by "wounded lion".

Trumps not the problem, he going to continue doing what he’s doing, but since it’s going to be through executive action exclusively, it can be undone by the next executive.

The GOP isn’t going to do sh*t during the lame duck and the donks are going to nuke the filibuster.

Trump better get his veto writing hand in game shape, because it’s going to get a lot of work.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:52 AM (XV/Pl)

67 Of to war again
Will report during the Hobby thread
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:55 AM (Ia/+0)

68 43 Compost and gypsum. One of my neighbours is a retired CSIRO soil scientist and told me what to do.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:10 AM (BLOW1)

Nice!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:55 AM (odBC9)

69 If you're somewhere it's clear and you're in the East, the sunrise is lovely as is the light on the trees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:56 AM (xz+xK)

70 The GOP isn’t going to do sh*t during the lame duck and the donks are going to nuke the filibuster.

Trump better get his veto writing hand in game shape, because it’s going to get a lot of work.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:52 AM (XV/Pl)

That's where my head's at, too, for the most part.

But let it be through executive action, so that we can all see the benefits for two years and then have them yanked away from us.

Nothing changes until the people change enough that the people doing all this shit are afraid to continue doing it. Until the left fears pushing their bullshit too far. Until the right fears failing their own more than failing their "friends across the aisle". Until all of them fear getting caught.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:56 AM (aKiSo)

71 47 So i had to look up how to do a Kitchener stitch to close up the underarms of this sweater i'm making, and apparently the reddit yarn biddies have decided that You Can't Call It That because colonialism or some dumb bullshit.

Heavens forfend a man risk life and limb to rid his African compatriots of a murderous cult of bloodthirsty foreign rapists oppressing them. What a monster. It is right and just that some numbskulls who don't know shit about shit can besmirch his name generations later because something to do with their hobby happens to share his surname. How lovely to live in this world.

Ugh.

I just wanted to make a sweater.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (aKiSo)

Hoping somebody will tell them that.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

72 Hoping somebody will tell them that.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

Like telling a pig it's covered in shit....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)

73 I muse whether you'd use a Kitchener stitch to install a Raglan sleeve. What a colonial costume that would yield. A fellow might be inspired to wear an imperial.

In my area, gardeners -- especially tomato kooks -- have been known to dump iron nails into the ground, confident that rust breaks them down into elemental iron fairly quickly. Evidence on the roto tiller tines suggests otherwise. A cousin of mine who was a millwright at the shipyard used to bring me a bag of iron filings for that purpose, and I was interested enough in the theory that I tried it. Can't prove a thing.

The rotary tiller was an Australian invention. When I finally got a contrarotating one (works best on a tractor), one guy called it an "Australian" tiller because, you know, all upside down.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)

74 Man, i'm bitchy this morning.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)

75 Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)
=====

I have found videos on utube that showed me how to manipulate all that, including turning off the microphones and data collection.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

76 54 50 Any chance those staples were used to hold down a soil-stabilization fabric during construction? When I lived in Korea in the 1970s it was common to see woven straw matting used for that purpose.
Posted by: biteme

Maybe. There is some fabric like that on the other side of the block where it's particularly steep. I'll take a look and see how it's held in place.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

To keep THIS from happening:

Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh, the landslide will bring it down

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)

77 I have a Roku TV and hardly notice the ads. As soon as I turn it on I'm already clicking on whatever (golf on YTV at the moment) so I just don't notice it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2026 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

78 58 If you need some feel good news...

The "I've had it" podcast, where the two harpies were saying they want to dig Charlie Kirk up just to kill him again, has had three sponsors ditch them over their vile, violent comments. Thanks to all the people who boycotted and sent a message, the companies actually listened.

Chewy, Boll and Branch, and Cashapp all made the correct choice. Don't sponsor evil.

Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)

This is great. Thank you!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

79 The rotary tiller was an Australian invention. When I finally got a contrarotating one (works best on a tractor), one guy called it an "Australian" tiller because, you know, all upside down.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)

From a combination of experience and research, i've concluded that the "put weird stuff into the ground" method of gardening is the equivalent of the "buy fifty thousand clubs" method of golfing.

Do what you want if it makes you feel happy in your down-time, but don't expect miracles. Good organic material (greens and browns), steady water, good sunlight. Powders and tinctures and gimmicks won't do anything much to your garden besides make you feel good and make you get out there and do stuff with it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:03 AM (aKiSo)

80 74 Man, i'm bitchy this morning.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo

Me too.
Depressed
Tired.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 07:04 AM (Sco7b)

81 74 Man, i'm bitchy this morning.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)

You don't seem bitchy to me.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)

82 I was getting pissed at Spotify because it would start turning music on at random in my work truck. "Did I tell you to play? Grrr! Rawrrr! Stupid phone! Stupid truck!"

Then my dumb ass realized it was because I kept bumping the "next" button on my steering wheel with my palm, which would start playing the next song in my queue.

hehe. Whoops.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:08 AM (aKiSo)

83 Week in pictures
https://tinyurl.com/mv86rw37

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

84 73 In my area, gardeners -- especially tomato kooks -- have been known to dump iron nails into the ground, confident that rust breaks them down into elemental iron fairly quickly. Evidence on the roto tiller tines suggests otherwise.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)

yikes

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)

85 Soil improvement!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2026 07:09 AM (6sN1y)

86 61 Cats fed early. Helped Ralphy out and lifted him in. It's going to be a horribly long winter. He jumped and bounced around..

So tired of this.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (Sco7b)

What are your options?

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

87 if you really have an iron deficiency, blood meal and kelp meal can help.

In your soil, I mean. Obviously that's not dietary advice.

Well, who knows, maybe that would work too...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:10 AM (aKiSo)

88 Get a copy of Mary Thomas's Knitting Book before they notice some of the illustrations. It has the original names. We can no longer call it "Navajo plying", even though the Navajos did use the technique. Knitting is full of humorless scolds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:11 AM (JNr/z)

89 mornin yall

"Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement"

Well good. I hope he puts them all out of business before the Dems crash the economy.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)

90 G'mornin' everyone!

22 degrees! the final kibosh on remaining vestiges of garden, I bet ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

91 Building a house creates a surprising amount of imperishable debris (demolition, naturally, is even worse). Dad and I contracted for one builder who wouldn't pay for a dumpster; he'd have us dig a hole -- under the crawl space if there was no basement, far back in the backyard if there was -- and just doze it all in. We were horrified, but it was his reputation not ours. One thing we did was to buy a woodstove, and toss all the lumber tailings on the truck at the end of the day. We heated the house for free a couple of years. I suppose we were the baddies.

I'm a great believer in soil emendation, and at least theoretically try to achieve it by natural means, like cycles of tillage, a progression of plantings, and attention to water rentention and drainage. On my last project, which involved removal of a 110-year-old cottage and its driveways and pavings, removal of all the 'artefacts' cost me literally weeks of work, and I had to bring in loads of more-or-less topsoil to augment the crappy clay fill the demo contractor used to fill the basement. I took out truckloads of masonry, metal, and bits of glass. Any place that's had a house for a century has lots of glass.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)

92 Gutenberg is a great place to find old books on stuff like knitting and scalding the hair off of hogs.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)

93 65 Pixy Misa, mazal on being quoted on Instapundit
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

That's our Pixy!

Mixy Pisa
@MixyPisa
Thanks for confirming this was the right choice.
We already knew that, but thanks all the same.

@RepJeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
House Democrats
@RepJeffries
16h
Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands.
His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Fire him today.
10:50 PM · Nov 6, 2026

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (odBC9)

94 22 degrees! the final kibosh on remaining vestiges of garden, I bet ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

I gave up on mine a little while ago and let it go to wrack and ruin. Sort of on purpose, it was a crap year for growing, both weather and free-time wise, so now I've got a bunch of lovely weed roots pushed down into the soil and I can chop and drop the whole mess and mulch it over for next year.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (aKiSo)

95 I thought we weren't doing Eliminationist Rhetoric anymore?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)

96 58, good news, thanks!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:17 AM (VyBeY)

97 Here we go again with the Kraken crap. If you are going to unlease the Kraken don't put a shock collar on it so it can be stopped when it starts flattening everything.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

98 Soil pH is important. Too far one way or another on the scale means that nutrients and minerals applied, fertilizer, etc, are unable to be effectively utilized by the plants. Soil amendments and such saves money as well as improving uptake.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2026 07:18 AM (v9Y2Y)

99 Any place that's had a house for a century has lots of glass.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)

At my old house, i went to dig in a garden, and found some old slate roof tiles in the ground maybe an inch or two deep.

Then another layer. Then another layer.

It was like some kind of weird roof shingle archaeology. I had a gigantic stack by the end, and a huge hole. They really did re-do the roof and literally buried the old shingles in a tidy mass grave three feet back from the foundation wall.

Sore back, but weeeee free slate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:19 AM (aKiSo)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

101 W-o, we've been getting (gasp!) kale and arugula still, though everything else is all pulled up and piled.
agreed, crap year here for the same reasons.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

102 Howdy Horde!

I'm taking my son shooting this morning, so my alarm goes off in a couple hours. I should be sleeping!

Pixy, been meaning to ask, are you on top of this?:

$ curl -v ace.mu.nu |& grep -i x-powered-by

I day or two ago you said something that sounded like patching an old version of php, so I'm guessing you're handling it. Thank you for all you do for this site.

Posted by: frammish at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (rcENI)

103 101 W-o, we've been getting (gasp!) kale and arugula still, though everything else is all pulled up and piled.
agreed, crap year here for the same reasons.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

Had I put some effort into cool season crops this summer, I'd be rolling in it today. It's been lovely greens weather lately. Enjoy the bounty, brother!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:21 AM (aKiSo)

104 91 Building a house creates a surprising amount of imperishable debris (demolition, naturally, is even worse). ...

I'm a great believer in soil emendation, and at least theoretically try to achieve it by natural means, like cycles of tillage, a progression of plantings, and attention to water rentention and drainage. ...
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)

Super-cool stories in your post, Way, Way Downriver.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:21 AM (odBC9)

105 Roofing nails are wicked-looking things. We put on a new roof a couple years ago, and I found those in the yard for months afterward.

Posted by: frammish at November 07, 2026 07:23 AM (rcENI)

106 We have limestone here. In fact, early settlers used it for fenceposts, since there weren't many trees. The soil is okay if you keep it wet but hardens like concrete.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:24 AM (JNr/z)

107 I thought we weren't doing Eliminationist Rhetoric anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)

====
My response to Hakeem, "Hush boy."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

108 95 I thought we weren't doing Eliminationist Rhetoric anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)

Who you callin' "we"???!!!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

109 I buried a bunch of concrete from replacing a section of driveway. It's in a deep hole down by the woods. There might be something under that concrete too, I dunno.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

110 Pixy's 𝕏 post at Instapundit was put into a post written by Ed Driscoll:

Posted at 5:15 pm by Ed Driscoll

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:29 AM (odBC9)

111 Fyi, if you are on substack, there is a young Norwegian man that goes by Kni Jon, Purl Jon. He has been writing on knitting history and does a good job.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (JNr/z)

112 I did save some of the big slabs of concrete to take to the farm to make a foundation for a shed. I can haul about 5000 lbs at a time and so far have taken about 15 tons out there.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

113 I'm also made some benches out of the old concrete and will make a nice big picnic table sometime.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

114 112 I did save some of the big slabs of concrete to take to the farm to make a foundation for a shed. I can haul about 5000 lbs at a time and so far have taken about 15 tons out there.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

113 I'm also made some benches out of the old concrete and will make a nice big picnic table sometime.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

Waste not, want not!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)

115 Stateless,

They do make dog harnesses with a grab handle on the back. They can help with moving the dog around.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (JNr/z)

116 "Waste not, want not!
Posted by: m "

That's what I say but I'm also a cheapskate who did not want to pay to dispose of 50 tons of concrete. There are places I can use those slabs at the farm, or it can just sit there in a pile until kingdom come.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:35 AM (MWfyi)

117 Hakeem Jeffries wasn't always so awful, was he?

*reads his Wikipedia entry*

Hmm. Maybe he was....

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)

118 50,000 lbs, I mean. 25 tons.

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

119 118 50,000 lbs, I mean. 25 tons.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (MWfyi)

math

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (odBC9)

120 "math
Posted by: m "

It's too heavy a subject for this early in the morning.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)

121 Hakeem Jeffries wasn't always so awful, was he?

*reads his Wikipedia entry*

Hmm. Maybe he was....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)
====

Search Leonard Jeffries his father.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

122 120 "math
Posted by: m "

It's too heavy a subject for this early in the morning.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)

It's too heavy a subject

heh

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:40 AM (odBC9)

123 121 Hakeem Jeffries wasn't always so awful, was he?

*reads his Wikipedia entry*

Hmm. Maybe he was....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)
====

Search Leonard Jeffries his father.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

Oh, my....

Jeffries's claims that Jewish businessmen financed the Atlantic slave trade and used the movie industry to hurt black people, and that whites are "ice people" while blacks are "sun people", received national publicity in the early 1990s.

Jeffries was discharged from his position as chair of CUNY's Black Studies Department, leading to a long legal battle that ended with the courts affirming the college's right to remove him from the position due to his incendiary remarks.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (odBC9)

124 Leonard Jeffries

He is the uncle of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Ohio State University historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:44 AM (odBC9)

125 Buddy of mine years ago bought a handsome owner-built house that had two unbuildable side lots, with a 20-foot deep cut from a tributary stream. Through most of town, the creek had been culverted and was a nuisance. The old guy had spent his spare time for years with a basic little utility trailer following city crews who jackhammered failed sidewalks and curbs. He terraced that several-hundred-foot gorge with loving laid broken concrete, then planted lots of things. Walking through it was like the hanging gardens of Babylon. Net expense, zero. Things were different back then. I wonder what the permit process would look like today.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)

126 Hakeem Jeffries

[Hakeem] Jeffries was born on August 4, 1970, at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, to Marland Jeffries, a state substance-abuse counselor, and Laneda Jeffries, a social worker.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:46 AM (odBC9)

127 "Walking through it was like the hanging gardens of Babylon. Net expense, zero. Things were different back then. I wonder what the permit process would look like today.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver"

My pile of concrete in the woods before I moved it looked like some Mayan ruins after the kudzu started covering it up.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)

128 I have a place I thought I might try making a stone footbridge across a creek using concrete chunks. One day.

Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:56 AM (MWfyi)

129
So Leonard jeffries is the dad or the uncle of hakeem? Thanks for the research, m.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (XJ22o)

130 115 Stateless,

They do make dog harnesses with a grab handle on the back. They can help with moving the dog around.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (JNr/z)

Thanks. He's 40 pounds. It's not the weight.
Just never-ending caregiving.
I'll have to find a way to become happy.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (Sco7b)

131 129 So Leonard jeffries is the dad or the uncle of hakeem? Thanks for the research, m.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (XJ22o)

Wikipedia says that Leonard Jeffries is Hakeem's uncle. I haven't looked beyond that.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:04 AM (odBC9)

132 Nood.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (Sco7b)

133 125 Buddy of mine years ago bought a handsome owner-built house that had two unbuildable side lots, with a 20-foot deep cut from a tributary stream. Through most of town, the creek had been culverted and was a nuisance. The old guy had spent his spare time for years with a basic little utility trailer following city crews who jackhammered failed sidewalks and curbs. He terraced that several-hundred-foot gorge with loving laid broken concrete, then planted lots of things. Walking through it was like the hanging gardens of Babylon. Net expense, zero.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)

Lots of elbow grease!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)

134 Lots of elbow grease! --Posted by: m

You damn betcha. My pal and I both had what were thought of as energetic jobs, and we would walk through that man's handiwork and marvel at his gumption. It was inspiring.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (zdLoL)

135 134 Lots of elbow grease! --Posted by: m

You damn betcha. My pal and I both had what were thought of as energetic jobs, and we would walk through that man's handiwork and marvel at his gumption. It was inspiring.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (zdLoL)

; )

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:43 AM (odBC9)

136 What's up it's me, I am also visiting this website
daily, this website is really good and the visitors are really sharing pleasant thoughts.

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1 Chinesium like sands of Mars, filters through all veins of life.
Is good, you will learn to love.
Truly
_Chairman Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (wljQY)

2 what time is it

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (n0DpO)

3 First?

Posted by: EFF at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (OLeY0)

4 its howdy doody time

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5
its howdy doody time
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (n0DpO)

_________

I thought it was Winchell Mahoney time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 10:06 PM (eRlcH)

6 Sorry for being me, folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:06 PM (CHHv1)

7 Evenin'

Wait, you can get 'voting' stickers like that?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 10:07 PM (+YRf1)

8 *Phew* I did that whole thing in 25 minutes. Had a corned beef emergency, and didn't actually sit down to put the ONT together until 8:30 CT. If some of the memes suck, it's because I didn't get to be selective at all. It was next meme in the folder-upload. LOL

Posted by: Weirddave at November 06, 2026 10:08 PM (zTKwm)

9 Fransico Franco is still dead.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 06, 2026 10:08 PM (47diA)

10 Wait. Would that be a Lorica Segmentata perhaps?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:09 PM (vBZcw)

11 Thank you WD@ for another wonderful Friday ONT.
And a fine good evening to you my wonderful grey box friends.

Posted by: Some Rat Poison at November 06, 2026 10:10 PM (BJzO2)

12 "The Frighteners" is better than any Dennis Villanueve movie. By quite a factor.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

13 Oops...

Posted by: Some Rat at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (BJzO2)

14 A few of the 'most hated' I've never heard of. And no Papa Doc Duvalier?

Good evening, Horde! I'll be out of town this weekend so don't burn the place down until *after* you save my loot, okay?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (aJQbY)

15 Mehmet II didn't even make this list? The guy was walking dogcrap.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (vBZcw)

16 then announce winchell mahoney time.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:13 PM (n0DpO)

17 Why is Rasputin on the list? He was just a horny courtier who took a licking and kept on ticking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (vBZcw)

18 She was the kind of woman a man encountered only once in a lifetime, usually after midnight and always at the wrong end of trouble, and trouble always came with a caliber.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

19 Awesome ONT

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (mmrXZ)

20 Who is Jesse Marsch?

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:16 PM (kU0PQ)

21 I was born to Noir. Here's mine:

I'd been quiet for three miles. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that means a person is either building a bomb or fixing to blow their own cover.

Then I spilled it. The words came out fast, tripping over each other like a suspect catching a glimpse of the rubber hose. No preamble. Just raw nerve and a question hanging in the stale air of the sedan.

I didn't blink. I just reached into my coat pocket, pulled out a pack of Luckies, and waited for the smoke to clear before I gave you the straight dope.

"You want to stop for some hooch?"

"Honey, I don't swing that way."

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22 I vote in Krogervania now, but in my heart I still sing the anthem of the sovereign state of Wegmans. 🫡

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (kpS4V)

23 Elagabalus > Caligula

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (vBZcw)

24 I didn't see Kaiser Wilhelm in the most hated people...how many millions were killed in WW1?

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

25 I would take issue with the inclusion of Mussolini. I'd like to see the manager.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (vBZcw)

26 Hated list? Margaret Sanger. or is there a list of 50 for women

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (n0DpO)

27 Jesse Marsch is apparently a soccer coach, which is as bad as being a cannibal serial killer IMHO.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (kpS4V)

28 Why is Jesse Marsch on the most hated poster. I never heard of him but I guess he's an American who plays soccer in Canada.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (ndZc7)

29 Flag on the play: that was a stricker fired empty chamber

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (n0DpO)

30 She stood beneath the neon glow of the Blue Moon, a cigarette resting between two fingers, her blonde hair falling across one eye. She had legs that went on longer than a losing streak in Vegas, lips that promised heaven, and eyes that warned a man he was headed straight for hell.

I love noir.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

31 what time is it?
----

Time to Play the Game:

https://tinyurl.com/Time-Motorhead

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (Cjcf6)

32 I wonder if they posted this list in Hell and they all scrambled to see their ranking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (kpS4V)

33 Texas is everybody's arch nemesis this week. Including their own.

Don't give me that look, Texas. You know what you did.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (vTZFs)

34 Immense sympathy for the monthly hormonal variations that women experience, but you know that one is a fake because women always leave the lid up.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (bWl9e)

35 Cannibal serial killers really get a bad rap. If I become a cannibal serial killer, second thing I'm gonna do is hire a reputation management firm.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (HFrEr)

36 of course it was quiet

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (n0DpO)

37 >>Alas, Poor ONT. I Knew Him Horatio

Finally, someone gets the quote right. Sort of.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

38 My town was part of The Fareway Resistance.... then The People's Republic of Hy-Vee moved in! This town does not need three grocery stores! (The third one is small and locally owned.)

Posted by: pookysgirl is torn between hating MN or NE at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Wt5PA)

39 32 I wonder if they posted this list in Hell and they all scrambled to see their ranking.

---------

Made for some interesting water cooler chatter, I'll bet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (vBZcw)

40 Flag on the play: that was a stricker fired empty chamber

Ask Ed L about it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (vTZFs)

41 Columbus? Really? How many people did Columbus kill?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

42 41 Columbus? Really? How many people did Columbus kill?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

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He was a notorious importer of smallpox blankets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (vBZcw)

43 King John?? what??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (AKptf)

44 Back to Front:

Cool pistol
This map of State Hate is correct for once, at least for Ohio
The Lady Laughing is all over my algorithm at the moment
Most Hated People = Jesse Marsh ... WHY ???
Wegmans Empire, one of the best things about NYS
I don't get the JK Rowling one

Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (oCio0)

45 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

46 My mother informed me that Wegman's Sovereign Nation is now invading the Giant Eagle Federation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)

47 Sick and watching a bunch of old Gene Autry movies....the bad guys all sound like Chicago mobsters.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (3UxRL)

48 Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (2WIwB)

49 And Ghenghis Khan at 50? He killed an estimated 40M people during a period of time when there were only about 400M people...about 10% of the entire f'n world population...like killing 800M today.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)

50 Howdy, beloved Horde! Nice to see you all here tonight!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (OlzlW)

51 Augusto Pinochet, Francisco Franco, Vlad the Impaler, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez? They were heroes in my book.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)

52 Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

===

Texas no longer top of the list ???

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)

53 I think you need to put Paraguay's Francisco Solano López on that list. You get bonus points for being responsible for killing off 70% of your country's population.

He should have at least got honorable mention. I mean, when you conscript 10 year old's into your army, you're not a second teamer.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (dIske)

54 Vlad Tepes did humanity a service.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (X8vlu)

55 I never understood why Noir was such a "thing" ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (oCio0)

56 Gawd. I miss Wegmans.
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

57 51 Augusto Pinochet, Francisco Franco, Vlad the Impaler, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez? They were heroes in my book.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)

Cortez is almost universally hated in Mexico...And I'm most likely descended from him and a number of his conquistadors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

58 If that private dick admiring her gams is a frog...

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (Q+gd/)

59 Given that mach 8 fart video, all I have to say is this:

*poot*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

60 Damn! Off, sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (yky4J)

61 Great ONT, Dave!

I explain knitting patterns to people as code, but with more variations, so not binary. Charted patterns use a series of symbols for the different stitches in each row. They can be very complex, as in lace knitting.
Written patterns use abbreviations for the stitches: K, P,
K2tog, YO, sl1, etc. in combinations to form the pattern.
Same goes for crochet...

Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (f+FmA)

62 OTOH:

Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)

63 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.
Posted by: Joemarine

Lavrentiy Beria

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

64 The Pizarro brothers were much worse than Cortez. Even the Spanish crown couldn't stomach them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)

65 59 Given that mach 8 fart video, all I have to say is this:

*poot*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

Your guts would explode under the intense pressure first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (l3cgK)

66 Texas no longer top of the list ???
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)

It may be by default if that's where the grandkids wind up. But I really love Idaho. And gas is 95 cents cheaper there than here.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

67 Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Sex and violence, man. Sex and violence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ndZc7)

68 62 OTOH:

Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)

Reminds me of the saw...
Paying for carbon credits to offset your carbon usage is the same as a gangbanger knocking up a bunch of women to make up for all the gang members he's killed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)

69 Cortez is almost universally hated in Mexico...And I'm most likely descended from him and a number of his conquistadors...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

Mexico would not be Mexico had there not been Cortez. The Aztec Empire would have eventually fallen to General Pershing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (yky4J)

70 The state of the United States at the moment, from X:

I don’t enjoy discussing politics with all my Democrat friends, because all they talk about is all the people they want to kill. It’s really disturbing.

It's true - a moderate Democratic now is someone who merely wants to imprison his political opponents, rather than kill them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:33 PM (aD4fx)

71 Ok, I'm fucking giggling at the lifetime fart blast. Holy shit, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (vzuC7)

72 Sometime recently somebody posted a link to a news article about Illinois and Colorado planning ways to punish MAGA supporters. Does anyone here tonight remember anything about that? I can't find the article via internet search. All the hits are about how mean Trump is to Colorado and Illinois.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (OlzlW)

73
Thanks, Dave.

Now I can put this miserable week to bed.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (Y8DZL)

74 The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (aD4fx)

75 Sub Che Guevara for C Columbus.

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (sdSI9)

76 WD, this is a stellar ONT. If you had just had the fart math, that would have been perfect, but then you had pup cups and silent gubs, and it was beautiful.

(wipes a tear, smiles.)

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (wLjpr)

77 My mother informed me that Wegman's Sovereign Nation is now invading the Giant Eagle Federation.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)

We have both a Wegman's and a Publix here in SE Virginia (Food Lion AZ)

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)

78 Pol Pot who I believe is the American Left's dream leader

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)

79 Weird Dave...you have nailed what I needed this week. I loved it all.

I laughed out loud at the farht science thing, which could be totally retarded and I don't care.

And the College Footbawl is priceless in matching preznits.

I hate Osama the most. It's all his fault. Everything.

Loved drunk James May beating nasty and mean Ramsey. I assume that is Shepherd's Pie.

The states who hate other states is accurate.

Altho in MS Piggly Wiggly of my youth was like an early 7-11. Publix Empire of FL is great. All of their stores now have generators after the Three Hurricane Summer of 2005 we endured on our beach.

The map of cities in Europe is accurate.

There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.

https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav

Thanks again, Weird Dave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

80 >>Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

If you like Idaho then go for it, If you think you can outrun the left you are making a mistake.

Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)

81 78 Pol Pot who I believe is the American Left's dream leader

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)

And they kept making excuses as word of his mass killing of Cambodians started coming to light...
The left were also big fans of Jim Jones until he killed off his entire cult.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (l3cgK)

82 Also...is that a real gun? I want one.

Mostly for shooting a few squirrels currently, but would maybe need it in the future apocalypse.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)

83 Diogenes,

Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

84 Maybe it's time for Donald Trump to form the Great America Party, and shitcan the GOP forever. Bring in a few of the decent reps and senators from the GOP, and maybe a few decent Democrats, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yky4J)

85 One more. I love cranking this shit out.

The dame walked into my office at 8:47 on a Thursday night, and trouble came in right behind her. She wore a black dress, blood-red lipstick, and a look that could freeze the devil's coffee. Her legs went clear to the floor, her eyes could cut glass, and tucked beneath that silk jacket was a Colt .45 that looked like it had settled more arguments than the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

86 The left were also big fans of Jim Jones until he killed off his entire cult.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Diane Fineswine's good buddy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:39 PM (X8vlu)

87 56 Gawd. I miss Wegmans.
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

I miss the Wegmans before covid. They got rid of the food court during that bleak period, and the football field length salad and hot bar with asian, indian, mexican and italian food was gone, replace with a weak sampling of dishes prepackaged, chilled and languishing in cold cases. Their Thanksgiving turkey dinner, however, was the bomb. I had surgery the Monday before thanksgiving one year, and we got it. Chef's kiss!

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

88 JackStraw

*fistbump*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

89 Welp, I can hardly keep my eyes open. I'll check tomorrow to see if anyone answers my query.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:41 PM (OlzlW)

90 Maybe it's time for Donald Trump to form the Great America Party, and shitcan the GOP forever.

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I dumped the GOP and registered independent after McCain blamed his loss on Palin. I've never regretted it.

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maybe a few decent Democrats, too.

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Also unicorns and the Easter Bunny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)

91 Don't know if this is what you are looking for, Emmie, but it goes that direction:
https://tinyurl.com/3z5acr53

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (3UxRL)

92 She was real, all right.

Posted by: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

93 Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
----

Agree. A state isn't just the current political climate. As we saw this week, that can turn on a dime.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (kpS4V)

94 Who the hell got Christopher Columbus on that list?

And while AK does have a lot of Carrs stores, I'd say they are generally beat by Fred Meyer, and certainly by Three Bears.

But then, nobody ever comes to AK to find out before they make these silly maps.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (5WPt1)

95 Why aren’t Woodrow Wilson or FDR on the list? Oh yeah, good PR.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (ZVgZ4)

96 Also...is that a real gun? I want one.

https://bt-usa.com/products/hush-puppy-kit/

Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)

97 How does Henry the 8th get on the list of most hated, but not VI Lenin?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (aJQbY)

98 I'm actually surprised that Idaho didn't lurch more leftward, given all the blue transplants we've received so far. Guess they all settled in the southern portion?

*shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

99 Also unicorns and the Easter Bunny.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)

Heh. I was thinking maybe Fetterman. I think he could be persuaded, and his future as a Donk Senator is on very thin ice anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (yky4J)

100 There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

And don't forget the Vengeances in "A Tale of Two Cities", knitting in the name of the victims of Mdme.
Guillotine.
I'm a constant knitter in public and when they read that in our middle D's English class, her friends were all "Hey, Marge- it's your mom!"

Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:45 PM (f+FmA)

101 Moki, that's so sad about Wegmans' food court. It was the best thing after a long day of work to traipse through all the h hill or dishes available.

COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)

102 I laughed out loud at the farht science thing, which could be totally retarded and I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)

103 If you like Idaho then go for it, If you think you can outrun the left you are making a mistake.

Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)

Oh I do like it. It's beautiful.
I've no illusions about what's happening vis-a-vis the Left but in the time I have left, I'd like to create a place where the family can go.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

104 "Hot dishes". Stupid sausage fingers.

Mmm, sausage....

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (kpS4V)

105 surprised that Idaho didn't lurch more leftward
_-_
Yeah, that's the problem. This is happening everywhere. I had a number of friends leave Colorado for Texas, but the problem shows up there, too...and now my daughter and son-in-law in the big MT are beckoning...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (3UxRL)

106 >>*fistbump*

Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

107 https://bt-usa.com/products/hush-puppy-kit/

Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)

Be nice if they made such a kit for a real gun, like a 1911.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (yky4J)

108 101 Moki, that's so sad about Wegmans' food court. It was the best thing after a long day of work to traipse through all the h hill or dishes available.

COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)

It ruined so so much. And I fear it was a harbinger. How are you doing these days, sweet lady?

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (wLjpr)

109 I'm doing very well, dear Moki. Retirement suits me. I don't do a damn thing and I love it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (kpS4V)

110 I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)

You know, I don't the math really maths. But it was funny.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (yky4J)

111 Been standing up.

So have you.

I’m not leaving.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)

112 Yeah, we *did* move a bit to the left:

R

is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)

113 If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
----

Yes!

(I'm doing it from a prone position though)
*swirls brandy snifter*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (kpS4V)

114 Ugh... R : D is now only 2:1

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

115 Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

I think we may have run far enough, although there is one sketchy neighbor an acre over or so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (5WPt1)

116 B&T builds some cool stuff, that silencer included.

Drawback to a wiped silencer like that one is that it's quiet for about 10 rounds and then you're replacing the wipes.

If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

117 The California Dream dimmed considerably for me after the great grocery strike of 2003-4. The workers believed the union leadership and struck Safeway (Vons), Kroger (Ralphs) and Albertsons primarily over employer paid healthcare. At a time when everyone else routinely contributed to an employer-sponsored plan, these yahoos thought they could continue with the free ride they had been enjoying up til then.

I honored the line for a few weeks, hoping an adult would finally step in and explain reality and get everyone back to work ahead of Thanksgiving. Nope. Christmas? Sorry. Walked into the local Albertsons to find the butcher shop dark and partitioned off. The produce - California Fresh! was pitiful.

Started to do most of my shopping at Trader Joes and a few independents. Everyone else did the same. I remember sitting out at my local Coffee Bean and I recognized an Albertsons cashier walking the picket line and looking pretty defeated. Young guy, with a family. When the strike ended, about five or six months after it started, I never saw him again...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (08OqX)

118 They didn't dare place Muhammad accurately on the Most Hated list, because his hateful followers would murder them.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 10:55 PM (ke3zm)

119 Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

I have a fine neighborhood but the area is not the same. There are 100,000 more people here than when I bought the house. It's crowded. Traffic sucks. Politics suck. My doctor retired and now I have to find a new one. And I hit all the damn lights red.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

120
I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)
********
I want to know who did the math and wrote it. Then have them run for Congress or King Emperor Genius.

When he hit 290 G's is when I lose it every time. Have watched it 4 times.

If anyone can find it not on X or twitter I'd send it to my men.

Can you tell I grew up with brothers and their friends?

I think the noro virus explosions I had this summer rivaled this at times (I had the diarrhea type vs harfing). I was too weak to laugh, but was thinking wth?

I only get stomach issues every 50yrs (so far). The last was the Bicentennial virus I gifted my brothers before going to Gulf Shores for the 4th to enjoy the beach. There were pre-fireworks from both ends.

They hated me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

121 The false Prophet Mohamed belongs on the top row of the Most Hated chart. In terms of damage done, he's #1.

Posted by: a.moron at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (X5Jzz)

122 I am a friend of the Aldi Cartel.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

123 I disagree with the arch-nemesis map: Illinois' arch-nemesis is Illinois. Disagree? Consider this: What Illinois is doing to itself is indistinguishable from what its worst enemy would do.

Posted by: Nemo at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (4RPgu)

124 She had legs all the way up to her chin and a pair of 38s.

Also a gun.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (qlLNh)

125 AK used to be Safeway and Carrs, exclusively. Carrs was local, and there is still the Carr-Gottstein Corporation outside of the grocery business. Carrs is the high end grocery, with really good produce and prices to match. Most of what you need you can get at Freddie's, cheaper, but not always the same quality. Costco is in Anchorage, and some folks drive in a load up a month's worth, usually if they have a lot of kids. Then there is Three Bears, which is our local out here, and it is kind of a stepped down Costco. They carry a fair bit of the stuff Costco has, plus their own groceries, some really good spices and spice mixes, and a gun counter where you can get just about anything plus ammo. Some camping stuff, some car stuff, lots of animal feed, particularly for small farming, and great local beef and other meat items. It's a bit more pricey, but the drive is about 15 minutes vs. half an hour to Wasilla or an hour to Costco in Anchorage, so it pays for itself. Freddie's, Costco and Three Bears also has gas. But Three Bears is our vibe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (5WPt1)

126 You MUST have fewer children!!! We are overpopulating the earth!!!

We must have more immigrants!!! We are below the replacement rate of births!!!!

Would kinda help our younger generations if they had a little less competition from abroad, yes?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:00 PM (bWl9e)

127 And I hit all the damn lights red.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

Have you considered a shotgun?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)

128 > AK used to be Safeway and Carrs, exclusively. Carrs was local, and there is still the Carr-Gottstein Corporation outside of the grocery business.

I remember when Proctors was still a thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)

129 I just finished Brink of War and its pretty good.

The portrayal of Gorby and Reagan were both spot on.

And one thing that sticks with me, how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

130 Have you considered a shotgun?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)

Every time I go for pizza.
Bonus, could eliminate a few Flock cameras too!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB)

131 She had legs like a millipede. The kind you just knew would hold you in down while her mandibles sunk into your face, the hard carapace of her trunk segments rendering her immune to your feeble blows. It was then that I realized, almost too late, that she was in fact a giant millipede. No face, no case, doll. My .38 rang out several times, and I bolted down the fire escape just behind my fleeing sanity, knowing I had definitely picked the wrong week to stop shooting morphine into my eyeballs.

Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)

132 Drawback to a wiped silencer like that one is that it's quiet for about 10 rounds and then you're replacing the wipes.

If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

If I were going to commence a retirement career as a hitman, I would build me an over and under double barrelled derringer, muzzle-loader, with electric ignition. No action to make a click, no ejected brass. With a one-time wiper type suppressor on each barrel. That would be for the hits. Carry a regular automatic to fight my way out if something goes wrong on the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (yky4J)

133 Would kinda help our younger generations if they had a little less competition from abroad, yes?

Also:

Tooth and nail capitalism is bad - you shouldn't have to compete just to make a living and...

We've imported every third world we can find to compete against you in that system and given them welfare and DEI

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)

134 So depressed.
Everyone have a good night.

I really don't want to take care of Ralphy anymore.
I'll regroup this weekend.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (Sco7b)

135 Mexico would not be Mexico had there not been Cortez. The Aztec Empire would have eventually fallen to General Pershing.

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Do you think they would have lasted all the way to the 1900s??? The absolute latest they could have made it would have been the early 1800's where Andrew Jackson would have eliminated them. But they were weak and probably would have collapsed on their own similar to Rome.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (tB7nu)

136 ChristyBlinky, no idea who "They hated me" means, but clearly those were bad people. None of us here hate you, quite the opposite!

Yeah I've had a few tonight. But my spelling and grammar are werewolf perfect!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (CHHv1)

137 Diogenes

Medical care is not going to be better than what you have access to now. How much “medical intervention” is worth living where you live?

If your quality of life is potentially better in Idaho, go for it. But. Things change.

Priest Lake is freaking out of this world and I’d move there into a log cabin tomorrow if I could.

Otherwise. I am staying here. I love Seattle. With all its warts and pustules and gaping, oozing wounds.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (yEz+x)

138 If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

My 22 Henry rifle is like that. First time I shot it, I had to check the magazine to make sure all the rounds went through..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:08 PM (08OqX)

139 @134 -yeah everyone loves Robert the Cat(TM). Only one person has to live with him and his machinations.

Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)

140 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (ibDUx)

141 If the Spanish had never gone to Mexico the Aztecs would eventually have been defeated by some other tribes.

Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people. Someone else would have eventually been able to make a similiar set of alliances...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)

142 Well said nurse ratched. At time the home we are used to is the home we should leave.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (CHHv1)

143 ONT is top quality. The presidents/ncaa football mashup is eerily accurate…

Posted by: H at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (JSLNb)

144 112 Yeah, we *did* move a bit to the left:

R is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.

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I keep saying this. We complain about AOC, and Mamdani and this guy and that. The biggest problem with the country right now is our schools teaching our kids to hate America, embrace communism and hate white men. It is not all teachers, but nearly every school has enough of these commies to poison our young minds.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (tB7nu)

145 Priest Lake is freaking out of this world and I’d move there into a log cabin tomorrow if I could.

Nurse,
You're reading my mind. Already found two potential cabins.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)

146 139 @134 -yeah everyone loves Robert the Cat(TM). Only one person has to live with him and his machinations.

Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)

It's also the constant lifting him into the house. The stairs. But he's happy otherwise. But it's a never-ending constant thing that wears me out now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (Sco7b)

147 @117...we had a weird Thanksgiving about 20yrs ago on the farm. My brother would report to me and my dude that mother kept getting the turkey out to thaw, then putting it back in the freezer after he'd take it out again over two days or so.

We, being somewhat sane, thought this was weird. At 10pm Wed night my dude notes the frozen/unfrozen turkey was still frozenish and probably full of salmonella.

We decide to leave to find another turkey in the Podunk Boonies of MS. Found a fresh turkey, the last one, that looked ok.

Had left a note in the event my parents, brothers or sons noticed we'd left. No one noticed as you sleep soundly there.

The next morning, mother was annoyed at our drama and I think probably ate the weird turkey after we left (yet they all still lived). We ate the one we figured wouldn't kill us that weekend.

She would also invite about 50 relatives for this dinner, potluck. Approx one third of these relatives were dysfunctional. It made for many stories for our sons in later years.

This week my brother sent me fakebook photos of one cousin finding one of her 3 husbands for true love again. I texted Honey Boo Boo's family have entered our Shakespearean play.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (hzuYO)

148 Just looking for clues at the scene of the crime:

Duck.ai GPT -6 Luna said:
Harris County (Houston+) has '600,000 undocumented immigrants'.

They caught chairman Xi printing up driver licenses for the undocumented before. How about this time?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (wljQY)

149 I offered the Mother Superior a shot of scotch. She declined and took a slug of bootleg bourbon from her hip flask Then she lit up a stogie, and offered me one. Cuban. I raised an eyebrow. "The Church has ways." she muttered.

"Now," I said, tell me what happened when you found Cardinal O'Ryan in the transept with the missing cake server sticking out of his back.

"He muttered "I should have known not to approve a an Altar Guild basement potluck on the same night the Columbiettes have their annual bash. I've paid the price" then he kicked off.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (qlLNh)

150 95 Why aren’t Woodrow Wilson or FDR on the list? Oh yeah, good PR.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Besides WWI, Woodrow Wilson had the whole eugenics thing going for him. Liberals tend to forget that Wilson and Margaret Sanger were eugenics enthusiasts. Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

151 I remember when Proctors was still a thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)

Loved the red wax pencil to mark prices! Back then we also had a Piggly Wiggly in Mountain View and one in Spenard. All of them are long gone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)

152 @144 -exactly. Our education system slams the best and upsizes the worst. Eventually that becomes the standard.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (CHHv1)

153 One rivalry between IL and WI is Bears vs Packers. Other than that, this Illinoisan regards WI as a pleasant place to visit once in a while.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

154 Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)

155 > Loved the red wax pencil to mark prices! Back then we also had a Piggly Wiggly in Mountain View and one in Spenard. All of them are long gone.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)

I'm trying to think of the name of the prototypical "no frills" store that was around for a while. Nothing like a big box store, but they did offer bulk items.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

156 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.
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Pol Pot belongs there for *efficiency* rating. That evil bastard managed to kill 25% of the entire population of Cambodia in a matter of only a couple of years. He did that by outright murder and complete and total economic incompetence, where he killed farmers and then marched accountants and social workers out to farms and told them to replace their productivity, even thought they had ZERO skills and training.

So basically what DEI looks like, just without the competent non-DEI hires to keep everything moving.

Pol Pot and Cambodia is the tightest teaching model there is on the evils of communism.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (Cjcf6)

157 Was Obama 51st or something?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (n5tGW)

158 Getting blustery out there. Prolly lose power tonight.

All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.

Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)

159 Besides WWI, Woodrow Wilson had the whole eugenics thing going for him.

One of the "good" progressive judges wrote the "One generation of imbeciles is enough" decision.

The difference between then and now, is now the left has found a use for imbeciles and their offspring

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (sKqQm)

160 >>>Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people. Someone else would have eventually been able to make a similiar set of alliances...

Posted by: 18-1
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That's literally what he told the other tribes.
I'm going to make you my slaves but we are not going to murder your babies, and eat them or do any of the other unholy things the Aztec are doing. You will have your families and your children.
We are Christian and abide by God's law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (wljQY)

161 153 One rivalry between IL and WI is Bears vs Packers. Other than that, this Illinoisan regards WI as a pleasant place to visit once in a while.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

Being from Alaska, I always laughed when WI folks referred to Illinois folk as "flatlanders." I'm not entirely sure I could tell the difference, honestly. What WI considers a "mountain" hardly makes a bump in the road up here.

Also, the called them FIBs. Not the nicest way to refer to folks from IL, but then, not many IL tourists were particularly kind to the folks where they visited, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (5WPt1)

162 Hey, it's got an upright string bass in it:

https://tinyurl.com/3hh8uere

Posted by: pawn at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3g9Kl)

163 Pol Pot and Cambodia is the tightest teaching model there is on the evils of communism.

If you ever get into this with socialists they invariably fall back to "this time will be different" and then a little later wax on the joy they will feel when they have Elon Musk and the "Epstein class" executed.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

164 If I were going to commence a retirement career as a hitman, I would build me an over and under double barrelled derringer, muzzle-loader, with electric ignition. No action to make a click, no ejected brass. With a one-time wiper type suppressor on each barrel. That would be for the hits. Carry a regular automatic to fight my way out if something goes wrong on the job.

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A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

165 Night all!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)

166 @146 the thing is, he's a dog. He has always loved you, and you him. He did his bit, and now...well, he expects nothing. But you want to give him everything, because his love is pure.

Cats aren't in the same arena.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

167 In the massively-AU setting I occasionally toy with, yeah, Euro-equivalents didn't even come to the Americas, but eventually the sqabbling tribes of North America got together *just long enough* to Do Something about the Aztecs (aided by a Tezcatlipoca cultist sect). Then promptly broke down into squabbling again.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (aJQbY)

168 Cecilia Giménez should be on the Most Hated People in History List !

Posted by: Borja Citizens at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (AKptf)

169 > Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)

Right. As Neal Stephenson put it, it's a mark of what utter shitheads the Aztecs were that when the Spanish Inquisition took over, things actually became a lot more humane.

Also thinking of the way the Romans (not exactly a bunch of bleeding hearts) were horrified by the cruelty of the Druids.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (qlLNh)

170 Stay warm nurse ratched.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)

171 >>I think we may have run far enough, although there is one sketchy neighbor an acre over or so.

As you all know, I live in a very blue state. But in a place full of old timey yankee Democrats. We don't talk politics and we don't have trans nose pierced freaks. Kind of like Mayberry here. With a lot of ocean. We mostly talk about fishing or sailing.

They know my politics and I know theirs. So we leave it at that. We get along fine.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)

172 Thanks, pawn, that's my favorite Cleverlys tune!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (bWl9e)

173 Cats aren't in the same arena.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1

Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Sco7b)

174 I'm trying to think of the name of the prototypical "no frills" store that was around for a while. Nothing like a big box store, but they did offer bulk items.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

Mom used to buy a case of bread from the Sunrise Bakery second day store. Was just as cheap as making it, and a lot easier. Then it was Carrs on Gambell for meat and produce, and then Safeway on Gambell for everything else. The checkout ladies at Safeway were amazing, with huge beehive hairdos, and they never looked at the manual register while they rung things up, and they never made mistakes, either. Mom always gossiped with them, and then after she always checked the receipt.

The Sunrise is now Franz, but the other two stores are gone. Passing of an era.

Also, Pay n Save, and Montgomery Ward with the escalator.

Lots of lost things these days. Progress, I suppose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (5WPt1)

175 Was Obama 51st or something?
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He's number 1 on my list of Most Hated Kenyans.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)

176 Also thinking of the way the Romans (not exactly a bunch of bleeding hearts) were horrified by the cruelty of the Druids.

Also see their thoughts on the Punic religion.

And amusingly you can find sociologists attempting to argue the Punic religion didn't mass sacrifice children even though we have plenty of commentary on it from the Romans, Jews, and Greeks

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

177 Cortez married and Indian woman (she learned Spanish and acted as his interpreter). Later on and after he moved back to Spain he continued to support her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (wljQY)

178 158 Getting blustery out there. Prolly lose power tonight.

All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.

Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)

You'd think they would have sorted out West Seattle by now, but...

It was 15 degrees when I left the house this morning. The frost is pretty, but damn. I guess we should be glad there isn't snow everywhere yet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)

179 "154 Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)"

I just asked the DDG search AI, "how many black voters would there be in America today if Planned Parenthood had never existed?"

answer: Sorry, no relevant information was found in our search.

I guess we'll never know the impact of PP on minorities.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (r7+Q7)

180 A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

I have no knife-throwing skills. But I see no reason why a muzzle-loader pistol could not be suppressed as well as that Glock 19.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (yky4J)

181 "not many IL tourists were particularly kind to the folks where they visited, either."

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that.

The highest point in IL is near Scales Mound at a lofty 1235 ft ASL, not far from the WI border in the so-called Driftless Area, which escaped at least one of the glaciations. Not mountainous, but has some spectacular bluffs, full of little twisty rural razorback roads to explore.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 The whole country is not veering left, but a certain algorithm is making the votes come out that way:

https://shorturl.ly/ac59x

Goes to X.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

183 They know my politics and I know theirs. So we leave it at that. We get along fine.

Years ago I had a group of cow-workers I went out with and of course they were leftists because they wouldn't shut up about it but otherwise it was a good time.

I remember I accidentally let the mask slip at one point - some Sikh had been in the news and the question came up "why the heck does their religion make them carry knives anyway?" which I answered without even thinking about it - "oh because when their religion formed they experienced massive violence from the Muslims they lived among"

One of my cow-workers googled it quickly and was shocked to find I was right. "How do you know this stuff?!?" since it was haram in leftist circles to question Islam even then. "Oh I just read history and a lot of it" and I moved the conversation to something else in the news.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:28 PM (sKqQm)

184 A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

Knife throwing is pretty difficult, compared with say, axe throwing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (ZVgZ4)

185 Muzzle loaders are so primitive and inconvenient. Why not a modern over under?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)

186 If you ever get into this with socialists they invariably fall back to "this time will be different" and then a little later wax on the joy they will feel when they have Elon Musk and the "Epstein class" executed.
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Thank you--that seems to be yet another riff on the "true communism has never been tried" mantra. I can't believe academia still considers itself "academia" when it won't challenge blatantly fraudulent teaching on subjects like this.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)

187 tcn,

I bet you and DH are so freaking cozy and canning and storing all the good stuff for winter. How lovely! Get his crippled ass out there chopping wood ffs! It’s good therapy!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:31 PM (yEz+x)

188 Cortez married and Indian woman (she learned Spanish and acted as his interpreter). Later on and after he moved back to Spain he continued to support her.

She is a fascinating person herself. She had been a noble but was sold into slavery as a child. The tribe that held her in bondage gave her to Cortez as part of a peace offering.

Cortez quickly realized her language skills and she went from slave to his consort. Needless to say she had plenty of motivation to make Cortez ruler of the land...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (sKqQm)

189 One bright spot before I left California was Stater Bros. They were mostly a San Bernardino chain, but they took over a defunct Vons in Simi Valley after the strike. Amazing meat and seafood, everything that Albertsons used to be and then some. It was worth the hour round trip every week..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (08OqX)

190 Clearly the best: 'I got eight slugs in me, one's lead, the others bourbon'

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 11:34 PM (4NO2D)

191 106 >>*fistbump*

Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

I've got no problem with people moving to red states. It's the way that the Electoral College gets to change, and it's how the red states get more representation after the Censuses. In a fair world, red states get to finally drive the bus that saves everyone.

However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)

192 However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.

That is true but I think we are lacking something important.

As a leftist there is a web of NGOs, colleges, local and state governments all as a fall back to hire you if you fail.

The right needs the same.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:37 PM (sKqQm)

193
Philipians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Someth___ to hold close.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 11:38 PM (LHPAg)

194 Muzzle loaders are so primitive and inconvenient. Why not a modern over under?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)

Well, we are talking about a hypothetical hitman's pistol. Or James Bond weapon, if you will. Two barrels, so if you screw up the first shot, you get a second chance. The Welrod was a single-shot, remember. Smooth bore means really no markings on the slug for the ballistics investigators hang a case on.

Cheap and cheerful. You use it for the hit, go home, chuck the barrels in your lathe, and turn them into metal chips.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:40 PM (yky4J)

195 Darrell Harris,

I applaud you and admire you for your bravery in running for office! Good for you!

I talk to people. I cultivate relationships with patients and neighbors and folks I see on a regular basis. As they get comfortable, we talk about real things. As we talk, I listen. And challenge.

I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.

I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.

So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

196 A zipper. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)

197 131 She had legs like a millipede. The kind you just knew would hold you in down while her mandibles sunk into your face, the hard carapace of her trunk segments rendering her immune to your feeble blows. It was then that I realized, almost too late, that she was in fact a giant millipede. No face, no case, doll. My .38 rang out several times, and I bolted down the fire escape just behind my fleeing sanity, knowing I had definitely picked the wrong week to stop shooting morphine into my eyeballs.

Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)

I would buy this book

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (wLjpr)

198 It was 15 degrees when I left the house this morning. The frost is pretty, but damn. I guess we should be glad there isn't snow everywhere yet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)

******
I love snow. Lots of snow that parts of the Intermountain West wiffed last year. More! I want more than normal! Send it!

Saw the end of the cafe of you telling your man to get it together. We're 47yrs married and still like each other. Actually I'm still crazy about him. We're good!

Some of my classmates were shocked we were still together at the reunion in September, looking at photos. They knew him well and the rocky road of our first year. My roommates both loved him because he cooked for us.

Two classmates them lived upstairs in the (now) historic 150 yr old house where we fell in love.

I've been meaning to take the kids out to dinner and knock on the door to ask permission for a photo on the front porch. I'll probably be shot, but there's always the sidewalk with the house in the background. It's historic, all right.

I need to rake a million leaves tomorrow and do chores as I'm behind in everything in life.

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (hzuYO)

199 However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)

*********
You'll win next time, sir.

Proud to know you through AOS.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (hzuYO)

200 There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.

https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav

Thanks again, Weird Dave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

Your prize is a knit hat, to keep your wit warm this winter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

201 Oh speaking of MA I have to bring up again the absolute clown show they have going on.

The State Auditor, a democrat, whose job is to audit the state and its agencies tried to audit the MA state legislature near the start of the year and failed - the legislature argued they were outside of her legal reach and the governor/AG/state court backed them up.

So obviously they are crooked as hell. The auditor worked with outsized groups and got a ballot question to give her the power to audit the crooks. Her measure won by something like 90-10. But the same massholes re-elected all the same crooks who had promised they'd abide by the question if it won because you know they want clean government too the auditor just didn't have the power to do it.

Well, now that the election is over you'll be shocked to know those same crooks are already saying they don't care what the ballot question says she doesn't have the power to audit them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:48 PM (sKqQm)

202 A zipper. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)

Solid, accurately made, from good steel. Built for a purpose, and when that purpose is fulfilled, to be destroyed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (yky4J)

203 >>I've got no problem with people moving to red states. It's the way that the Electoral College gets to change, and it's how the red states get more representation after the Censuses. In a fair world, red states get to finally drive the bus that saves everyone.

Nor do I. People should do what they want. But there always consequences.

Are you familiar with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact? Democrats are. That will pretty much end the electoral college.

They now have the votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

204 I talk to people. I cultivate relationships with patients and neighbors and folks I see on a regular basis. As they get comfortable, we talk about real things. As we talk, I listen. And challenge.

I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.

I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.

So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

And what you're doing is exactly how Christianity spread throughout the world. Well, after people like Cortez 'helped' it along, at any rate.

I'm pretty scared a lot of the time, actually. I only ran because I couldn't find anyone else to do it. It was always a lost cause, and I really was always going to be the underdog. It turned out that as I did it, I found that I actually liked it. I also found out that declaring myself a politician made it easier to talk to regular people, and as I did I found that there wasn't the vitriol that you see online. When you meet someone face-to-face to chat it's rarely that bad.

Being 6'1" and black in Fairfield County makes it less likely to be assaulted by an AWFL. So there's that.

You're awesome.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:51 PM (0CU3H)

205 Here's an alarm clock that doesn't have a snooze button.

https://youtube.com/shorts/MU2H-DJZXOw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

206 I read that Tesla is stopping production of their Cybertrucks to build cabs.

What cars will raccoons break into now, thinking that they're dumpsters?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)

207 Evening.
=================
how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

"From each according to his ability, to ea h according to his need," takes on a whole new dimension when applied to gay sex.

Posted by: Robert at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (yM1Fj)

208 California Great America Santa Clara shutting for keeps after next season. They didn't own the land.
The developers want it.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 11:59 PM (3bRmy)

209 Just for the record, today is one of those days where I thank the LAWD for booze.

Fuck me...

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2026 12:00 AM (yM1Fj)

210 >>how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

211 And one thing that sticks with me, how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

212 Sink drainage still coming out on the pantry floor.
It's garage, pantry, kitchen. The wash and an extra mud room tub are in the pantry.
Home Depot roto rooter was not effective and also hit something like another pipe. It wiggled around it but it is an obstruction.
Pressing on it's established that the washer drain is full function.
The wash tub faucet cartridges (what a dumb idea, cartridges) replaced along with a new drain cup and its established that water drains from there even though it makes curious gurgling sounds.
Unplanned repairs completed the kitchen drain along with dishes await.
At least, the water is back on so there is toilet and cleanliness.
Whew.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (wljQY)

213 >how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
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The slow march throught the institutions is paying off.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

214 Reposting because. So I've been saying since the DSA psy op appeared in June that things were going to get very weird. And that we were being set up with a phony war between the DNC and DSA.

Equally I have observed all year that we were being set up by the Left for needing a (previously scheduled) masculine manly man for president in 2028, and that it was over for women.

So, laugh at me and feel free to bookmark this or whatever, but at the moment, I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)

215 And amusingly you can find sociologists attempting to argue the Punic religion didn't mass sacrifice children even though we have plenty of commentary on it from the Romans, Jews, and Greeks
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

The mass graves of burnt-alive newborns outside every Punic settlement are hard to argue away.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (ZVgZ4)

216 A genie gave me one wish. I said I just want to be happy.

Now I live in a house with six other dwarves and work in a mine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)

217 I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM
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Oh, please God, NO!!! Nightmare fuel...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

218 The Left are cheating: see my post at 182.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)

219
Looks like we'll get our first frost and maybe first 32F next Saturday around the 15th. It's pretty a pretty normal-ish year, a little drier than normal, at least here. GSP is still officially a good bit below normal rainfall, but right here, I'm about 1.5" behind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

220 One other point on the Punic religion the argument is "well the Romans, Greeks, and Jews aren't unbiased arbiters they all had conflicts with Punic states and therefore were likely spread slander about them".

Now NemoMeImpuneLacessit's point is right, we also have archeological evidence.

But...the argument is that the Romans, Jews, and Greeks who hated plenty of other groups, INCLUDING EACH OTHER, all came up with the same calumny against several different Punic civilizations and didn't use it against their other enemies?

That's uh and argument I guess.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 12:10 AM (sKqQm)

221 Oh, please God, NO!!! Nightmare fuel...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

Sorry - I also keep telling people not to worry and certainly not to think about next elections after driving themselves insane over this one.

It hit me tonight though and I can't get away from it. I have this problem where I see shit and I can't help it?

Anyway I'm only about 30% on it right now. It's pretty fucking outlandish and zany even for me. Let's see how the next four or five months shakes out.

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM (vE0+H)

222 Stateless, it's possible you are experiencing seasonal affective disorder - low mood/low energy and you need to try to make a conscious effort to not let it seep into every part of your life, especially your relationship with Ralphie. He still needs you and not just to get up the stairs, he needs your companionship and love.
If your low spirits persist it wouldn't hurt to get a checkup and talk to someone.

Posted by: old chick at November 07, 2026 12:12 AM (F3Dlr)

223 Been pretty dry here too. We’ve had a little rain. Some snow in the mountains. But I’d really love three weeks of saturating rain and 40 degrees.

That means a shitton of snow and disgruntled transplants.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (yEz+x)

224 We had our first frost about 3 weeks ago. Already put the heated water bowl out for outdoor Cat. He's been sleeping indoors from time to time ever since.

Still waiting for the rest of leaves to fall, and then I'll rake again. For now, just use the blower to get them off the front walkway and deck.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

225 The 50 most hated chart is fake news because we all know the most hated person in world history is orangemanbad

(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

226 (Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

Which isn't saying much since they love a lot of those guys

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)

227 Let's see how the next four or five months shakes out.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM

We need to educate the masses about pisslam. But the problem is: how to do it without getting branded. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

228 Seen online:

I woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed.

At first I was afraid...then I was petrified.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)

229 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuVEsdrCzpw

Nowhere to Run

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (jrgJz)

230 how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
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Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.
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Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media
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Yes to both. And a LOT, a HUGE AMOUNT, of CHEATING.

And we should thank Thune by booting that prick from our party. He should be forced to caucus with the Dems. And EVERY SINGLE "Republican" senator who gavelled an EMPTY session (rather than allowing the Senate to "recess", when Trump could make recess appointments) should be asked over and over again why they SOLD THEIR SOUL to do that. Fuck every last one of them. The "Republican" party needs a HUGE purge.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (Cjcf6)

231 Report: Trump's new DNI trying to reverse staff cuts. He was confirmed in July.

Trump's team has screwed up again. How can we pare government when every silo wants to be higher. And worse why are we airing our laundry?

WTF does this guy think he's doing?

Posted by: torabora at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (3bRmy)

232 Which isn't saying much since they love a lot of those guys

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
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Touche

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (4S/sV)

233 They have Pennsylvania's enemy as NJ. Wrong. It's Philadelphia.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 12:20 AM (cHNrw)

234 Well, I am done with the big zero-steer mower. Starter still sounded like crap when I cranked the engine, a V-twin Kohler. Took the plastic fan shroud off. Ran the starter. Pinion is wobbling all over the place. Take starter out, and tear it down. Basic standard Bendix drive. The drive pinion was supposed to be attached to the spiral cam by a nylon molded bushing. All gone. The pinion spun free on the starter shaft, which was bent, badly. I managed to mostly straighten the bent shaft, reducing the runout from about a quarter inch to about .020". Welded the pinion to the spiral cam, replaced the drive end bushing. Put starter back in. It runs pretty quiet, and cranks the engine with authority. Short of a new starter, it's the best I can do. Drove the mower around, and mowed a little with it. It does the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (yky4J)

235 If I ever speak with leftard sis again, I will ask her what she thinks will be "next step" if her nasty wish for PDT comes true. Of course, she probably hasn't thought of the 'ten minutes after' her psychopathic hatred of him.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

236 They say Wyoming's enemy is colorado. Fair enough - I agree. But you can't go wrong just putting California in almost any state west of Kansas either

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (4S/sV)

237 The 50 most hated chart is fake news because we all know the most hated person in world history is orangemanbad

(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)

238 Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)
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Emmanuel Goldstein will never die

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:28 AM (4S/sV)

239 Commies love more people on that chart than they hate.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 12:29 AM (KC5Lt)

240 Stateless, if you're still here--

{{{hugs}}} for you and Ralphy!

*Caregiver burnout* is a real thing, and isn't just for our human patients. I'm so sorry. Ralphy doesn't know what's going on, and he depends so much on you; it's got to be very stressful after a while.

I hope you can carry on just a bit more. Prayers up for you both...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

241 Commies love more people on that chart than they hate.
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You know, that's brilliant.

If any of us ever wanted to conduct a "communist intervention", that chart would make a great focal point.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:33 AM (Cjcf6)

242 > They now have the votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

That lasts exactly as long as it takes for a state to actually attempt to do this.

Then the mob with torches and pitchforks shows up.

Imagine what would've happened in 2024 if California (a signatory to this idiotic compound) had been forced to throw all its electoral votes to Donald Trump, as he won the popular vote.

Yeah, ugly, huh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:34 AM (qlLNh)

243 I've been thinking, and I realized that I don't hate anyone.

I may pity them, fear them, be disappointed or disgusted by them, or want to slap them silly so they understand consequences.

Would I start slapping them? No. It's counterproductive, and the list nowadays would grow faster than I could pare it down.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)

244 Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

Isn't it weird? If people still need educating on it after all this then the ship has likely sailed. This was a "we totally get it after 9/12" thing or a "let's elect a Hussein" thing. Either or and no in between.

What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (vE0+H)

245 > Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)

Remember, these mooks think there are still "Fascists" when there haven't been any real Fascists in over 80 years.

Some of them haven't been in for a Pravda upgrade since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)

246 > idiotic compound

Idiotic compact. Thanks autocorrupt.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)

247 Yeah, ugly, huh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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There's so much disinformation and agitprop out there it's
difficult to predict what's going to happen. The most effective
meme will turn the day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:38 AM (wljQY)

248 I was used to seeing Piggly Wiggly stores near the SC beaches; don’t know how that chain is doing these days. We need to see more of them opening near Minneapolis and similar communities.

Posted by: Fenderbender at November 07, 2026 12:39 AM (w42po)

249 Fidel Castro at (only) #22 is way too low.

That evil bastard spent 50+ years killing his political enemies and those who weren't onboard with his starve-them-but-make-me-rich economy. Others that he didn't outright kill were starved to death by his communist economy, and by his ruthless destruction of anyone who found a loophole in his rule.

Our Kenyan former "president" should face charges for fellating this industrial-scale murderer/grifter.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:40 AM (Cjcf6)

250 I have no idea how we wound up with Piggly Wigglys in Alaska (though they're long gone, as tcn said). That's mainly a southern thing, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:41 AM (qlLNh)

251 What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM

**deep sigh**

Yeah. Never mind....

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

252 I have no idea how we wound up with Piggly Wigglys in Alaska (though they're long gone, as tcn said). That's mainly a southern thing, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:41 AM (qlLNh)

There are still a few in Wisconsin.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:45 AM (qx7Zg)

253 251 What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ...
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Thought that was Ivy League agitprop?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:47 AM (wljQY)

254 What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM

**deep sigh**

Yeah. Never mind....
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That would be a great litmus taste for anyone wanting to run for even a "animal control" position IF that position were a partisan electoral position. You want to run? Great, here's something I want to know...

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:47 AM (Cjcf6)

255 What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM

**deep sigh**

Yeah. Never mind....
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

The results would similar to asking liberal feminists which is more dangerous to meet in the woods: a man or a bear.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:48 AM (qx7Zg)

256 Hi Horde, its friday...i'm trapped under the 2 year old who may finally be asleep. He was narrating his memoirs to me, i swear.

Posted by: Funsize at November 07, 2026 12:54 AM (3j87q)

257 I lived in Florida for a while, back in the early 80s.

Piggly Wiggly, A & P, Wynn-Dixie, Pantry Pride grocery stores.

It amazed me that wimmens would be seen in public wit' they hair in rollers!

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)

258 If the USA can't be the country I love then I don't want to be here anyway. So let the Socialists, the Commies, the Muslims, the Deep State, the who the hell else, take over. I won't be here. Let these assholes slit each other's throats. They get what they deserve with a free pass to hell.
In the meantime I'm going to enjoy the time I have left.

Posted by: Case at November 07, 2026 01:02 AM (En+fz)

259
We had Piggly Wigglys here in the '70s, which I vaguely remember. Also Winn-Dixie. And then Bi-Lo, which left out of her a few years ago, selling most of the stores to Food Lion.

Lots of water under the bridge. That's what I'm doing sort of, just thinking about all that has been and passed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

260 I hear ya, Case.

I'm in the final season of my life. It's been mostly good, with only a few years of absolute crap, long time ago.

If my beautiful country must fall, then so be it. It was a good run.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)

261 As found in Psalms,”Put not your trust in Princes”; nor in any nation or government. They will all betray and be destroyed sooner or later.

Trust only in the Lord.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:13 AM (oH6g4)

262 I thought it was over in 2012, 2013 etc. Watching all the Left's various machinations and laughing at us hourly through Obama.

Then a miracle happened. And then another as God spared him in front of the entire world for a reason.

So - and I mean this - don't give up and don't rule anything out! He may yet have more in store for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 01:14 AM (vE0+H)

263 To paraphrase Gen. Patton:

It would be foolish and wrong, to mourn the USA; but rather, we should thank God that such a country did ever exist.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

264 251 What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM

**deep sigh**

Yeah. Never mind....

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

Israeli's ARE dangerous...to their enemies, just like America can be dangerous.
Muzzies are dangerous for a whole slew of reasons.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:21 AM (l3cgK)

265 Sometimes I think this wouldn't be a bad ending. What do you think, Senator Blutarsky?

https://youtu.be/t9_L2hf7Sf8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 01:21 AM (qx7Zg)

266 Tracer Bullet! (Calvin)

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:23 AM (2BCN8)

267 Top 50 most hated people in history

Five Nazis out of 50? No way. Someone who likes making charts has a raging hate-on for Germany.

Hitler, for sure. Himmler and Goering, yup. But who thinks the average person knows who Heydrich or Gehlen were?

Trump should displace one of them. Charlie Kirk, the other. Or maybe Clarence Thomas? The Left is all about hate, and for them, history began in 2024.

And, as mentioned upthread, pedo Mo could displace almost any of them.

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 01:23 AM (VHUov)

268 I'd put Mark David Chapman on the list.

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (2BCN8)

269 Top 50 most hated people in history

Invalid list. No Oprah.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (cHNrw)

270 Nickleback is people.

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:28 AM (2BCN8)

271 >>I'd put Mark David Chapman on the list.

Why?

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

272 Indeed...over 1400-odd-years, the estimate is about 270 million non-muslims killed by Mo and his followers.

"We will be studying the deaths of 270 million Kafirs over 1400 years in jihad. That’s 60 million Christians, 80 million Hindus, 10 million Buddhists and 120 million Africans of varying religions."--"Mohammed and the Unbelievers", Bill Warner, CSPI Publishing, 2010, pg 160

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (l3cgK)

273 Because he made a Beatles reunion impossible. This is a list of hated, not most killed.

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (2BCN8)

274 273 Because he made a Beatles reunion impossible. This is a list of hated, not most killed.

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (2BCN

Yoko should be there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 AM (l3cgK)

275 Yoko should have been there....

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (2BCN8)

276 Gehlen was relative unknown outside the german ww2 intelligence community. It wasn't until after WW2, when the bundeswehr was reinstituted and Gehlen became chief of the BND that the hate started.

The BND or Bundes Nachricten Dienst, was riddled with double agents working for the soviets and as knowledge of this spread, Gehlen was accused of knowingly allowing this.

I think he was in over his head as chief of the BND but still, whatever hate he earned for helping the soviets, he earned.

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (5Op5D)

277 Because he made a Beatles reunion impossible. This is a list of hated, not most killed.
Posted by: Dark Lix

Yes, I understand that. But, top 50 in all of history?

Nah, bro... the Beatles were good, but seriously *not that important* in all of history. (IMO, of course)

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

278 It's my opinion. Most people have never heard of most of this list.

Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:36 AM (2BCN8)

279
I sort of dropped the ball on paying attention to the sky with all that was going on with my mother, the funeral, and now this hell election. Venus hit inferior conjunction on the 24th, and has flipped back to the morning side. You'll see it rising and getting brighter after sunrise.

Right now, Jupiter and Mars are to the east, and there will be a conjunction of the pair on the 15th. And that speedy little booger Mercury is over on the morning side, and will be hitting greatest western elongation later this month.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

280 Hah! I fixed my $5 Temu watch. Couple years ago, the setting knob fell out of it, but it continued to run, and keep good time. I wore it until the battery died, and then got a new watch at WalMart. Well the battery in the WalMart watch died last week, so I put a new battery in it, and while I was at it, I put a new battery in the Temu watch. I noticed the internal setting stem was still there, just the knob had fallen off. Well, the WalMart watch died again yesterday. Bad battery? Have not opened it up yet. I opened up the Temu watch, and dug around in my parts stash, and found a little tray full of small diameter brass tubing. Hobby stuff. I found one tube that would just slip over the internal setting stem, and another that would just slip over that, and which was a tight press fit in a small brass nut. Cut, cut, fit, fit, solder, solder. Watch now has a nifty brass knob on the setting stem, and it works! Set the date, too. I even took a link out of the expansion band, because it was too loose. I'm stylin' now!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:46 AM (yky4J)

281 I sort of dropped the ball on paying attention to the sky with all that was going on with my mother, the funeral, and now this hell election. Venus hit inferior conjunction on the 24th, and has flipped back to the morning side. You'll see it rising and getting brighter after sunrise.

Right now, Jupiter and Mars are to the east, and there will be a conjunction of the pair on the 15th. And that speedy little booger Mercury is over on the morning side, and will be hitting greatest western elongation later this month.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

Venus will appear before sunrise, right? After sunrise, it will be too bright to see it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:50 AM (yky4J)

282
Yes, meant *before* sunrise. In fact, this morning, the thin waning crescent Moon will be very close to it. Venus is coming back bright as a mofo now, and you can see it pretty close to sunrise.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

283 Alas, too cloudy here now and for the near future... no star-gazing for me.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

284 Yes, meant *before* sunrise. In fact, this morning, the thin waning crescent Moon will be very close to it. Venus is coming back bright as a mofo now, and you can see it pretty close to sunrise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

I will look for it tomorrow!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:56 AM (yky4J)

285
In fact, according to Stellarium, Venus is gonna get bright as a mofo indeed at the max brightness point, about magnitude -4.9 (that will be reduced by atmosphere thickness by a bit, which varies with conditions).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:57 AM (w6EFb)

286
Looked it up, Venus' maximum possible brightness is about -4.92. It will get pretty close to that this morning star cycle. This orbital cycle as conspired to get it nearly as close as it gets relative to Erf.

And, that may spark some UFO reports, as it usually does. Now, when there's a conjunction of Venus with another bright one, like Jove, well, the UFO reports go crazy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

287
Peak brightness will be around the 30th. That's well before max western elongation, which will be in early Jan.

The brightness is a tradeoff between phase and distance. Even though it's still a small crescent, it's much closer. As the crescent stars to get bigger, the distance starts increasing too much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:06 AM (w6EFb)

288
Historically, it was Galileo's observations of the phases of Venus via the new-fangled telescope thingy he was experimenting with that proved Venus orbited the Sun and not the Erf. That disproved the Ptolemaic geocentric model.

When he saw Venus at full phase, near 100% and right there close to the sun (superior conjunction) that showed it had to be on the far side of the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

289 Well, getting real late here. My eyelids are drooping. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 02:21 AM (yky4J)

290 I am still highly suspicious that young adults let the wrong head do the thinking, and they are afraid that the Republicans would ban their birth control. IIRC the IUD and “morning after pill” create a hostile environment for a fertilized ovum. Some conservative speakers demand “personhood” for the fertilized ovum.
Those heterosexual young adults feel that recreational sex is their entitlement.
That strikes me as an unacknowledged contributor for the recent election surprises.

Posted by: Fenderbender at November 07, 2026 02:22 AM (w42po)

291
Good evening, all. 50 Most Hated.

I'm in the middle of a series about Robespierre on The Rest Is History. The Terror has begun, but he hasn't been caught up in it yet -- and I can't wait! WOW, what a bastard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 02:25 AM (XJ22o)

292 Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

Things you need to know:

1) Always vote against school levies
2) Never vote to give the legislature exclusive control over something
3) if an idea comes from someone who has lived here less than 20 years, it's a bad idea.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 07, 2026 02:27 AM (1Yqck)

293 >>Those heterosexual young adults feel that recreational sex is their entitlement.

My opinion: they can fuck each others' brains out all they want. But I refuse to pay for THEIR consequences.

If they want to pretend to be *adults* then they can deal with the outcome, without using my $.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

294 But I refuse to pay for THEIR consequences.

If they want to pretend to be *adults* then they can deal with the outcome, without using my $.
Posted by: JQ

That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: Democrats at November 07, 2026 02:40 AM (VHUov)

295 >>That's not how any of this works.

That's why I'm not a demonrat. LOL.

You play? You pay. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

296 >>That's not how any of this works.

That's why I'm not a demonrat. LOL.

You play? You pay. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

... and the Democrats aren't my asses to clean up after.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 02:45 AM (qx7Zg)

297 Cat decided to go outside for the night, after snoozing indoors this afternoon while it was windy & raining. Heh.

It's 45* now and rain stopped. Wind is calm. He's all snuggled into his favorite planter, just outside the patio door. Watching over his turf...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

298 >>>These are some great logos

On the way to tge State XC meet today, there's what looked to be an Agriculture company's billboard out in a field:

Weed 'em and Reap.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 02:57 AM (j98AZ)

299 >>Weed 'em and Reap.

Hahaha, I like that!

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

300 Top 50 most hated people in history

Invalid list. No Oprah.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (cHNrw)

Bronco Bama rates a mention.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 03:00 AM (j98AZ)

301 It's my opinion. Most people have never heard of most of this list.
----

Of course you're right.

What a sad commentary on the state of public education.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 03:03 AM (Cjcf6)

302 Fuck every last one of them. The "Republican" party needs a HUGE purge.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (Cjcf6)

Yep.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 03:04 AM (j98AZ)

303 Night, horde.

Thanks for the ONT, Weirddave!

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

304 There are probably two or three Food Lion and Publix for every Harris Teeter in SC, at least in the Lowcountry.

We also have our fair share of Aldi, Lidl, and Lowes Foods (which are very nice) stores now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:09 AM (6ydKt)

305 “Bronco Bama”

out of the mouths of babes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:13 AM (6ydKt)

306 University of South Carolina football = Joe Biden

It sucks but I can’t deny the decsription.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:17 AM (6ydKt)

307 The logos are very nice and creative.

For the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, I can’t help wanting one of the silhouettes of the be a fish, or other aquatic animal but it’s still a great logo, and I bet they the sell t-shirts by the tons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:22 AM (6ydKt)

308 ^^^ to be a fish…

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:24 AM (6ydKt)

309 On the way to tge State XC meet today, there's what looked to be an Agriculture company's billboard out in a field:

Weed 'em and Reap.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Nice.

There's a veterinary supply outfit in central MN supporting the dairy industry there.

Big ol' billboard on the freeway, saying:

"WE DO COWS!"

Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 03:25 AM (VHUov)

310 Billboards are illegal in AK. No reason to cover up the beautiful views. But there are a few signs around Anchorage worth mention. There's the one at Chilkoot Charlies, which is a, um, local watering hole. Says: We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you. And there used to be a massage parlor in Spenard called the Magic Carpet that had a movable marquee, that had the most awful double entendre sexual puns you can imagine. So, some clever signage, just no billboards.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:29 AM (5WPt1)

311 Forgot one sign, that was in Wasilla for years. A company that made custom kitchen counters titles Counter Intelligence.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:30 AM (5WPt1)

312 Way to early to get up

Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 03:38 AM (Ia/+0)

313 311 Forgot one sign, that was in Wasilla for years. A company that made custom kitchen counters titles Counter Intelligence.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:30 AM (5WPt1)

If they can come up with a clever business name like that, I’d give them a shot if I needed counters.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:42 AM (6ydKt)

314 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

315 I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. 1. Impeach and convict both President Trump and VP Vance - removing both from office. This will cause the Speaker of the House, Ilhan Omar, to become president. 2.Change the filibuster back to a speaking filibuster only. 3.Pack the Supreme Court with 20 or so idiots like KBJ currently on the court. This will mean that the court will approve the effective removal of the Bill of Rights. 4. Add DC and Puerto Rico as new states giving the Democrats 4 extra Senators and more Representatives. 5. Institute Bills of Attainder, so that you can be declared guilty by act of the legislature. 6. Formally fund Antifa to attack anyone who resists.

The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? Consider your answers carefully before you say what you are going to do.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (WDknQ)

316 315 I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. ...

The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? ...
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

1. Only partially, cTHIEL and DS needs JD to pardon Trump -- TRUMP never bows, especially not to a wiener like JD

2. Who cares? they can't govern anyway, the only thing they can do is shutdown gov't. TRUMP will enable and can then blame them.

3. The NO KINGS clowns worshiping a set of funny dressed areopagite( as any idiot -- a member of a large tribe is final an unappealable) is as feckless and naive as directly opposing the king. They *ARE* there to enforce the KING's rules.

4. So what?

5/6. DS is already ahead of the curve on this, what's the difference? simple efficiency.

A: Expose the people who for the past 40 years that have brought us to this point. forWAR'd forEVER...

TRUMP was elected to be our Rorschach.
He needs to finish the JOB -- and HE WILL
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-AgentOrangeOwnsTheLIBs

Who want's a TACO? I Sure do!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 07, 2026 08:52 AM (Ume5u)

Rough Week Cafe

by Juan Solis
Obligatory
or the remake, if you like

Jasper the Lab says it's time for bed, darnit!

Senior dog with the cutest crooked nose is rescued from living under a bridge and is happy and comfortable now.

A pack of wolves, surveilled with night vision cameras-- chased off by brave doggos.

Dog feels the need to do ninja-rolls to sneak up on a treat his owner dropped on the floor for him. It's possible the guy was so casual about dropping it the dog thought he did so by mistake, so thought that he would have be sneaky and crafty about eating it. Poor dog. Good life lesson: Make sure your dogs know when you're giving them a treat.

The cutest little B&E suspect.

I don't know if you guys are bored of these but I'm always up for a charging baby elephant. This one "roars" at the end.

Emaciated pittie abandoned in a plum box is rescued and is now fat as plum. To be honest, this chonky boy needs to exercise. But he's happy and healthy at any size.

Pet pigs purloin pumpkins.

A pair of twin dogs just showed up at a farm and took jobs as farm dogs.

Update on the blind old golden retriever who's so happy and proud to still retrieve the newspaper every day.

Baby kitten bullies a giant cane corso.

Woman buys a male sex doll and gets caught so she makes a video and pretends she bought it to be a surrogate to her dog who has separation anxiety.

Chocolate lab is the hardest worker in the house.

Frequently Asked Question: Was "Dobby the House Elf" in Harry Potter played by Jason Statham?

Well yes, of course he was. Duh.

You didn't know that? You're so silly.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hola, compadres!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

3 Ralphy's so old.
I'm so tired of carrying him around.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (Sco7b)

4 My cat Chloe is currently having fun playing around on the futon in my office.

She's adorable.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 07:32 PM (s2iZv)

5 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (yky4J)

6 Sorry you had a rough week, Ace. What happened?

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

7 The sax on the original Baker Street is what makes it. Remakes never seem to find that same soul.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (O7YUW)

8
My two favorites are baby elephants and cats/kittens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (mmrXZ)

9 Stateless, I've been missing my dog. I'm glad you are taking good care of Ralphy.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi)

10 Now that you mention it, Dobby and The Beekeeper are the same character.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (4NO2D)

11 Woman buys a male sex doll and gets caught so she makes a video and pretends she bought it to be a surrogate to her dog

I've watched the video three times, and she never says it's a male sex doll, nor that she bought it for herself.

I asked Mom, and she says the holodeck handles such issues now, but I'll have to wait to find out for myself.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

12 "The sax on the original Baker Street is what makes it. Remakes never seem to find that same soul.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines"

Oh gawd it goes on and on , repeating the same lick over and over. Drives me nuts. It was ok the first hundred times or so I heard it on the radio but I just got to where I couldn't take it anymore and voted democrat.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)

13 I need a herd of sheep and a night vision camera…

Posted by: H at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (JSLNb)

14 That Dobby video has been in my feed for days and I haven't clicked on it till now. Much, much funnier than I expected.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (SwyyQ)

15 Oops I meant "turn my radio off when it comes on".

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)

16 Just finished a painting of a photo ace put on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

17 Just finished a painting of a photo ace put on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM

* practicing Joisey accent *

Very noice!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

18 Jake wants early bedtime too, especially with the time change.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 07:44 PM (JNr/z)

19 9 Stateless, I've been missing my dog. I'm glad you are taking good care of Ralphy.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi

Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 07:44 PM (Sco7b)

20 Polynikes, I thought you said a photo "of" ace. Imagine my disappointment.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:45 PM (MWfyi)

21 Jasper is just caring for his owner

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Finally on the boat about to head across the bay.

It’s been a sad week. But.

It’s going to be ok. Reach out to someone and tell them they are appreciated. Do something nice for a naighbor. Smile at a kid. Throw rocks in the water.

I’m going to the range tomorrow with my #1 son and my range buddies.

Shooting will help.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:46 PM (eOjAZ)

23 polynikes very nice

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Now Chloe has settled down on my futon. She's right next to my oldest cat Penny.

I don't pretend to understand it, but Chloe has only been here a few months now and she's already won over Penny.

They seem to be friends now. Both of them even sleep with me at night. Penny's been doing that for years, but for Chloe to do that in such a short time is amazing.

I love that little Bengal klutz.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 07:47 PM (s2iZv)

25 Just finished a painting of a photo ace put on a cafe thread awhile back. See nic
Posted by: polynikes

Very pretty.

Posted by: Tuna at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (lJ0H4)

26 The Dobby video was great. I'm a Statham fan, especially in the Rick Ford mode.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (iIyc0)

27 Well I'm off to a high school football game. Our towns team won their district and are in the playoffs. It's been a crummy week, so getting out and watching the game sounds good to me.

Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 07:49 PM (En+fz)

28 Surprise at the swimming hole.

https://tinyurl.com/b69m8wad

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 07:54 PM (ndZc7)

29
Hard day today stewarding at the Cypress Creek KC show. Got to the ring at 7:55 this morning and left it at 4:30. Full slate of 175 dogs and I had to handle it all by myself. The judge was very complimentary about my work. It was by no means perfect, but I got everyone in the ring efficiently.

But Diana was Best of Breed today in her first show in a couple of years. Her Majesty had to handle her and Diana didn't turn in a disciplined effort, but she's showy and happy and that counts for a good deal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 07:55 PM (eRlcH)

30 Saw HS down the street was having a football game under the lights, hadn't started at 6:45 yet

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

31 A painting that fits my mood … perfect timing.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (ayRl+)

32 "Woman buys a male sex doll and gets caught so she makes a video and pretends she bought it to be a surrogate to her dog who has separation anxiety."

Did her male sex doll come in the mail?

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

33 Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Grow a pair you are old enough to not ask mommy.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 07:57 PM (NnhvP)

34 I’ve been noting how upset by this many friends are, and I do sympathize with all of them. But as to myself, I keep thinking of a scene from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a 2018 Coen Bros movie. In this scene (and it makes sense in the context of the film) James Franco plays a criminal who’s standing on the gallows with a rope around his neck, about to be hung. Another criminal, a younger man is to be hung with him, and he’s sniffling and crying a little.

Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”

That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM (oH6g4)

35 A painting that fits my mood.

https://tinyurl.com/43b2z8ea

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 08:00 PM (ndZc7)

36 Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”

That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM (oH6g4)

Heh.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 06, 2026 08:02 PM (CjHsb)

37 Star Trek is on. It's the one where a bunch of Boomers destroy everything.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

38 Buster Scruggs? The West Texas Twit!?!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (iIyc0)

39 >> I asked Mom, and she says the holodeck handles such issues now,

Don't play innocent. I know what you've been doing in the Holodeck, 'cause I've had to clean it up. If you don't clean up after yourself and stop spooging the quantum emitters, I will tell your mother.

Counselor Troi knows too. She wants you to stop by tomorrow.

Posted by: Lt. Cmdr La Forge at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)

40 Damn Boomers.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

41 Jordy's got a black light in those goggles.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)

42 I’ve decided I’m just going to play golf , paint and prep and not worry about the future.

Philippians 3:20

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

43 Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”

That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

While extremely disappointed, I'm actually surprised how (relatively) unbothered I am. I was way more upset at the 2020 results, but it all worked out for the best, as Trump 2.0 has been MUCH better than a continuation of 1.0 would have been. We've survived (and ignored) Dem congresses before, and the Republicans in congress weren't doing much.

I'm a little more upset we lost so many state governors, as that will have more significant ramifications.

Still, the economy is actually doing well, Trump will keep deporting, and the Iran war has to wrap up before 2028, so I think we'll be in a good position for that election. Dems will infight, squabble, overreach and terrify the electorate, while Trump's seeds will hopefully be bearing fruit. We win the presidency in 2028, oversee the census...might do well.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 08:07 PM (t19vo)

44
William Windom (Decker in that episode) played these disheveled, washed up types who life has fallen apart, types a lot back in the day.

Posted by: Lt. Cmdr La Forge at November 06, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

45
Her Majesty, however, once she was done showing, stewarded for a judge who was snappish with her. HM is really excellent at her work, but whenever she told the judge about what was upcoming - problems should be anticipated in advance - she got sharply told it wasn't necessary.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 08:08 PM (eRlcH)

46 38 Buster Scruggs? The West Texas Twit!?!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

The Runt from Reata Pass?

Posted by: Surly Joe at November 06, 2026 08:09 PM (t19vo)

47
Who needs black lights, I sense his perving all the time.

Wesley, I know what you're thinking about when you look at my butt, and you're disgusting.

Posted by: Counselor Troi at November 06, 2026 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

48 I’m in the minority who doesn’t care for Coen Brother movies.

I did like Miller’s Crossing though.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:10 PM (KC5Lt)

49 34 I’ve been noting how upset by this many friends are, and I do sympathize with all of them. But as to myself, I keep thinking of a scene from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a 2018 Coen Bros movie. In this scene (and it makes sense in the context of the film) James Franco plays a criminal who’s standing on the gallows with a rope around his neck, about to be hung. Another criminal, a younger man is to be hung with him, and he’s sniffling and crying a little.

Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”

That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM

Thanks, Tom, needing a laugh. I had forgotten this movie.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 08:12 PM (LHPAg)

50 Anybody who would hump Worf has nothing to say about disgusting, you slut.

Posted by: Mr Riker at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

51 I watched Blade Runner 2049 last night. I liked it better than Blade Runner.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)

52 47
Wesley, I know what you're thinking about when you look at my butt, and you're disgusting.
Posted by: Counselor Troi

That fraud's abilities are worse than Sarah's from Team America. I was checking out Worf's bulge...I want to get dominated.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 08:15 PM (t19vo)

53 You call that little thing a butt?

Posted by: Uhura at November 06, 2026 08:16 PM (Q+gd/)

54 Get ready everyone because FART Tubing will mandatory in all Federal Buildings according Senator Sanders.

Let's end Global Warming Now !!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (5sddq)

55 Never a Foo Fighters fan. I'll take Rafferty any day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (X8vlu)

56 Someone has already figured out the cheat they used:

https://shorturl.ly/ac59x

Check it out: goes to X.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

57 Never a Foo Fighters fan. I'll take Rafferty any day.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (X8vlu)
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Yeah, I never understood how Foo Fighters became popular.

Mid-tier garage band at best.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (s2iZv)

58 Can't hardly stay awake
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)

59 Foo Fighters Everlong is one of my favorite songs.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

60 So I've been saying since the DSA psy op appeared in June that things were going to get very weird. And that we were being set up with a phony war between the DNC and DSA.

Equally I have observed all year that we were being set up by the Left for needing a (previously scheduled) masculine manly man for president in 2028, and that it was over for women.

So, laugh at me and feel free to bookmark this or whatever, but at the moment I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:25 PM (vE0+H)

61 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:30 PM (77rzZ)

62 Foo Fighters Everlong is one of my favorite songs.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

I could not name a single song by the Foo Fighters. Basically, all pop music from 1980 onwards is undiscovered country for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 08:31 PM (yky4J)

63 I continue to be ambushed by clocks that think it is still DST. Wednesday it was the clock in the garage (OMG! I'm late!) and today it was the clock in my pickup.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 06, 2026 08:33 PM (FZzOq)

64 Foo Fighters Everlong is one of my favorite songs.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

Awesome song. And the acoustic recording from Howard Stern is just incredible.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)

65 I continue to be ambushed by clocks that think it is still DST. Wednesday it was the clock in the garage (OMG! I'm late!) and today it was the clock in my pickup.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

MST rocks. Just saying.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 08:37 PM (NnhvP)

66 Y’all know the origin of the name “Foo Fighters,” right?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

67
This is not willowed, i'm just behind for the day.
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BBQ with fried okra and a glass of unsweetened tea, followed by an NHL game. THAT’s what’s for dinner!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Bruh!

May I come over to your place for cold refrigerator leftovers?

As for generations...
Both 'rents were depression era babies that matured and married between ww2 and Korea. They looked down their noses at most of the boomers, and raised me like the depression was still ongoing. I matured during the cold war, and treat every new acquaintance as though they were trying to get details on my unit in the former west german countryside. As a veteran, I identify with early Vietnam vets even though they are mostly older than I am, i missed the last draft by about five years. Don't really fit into an easy noun generationally.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 06, 2026 08:39 PM (QVmho)

68 65 Gypsy: Tom, I don’t get you.
Tom Servo: Nobody does. I’m the wind, Baby.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

69 56 Someone has already figured out the cheat they used:

https://shorturl.ly/ac59x
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

They cheated. I’ll go to the gulag swearing they cheated. And not to sound like the nothing will happen guy, but nothing will happen.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 08:42 PM (itAg7)

70 Y’all know the origin of the name “Foo Fighters,” right?
-
WW2 era unidentified aerial phenomena, with foo possibly being a reference to a nonsense term in a popular comicstrip, or anglicization of the french word for fire.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 08:43 PM (vSvIl)

71 >>>Baby kitten bullies a giant cane corso.

My favorite kind of pet vid. Kitty giving the monster what for.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 06, 2026 08:44 PM (syz1S)

72
I know Weird Dave will make sense of all this, and everything will be alright.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 08:44 PM (Y8DZL)

73 70 Winner winner. chicken dinner.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:45 PM (77rzZ)

74 I pity the FOO!

Posted by: Mr. Coffee at November 06, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)

75 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat in the world) says, "Hello!" and that rumors she cheated to be elected "cutest little cat in the world" are greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 08:50 PM (s2iZv)

76
It's the third day after election day. It's looking like a cheat played a part in tbe outcome, but it's too early to call it out.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 08:50 PM (VWtfl)

77 I pity the FOO!
Posted by: Mr. Coffee

Heh. The Robot Chicken skit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (X8vlu)

78 Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 08:49 PM (SyRND)

Nicky, come suck your Momma's dick. Be a good boy.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (yky4J)

79 It's the third day after election day. It's looking like a cheat played a part in tbe outcome, but it's too early to call it out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

"No standing"
-- SCOTUS

Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (L/8vZ)

80 That 15% band thing is written by chatgpt. Very annoying and makes me want to tune it out. Does seem odd, I would want to see if other midterms can be explained with a similar formula. Seems doubtful but then numbers can be made to do funny things.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (vE0+H)

81
75
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 08:49 PM

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What should the people on this site have done differently? What did you do?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 08:54 PM (4Aqsh)

82 Figures don't lie, but liars can figure.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:57 PM (X8vlu)

83 NickM....

Perhaps if the tranny lover hadn't shot Charlie, President Trump might have had an idea partial to the plight of 20 somethings.

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 08:58 PM (sdSI9)

84 Recent reports of denial by claiming "It was ice creme!" have reinforced the rumor that, in fact, NickM did blow a penguin.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 06, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

85 The lesson learned this week was that the Dems muffed it in 2016 and 2024, and decided this year they were going to go all out in the cheat. And they will do so going forward no matter what the nominees think (2016 "I wont have my victory tainted by any hint of cheating") (2024 "I have all the celebrities!"). The destruction of America is too important to be left to whims.

I would suggest that that the GOP change their animal from an elephant to a scorpion. Much more appropriate.

Sorry, I know this is supposed to be the "light" post. I just can't seem to care anymore.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:03 PM (CHHv1)

86 I watched Blade Runner 2049 last night. I liked it better than Blade Runner.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)
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It put me to sleep. 20 minutes of lights reflecting off water will do that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:04 PM (RIvkX)

87 drunken troll needs to go

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:05 PM (AKptf)

88 Check it out: goes to X.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Very old news. Most the net has seen it, heard it. What did our Congresscritters do about it then?
The same thing they're gonna do about it now.

I'd like to see Elon's horde make the next election absurdly one-sided. Jink with their jank. Then something would have to be done... to preserve our "democracy", of course

Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (ik4bQ)

89 The lesson from "Blade Runner 2049" is that Denis Villanuve hates editors and refuses to hire them.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)

90 Twist & Creme

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (Cqx++)

91 OK, time to cheer everyone up: Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)

92 I felt I needed a little pick me and more options for shooting communists when the time comes, so I ordered a S&W Model 27 Classic.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 09:07 PM (P4bJX)

93 NickM

Cut back on your drinking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:08 PM (RIvkX)

94 The lesson from "Blade Runner 2049" is that Denis Villanuve hates editors and refuses to hire them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)
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This.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (RIvkX)

95 I wonder how they find their way to the blog...who the fuck tell these chickenfuckers to come here.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (AKptf)

96
94 NickM

Cut back on your drinking.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:08 PM

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He's not drunk. He has no excuse.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 09:10 PM (4Aqsh)

97 The lesson from "Blade Runner 2049" is that Denis Villanuve hates editors and refuses to hire them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)
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This.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (RIvkX)

+1

I don't know how many times I fell asleep trying to watch that thing.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (AKptf)

98 Thanks, Ace.

Great ONT. All of it. Enjoyed Thelma and Louise. Elder son's first rescue (ath pit mix), Emma, died from a porcupine in the mountain backyard of his brother's. Horrific. She fought til the end and the vet tried to save her. Lungs kept collapsing from the quills moving in her bloodstream (I had no idea). Their first baby. Now they have a GIANT white dog they thought was a lab rescue. Mostly husky without curly tail. I think Moose stands almost 6'.

Sweet Mason reminded me of our Shelby in looks. English Golden's have wider heads. Shelby's mane touched the ground before grooming. Gorgeous boy.

Bailey, son's first Golden, Bailey, babysat but was not as good as Lucy.

DIL was showering once and had the baby asleep on a blanket in the doorway of bedroom and bath. She has a photo of Bailey looking at her irritated, like, "Well, you weren't going to watch him, so I am."

Their Goldens are so good with kids. Baby grandgirl grabs fist fulls of fur and Penny doesn't care...and she's the most hyper of our Golden's. Great with kids.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (hzuYO)

99 Go easy on the new troll. It's his first thread.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (vBZcw)

100 Great ONT.

*who's gonna tell Christy ?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)

101 Go easy on the new troll. It's his first thread.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (vBZcw)
-===

It started drunken self-righteous ranting downstairs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:14 PM (RIvkX)

102 OK, time to cheer everyone up: Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg
......

Works for me.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 09:15 PM (oq9dX)

103 Who's blowing penguins?

Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 09:15 PM (X8vlu)

104 Dave Grohl said that was his favorite song. He dud a decent cover of it. But the original was better.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:16 PM (BI5O2)

105 Who's blowing penguins?

==

the new troll, animal husbandry is his thing

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:17 PM (AKptf)

106 I'm so tired of everything.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 09:17 PM (Sco7b)

107 93 Uh oh

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

108 Dave Grohl said that was his favorite song. He dud a decent cover of it. But the original was better.
----

The original was better for sure. If I remember correctly, Grohl made a lyric change that was silly:

"He's got some thoughts about buying some land
He's gonna give up the meth and the one night stands..."

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:20 PM (Cjcf6)

109 I'm so tired of everything.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart

I'm tired
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a crying shame
I'm so tired
God dammit I'm exhausted!

Posted by: Lili Von Schtupp at November 06, 2026 09:22 PM (oq9dX)

110 It may be a record for me, but I will probably see two movies in a month. Today, spouse and I saw a film based on Jimmy Stewart's time as a bomber pilot in WWIi , his dealing with the psychological trauma from that and his playing in "It's a wonderful life". I highly recommend it.

Later this month , "I play Rocky" is coming out ,based on Sylvester Stallone's attempt to get the film made and to star in it. "Rocky " was a fine film and apparently this is a really fine one too. Here's a rather long review, but a good one from "National Catholic Register" It stresses the themes of faith and resiliency. Important in these times, right?

https://tinyurl.com/yb24fphv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:25 PM (JrHfD)

111 Love Gerry Rafferty! The song after it is dedicated to my bf/husband.

Eldest son is a professional saxophone player. In 9th grade he was first chair, beating out others in the 2k HS. Good looking guy. Through sons we learned a lot of music, jazz, and orchestra.

Imagine my horror and cringe when HS girls were almost screaming during his solos that first concert. Like he was a Beatle. I wanted to die or something.

He played through college, and in a jazz/fusion band in Gainesville with more girls swooning. First degree a jazz something with a goal to play in the pit in NYC Broadway plays. We hoped he would not be busking in subways. Was recruited by Glenn Miller for Japan.

He did go on a Broadway musical tour of Ray Charles. Got that traveling out of the way and got another degree in music education along with the jazz.

Taught HS band/jazz at two huge FL high schools for almost a decade. Now a systems engineer as he started with pre-med.

It was worth it, I tell him (now), to have both worlds. He put us through a bit of angst and flushed money down the toilet, but he lived and is now married and doing well. We pray for a baby for them as they want this badly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:26 PM (hzuYO)

112 The real lesson from Blade Runner 2049 is don’t make a sequel to a 40 year old masterpiece.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 09:27 PM (XV/Pl)

113 Just confirmed that Mr. trouble would prefer to sleep inside tonight. It's 36 out and the alternative is sleeping under the house with the possums.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 09:30 PM (JNr/z)

114
OK, I just suggested to a couple chickenfucking friends that they drop in.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:33 PM (Y8DZL)

115 100 Great ONT.

*Who's gonna tell Christy ?
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)

********
Ha. Oopsie! Cafe. Two small glasses of wine and I'm tipsy now. Feeling good in spite of this week.

All will be well. It will. It might be hell for awhile but it's going to be fine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:34 PM (hzuYO)

116 110 Hello, Fen. I hope that you and yours are well.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)

117 Gerry Rafferty was very good. Had a sad life. Died from alcoholism. If I recall correctly, comedian Billy Connelly was in his band. Loved Baker Street. Great song. I've been on Baker Street in London. I never experienced the events of the song, thankfully. Everytime I went past the subway stop or walked around there, that song got stuck in my head. Cool ear worm.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 09:37 PM (+YRf1)

118
The key, as I understand it, is to know eggsactly when the scratching starts as to avoid injury.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:38 PM (Y8DZL)

119 Saw 2 different clusters of "Abolish ICE" groups on commute home tonight. Is it an emboldened by the midterms virtue signal? Pitch dark and the one guy I slowed down to get a good look at was masked up.

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 09:40 PM (sdSI9)

120 95 I wonder how they find their way to the blog...who the fuck tell these chickenfuckers to come here.
Posted by: runner

Love is Love.

Big LGBQT+ hate is foul.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:43 PM (Y8DZL)

121 Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ

Thanks. We are ok. I went to a morning prayer service on Wednesday - led by the minister for Anglican Church in North America. There were a number of people there with several young children. It was good to see them and a good to be reminded of the blessing of keeping on in the faith..

Thursday I was at a local store and I was parked to a woman with a sticker of where my son went to school . Her daughter went there too and loved it and now she's studying to be a vet. Such a nice conversation.

I've been noticing the morning and evening sunsets and the trees . So lovely.

That was a long answer to your question
I hope you and yours are well too. I usually don't get to the evening threads

Good night!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:44 PM (JrHfD)

122 Sorry. Meant morning "sunrises" and evening sunsets.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (JrHfD)

123
On second thought, not sure the chicken is loving it.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (Y8DZL)

124 121 Thank you, Fen. Good night. Sleep well.🙂

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:48 PM (77rzZ)

125 28 degrees already - gonna be a hard frost tonight!

g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:48 PM (VyBeY)

126 Sunrise, sunset..:

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (77rzZ)

127 Who lives on Tom Baker Street.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (Cqx++)

128 On second thought, not sure the chicken is loving it.

You. Have. NO. idea...

My cloaca is broken! It hurts and it's bleeding, and I just want to die. Killmenow, please?

Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (rdVOm)

129 Thank you, FS!

and happy weekend to you, Ace

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:50 PM (VyBeY)

130 ...by the minister for Anglican Church in North America..
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FenelonSpoke, who's that?

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:50 PM (Cjcf6)

131 127 Who lives on Tom Baker Street.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (Cqx++)

Depends upon the time, I suspect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:52 PM (5WPt1)

132 The songs I wish I had played loud to my bf/dude in his 3 breakups in one year, but I was too busy living with/without/with him in my life.

At 22yrs I wasn't thinking of the future. My roommates and school friends and I had big plans once we graduated. We were going as a group to work here for awhile with US licenses, then go to London to work, and see Europe via Europass together. He was not pleased to learn this once he got serious my last semester as he was starting back to college.

1st: "You're No Good" with Linda Ronstadt. I wish I had belted this one out.

2nd song he did hear as my roommate (better singer than me) and I sang at a kegger: "What's On Your Mind" by Kansas. To an audience and he heard the lyrics loud and clear.

3rd, and he knows it now: "Right Down the Line" by Gerry Rafferty:

https://tinyurl.com/5cn6evjz

I married a dummkoph three years later, who'd gotten it out of his system. Dated one other girl at one point, and my brother's sister-in-law questioned him why after a party when he could have had moi. I had to laugh when she told me this years later.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (hzuYO)

133 Sunrise, sunset..:

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (77rzZ)
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Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (Cjcf6)

134 crikey, been hearing that tune for 40+ years; never knew it was called "Baker Street"

live&learn, amirite?

& now rly g'night!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (VyBeY)

135
One of those guys running a hen house got served eggs for breakfast and clicked at his wife "You know where that came from and expect me to eat it?"

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)

136 Just canned 21 jars of ham bean soup. The good stuff, with extra ham and lots of tabasco. Next week I'll do beef veggie, maybe with barley if I'm feeling feisty.

We eat awfully well here from my garden. All year.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (5WPt1)

137 117 Gerry Rafferty was very good. Had a sad life. Died from alcoholism.

I can think of worse ways to go. At least one is bussing along uncaring. And I suspect we'll start seeing those worse ways soon.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

138 135
One of those guys running a hen house got served eggs for breakfast and clicked at his wife "You know where that came from and expect me to eat it?"
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)

Motherclucking chickenfuckers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:55 PM (5WPt1)

139 137 117 Gerry Rafferty was very good. Had a sad life. Died from alcoholism.

I can think of worse ways to go. At least one is bussing along uncaring. And I suspect we'll start seeing those worse ways soon.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

Not so much as a lifestyle as a deathstyle. But when the doc asks if I drink, my response is always: naturally. When she asks how much, I ask: in comparison to whom?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:56 PM (5WPt1)

140 1st: "You're No Good" with Linda Ronstadt. I wish I had belted this one out.

here best song, no competition. Andrew Gold (RIP) made that song.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (CHHv1)

141 1st: "You're No Good" with Linda Ronstadt. I wish I had belted this one out.
----

Christy, the Linda Ronstadt version is so, so good. But if you haven't heard the Van Halen version in the last 20 years, you should give it another listen. NOT because its "better", just because its awesome in its own right! This is just one example of why American music is so epic--there's TWO great takes on the same song!

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (Cjcf6)

142
Sorry to keep going on like this, I know it's just chickenshit.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (Y8DZL)

143 What all are you retards responding to? The dyke broad that runs this gerbil cage takes down my posts so I guess you're wanking into the nothing. Dumb fools. Maybe ask anime porn lover pixy mixy to build a real comments forum.

Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (a/Pkk)

144 Zap the penguin fucker.

Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 09:59 PM (X8vlu)

145 I married a dummkoph three years later, who'd gotten it out of his system. Dated one other girl at one point, and my brother's sister-in-law questioned him why after a party when he could have had moi. I had to laugh when she told me this years later.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (hzuYO)

DH was dating some fool, and me. I finally told him to shit or get off the pot. He chose.... wisely. It will be our 29th anniversary on New Year's Eve. And I mean 29, not as a metaphor.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:59 PM (5WPt1)

146 Who TF is this "NickM" asshoe? Can't it say anything nice about anything?

Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

147 When my three sisters get together with me, my BIL refers to it as a flustercluck. He isn't wrong.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (5WPt1)

148 Wow...do we get the worst trolls. They don't even try. How much do they get per post?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (CHHv1)

149 146 Who TF is this "NickM" asshoe? Can't it say anything nice about anything?
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

Honey, don't fuck him if he doesn't at least compliment you. It's not worth it if you aren't making either bank or class.

Plus, he's a chickenfucker, so beware.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (5WPt1)

150 You're No Good was on Van Halen II, I believe. Lemme check.

Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (X8vlu)

151 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (X8vlu)

152 Who TF is this "NickM" asshoe? Can't it say anything nice about anything?
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

It's all my fault. I blew all the abortion money on crystal meth.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (yky4J)

153 Plus, he's a chickenfucker, so beware.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I'll smear him with my cloaca blood. Maybe it'll remind him of his polycule?

Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (rdVOm)

154 It's all my fault. I blew all the abortion money on crystal meth.
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (yky4J)

Um... well... thanks for choosing life?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:03 PM (5WPt1)

155 You're No Good was on Van Halen II, I believe. Lemme check.
----

You are correct! There's times when that's my favorite Van Halen album. Not only did it have that, it had "Dead or Alive", "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" and "Light Up the Sky"! Those songs were the musical equivalent of *pure* adrenaline,

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (Cjcf6)

156 I love the original of Baker Street; hadn't heard it for a while. Haunting even way back then. Where did the time ago? Both sad and wonderful. It's a blessing. And I'm still here.

Thank you. Good weekend. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (NFX2v)

The Last Good Generation: Gen X

Bridgit Phetasy:

Last week a New York Times/Siena poll found that Americans of every generation shifted to the left over the last two years -- except for one: Generation X.
Liberal Boomers, Millennials and Gen Zers were gobsmacked.
"What's wrong with Gen X?" they demanded.
As a member of that generation I'm here to tell you: Absolutely nothing.
In fact, we're the only thing standing between this country and communism -- the break-glass-in-case-of-emergency generation.
In the '90s they called us slackers. Now we're middle-aged, menopausal and holding the door at the Alamo.
Have you even said "thank you"?
No mystery why we're like this: It's because we were neglected -- latchkey kids who ate saltines for dinner.
Many of our parents got divorced and forgot they had children, which was fine because we were busy getting blackout drunk in hayfields and smoking weed in garages.
We also bullied each other -- and it made us resilient.
I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline.
Nobody came to save us, so we never expected the government to, either.
Our whole political philosophy could fit on a bumper sticker: Leave us alone.
And we vote on the basis of which party is more likely to do so.
...
You can't shame us into voting the way you want; we're immune to that emotional manipulation and bullying.
Generationally, we're the middle child.
We've got Boomers on one side going "just get a good job at the factory," Millennials on the other asking "what if the factory were a co-op?" and Zoomers off filming TikTok dances on the factory floor.
We're the ones who remember the Cold War and the internet before it ate everyone's brain, so we don't fall for every Russian psy-op that gets injected into the discourse. Thank you, "Red Dawn."
And yes, I know Gen X is irritatingly obsessed with itself. In our defense, nobody else was paying attention to us.

That's completely true. It's provably true -- the Boomers were such a big generation that the media continued to push Boomer-era bands and Boomer-era bullshit (hippie liberalism, Woodstock) even when we became adults. We all naively believed that when we became adults the culture would reflect our preferences, but no, it was all Boomer Crap all the time.

Until the Millennials came of age -- and then the culture shifted from Boomer-dominated to Millennial-dominated.

Not a day of Gen X dominated.

...

So leave it to us, the slackers.
The latchkey kids raised on divorce, hose water and indifference, now caring for four sets of aging boomers, paying for everyone's benefits and mowing the lawn on Saturday.
We didn't ask for the job. We never ask for anything. That's kind of the point.
Give a guy a 30-year mortgage and a backyard, and he won't want revolution.
He'll want a Traeger grill.

Unrelated: Unexpectedly, October's job creation numbers smashed expectations.

Wages went up, too.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in October, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing.
...
In October, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 14 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $38.00. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.1 percent. In October, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 12 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $32.75.

@catturd2 @WarlordDilley You are correct. And gas prices went down the day after. Who would have guessed that would happen.
— Robin Gamache (@RobinGamac682 November 6, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:42 PM (X8vlu)

2 Of course gas went down..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:44 PM (+gK6I)

3 Wonder if all those impatient little darlings who threw Republicans out will have voters remorse ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (+gK6I)

4 Wages went up, too.
----

Yeah, that's how that works--you reduce illegal workers (supply of labor) and the price paid to the legal workers goes up, assuming the demand for labor stays the same (or increases, which it has done under Trump).

Supply and Demand. Amazing tools. Congress Critters pretend they've never heard or believed in them.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (TN0g+)

5 Now we're all in econ heaven... sure the election did it all at once!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (NnhvP)

6 Endorsed rant.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (X8vlu)

7 I still eat saltines for dinner.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 06:47 PM (P4bJX)

8 Critters pretend they've never heard or believed in them.
Posted by: Crusader

Sure they have crime pays so Congress does more of it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (NnhvP)

9 I don’t understand gens, and labeling people by age. People are just people, they’re not Glocks.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (LHPAg)

10 "I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline."

That is the truth. This kids were sissified in the interest of faggots not getting their ass beat.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (MWfyi)

11
Gen X. The last of the working class. They also don't cry at work. For any reason.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (OkYzo)

12 Do you think Trump will get credit for the good numbers? Nah, but he'll have fun crowing about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:49 PM (7XuqV)

13 I went to the trouble of looking up this generational thing. Apparently both my kids are millennials, or Gen Y, or something.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:49 PM (4NO2D)

14 12...

No Trump will not get credit

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (+gK6I)

15 Wonder if all those impatient little darlings who threw Republicans out will have voters remorse ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM

Their pension funds are.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (4NO2D)

16 Wonder if all those impatient little darlings who threw Republicans out will have voters remorse ?

Sure, if they had any concept of cause and effect. So, no.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (vTZFs)

17 Belt to ass and dipshit, wonder how old these two are:
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St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed celebrated the results of Tuesday’s election with a social media post on TikTok declaring that “America has spoken” and using the phrase “belt to ass.”

“America has spoken! We want belt to ass!!! So start your engines!! #election,” Mohamed wrote in the caption of the video.

The video shows Mohamed celebrating in front of the Minnesota State Capitol while text across the screen reads, “When a blue wave hits!”

Mohamed was elected mayor in 2023 after previously serving on the St. Louis Park City Council.
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Congressman-elect Matt Little also used profane language while addressing supporters at the DFL election watch party in downtown St. Paul after winning Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.

“I think it’s pretty clear America is sending a message,” Little said. “The first message they sent is that Pete Hegseth is a dipshit. The second message they sent is that JD Vance is a dipshit. The third and final message they sent is that Donald Trump is a dipshit.”

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)

18 5 Now we're all in econ heaven... sure the election did it all at once!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM
Raptured into communist utopia.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (LHPAg)

19 It’s all the people the dems hired to fill out ballots. Temp jobs.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (P4bJX)

20
Speaking of Black female political dominance...

A whole-ass Black female city council, judiciary, local government of any kind...

Have you ever heard of a group called the Jack and Jills? An organization founded to create Black excellence about 90 years ago. Membership is through the mothers, although kids participate like 100%. it's all about getting educational and future professional opportunities for the kids.

Friend of mine knows it from the inside. He says those women in leadership are cats in a cage. Never seen such infighting, backstabbing, and conflict.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:51 PM (mmrXZ)

21 Made it home early from Lancaster

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Eromero speaks wisdom.

Technically I'm a very late boomer I suppose. And I share about 7% of the stereotypical traits (some mentioned in the post) of so-called boomers.

Would never occur to me to tell someone "get a job at the factory". Huh? Umm I lived through the major de-industrialization of the US, know it well, have always focused on economics though it's never been my job.

Sadly I know quite a few in my cohort who are just as ignorant, or driven by resentment or envy, as is easily seen in younger segments. People whose "politics" haven't changed since they were 17 - and these are pretty lazy uninformed politics. Life experience and work experience hasn't given them any wisdom at all, it appears.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (U/Byj)

23 Report bullying like a good little rat fink commie bastard. Run to the state every time your feelings get hurt and maybe you can make some money off of suing somebody or getting clicks or some shit. You weak pussy pencil dicks go on and have your furry fun until hard times come.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)

24 I am willing to accept that I may be wrong about socialism ushering in utopia. I mean, it's against all history, nature, and experience but it could happen. I just suspect that an ideology that always ends in penury, misery, and murder is likely the one to do it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:53 PM (4NO2D)

25 Well some good news. That racist scumbag Justin Pearson in Tennessee lost his congressional run to an R. The theater kid conceded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:53 PM (7XuqV)

26
"I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline."

Posted by: fd

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

I never got a chance to say anything, but you know that girl who got shoved onto the grass by the Mongoloid idiot at the University of (somewhere in Texas, I think)? She went to the ER afterward. For hitting soft grass on her butt. Good God. I'd have spent my entire childhood in the ER if I went there for every incident like that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (mmrXZ)

27 And the econ stats are released (and revised) on a set schedule. Duh. This instant and actually embarrassingly dumb jump to "oh they just released this for political timing purposes!!!" is baffling. It's at the level of the masses of ignorant emotional types who produced Tuesday's results.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (U/Byj)

28 The first thing the donks will do is lean on all the tech companies, Meta, Google (YouTube) et al to re-implement
the censorship and deplatforming regime.

They are going to go after Musk because X will remain an open platform.

We're going to have to put up with a lot of bullsh*t for the next decade.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (XV/Pl)

29 My kindergarten buddies and I were debating this just this week, are we Boomers or Gen X?

Truly we are neither. Key formative events:
Dads were Korea or Vietnam, not WW2 vets
Apollo moonshots
The war, POWs coming home, fall of Saigon
The landslide election, Watergate, the resignation
OPEC embargo, stagnation, inflation
Islamic revolution

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (RIvkX)

30 Nothing worse than a libtard boomer.

Nothing better than a Conservative Boomer.

Hug A Boomer, they don't have much time left. And remind any libtard boomer of that fact. Hell awaits.

Posted by: Gen X Joe at November 06, 2026 06:55 PM (Ssbab)

31 He'll want a Traeger grill.

Can you learn to cook on one?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at November 06, 2026 06:55 PM (0sNs1)

32 San Franpsycho - technically there's 'Generation Jones' in between there, I think?

As for me, tail end of GenX, and I cling to it because it's far closer to my natural mindset than anything else.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (aJQbY)

33 That idiotic congressman-elect in MN well illustrates what we (any intelligent adult) is up against. The intellect and temperament of a dumb 20-yr old.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (U/Byj)

34 I'm technically a millennial I guess, but I identify as Gen X.

My pronouns are "pfff/yeah"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM (aKiSo)

35 The Breakfast Club actors are Gen X, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM (4NO2D)

36 Eromero speaks wisdom.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM

I believe the Style Guide recommends

"There is iron in the words of Eromero for all Morons to see."

Posted by: Duncanthrax Ten Bears at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)

37 It wouldnt have made a difference, people were so pissed at Trump on personal, visceral level.

The way the voters responded was not logical, it was just pure hatred and they wanted to show it.

Posted by: engine at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (ioML7)

38 Wonder if all those impatient little darlings who threw Republicans out will have voters remorse ?
-
That would require a capacity to recognize the consequence of one's choices.

Which seems unlikely since we've just watched the exact same thing play out in the UK.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (vSvIl)

39 33 That idiotic congressman-elect in MN well illustrates what we (any intelligent adult) is up against. The intellect and temperament of a dumb 20-yr old.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (U/Byj)

I looked him up, he's 41.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (kX27y)

40 I guess I'm a boomer. Especially in the morning. That aint thunder.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

41 Genx also killed Disco. Replaced it with bands identified with the definite article THE.

The Cars. The Police. The Fixx. The Smiths. The Smithereens. The Knack. The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The B52's. The The.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (47/pr)

42 Hell yeah

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (enNUy)

43 My pronouns are "pfff/yeah"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM

I'm "pfft/bronx cheer"

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (0sNs1)

44 I have discoed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (4NO2D)

45 What are conservative youth of today? What are they trying to conserve? Where the hell are they?

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)

46 Ban hammer challenge. Interesting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (7XuqV)

47 I have also roller skated with those steel street skates that you attached to your shoes with a big key.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (4NO2D)

48 Young people yearn for the 1980s that they have heard so much about, but they don't seem to understand that most of what is different between now and then is an attitude. A way of looking at things and people.

They want what we have, but they don't want to make the decisions that they have to make to get it.

I'm really not sure how to say this right. I guess I'm saying people say "decline is a choice," but it's not just one choice, it's ongoing choices made every day. Watching it is like having a friend that wants a good family life like mine, but keeps making the same destructive life choices over and over again that keep them miserable.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (0MjtC)

49
I couldn't care less about these labels and generalizations about "generation" this or that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (mmrXZ)

50 I never got a chance to say anything, but you know that girl who got shoved onto the grass by the Mongoloid idiot at the University of (somewhere in Texas, I think)? She went to the ER afterward. For hitting soft grass on her butt. Good God. I'd have spent my entire childhood in the ER if I went there for every incident like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (mmrXZ)

Should have gone to a gun shop, instead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (yky4J)

51 I feel pretty lucky with my birth timing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (4NO2D)

52 Not gonna fight about the value of various generations.

Proud Gen X'r, and the essay rings true.

But I have to wonder if our cohort has a blind spot. Coming of age with our embassy staff held hostage, I'd gladly pay $5 a gallon for years if that was what it took to bring that regime down. But that loathing seems to end with us.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (4HoLg)

53 Clean up on Aisle 38.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)

54 Fuck you ace. The conservative youth of today are far better than you fucking neocon/ boomercons ever were. You grew up on the coattails of a great generation and fucking destroyed it. Fuck off.
=====

Typical millenial.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (RIvkX)

55 46 What are conservative youth of today? What are they trying to conserve? Where the hell are they?
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)

They don't exist. Nor should they. There's nothing left to conserve. Liberalism is back to being a revolutionary ideology locked once more into battle with Marxism under the rim to catch the rebound of an ossifying and moribund aristocracy based solely on birth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (aKiSo)

56 Typical millenial.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM

Haha! Yessssss.

Posted by: Ed McMahon at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (4NO2D)

57 Genx also killed Disco.

And there was much rejoicing.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (3Ope8)

58 Like, my mom was super-overprotective for the 1980s, but I still had more freedoms than parents give their kids now. And the 1980s were a far more dangerous time to be a kid than now (unless you live in a blue city).

Those parents harken back to the 1980s, but refuse to change how they raise their kids.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (0MjtC)

59 I guess I'm a boomer. Especially in the morning. That aint thunder.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

Well, I disagree.

Posted by: The Thunder Bucket at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (Ssbab)

60 Genx also killed Disco.

And there was much rejoicing.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

COJ gets it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 07:05 PM (NnhvP)

61 You're gonna care about generation when the power goes down.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

62 Yes there are conservative youth out there. I have a meeting with a bunch of them next week.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (8Uo7a)

63 from September to October 2026: foreign-born employment rose by 809,000 (from 31.253 million to 32.062 million), while native-born employment fell by 64,000 (from 132.185 million to 132.121 million
_-_
That doesn't sound like good news to me.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (bWl9e)

64 61 You're gonna care about generation when the power goes down.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

And we find out some damn nosepicker ran off with the kirk key and we can't switchover the CUPS panel now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:07 PM (aKiSo)

65 Guilty as charged.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:07 PM (/izzV)

66 Thank you, Generation X (I had to look it up, being in the middle of Boomers, sired by The Greatest Generation and a bit tipsy on my 2nd glass of wine).

Hold firm.

Our sons are Millennial's, conservative Christians, raised right by their crazy parents who shed their hippie ways before their births.

They have had good to great education and degrees, great jobs, beautiful and successful wives who also work and one balances 3 kids, gorgeous grandchildren with the hope for more who will someday vote similar.

I am unsure what their generation will be named but they embrace God and family at young ages and in private Catholic school. They love God, family and country as we instill this in them.

I thank God for those of all colors holding on in 2026. I don't care what your hair color or piercings if you voted the right way for America.

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

We are having Beef Black Bean Enchiladas tonight and I am having my second and last glass of white whine.

Bless you all and Ace's Place to vent.

Mis Hum, if you are reading, I already miss you.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:08 PM (hzuYO)

67 It would appear CWII will be... "complicated."

But in all seriousness... it'll last all of a day if we're motivated.

And.. as for the labels. Fuck that. It's always been divisive. For a reason.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 07:09 PM (RORbl)

68 Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (yg7C6)

The Boomers were raised by the Greatest Generation.
The Greatest put in all of the government programs that we are fighting against today.
They invented the UN, NATO, World Bank, IMF and all of the other international institutions we've been watching take more and more control over eight decades because that generation, and their parents, had fought a bloody war and wanted a better life for their children.

They had no clue that so many of their children would be brainwashed, indoctrinated and turned into socialists by the time they got to college.
Then hundreds of thousands of them got sent off to Vietnam.
That was the 60s and 70s and it only got worse from there.

To blame the Boomers for the way they were raised and for things that occurred that were beyond their control is ridiculous.

The Boomers just so happened to be born at and grew up during a post-war boom that lasted for twenty years and made America the most powerful country in the world.

Stop blaming old people for your own problems.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)

69 >>The Cars. The Police. The Fixx. The Smiths. The Smithereens. The Knack. The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The B52's. The The.
Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (47/pr)

The Bad Brains, The Ramones, The Minutemen, Minor Threat, Black Flag

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (/izzV)

70
Steyer is insane. Our prison system doesn't deliver justice or safety? Whose safety???

Tom Steyer
@TomSteyer
·
3h
I commend Governor @GavinNewsom for taking this historic step.

California will no longer be complicit in a racially biased system that delivers neither justice nor safety.

NBC News
@NBCNews
·
Nov 5
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in California to life without parole, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing."

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (kX27y)

71
I have also roller skated with those steel street skates that you attached to your shoes with a big key.
Posted by: toby928(c)p/i]

Was it a brand new key?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (Cqx++)

72 "pissed at Trump on personal, visceral level."

Almost find this fascinating.

Main reasons? Lowering inflation (including gasoline prices, until the war)? Securing the border? Starting the process of restoring rule of law in immigration? Unshackling US energy production resulting in greatest output in history? Initiating process of repatriating manufacturing industry to the US? Again, starting a climb in real wages for the middle/lower tiers - for the second time, he did it already in Term 1 prior to The Great Idiocy? Cutting government for the first time in 4 decades? Beginning to uncover and correct the massive, massive fraud ongoing against taxpayers in welfare programs? Building a ballroom (free to taxpayers) of the sort that's been a highly desired and overdue project for 3 or 4 presidents? Removing a hostile and dangerous and vile regime in Venezuela with one special forces operation?

And the list goes on.

Wonder which particular thing made so many voters so furious? "Mean tweets" perhaps?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (U/Byj)

73 >>Guilty as charged.

Now what did you do?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

74 Sometimes I’m fancy and have chips and salsa
For dinner.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aH/pT)

75
Nov 5
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in California to life without parole, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing."
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (kX27y)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HIS STATE IS LITERALLY SANCTIONING THE RELEASE OF MURDERERS BACK INTO THE WILD TO MURDER AGAIN

OK NOT FUNNY HAHA BUT STILL

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aKiSo)

76 >>Wonder which particular thing made so many voters so furious?

Enough about the Romans - What have they ever done for US!?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (/izzV)

77 >>Guilty as charged.

Now what did you do?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM

The Permanent Record knows.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

78 There are two cohorts of Boomers, post WWII and post Korea.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (Q+gd/)

79 73 >>Guilty as charged.

Now what did you do?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

Robbed a car battery store in a wetsuit?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (aKiSo)

80 I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline.

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Been saying this for a while. They have these school campaigns against bullying that don't focus on actual bullying but more of wrong opinions, and criticism.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:14 PM (tB7nu)

81 Has any president in a century done and tried more that would promote native-born employment? Actually has any other president done *anything* that would move in this direction?

Just wonder, in context, how people can bitch about non-native employment numbers. What exactly is the administration supposed to do that it's not already doing, or trying to do (often hampered by a broken constitutional system wherein the judiciary lawlessly usurps and dictates)?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (U/Byj)

82 BBQ with fried okra and a glass of unsweetened tea, followed by an NHL game. THAT’s what’s for dinner!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (3Ope8)

83 'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline.

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Been saying this for a while. They have these school campaigns against bullying that don't focus on actual bullying but more of wrong opinions, and criticism.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:14 PM (tB7nu)

They created a different type of bullying.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (AKptf)

84 Wonder which particular thing made so many voters so furious? "Mean tweets" perhaps?

Some of it really does seem to come down to cost of living. Here in Texas there were two surprising waves. The second was that most tax increases (mostly schools, I think) got voted down.

This was not your typical blue wave.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (waqbs)

85 I've said for years not getting your ass beat down at recess by the other kids because you were being weird made weird normal to the weirdos. And here we are.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (enNUy)

86 Some kids deserve wedgies, indian rope burns, and getting shoved into a locker.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: So-called Bully at November 06, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

87 garrett you stole the line I've been meaning to use here - "so what have the Romans ever done for us??" for days now. It's the first thing that came to mind when I started seeing all the "voter anger" and etc.

Not claiming perfection, of course not. But utterly baffled as to specific things done/not being done that people who are so unhappy want to see.

Specifics please?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)

88 Bullying is self-regulating, as well. If the biggest kid in your grade is being too much of a dick to his classmates, the big kids in the next grade up would eventually put the little fucker in his place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:17 PM (aKiSo)

89 "Wonder which particular thing made so many voters so furious? "Mean tweets" perhaps?
Posted by: rhomboid '

They are a bunch of ungrateful ignorant sheep who believe everything The Media tells them.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM (MWfyi)

90 My dad used to say that people confuse kindness with weakness right up until the moment your hands are on their throats.

It would be wrong of you to believe that guy holding the door is doing so because he’s obsequious and servile. He’s been raised to show respect right up until the moment you show you don’t deserve it.

It feels like a lot of people are going to learn this the hard way.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM (7S15B)

91 The way the voters responded was not logical, it was just pure hatred and they wanted to show it.

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They (and we) are going to get it in the ass good and hard too

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (tB7nu)

92 >>Now what did you do?

I drank from the hose.

But, I also filled the bong from it and packed a fresh bowl. Because I'm a mench like that.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (/izzV)

93 Why is everybody always pickin' on me?

Posted by: Scott "Scut" Farkus at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

94 Stephen Blair, yeah I noted that, in several states I think bond issues voted down (usually a good thing, sadly, for the last few decades).

Cost of living. I guess people expect a return to 2019 prices, or something. Of course not the way it works.

The hidden zinger here, which does blame Trump for much of the inflation, I never say. But it goes back to 2020 of course. And it muddies the waters since his successor greatly exacerbated things without even a (flawed) rationale of any kind.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (U/Byj)

95 the last bastion of civilization starts to fall at last

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (CHHv1)

96 What exactly is the administration supposed to do that it's not already doing, or trying to do
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I said nothing about President Trump. As far as I can tell, our biggest problem over the last two years was a congeess that accomplished very little compared to what is still needed.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (3UxRL)

97 Some presidents get to play in god mode and dick around destroying the whole map, killing NPCs, and just doing random bullshittery while cheating in cash with console commands to do whatever they hell they want.

Other presidents have to pull off a no-hit 100% speedrun world record or else they suck and have no idea what they're doing and should probably quit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (aKiSo)

98 Some of it really does seem to come down to cost of living. Here in Texas there were two surprising waves. The second was that most tax increases (mostly schools, I think) got voted down.
This was not your typical blue wave.

I had an argument with a lefty instructor at my junior college once on The "Great" depression and FDR. He said the people just wanted someone to do something, anything to help them in the economic downturn. I argued that the best thing to do is nothing, let it run it's course. He called me entitled and an elitist, while at the time I was making minimum wage. So I got that going for me.

Posted by: Entitled Elitist at $2.65 an hour at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (Ssbab)

99 >>I have also roller skated with those steel street skates that you attached to your shoes with a big key.

There used to be an excuse to drink a lot tied to a tour that went from Watertown to Marblehead, MA called The Great Race. It was really just a drunken clown show that required drinking pretty much non-stop for 26 miles and finding some way to get to the finish line. Which was a bar.

People rode bikes, not racing bikes, walked, ran skateboarded and whatever and stopped frequently. To drink. My ex used to do it on those metal skates you attached to sneakers.

We were young once. And stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

100 And furthermore, f--k JD

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (Ydd86)

101 Just wonder, in context, how people can bitch about non-native employment numbers. What exactly is the administration supposed to do that it's not already doing, or trying to do (often hampered by a broken constitutional system wherein the judiciary lawlessly usurps and dictates)?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (U/Byj)
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I have yet to see any immigration enforcement conducted against the corporate leadership of industries rife with illegal employment; hospitality, homebuilding, health care.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

102 There are two cohorts of Boomers, post WWII and post Korea.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM

This is very true and I also prefer the term cohorts. A cohort is smaller and includes the people with similar life experiences and hence, way of thinking. I find that when I meet people of my HS cohort, it is very easy to like them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (4NO2D)

103 Don in SoCo I was referring really to this generalized "anger" thing, not your comment really.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)

104 For those knocking Boomers, and I don't care:

We were poor when we bought our first house under Reagan in 1985 at 12.45% interest rates. Saving money on one income (well, I worked as a nurse 1 day/week) for five years after we married.

Two houses later we are doing very well. Without any help from anyone.

We ate Hamburger Helper and other stuff we cooked at home. Going out to dinner was reserved for a birthday or our wedding anniversary poor.

Starbucks did not exist then. Taco Bell or McDonald's was a treat. It was rare to spend money on anything but rent or food. I was wearing college sweaters during my first pregnancy 2yrs later.

So, shut thy pie hole at 7.18% interest rates for a 30yr mortgage with a downpayment you saved for. We had it worse with two kids to raise. We didn't complain and had a great life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (hzuYO)

105 >>The way the voters responded was not logical, it was just pure hatred and they wanted to show it.

Kids who were 12-13 during the Covid event are now 18-20ish...

we are just starting to see the wages of a completely brainwashed generation.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (/izzV)

106 96 What exactly is the administration supposed to do that it's not already doing, or trying to do
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I said nothing about President Trump. As far as I can tell, our biggest problem over the last two years was a congeess that accomplished very little compared to what is still needed.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (3UxRL)

We nee d anew "Contract With American" crica 1994 and leaders and candidates committed to getting the job done.

The GOP should be focusing on that contract and their get out the vote operations for the next two years above all else.

Will they do that?
I doubt it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:23 PM (6ydKt)

107 Look up the Number of Days Brent Drude was above $100 for the Obama, Trump 1.0, Biden and Trump 2.0 administrations and get back to me on the Affordability Crisis.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:24 PM (/izzV)

108 Brent Crude, dammit.

The numbers are quite shocking, btw.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:25 PM (/izzV)

109 The GOP should be focusing on that contract and their get out the vote operations for the next two years above all else.

Will they do that?
I doubt it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:23 PM

Well, we can't do it without your generous financial support.

Can you chip in $25 right now, which, thanks to some generous donors, offers a three-to-one match for the next 24 hours!

Posted by: GOPe at November 06, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

110 We were young once. And stupid.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

*********
We were in Marblehead once. Sons and I wanted to (oddly) see Salem,MA. Which was a waste of time.

Marblehead was gorgeous.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (hzuYO)

111 107 Look up the Number of Days Brent Drude was above $100 for the Obama, Trump 1.0, Biden and Trump 2.0 administrations and get back to me on the Affordability Crisis.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:24 PM (/izzV)

They believe prices should be back to 2019 levels and can't understand that that can't happen unless we go through a deflationary depression.

They enjoyed that COVID cash, but they just can't put two and two together and realize that they're still paying for it now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

112 "The GOP should be focusing on that contract and their get out the vote operations for the next two years above all else.

The GOP is not going to do that. Maybe they will start to realize why people don't vote for them but I don't think they care. As long as they are in the game the grift will flow.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

113 If one of the Carolinas had deposits of high-quality crude oil, do you know what we'd have?

Sweet Caroline.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

114 I've had it with the GOP myself. Unless someone can give me a compelling reason to vote for them I aint. Just telling my that you aren't as bad as the Democrat is not enough.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

115 Calling Nood nude
Getting into shower this time

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

116 Anti bullying = anti white bullies. Hope this helps.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (SwyyQ)

117 Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)

118 We had a few days off and were tooling around London when we ran across a flea market. One of my brothers finds some of those old roller skates you slip over the shoe. It will be fun he’s says. After the pub crawl we skated down St Michael’s Alley not too far from London Bridge. The local police weren’t amused, but I don’t think I ever laughed that hard.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (7S15B)

119 >>Marblehead was gorgeous.

Haven't been back in years but I used to race out of there. The end of The Great Race in the early days was at Mattie's Sail Loft which as the name would indicate was a sailor's bar. Then it got too popular and had to find a new venue.

Great little town. Lots of memories.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (viF8m)

120 The GOP is not going to do that. Maybe they will start to realize why people don't vote for them but I don't think they care. As long as they are in the game the grift will flow.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

Partly, I suppose.

But their main problem is they are too disorganized with too many egos and too many chiefs and not enough Indians and too many who leave the reservation when their feelings get hurt.

The Dems are ruthlessly disciplined compared to the GOP.
Cults tend to work like that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

121 Who bitch dis is?
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM

He seems nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:32 PM (4NO2D)

122 who is this chicken raising inbred ? must be Kentucky...

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (AKptf)

123 74 Sometimes I’m fancy and have chips and salsa
For dinner.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aH/pT)

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Add cheese to chips first (in hunks, not shredded), microwave. Add salsa. Drink wine.

Complete meal. Protein, carb, veg and fruit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (hzuYO)

124 >>Your golden-age boomercon view of the world is ridiculous.

You're aggressively stupid and boring.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)

125 90 My dad used to say that people confuse kindness with weakness right up until the moment your hands are on their throats.

It would be wrong of you to believe that guy holding the door is doing so because he’s obsequious and servile. He’s been raised to show respect right up until the moment you show you don’t deserve it.

It feels like a lot of people are going to learn this the hard way.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM
Your Dad was on the money.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg)

126 >>Your Dad was on the money.

Seconded.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

127 Society started going downhill when kids quit saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (sbGbc)

128 I was born in 63, so I think technically I'm a boomer, but all my attitude and likes and dislikes line up with Gen X.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (PwgSL)

129
from September to October 2026: foreign-born employment rose by 809,000 (from 31.253 million to 32.062 million), while native-born employment fell by 64,000 (from 132.185 million to 132.121 million

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I would like to come back to this at some point. Is it real?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (7xqnr)

130 NOOD

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (SwyyQ)

131 >>32 San Franpsycho - technically there's 'Generation Jones' in between there, I think?

>>As for me, tail end of GenX, and I cling to it because it's far closer to my natural mindset than anything else.

Born in 1957, me (and my younger siblings) were too young to be part of the Summer of Love ('69) and the hippie generation. We hit our teens in the early '90s, and I think of people my age to and up to the start of Gen X and Gen Jones.

Still, I'm nearly 70. Booo!

Posted by: Reno_Dave at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (yXKEQ)

132 I was born in 63, so I think technically I'm a boomer, but all my attitude and likes and dislikes line up with Gen X.
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (PwgSL)

Same here. Or Generation Jones as some would call it.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (iIyc0)

133 Seems like JD articulated the reasons for the loss in the most anodyne terms
America first - shoulda said the GOPe shived us and we didnt take some scalps
Iran - shoulda said we should have destroyed them completely and then made the rubble bounce

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (3Ope8)

134 Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (yg7C6)

Well it'd be nice to respond to your thoughtful reply but since some dyke broad who runs this gerbil cage feels any dissent is outlawed... FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR BOOMER FANTASY.

Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+6avD)

135 Pretty sure gen x dominated 90s pop culture but yeah I guess

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 08:13 PM (kLVP9)

136 I am a boomer. My children are Gen X. They are all baptized and have received First Holy Communion.

Only the eldest was Confirmed.

The then bishop of San Diego decided to let all the beaners 'self certify" that they were ready to receive the sacrament, without attending classes.

All of my children are wealthier than me. My sons are conservative. My daughter was a feminist, has a good job.

Gen X is not a bunch of stoners. They are backbone.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 08:16 PM (LOvBA)

137 The GOP lost because we wanted an end to the clock changes. The Senate denied us this.
We wanted the SAVE act. The Senate denied us this.
We wanted someone other than the sister of Lindsay Graham to be senator.

How does every county in Kansas vote Dem? Perhaps there was more Dems voting. I don't know.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 08:21 PM (LOvBA)

138 This election was blatantly fraudulent outcomes, hardly see anyone calling it out, our own side sold us out long ago, think about being a senator with an active criminal treasonous opposition party, think about how every one of ours has acted the last 18 years, all of the scandals, all of the violence the riots, they continuously get away with it, how many of our politicians have shown themselves to be feeling the anger, the urgency, the grief, despair, not a one of them has, they condemned jan6, then spent the last 4 years screaming if there was no voter id the the election would be stolen, then when it’s obviously stolen, none of them has said it was fraudulent as a reason for the crazy unrealistic amount of votes democrats gained, none of them seemed phased, or concerned, and the same things are happening in every nation in the world at the same time, people are stupid, but not that stupid, not after watching democrats celebrate murder going back to the Las Vegas shootings, they’ve had people openly celebrating death, then Joe Biden blatantly caused inflation, everyone noticed, gas was at 4.99 where I live his entire term, it’s not realistic that our side, trump included has

Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 06, 2026 09:18 PM (CAydo)

139 Behaved the way they have unless they’re in on it playing a part, they wouldn’t expose what they have unless it was in the bag, they wouldn’t risk going to prison or hanging to an election that wasn’t rigged

Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 06, 2026 09:19 PM (CAydo)

140 Bridget Phetasay; I watch her quite a bit. That woman has been through Hell and back, and she's got the guts to say exactly what's on her mind. "It's fight-or-die o' clock".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 06, 2026 09:22 PM (PKL0q)

141 GenX never got a President, while boomers got 4, three in the first year, and apparently Obama in the last year.

Posted by: MikeN at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (q+qFP)

142 GenX never got a President, while boomers got 4, three in the first year, and apparently Obama in the last year.
Posted by: MikeN at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM

*sheds a single tear*

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 07, 2026 10:44 AM (4NO2D)

Trump vs. the Bureaucracy

Trump is the first president in living memory to actually cut the federal work force.

Reagan tried. Reagan failed.

Trump actually delivered.

He also worked assiduously to make the President the boss of his underling bureaucrats, instead of the bureaucrats being the President's boss.

What a concept. The boss sets policy and tells the subordinate paper-pushers what to do?

That's a #ThreatToDemocracy.

Ben Weingarten:

Although Trump is often described as an impulsive, undisciplined leader, he has remained sharply focused on advancing reforms aimed at increasing presidential power over the unelected federal bureaucracy. RealClearInvestigations' review of dozens of executive actions and agency regulations found that the Trump administration has taken historic steps to shrink the branch of government he runs, make agencies more accountable to elected officials, and reduce Washington's regulatory control over the private sector.,,,
These efforts have reduced the federal workforce to levels unseen since the 1960s and generated hundreds of billions of dollars in cost savings. They have also produced Supreme Court rulings affirming presidential authority to remove subordinates and rein in independent agencies, along with deregulatory savings estimated at trillions of dollars.

"[F]rom almost the first day of the president's second term, the administration has been at work in the most extensive project since the New Deal to recapture for the elected branches what has been given away over many decades to the permanent bureaucratic class," Hillsdale College professor Ronald J. Pestritto wrote in a monograph lauding the president's initiatives late last year.

Of course, the Democrats want to undo all this. They want to rehire all the unneeded clock-watching do-nothings and of course all the unqualified DEI make-work check-cashers and they want to pour American tax dollars into US AID and all the other corrupt communist NGOs.

"We have a massive reconstruction task ahead of us," Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has warned. "We will have to go department by department, subject by subject, and public purpose by public purpose to determine what we salvage and what we re-create."
Although Democrats will control both chambers of Congress next year, the center of gravity of their resistance will likely continue to be in the courthouses where they have challenged the president's agenda, alleging unconstitutional overreach and procedural ham-handedness. Through hundreds of lawsuits, many still pending, they have opposed everything from firing employees and eliminating offices to withholding appropriated funds.
Legal scholars say these battles over the scope and contours of presidential authority and the Constitution's separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches may have significant long-term ramifications. They also note that litigation moves slowly; many cases are not likely to be resolved until Trump leaves office. As a practical matter, often buoyed by a Supreme Court that has blocked lower court injunctions thwarting Trump's orders, the president has meaningfully reshaped the bureaucracy....
Shrinking the workforce
From the start of his second term, President Trump vowed to "dramatically reduce the size of the Federal Government, while increasing its accountability to the American people."
Through a series of executive orders, he froze federal hiring across most agencies, directed the Department of Government Efficiency to help cut the federal workforce through deferred resignation programs and reductions in force (RIFs), and required agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four departing employees. During its first year, the administration has shrunk the workforce by 220,000 to 250,000 workers -- a 10% decline. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a critic of the cuts, described them as "the largest one-year reduction in the federal workforce in over 75 years, dating back to the demobilization following World War II."
The decline has not been evenly distributed. The Center's analysis indicates that Trump has targeted executive branch departments whose work he questions. These include the Department of Education (down 39%), the State Department and associated agencies (down 37%), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (down 23%). His policies have also sparked mass exoduses from specific areas like the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Conservatives have long considered the division a bastion of progressive activism. Up to 80% of its staff reportedly left. The administration has replaced those 300 departing employees with 130 hires of its own.
The workforce continued to decline modestly in 2026. In all, about one in five federal workers has left through resignation, retirement, or dismissal during Trump's second term -- though about half that number has been replaced. At roughly 2.7 million employees, the federal workforce has fallen to its lowest level since 1966.

Read the whole thing. We're down, but we did a lot of damage. We have to pick ourselves up from the floor, knock the dust off our shoulders, and defend our achievements.

When you lose a battle, you do not retreat in disarray.
You conduct an orderly tactical withdrawal, refit and rearm, and COUNTERATTACK.
https://t.co/B552Nfwu8K
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) November 4, 2026

Unrelated; Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles resigns, and will work for Trump's political (not governmental) staff.

Steven Miller will replace her.

Top Democrat Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"
https://t.co/XlBUxlBAq9
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) November 6, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 Stephen Miller seems to be a good choice, probably?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)

2 Is this thing on?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (aJQbY)

3 Already nooded, might as well go for the hat trick.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (aJQbY)

4 I'm here

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (+gK6I)

5 Doesn't matter. The electorate is a herd of ungrateful sheep.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)

6 I think Hakeem Jeffries is a terrible man. However, I don't think he's the brightest box in the bulb and so may not have been alluding to Stephen Miller's. Religion. I think Jeffries loathes any Trump supporter in his administration

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (JrHfD)

7 It's great that Trump has actually cut the size of the federal workforce, but we should understand that is the absolute last thing the Democrats want.

Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (8WZD4)

8 FenelonSpoke - quite possibly. To Jeffries, anyone to the right of Mao is "a malignant tumor", as he puts it.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (aJQbY)

9 Trump is the first president in living memory to actually cut the federal work force.

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ace, I am about to shock you, but Carter was the last one:

"Jimmy Carter reduced the size of the federal workforce by cutting more than 20,000 permanent positions and aimed to lower the government's share of national spending from 23% to 21% by 1981."

When one of my profs told me that , sometime back, I was speechless. But there it is.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (AKptf)

10 You underestimate how low the Dems will go, FS.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (MWfyi)

11 All the right people hate Stephen Miller, so I like him.

Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (8WZD4)

12 I'd love to know when the Right is going to stop trying to fight like it's still the 1950s.

The Left is a generation or two ahead of us in organizing. They have layers upon layers of organizing infrastructure, and they put it to amazing use. Cut off the taxpayer money? Whoosh! It flows through other channels.

This is no longer a war of ideas, and idiotic mail in voting is here to stay, thanks to the GOPe Senate. So it's time to stop thinking inside the old box, and get these guys with big bucks to fund some real organizing infrastructure, and do our own ballot harvesting. And get boots on the ground for turning out our vote.

The votes are there.

I think the polls were right, but for the wrong reasons. The non response rate from Trump voters was the gauge of enthusiasm, which wasn't there on our side.

Posted by: McLurkerson at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (AZDyS)

13 >>Of course, the Democrats want to undo all this.

Correction -- The Republicans in congress also want to undo all this. They had plenty of time to solidify it in law and they didn't the courts would be powerless to fight if they had laws cutting these departments and their funding.

For many of them, it is a chance a grift and they will not give it up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (Q3K6n)

14 Wolverines!

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (BFNU4)

15 Willow'd:

Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)

They don't actually believe that. They only believe in Power for themselves and their Clique.

Since they keep on changing their names on a euphemism treadmill anyway -- Cultural Marxists, SJWs, wokies -- I'm toying with the term "Pomo Hitlerian." They lie about everything, including your beliefs and theirs -- even including their fake opposition to the beliefs they falsely attributed to you! It's postmodern subversion IRL.

For example, they don't actually oppose white supremacy. They refuse to criticize Arab supremacists, who are white and the second-biggest ethnicity on Earth. (Han are the biggest by far, and they would also never criticize Han supremacy.)

They also don't actually oppose nationalism. They don't even oppose religious nationalism. They support theocratic nationalism! They would never whisper a word of condemnation of all the world's Islamic nationalists.

They that you're a Nazi to keep you from noticing that they're Pomo Hitlerian.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (ke3zm)

16 1 Stephen Miller seems to be a good choice, probably?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)

All the President's enemies are enraged. Says it all.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (Q+gd/)

17 Doesn't matter. The electorate is a herd of ungrateful sheep.
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Hay man, people had legitimate complaints.

All those 18-29yo "men" might be the first person drafted in fifty years because of an on and off air campaign against Iran.

And people might have to, unlike congress, work out a way to balance their personal budgets. Sheer horrors.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (vSvIl)

18 Miller is a great choice. A "wartime consigliere".

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (AKptf)

19 "Stephen Miller seems to be a good choice, probably?
Posted by: RandomDave"

Can he wield a broadsword and cleave his enemies in half?

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)

20 I'm sorry, but when can we expect John Thune to remove himself from Republican Senate leadership? And, on that same note, when can we expect Tim Scott (the rabid Cornyn supporter to the tune of $100 million in the primary) to step down from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)?

Tick tock, gentlemen.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (dIske)

21 Attention Progressives: After all the innocent lives you are taking and innocent blood you have shed the March of the Ents will look like types deletes.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (trt3b)

22 > Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.

Their definition of "in power" is as flexible as their sexuality. They'll look you in the face and tell you a black university professor can't be racist toward one of their white students because the professor doesn't have sufficient power.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (mkw2N)

23 Cause anything else is just pussyfooting around.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (MWfyi)

24 Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (aJQbY)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (JrHfD)

25 Miller will probably clean house too. In a good way.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (AKptf)

26 The thing with all these district court cases is that they are all being overturned eventually. They were sufficient to gum up the works to get the Bolsheviks to this election but, they won't last through another couple of years. Many more bureau-rats will be eating ramen by then.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (4NO2D)

27 Bureaucrats are ticks upon the body politic.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (Q+gd/)

28 roughly 2.7 million employees, the federal workforce has fallen to its lowest level since 1966.

—

Adjusting for today’s population that’s incredible.

You’d never know it though from any ads that gop ran.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (O3eDY)

29 The Left is one hundred years ahead of us, since the times of Woodrow Wilson and the Frankfort school. The best time to start taking the leftist threat seriously is 1910, the next best time is now.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (yfZSY)

30 I knew Wiles was a goner when that new press chick fell on her face.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)

31 James Freeman quotes Obama chief economic advisor Jason Furman in today's WSJ:

If you pay attention to numbers obsessively day-to-day you can miss the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is that this might be the best—or among the best—job markets we’ve ever had—as measured by delivering jobs for people that want them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 05:52 PM (s5+ZH)

32 I'm sorry, but when can we expect John Thune to remove himself from Republican Senate leadership?
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I not only want Thune out of leadership, but I want him out of the party. He can caucus with the Democrats.

And I want every single pretend "Republican" Senator who gavelled a meaningless session to prevent the Senate from going into Recess to be asked one by one by one to explain why they did so.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:53 PM (TN0g+)

33 Steve Miller is a fcking savage.

I voted for this!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)

34 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM

In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)

35 Steve Miller is a fcking savage.

Some people call him Maurice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)

36 James Freeman quotes Obama chief economic advisor Jason Furman in today's WSJ:

If you pay attention to numbers obsessively day-to-day you can miss the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is that this might be the best—or among the best—job markets we’ve ever had—as measured by delivering jobs for people that want them.
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The National Association of Realtor's Chief Economist reached the same conclusion.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

37 When one of my profs told me that , sometime back, I was speechless. But there it is.
Posted by: runner

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Carter was a businessman, and had some understanding of economics and waste. It's a shame he was such a weak stupid ass.

He deregulated (airlines, small brewers, ...) because he understood the cost of regulation to farmers. He understood we were up against the wall with the country hurting but Gov. and their workers still living large, so he cut.

I think his greatest PR mistake is he cut the free lunches and fancy servings to press gatherings, and the media ***absolutely hated him*** for that. They got cold sandwiches, went to their typewriters and slaughtered him because they wanted their fucking caviar.

In all, Carter was one of the top three post reconstruction Democrat Presidents. Bad as he was and all the damage he did.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (Q3K6n)

38 My Marine WWII (South Pacific for 30mo including Peleliu's bloody mess, loved the movie Patton. I can still hear him laughing at parts in the theater.

He hated Gone With the Wind so much (took my mother on a date), he was thrilled with intermission as he thought it was over. Said as he got their coats, "Well, that was good!" ha

He would be elected Emperor of Morons due to some of his stories and insanity. Hilarious guy. Loved by many, including our friends in HS as they wished he was their father. I got away with everything as I was his little moron in training.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (hzuYO)

39 Nobody cares about voter fraud. Because those who say voter fraud stole the election have no evidence or even trump administration prosecution of more then a miniscule number who turn out to be mostly republicans voting multiple times like the villages in Florida.

Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (y2JkV)

40 In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)

you have a point!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (AKptf)

41 I am excited about this change, but Trump just endorsed RNC Chair Joe Gruters, and I just can’t. If we don’t change our playbook, we are going to be wondering what color patch to pin on our clothes. People voted in stupid people, but then voted on initiatives that completely align with the direction we were headed! It’s very convenient for many in DC to blame the war for this, but that is truly lazy. If we just accept this as the uno cause and not recognize we squandered an opportunity of a lifetime, we will not have the changes that need to be made to save this ship.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

42
Democrat Lawfare reached it's limit.

They're into assassination now, encouraging it and defending it.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:56 PM (Y8DZL)

43 In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)

I have a vague early memory of Carter on TV meeting with the Soviet premier at the time - Brezhnev. But that's about it.
I am aware of his terrible record on foreign policy and the economy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

44 In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
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The younger me circa 1988 was riding in a car to Wichita, Kansas with 3 "old" guys (they were probably 40ish) and one of them mentioned that his ADJUSTABLE rate mortgage had just dropped to 11.5 percent. That's the kind of damage that 4 years of "Jimmuh" inflicted on the next decade of the American economy.

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (TN0g+)

45 What you want you want the denizens of the GOPe to do, and what will happen, are not the same thing, for a plethora of reasons, too sad to tell.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (yfZSY)

46 34 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM

In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
I remember those years. Best music ever.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (BFNU4)

47 I am excited about this change, but Trump just endorsed RNC Chair Joe Gruters, and I just can’t. ...

===

Piper, one thing we now know about Trump, is that 2 days from now he can ask him to resign. I mean , 5 days ago he said that Wiles will be his COS till the end of time.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (AKptf)

48 Carter helped install the mullahs in Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (8Uo7a)

49 Trump had to have the inside knowledge that this election was gonna be bad.. He doesn't seem surprised.. You'd think he'd be more upset...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (+gK6I)

50 Speaking of bureaucracy. You should see who is running for the speaker of the Texas House. She's been in office since I believe 1972. She's 87 years old. She'll probably get it because you know diversity. She's also a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (VCgbV)

51 There's a lot of us old farts here at this blog. We remember Jimmah.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (Q+gd/)

52 Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (y2JkV)
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I don't recall seeing you before.

I somehow doubt I'll be seeing much of you in the future.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

53 Nobody cares about voter fraud? 83% of Americans of all races and political affiliations supported Voter ID laws. It was elected Democrats and Republicans who refused to support the SAVE Act.

John Thune and the boys blocked any and all attempts to secure our elections. Throwing power back to the Democrats was the surest, fastest way for the GOPe to stop President Trump.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (X+xvk)

54 ‘ We're down, but we did a lot of damage. We have to pick ourselves up from the floor, knock the dust off our shoulders, and defend our achievements.’

Yes. This is what The Blade has been saying since he pulled Tuesday’s spiked fist out of his ass on Wednesday morning. The doomsaying has been apocalyptic. But not me.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (YSu2G)

55 TBF that inflation was just as much Johnson's and Nixon's as it was Carter's. And he did appoint Paul Volcker as Fed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (RIvkX)

56 Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM

I don't know whether to be amused or sad about guys like this dancing monkey. You know he didn't just find the site today. Imagine, being a lurker here, possibly for years, just to finally get to point at the scoreboard and laugh at our situation. I guess it's better than his real life but man, it's like me dreaming of finally being able to give the retards at DU their whatfor to their virtual faces.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (4NO2D)

57 51 There's a lot of us old farts here at this blog. We remember Jimmah.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (Q+gd/)

___________________

My favorite Carter success was when Clinton sent him over to North Korea to talk them away from developing nuclear missiles, and he returned touting success. Less than a week later, NK tested another missile on live broadcast.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

58 Here's yet another example:

Although Trump is often described as an impulsive, undisciplined leader,

Yes, he is often described that way, as well as unpopular, chaotic, thin-skinned, etc. This is entirely a narrative-building strategy and has no basis in reality.

I am so tired of gaslighting attempts.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 06:01 PM (iAIlk)

59 Immona go make nachos, watch a couple episodes of the old Dexter show with my bride (taking notes), then adjourn to my den to watch Young Einstein.

Been a dumb week.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 06, 2026 06:02 PM (0aYVJ)

60 guys like this dancing monkey.

Posted by: toby928(c)

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I think he's a dog faced boy, no?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (Q3K6n)

61 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (AKptf)
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Executive branch civilians (including the Postal Service, end-of-year counts, in thousands): 1977: 2,840 1978: 2,875 1979: 2,823 (down ~52,000 from 197

 1980: 2,821 (slight further decline).
(Per Grok)

So, Trump did something that, as you say, had not been done in nearly 50 years. While Jimmah did reduce, his accomplishment was modest by comparison to Trump's. But still, Carter should get some credit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (sWibC)

62 All I remember about Carter was him telling us to wear cardigans.

I mostly ignored Jimmah, and am possibly responsible for wasting a lot of gas, driving aimlessly on country roads in my V8 Impala and listening to rock music in cold winters.

And taking hot baths to irritate my father who "had to pay for it." This was when I was home from college in winters and claimed to him that it was colder than the Rockies with snow. Because it is.

Otherwise I barely paid attention to the news in college because there was no tv in my rental apartments.

I think my father was both sad and glad to take me to the airport.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (hzuYO)

63 Interesting thing I just saw on X: in most states, the Republican got 85% of Trump's 2024 total, and the Democrat got what Kamala got + 15%. The math holds up across both red and blue states. It's weirdly perfect everywhere.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (noPDf)

64 Anyways, my patch attempt on the master bathroom leak have failed so I had to shut the hot water off again. I will need to cut out a bunch more ceiling drywall and completely replace the bad length of PEX.

It is sad that I already have all the tools to do this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (4NO2D)

65 r/FedEmployees

Miller was already basically steering the worst aspects of Trump's fight against the American people. This is going to end badly.

Only women getting fired in this administration. By Mr. “I’ll protect the women… whether they like it or not…”

Its kinda funny because he even creeps out Trump. Imagine having that guy slather and slobber racist nonsense in your ear all day long. Fark that.

It’s not good news. While Miller has always had Trump’s ear, Susie was an important and more rational voice in the circle. The next two years are going to be nothing but the same, if not more, vitriolic ramrod policies with pit bull Miller out in front. (Uhm...this sounds great! -Intrepid)

Beyond even Trump and even Hegseth, Steven Miller is the absolute peak nazi of this admin and that's saying something. Watch the two videos from his highschool and college years. He has always been rotten to the core. An absolute evil cunt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (arV2h)

66 Piper, one thing we now know about Trump, is that 2 days from now he can ask him to resign. I mean , 5 days ago he said that Wiles will be his COS till the end of time.
Posted by: runner at

This is true. And I am not about to jump on the I Hate Trump bandwagon- I don’t. At all. My criticism of him today is the same as it was 2 years ago, and what I appreciate about him remains the same. I just recognize the dramatic change we need to make in how we operate. Social media, technology, it is branding. It might not make a few people on here happy based on our QR conversations earlier today, but I promise to help! 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

67 Look, I will repeat what I said before, it is good it happened while Trump is still the President. Many of these clowns had to go. We talked about this kind of thing, so Ds did us a favor. These do nothing DC denizens did not do shit. They did not work! They took constant recess. They came in in September and 3 weeks later took off! To "campaign". I was livid. Well we now see the great job they did campaigning. Fk them. Good riddance.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (AKptf)

68 Pixy Misa got quoted on Insty!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)

69 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Chuck Schumer worked to get El Sayed elected and El Sayed immediately announced he's happy to oust Schumer?

I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (mkw2N)

70 I read an interesting story online back in the early days of the 'blogoshere', perhaps at Wretchard's.

The Shah was going to build a port outside the Strait of Hormuz, Carter wanted some of his cronies involved, the Shah said fuck off, and in spite Carter ended US support for the Shah.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (Q+gd/)

71 Miller is the peak Nazi... LOL... Jewish Nazi

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (+gK6I)

72 And I want every single pretend "Republican" Senator who gavelled a meaningless session to prevent the Senate from going into Recess to be asked one by one by one to explain why they did so.

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Sen. Mike Lee answered that question today, on X. He said that, while he opposes the pro-forma sessions, he nevertheless gaveled in on November 2nd because "Trump never asked him not to".

Treacherous snakes, the lot of 'em.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (vqA1l)

73 I’m gonna make file mignons, asparagus, and mashed potatoes, pecanpie for dessert. And bourbon.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (BFNU4)

74 71 Miller is the peak Nazi... LOL... Jewish Nazi
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026

They aren’t the brightest bulb on the tree.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

75 69 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Chuck Schumer worked to get El Sayed elected and El Sayed immediately announced he's happy to oust Schumer?

I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (mkw2N)

********
Yes. Wait til they start picking on Pelosi. Maybe with her giant gavel.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:07 PM (hzuYO)

76 Christy.. Pelosi is gone on Jan 3rd

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (+gK6I)

77 I’m gonna make file mignons, asparagus, and mashed potatoes, pecanpie for dessert. And bourbon.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (BFNU4)
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All I see in that wonderful menu is gym time

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (sWibC)

78 48 Carter helped install the mullahs in Iran.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (8Uo7a)

Jimmy also hired Paul Volcker as Fed chairman, and that turned out to be a good hire.

For Reagan.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (Ied+6)

79 Nobody cares about voter fraud was posted by others in prior blogs I just pointed out why. The boy crying wolf always ends badly. You have to prove it not just chant it. Attacking the messenger that all you got?

Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (y2JkV)

80 Does anyone else find it hilarious that Chuck Schumer worked to get El Sayed elected and El Sayed immediately announced he's happy to oust Schumer?

I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.
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In a correctly functioning society, Schumer would have been forced to resign in shame after the "grilling" fraud. Not because "Every man should know how to grill" (even though its true, they should). But because he DIDN'T CARE that he didn't know how to grill and those around him didn't either and they just all assumed "THOSE SCHMUCKS SEEING THIS AD WILL BE JUST FINE WITH IT."

That kind of arrogance towards the same people who put you in your job should COST you your job.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

81 I’m gonna make file mignons, asparagus, and mashed potatoes, pecanpie for dessert. And bourbon.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM

Did you bring enough for everyone?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (4NO2D)

82 76 Christy.. Pelosi is gone on Jan 3rd
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (+gK6I)

There's still time!!!

Filled with hope and flatulence!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (hzuYO)

83 > I’m gonna make file mignons

Cute little files in cute little folders?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (mkw2N)

84 >>>>>They aren’t the brightest bulb on the tree.
Posted by: Piper
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They are the vines trying to strangle the tree.

Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (qCFsW)

85 You have to prove it not just chant it. Attacking the messenger that all you got?
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM

Heh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (4NO2D)

86 We have a launch in about an hour and a half.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - USSF-432
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 6, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 4:48 p.m. PST (November 7, 0048 UTC, 01:48 CET)

https://youtu.be/cANr44iNjd8

Posted by: Joyenz at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (2F0/Y)

87 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (sWibC)

88 Yes. Wait til they start picking on Pelosi. Maybe with her giant gavel.

She and Paul can sing "If I had A Hammer".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (noPDf)

89 It's senior night at the football game for the spawn. We'll walk her across the field then I'll stay and watch the half time show. I haven't watched a HS band performance in 2 years. It will probably be my last for a long time if not ever.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (VCgbV)

90 Darrell Harris, we need to talk. If you are comfortable with that you can ask CBD for my phone number.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (8Uo7a)

91 Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM

Ha! Another one.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (4NO2D)

92 Stop The Hammering!!

Posted by: Mr O'Donnell at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (Q+gd/)

93 88 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06

You can’t have a successful color revolution without the military. Hegseth has undone much of the work that had completed in this space. He is a blocker.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

94 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?

Alex Soros's super smart plan involves the military ousting Trump.

That obviously won't happen while Hegseth is SecWar. It's that easy why they're screeching about him.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (noPDf)

95 lin-duh, enjoy!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (sWibC)

96 63 Interesting thing I just saw on X: in most states, the Republican got 85% of Trump's 2024 total, and the Democrat got what Kamala got + 15%. The math holds up across both red and blue states. It's weirdly perfect everywhere.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (noPDf)
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Not sure what stats those X posts are looking at, but Trump got 77 million votes in 2024. We got only 55 million on Tuesday. That’s way way less than 85%.

Kamala got 75 million in 2024. Dems got 70 million this time. Thats not an increase at all, that’s a decline.

Lotsa ops and misinformation campaigns out there. Be very wary. The actual voting data is out there. Double check everything.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (YSu2G)

97 Stop The Hammering!!

But that's the good part!

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (noPDf)

98 Miller is the peak Nazi... LOL... Jewish Nazi
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (+gK6I)

Well, jews who are not commies are defacto Zionists- which has been equated to nazis and the KKK. This has entered popular culture.

They want to keep everyone on the plantation and destroy the rest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (QX8aE)

99 Headline at the Bee

Desperate Republican Party Turns To Its Last Hope By Firing Up The Jeb! Signal.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (xfG0H)

100 Interesting thing I just saw on X: in most states, the Republican got 85% of Trump's 2024 total, and the Democrat got what Kamala got + 15%. The math holds up across both red and blue states. It's weirdly perfect everywhere.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM

With easily hacked electronic voting machines and easily physically hacked mail in ballots, I suspect the Left can dial in whatever they think they can get away with. We need to limit what they can get away with.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (yfZSY)

101 Bomercon inc made me an ugly, unemployed dumbass. I don't serve it!

Posted by: NickMM at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)

102 You can’t have a successful color revolution without the military. Hegseth has undone much of the work that had completed in this space. He is a blocker.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?

Alex Soros's super smart plan involves the military ousting Trump.

That obviously won't happen while Hegseth is SecWar. It's that easy why they're screeching about him.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (noPDf)
----------------
Thanks- I keep forgetting Democracy! is so important that it must be protected with a military coup and one party rule.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (sWibC)

103 *sigh

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (AKptf)

104 Ben Had, I'll do that. CBD has my number as well, so you can ask him. I sent him an email regarding my campaign sidebar request.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (Ied+6)

105 We've witnessed every single part of the federal government deployed to destroy Donald Trump. From corrupt FBI agents fabricating evidence to present to corrupt FISA judges, to a corrupt Congress repeatedly impeaching him for no reason, to a corrupt Secret Service abjectly refusing to provide him with basic protection....

This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (X+xvk)

106 Democrats are gonna unleash the Kraken in Trump.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (NtVYv)

107 We need a cardboard dome.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

108 I'm still wondering when the debt bomb finally explodes.
Might be a blessing.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

109 Desperate Republican Party Turns To Its Last Hope By Firing Up The Jeb! Signal.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM

Please clap.

Posted by: GOPe at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (2Ez/1)

110 @Piper, we need a tinfoil dome!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:17 PM (AKptf)

111 Wholesale voiding of anything not specifically authorized by congress.

Make the legislature . . legislate

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 06, 2026 06:17 PM (4HoLg)

112 We've witnessed every single part of the federal government deployed to destroy Donald Trump. From corrupt FBI agents fabricating evidence to present to corrupt FISA judges, to a corrupt Congress repeatedly impeaching him for no reason, to a corrupt Secret Service abjectly refusing to provide him with basic protection....

This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.

The globalists have a hard deadline of 2030 for the entire world having no borders and an EU-like superstructure in charge and imposing rules from on high. The closer we get to that date, the harder they'll fight.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (noPDf)

113 The Dems have made no serious moves to oust Vance yet. Normally their first move when attacking a GOP President. They loathed Agnew, Poppy Bush, and Cheney more than Nixon, Reagan, and GW Bush.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (Q+gd/)

114 We have a launch in about an hour and a half.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - USSF-432
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 6, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 4:48 p.m. PST (November 7, 0048 UTC, 01:48 CET)

https://youtu.be/cANr44iNjd8
Posted by: Joyenz at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (2F0/Y)

The evening ones are the best !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (NtVYv)

115 Schumer is my senator and I can't stand him. Watching the crazies that he helped set loose is very satisfying

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (7XuqV)

116 Haitian on Twitter: Hey Bukele, the gangs built this palace with funds they stole from us. They use it to house kidnap victims and a location to kill people.

Bukele in response: Where's the house? We'll destroy it.

http://tiny.cc/889d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (mkw2N)

117 What with trying to fix the PEX leak and running errands, I was only able to parasite .78% off the misery of the middle class's pensions today.

If you guys aren't shorting the markets you are making a mistake. Democrats taking over are a once in a decade earning opportunity. Unless civilization collapses, but then money won't matter.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (4NO2D)

118 The Dems have made no serious moves to oust Vance yet. Normally their first move when attacking a GOP President. They loathed Agnew, Poppy Bush, and Cheney more than Nixon, Reagan, and GW Bush.

I'd argue they hated W more than Cheney, and they didn't really turn on HW until he was President.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:20 PM (noPDf)

119 The globalists have a hard deadline of 2030 for the entire world having no borders and an EU-like superstructure in charge and imposing rules from on high. The closer we get to that date, the harder they'll fight.
Posted by: Ian S.

*************************************

The future is going to be noisy, and smell like cordite...

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (X+xvk)

120 Haitian on Twitter: Hey Bukele, the gangs built this palace with funds they stole from us. They use it to house kidnap victims and a location to kill people.

Bukele in response: Where's the house? We'll destroy it.

Apparently a small number of Salvadorean military got their hostages back *and* rounded up all the Haitian gang leaders. I'm seeing footage on X of Haitians celebrating that the gangs are gone.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (noPDf)

121 So, Scott Wiener was elected. That's too "funny." A guy who ran (and proposed a bill) to weaken laws and consequences on Pedos. Lobbied to remove "anti-loitering" bills in LBTQ...neighborhoods because it was cutting in on the sex trade. Lobbied for no sexual solicitation charges for minors (which also encourages Pedos). As well as other nonsense.

AND, this guy Represents people in Congress now.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)

122 115 Schumer is my senator and I can't stand him. Watching the crazies that he helped set loose is very satisfying
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I don't care what happens to him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (X8vlu)

123 88 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

There had been a very heavily funded foreign demoralization campaign against Trump, and it has been incredibly effective. Weak, cucked GOPers didn't help (or, perhaps they did?).

Hegseth is a target for many reasons. China wants a weak, ineffective US military....Hegseth interferes. Republicans especially, and normies mostly, like the military...to demoralize them and reduce their turnout, lie and say the military is weaker, Hegseth is incompetent and corrupt, we're losing the war with Iran (?!?!)...and if it's repeated enough without counter, enough morons will believe it. Plus, we kill Muslims, help Israel, and banned trannies from serving, so automatic super-Hitler to motivate the Dem base.

Finally, MANY senior officers are Lefties. They worked their way up through Biden, didn't expect Trump would get reelected, and hate Trump. They'll sabotage what they can and hope to survive to 2029 and a Dem president.

Posted by: Military Moron at November 06, 2026 06:23 PM (arV2h)

124 AND, this guy Represents people in Congress now.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM

for some values of 'people'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:23 PM (4NO2D)

125 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (sX0a6)

126 Trump is the first president in living memory to actually cut the federal work force.
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In fairness, Clinton cut the military by 400,000.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (XeU6L)

127 Bukele doesn't seem to fuck around. I like this guy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (X8vlu)

128 100 Interesting thing I just saw on X: in most states, the Republican got 85% of Trump's 2024 total, and the Democrat got what Kamala got + 15%. The math holds up across both red and blue states. It's weirdly perfect everywhere.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM

With easily hacked electronic voting machines and easily physically hacked mail in ballots, I suspect the Left can dial in whatever they think they can get away with. We need to limit what they can get away with.
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You mean dialing in like this during early voting?

https://tinyurl.com/yjt9rsvw

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)

129 "It's imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
Posted by: toby928(c)"

I've met JC on several occasions, the last at an uncle's funeral. I knows aaall about it.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (MWfyi)

130 for some values of 'people'.

Assume a spherical person. Like Katy Stout.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (noPDf)

131 I'd argue they hated W more than Cheney, and they didn't really turn on HW until he was President.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:20 PM (noPDf)

I think they cut some slack for more obviously Uniparty politicians.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (yfZSY)

132 Milley's Minions inhabit much of the upper officer corps. (Or "corpse," as Obama would say.) Their loyalties lie with China, Cuba, and any other Marxist slave states.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (X+xvk)

133 Milley's Minions inhabit much of the upper officer corps. (Or "corpse," as Obama would say.) Their loyalties lie with China, Cuba, and any other Marxist slave states.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM

Aren't they being weeded out by enforcing the physical fitness standards?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:26 PM (4NO2D)

134 Headline at the Bee

Desperate Republican Party Turns To Its Last Hope By Firing Up The Jeb! Signal.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (xfG0H)

The entire Bush family turned its back on the Trump Administration and conservatives.

The least we can do is return the favor.

and yes, I know it's a joke.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (YSUhf)

135 I think PDT is in more physical danger than ever. The loony left is going to try again, maybe someone with better access than a rooftop.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (MWfyi)

136 Love that "Patton" clip. Whenever a general would put in an appearance, whether in barracks or out in the field, the men always would brighten up, tell where they hailed from and pass a joke or kidding back and forth with the Boss while he was in their presence and maybe a suggestion or minor complaint too.

Hopefully there is a Patton or 2 out there, waiting, waiting, to make his appearance.

Posted by: 0331 at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (Ssbab)

137 Posted by: Military Moron at November 06, 2026 06:23 PM (arV2h)

_____________________

I can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military and threw the biggest fit when Hegseth dismantled her "work." She wants the type military that Canada now has....large swathes of ineffective, and significantly foreign members with minimal training, equipment or potential.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (dIske)

138 @129 fd

"I've met JC on several occasions, the last at an uncle's funeral. I knows aaall about it."

Go on.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:28 PM (tUW+E)

139 >>The globalists have a hard deadline of 2030 for the entire world having no borders and an EU-like superstructure in charge and imposing rules from on high. The closer we get to that date, the harder they'll fight.

A lot of the same transnational groups funding the European riots are funding the leftist NGOs plotting their color revolution here. The election was just one step, they aren't done.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (viF8m)

140 can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military and threw the biggest fit when Hegseth dismantled her "work." She wants the type military that Canada now has....large swathes of ineffective, and significantly foreign members with minimal training, equipment or potential.
Posted by: Orson

One loyal to them, not the Constitution.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (X8vlu)

141 Bomercon inc made me an ugly, unemployed dumbass. I don't serve it!
Posted by: NickMM at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)
*****
Hey retard, how about an actual rebuttal?

Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (pPMcE)

142 What a concept. The boss sets policy and tells the subordinate paper-pushers what to do?
That's a #ThreatToDemocracy.

Because, as we all know, the biggest threats to democracy is not unelected officials running everything, but elected officials using the powers granted to their offices...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

143
This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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"It isn't me they're coming after; they're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way," -- Donald Trump

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (XeU6L)

144
I think PDT is in more physical danger than ever. The loony left is going to try again, maybe someone with better access than a rooftop.
Posted by: fd

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

President Vance will make them want to raise Trump from the dead.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (mmrXZ)

145 I can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military...

We callem people "two-spirit", as the Great Spirit intended.

Posted by: Senator Elizabeth "Pow Wow Chow" Warren at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (arV2h)

146 President Vance will make them want to raise Trump from the dead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM

What if Vance is the shooter? An interesting constitutional and political quandary.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (4NO2D)

147 "Go on.
Posted by: That Guy"

Well, members of the Peanut Brigade stayed at our house in Ohio. And I got a little bag of peanuts that said "Vote For Carter" on it. I didn't vote for him though. I didn't vote for anybody.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (MWfyi)

148 Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (y2JkV)

Like I'm going to take seriously the demented ravings of a troll who names himself after a fried potato?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (yky4J)

149
I wonder if China's gonna go ahead and take Taiwan once the Dims take over Congress. Cuz they can run interference on Trump for them.

or

If they're gonna wait for the expected triumph of the Democrats' Color Revolution in '28 when they'll have nothing but butt-buddies running the gov't.

They've still got to feel stupid as hell for not grabbing Taiwan when Biden was Preezy.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (YSUhf)

150 Beyond even Trump and even Hegseth, Steven Miller is the absolute peak nazi of this admin and that's saying something. Watch the two videos from his highschool and college years. He has always been rotten to the core. An absolute evil cunt.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (arV2h)

I liked some of his band's music...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

151 It's going to be Elizabeth Warren.
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In a just world Elizabeth Warren would be a library assistant in Goodland, Kansas.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

152 145 I can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military...

We callem people "two-spirit", as the Great Spirit intended.

Posted by: Senator Elizabeth "Pow Wow Chow" Warren at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (arV2h)

So demonic possession then...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

153 @126 Mike Hammer

"In fairness, Clinton cut the military by 400,000."

Peace dividend is the term he used IIRC.

But as the USSR collapsed and Desert Storm was over, they were rifting the US cold war military to the nub before Slick Willy entered the scene.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:34 PM (tUW+E)

154 A lot of the same transnational groups funding the European riots are funding the leftist NGOs plotting their color revolution here. The election was just one step, they aren't done.

The good news is that they're spending their own money on it now. The bad news is that it's still happening. We got too happy about a bunch of smaller countries flipping after USAID, but they pulled in for Brazil and the US.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:35 PM (jbPJz)

155 If you guys aren't shorting the markets you are making a mistake. Democrats taking over are a once in a decade earning opportunity. Unless civilization collapses, but then money won't matter.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Sadly I'm having to take money out of my investments. The only chance I'll have to buy anything is winning the lottery.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 06:36 PM (vJrRc)

156 If reddit hates Steven Miller I will certainly give him another look. Nobody can take the slings and arrows like PDT though. Just about everyone else has wussed out on him.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)

157 PATCO for Palestine votes Democrat

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (2GVsD)

158 Pixie mixie or Ace who's
Spade needs to dump this garbage platform. So sad they need a broad watching every post to identify if it's hurtful to the BoomerCons. Ace's Ban Hammer - what a laugh.

Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (w3BNr)

159 Executive branch civilian workforce fell by ~230k under...Bill Clinton, 1995-2001. See:
https://tinyurl.com/4edn25z9

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (XMwZJ)

160
I didn't realize Miller was on the ballot!

Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
·
2h
Donald Trump just promoted one of the most vile thugs to ever slither into the Oval Office.

This is an insult to every American who voted for change on Tuesday.

Stephen Miller cooked up the sadistic mass deportation regime that ripped apart families and trampled basic civil rights. Innocent people are dead because of him.

Voters rejected his cruelty and extremism. This is sick.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (kX27y)

161 Looking forward to Stephen "Chainsaw" Miller taking this next step. It's funny that he was only the deputy chief of staff but he was constantly answering media questions.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (73EQ0)

162 @147 fd

Ah. Thank you.

My dad was drafted before he graduated HS in 67' and went to Nam. When Carter pardoned the draft dodgers who fled, my father was had a melt down.

Carter was a douche.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (tUW+E)

163 Steven Miller is the absolute peak nazi of this admin and that's saying something. Watch the two videos from his highschool and college years. He has always been rotten to the core. An absolute evil cunt.

I saw The Steve Miller Band open for the Pat Travers Band at the Montreal Olympic Stadium in 1978.

Boom boom, out go the lights!

Posted by: Canadian Sex Pest at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (Ssbab)

164 Someone in New Jersey won the Powerball but the Mega Millions tonight is worth $505 million annuity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)

165 "This is an insult to every American who voted for change on Tuesday."

Fuck those people.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (MWfyi)

166 >>I can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military...

It will be Mark Kelly, Slotkin and the rest of the Seditious 6 who went after Hegseth early on to try to take him down. Kelly is already out listing the articles of impeachment.

Most of the charges will be for enforcing illegal orders. Veterans will pretend to be the most outraged because they represent the military.

It's a farce but that's never stopped leftists.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

167 Shut up soon to be ex Governor Greaseball

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:42 PM (+gK6I)

168 "Carter was a douche.
Posted by: That Guy"

He was a terrible president. I do know of some good things he did, but I won't defend him politically. He should have stopped at Governor.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (MWfyi)

169 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (X8vlu)

170 The trolls have been weird of late

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (7XuqV)

171 I'd argue they hated W more than Cheney, and they didn't really turn on HW until he was President.
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I think they cut some slack for more obviously Uniparty politicians.

Whoever and whenever the next Republican president is, the MSM will yammer nonstop about why he's so awful and ask why can't he be a Reasonable Republican like Trump was.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 06:44 PM (vTZFs)

172 Hmm

[ponders 'BoomerCon' t-shirt]

I'd wear it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:44 PM (XeU6L)

173 Foul mouthed MN Dems:

St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed celebrated the results of Tuesday’s election with a social media post on TikTok declaring that “America has spoken” and using the phrase “belt to ass.”

“America has spoken! We want belt to ass!!! So start your engines!! #election,” Mohamed wrote in the caption of the video.

The video shows Mohamed celebrating in front of the Minnesota State Capitol while text across the screen reads, “When a blue wave hits!”

Mohamed was elected mayor in 2023 after previously serving on the St. Louis Park City Council.
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Congressman-elect Matt Little also used profane language while addressing supporters at the DFL election watch party in downtown St. Paul after winning Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.

“I think it’s pretty clear America is sending a message,” Little said. “The first message they sent is that Pete Hegseth is a dipshit. The second message they sent is that JD Vance is a dipshit. The third and final message they sent is that Donald Trump is a dipshit.”

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (kX27y)

174 When Carter pardoned the draft dodgers who fled, my father was had a melt down.

Carter was a douche.
Posted by: That Guy
----

I'm still angry. I want their names.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (XeU6L)

175 At least Instapanzy allows some criticism. This place is a morgue. Which is good since the faster boomercons (of which I was) the sooner they die off the faster thier political power is gone and my sons and daughter can get on with rebuilding America.

Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (w3BNr)

176 “America has spoken! We want belt to ass!!! So start your engines!! #election,” Mohamed wrote in the caption of the video

Kinky. But I guess it takes all kinds.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (4NO2D)

177 If you guys aren't shorting the markets you are making a mistake. Democrats taking over are a once in a decade earning opportunity. Unless civilization collapses, but then money won't matter.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (4NO2D)

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I'm waiting for election eve 2028 when the Commie "wins" with 99.8% of the vote, announces the nationalization of the entire economy, and the markets all begin their immediate descent to zero.

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (zmqeS)

178 @174 Mike Hammer

The only one I know of was of my high school teachers in the 80s. He was peacocking how smart he was to avoid the draft and get some college in during one of my HS classes in 1985.

He didn't realize that several students, including me, had fathers that did not tuck tail and hide. Dad passed 10 years ago and that worthless fuck is still alive and collected more public pension checks than pay checks.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (tUW+E)

179 Hello JackStraw. Looks like you are getting some rain.

"The election was just one step, they aren't done."

I agree, they have only started.

Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 07:05 PM (En+fz)

180 Per PJMedia: 20 million new voter registrations in states without citizenship proof.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 07:08 PM (X8vlu)

181 I have a suggestion for the DSA anti Semites. Take out Rahm and Zeke Emmanuel, Govs Josh Stein, Shapiro, Amy Acton, Sen Schumer, Shatz, Ossoff, Sanders, Wyden, Feinstein, Cardin and Rosen, throw in Blumenthal.
When you get rid of them, we will take you seriously.
Me, I prefer commies get Peron flying lessons.

Posted by: Steve Miller Band Groupie at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (+dxte)

The Week In Woke

#Accurate:

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei

@MKhamenei_ir
The process of the US's collapse has accelerated.

Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

That's a direct threat to the babies they intend to kill.

Speaking of mass abortions, hag-faced whore Jennifer Welch giggles over the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Democrats celebrate "the gayest Congress in American history."

"The American people have made their voices heard," the Equality Caucus said on social media, Thursday, with a photo of a rainbow behind the U.S. Capitol Dome.
"The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)," it announced.
"Let's get to work ️‍️‍⚧️," the leftists added, adding emojis of the American flag, LGBT flag, and transgender flag.
This coincides with excitement from Queer News Tonight, which predicted that the first act of a Democrat-controlled Congress would be changing the rules so a biological man who believes he is a woman -- Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), formerly known as Tim -- can use the women's restrooms in the halls of Congress.

This may shock you, but the thing they said would never happen is not only happening but it is happening with the encouragement of the Democrat political establishment.

Mark Hemingway
@Heminator
Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen.
And here we are.

California city allows throuples and polyamorous gangbang cells to register as domestic partners.

Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.
West Hollywood passed the ordinance Tuesday after it was introduced by Mayor John Heilman.
The measure allows people in relationships involving multiple partners to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights, including hospital visitation and additional tenant protections.
...
These barriers, they say, often arise in housing, healthcare, education and other services, where existing policies largely cater to two-person partnerships or traditional family households.
Christina Fialho, an attorney and founder of the bisexual media representation advocacy group Rewrite the BiLine, first proposed the idea of polyamory protections to West Hollywood Councilmember Chelsea Lee Byers in early 2025.
Fialho told the Los Angeles Times that "this law is just the beginning."
"I think it makes it possible for people to dream about a future they once thought was out of reach," she said.

They're totally focused on affordability.

Well, I guess they're all done lying about this never happening now.

At Reduxx:

A teenage girl who was raped by a trans-identified male former police officer in Germany faced questioning from his lawyer after "accidentally misgendering" him in court. The disturbing new detail emerges just weeks after Maja Schmid, a 55-year-old former federal officer from Rosenheim, was sentenced for the heinous crime.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Schmid was sentenced to three years and three months at the Traunstein Regional Court earlier in October after a three day trial. Schmid was found guilty of raping the girl when she was just 15 years old. He was also found guilty of possessing child sexual abuse materials.
During the trial, it was learned that the crime occurred in August of 2025 during a roadtrip between Schmid and the young girl, who was the daughter of one of Schmid's friends. After stopping at a roadside restaurant, Schmid approached the girl in the women's toilets, pushed her against a wall, and raped her. According to reports, the teenage victim was in shock after the assault, unable to respond until Schmid left the area, at which point the girl had a "serious anxiety attack" in the bathroom.
It was also learned that at the time of the assault, Schmid was already under investigation by cybercrime specialists for possessing extreme pornography on his phone. After seizing his devices during the course of the investigation, police found thousands of child sex abuse images, some of which depicting toddlers, along with a video of Schmid sexually abusing a dog. The bestiality media was not taken into consideration in the verdict. According to the presiding judge, bestiality pornography is punishable in Germany only if it is intended for distribution.

Earlier this month, Schmid was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison for his crimes. In explaining the verdict, the presiding judge took into account a letter of apology Schmid had written and his commitment to pay the victim 11,000 [euros] in compensation.

Rape a teenage girl, pay a little fine.

I wonder if Russell Brand will just pay a little fine...?

In his sentencing remarks, Judge Andreas Bartschmid oddly declared that despite his rape of a child and extremely large collection of child pornography, Schmid was "not a pedophile."

He has "thousands" of child porn photos on his computer, including with toddlers, and raped a child.

But the judge wants you to know he's definitely NOT a pedophile. That could be used as an accurate statement in political writings made by Racists.

His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant." He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

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This is not the first child he has sexually assaulted, either.

...
In 2024, Schmid had invited the teenage victim to his home to use his installed whirlpool system. According to the girl, Schmid gave her alcohol, but after five minutes felt dizzy and then immediately lost consciousness. She then awoke hours later when it was dark on Schmid's sofa, wearing a t-shirt without her bathing suit on. Schmid claimed she was at risk of drowning and changed her out of her bathing suit to ensure his couch stayed dry. The prosecution determined there was not enough evidence to charge Schmid for this incident, and most concerningly, Judge Bartschmid in the sentencing remarks further claimed that the minor "shared responsibility" for what happened because she had consumed alcohol.
However, even more disturbing new details from the case emerged this week and sent a furor through German social media.
According to Die Welt, before the trial finished, Schmid's lawyer, Peter Durr, sent an official letter from his office questioning the teenage rape victim over her usage of male pronouns for her rapist during her testimony. Durr said he was looking to "politely inquire whether it is correct that you referred to Ms. Schmid as 'he' on the last day of proceedings."

Germany has a law that imposes a fine of up to 10,000 Euros for misgendering a tranny. Which is, you will note, a mere 10% less than the fine the tranny rapist has to pay his victim for raping her.

For some reason, Racists in Germany took this as an attempt to intimidate the 15-year-old rape victim.

...
Outraged at the new revelation, a number of German women's rights campaigners began a digital chain with the message: "We live in a country where a raped girl is issued a cease-and-desist order if she refers to her rapist as a man. I despise everyone who enacted this humiliating, misogynistic law."
German media reports throughout the trial had often described Schmid as a "police woman," or "female police officer," with Suddeutsche Zeitung even giving the case as an example of "female" sex crimes.

NY Post: Ilhan Nur Said Elmi has two "secret siblings" in London, who I imagine she's keeping secret so that her very sketchy family background can be concealed.

Ilhan Omar has been hiding links to two of her siblings in London in an alleged bid to create further distance between her and rumored brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi -- whom she married in 2009.
Multiple sources told The Post that Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, a political activist for the Puntland cause in Somalia, and Leila Nur Said Elmi, 53, are Omar's siblings who live in London.
Ahmed Elmi, 41 -- to whom Omar was married for eight years, and who described himself as "a gay man" in a recent academic paper -- is also believed to have lived with Leila while growing up.
The congresswoman, 44, arrived in the US as a refugee from Somalia in 1995, while the other branch of her family made their way to London via Ukraine.
"They are all one family," a friend of the Omar family claimed in an interview with The Post. "The siblings have the same mum and the same dad and within the Somali community acknowledge each other as brothers and sisters.
"But they keep it quiet to the rest of the world because Ilhan is now in politics. They do not want people to find the link between her and Ahmed [Elmi]."
The family spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp after fleeing Somalia when war broke out.
But the family, which originally had the surname Elmi, made the decision to seek safety abroad as soon as they could, according to a family friend in Minnesota.
"It's what people in the community did when they were desperate," the source told The Post. "There was obviously a lot of danger and once people knew they could get into another country, they'd help take on as many others as possible to keep them safe."
Omar, her sister Sahra and late father Nur Omar Mohamed first settled in Arlington, Virginia, before making their way to Minnesota.
Her alleged brother, Mohamed, now appears to be heavily involved in Puntland politics, regularly traveling to the region from London, according to his posts on social media.
He and his sister Leila have ties with war criminal Mohamed Said Hersi "Morgan" who led a brutal state-sponsored massacre against the Isaaq clan in 1988 under dictator Siad Barre.
As a picture obtained by The Post shows, the pair proudly smiled alongside the warlord for a picture in January 2024. Mohamed also paid tribute to him on social media after he died a year later, noting that their families shared a bond of friendship and that Gen. Morgan was close with their father.
Gen. Morgan, known as the "butcher of Hargeisa," orchestrated a campaign that saw cities flattened due to aerial bombardment, wells poisoned and up to 200,000 civilians killed in what many scholars refer to as a genocide.
Omar's late father also went by the name Nur Said Elmi and was also a prominent military commander in the Somali dictatorship, which millions fled from.
Leila, Mohamed and Sahra are all linked on Facebook, proudly leaving "hearts" on each other's photos and all are friends with alleged father Nur, who went by Nur Said, which means "light of happiness" in Arabic, which Omar has previously claimed is just a nickname for her father, although Somali sources dispute this.
Omar, Sahra, Leila, Mohamed and Elmi did not respond to The Post's requests for comment.
Omar's alleged sister Leila married a Somali man 11 years her senior in 1997 in Camden, London. The British marriage certificate, obtained by the Post, lists her father as Nur Said Elmi, a military officer from Somalia.
Multiple sources have claimed the person listed on the British legal document is Nur, Omar's father, and that all of the siblings in the US and UK also share the same mother -- Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein, who the Congresswoman says died when she was around two years old.
"We are a small community, and everybody talks, nothing is hidden," a friend of the Omar family told The Post.

BREAKING: Judge Molina-Gonzalez (D) wins 71% of the vote in Cook County
She's the one who freed Lawrence Reed in Chicago after 72 prior arrests before he lit Bethany McGee on fire https://t.co/6InHtoHMa8
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026

Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
"Diversity" just means no white men https://t.co/WkNgFQ29Sm
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026

They vote. https://t.co/9EhVGDnDCC
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 5, 2026

Overton
@overton_news
Well, that was unexpected.
Kid Rock won over Bill Maher's audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America.
The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause.
ROCK: "A Democrat's never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up."
"I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country."
"Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I'm like, wait a minute... even if they don't hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they're spewing this."
"And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now."
"We're starting to see the fruition, they're starting to raise up, I'm a victim and everything's bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country."
"Bad, bad America and we're not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together."
"Being the greatest country in the world!"
It's pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message.
This was a great moment.

Well, that was unexpected.
Kid Rock won over Bill Maher�s audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America.
The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause.
ROCK: �A Democrat�s never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up.�
�I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country.�
�Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I�m like, wait a minute� even if they don�t hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they�re spewing this.�
�And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now.�
�We�re starting to see the fruition, they�re starting to raise up, I�m a victim and everything�s bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country.�
�Bad, bad America and we�re not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together.�
�Being the greatest country in the world!�
It�s pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message.
This was a great moment.
— Overton (@overton_news) October 31, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....

But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....

A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....

Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (WpgHK)

2 for my friends everything, for my enemies the law....

//the left

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (Int1s)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)

4 I do not care, the chick who released Mister Funny face to light the Ginger on Fire is doing what she was put there to do....and women keep voting for her.

Have fun ladies.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (Int1s)

5 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.

Praise be to Allah!

Guess who is going to use this?

Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)

6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

7 The Catch and Release All-Stars if the election was legit people would rather be dead than vote red.....

You have Larry the Lighter Reed....Decarlos Man Made Materials Brown and and Darrell the Driver Brooks.....Robyn to the Virtue Signal!

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Int1s)

8 His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant."

An inadvertent yet appropriate typo, ja?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)

9 From WaPo Sob Story:

68 "In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo."

I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)

I'll go even further. The number I already had in my head was that the public will have lost patience with their antics by the middle of next year. That's taking into account the Activist Media running cover as much as possible. Their pre-frontal cortices are completely fried after a decade of TDS and they just. Won't. Stop.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 04:38 PM (ke3zm)

10 What should be done to that German Troon pales in comparison to what should be done to that German Judge.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (/izzV)

11 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples

And then there will be gnashing of teeth when more jobs leave because this wrecks havoc with benefits. Or, companies will continue the trend of providing benefits to the employee only, not family. Cheese and crackers these people are disgusting and dumb.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

12 And, I'm not sparing the Glowing Red Rod when it comes to solving the problem of that German Troon Rapist.

But, the Judge deserves all that and more.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (/izzV)

13 In his sentencing remarks, Judge Andreas Bartschmid oddly declared that despite his rape of a child and extremely large collection of child pornography, Schmid was "not a pedophile."

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That is pretty much my definition of a pedophile

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (tB7nu)

14 Praise be to Allah!

A friend of mine was living in Mali doing some sort of foreign aid gig, and married another American there.

Their Malian marriage certificate had two blank lines, so the additional wives could be included on the certificate.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (aD4fx)

15 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)

16 His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant." He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

Judges are out of control.
The judge is as sick as the rapist.

At least we aren’t Germany, yet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

17
Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

Did it ever really go away?

Posted by: Big Boy at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Cqx++)

18
Mark Hemingway @Heminator
Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen.

And here we are.

koff koff *Gabe* koff koff

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (y9nCu)

19 Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Mabriel we were correct you fop.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)

20 T.S. Elliot said: "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper."

I now think it will end with a "Duh!!!"

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

21 The funniest part of the Kid Rock/Maher appearance was Kid Rock telling the story of him playing golf with Trump. Emmanuel Macron calls Trump's cell and Donald just hands the phone off to Kid Rock and goes to hit his next couple of golf shots. Fucking hilarious.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (oqH4h)

22 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37

Been living my life in a slow hell
Different girl every night at the hotel…

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

23 "California city allows throuples and polyamorous gangbang cells to register as domestic partners."

Database managers hardest hit. Try to find the third normal form way to represent daily changing gender definitions. Ugh. It was so much easier when the gender field was just a binary.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

24 This bitch, Ilhan, gets her butt saved by making it on to our shores and what does she do? Goes on a jihad against it. F her.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

25 Their pre-frontal cortices are completely fried after a decade of TDS and they just. Won't. Stop.

That is what gives me hope for 2028 - the D's will be revealed to be a screaming pack of infighting loons.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (aD4fx)

26 15 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)
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On a scale of 1-Cheech and Chong how high would you say you are right now?

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

27 This explains why I get all these Emails wanting me to apply for jobs.

I have been retired for 10 years and have no Resumes posted on the internet, but I continuously receive emails asking to apply for jobs???

I am heavy STEM with BS Electrical Engineering, MS Program Management, Associates in Satellite Ops and Associates in Orbital Mechanics.

I keep telling them I am not interested....

I guess the quality of College Grads today must really suck !!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 04:43 PM (/uEuX)

28
Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)

Who cares?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)

29 I had to stop reading. Unbelievable nightmare. I mean I always said "evil is real" mostly because it sounded cool, but now here is proof that it's true.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (SwyyQ)

30 Saw this posted elsewhere and has probably been noted here as well. How come when the D's are winning they announce the winner immediately, but when a R is leading, it talks days, weeks, or months most of the time?

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (HFx9z)

31 Who exactly is saying 3 unrelated people can't live together anyway? We used to call these... roommates.

Sounds like more made up victimology.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)

32 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)

33 27 Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 04:43 PM (/uEuX)

they have been indoctrinated in negative reason, when gen X leaves the whole thing will collapse....

funny really.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Int1s)

34 jeez. *takes

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (HFx9z)

35 Saw this posted elsewhere and has probably been noted here as well. How come when the D's are winning they announce the winner immediately, but when a R is leading, it talks days, weeks, or months most of the time?

I asked that question on Wednesday morning. I have yet to see an answer.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

36 30 Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (HFx9z)

ask CAC he is read in on it....I suppose so we don't riot you know totally not because of trunk votes.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (Int1s)

37 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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A "fundamentally non-serious" series of selections.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

38 This throuple BS is all about insurance and benefits; now they can extend their benefits to their fake "partners". Medical insurance that sort of thing.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (AKptf)

39 My answer to this is violence. But that is not who we are.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (mseD3)

40 31 Who exactly is saying 3 unrelated people can't live together anyway? We used to call these... roommates.

Sounds like more made up victimology.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04

This is recognizing the relationship as if it were a marriage. Not roommates. They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

41 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.

I wasn't in a coma, but admittedly I stopped listening to pop music long before then. That doesn't mean you aren't a jerkoff, though.
*just kidding*

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

42 Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

Not at all, unless you count as "high" having a Diet Pepsi . Paul the troll may be on something though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)

43 Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

Not in Idaho, you cannibalistic ghouls.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (vJrRc)

44 "Charlie has effectively cut the country in two. It's a big shit sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite."

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (ZxPkt)

45 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in

Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)

46 37 Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

Eh I do not think so actually, but I also hate Georgia and no longer care. I suspect strongly the mail in ballot harvesting was 2020 level and that a lot of democrat voters never touched their ballot. I also think we are past elections mattering.

13% of the nation will be the face of the pilots grinning ramming the learing center jet into WTC 1 as it were.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Int1s)

47 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Did you come here for logic and rational argument? Huh.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (36bTp)

48 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

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>>> Right there with you, Ace.

Posted by: pookysgirl, typing and deleting whole paragraphs at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Wt5PA)

49 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in

Agree. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

50 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper

I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

51 > "We live in a country where a raped girl is issued a cease-and-desist order if she refers to her rapist as a man. I despise everyone who enacted this humiliating, misogynistic law."

I can't even imagine how awful that must be. The rape itself is monstrous. Then the entire weight of the state is imposed against you to force you to say you were raped by a woman.

Can you imagine being placed under oath to tell the truth with the possibility of penalties or even the exoneration of your rapist, and you have to describe such a horrific violation and FORCED to LIE in front of everyone and say it was done to you by a woman? Possibly even to be forced to describe the "woman's" penis?

It's evil.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (mkw2N)

52 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)

53 >>>I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
====

He's no musical genius but he has like two or three serious bangers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrNS2zbTZg

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (SwyyQ)

54 45 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in
Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)
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Kid Rock is coopting Michael Jordan's sage advice: Republicans buy sneakers too.

He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (oqH4h)

55 40 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

Just Mexifornia trying to tail that wags the dog the rest of the nation to Sharia again....which "okay"....

the winning play may be to embrace it....if the future is red green and your are a SoCon go green and practice your true faith in private the green tends to end the red on a timeline.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (Int1s)

56 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
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If you're not into his harder-edge material, check out the more musical duet he did with Sheryl Crow:

https://tinyurl.com/Kid-Rock-Sheryl-Crow

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

57 Well yeah, but for now it's only one city, so it doesn't really extend. It will eventually of course, because we are on the fast part of slippery slope degeneracy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)

58 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.Cantonese?

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Thank God it wasn't serious.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)

59 Damn, "Bawitdaba" still hits hard!!!

Listening as I type...

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (SwyyQ)

60 From the Spectator. Written by another AsAJew.

Stephen Miller as chief of staff reveals Trump’s bunker mentality
Jacob Heilbrunn

If further testimony was required that Donald Trump doesn’t back down from a fight, then his ouster on Friday of Susie Wiles and appointment of Stephen Miller as his White House chief of staff is it. Wiles is a savvy pol who helped steer Trump to victory in 2024 but hardly an ideological MAGA bedmate. By contrast, Miller is an alter Kämpfer, or old fighter, in the movement. His motto isn’t America but Trump First.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)

61 Kid Rock is coopting Michael Jordan's sage advice: Republicans buy sneakers too.

He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.

He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

62 Kid Rock did a great song of "Let's Go Brandon". Still cracks me up even to this day.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (n5tGW)

63 51 Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (mkw2N)

I personally agree it is evil.

Convince white women who have been to college it is.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Int1s)

64 Not at all, unless you count as "high" having a Diet Pepsi . Paul the troll may be on something though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)
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Juuuust bustin' chops here, Fen. It's Friday and it's been a long week.

Cheers.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)

65 > Not in Idaho, you cannibalistic ghouls.

The LDS Church has a lot to do with that win. The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (mkw2N)

66 50 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper

I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

I have bad news for you- it means they can now claim a bigger family number for more money.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

67 Why did John Thune and the GOP refuse to support Voter ID laws?

Because accommodating fraud and throwing the election to the Democrats was the fastest, surest way of stopping Donald Trump.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (X+xvk)

68 The reason LA and others will pass that polygamy law is a-ok is not for swingers and gheys at all...it's for pisslam. Bank on it.

I saw the dum-dum video of the two college girls above earlier but couldn't post it, Ace.

The white girl maybe has an IQ of 70 and is majoring in a worthless degree like studying women's douche products: worse or bad in summer months is the thesis. She's a melon head thudder if I ever saw one in the way she talks and looks. Then her hand heart sealed it for wanting to mate (I guess) with convicts. Yehaw!

Harlequin Romance: Britney Spears with Kong on cover.
"How My Convict Won My Heart" and caused major surgery in the process to my nethers.

The second chicka who favors gangs story: "I Rode the Train on Fentanyl and Ketamine." A dead starlet on the cover next to the entire CECOT prisoners. A romance novel written by a girl from a tent on a LA sidewalk.

This is possibly the only way they can get a date? It's the only rational thing I can figure out.

"How you say cucumber in English?" Hilarious Baldwin.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (hzuYO)

69 How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino
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It's going to be hilarious watching it dawn on those last 3 groups about June of next year that they ain't in the club, never were, just a "used condom" as some old crank once said.

Just as pure speculation, which will the Democrats shut the government down over:
- Restoring DEI and re-hiring all those fired
- "affordability" (whatever the F that bill will look like)(which was the top issue of 57% of Latinos)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Aug7T)

70 60 Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)

How is the storm comrade?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Int1s)

71 41 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I don't know his accomplishments either. And, it somewhat annoys me that he inserts himself into the "speaking voice" of conservatives. I'm not annoyed at him, personally. I'm annoyed that it implies that his persona is the best that we can do in that regard. Just looking at the image he projects, I wouldn't buy a used car off of him.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

72 This is recognizing the relationship as if it were a marriage. Not roommates. They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

It will be especially useful for say, Muhammed bin Muhammed to be able to have rights with his harem of three wives who he won’t marry because they all get separate welfare benefits for their ten kids.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

73 He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (oqH4h)

74 >I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes

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well, he's friends with that Jesse James biker guy who was married briefly to Sandra Bullock who was in Miss Congeniality and that was a feel-good romp if ever there was one.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)

75 Kid Rock's statement was great, but he was incorrect that Obama loved America. Barky is the most malignant creature in the history of the country

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (7XuqV)

76 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.

So four people get together, only one works, the others are sponges. They stay together for 10 years then split up which means that they each qualify to enjoy full life time social security benefits of the sole partner who worked.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (U4c/V)

77 He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.

Okay, I'm done having fun at his expense. It's clear some of you yoots like the guy, so I'll just head out now to the early bird special.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

78 T.S. Elliot said: "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a ~~whimper~~ fraud."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)

79 >>Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (/izzV)

80 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.

Praise be to Allah!

Guess who is going to use this?
Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)
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The next battlefield will be in our churches.

The Catholic response is a discussion of the Three Non-Negotiables.

Nicely summed up in this post-election homily:

LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

81 > He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?

He's had two songs on the Billboard top 100 since then.

2015 First Kiss reached #66.
2026 Til You Can't reached #69.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (mkw2N)

82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

83 Yeah Kid Rock, that's embarrassing. Obama? LOL.

Besides which I don't care about the "love the country" part.

Clinton was uniformly a disastrous president who did great damage. Totally unfit.

But I know this "love the country" thing is big with the huge majority who will revert to any imaginable angle or topic to avoid engaging the only relevant ones, which are policies and results.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (U/Byj)

84 72 Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed controls his house with a sawed off broom handle and is happy to bend the law of infidels to maximize the bennies...when empowered if there is a civil issue they go to a Sharia judge in house....

wife's last gig dealt with o-9L types who had kin in Houston who played the game....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (Int1s)

85 polygamy crap is for the Muslims. yeah it's for the trooned out sodomites too, but mostly for the Muslims

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (gw3RI)

86 Isn't the rightward shift of 65+ just the younger of us boomers continuing to get older and the oldest dying off?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (4NO2D)

87 I don't know his accomplishments either. And, it somewhat annoys me that he inserts himself into the "speaking voice" of conservatives. I'm not annoyed at him, personally. I'm annoyed that it implies that his persona is the best that we can do in that regard. Just looking at the image he projects, I wouldn't buy a used car off of him.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)
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He's a redneck from Detroit that has never been shy about flying the flag and loving the USA. He's a rock n roll artist. I haven't ever seen him assuming to speak for conservatives. He's a musician who actually likes this country, so I'll take it as a win and nothing more.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)

88 Honestly, Germany needs a new Hitler. These girl bosses suck.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Wp1X1)

89
19 Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM

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He's a bitchy petty dishonest homosexual.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (HLgI3)

90 @EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Indians are oft accused of only hiring Indians when they take control of a department.

However, black women perfected that practice a long time before.

But we're not supposed to talk about that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Aug7T)

91 For those interested in the Brandon song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFnLqJx-uU

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (n5tGW)

92
LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

*******
Thank you. I was putting on my hockey goalie uniform to go to war til I started watching and saw the comments. Lol.

I appear to be ready to rumble! Need wine from basement stat!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (hzuYO)

93 88 Honestly, Germany needs a new Hitler. These girl bosses suck.

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Elsa, She-Wolf of the SS at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

94
This throuple BS is all about insurance and benefits; now they can extend their benefits to their fake "partners". Medical insurance that sort of thing.
Posted by: runner

Medicare for all will fix that problem.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Cqx++)

95 80 Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

Preserving the dignity of human life: Specifically opposing abortion.
Upholding the sanctity of marriage: Maintaining the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Preserving religious liberty: Ensuring the freedom to worship God always and everywhere.

Not a flame levied at you, sincerely...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Int1s)

96 >>>6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

yeah I don't get it either. I think (?) he did some kind of Michigan country/hard rock/rap fusion. I've heard a couple of his songs, never liked them. Always wondered "why is this guy even a thing?"

I thought that about Limp Bizkit too but I did like "Break Stuff" from them. I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)

97 Hell, in the future, every Georgian will be an obese black woman.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (ZxPkt)

98 89 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (HLgI3)

So he and Drew merged into one being....I always knew where that was headed.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (Int1s)

99 Top Democrat [Extreme Hakeem Jeffries] Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"

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So they're reaching out across the aisle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ndZc7)

100 Basically, Kid Rock is a professional Kid Rock.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ZxPkt)

101 76 So four people get together, only one works, the others are sponges. They stay together for 10 years then split up which means that they each qualify to enjoy full life time social security benefits of the sole partner who worked.
Posted by: Community Notes at November

I am curious about this, because this is a city, so does the full faith and credit clause even apply? lex loci celebrationis A thing here? I would think no, because it’s not a statewide thing.

Lawyers amongst us?

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

102 Top Democrat [Extreme Hakeem Jeffries] Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"

Unbelievable. It's straight out of the Joseph Goebbels playbook. I guess he's going to try and keep his job as speaker, and this is how.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)

103 The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.
Posted by: bonhomme

There were at least three different groups - including the Republican party and the local Reformed Evangelicals - campaigning against it, judging by the variety of "vote no" signs.

I'm glad the the LDS decided to oppose it as well.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (vJrRc)

104 Black women will be running Georgia. Soon they'll be brawling like they're on a Carnival Cruise and pulling out each other's hair extensions

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (7XuqV)

105 "the Three Non-Negotiables"

Sanctity of life, sanctity of traditional marriage, and freedom of worship.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

106 Kid Rock got popular again because he was one if the few celebrities who supported Trump and he’s somewhat conservative.

That’s about all there is to it,
He still has fans of his music but he’s mostly known for running his mouth these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

107 My current playlist is a pitched battle between Ennio Morricone and Link Wray.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (ZxPkt)

108 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it
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Good to know... makes note for next time. Rape only causes a bit of physical pain during the act but no long lasting effects. I'm sure he victims will be happy to hear this. /////

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (VCgbV)

109 I haven't ever seen him assuming to speak for conservatives. He's a musician who actually likes this country, so I'll take it as a win and nothing more.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)
________________________

I could accept that at face value if he weren't headlining on a political talk show. Or, getting invited to the White House multiple times.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

110 I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)

Ace, try this one:

https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (TN0g+)

111 'Damn, "Bawitdaba" still hits hard!!!'

Concur.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

112 The LDS Church has a lot to do with that win. The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.
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So did the entire Catholic Church in Idaho.. Same course of action throughout every diocese. They hammered it home including prayers specifically asking for the protection of life. This went on for months.

Posted by: Derak at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (HO+k7)

113 I like Stephen Miller, but I'm not sure Chief of Staff is the best new role for him. Him as Press Secretary would be popcorn-worthy, though.

Posted by: pookysgirl, maxed out on corn futures at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (Wt5PA)

114 79 >>Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

Imagine all of them on the rag at the same time....

They will be ripping every male a new one within 1 mile over who knows what....

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (/uEuX)

115 Good to know... makes note for next time. Rape only causes a bit of physical pain during the act but no long lasting effects. I'm sure he victims will be happy to hear this. /////
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05

Like a stab in the gut, isn’t it?

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

116 >>>Ace, try this one:
https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss

thanks. It's decent. Not my cup of tea but I can see the lane he's driving in now.

I guess he's doing a Joe Walsh type thing.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:06 PM (1wjle)

117 >>> My current playlist is a pitched battle between Ennio Morricone and Link Wray.

interesting.

Speaking of Ennio Morricone, his soundtrack for "Wolf" is good and overlooked.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)

118 President Trump is now official lame duck as democrats will not fund Iran War or his supporting putin over Ukraine. Netanyahu going to trial not leadership.

Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (y2JkV)

119 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

Only God knows why

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (kLVP9)

120 Blue jeans and rosary is another song of his I really like.

I think we are in the Friday portion of music discussion now, which is kind of a relief from the other news.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (n5tGW)

121 Georgia is like Illinois. Chicago runs Illinois. Atlanta runs Georgia. Both cities are corrupt as hell.

Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (En+fz)

122 105 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

yeah forgive me it was not a punchline....I think Windy City the Orange Man Bad Pope has made his peace pretty openly on all 3 when he was glowing up Emperor Urkel X....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:08 PM (Int1s)

123 I only know one Link Wray song. The one everyone knows.

Trivia: Link Wray's rumble is the only instrumental song banned in Boston. Usually songs get banned for lyrics, but Rumble just has such a violent and menacing vibe they banned it for vibes.

I guess the title counts as an almost-lyric.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

124 I mentioned last night that I spent Nov 3 and Nov 4 watching YT reaction videos to Sabaton's "Last Stand".

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (rj6Yv)

125 "The American people have made their voices heard," the Equality Caucus said on social media, Thursday, with a photo of a rainbow behind the U.S. Capitol Dome.
"The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)," it announced.

Free BJs from all Congress people .....

Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (hWyO8)

126 @121 many Chi transplants to GA, and hispanic population of GA surged 33% since 2010. GA , uz got problems!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (AKptf)

127 > So did the entire Catholic Church in Idaho.. Same course of action throughout every diocese. They hammered it home including prayers specifically asking for the protection of life. This went on for months.

Nice!

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (mkw2N)

128 I thought that about Limp Bizkit too but I did like "Break Stuff" from them. I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM

With you on that one, Ace. I have no idea why he's a thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 05:10 PM (9YDB8)

129 Although it's true Texas used to be blue before, the last time that happened the democrats were actual Texans and loved the state in their own twisted way. Now, not so much.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:10 PM (VCgbV)

130
So did the entire Catholic Church in Idaho.. Same course of action throughout every diocese. They hammered it home including prayers specifically asking for the protection of life. This went on for months.
Posted by: Derak at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (HO+k7)

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Our Catholic church, like many, are anti-abortion and give to resources to promote life. Many babies in our beautiful Mass.

Man and women only marry, no gender confusion. No exceptions. No rainbow flags or secular rules.

Baptism under the Trinity only.

Three of many reasons I joined.

Conservative protestant churches, who existed or fled PCUSA (like we did) and ignore the liberal factions, believe this as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)

131
82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM

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They do what they're told and can't be criticized by the opposition.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 05:11 PM (4Aqsh)

132 My latest bands have been Caamp and Michigander. I've been trying to get out of my 15 to 24 year old me music a little bit more, but I'll still crank the Ramones here and there.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 05:12 PM (n5tGW)

133 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.
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This doesn't mean they have to be married or even romantically involved, right?

So one gets on the city payroll as a home health care worker for the other 3 and the other 3 get on the city health care.
And those 3 get to stay on their welfare because their home health care worker has certified them as disabled.

Damn, that household could be pulling easy $350k a year in benefits and not one of them works.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (Aug7T)

134 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes

"COWBOY BABY!"

Cultural appropriation drug dealer pimp song.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)

135 Our Catholic church, like many, are anti-abortion and give to resources to promote life. Many babies in our beautiful Mass.

Man and women only marry, no gender confusion. No exceptions. No rainbow flags or secular rules.

Baptism under the Trinity only.

Three of many reasons I joined.

Conservative protestant churches, who existed or fled PCUSA (like we did) and ignore the liberal factions, believe this as well.
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The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod is still conservative as well.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (TN0g+)

136 >>>6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

Only God knows why
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (kLVP9)
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I got that reference! Despite the haterz, I've listened to more Kid Rock after this thread was posted than I have in the last 10 years and my impression is that he's much more talented than we give him credit for.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (SwyyQ)

137 Every time I see the words "her penis", in addition to the cognitive dissonance, I feel kind of sexually assaulted, non-consensually even.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (g6vx3)

138 Love the mug shots above, Ace.

"Sometimes I got teefs, sometimes I don't."

I reckon it depended on the month and if someone had not knocked them out that week. Depends also on the meth quality.

A mighty fine boy, judge, to have at your ample side.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)

139 Yeah "Bawitdaba" is just good fun. Song slaps.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (oqH4h)

140 >Although it's true Texas used to be blue before, the last time that happened the democrats were actual Texans and loved the state in their own twisted way.
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who here remembers Ann Richards?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)

141 I've listened to more Kid Rock after this thread was posted than I have in the last 10 years and my impression is that he's much more talented than we give him credit for.
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I've never done needle-drugs in my life, but that moment in Kid Rock's "Jackson, Mississippi" song where the drums & electric guitars fire off simultaneously (to me) probably approximates the rush that such a drug might bring about.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (TN0g+)

142 I feel kind of sexually assaulted, non-consensually even.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Don't worry, there's no lasting harm....

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (VCgbV)

143 who here remembers Ann Richards?
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)

Haven’t thought about her in years but I recall she had quite the mouth on her and was a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

144 who here remembers Ann Richards?
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Before I was interested in politics but I remember her being Governor and my dad yelling at the TV all the time.
Poor George, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:19 PM (VCgbV)

145 Although it's true Texas used to be blue before, the last time that happened the democrats were actual Texans and loved the state in their own twisted way.
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Yep. There used to be truth in Charlie Daniels lyrics:

"And we may have done a little bit
Of fightin' amongst ourselves
But you outside people best leave us alone"

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:19 PM (TN0g+)

146 82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM

_______________________

For a while there, and based on actual events, I was beginning to think that every black female politician was corrupt. Every other day we were seeing Mortgage fraud, crony payment structures, embezzlement of Covid funds, etc.

But, it would seem that the demographic is now so prevalent, that it might have just been the law of averages.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

147 Dems sure are eager to display their nastiness, aren't they?

But Trump is icky, say the LIVs.

Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (4BPLk)

148 Poor George, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

It was: "Poor George, born with a silver foot in his mouth."

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (rgGn5)

149 104 Black women will be running Georgia.

Perpetually angry untouchable matriarchal dictators.

Almost every U.S. city, not just Georgia.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (Y8DZL)

150 What goes around comes around. Also, I AM IN AGONY IN THIS FIRE.

Posted by: Ann Richards at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (4NO2D)

151 For a while there, and based on actual events, I was beginning to think that every black female politician was corrupt. Every other day we were seeing Mortgage fraud, crony payment structures, embezzlement of Covid funds, etc.
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If only there were some succinct descriptor of such outcomes...

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

152 Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

Kid Rock has a song about walleye fishing in the UP which is pretty good but basically a rip off of Sweet Home Alabama. He also shot up a case of Bud Light once.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (wGerL)

153 143 who here remembers Ann Richards?
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)

Haven’t thought about her in years but I recall she had quite the mouth on her and was a nasty piece of work.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
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She was a retarded ass democrat Karen before Karen was a thing.

Still, I think she actually cared about Texas in her own dumbass way.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (oqH4h)

154 When they aren't celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder, or inciting another assassination attempt on President Trump, Democrats vehemently oppose gun violence.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (X+xvk)

155 Georgia is like Illinois. Chicago runs Illinois. Atlanta runs Georgia. Both cities are corrupt as hell.
Posted by: Case

NYC runs NY, Philly runs PA, LA and San Fran run CA. The commie farm team comes from these shitholes to subsume the entire state.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Ta4DE)

156 Dems are going ballistic over Steven Miller taking over Chief of Staff... All reciting the same s**t about him being responsible for the cruelty of ICE and separation of "children"

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (+gK6I)

157 >>>82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

go long on nail salons and dialysis centers in Atlanta

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (gw3RI)

158 I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Fv808)

159 He also shot up a case of Bud Light once.
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Better that than drinking it.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)

160 FUCK YOU, Tucker Carlson!
I just had to get that off my chest.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (wzaBj)

161 116 >>>Ace, try this one:
https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss

thanks. It's decent. Not my cup of tea but I can see the lane he's driving in now.

I guess he's doing a Joe Walsh type thing.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:06 PM (1wjle)

*********
Filmed in Vicksburg, I'd guess. Or NOLA. Not familar with his music.

The only river near Jackson is the Pearl River. It's become like Detroit and was once a beautiful city.

Our farm is near Vicksburg. Rolling green hills like the UK. People in that part of the county live the Moron Lifestyle.

Once I saw London in college I understood quickly why my ancestors settled in North MS after NC, and Virginia. Similar springs and green grass/hills/trees... but very, very hot and hideous summers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (hzuYO)

162 156 Dems are going ballistic over Steven Miller taking over Chief of Staff... All reciting the same s**t about him being responsible for the cruelty of ICE and separation of "children"
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05

One of the only things we polled well on was immigration so this is crazy. In a pile of lots of crazy things.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

163 well, what a surprise ! not

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
8m
🚨 BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is preparing a 2028 presidential campaign — WaPo, citing people briefed on his plans"

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (AKptf)

164 All is proceeding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1)

165 Georgia is like Illinois. Chicago runs Illinois. Atlanta runs Georgia. Both cities are corrupt as hell.
Posted by: Case

NYC runs NY, Philly runs PA, LA and San Fran run CA. The commie farm team comes from these shitholes to subsume the entire state.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Ta4DE)

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* Phoenix/Maricopa County and Tucson/Pima County have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (GaMV0)

166 I'm not a big fan of DeSantis..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (+gK6I)

167
Re the Black female bureaucracy:

Wanda Sykes said it back when Obama was elected. "How you gonna blame your problems on The Man when you ARE The Man?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (mmrXZ)

168 @147 Not to worry Hakeem Jeffiers is bought and paid for by big tech donors in silicon valley and Schumer by the Israel lobby.

Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (y2JkV)

169 >I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)

170 In keeping with the topic, this is the (Oprah shouting voice) Gayest Congress Ever!

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (wGerL)

171 Half of the elected Republicans in Austin are actually Democrats. When conservatives voted in an overwhelmingly Republican state house, the Texas GOP responded by handing half of the committee chairmanships to the Democrats.

Texas is plagued with grifters. (See "Cornyn, John.")

That said, the fraud that occurred in Texas on Tuesday night was absolutely massive.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (X+xvk)

172 160 Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (wzaBj)

I second the motion....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (Int1s)

173 Good to know... makes note for next time. Rape only causes a bit of physical pain during the act but no long lasting effects. I'm sure he victims will be happy to hear this. /////

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (VCgbV)

I can't decide who is more despicable - this judge or that Jennifer Welch abomination. What an incredible display of moral absence.

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (wLjpr)

174 Dems sure are eager to display their nastiness, aren't they?

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They feel clothed in "The Armor of Satan."

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (GaMV0)

175 OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)
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LOL

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (rj6Yv)

176 In keeping with the topic, this is the (Oprah shouting voice) Gayest Congress Ever!
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
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I remember when being the gayest anything was a BAD thing...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (VCgbV)

177 I work in Texas a lot and people give me a lot of shit about being from California. Well, Texas is ghey now

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (NtVYv)

178 169 >I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)

*****
I really like Fen.

I was Bong Woman for Halloween 1976 in college. I had a lot of fun when I was not studying, in class or working. Let us hope if photos still exist my face is not seen clearly for our son's sake. Or I'd have a lot of 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

179 OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM

She left the neon Holy Grail sign illuminated *again*?

Posted by: Sister Zoot at November 06, 2026 05:29 PM (0sNs1)

180
Jeffries was heckled with chants of "You're next!" at a Dem DSA primary victory party.

Throwing red meat at a crazy mob just to keep himself from being the first one hanged makes sense. For him.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:30 PM (Y8DZL)

181 I have one picture of myself from college on Halloween before we went to 6th street. I didn't make it out of the car.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:30 PM (VCgbV)

182 >I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Everybody must get stoned.

Posted by: Bobby Dylan at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (NtVYv)

183
Still, I think she actually cared about Texas in her own dumbass way.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (oqH4h)

I remember her very well. She cared about Texas democrats, and her daughter was the head of Planned Parenthood. Ghouls the both of them.

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (wLjpr)

184 Maybe if the Dems go too far, and we know they will, some of the more moderate Dems will defect to the R side....Not likely I know...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (+gK6I)

185 Perchance not being Majority Leader of the Senate will give Schumer more time to learn the manly art of grilling?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)

186 I am such a goody two shoes nerd.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

187 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

Thank you. I really like you as well, Christy.

All pot did was make me sleepy. Didn't see any point in paying money for something I could do naturally.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (JrHfD)

188 147 Dems sure are eager to display their nastiness, aren't they?

Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (4BPLk)
_________________

That will be one of the few entertaining factors of the next month and a half. They are conditioned for "immediate gratification," and I would expect their comments in that time frame to be revealing and disturbing. I don't exclude "re-education camp" comments from the bunch.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

189
The yellow rose of Texas has a new meaning now.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (NtVYv)

190 Stephen Miller as WH CoS is a great choice. Combative without being bombastic. The only problem I see is that the job limits his time in front of the cameras.

I think a Steven Wright delivery impression would work well in the coming weeks.

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)

191 I wonder if the political changes in Texas will make it into the 3rd season of Landman.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (ZxPkt)

192 Everybody must get stoned.
Posted by: Bobby Dylan at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM

We could support this.

Posted by: Mullahs of the Middle East at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1)

193 It's no wonder the movie Citizen Vigilante was banned in Europe. Hit too close to home, I guess.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (hmYU4)

194 Perchance not being Majority Leader of the Senate will give Schumer more time to learn the manly art of grilling?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)

The DSA is gonna put his hot dog in the panini press

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

195 I like how the new "Intersectionality of Rape" flowchart of "Was it Rape?" has only one path to "Yes, it was rape."

Which is: "Was the alleged rapist a white, conservative, Christian male?"
That's just a line right to "Yes, it was rape."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM (Aug7T)

196 I wonder if the political changes in Texas will make it into the 3rd season of Landman.
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (ZxPkt)

I need a Dr Pepper

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (NtVYv)

197 In case y'all missed my earlier comment, Robert Francis "Beto' O'Rourke is not ruling out another run for an office.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

198 The DSA is gonna put his hot dog in the panini press
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM

I suspect it's more of a Vienna Sausage or cocktail weenie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:36 PM (0sNs1)

199 160 FUCK YOU, Tucker Carlson!
I just had to get that off my chest.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 0

Yeah, his latest attack on Scott Presler was…weird. I guess it means Scott is becoming a bigger and bigger force- I actually know him, he is truly the kindest, most genuine person.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

200 197 In case y'all missed my earlier comment, Robert Francis "Beto' O'Rourke is not ruling out another run for an office.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

He and Tallywhacker would make a perfect couple in the seante.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

201 ‘ the crime occurred in August of 2025 during a roadtrip between Schmid and the young girl, who was the daughter of one of Schmid's friends.’

WTF? What parent let her daughter go on a roadtrip with this perverted freak??

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (YSu2G)

202 Piper.. What did he say about Presler ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (+gK6I)

203 Schumer will be majority leader.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (AKptf)

204 The DSA is gonna put his hot dog in the panini press
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM

I suspect it's more of a Vienna Sausage or cocktail weenie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:36 PM (0sNs1)
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The political goings-on for the next two months will be political theater at its most entertaining. DJT on offense is best DJT.

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (rj6Yv)

205 187 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

Thank you. I really like you as well, Christy.

All pot did was make me sleepy. Didn't see any point in paying money for something I could do naturally.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (JrHfD)
*****
I was the life of the party/keggers, sometimes big ones. My bf/husband said he'd walk away to get us beers and then find me in a room doing a sarcastic stand up gig to people I didn't know. I sort of remember.

Haven't touched it since, but I had a lot of fun with friends in college.

Somehow I balanced my normal life with my party and concert life. No regrets.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (hzuYO)

206 202 Piper.. What did he say about Presler ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2

I will find a link fir you, but he called Scott trans…it’s weird. Hang on.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

207 @171 Who is they? Crying election fraud seemed to be counterproductive this election and cost senate race in Mississippi when a credit reporting agency was hired to purge voter rolls of democrats with poor credit. They are counting their provisional ballots now which are mostly purged democrat voters.

Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (y2JkV)

208 >>>197 In case y'all missed my earlier comment, Robert Francis "Beto' O'Rourke is not ruling out another run for an office.

you know he's so pissed they didn't cheat for him like they did for whoever just won

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (gw3RI)

209 You're marooned on a desert isle with one other person. Who's it gonna be?

a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)

210
Martha Stewart was doing the media walk-of-shame apology interview this afternoon.

I suppose my Halloween tableau of masked mannequins of Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr. T's lap while he was hanging from the front yard tree would land me in jail for a long "stretch" today.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (Y8DZL)

211 Piper.. This computer isn't letting me click on links... I'll check later

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (+gK6I)

212 Extreme swimming.

https://tinyurl.com/b69m8wad

Followed by extreme running.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (ndZc7)

213 Earlier this month, Schmid was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison for his crimes. In explaining the verdict, the presiding judge took into account a letter of apology Schmid had written and his commitment to pay the victim 11,000 [euros] in compensation.

11,000 euros? Is that more than $20 in that town?

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM (BFNU4)

214 Nobody cares about voter fraud, just like nobody cares that wresting is fixed. Or the NFL for that matter.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)

215 You're marooned on a desert isle with one other person. Who's it gonna be?

a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter

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Cucker...will give me an opportunity to drop a coconut tree on him, or introduce him to a friendly Mamba...

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (AKptf)

216 nood

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)

217 Tucker on Scott Presler

https://tinyurl.com/ywd9xtzy

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

218 209 You're marooned on a desert isle with one other person. Who's it gonna be?

a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)

*******
Tucker. He'd be easy to smother in sand so I could enjoy the peace before I died of thirst. One giggle and he'd find his goats toot sweet.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (hzuYO)

219 209 Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)

Stetler they say when they lit Dong Zhuo on fire in Luo Yang he burnt for six days....Tater would burn at least 8....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (Int1s)

220 Nobody cares about voter fraud, just like nobody cares that wresting is fixed. Or the NFL for that matter.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM

Once society becomes low-trust enough, we'll come marching in!

Posted by: Big Penguin at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (0sNs1)

221 "You're marooned on a desert isle with one other person. Who's it gonna be?"

Well, I like baked potatoes but it would get old with no butter and sour creme . Megan would be too stringy so I would have to say Tucker.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (MWfyi)

222

The National Basketball Association has sponsored an LGBT activist who used his time at the center of attention to twist the National Anthem into a gay promotion.

The smirking singer given the honor of delivering the anthem at the Golden State Warriors' "pride" event pulled a rainbow flag out of his coat and waved it overhead while screeching the single word "Prouudly."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)

223 Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)

They don't actually believe that. They only believe in Power for themselves and their Clique.

Since they keep on changing their names on a euphemism treadmill anyway -- Cultural Marxists, SJWs, wokies -- I'm toying with the term "Pomo Hitlerian." They lie about everything, including your beliefs and theirs -- even including their fake opposition to the beliefs they falsely attributed to you! It's postmodern subversion IRL.

For example, they don't actually oppose white supremacy. They refuse to criticize Arab supremacists, who are white and the second-biggest ethnicity on Earth. (Han are the biggest by far, and they would also never criticize Han supremacy.)

They also don't actually oppose nationalism. They don't oppose religious nationalism. They don't even oppose theocratic nationalism! They would never whisper a word of condemnation of all the world's Islamic nationalists.

They that you're a Nazi to keep you from noticing that they're Pomo Hitlerian.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (ke3zm)

224 b Megyn

hey I might get lucky

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (ZxPkt)

225 > Yeah, his latest attack on Scott Presler was…weird. I guess it means Scott is becoming a bigger and bigger force- I actually know him, he is truly the kindest, most genuine person.

Robert Barnes randomly attacked Data Republican the other day. I was already suspicious of him, and that only increased my suspicion.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

226 Kid Rock worked his name into the lyrics on several notable occasions

And he took the southern rock

And he mixed it with the hip hop

Forever

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (jrgJz)

227
Yeah, his latest attack on Scott Presler was…weird. I guess it means Scott is becoming a bigger and bigger force- I actually know him, he is truly the kindest, most genuine person.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Tuqr is a faggot and Pressler isn't. Weird.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (oqH4h)

228 214 Nobody cares about voter fraud, just like nobody cares that wresting is fixed. Or the NFL for that matter.
Posted by: fd

***********************************

83% of Americans of all races, religions and political affiliations supported Voter ID laws.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (X+xvk)

229 Damn, that household could be pulling easy $350k a year in benefits and not one of them works.
****

And you just explained the USA national debt.

Posted by: clarence at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (q4/FL)

230 Based on past experience with black women in positions of power, trust, and authority, Georgia will soon be completing with Zimbabwe for worst place to live in the world.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (XMwZJ)

231 My folks, rest their souls always voted democrat.

They even voted for Barry Soetoro, so 'beaten' into having white guilt by the MSM. Needless to say, I have _not_ followed in their footsteps. I suppose I have Joseph Sobran to thank for this and whose articles I read in the Dallas Times Herald (starting in the mid 70's, and since defunct and it was the conservative paper in Dallas back when.)

I do hope they are not rolling over in their graves given what the democrat party has become. They grew up in the era of Roosevelt's Fireside Chats and all; Dad served in the Navy in World War 'Eleven' aboard a carrier in the Pacific and saw Japanese kamikazes in action live.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (JCIvk)

WaPo Sob Story: DEI Layabouts Fired by the Federal Government Can't Get Hired by Other Corporations Because They Know They're DEI Layabouts

Sad!

Nightmare Vision
@GodCloseMyEyes
please read this piece, it was so good. it's about dei officers in the federal government being cleaned out and many being unable to find new jobs because they were put on "dei watchlists" that come up in google searches in the exact same way it did for right wingers who had their lives ruined by journalists. then he starts applying for dei jobs in the private sector but can't get one because no one wants to hire someone with dei shit all over their resume. then they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is "these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs."

This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now. (It's paywalled.)

Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

Because you produced nothing. You earn nothing, you just cost a company money to push for more DEI layabouts to be hired and cost the company more money.

It's absurd you even had this "dream job" in the first place.

On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight.
There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers," thanking him for applying to be a program manager. "Our recruiting team will contact you if your qualifications are a strong match," Harris read. By his count, those were the 560th and 561st roles he'd sought since getting fired from the federal government.

What are your qualifications, Buddy?

After he showered, he found another message waiting: this one from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that combats suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. Harris, 53, recalled thinking that the Trevor Project's "chief people officer" was the rare posting that felt like something he would be good at and actually wanted to do.
"While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...," Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished.

Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital and the limestone-and-brick federal building where he'd once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.

Beautiful.

....
Of the hundreds of thousands who left, 85 percent resigned or retired early through incentive programs offered by the Trump administration, a Washington Post analysis found. Thirty-two thousand full-time workers were fired. Harris was one of them.

You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

Any thoughts about that perennial claims, WaPo?

Harris was the first chief equity officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or ACF, a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education. He was among more than 200 employees targeted for dismissal by DOGE after Trump issued an order to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which he declared were divisive and destructive and "would have ruined our country."
Diversity programs and initiatives have been around for decades but became much more common after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Businesses and federal and local governments adopted antibias trainings, employee resource groups and recruiting programs and created new jobs, including Harris's federal position.
The mass embrace of DEI programs felt to Harris like the capstone of his professional life, despite growing opposition from many on the political right who portrayed DEI efforts as reverse racism that disadvantaged White people.

I enjoy the fact that the WaPo treats this as some kind of conspiracy theory or contested claim, when in fact the entire point of DEI is to push for the hiring of non-whites, non-males, and non-straights only.

There is no "DEI for white people."

The president's order accelerated that opposition, triggering a rapid retreat from DEI policies throughout government and the corporate world -- and, Harris feared, devastating the field in which he built his career.

It's not a career, it's a make-work welfare program for people who are otherwise unemployalbe.

...

Harris's job search was made harder by his membership in an even smaller group: He'd been named, with 92 others -- two-thirds of them Black -- on a public website called the "DEI Watchlist." Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

A full page devoted to Harris shared his federal salary and employment history alongside a smiling photo of him wearing a blue button-down.

Harris had been out of government for more than a year, but the site was still the first result when anyone Googled his name. One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable. Harris often checked with friends and colleagues also named on the list, and most of them were still out of work,

...

Harris received no severance. Now, his $16-an-hour paycheck was barely enough to cover utilities. It was supplemented by a second part-time job and help from his 71-year-old mother, who'd recently picked up extra hours at the Hallmark shop where she'd worked for the past two years. But he was also using his 401(k) to pay the mortgage and his credit card bills, and that would be empty by next year.

Pulling into a long, low strip mall, he parked and closed his eyes. He didn't have to clock in for another 15 minutes. He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies; the little boy who grew up in North Philadelphia eating blocks of yellow cheese from the government and who swore he'd never work part-time jobs like his mother.

...

IN THE LAST DAYS OF 2024, as his colleagues swapped rumors that the incoming president was going to delete DEI from the government, Harris and his boss came up with a plan to save his job.

As chief equity officer, Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served. Before Trump's inauguration, he switched to become a "senior advisor" in the Office of Community Services, which distributes funds, diapers and legal services to the poor. He saw it as more or less the same worthy mission: bringing in good people and helping them help the neediest Americans. Who, he wondered, could find fault with that?

Obviously this is the same scam we've seen throughout government and universities where they just create a vague fake new title and assign that title to DEI officers, who continue doing DEI bullshit and getting paid six figures for it.

Then, a few hours after Trump was sworn in, Harris was scanning one of 26 first-day executive orders -- "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing" -- when he noticed a date in the eighth paragraph. The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

2 undernood?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (W2Pud)

3 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

You know the rule

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (MPtWl)

4 See, it's supposed to go there, not here.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

5 I over nooded

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

6 First rule of Undernood is don't call it undernood.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

7 What is the over/under on the Nood?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

8 There was a guy we used to call "Wrong-hole Johnson"....

Posted by: Pappy at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

9 At least he can fallback on his savings for a bit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

10 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

11 Wear a hijab so no one can tell.

Pokey’s Casa de Hijabs.
Lo siento, solo hablo ingles.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (fntvd)

12 Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

13 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

Not me. Any port in a storm.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (MPtWl)

14 I still don't understand how capitalizing "Black" makes sense.

What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

15 Off, Spaceballs sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

16 whoops!

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)

17 I find the story hard to believe as I do not know that companies send out "rejections" any more.

They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

18 RMBS!

Happy Friday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (W2Pud)

19 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (0sNs1)

20 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

==

Guys, next 2 years are going to be great! Y'all will laugh your asses off , watching D screw themselves !

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (AKptf)

21 Did Lamont make a comeback?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

23 So, it's no longer under-nood, then......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

24 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (AKptf)

25 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

They are making a documentary in their head.
If you want the viewer (reader) to empathize with the protagonist you have to see them doing the same things you do every day.

They are just like you.
Isn’t it horrible what’s happening to them because of fascists?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

26 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)

27 So systematic, crude, stupid racism - DEI - is not, you know, "racism".

Just like having an actual border and entry controls, like 186 other countries on the planet, is a "populist" thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (U/Byj)

28 Why only to November 24, 2024?

That's odd.

I mean, if Biden can issue a pardon for all crimes back to 2011, why could this not include all DEI back to 2016?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (Aug7T)

29 “If the shoe fits, take it off.” Ralph Kramden

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (fntvd)

30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

-
Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

31 HR Expert.

Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (/izzV)

32 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

33 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
----

I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)

34 All crimes back to year zero just to be safe

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (enNUy)

35 There’s always Canada.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (fntvd)

36 They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

Even internally, let alone outside jobs.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (iIyc0)

37 Have a nephew--probably the sharpest of that generation (of the family)--my kids included. He interned for Amazon AWS, and he now works for Doordash.

But when he was interviewing for jobs--as sharp as that kid evidently is--he got no answers unless there was an offer.

But he's not the only one I have heard that from, as I have another nephew who was looking for jobs as well--only not in tech. It's just the sharp one served as an example to me.

That's why I kind of doubt the "rejections", and I've seen it myself last time I was in the market.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

38 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs. The culture of the Young White Male is as alien to my WASP culture as that of a woman from Bangalore.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (+4Cf6)

39 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

40 Most of the guys can't seem to find it
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM

I don't have a map, and I won't stop to ask directions. What's the problem?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

41 This is funny. I was just watching a video about a woman who had a $25 an hour job at amazon and she was complaining that they actually wanted her to show up on time every day that she was scheduled to work. She was supposed to be a full time 40 hour a week employee but she was only getting paid 25-30 hours a week due to her attendance issues.

In retrospect I suspect this sort of thing goes a long way in explaining tuesday nights vote. Way more people are being promised all sorts of free $hit and they went to the polls to vote for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (I43vL)

42 So why didn’t he look for other jobs within HR? If he had been in HR for this long, surely he touched other spaces within it- benefits? Talent acquisition? Compensation?

Or did he make himself a toxic character that every recruiter in a 60 mile radius understood he would become a very problematic employee? Hmmm….wonder, wonder.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 Stephen Miller has replaced Wiles as WH Chief of staff.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (8Uo7a)

44 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

46 The four lights flashed and my warm ticket to Toronto ejected.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (fntvd)

47 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)
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Workhouses?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

48
>>Then came 500 job rejections.

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

How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

49 30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

-
Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

I think there are some college folks and white folks here who have gotten WAY more than 500 rejections...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Gb7+b)

50 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?
------

A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

52 DEI Layabout interviewing for a job in private industry:

Interviewer: "So, tell me your accomplishments in your previous position."

DEI Layabout: "Well, I was at the DOT as you know. And, I was sooooo close to requiring the nation to rename "manholes." You see, it's very sexist to insist that sub-street level access is paternal. Plus, various LBQT... groups had trademarked the word "manhole" to refer to specific individuals they wanted to have sex with. I was working 3 hour days trying to get that through."

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)

53 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

No, the voters mandated economic changes. THAT IS ALL. the D leadership knows this. Any em-peach BS, DSA party BS, and Trump, who still has a pen and phone, will put them in a perpetual shotdown.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (AKptf)

54 >>Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Most guys are just going for AOE.

They know there's more than one hole in the vicinity and they are just spamming for coverage.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (/izzV)

55 I've not read the article, but does it break the bad news to him that, no none of these jobs are coming back in January 2027?

But I guess it does come down to this:

Will Trump hold firm on shutting down the government if Congress passes a budget mandating all these jobs be restored?
Will the Dems go to the mattress for DEI?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (Aug7T)

56 Learn to dig ditches, faggot.

I don't care about these people any longer. Eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (oqH4h)

57 51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 "If the shoe fits" ..." so does your hat" -- Cited by Johnny Carson as one of his favorite phrase completions by a child.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

59 These people have no sympathy for the innocent lives lost to Plan B, Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortuaries out there.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (fntvd)

60 45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

61 Community Notes, come on. It was obviously necessary to punish a president turning every lever that exists to unleash economic growth - the only answer to these people's problem - and hand power to a mob that hasn't pushed anything but opportunity-destroying policies for 2 generations. Makes perfect sense to me.

Because things haven't been fixed INSTANTLY.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (U/Byj)

62 Here is more, any slowdown in the market, will hit these people hard. The rates will go up, unavoidable, companies will not spend during a slowdown. Tech will replace more people with AI. If US will not allow AI to expand , some other place will.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (AKptf)

63 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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In a sense, the B's "entitled".

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e)

64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (/izzV)

65 If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (enNUy)

66 Thanks ace for posting some cheerful news!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (X1r8S)

67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

68 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)

69
One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable.

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

Who on earth was this prospective employer? I'm shocked these people aren't being recruited so hard their inboxes are broken.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

70 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

A Black person is one the Left can use to achieve its goals.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (MPtWl)

71 Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

That's some yeoman's work there, and underappreciated.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (4NO2D)

72 “ Dia”??? Seriously?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar8)

73 67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

This is why the lawyers are the ones resigning...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gb7+b)

74 >>If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

You DO know what else young college girls do to get the job...right?

I don't know many guys who are signing up for that.

I mean ... guys that aren't ace.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (/izzV)

75 64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05

It’s why I used to make the big bucks!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

76 "Nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government."
On the one hand, not nearly enough.
On the other, a good start.

Posted by: UncleJefe at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (DzC+b)

77 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
_______

Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

78 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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A CAPITAL idea!

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

79 Working for Uncle Sugar is the capstone of your life chief? Jeez, maybe aim a bit higher.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (vr4To)

80 >>We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago

No. It was never true.

The high paying Government gigs never had anything to do with qualifications.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (/izzV)

81 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
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That would go along with my skepticism that he's receiving a bunch of rejections.

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

82 Still waiting for the company email letting me know that they understand these are difficult times and offering services for helping employees who are feeling anxious or confused. Ya know like they sent out after the 24 election.....

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (HFx9z)

83 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
----

I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)
______

I had the exact same thought ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)

84
>>Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served.

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

Did you see that? ACF is an entitlement program ("a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education") --
and most of its clients are Black.

Maybe there's an underlying problem here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (mmrXZ)

85 Mick, amazing isn't it?

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (enNUy)

86 I hope he doesn't spill granola on his blue button-down.

No, seriously.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (qgHp7)

87 Learn to pimp losers.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (a6prX)

88 Why doesn't he just go to one of those federal job retraining centers and Learn To Code?

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (V362x)

89 Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.
---
Like the lady in DC earlier this year, was making 6 figures as a grant administrator at some NGO, forced to slum by applying for $15/hr job at Hobby Lobby or some such.

And there was a total disconnect in her mind why the market didn't value her years of management experience at $100k+/year.

This too is the story of your average socialist:
They all know someone, equal in their degrees, that got one of these 6-figure cush laptop jobs.
And bitter resentment they did not.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (Aug7T)

90 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

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

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM

I don't know about state workers but federal unions can't negotiate anything to do with wages. My wife did the federal HR thing with union negotiations for almost 20 years. The only thing they can negotiate is working conditions, pay and benefits is off limits under federal civil service laws.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)

91 How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (8Uo7a)

92 the limestone-and-brick federal building where he’d once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.

Cheer up! Maybe you won't find another job and you were there until you retired.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (73EQ0)

93 >>How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Need ... or, Have?

Because, we have a LOT.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (/izzV)

94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

95 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

96 On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight. There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers,"

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

Seems to be doing alright. Let me know when he is drinking lukewarm Sanka and skimming the want ads in the actual physical newspaper.

Posted by: Master Blaster at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (FEAjO)

97
I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

98 "I've worked in the private sector, they expect results!"
- Ghostbusters

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)

99 "He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. ..."

... Wielding the frozen bottle like a mallet, he pulverized the granola, loaded it into a bong, torched it, and totally manned it up in two well-practiced giant huffs. Thus fortified with the gaseous essence of Pure Equity, he resolutely resumed his journey of blessed futility.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

100 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

101 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

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I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

102 Speaking of white people supporting DEI, Oregon, which is 2% black, has at least 10x that amount of blacks in senior governmental positions and on advisory boards.

Portland (6% black) created the new job of city manager, and interviewed three finalists. All were black.

Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).

Many, many, other examples.

It's interesting from an anthropological point of view.

If I were a laid-off DEI type, I'd be headed like a rocket for Oregon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (aD4fx)

103 I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

I’d have taken it in a heartbeat.
He has no other skills obviously.

Must’ve taken a lot of expensive vacations, bought BMWs. and a house that cost way too much to have gone through that much money.

Now he’s going to sue and get even more money from fed.gov.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (6ydKt)

104 "I just graduated with a Masters in Universal Diversity Studies, and expected to get an entry level VP Directorship at 175k, and I did not ! Trump sux!"

--- 30 YO "youngster"

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (AKptf)

105 >>This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Are you trying to infer that Messenger Bags are making some sort of Heterosexual Comeback?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (/izzV)

106 Reading Ace's post, I guiltily admit it warmed the cockles of my heart.

Does this make me a bad person?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (N39Ws)

107 94

I don't have my next one till near the end of the year and I expect people to be downright giddy, ugh.

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (HFx9z)

108 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

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My first thought was that she and Stephen have three small children, she could afford to stay home with them. But then political jobs are very precarious so maybe it's better to have a backup income if one suddenly gets canned.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (uKqbA)

109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

110 Here tangentially relevant and willowed.

Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m

And tinyurl sucks now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)

111 94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

Most of our major employers lived on government money since they got rid of customer service and wanting to rely on normal paying customers...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Gb7+b)

112 I think I read the Millers have four kids.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Zypo6)

113 " they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is 'these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs.'"

Little nit-pick. I read this last week when it came out and what he actually said was "Sounds like hiring managers are racist, that’s very disappointing." And frankly that's pretty hilarious, because they have to either print it or just outright lie about what he said.

Posted by: Rick C at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (1zWbY)

114 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs.
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I don't get it.
Are you saying that young, white men should have applied for those DEI vacancies?
Because firing DEI didn't open up a single job for any white man.

And the courts shut down Trump's too-little H1B reforms, the $100k fee.
That the courts did that, not Trump, is irrelevant to them, they never saw any H1Bs get fired.
The stories--and I know some personally--of white men putting out hundreds of applications and zero interviews, continues to pile up, even to today.

But sure, blame the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Aug7T)

115 I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

not necessarily; takes special skillz to be press secretary, did not see anything about Harp that suggests that she has them or served in that capacity in the past

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (AKptf)

116 I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.

Something's off about the whole thing. It's an obvious op, as I point out above, but there's something more going on.

I suspect that if some looks into this, they'll find out his sob story is mostly made-up, and he's got no money worries at all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

118 109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

Useless Eater?? He’ll have trouble, eventually, in the new USSA.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)

119 Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Weird how disparate impact only works in one direction. Weird~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (nEUC6)

120 How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

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Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

121
>>The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

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

Would have been funny if trump was terminating all DEI HIRES and the guy's heart sank.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)

122 Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM

His money all went toward his anal leakage problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

123 For those interested, Dia Harris was being paid $183,500 in his dream job doing bullshit, or so claims the website "DEI Bureaucrat Watchlist"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (Y4nh3)

124 Newman meme: See? Nobody cares

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (fntvd)

125 DEI-lectic

1. Racism is bad
2. Only white people can be racist
3. Discriminating against white people is good.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (nEUC6)

126 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

That's fine. Better to be treated like shit from a commie than decently from a normie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Ta4DE)

127 This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now.

This is an unbelievably long article. They probably do that for everybody in the private sector, too.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (73EQ0)

128 Saw a new book at the library about DOGE that started out whining about the head of something called 'Institute of Peace' getting fired, and I just couldn't muster a hot wet fart of sympathy for the guy. Put the book back on the shelf.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

129 Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.
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How can we possibly go on without you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (RIvkX)

130 Is my condition reversible surgically?

Call Dr. Pokey at the number on your screen

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:21 PM (fntvd)

131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

132 My favorite termination line is "Your destiny lies with our competitors."

That wouldn't work in this case.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

133 >>And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

I can only imagine the salary of the Portland CoP.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (/izzV)

134 I was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

135 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

Yeah, but it’s Portland.
Which means every police chief is going to be treated like shit because they have to enforce the law occasionally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

136 " I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit."

In which specific ways? DEI is popular - as opposed to just shrugged at and infamously accepted - at the companies? Or something other than DEI?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)

137 $272k to answer my imaginary query.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

138 was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

====

*sad trombone

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (AKptf)

139 I will gladly let the City of Portland treat me like shit for a few years at $272k per year, plus benefits.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

140 The "Watchlist" that Harris claims has made him unemployable has a banner headline that says "See your name on this list and want to be removed? Click here."

Clicking there takes you to a web form for removal.

Harris could get himself off the list any time he wishes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (Y4nh3)

141 >Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

10 years ago I took a severance package from a Fortune 20 company. A lot of 50 something white dudes were unceremoniously shown the door. It was a generous package, but I had to sign a non-litigation, non-compete, and non-solicitation letters in return. I was fortunate to find another gig fairly quickly. Many of my colleagues were not as fortunate and some were forced into a very early retirement.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (vr4To)

142 "'While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...,' Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished."

He's deleting rejection emails?

Very fishy, especially considering he's touting how many he received, and they might be helpful in his lawsuit.

I mean, who deletes evidence that they think helps them make out their sob story?

Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

143 Off topic - "Paging Hezbollah", the movie had moved on. Went to see "Jimmy" instead about Jimmy Stewart being a fighter pilot in WWII and his difficulties adjusting after coming back and his doing, "It's a Wonderful Life" with Frank Capra. Really a terrific film with clips of Jimmy himself in various appearances during the credits. Angel Studios does some great films

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (xz+xK)

144 weft-cut, nice

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (U/Byj)

145 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

And Seattle treated it’s female black police chief like garbage too.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (d68ec)

146 Portland CoP salary is $272k.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (Ta4DE)

147 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

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They usually don't announce their real intentions. No need to scare the horses, it's easier to rile them to vote left. Every Dem government in my lifetime lied about their true intentions.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (uKqbA)

148

Sure you did, thanks to your no ID requirement, same day registration and vouch up to 8 people systems........

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
·
21h
Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout.

When faced with threats and intimidation, we vote.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:26 PM (kX27y)

149
Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

Reminds me of an ex-girlfriend I had about 15-20 yrs ago. Never stayed at a job or in an apartment for more than 2 years, kind of a flake who'd worked in the movie industry (stunt work, bit parts and film crew) before getting into regular corporate jobs.

Part of me was leery of her flakiness, but she'd also been a Playboy model (lingerie) in the early 90s, so being a Real Man, I forgave the flakiness.

Of course, she dumped me, I suspect because she thought (correctly) that I was kinda boring.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

150 Saw a funny meme about thick black smoke in LA from a car fire. The title was a new mayor of LA has been elected.

On the bright side I maybe won't have to see that weirdo Bass woman again.

Ace, your last sentence:
"Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it."

I might be the only honky cracka redneck woman to hope he foresaw cheating on Tuesday and has a plan.

It costs nothing to hope or pray.

Have a great weekend, Ace and everyone!

It will all be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (hzuYO)

151 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
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Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.

Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

155 >>Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

God Damn

I'm dying over here.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (/izzV)

156 >>Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

Good to see you here; was worried you might have caught the banhammer.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)

157 How did that go.... oh yes...

LEARN TO CODE!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (mP0Kj)

158 heh

"Mary Margaret Olohan
@MaryMargOlohan
·
2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

159
Jimmy stewart was never a fighter pilot
He was a bomber pilot
Stop smoking pot

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (UkMc0)

160
Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

Why so short a pole?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

161 yeah Fen, stop smoking pot. lol

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

162 152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

You’ll be chasing five-star ratings to get work for the rest of your life.

Live and die by your social credit score.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

163 154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

My suggestion - have her go back to her professors and see if they have leads for her (if her degrees are in nothing that friends and family can help secure employment with)...in AI land, personal contacts are about the only way to beat the system and get in and land a job...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (Gb7+b)

164 Wa-Po Sob Story, more like Waaaah-Po sob story amirite?

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6RyaQ)

165 Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
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You ever notice that the pitch of the chirp from a smoke detector is the same pitch they used to alert the teacher that it was time to change the slide being shown to the class?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

166
Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

Damned greedy smoke detector manufacturers, stuffing birds into their products. Those birds never hurt nobody.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (y9nCu)

167 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
________

Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (iFTx/)

168 Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital

Sadly, Grok is unable to identify what make and model of car he drives.

Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

169 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (JUIuw)

170 Both the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union would intentionally promote incompetents into positions of power because people who owe their good life entirely to The System will fight to the death, betray their friends and family and turn violent if need be.

This is DEI. And this is why its beneficiaries will lie, cheat and even kill to keep it alive.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (0MjtC)

171 Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

No one is going to give anything but a neutral reference. You know this. 😉

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

172 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)

173 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM

He needs to accept that suicide is a perfectly valid solution to his employment problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)

174 She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun

I truly am not trying to be an asshole but both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics are trying to hire tens of thousands of brand new welders, electricians and pipefitters at all of their shipyards. They will train newbies and the pay is great. Not kidding. I didn't land a job in my field after college either but fell into a lucrative career nonetheless. One has to do what one has to do.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (L/8vZ)

175 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

176 My town's police chief retired last year after 28 years on the force, at 50, and began receiving his pension of $150,000 per year (which rises with an inflation calculation in future years) right away. He went to work for a university, where he hopes to work until he qualifies under their rules (he began the job with credit for past years when he was a consultant) for a second pension.

Good gig.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (6V1cC)

177 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.
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I'd guess a 3-series BMW.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (TN0g+)

178
How many qualified white men did Dia Harris and his colleagues prevent from being hired because of the color of their skin? They weren't faced with loss of a federal job like he was, they simply didn't get one in the first place.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4Aqsh)

179 2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

******
I especially love consiglieres. ALL FOR THIS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (hzuYO)

180 I especially love consiglieres.

-
Are they like calzones?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)

181 Dia Harris: Live by the DEI sword; die by it.

$183,500 per year with no value added. In fact, he probably subtracts value. No wonder he can't find a job in his "field."

Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (8WZD4)

Despite the Blue Wave, Blue States Voted to Restrict Girls' Sports for Girls
Plus: The Coming Democrat "Civil War"?

And the angry trans extremists are, get this, angry about it.

This is the NYT so prepare yourself for some grumbling.

In the same election that brought strong showings for Democratic candidates around the country, voters in three states chose to bar transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams.
The results, including in at least one state where Democrats are dominant, suggested that many voters do not view accommodations for trans athletes as part of a broad Democratic agenda. The results also appeared likely to inspire similar campaigns in future elections on an issue that has rarely been tested at the ballot box.
Since 2020, lawmakers in Republican-led states across the country have enacted laws limiting how transgender people can participate in public life. But this election was the first time voters were asked to consider new restrictions through statewide ballot measures, and they approved many of them. The margins were large in Arizona and Nebraska, and narrower in Washington, where Democrats dominate. In Colorado, votes were still being counted on Thursday in a ballot measure over the same issue.
Supporters of the initiatives said they hoped the sports issue would be put directly to voters in other Democrat-led states. The results could also mean that decisions around broader rights for transgender people will be put before voters, political strategists said.
"To every female athlete who wondered whether her voice mattered: tonight, Washington heard you,'' Brian Heywood, the Seattle-area hedge fund founder who financed the Washington initiative, said in a statement.
For supporters of the restrictions, the results felt like vindication.
Polls have shown that a solid majority of Americans, including roughly half of Democrats, think that transgender girls and women should not play on girls' and women's sports teams. Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge, and that their participation prevents others from having a fair chance to win, the polls indicate.
Over the past six years, 27 states enacted laws restricting the participation of transgender students in sports starting in kindergarten or middle school, extending in many cases to college. The Supreme Court upheld such laws last June.
But in nearly two dozen Democrat-led states, including Colorado and Washington, legislatures have taken no such action. That is why Erin Lee, executive director of Protect Kids Colorado, a parent advocacy group sponsoring the initiative, wanted to put the question on the ballot in Colorado.
By Thursday afternoon, with more than 80 percent of ballots counted, the vote in Colorado on a ban on trans athletes in girls sports was close, with about 53 percent of voters favoring the measure. A second Colorado ballot measure that would ban gender-transition-related surgeries for minors, was also close, with 52 percent of voters in favor as the vote counting continued.

"My hope is that we can be the example of a blue state where your legislature is not following the will of the people," she said. "Where we, the people, can do it ourselves, and hopefully encourage others to follow suit."

Despite the fact that this issue was put to the people and the people voted to keep girls' sports for actual girls, the incoming Democrat governor of Colorado says to hell with what the people voted for, Men In Girls' Changing Rooms is a Sacred Right.

Well, that didn't take long. Less than 24-hours after Colorado elected a new Democrat governor, he's already suggesting he wants to thumb his nose at the voters who passed several ballot initiatives progressives don't like.

...
[Incoming Democrat governor] Weiser said today that these initiatives will need a long, hard look once he takes office.

Prop 134 would bar young transgender athletes from participating on K-12 or collegiate sports teams that match their gender identities. And Prop 135 would bar people under 18 from receiving gender-affirming surgeries...
Weiser, who was elected Tuesday by a wide margin in the governor's race, said officials would need to work "to understand the will of the voters."

In other words, he tends to carefully scan the very clear statement of the people to conjure up ambiguities, and then claim those invented ambiguities render the people's judgement completely void.

"It's important that we recognize that sometimes, something is passed and it is incomplete. It is not administrable," Weiser said during a post-election news conference Wednesday at the Capitol in Denver. "... Anytime you have a ballot measure that is statutory, it is a natural and, I believe, appropriate role for the legislature to say, 'What are the adjustments that need to be added?' "
For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

This is the standard lie pushed by Trans Extremists -- that there's no way we could possibly tell who is really a girl and who is really a boy unless we "force girls to drop their pants in front of state genital inspectors."

Except... there are paper records of children's sexes. Even if a student "really believes he's a girl," doctors still have to know if he's more likely to suffer from testicular cancer or ovarian cancer.

Or does cancer Respecc the Pronouns of Its Victims?

And, of course: The notion that transgenders' real sex cannot be determined by simply looking at them or hearing their voices is preposterous cope.

Below: Leftists complain about "girls having to show their genitals" and trans extremists whine about being "betrayed" by their leftwing allies.

Bonus: Democrats are headed for a "civil war."

America has elected a slew of local, state and federal officials more left-wing than ever before.
Jeffries's own caucus now contains at least eight members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) -- an increase from two during the previous term. Among them is a woman who advocated for 'a world without prisons or police' and demanded the US 'literally, abolish the border.'
His colleague in the Senate -- fellow Brooklynite Chuck Schumer, the next Senate Majority Leader -- will have to contend with Abdul El-Sayed in his ranks, arguably among the most far-left Senators ever elected. And he almost had a fully-fledged member of the DSA by his side: Angie Nixon narrowly lost her Florida Senate race.
It is all music to Ashik Siddique's ears.
Siddique, the co-chair of the DSA's national political committee, told the Daily Mail that Tuesday's vote was just the beginning for his party. He pointed to the triumph of his rainbow-headed comrade Ashley Herrmann, 38, who even flipped a Republican-held state senate seat near Tampa, Florida.
'These results are not a flash in the pan,' he said, noting that DSA membership has surged from 6,000 in 2016 to 130,000 today. 'Democratic Socialists of America are building an enduring organization that can lead an enduring movement.
'We're now seeing DSA candidates win re-election to second or third terms across the country. We ran more candidates in this cycle than ever before. I think there were at least 200 candidates at many levels of government, from local up to Congress. So we're really leading the conversation and helping to shift public opinion on a wide range of issues.'
Siddique said that the DSA was pushing policies leftwards -- noting that on the eve of the election, even Donald Trump was discussing ending military aid to Israel.
'Nobody thought 10 years ago that abolishing ICE was a popular sentiment when we were saying it, but now it has popular support,' he said. 'When we said 'Free Palestine,' that was not a popular sentiment among Americans 10 years ago, but now it is, and majorities of Americans across parties support a full arms embargo against the state of Israel.'
DSA candidates largely ran on affordable housing, Medicare for All, childcare for all, moratoriums on AI data centers and abolishing ICE, Siddique said.
'These are very popular things, and when you look at the range of issues our candidates ran on, it's clear that we've been driving the conversation and the direction of the political left more broadly,' he added.
But what will happen when his candidates walk into the chamber in January and come face to face with the establishment? Is there a civil war brewing?
Siddique chuckled.

I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.

But they're all communists. They all know where they want to go. They just have different opinions on how hard they can charge to get there.

With the DSA temporarily holding the whip-hand, and proving that, at least for this moment, the public won't punish the Go-Fast Communists, the Go-Slow Communists will all fall in line and support the Go-Fast Communists. With reservations, but support them they will.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

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1 dem judges to the rescue!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)

3 Hi! Susie Wiles gone???

Posted by: Moonbeam at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Lzhdy)

4 re 3: twitchy said she's going to a different job for trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)

5 I was shocked Washington passed it.

But we know it’s all moot. A “judge” will quickly strike it down.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (O3eDY)

6 They voted to restrict the trannies and three states voted to strengthen voter ID requirements.

If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)

7 >>'These results are not a flash in the pan,' he said, noting that DSA membership has surged from 6,000 in 2016 to 130,000 today.

...and they said that if we went to War in Iran there would be a Fertilizer Shortage.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (/izzV)

8 No doubt the cohorts they just put into power will do something about it.

I can't believe that Dems first thing was celebrating how abortion rights will now be "restored".

The only way that could be true is that it sounds like they are promising to load up the Court.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

9 For anyone who spent any or all of the last three months sick over this election, my advice to you is please don't start making yourself sick over 2028 yet.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (MPtWl)

10 y'all nooded...adios Wiles. best of luck Miller! He was with Trump since 2015!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)

11 Voters: There.Are.Two.Sexes.Get.It!!!
Democrats: I.Here.There.Are.Infinity.Sexes!!

that's how it works, right?

Posted by: s_tenhoff at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (2waQ7)

12 twitchy said she's going to a different job for trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)
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And we allll know that that means! Heh heh

Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)

13 The conservative props passed because the fake ballots they stuffed in only had votes for legislators, and in some cases also governors.

It's too difficult to keep all the local offices and ballot props straight without totally giving the game away.

Same thing happened in 2020.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (G5zYf)

14 Over my big, veiny balls! Unconstitutional!

Posted by: Shemale Judge at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Ssbab)

15 It's going to be a replay of Prop 8 anywhere they can get away with it.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (yFLFB)

16 Can't wait to see Dem meeting separated by sex for the muslims while the troons wine about it outside.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (nEUC6)

17 A lot of Hispanic and Muslim voters are solid NO’s on anything smelling of transgeder, as well as gay or lesbian.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Gqar8)

18 Hi! Susie Wiles gone???
Posted by: Moonbeam

I'll repost what I posted last thread ...
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:36 PM (F3Dlr)

19 Yep. In my state, the Left got pretty much everything they wanted, except this one thing. So....riots.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (0MjtC)

20 ***Despite the Blue Wave, Blue States Voted to Restrict Girls' Sports for Girls
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Strange isn't it? It's almost as if a hidden hand had a specific focus and left the balance untouched.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (EYrlY)

21 >>A lot of Hispanic and Muslim voters are solid NO’s on anything smelling of transgeder, as well as gay or lesbian.

You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)

22 Willowed:
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)
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My wife told me there were like 2.5 million ballots found in Texas for El-Sayed.

Ready to be found in the trunk of cars, I guess.

Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)

23 DSA candidates largely ran on affordable housing, Medicare for All, childcare for all, moratoriums on AI data centers and abolishing ICE, Siddique said.
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Until the 2028 election is decided every vote is performance art.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Y4nh3)

24 Colorado can fuck itself up the ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)

25 To take out their frustrations, they'll just shoot up a school or nightclub. Or beat a 90 year old to death with a bat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Ta4DE)

26 "prepare yourself for some grumbling."

Ready. I could even do disgruntling. I'm chuffed. I'm jacked to the tits.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

27
Go to the doctor and show their private parts? Just give a saliva sample. Your male DNA is proclaimed in every cell of your body.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (mmrXZ)

28 Colorado can fuck itself up the ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)
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And probably wants to.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Fi81e)

29 and let's not buy the claim that most congressional dems will be moderate. these are the same people who vote to raise taxes at every opportunity, gave us the assault weapon ban and obamacare, and they'' try to get their green new deal one page at a time if they can. and a welcome mat on our side of the rio grande

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

30 >>My wife told me there were like 2.5 million ballots found in Texas for El-Sayed.

That's a very unique way of winning in Michigan.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (/izzV)

31 21

You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)

Eh, maybe. Was thinking more of Ahmed at the 7-11.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8)

32 "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."
_________

It's very odd, then, that this was never ever an issue in the decades we had girls' sports before Big Tranny.

We never before knew how to tell Joe and Jane apart other than a deep body cavity search.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

33 For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

Now do away with physicals for boys before playing football. Ya f'n dumbass.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (zFF15)

34 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (2614e)

35 >>Go to the doctor and show their private parts? Just give a saliva sample. Your male DNA is proclaimed in every cell of your body.

For 99.999% we can just look at them in their street clothes and know.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (/izzV)

36 >> For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

Now do the Scoliosis Testing.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (/izzV)

37 I'd love to see how many of the ballots were filled out only voting for names and not referendums.

THAT would be a tell........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (2614e)

38 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

39 I'll repost what I posted last thread ...
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick
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Nice.
And Steven Miller as replacement recalls the old song, 'Tighten Up'.

Anyway, best of all to Susie and for the gang around the Oval,
get ready. Maybe he'll kick the VP's butt along the way?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (EYrlY)

40 >> mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states

Careful.

That reads like a romance novel to the likes of Cory Booker and ace.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (/izzV)

41 38 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

Have you heard of any big vote fraud investigation initiatives?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Gqar8)

42 Yep, just made up bullscat. Nothing in any of these measures says you must look in someone's pants. Big F'ing lie, and of course the media won't call them out.

Birth records are easy, and if there was someone who somehow nobody could tell (I can't even think of how) but a spit test dna would cover it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (n5tGW)

43 I didn't find much bitching about voting (they're still riding the Blue wave high), but this made me think of the GOPe.

Trans girls, have you ever experienced a situation where you felt physically weaker than cis girls?

70% of trans girls on HRT or blockers that I've known were damn near osteoporosis levels of fraility

I haven't even started hrt and I've met women stronger than me

I visited my hometown and saw one of my high school friends. She’s a construction worker and good GOD she could pick me up and snap me like a twig with just two fingers.

I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell. I'm at least on par with most cis girls, but if they work out at all, they've definitely got me beat.

I play roller derby, so I feel weaker than cis women all the time. I'm stronger than some other skaters, but every time I get knocked on my ass its a reminder that the bigots trying to keep me out of my sport don't know what they are talking about.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (AF7Ff)

44 They cheated like hell. There were other factors, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (Ta4DE)

45 twitchy:

Wiles, the first woman to hold the post and the person who ran Trump's 2024 campaign, is moving over to his political operation.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (CWTWj)

46 The bollards are going up in London around the pedestrian streets for Christmas. Someone on X called them "Allahu Ackbarriers", which is a *fantastic* coinage.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)

47 The donks that have been "elected" are lunatic wakadoodles, without any moderation or brakes.

This is not going to be a pleasant two years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (XV/Pl)

48 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)

49 >>Have you heard of any big vote fraud investigation initiatives?

No, lots of chatter but no announced investigations yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (viF8m)

50 Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)

—-

In 2008 Illinois voted for Obama 61-37.

In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.

A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.

Also in 2010 if you recall Scot Brown was elected in Massachusetts in the special election. He won by 5. That was only 13 months after Obama won Mass by 36.

This type of thing does happen.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (O3eDY)

51 What percentage of transgender males are at risk for testicular cancer? Also what percentage of transgender women are at risk for ovarian cancer?

People need to start asking these questions because right now the risk to both of them are so great how come no one is thinking of the transgenders?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (9bpxs)

52 Instead of the greys and blues of the War of Unpleasantness in 1861, we shall have the wars of boas, pick sparkly drag queens vs black burkas and mo gowns on men. Either/or shall win as they implody all over Congress.

These are the radicals of the Dim party, and this party of buffoons should be so proud to where they've gone since the days of JFK.

I'd HOPED that Dims would see this coming, but, nooooooo they voted D anyway like retarded robots.

I shall go make dinner early so I can have white whine later as it is Friday, I think. I am not depressed as I have a rule, too, of not drinking while depressed.

I read an anthropology study today of a 30yr old womman (Dim fem) who hates her husband, her children, and her life and is becoming an alcoholic. Some advised AA. Most advised to divorce the misogynist. I didn't read it all but don't think they said to go Clancy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (hzuYO)

53 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

54 the "come home sane blue dogs" are about to be told to shut the fuck up phobes"

and fuck em....enjoy the female penis assholes....

this gun's retired.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Int1s)

55 Trannies are irrelevant. They've worked through all their utility.

"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

56 Except... there are paper records of children's sexes. Even if a student "really believes he's a girl," doctors still have to know if he's more likely to suffer from testicular cancer or ovarian cancer

I often thought of starting a non-profit to cure trannies with penises for ovarian cancer.

Don't donate. You're called bad names.
And I have Canadian human rights tribunals. There are 4 lights in the room I think.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Sco7b)

57 I'll say it again, race, ethnic, religious and cultural differences are all intraspecies variations.

This is not a general endorsement of taxonomy, but just a use of it as a model of category, but sexual differences on the same scale are supra-family, and supra-kingdom.

Sexual differences are something we owe for everybody than can participate in the discussion.

Pretending that "discrimination on the basis of [intraspecies differences--mere "accidents" of geography, mostly]" and "discrimination on the basis of an OBVIOUS FUNCTIONAL and PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE" are the "same thing" is a sign of our slide into Intentional Cretinism.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

58 53 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

I would drive across the country to watch Angel Reese get fucking power bombed through the hoop by Karl Malone in a fucking dress.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)

59 They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett

What, that gay men who play the woman in bed should be surgically altered to better resemble women?

This, too, is the societal effect of allowing more than one concurrent wife per man: castration of the unmarried.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (vJrRc)

60 "I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell. I'm at least on par with most cis girls, but if they work out at all, they've definitely got me beat."

A lie or one hell of an outlier soy boy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (ftFVW)

61 Trannies are irrelevant. They've worked through all their utility.

"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yep. Used and abused.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (Ta4DE)

62 >>>
If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott
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I'm not delusional.

What happened? A coup was effectively initiated.
Why? Simple; China is at war with us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (EYrlY)

63 55 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

Eh they are a self-licking ice cream cone programmed to the edge of homicidal certainty by the media....defusing that bomb on the left's part will be fun to watch.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (Int1s)

64 My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

65 Trans issues are bad for the Dem party. So, those behind the steal made the trans issues lose for the Party's own good. By taking it out of the hands of the politicians, they can't hurt themselves.

It's like not letting children play with knives.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (8mulE)

66 [ Incoming Democrat governor] Weiser "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations

...so they'll wait a year.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (oh+I7)

67 Well...if DSA (aka Commies) show up at my house, the civil war will get very uncivil very quickly.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (2WIwB)

68 A universal truth is that Money Talks. Even DSA creatures can be bought off, and the Old Guard Communists have the means. We will see some “ moderation” in the coming months. Bank on it.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (Gqar8)

69 Trannies are so 2023. Muslims are the lefts hot ticket item now.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)

70 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
Posted by: ace

Wait until both sides meet the Head Chopper Party.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (zFF15)

71 I saw Castration of the Unmarried open for
Motionless in White back in 1999 I think it was the amphitheater in Syracuse

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (9bpxs)

72 'When we said 'Free Palestine,' that was not a popular sentiment among Americans 10 years ago, but now it is, and majorities of Americans across parties support a full arms embargo against the state of Israel.'

There is no such place.

I mean, Palestine, Texas is pretty free, for now.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (2614e)

73 Aha! I have found the pinhole leak in the master bath ceiling. It was, of course, not that near where the drip emerged. I had to cut a series of holes following it back.

Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (4NO2D)

74 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
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My theory?

I think most Dumocrap voters have no idea how radical their candidates or their party has become on trans issues. Or they refuse to believe it.

A significant percent of Democrap votes are also gimmedats, or who otherwise see a personal economic advantage in voting Democrap, but are otherwise culturally modeate.

So I don't think it's unusual for someone to vote Dem and also "no" on trans issues.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

75 The obvious solution is a "League of Their Own", but we all know that's not the issue; they want to force their way into girls' locker rooms and women's bathrooms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

76 This sounds familiar, right?? Like, in 2020, when biden received a much greater vote count compared to all other democrat candidates and ballot items, right?? This smells like chicanery again. (or I'm just still in the denial phase)

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (ZRkCF)

77 I think the DSA won't have any power. The dems won too many seats so don't even have to consider them. They will use them for the cameras but I don't see them having to roll over for them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (n5tGW)

78 46 The bollards are going up in London around the pedestrian streets for Christmas. Someone on X called them "Allahu Ackbarriers", which is a *fantastic* coinage.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)

Yeah, that was Alister Hilton. He's good.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (kX27y)

79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

80 69 Trannies are so 2023. Muslims are the lefts hot ticket item now.
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)

Yep.

I saw an election night podcast where two democrats were on. They both said yeah we need to put the woke stuff behind us.

Hating Jews and AI is the not new thing.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (O3eDY)

81 Now I am trying to decide whether to take out enough wall to replace the entire length of PEX pipe, or just slap a rubber patch and hose clamp on it to buy time for the coming complete replumb of the house.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)

82 y'all nooded...adios Wiles. best of luck Miller! He was with Trump since 2015!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)

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

Two years too late ... but I'll take it, if only for the exploding MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia heads.

Trump is the worst Sexist, Racist, and Anti-Semite evah ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (YvRjL)

83 79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

Why don't we see more trans "males" compete in men's sports?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

84
My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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

Not what we would call a verbatim translation of the relevant Quranic verse, but your understanding makes you an honorable member of ahl Qitab, yaa sadiq.

Posted by: Your New Muslim Overlords at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

85 I keep saying wall when I mean ceiling, which is what makes this job even more annoying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (4NO2D)

86 79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

Yeah in women's sports of course but just how many trans men boys whatever have been successful playing in boys sports? I think the answer is zero although if they did play they would probably be a lot of injuries

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)

87 The lefty focus on trannies is nothing short of bizarre. It's Exhibit A in their desire to make empathy for every mentally ill person a social cause akin to civil rights.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (rnoq1)

88 53 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And women’s soccer.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)

89 More, before you can play any High School or College sport, you need to get a Medical form signed by your Doctor.

The system already exists.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (mP0Kj)

90 Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8)

91 I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell.

Boy, did she marry well!

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (oh+I7)

92 Why don't we see more trans "males" compete in men's sports?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Shhhhh, you're not supposed to ask that question.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (ftFVW)

93 50 In 2008 Illinois voted for Obama 61-37.

In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.

A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.
==

Yes, but IL had GOP governors in the 90s and a senator as recently as 2005. It wasn't unheard of like recent TX history.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)

94 Imagine a world without Israel. Finally peace. All should want that!

Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (fE4hz)

95 Gad Saad has written a book on the subject, saying "empathy" has been elevated to a social virtue above all others and it's killing western civilization

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (rnoq1)

96 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)
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A "democracy" implies a country or government structure to read in the people's votes.

Socialism + nation = fascism. You can add on the intentionality of "internationalism", but until internationalism is made manifest it is simply aspirational Marxism using the elements of fascism.

However the thing that makes fascism the ideology of fascism and not nearly a functional fascist-equivalent is the comfort with the inevitability of a government structure and a repurposing of the government toward "The Greatest Good" as the ~~people~~government construe it.

No communism, outside of the Khmer Rouge ever involved anything like "communes" (where they shot you, anyway). That's what a "rush to communism" would look like: we're going to take you all out into the woods and force you into farming communes, because the other indolent forms have procrastinated on that.

The goal of the pre-stage of communism is to remake man to live in free communes.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

97 >>I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell.

That right there is a scissor that will never cut straight.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (/izzV)

98 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And women’s soccer.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)
______

Agree, that too. But at least we only have to hear about those loathsome loudmouth lesbians (3L?) every four years, and a lot less since the most loathsomely loudmouthed of all of them retired.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

99 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

I have a friend who is very left wing. We’ve been friends along time and we argue politics too. But he’s what I’d call a sane leftist. He believes in taxing evil billionaires and free everything from the govt. But he is opposed to trannies in girls sports. Also surprisingly not 100% opposed to guns.

He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (O3eDY)

100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)

101 >>Gad Saad has written a book on the subject, saying "empathy" has been elevated to a social virtue above all others and it's killing western civilization

Tolerance.

Tolerance is an evil, not a good.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (/izzV)

102 I think, for accuracy's sake, a healthy number of the Olde Guard GOPe should be lumped in with the "go slow commies."

I mean, if the GOP was honestly motivated to champion the right, they'd have curb stomped the commies years ago. But... they're not motivated to do anything other than line their pockets and push those unwashed masses further up the road towards the camps.

They just smile whereas the left snarls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (RORbl)

103 What else should I be?
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (NtVYv)

104 Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)

105 And of course, while the Left had a use for trannies, they manufactured a shitload of them. But now they've moved on.

It's like it's 2005 and they're a few million 56K modems. Except they no longer have any useful parts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (BI5O2)

106 Another black hole opens up in CA:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.

Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

107 "Democratic Socialists" are functional fascists.

Unless they engage in the act of "remaking man"--which they suggest they would never, ever do! Their push to a "streamlined" "responsive" government is inherently fascist.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

108 Since when did they care about what people think? They just need some court, somewhere, to decide in their favor, like with gay marriage.

Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (uzvUr)

109 "I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell."
______

Bro is either lying or the saddest sack of simping soyboy shit that ever sadly sacked.

Yes yes yes, I know. The power of "and" and all that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

110 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar8)

111 Not sure if it was mentioned but Susie Wiles it out of the White House...Stephen Miller will be replacing her as Chief of Staff...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gb7+b)

112 Prediction: Lefty coaches, teachers, and admins will still place XY individuals in girls sports in the states where the trans enablers lost the ballot initiatives.

After all, what is the downside?

They can just say, "Can you prove that is a boy?", while working at the same time to postpone and equivocate any actual testing for proof until the season is over.

Since 90% of the school employees are Lefties, I am pretty sure that non-enforcement will defeat the actual ballot initiatives.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (HlyYF)

113 No civil war on internal Democrat politics. This will be ironed out (aka as disemboweled) in the courtroom where referendums will be nulled. Such is the way of the tantrum class within the DNC.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)

114 If you use obscure Linux distros, nota bene at Tom's Hardware:

"Combined flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password! emergency fixes for OpenSSH and musl-libc issued for millions of systems, patch immediately."

Stupidest vuln evah!!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 A world without Israel would mean the Islamists have hit one of their goals...their final goal is complete control of the entire world, a world free of non-muzzies, gays, trannies, and any other belief or political system.

Only a fool would think otherwise.

https://youtu.be/Hvz0TOm0zgI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

116 Yes, but IL had GOP governors in the 90s and a senator as recently as 2005. It wasn't unheard of like recent TX history.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)

It was still a 25 point swing.

Which by the way swung right back the next election.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (O3eDY)

117 Islam gives YOU three choices.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar8)

118 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
====================
I predict the biggest users of this program will be members of the state legislature, government employees, and illegal aliens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (rnoq1)

119 Below: Leftists complain about "girls having to show their genitals" and trans extremists whine about being "betrayed" by their leftwing allies.

The especially stupid part about all of this is the WA state law (and I assume other laws that were just passed) simply requires a sports physical from the athlete's GP verifying the athlete's biological sex.

I predict that some activist doctors will advertise they'll sign anything put in front of them. You say you're a girl? Yep, you're a girl.

Requirement fulfilled. Now the tranny's a girl.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (mkw2N)

120 Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)
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I think their rejection of God, opens them up to spirits which are inherently anti-Jew, as an expression.

I think the Lord has determined this to be a stripe of their color. The same way he knew that human's could not control themselves but to fulfil Zacharia's prophesy that Israel would be a "cup of trembling for the nations".

The Lord plays N-dimensional chess.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)

121 Yeah in women's sports of course but just how many trans men boys whatever have been successful playing in boys sports? I think the answer is zero although if they did play they would probably be a lot of injuries

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)

There was that gal in Texas I think it was, that was pretending to be a boy. She was on the HS wrestling team and all loaded up on testosterone. She did pretty well on the mat, but there were some boys who refused to get out there with her.

I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (8mulE)

122 Sid is the least convincing of our fake trolls, and in bad taste besides. Less convincing than that Vermont woman thing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (4NO2D)

123 Israel is a real country. They won't lose to Iran like our fake country.

Let 'em cook.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (BI5O2)

124 >>He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.

I would suggest your friend is in the minority.

Democrats didn't just win a wave election, they added 20 million votes over the 2022 midterms while the Republican vote was flat over 2022 so these were mostly new voters.

That's a lot of votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

125 Sid and his ilk don’t realize that killing the Jews is just step 1 for Muslims. Step 2 is killing every other non Muslim.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (O3eDY)

126 117 Islam gives YOU three choices.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar

See Ref: Hobson's choice...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (l3cgK)

127 Am I missing something? Will there be any professional or legal consequence to activist doctors affirming whatever sex the patient claims to be?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (mkw2N)

128 Not to be a downer, but even with all the famous infighting on the soviet side- they still destroyed the right first and started purging the general populace BEFORE they killed each other off.

So, it is not a matter of them killing each other off and leaving us an opportunity- they can walk and chew gum at the same time.

We have to make our own opportunity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (QX8aE)

129 I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
-----

They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)

130 94 Imagine a world without Israel. Finally peace. All should want that!

Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM

If the Jihadists murdered all of the Jews, they would then focus on murdering more of their fellow Muslims in the pursuit of more power for THEIR particular sect within the Muslim world.

Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (HlyYF)

131 Maybe these next two years can allow for a subset of the Republican Party to become like a Conservative DSA (minus the socialism of course goes without saying) and in those two years maybe flourish enough to overcome the incredibly toxic bullshit of today's left.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (9bpxs)

132 106 Another black hole opens up in CA:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.

Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.

·
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Note, you can use a Post Office Box as your official address... and use a mail forwarding service (like I did for an out of State LLC many moons ago).

Worse, once you are on the voter rolls, you can stay there even if you are an Ex Patriot, and live outside the country.

They will literally mail your ballot to an overseas address.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (mP0Kj)

133 They changed the wifi at work. Dammit. Farewell, zZuos- you will be missed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (QX8aE)

134 How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

So that's about 2500 homes?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Sco7b)

135 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
________________________

BUT, get out your checkbook, because FIRST you have to acquire a mandatory $45,000 soil sample test from the local government.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (dIske)

136 My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

137 Sid is a troll.

All trolls are Average Joe.

Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

138 Reminder:
There is no "safe state" any more.
The left can and will overwhelm your state if we don't win in 2028.
If you think your deep, deep red state is safe, and you don't have to worry, all you're doing is counting the days until the alligator eats you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Aug7T)

139 If the Jihadists murdered all of the Jews, they would then focus on murdering more of their fellow Muslims in the pursuit of more power for THEIR particular sect within the Muslim world.

Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.
-----

That's the way they've always done it. One way or the other, they stay busy.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

140 Time to form a new Party??? Well, someone had to say it !

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)

141 I would suggest your friend is in the minority.

-

He may well be. But only a minority is needed.

Say a state is 55-45 D/R.

If 45 of the Rs vote no on trannies, you only need 6/55 Ds to vote no and it’s no overall.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (O3eDY)

142 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

Look here, missy! You can just GFY with all that noise!!!

Posted by: David Hogg at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (2614e)

143 129 I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
-----

They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)

Trotskyites vs Leninists.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

144 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)

145
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal

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

But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.

I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

146 Zerohedge. Yeah. Just avoid the comment section.

The backlash against data centers across the West is particularly troubling given the Trump administration's plans to expand the US power grid, rebuild the industrial base, and accelerate economic growth to escape the country's debt trap. Yet the Democrats in the US, who have joined forces with socialists and socialist reformists, are attempting to derail the buildout and pop the investment cycle.

In Amsterdam, far-left activists had their list of causes, protesting both the environmental cost of data centers and Microsoft's ties to Israel. That raises a broader question: Who stands to benefit if the West fails to build data centers and power plants it needs to revitalize a hallowed-out industrial base?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

147 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
---
There's no doubt, you have a rigor to you.

I bet you plank like nobody's business. (Which would be an odd business....)

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

148 Democrats will of course overreach, but we really can't just keep doing what we're doing and expect to be given the keys again.

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (BotSl)

149 What would happen if girls invaded boy's locker rooms and openly laughed at the size of their appendages?

Would this reverse the crap of men pretending to be girls? There will be some tallywhacking going on if they try this with my granddaughters. I will hunt them down.

Of course, there's the trans wimps who can't win at sports competing with other males. Have to get their trophies beating girls at sports. They are probably used to being laughed at and it wouldn't solve the problem.

Riley Gaines is a heroine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)

150 144 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)

Why in the world would he slow down? He is in deep YOLO country now, runner.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (Gqar8)

151 The culture hasn't changed, it's still making baby steps towards the right. Democrats don't understand this and it (might) be their undoing.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

152 @139 I think the more likely scenario is that Jews will murder all the Jihadis. Like they are doing in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (AKptf)

153 100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM

Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.

It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)

154 That raises a broader question: Who stands to benefit if the West fails to build data centers and power plants it needs to revitalize a hallowed-out industrial base?

-

A real mystery indeed.

Posted by: China at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (O3eDY)

155 MN has lost its mind -

Jason Robertson
@JRobFromMN
·
6h
While everyone in Minnesota is still talking about the statewide races, look at who just flipped House District 14A in St. Cloud by 593 votes...

Abdi Daisane (DFL) won 9,163 to 8,570.

He owns Blooming Kids Child Care Center, which has collected over $7.29 Million in Taxpayer CCAP childcare subsidies since 2018,(plus another ~$598k in food program claims through Partners in Nutrition)

And the State has hit it with 16 DHS licensing violations since July 2024...unsupervised kids, infant sleep safety failures, prohibited discipline, unclean space, and a background study fine.

To be clear,(no criminal charges against him)...this is all LEGAL subsidy money and the State's own inspection reports.

Now he heads to St. Paul to vote on the budgets and oversight rules for the EXACT system paying his business.

What are we even doing here?

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

156 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)

157 They're going to try to jail him. Fuck it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)

158 There was that gal in Texas I think it was, that was pretending to be a boy. She was on the HS wrestling team and all loaded up on testosterone. She did pretty well on the mat, but there were some boys who refused to get out there with her.

I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.
------

If she wrestled at all at college, it would have been a junior college or Division 3 equivalent of a school. Division one wrestling is a murderer's row of elite talent.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)

159 Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

160 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)
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He's gonna Fly Like an Eagle.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

161 145
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal

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But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.

I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

are you talking about Mohammed's two final revelations regarding eating pork and drinking booze being a-okay?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

162 > My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)

163 If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott

Go look at the primary vote totals. It shifted in a few months, not two years.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (0U5gm)

164 Where have you gone, General Fran-co-co?
Half the nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Posted by: Paul Simon at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (3/XaG)

165 I think most Dumocrap voters have no idea how radical their candidates or their party has become on trans issues. Or they refuse to believe it.
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The Dem base doesn't care.
The 2024 Trump voters who voted D in 2026, didn't believe it; had no reason to believe it.
Who was the ones telling them about all the radical stuff the Dems believed?
The party that lied and lied and lied about all the things they would do the second they had Congress and the White House in 2024.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (Aug7T)

166 >>If 45 of the Rs vote no on trannies, you only need 6/55 Ds to vote no and it’s no overall.

I get all that. Where did the 20 million new Democrat voters come from?

Again, the total Republican votes increased about 1 million from 2022 which is normal and doesn't suggest Republican voters were upset and flipped to Democrat. Somehow the Democrats found 20 million new votes across the country and it seems all of them are like your friend.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

167 It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
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No it's made up of Lie a Lot About Actually Wanting Communism and Lie Only a Little About Actually Wanting Communism.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (MPtWl)

168
Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove

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Let them do their worst. We need to see what it is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)

169 Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.

Posted by: tubal
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I think the Ottoman Empire would like a word.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)

170 157 They're going to try to jail him. Fuck it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)

I'm sure that's why Stephen Miller took the job - he has nothing to lose at this point...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Gb7+b)

171
So the question is, what can we as Morons do to stoke the fires of Donkey Civil War?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (y9nCu)

172 Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (rnoq1)

173 153 100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM

Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.

It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)

At one point, Sandy Eggo Fire Dept lowered the weight requirements that a woman has to carry by something like 40 or 50 lbs...like being a woman magically makes someone she's carrying that much lighter...there was pushback, as I recall.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

174 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)

He better take the money and run.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Oy/m2)

175 Affordability!!

Posted by: Guy Who Shouts A Word at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)

176 Holy shitballs that is some serious thunder and lighting.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

177 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.
Posted by: tubal

She at least had an in-universe reason for being able to do it.

Everyone who copied Whedon didn't bother to try to justify the obvious oddity.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (vJrRc)

178 45 days is even longer than two weeks

Posted by: azjaeger at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (3/XaG)

179
Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"
Posted by: Stateless

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GOOD. Bill Gates Mao meets his Red Guard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

180 Yes, I'm sure. Absent Israel, the world will know peace as it did between 135-1948AD

This is known to historians as "The Golden Millennium," when man lived in brotherhood with man, no blood was drawn in wrath, and nobody knew the bitter taste of gefilte fish.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

181 The margins that were involved in the red states flipping were quite large. That is probably the only reason people weren't screaming " election fraud it was rigged"'
Hinojosa won election by 700000 votes

Texans hated Trump accept it.
And it will show in 2028. His stench will longer. Vance is already bailing and the proTrumpers like Ace will not accept that. Rubio? Too pro Iran war. The next candidate will have to be announced by the King
But that oil will be toxic
I took my 300$ predictit winnings and put it on Ossoff at 5 to 1

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (VJWY3)

182 So the question is, what can we as Morons do to stoke the fires of Donkey Civil War?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

==

Ace has hinted at this before, but I almost if the realy key to all of this Republicans becoming registered Democrats and just making it some sort of centrist party.

I just have so little faith in the Republican Party holding the line

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)

183 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM

True dat, Piper!

OTOH: God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.

There are a ton of 'ettes that when bearing the firearm of their choice, could defeat Antifa "males" against even 1:10 odds.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (HlyYF)

184 159 Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

Maybe it should be "F**K Palestine, Free AI"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

185 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal
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This, too, is the story of anime.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

186 Email I got from Kevin Kiley announcing his loss. He's right - if Prop 50 hadn't passed, he would have won.
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I’m proud of the race we ran. We had to fight back, and we did, harder than anyone expected, forcing our opponents to pull out all the stops in the final weeks. The support you provided every step of the way was nothing short of amazing and gave us a chance to defy the odds.

And we decisively won the areas I currently represent, those that are part of both the old and new district. Extrapolating those results, if there were no Prop. 50 we would likely have won and been the only non-Democrat in the country elected in a district that competitive.

I suppose it would be natural to feel bitterness about all of this. And if I’m being honest, I do to some extent. But mainly, what I feel is gratitude.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (kX27y)

187 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO

This will be a Trump 3.0 - faster, stronger , more ruthless and effective Trump!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (AKptf)

188 Did none of these people not play interscholastic sports? You get examined and cleared to play by a physician before every season. There's literally a pants-down hernia check.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ssz2a)

189
Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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I'm not sure where she lives, but I bet she runs for office before long. (She does have a young kid and probably intends to have more, so I could be wrong.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)

190 This trans stuff is so out of hand.

It's mental illness, and we are bowing to it.

I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)

191 162 > My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)

Popping out babies she could do better, and I consider that a form of athleticism...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

192 I bet you plank like nobody's business. (Which would be an odd business....)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e

Ha! Well, it kind of is my actual business. There is a lot of planking in my world!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

193 I just have so little faith in the Republican Party holding the line

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)
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I do not have enough faith to believe in the Republican Party as a thing.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

194 Sorry for posts.

Instapundit.

SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)

195 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)

196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

197 Schumer loses a 2nd vote - via X...

"Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.

Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”

JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”"

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)

198 Susie Wiles might be the first of many changes. You'd expect that after any midterm, and especially after an election pasting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (rnoq1)

199 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)

200 RNC Research posted the interview video...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)

201 196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

He's a total dumbass "Bro", and drunk all the time. I know that because I've seen him on SNL.

Posted by: Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (9ZFZd)

202 Instapundit.

SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)
___________

I care so little about Salon that I don't even know what it was. A blog? Website? I'm pretty sure it was like Cuckland, full of cucks.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

203 196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

Probably gonna be something to do with the money - $1T to $1.5T in one budget year - probably some misuse somewhere, and they'll claim he's the boss who approved it...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Gb7+b)

204 Miller time?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (AKptf)

205 Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (VJWY3)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (2614e)

206
Meh, I'll believe there's a Democrat civil war when the trannies start shooting up Democrat meetings or take out Dim pols.

And the Commies start murdering Democrat "slow commie" CEOs ala Luigi.

That's what they themselves said should how outraged and intent they were on having their way.

No, I don't support shooting or murdering people for their politics.

But, nor do I believe there's a serious Democrat split until we see them treat their opponents like they treat conservatives/Republicans. Their own rules, you know.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (YSUhf)

207 It's mental illness, and we are bowing to it.

I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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Jonathan Haidt, almost a decade ago, pointed out how modern politics is advocacy for a more neurotic point of view, such as being "triggered" by more things.

Rather than working toward less compulsion by outside forces and owning your own reactions, which is where responsible therapists try to move their clients.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

208 Thanks autocorrect. S/B: Millennia, not Millenium

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)

209 A smart left would let the more centrist part of the party control things for a while as the consolidate power.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (qCV5n)

210
should = show

Stupid fingers!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)

211 El-Sayed said he was going to "mandate vaccines".

I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...

But I'm scared he meant that.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

212 211 El-Sayed said he was going to "mandate vaccines".

I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...

But I'm scared he meant that.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

Elf sez what?? Preening for the commies.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar8)

213 Stupid fingers!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)
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Blame well placed!

Posted by: Benjamin Libet at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)

214 Schumer needs 51 and he's already lost 2...I expect a preference cascade by the new Senator-elects keeps him out (aka, he can only be leader with R votes, and Rs won't help)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gb7+b)

215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?

Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)

216 199 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM

For American patriots that love the eagle.

https://tinyurl.com/2n58cbs8

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (HlyYF)

217 208 Thanks autocorrect. S/B: Millennia, not Millenium
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)

METALLICA!!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (9bpxs)

218
God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot

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That would make the absolute coolest ad ever. And it's not illegal to advertise guns! But guess why you don't see it? Gutless networks and media services.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (mmrXZ)

219 The left is going to lose their shit!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (AKptf)

220 There are numerous different election machines our so I’m not exactly sure how they all work, but I assume many, if not most, have an option to vote a straight ticket for a party.

If a voter only votes straight ticket on a machine then I also have to assume ballot questions and referendum will not be automatically selected as there is no party involved.

So it stands to reason you will get a lot of ballots with those parts blank because the voter voted straight ticket and then skipped the rest of the ballot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

222 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)

223 Speaking of civil war, what disturbs me is that so many Americans voted for people who campaigned on harassing, jailing, silencing, and killing other Americans.

It's demonic.

Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (4BPLk)

224 221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

Yeah, but he took the money and ran.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar8)

225 And thus you a much more accurate reading on the electorate choices

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (9bpxs)

226 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.
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Trump has had his best wins when he's had to only fight Dems.
And his losses have all come because he's been fighting Republicans.

And there are no Republicans left to fight ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Aug7T)

227 >>Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

Same thing they went after him on before, following illegal orders.

Mark Kelly, one the seditious 6, is saying that 6 of the 8 charges against Hegseth are following illegal orders. And who gave him those illegal orders? His boss. Donald Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

228 If she wrestled at all at college, it would have been a junior college or Division 3 equivalent of a school. Division one wrestling is a murderer's row of elite talent.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)

It was Mack Beggs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Beggs

He did not compete in the 2018–2019 collegiate wrestling season due to double mastectomy surgery.[

lol

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (8mulE)

229 I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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I was at my former local haunt during the Texas/OU football game a couple weeks ago. The layout for the restrooms is a little odd, so dudes are occasionally heading towards the ladies rooms (there are 2 separate rooms with one seat each) instead of turning short and going into the men's.

One dude headed towards the ladies and I attempted to get their attention. I wasn't able to. When they came out, I pointed at the door and said "Men's room."

"I'M NOT A MAN!!!!"

"Woah......I'm sorry."

It went back to it's table and commenced to pissing about me calling her a man. The First Lady ended up interjecting their piss fest and said "It was an HONEST MISTAKE. He apologized. It's done!"

The 'lady' dressed, walked and presented 'herself' as a 16 year old boy with the dress, walk and almost flattop hair.

You present yourself to the world as a teenage boy, don't get pissed when the world looks and says "Look. There's a boy."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (2614e)

230 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
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* tries hard to think of a Swingtown reference ... *

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

231
The Steve Miller comments are Your Saving Grace for this thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)

232 Oh, I have a ballot question in mind for States with citizen-reffered amendment initiatives.

It's a real doozy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

233 Referred. FFS.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

234 He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

The ARNP I support is just the same. And she did vote for the most liberal candidates and for the income tax. But against the trannys.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (yVYSZ)

235 Come on you guys remember that Steve Miller song "And thus you get a much more accurate reading on electorate choices". Man it was a huge hit!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (9bpxs)

236 The Steve Miller comments are Your Saving Grace for this thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)

Abracadabra!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (2614e)

237 I once got into a friendly argument with a very athletic girl in the prime of her life. I'm considerably older than her.

She finally says "so you think if I got you in an arm lock, you could get free?" I said I'm sure I could.

So we test the theory. I gave her my arm to "lock" it. Ready? 1, 2, 3 ... and I pull free so easily it shocks her. We do it again, this time she's holding harder. Same result.

Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

238 215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?
Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)

Neither should have to with DNA testing as widespread and easy go do today.

But the reason they are not mentioning boys is because this was about girl’s sports and there are very few female to male transgenders trying out for the boy’s teams because they are crazy, not stupid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (6ydKt)

239 I swear, my new phone's autocorrect couldn't be any worse if AI hallucinated the entire English language.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

240 Breaking News: With the Blue Wave, Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke announces he has not ruled out another run for office.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

241 Hey here's my cock. Now let me get back to my woman's volleyball game.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (9bpxs)

242 One good thing about the New Left taking leadership away from the Old Guard is, those were the ones who know the rules and procedure.

Which, used to matter.

But then I remember the Obamacare committee markup and "There are no rules here, we make it up as we go."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (Aug7T)

243 Pedo adjacent Weiner won Pelosi's seat despite her stumping for his communist opponent.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (rB4CC)

244 I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.
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Sexed pronouns exist not because we have endless "second names", but it seemed a minimal accommodation for the way that people wanted their sex acknowledged.

"Personal pronouns" is stupid. You share your sexed pronouns with ~4 billion people.

That ain't in no way "personal". It simply recognizes a difference society chose to recognize.

Nobody decided "I want my wealth recognized in pronouns" to get richhim/richher pronouns.

Second-name to remember, "personal pronouns" is not how pronoun references aren't meant to work.

They are shorthands.

That's my functional objection.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

245 It looks like Colorado narrowly passed two ballot measures regarding transgender stuff. One would prohibit biologic males from participating in K-12 and collegiate girls' sports.

The other would ban surgeries on minors for altering gender characteristics.

I expect both will immediately be challenged in court.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:15-16 at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (qgHp7)

246 Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM

You didn't offer to trade leg scissors holds?

Missed opportunity.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (0sNs1)

247 /off prophetic sock

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (qgHp7)

248 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

This election was not a moratorium on social issues, or the trans kids in sports bills would have swept in blue states. It's not a moratorium on open borders are ok, because several states passed voter ID laws.

It was an election about refuting forever wars, or the ones they look to be like Iran and Ukraine. It was about our politicians (even Trump) not listening to their base, and hugely on economic issues.

But the dems are going to push for the social issues and open borders and health care. The old bugaboos. I wish them well in their folly and hope they achieve none of it, while getting slapped down by voters swinging back to the right in 2028.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)

249 /off prophetic sock
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM

Sometimes it's not that easy.

Posted by: Jonah at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)

250 El-Sayed vaccine mandate excludes muzzies mandatory.
Just the rest of us.
He won't say it but that's what he wants.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (rB4CC)

251 239 I swear, my new phone's autocorrect couldn't be any worse if AI hallucinated the entire English language.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

I turned it off on this iPad.

Which means I throw out a lot more typos but I’m also not fighting iOS on what word I am trying to spell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)

252 Remember the wall to wall coverage about Nolan Wells, the black teen who went missing during a 4th of July outing? Millions of people were absolutely convinced Wells' white friends had killed him for fun.

Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.

Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.

Has anyone heard a peep?

http://tiny.cc/x19d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)

253 Rumor is 30+ dems are considering running for pres in 2028...not a surprise...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Gb7+b)

254 215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?
Posted by: susan harms at

It's all about the bone structure. -Trixie Delight

(What? It's just a twisted Paper Moon reference)

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (T1oyy)

255 >>> 185 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal

Hey! My eyes are up here!

Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)

256 Dallas FC U15 boys beat the brakes off the USWNT.

U15 = 13 and 14 year old boys.

Against grown ass stronk wymans.

So tell me again how its fair to have tranny dudes in girls sports?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 03:27 PM (vr4To)

257 LizLem,

I agree with you 100%

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:28 PM (yVYSZ)

258 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.

There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)

259
Schumer needs 51 and he's already lost 2...I expect a preference cascade by the new Senator-elects keeps him out (aka, he can only be leader with R votes, and Rs won't help)...
Posted by: Nova Local

I think i see the problem. There are enough traitorous surrender monkey GOOe assholes to make that happen.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (yf1gO)

260 The view that Iran is some sort of forever war in my opinion is stupid and retarded and totally leftist. It's stupid to think that because it's not like there are lines combat lines in Iran or boys are over there in trenches fuck that's ridiculous We have our Navy ships in the strait and other places and they're the ones who were going to conduct anything if another kinetic part of the war happens so this fucking forever war it's just bullshit

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (9bpxs)

261 How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)
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Given the price of real estate, it's undercapitalized as well.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (amcLV)

262 They are shorthands.

That's my functional objection.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

It is the mentally ill forcing their delusions on others through societal and legal measures.

It is the Democrat party and the Marxists inverting reality through language and thought control as a means to divide and conquer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

263 One of the biggest illustrations I saw of the difference between males and females came from a guy who looks like an 80-pound weakling.

I don't know who remembers "Not-gay Gerald" from Stephen Crowder's first gang, but when they were on CRTV with a stocky, athletic karate-practicing young lady named Courtney.

There is little doubt that she outweighed NGG. Crowder wanted to illustrate sex differences by having Courtney and NGG trade karate kicks (through a kick pad!).

NGG did not look like he worked out much. But every kick NGG delivered to Courtney required her at least a couple steps back, and she could barely get this guy who she outweighed to rock back on his heels.

And they traded several kicks. He could stagger her, and I think he took one step back through several of her strongest kicks.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)

264 SSBN 656 (G) all the "forever war" talk is nonsense with one exception, always has been. But Trump cultivated/exploited the mass delusion (which extends even into pointy-head Beltway think tank types) to some extent, so something about beds and lying in them.

But no data I've seen supports the idea that the idiotic foreign policy views of voters was a big factor - it was their other idiotic views.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)

265 Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)

Wonder Woman had a lot of assets, no doubt.

But her Achilles heel was that all you had to do was capture her and tie her up and she was helpless as a newborn kitten.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

266 And they traded several kicks. He could stagger her, and I think he took one step back through several of her strongest kicks.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)

I believe NGG is still a part of the show.

Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)

267 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.

That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

268 224 221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

Yeah, but he took the money and ran.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar

*********
Abracadabra, man.

Great, great band of fun times.

We've reached peak Jungle Love followed by Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (hzuYO)

269 - it was their other idiotic views.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)

Swing voters don't even vote their views because they don't have views or they wouldn't be swing voters. They vote feels. Whoever makes them feel smarter to vote for.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (MPtWl)

270 Sorry, I'm being 'that guy', Axeman. it's Not-Gay-Jared.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)

271 "..." yeah well there's that too.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (U/Byj)

272 SwiftKey now owned by microshaft is very good at predicting and fixing based on how you type.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (MPtWl)

273 267 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.

That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

People with little to no impulse control demanding total control of civilizational structure that is dependent on self-control

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)

274 So it turns out my dad told me not to beat up on girls, not because it was unseemly, but because it was just too damn easy.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (qgHp7)

275 I believe NGG is still a part of the show.

Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)
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No, Gerald ??? is a former (college?) tight end athlete and producer and long time personality on his show.

NGG left with a pretty unsavory dispute with Crowder, as Dave Lambeau let on.

It basically amounts to NGG wanted allowances to spend more time with his wife and his newborn than Crowder was willing to accept.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)

276 Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: Wonder Woman

*Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (zFF15)

277 Remember the wall to wall coverage about Nolan Wells, the black teen who went missing during a 4th of July outing? Millions of people were absolutely convinced Wells' white friends had killed him for fun.

Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.

Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.

Has anyone heard a peep?

http://tiny.cc/x19d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)
_______

Are those real names?????

Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

278 Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

I hope you, you know, struggled for 20 or 30 seconds whilst enjoying the...ahhh...opportunity, before escaping.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (2WIwB)

279 Sorry, I'm being 'that guy', Axeman. it's Not-Gay-Jared.
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)
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Nope. Needed correction. I had an inkling his name was different from Gerald's, but it wasn't enough to make me check it.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)

280 Except that it appears one kind of "swing" voter, some Hispanics, in fact do swing for specific reasons. Still stupid, and feellzzz, but specific. Immigration enforcement.

If the administration kicks off the long overdue effort to end the employment magnet (go after employers), continues its criminal deportations, and continues to squeeze from every side (welfare eligibility, etc), 2 more years might have some lasting impact. Deterring intending invaders via results is critical, and that relies on results.

Unless of course the country, as seems likely+, puts a Dem in the WH in '28. Then, fuggetaboutit, in general.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (U/Byj)

281 > *Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.

Did you see the Citi Bank plaza shooter? Big old fat man boobs swinging in the breeze. Got shot like a dog by a sneaky security guard.

http://tiny.cc/i29d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (mkw2N)

282 *Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM

Given such things are called pasties, may I suggest using pastes, instead of places, in your statement?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (0sNs1)

283 It will be interesting to see if they can actually securitize those California mortgages under existing Fannie/Freddie/MBS rules. I believe Having the state put down part of the down payment places them in a different risk tranche (unless that consider it a gift and not repayable in any form). They also have to ensure that irrespective the mortgagee can actually afford the loan.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (63An5)

284 The Dems will be drunk with power, overreach, fuck everyrhing they can up and then blame President Trump.

And the GOPe will refuse to defend the President and we will lose the White House too.

Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)

285 Schmuckie Tumor emboldened the tent to allow Nazis so how is that going?

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.
Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”
JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (ndZc7)

286 Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit

In the comments on police dashcam videos it's common to just call the perps "Felontavius", but it's honestly hard to keep parody ahead of reality in that field.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

287 Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit
Posted by: Elric The Blade

NY Jets starting secondary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (Ta4DE)

288 http://tiny.cc/i29d101

Posted by: bonhomme

Dayum.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (zFF15)

289 And the State has hit it with 16 DHS licensing violations since July 2024...unsupervised kids, infant sleep safety failures, prohibited discipline, unclean space, and a background study fine.

Buried lede: the fraudulent daycare actually had clients.

Didn't this guy know you don't have to run a legitimate business (however badly) to scam money out of the government?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (vJrRc)

290 258 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.

There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)

Puts us in a tough spot. If we don't enforce immigration law, we lose. And if we enforce it, we also lose.

Hopefully, there is some way to thread the needle. Could be that there is some percentage of the population that cannot countenance the kind of physical confrontations and shootings ICE has had with instigators. Not sure how best to handle that, if so.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (HFrEr)

291 It's funny, but in the 80s I was reading how some academics wanted to recognize "conservatism" as some sort of mental issue.

I used to resist Michael Savage's expressed viewpoint that "Liberalism was a mental disease" for the sake of amity. Over the years, I've dropped more and more reservations about it.

False amity is false amity.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

292 Given such things are called pasties, may I suggest using pastes, instead of places, in your statement?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

😁😁😁

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (zFF15)

293 Puts us in a tough spot. If we don't enforce immigration law, we lose. And if we enforce it, we also lose.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM

Uh oh, he's on to us.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (0sNs1)

294 Wow. So Latinos in Texas abandoned the republic because they don’t like enforcement of our immigration laws. Got it.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (63An5)

295 emboldened

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Embiggened! Embiggened! Doesn't autocucumber know cromulent words?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (ndZc7)

296 I think "over-reach" and paying a price therefor is mostly an outdated concept. Dems are simply the default party in power, their voting base has become utterly indifferent to policies or results, just a mix of robotic tribal voting, bigotries, resentments, deluded hate paroxysms, envy, etc.

Here and there an insanely radical move may be punished, but with zero effect on robotic Dem voter behavior in the future, in general.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (U/Byj)

297 Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (U/Byj)

I'm not sure I believe the explanation fully. This was the "issue" (feeling) that got Trump elected.

I just think it's convenient that the result of 10 years of Trump is that we have to be nice about illegals. Works for the GOP and no one else.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (MPtWl)

298 And the GOPe will refuse to defend the President and we will lose the White House too.

Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)
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I fear you are right.

Trump was never of the DC Body.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

299 It basically amounts to NGG wanted allowances to spend more time with his wife and his newborn than Crowder was willing to accept.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)

Oh. I'd watched something of SC not that long ago and he was still there. Maybe that footage was dated, then, I guess.

Sad.

Not Gay Jared (as pointed out above) Went to Notre Dame and played football, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)

300 Wait....I'm totally confused......

I'm thinking of the wrong guy on Crowder's show.

Never mind.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (2614e)

301 Democrats are playing the strong horse. The party has fundamentally transformed (actually only rebranded) before your eyes. And left R's in the dust until something shifts again.

I detailed it here but I assumed they were just gearing up for "change" in 2028. Turns out no it was fully a 2026 operation.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (MPtWl)

302 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

__________

This is an op, guys. Exit polls are complete garbage, just mostly made up.

There's no way legal citizens who can vote are upset that line-jumping illegals -- even of the same ethnicity --- are being deported.

Foreigners who jump through all the hoops for citizenship are some of the biggest proponents of strict enforcement of immigration law.

Know the op when you see it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

303 I confused Jared with Gerald Morgan Jr. in my head.

Mistakes were made. I blame my parents.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (2614e)

304 False amity is false amity.

*********

Oh, the Horror!

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (qgHp7)

305 I'm thinking of the wrong guy on Crowder's show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM

Just don't get us confused, m'kay?

Posted by: Whoopi, Trigglypuff, Stacey, and Lizzo at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)

306 By the Numbers :

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
·
3h
How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (AKptf)

307 Commies always split.

We just have to pray that the red/green coalition collapses before the Muslims take over.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (0MjtC)

308 Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m

And tinyurl sucks now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Sco7b)

309 As the strong horse party expect D's to basically run the Maduro op on all of us and Trump's people every day for quite some time.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (MPtWl)

310 Crowder sounds like Stern, kinda.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Ta4DE)

311 bear, and Vengeance, yep.

I see no way to finesse the perceptions of people so stupid and unworldly that a violent confrontation between LE and a suspect/fugitive/etc - which happens every day all over the country for a million reasons - is somehow evil and mean and scares the cute puppies if the perp is an illegal alien.

It's inexcusably stupid. And a disaster. I don't see any way to thread the needle but then again I'm not the one to ask, because I think every bit of progress on this vital issue in the last 2 years is ephemeral. A populace that is simply determined to be less prosperous, free, secure and just will get its way eventually.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (U/Byj)

312 Under Nood

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

313 undernood

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (W2Pud)

314 Not Gay Jared (as pointed out above) Went to Notre Dame and played football, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)
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It's confusing--and I confused it more. Gerald Morgan (I had to look it up), went to ND, and played tightend, is a big guy and it wouldn't really have impressed me if he shrugged off some chicks kicks.

The common joke is about Gerald, being a little more "refined" is gay.

Totally a different guy from "Not-gay Jared" who was scrawny, with a relatively high voice and they had to specify was "Not Gay".

That was the guy who I was astounded was so little affected by Courtney's kicks.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

315 How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino

I'm keeping this for the next Boomer's Are The Worst post.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (pUU4E)

316 Don’t see a nood.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

317 Elric pretty sure you're wrong on this. The data is from pre-election surveys as well as exits, and tracks with the vote shifts/ethnic cohorts, as far as they can be descried.

Tom Servo had a valuable anecdote about established Mexican-American businessmen of his acquaintance who of course were appalled by all the bizarre social/cultural crap of the Dems very much were upset by "the fear" in their "communities" over immigration enforcement.

Doesn't matter now of course. Only option is to plow ahead and hope for a miracle in '28.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (U/Byj)

318 Turns out Latinos wanted the border closed and massive deportations when they voted in 2024, but they actually meant they wanted to deport everybody who isn’t Latino, because things suddenly got real when ICE deported their cousin’s friend and his girlfriend when they pulled him over for drunk driving one night.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (6ydKt)

319 Because it's under and Nood

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)

320 319 Because it's under and Nood
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)

Crap.This is like math.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Gqar8)

321 @290...how many of these hispanic voters are here illegally?

I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.

I'm a purist since my people have been here since the early 1700's. Poor and wealthy immigrants who became US citizens and learned English and fought in all wars and became AMERICANS.

If Abuela is speaking espanol in the grocery store, thinking in code when I can understand most of it, or trying to irritate me (she succeeds as I want to yell at her to speak English)...I figure she's not here legally. I could be wrong.

When I am in France I spoke and read enough French to get by vs being freaking rude as an American tourist. Now I reckon I'd have to learn Farsi.

I now hope, since the soft touch didn't work, we round 'em up and ship them off in cargo planes to which ever country would take them. I don't care!!!

I'd hoped the $3k to self deport would work. Then the fekin' mid terms will embolden their sorry arses.

Off to cook and make potato voodoo dolls...nah. I only did this once watching a college basketball game. It worked!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (hzuYO)

322 Decline is a choice.

-
In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

323 322 Decline is a choice.

-
In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.

Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

I learned that H G Wells was a woman. Learned that from Warehouse 13.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

324 Off to cook and make potato voodoo dolls...
Posted by: ChristyBlinky

**********

What do you do? Poke toothpicks in their eyes?

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (qgHp7)

325
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)

Ah yes. The Realtor Full Employment Act

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (y9nCu)

326 @290...how many of these hispanic voters are here illegally?

I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.

We got rid of the illegals. What's weird is. It pissed off the legal Hispanics. You know, the ones losing jobs to the illegals.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (zFF15)

327 I'm not sure I believe the explanation fully. This was the "issue" (feeling) that got Trump elected.

I don't buy that. In 2024 there was significant data about Hispanic counties in Texas going hard for Trump because they didn't want illegals driving down their salaries and competing for housing. I don't think Latinos all became cucks in 2 years.

Also, the methodology probably matters. The claim that 65% of Jews loved El-Sayid eventually drilled down to "one poll of 35 likely voters" or something of that nature.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)

328 So stealing go slow communist and go fast communist. I’ll try to remember who I stole it from.

Posted by: Goatweed at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (jK3NL)

329 SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....

But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....

A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....

Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (WpgHK)

Sen. Harriet Hageman: With What Few Days We Have Left Being in Control of Congress, We Should Go Hog-Wild and Push the Republican Agenda to the Max

Well, sure, I'd like this.

She wants to use budget reconciliation to fund the priorities, like border security, that Democrats intend to defund.

But John Thune and his Confederacy of Cucks will not do that. It would upset their liberal sex-partners!

One of the few House Republicans to win a U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday's blue-wave election is urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively use the remaining days of the lame-duck Congress this year to pass multi-year budgets to protect agencies that Democrats want to defund and to codify President Donald Trump cuts to foreign aid that the left wants to restore.
Rep. Harriet Hageman, soon to be sworn in as Wyoming's next U.S. senator, told Just the News on Thursday night that she is urging fellow Republicans to replicate their last budget reconciliation law that funded Trump's Homeland Security agenda until the end of his presidency and codify other GOP priorities and foil Democrats' ambitions in the next Congress.
Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election.
"I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.

And, just as importantly, she wants to defund by law the useless or anti-American bureaucrats and NGOs that the Democrats are determined to fund again.

Hageman suggested border and immigration budget items, the Justice Department and FBI priorities, and codifying the massive cuts to wasteful federal spending and the USAID foreign aid budget that Elon Musk's DOGE team implemented. Democrats have made clear they want to restore most of USAID's budget cuts.
"We need to make sure that the cutting of those programs stays permanent," she explained.

"Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," [Congressman Randy Fine] also said. "They saw the Senate not even trying to pass the Save America Act, and they said, 'What's the point in having them?' Well, we've got two months left, and we should use every minute to the maximum advantage that we have."

Sounds good. Unfortunately, as Ron DeSantis points out, the current Cuck Class of Congress "men" have no desire to do anything that will make their liberal friends, wives, mistresses, and gay prostitutes angry at them.

...Well, here's the problem...If you're gonna do huge conservative things that are gonna reorient the country for a generation, fine.
BUT I SAW NO INDICATION THAT THE CURRENT GROUP OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT TYPE OF BOLD, CONSERVATIVE CHANGE...

He also pointed out the necessary things Congress"men" should have done -- but refused to do.

Why haven't we done:
* immigration - shut off H1B visas
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases

Video at the link.

Boy I'm sure glad that John Thune respected the filibuster. Because Democrats are about to end it, just as they come into power.

That may not be true-- they might not do it now, because Trump still has a veto that can only be overcome with a two-thirds supermajority in both houses.

But they'll do it the moment they have Congress and the Presidency.

Boy oh boy, I sure wish we could have enacted our actual agenda when we had the Congress and the Presidency.

Thanks, Johnnyboy!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:30 PM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Ta4DE)

2 This would be great. And also isn't going to happen.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (okun6)

3 First?

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Oy/m2)

4 SPONGE

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (s1VwS)

5 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Ta4DE)

6 Damnit!

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Oy/m2)

7 But that might show there is some worth to voting for them rather than the Democrats!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)

8 Thune sux!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)

9 "Why haven't we done:
* immigration - shut off H1B visas
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases"

Tragic.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS)

11 Do, please, go hog wild!!! I support this!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO)

12 I had a friend who used to screw his stripper girlfriend in the ass lots.

He said she would always yell out "Put it to the Hub Vern! Put it to the Hub!".

It's time for the republicants to put it to the Hub.

Posted by: Put It To The Hub at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Ssbab)

13 Send letters to your congress critters and burn up their phone lines. They may decide to do something just for the novelty

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (vJrRc)

14 and that is why we lose Thom fucking Tillis, John fucking Thune and people like her....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Int1s)

15 *picks nose*

Posted by: John Thune, certified asshole at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Ta4DE)

16 The thought they had the congress in 2024. I think they understood they were not going to be able to steal the presidency, but they thought they had the congress. They were close, so they used "leverage" on the cucks to stop them from doing anything.

Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)

17 From downstairs:

Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
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I knew none of this but it provides the simplest explanation and can explain the ineffectiveness also of Jim Jordan, Chuck Grassley, James Comey, Steve Scalise, Darrell Issa, and all their stern letter-writing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

18 Tillis. Murkowski, Cornyn and maybe Rand Paul will vote everything down...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (+gK6I)

19 To all the people making an excuse that Republican voters sat out (they did not) and seeing how it can be fixed: It was fraud. The Democrat cheated. 15% flip in every race targeted.

They are coming for a packed senate and will stack the judiciary. That is it. Game over at that point.

They are now after Pete Hegseth now because the troops will follow him.

This is a coup. Plain and simple.

Can anything be done about it?

Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

20 So, she proposes codifying all the things that we wanted to codify and that they didn't when they had the chance.

Yeah, Thune will get right on that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)

21 The time for Hageman to make this point was two years ago....

no enmity to her personally....just wow just wow.... "yeah we sucked at doing anything tangible for a term but now that we fucked the football I am certain Thune will do work!'

Right honey.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (Int1s)

22 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.

If not him, it would just be somebody else. They're not an Opposition Party. How much more evidence does one need ?

That's a stupid question. Many are just addicted to the idea of Vote Republican. Its baked into their DNA.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (S2K0Y)

23 urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively...

Oh, no, I see a problem! And if they had wanted to do these things, they would have done these things.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (oh+I7)

24 The top prosecutor who was spearheading the Russiagate case against John Brennan – US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Quiñones – resigned.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

25 Harriet is right they didn't work hard. They took what, 130 vacation days?

Mike Lee is right, cancel the rest of your holidays, you lazy bastards, and leave a legacy that won't make you look like the losers you are.

Is it true that in the Senate, there's precedent for JD to take over and allow all the recess appointments? Do that.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)

26 19 Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

Steiner will come....he is coming this time!

Look the last time people went down this rabbit hole I wound up sitting across from two federal agents for six hours talking them down from yanking an associates clearance.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Int1s)

27 Willowed:
I rolled my eyes at the Trump preserving the Oval Office news. Not the time.

But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.

Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)

28 Washington Generals say "we'll get 'em next time"

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (gw3RI)

29 Uniparty delenda est.

Posted by: Gaff at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (EqzMw)

30 I thought it was interesting that she resigns without notice and that article came out the next day. I think she was warned.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)

31 'lame-duck Congress', They have been LAME for the entire 6 years of Trump's presidency.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)

32 This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

You may need more than one.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)

33 I still try wrapping my head around the GOPe thought process. They appear to be trying to out wait Trump and think the Congress will go back to the good old days of the Uniparty.
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)

34 What did Harmeet say ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)

35 Willowed

Hey, SMH! I was just gonna respond to your comment above:

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH

At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."

"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

36 Love the fire, and would love to see this happen. But it's more likely that Thune gets elected minority leader than this happening.

The GOP were invertebrate cunting simps before the midterms. Think they'll have stronger spines after they got fisted on Tuesday?

I'd like to be proven wrong. I don't think I will be.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

37 24 The top prosecutor who was spearheading the Russiagate case against John Brennan – US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Quiñones – resigned.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

Again, not a surprise. He's not paid enough to take the legal drubbing from Dems on this - Rs will not protect him, whereas he can drop back into the private legal field and make more money for way less risk in Florida...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Gb7+b)

38
Repeal the 19th Amendment!

No?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)

39 someone should give Hageman the phone numbers of Collins, Cornyn, and Tillis. Let us know how that works out. It wouldn't surprise me if Thune kept the Senate in session so no recess appointments. Then he can tweet something out about protecting the republican agenda.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Iwv3U)

40 AI sez: "Since the Tuesday election, President Trump has not made any claims of widespread voter fraud, choosing instead to explicitly accept the results."

If there was fraud, it's up to the base to demand its investigation, because DJT has apparently said nothing regarding it since Tue.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 8 Thune sux!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)

Politicians are whores; it's just a matter of how much money they'll require for their services.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)

42 Yeah, the same GOP Senators that keep gaveling in the pro-forma sessions are gonna get right on this.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (vqA1l)

43 Mike Lee is right, cancel the rest of your holidays, you lazy bastards, and leave a legacy that won't make you look like the losers you are.
-------

Yeah, about that.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (MPtWl)

44 "Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," [Congressman Randy Fine] also said.

Oh, they worked very hard. For Democraps.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

45 The question is, where to move to?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

46
What did Harmeet say ?
Posted by: It's me donna

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

Reportedly (I get literally all my news here now), she had made the decision before the election, and Susie Wiles asked her to hold off on making the announcement until after.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

47 Also looks like the administration is hoping to get $ for military operations via reconciliation (the only actual bill that gets passed now).

Trump got the BBB once, theoretically should be able to again. But ace as you point out, this is one of the last chances for the GOP Congress to undercut Trump and his agenda, so who knows.

And the bit about limiting jurisdiction in immigration cases is cute. Such statutory exclusions have long been in existence for certain elements of immigration, and as you know have been routinely violated - with impunity - in the last 2 years.

One more - gigantic - implication of the disastrous votes of Americans this week: a judiciary that clearly/correctly already had no concerns about being disciplined or punished in any way for its outrageous lawless behavior (from the FISA mega-scandal to usurping executive authority to laughing at statutory restrictions on jurisdiction in immigration) will now be even further unleashed.

I'd be surprised, over the next 2 years to NOT see courts outdoing themselves in lawless vandalism against executive authority, even more than they have to date.

So we also have that going for us.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (U/Byj)

48 You have to read the article. Harmeet seems to have been given evidence of cheating and used none of it in all those cases she filed. And so, the cases were dismissed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (JNr/z)

49 I thought it was interesting that she resigns without notice and that article came out the next day. I think she was warned.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)
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I had placed a lot of faith in her, I'm not the only one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (RIvkX)

50 For some reason I hear the voice of George Bush Sr. looking out at the Senate and saying “Nope wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture. Got to watch out for the vision thing; wouldn’t be prudent.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (oH6g4)

51 38
Repeal the 19th Amendment!

No?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)

I'd rather see a repeal of the 16th and 17th amendments...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

52 I will have schadenfreude if Nancy worked hard to get her successor Hakeem anointed, and then the DSA dems clear him out of running the house.

Sayed is showing there's a power struggle at work for the old school boomer DNC and the new DSA DNC. Would be wild if both Hakeem and Schumer were ousted as majority leaders.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Toos7)

53 Has Joe Biden commented on the election results?

Posted by: Zombie Moe Howard at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Ssbab)

54 The argument then: We can't do conservative things because we might lose seats in congress

The argument now: We can't do conservative things because we do lose seats in congress

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell explains at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (4NO2D)

56 My computer is not letting me click on links for some reason so that's why i asked what Harmeet said/ did....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)

57 Actually, the Republican agenda should be to press gang all of those "lazy, shiftless, young White men" into the Army like the Ukrainians do so we can go and take Tehran.

We'll invade Iran and it'll be over in a week. We'll be greeted as liberators!

No more will we hear the chant "Death to America",.... well at least in Iran anyway.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (qwx/I)

58 Stupid and futile gestures are the best. Thank you for your service, Senator.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (oh+I7)

59 56 My computer is not letting me click on links for some reason so that's why i asked what Harmeet said/ did....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)

You can't do that, Donna.

Posted by: Microsoft AI at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

60 What do you want to bet they call a not recess recess and take the rest of the year off.

Add holes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (yVYSZ)

61 *assholes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)

62 Going to be some real time until good judges will get approved after January.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (wrEn7)

63 Or add holes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (EcZ7+)

64 61 *assholes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)

Hahaha. I like the "add holes" better...let them go all trans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)

65 The question is, where to move to?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

California? I here it's beautiful out there.

Posted by: idiot amercian democrat voter at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (Ssbab)

66 Trump must have seen the internals and still did 30 rallies in 32 days, putting himself out front even if it came to pass.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)

67 What do you want to bet they call a not recess recess and take the rest of the year off.

Add holes.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM

In fairness, a lot of them need the time to line up their villa rentals in Tuscany.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)

68 GFY.

Posted by: J. Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (yKhjs)

69 I want things to go full throttle physical fighting in Congress from now til late January. I'm here for it. I shall pray for this very thing tonight as I think God waits to see what I add,as the ending of my prayers are spicy.

Thune has something wrong with his thyroid, by the way. I see it when I bother to look at his cowardly ugly face.

His hormones could be totally messed up. Instead of testosterone he's probably in full menopause. If you look at that last word it certainly describes him. His courage is certainly paused.

These dimwits and their everlasting need to be popular and reelected sell their souls in DC. Over and over. They then compromise themselves with mistresses or ghey boys, are filmed, and chained to the depths of hell forever.

Oddly, I don't see McConnell or Maxine with many films of sexual deviancy (as that would blind me); however, useful twats in spying or accepting bribes for inserting pork barrel spending for kick backs. I farht in their general direction.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (hzuYO)

70 That's not who we are.

Posted by: Sen. John Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (MNCvZ)

71 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

72 One John Thune is a piece of shit and two is Harriet Hageman hot because after reading this I'm hot for her!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

73 That may not be true-- they might not do it now, because Trump still has a veto that can only be overcome with a two-thirds supermajority in both houses.

They ran on punishing the GOP by any and all means. I think they nuke it on the first vote of next year. The Dems believe they are in charge of the country now and nothing will stop them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (nEUC6)

74 I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today. I believed it was thoughtful, measured and sober.

I also read the comments and immediately remembered why I am not on that platform. It was irrational, unhinged, emotional and threatening.

There is an op to try and continue to divide us and in particular from JD. It’s interesting to see where that’s coming from, and if you don’t realize some of that is nefarious, you’re beyond help.

There is nothing wrong with airing and litigating our disagreements and arriving at a common point. But we should do that with legitimate people and factual conclusions.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qxjdH)

75 What did Harmeet say ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)
=====

The problem is she has not said much.

And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

76 This is a coup. Plain and simple.

Can anything be done about it?

Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

Not that enough of us are willing to do.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (yKhjs)

77 That Harmeet story is enraging. Backstabbers everywhere.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (vqA1l)

78 And since this was written by the person trying to help build the case, we have no way of knowing if she was feeding info to the Dems.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (JNr/z)

79 Imagine a republican congress going hog wild at the start of their 2 years of power. Oh that’s right, most of them are actually democrats who are taking the slots away from actual conservatives.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qMSw8)

80 "10 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS"

His type is always too dumb to escape on time. He may not be around when it happens, but if the GOP doesn't go balls to wall here before January, well ...a lot of the these country club dumbasses will end up ethnically cleansed by shrieking mobs or shot while trying to leave the country.

I really want to be wrong but if Thune hasn't found a pair of balls and a reason not to be a giant jackass yet, I doubt he ever will.

My family is old school GOP office holders. I have basically disowned most of them for their TDS. These people never represented you in the first place. It's the same level of disgust the upper class brits have for the working class, for those who get the comparison.

Guys like Reagan are really rare at the federal level.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (G5zYf)

81 66 Trump must have seen the internals and still did 30 rallies in 32 days, putting himself out front even if it came to pass.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)

The internals for both sides likely didn't see this coming, hence all the hedging Ds were doing. They're always built on certain assumptions about turnout from different demographics and Hispanic turnout was off the charts.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (okun6)

82 Reportedly (I get literally all my news here now), she had made the decision before the election, and Susie Wiles asked her to hold off on making the announcement until after.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

She was told that Trump was not going to nominate her for Deputy AG and decided to resign soon after.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (yKhjs)

83 "Boy oh boy, I sure wish we could have enacted our actual agenda when we had the Congress and the Presidency."

But then your Iran war happened.
Oh, we're not allowed to talk about that...

Ace, what's it like to be a crappy skid mark of Netanyahu?

Posted by: America First at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (+/Zpf)

84 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)

85 "I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today."

Please post a link, thanks!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

86 74 Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qxjdH)

I am and remain barely a Vance man....if he does not distance himself from Tuq'r I will not be by the end of this year.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Int1s)

87 Posted by: America First at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM

Boo! - The Jews

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)

88 Nothing will happen.
STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (n3uHw)

89 And for the record, since I keep seeing stuff about Kansas, the major elections need to be audited before certified. And the Secretary of State is a Republican, just re-elected. That Dem that took the Senate seat? He was a Republican until recently. We aren't in terrible shape yet, although I would hate to lose Kobach

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (JNr/z)

90 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)

91 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)

92
And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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

FUCKing...

Who's going to replace her?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)

93 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)

If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

94 32 This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

You may need more than one.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)
*******
True. I don't care! Whee!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (hzuYO)

95 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.
Posted by: Marcus T

Almost like he's just a carbon copy of turtle.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (3woza)

96 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)

So Turd and Polished Turd.

Posted by: Turd Polisher at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (Ssbab)

97 People who work with Trump are being told that certain people know where their family members are at all times.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (0U5gm)

98 Words of wisdom from El Rushbo, that are just as prescient today:

@philipakennedy
20 years ago, after Republicans suffered a blowout in the 2006 midterms, Rush Limbaugh shared a perspective many of us are feeling today:
Rush: “I feel liberated, and I’m going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don’t think deserve having their water carried…
Now I’m liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don’t deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don’t deserve it.”

He's not wrong! These elections made everyone show their real cards, throw them all down on the table. Now we know where everyone stands. And we don't have to support pseudo compatriots who actually despise us.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (Toos7)

99 I think AOSHQ should invest into better banhammer action, and troll control. I mean, regulars are kinda getting sick of having to jump over their shit, you know ?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (AKptf)

100 93
‘ If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.’

Ha!
My only laugh of the day.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (fd80v)

101 It is now time for Godzilla in IMAX.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (3woza)

102 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Toos7)

If you never believe anything else I say... the DSA vs DNC thing is an op. The DSA is what the DNC has always wanted to be but never could.

They will try and maintain some rhetorical distance but expect a lot of "whoops the DSA got what they wanted again guess our hands are tied!" on shit that matters. Sort of a reverse failure theater. And there will be things that they can't give the DSA "yet" but they will magically enter the national conversation.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (MPtWl)

103 I bet 100 bucks they make Thune minority leader.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (XV/Pl)

104 20 years ago, after Republicans suffered a blowout in the 2006 midterms, Rush Limbaugh shared a perspective many of us are feeling today:

==

that kinda tracks with how I feel!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (AKptf)

105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

106 ""I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today."

Please post a link, thanks!"

I ask because I do not have an X acct, and AI sez Vance did not post anything like that on X today. Are you referring to his Wed X post?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

107 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Can you imagine?

"All who want to captain the Washington Generals please step forward..."

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)

108 If she wants to prepare for the witch hunts, perhaps the best use of time is to install waterfalls on every entrance to the hearing rooms. I'm not talking about a small, decorative one, but one that has at least a 1" thick wall of water.

Before entering any hearing, you must walk through the waterfall, with head held high, to prove you aren't a witch. If you melt, lose your wig, or look like your face is melting, you don't get to say a word. Oops, your mascara is running, Senator. You get to sit and look stupid. No words from you!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 01:54 PM (qx7Zg)

109 All who want to captain the Washington Generals please step forward..."

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)

Jesus it's gonna be like Black Friday

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (MPtWl)

110 I know there's not a lot to say about what happened Tuesday so I'll ask a sort of off topic question and that is I'm 29 and I find myself in a position where I want to choose I can choose where to live in this country i'm in upstate New York now So what are the hordes recommendations for a state that I should move to?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (9bpxs)

111 I read the measured JD Vance comment and it made me mad. Bad timing, dude. He can have his opinion and I have mine.

I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).

I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.

Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)

112 If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

113 And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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

FUCKing...

Who's going to replace her?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
______

That article is interesting because I thought -- or at least was led to believe -- that Harmeet was doing good work making elections more secure. That's what it looked like, right?

Some of my optimism for the midterms was based on the idea that it would be harder for Dums to cheat. Not impossible, but harder.

But ... what if all that was bullshit? What if Harmeet really was just another grifting hack, like that article says?

I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

114 "111 I read the measured JD Vance comment"

Can you post a link, please?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 I’ve had a lot of leaders over the span of my career. People who I may not have agreed with, but who outranked me. In the end I respected them for what they did and how they showed it. The best ones made it clear that so long as your actions were honorable, they were on your side. Sometimes they didn’t even have to say it. They showed it with actions.

We have none of that with people like Thune.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (qxjdH)

116 Move to Texas, they said

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)

117 We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

🤣

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (9bpxs)

118
The thought they had the congress in 2024. I think they understood they were not going to be able to steal the presidency, but they thought they had the congress. They were close, so they used "leverage" on the cucks to stop them from doing anything.

Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)

Actually, I think that the Donkeys realized that they didn't have to go to all that trouble of stuffing ballot boxes, they just issued press releases "hey, we won! Yay!" and no one in the GOPe would question it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)

119 Susie Wiles is moving to the Trump political operation (?) , Steven Miller new chief of staff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (7XuqV)

120 I read the measured JD Vance comment and it made me mad. Bad timing, dude. He can have his opinion and I have mine.

I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).

I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.

Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)
___________

I agree. But I think the odds are low that this wasn't cleared with Trump first. If it wasn't, then I think almost certainly we would have seen Trump shit a brick.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

122 If you never believe anything else I say... the DSA vs DNC thing is an op.

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

Next you'll be telling me that the "distinctions" among Collectivist Authoritarian Totalitarian ideologies like Communism, Fascism, and Islamism has also been an op.

Oh, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (YvRjL)

123 >>If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

Threadwinner, and probably Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (NcvvS)

124 They had 22 months to do this. Why does anyone think they’ll do it in months 23 and 24?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (O3eDY)

125 105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

*******
So brave and heroic as an ugly lesbo. Who cares? Ireland probably hates her more than we do and will throw a party.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (hzuYO)

126 Move to Texas, they said

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)

This is a micro-ish version of the macro idea that once America falls, there is nowhere else to go. We're it.

At some point, you have to defend what's yours, vice leaving it to go somewhere else. Evil will follow you to literally the ends of the Earth. It must be confronted. Directly. Maybe even violently.

Because if you don't, eventually there will be nowhere left to go.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (yKhjs)

127 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

Donna it makes me sad to think that you're probably right...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (9bpxs)

128 Looks like Mississippi is gonna get a Dem Senator..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)

130 OK, I got into X. Vance's latest post was Wednesday, not today.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

131
This reminds me of the time the Democrats stormed out of session in Wisconsin and the Republicans could have passed every conservative bill and state constitutional amendment in sight. I can't remember what the issue was.

And did the Republicans use that opportunity?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

132 I really liked Dhillon... Guess I was wrong..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (+gK6I)

133 Is this true??

DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
·
8h
I didn’t know this was possible.

President Trump can nominate a SCOTUS justice, get them confirmed by the GOP Senate within the next 2 months, then swap them in for any retiring Justice over the next 2 years.

Bypasses the Democrat-controlled Senate.

I hope he does it.
----------

Sarah Isgur
@whignewtons
·
Nov 5
Alito won't retire in the lame duck and he doesn't need to. Trump can nominate someone to the Supreme Court and the senate can confirm without a vacancy. Then Trump can wait to sign the commission any time in the next two years. The question isn't Alito, its Cornyn/Tillis/Thune.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (kX27y)

134 105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:5

Pants off....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

135 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (MPtWl)

136 114 "111 I read the measured JD Vance comment"

Can you post a link, please?
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

*****
I think UK DM yesterday or this morning. Don't hold me to it as I read/scan like a lunatic on meth most days.

I don't have X. Will never have X as my footprint is tiny and I'm keeping it that way (my NSA guy just laughed and spilled his beer as I cause day drinking).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (hzuYO)

137 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM

There are no more lifeboat states.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (OkYzo)

138
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

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

I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.

Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

139 What we need are conservative clubs. In every town, city, county and community. In every apartment building and block.

Clubs where we affirm allegiance to vote the party line even if we have to hold our noses.

The tribes we are up against register and vote EVERYONE. Many don't work, so they spend their time pressuring the entire community to hold together. muslims, indians, somalians, hatians, chinese, .... they are all tribes, and they vote as a unit. 90% participation and 90% party line.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (LO74d)

140 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

66 and partly cloudy in San Gomorrah. Beautiful day it is.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Fv808)

141 Arizona will be a shitshow in 2028

NEW: Republican Jeff Dial, a former state senator, has called Democrat Sebastian Matta to concede the Maricopa County Clerk of Superior Court race, both candidates tell me. Matta, a 19-year-old ASU student, will lead the clerk's office in the nation's 4th-largest county. @abc15 https://t.co/hcUzaSZprl

— Ford Hatchett (@FordHatchett) November 5, 2026

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (V6W16)

142 Gateway

WHAT GARBAGE – IN EVERY CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE RACE THE RESULTS ARE 53 TO 46 – EVERY SINGLE RACE!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)

143 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

144 138
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

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

I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.

Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

Supposedly to tax e-cars for mileage, but affects all cars and to monitor mileage, Gov't puts boxes in your car to monitor you...and you thought Flock was bad...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)

145 128 Looks like Mississippi is gonna get a Dem Senator..
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

*******
Yes. Totally sucks. However, demographics of the Delta probably did this as well as who knows.

She wasn't a strong person in general from what I can tell from a thousand miles away.

Jackson has been gone for decades. With two mayors who wanted to Afrikkanize during the Obungo Errors.

I know black people who don't agree or like this, either. For that that's worth.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)

146 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?

Posted by: ...

Yes, that is the future. Look at Bolsonaro.

In fact, what is Bolsonaro going to do? He might get extradited back to Brazil.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (0U5gm)

147 127 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

Tags what I told my wife when I started seeing illegals move into our once nice small city. If we’re going to be surrounded by illegals might as well not have to deal with snow.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (O3eDY)

148 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?
Posted by: ...

Looks that way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

149 That substack rant about Dhillon is pretty damning if substantiated.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (G5zYf)

150 Alito won't retire in the lame duck and he doesn't need to. Trump can nominate someone to the Supreme Court and the senate can confirm without a vacancy.

Yeah, they will jump right on that.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (oh+I7)

151 "I think UK DM yesterday"

Thanks! I figured it out. It was Vance's post from Wed. No posts today. I guess the Vance story on X today is a resurfaced Vance post from back when he was an out-and-out Never Trumper.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

152 Mississippi flipped thanks to the scotus ruling that allowed mail in ballots to arrive post Election Day.

Thanks Roberts.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (O3eDY)

153 "This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg
__

Amen : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (qesug)

154 The 2006 midterms begat Obama
The 2026 midterms will begat Ossoff
So unsure why you would want to bring up that comparison

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Only requires 4 or 5 more states to sign on after that the Electoral College will be nullified after the midterms there will be sufficient states with both majority Dem majorities in both the legislatures and governorships to sign on

Of course I expect morons to respect the sovereignty of states

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)

156 "129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"

It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)

157 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

Everybody has staffers

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (MPtWl)

158 Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

Art 1, Sec 10 of the Constitution says states can't enter inter-state compacts.

Will Democrats respect the supremacy of the Constitution?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yKhjs)

159 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM

Some people call him the Space Cowboy. Some call him the Gangster of Love..

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)

160 Of course I expect morons to respect the sovereignty of states
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

Too bad your momma's bull did not respect the sovereignty of your ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yky4J)

161 >>BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.

Their housing market is going to self-destruct.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (/izzV)

162 In hindsight Trump was just a speed
Bump on the road to the inevitable left wing takeover.

When you import 50M 3rd world people into a country it can’t not turn into a 3rd world country.

Prophetic this happened on the 250th anniversary of America. Nice bookend to history.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (O3eDY)

163 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

Everybody has staffers
Posted by: ...

Exactly. It's all in play.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (Ta4DE)

164 143 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)

165 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO

Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.

Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (rJD2P)

166 >>129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"

It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
__
I f'ing told you so. She was on X - A LOT - and 90% of her posts were about how many steps she got in that day, her garden, her latest knitting project, and that she's an available seasoned woman. She was a poser.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (bNf8H)

167 >>BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

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

I see no possible way this could go wrong. Nope. No way.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (2UnvF)

168 161 Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (/izzV)

Add in they do not allow new construction and voila...

of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....

We are partying like it is 1933.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s)

169 "33 I still try wrapping my head around the GOPe thought process. They appear to be trying to out wait Trump and think the Congress will go back to the good old days of the Uniparty.
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)"

This is exactly it. I listened to an old GOPe pol in the family say that Obama seemed to be a nice young man. They just did not, and will not, get it. The bulk of the party apparatus is the personification of an ostrich with it's head in the sand, with many of the remainder being plants or simple charlatans.

This is why I disowned half my family.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (G5zYf)

170 It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)

"America First" probably believes that Mossad dentists sabotaged his fillings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (yky4J)

171 If Susie Wiles is out (I never liked her for reasons unknown), perhaps she's given crap advice?

I want to email every senator and congresscritter to

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

before they haul me off to the asylum or gulag.

I want physical fights vs the polite ones. Obungo said to do this would be my excuse.

Since the Dims invited Somolians in, might as well go full Mogadishu 2026. Hopefully with CSpan.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (hzuYO)

172 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)

173 "Too bad your momma's bull did not respect the sovereignty of your ass."

Ha! 'Put it to the Hub Vern!'

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

174 167 Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (2UnvF)

You are approaching this wrong, you are looking at it trying to find success California seeks idiotic failure with graft vectors.

This is perfect.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Int1s)

175
48 You have to read the article. Harmeet seems to have been given evidence of cheating and used none of it in all those cases she filed. And so, the cases were dismissed.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM

--------

If the article is correct, she is a useless lump and a fraud. And by extension, pretty mch all the rest of the people nominally on "our side."

Ms. Dillon is reportedly going to work for the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign. And she worked for his last one.

Aside from Trump, there don't seem to be very many people on our side for real.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (ienUH)

176 Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR

What a beautiful sentiment. Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (yVYSZ)

177 >>Add in they do not allow new construction and voila...

>>of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....

There will be a huge boom...on paper.

Then, there will a slight lull while we wait for people to have their shiny new homes foreclosed on.

Then we will see a bust like none before.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (/izzV)

178 Now that they're getting booted out, they should do what we elected them to do two years ago? Great idea!

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (ERYKL)

179 LOL what are *those* bonds going to have to pay to sell? Will there be credit gateways on borrowers/new home buyers? Mortgage-backed securities always have various risk profiles, how will that be calculated on these I wonder.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (U/Byj)

180 "California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.

Their housing market is going to self-destruct.

Posted by: garrett"

Schemes like this is what largely led to the housing collapse in 2007. Govt. forced banks to loans to people that did not qualify and could never make the payments. Then, unexpectedly, they stopped making payments. Weird.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)

181 Susie Wiles OUT as Trump Chief of Staff – Stephen Miller to Take on Role

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)

182 "the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage"

This wildly reckless debt, from top to bottom of our society, scares the shit out of me.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

183 WOW, Harmeet sounds like another snake. Another of Trump's "hot woman" picks that have failed miserably ... or worse, have sabotaged us effectively.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)

184 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)
_________

Yea. Most of what she said was probably true, but it was idiotic to say them to a hostile source like VF.

Oddly enough -- or maybe not oddly at all -- is that what she said about JD is what a lot of ppl on our side are saying about him now.

But the VF thing was stupid. Which is too bad, because overall I thought she was smart and an effective CoS.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

185 Correct. It's time for the last remaining Americans in government to damage whatever mechanisms they can before they're forced out.

Every second counts, and I trust that at least some of them will drop their tools in the works.

But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)

186 165 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO
Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM(rJD2P)
********
Kind of you to say this. However, she knows I am a germ factory from our little germy grandchildren and I don't fly this time of year. My brother and her both approve of me not coming to infect others or be a patient with a cold (I whine a lot with colds) there.

We've always been close and talk often. I have no guilt as we see her when we can (last June for a week). All is well, for now, at least.

She's getting great care, as my father did 20yrs ago, and that's my comfort and peace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (hzuYO)

187 91 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)

We could have had Rick Scott as Majority Leader, and instead the Republican Senators - in a secret ballot - got rid of him first, leaving them with either Thune or Cornyn as the finalists back in 2024.

Thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (SQSrZ)

188 Not to take away the sentiment as I'm a little jealous, but my mother's smile would usually precede 45 straight minutes of being kept in a room and yelled at.

Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)

189 If only. I'm pretty much convinced everyone in Washington is now breathing a sigh of relief.
They all have their little habits, their little rituals, probably revolving around prostitutes and/or drugs. Trump just didn't understand. Why did he have to be so pushy?

Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (uzvUr)

190 Schemes like this is what largely led to the housing collapse in 2007. Govt. forced banks to loans to people that did not qualify and could never make the payments. Then, unexpectedly, they stopped making payments. Weird.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)

VA Home Loans require $0 down at all. VA mortgages have a lower rate of delinquency and foreclosure.

If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)

191 But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM

Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

192 "140 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna"

I don't think anywhere outside of the deepest parts of appalachia or the ID-MT-WY corridor are looking all that hot.

Look around, take count of who you see and who they are, and consider your odds.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (G5zYf)

193 Thune would rather shoot Hageman than implement Republican anything.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (rB4CC)

194 WOW, Harmeet sounds like another snake. Another of Trump's "hot woman" picks that have failed miserably ... or worse, have sabotaged us effectively.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)

How DARE you imply that Pam Bondi is hot

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (MPtWl)

195 Here comes the crisis parade.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Ta4DE)

196 Any time the govt subsidizes a thing that thing increases in price. Every California home owner just got a gift from tax payers.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (O3eDY)

197 Miller will definitely be tougher...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (+gK6I)

198 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna
......

You can put the top down while paying your mileage tax.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (UjdFS)

199 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna

Not necessarily. Depends on the terms: length (more principal but lower monthly), whether any of the payment even goes to principal (but more interest), stuff like that. Given what monthly rents are, if you can swing two 40-year, interest-only loans, buying at 3% down is doable.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Fv808)

200 "the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage"

My guess is there'd be an immediate across-the-board rise in home prices, since there's so much easy OPM floating around.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

201 Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)

202 BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program.

Huh! Either way, they're doing it.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (oh+I7)

203 22 months late, Babe.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (MnxJz)

204 There's still Oklahoma. I've seen nothing that indicates it has turned blue. Of course, they do have some awful politicians

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (JNr/z)

205 "We are partying like it is 1933.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s"

Sure, in Spain

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (G5zYf)

206 "Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

207 Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)

Yeah. They basically look at your finances top to bottom and see if you can make the payment under your current (but changeable, obviously) conditions.

When I bought my first house, I didn't put anything down - I didn't have anything. I've since turned that into an upgrade on which I put down a significant amount garnered from the sale of my first, but starting out, I could never have gotten into the housing market without having served.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (yKhjs)

208 thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

209 Never trust anyone named Hardmeet

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (NtVYv)

210 At least now we'll get a good long taste of the ol "fuck X country this is what they voted for".

Apparently this is what "we" voted for.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (MPtWl)

211
CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna

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

No, no, you don't understand -- it's free housing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)

212 "If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?

Posted by: Washington Nearside"

Because the VA loans have/had strict income requirement and verification requirements, unlike the subprime loans the banks were pressured into making?

Just a theory.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

213 191 But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM

Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

Because of our governmental system we do not have ten year plans, beyond a wish list sort of thing. Anything beyond four years is pretty much the same. Presidents and politicians, and their ideologies come and go. It has ever been thus.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (Gqar8)

214 >>Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Because there are layers of vetting involved therein that will absolutely not be involved in the CA Scheme.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (/izzV)

215 "Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."

Cripes.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

This is a serious WTF

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (NtVYv)

216 VA Home Loans require $0 down at all. VA mortgages have a lower rate of delinquency and foreclosure.

If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)
___

As someone who just recently went through the process of buying property via a VA loan, it is pretty exhaustive, and the appraisal process alone turns sellers off, so a lot of sellers will not accept a VA loan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (qesug)

217
155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM

-------

This sounds like a part of the same plan that included letting half of LA burn and then preventing rebuilding.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (ienUH)

218 I wouldn't condone this behavior from Democrats, so I blanch at the idea that it's perfectly okay for Republicans.

The country ought not be "ruled" in desperation.

However much desperation I predict the Democrats will almost certainly bring.

Putting Musk behind bars is going to do SO MUCH for AFFORDABILITY!!!

Prosecuting people for helping to fund and build a BALLROOM is going to do so much for the average pocket book!!

Everything I have heard about the victory lap that the American citizens have allowed the Democrats just drips of a more affordable America. </bullshit>

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

219 Thune can have a Vote a Rama. Get all the RINO's on the record even when we lose....some will be there next election cycle.

But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)

220 Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

Yes.

But what is greater America good for? How much wherewithal does it have?

Can it survive a group of States seceding?

What if they are scattered across a continent, and leave as one?

Can it fight along half a dozen fronts?

What is the extent of the Acela Corridor's actual power, outside of a phony-ass paper chase?

I have more questions, but those are my first few.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)

221 Because the VA loans have/had strict income requirement and verification requirements, unlike the subprime loans the banks were pressured into making?

Just a theory.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

I think there's truth to this. They went through my finances to a ridiculous degree. "Do you realize you're spending this much at Wawa every month?"

But having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

222 because overall I thought she was smart and an effective CoS.

I agree. She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (F3Dlr)

223 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (2614e)

224 I will be shocked beyond measure if they DON'T do an Epstein "Investigation" of Trump and associates. I wonder what day they will announce it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (MPtWl)

225 Every election in the 21st century for
President where there was no incumbent president running, was won by the party that won the house the previous election.

2000 Bush won, gop won the house in 1998
2008 Obama, Dems won house 2006
2016 Trump, gop won house 2014
2024 Trump, gop won house in 2022

This does not bode well for 2028.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (O3eDY)

226 Would it be great? Absolutely.

But do you have ANY idea how many parties the R's WOULDN'T get invited to were they to ACTUALLY do it?

So totally not worth it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (2614e)

227 But having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

Ugh. But not having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)

228 The $800k homes in Cali where people put $24 k down will quickly be worth $200k , while needing $200k worth of work

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (7XuqV)

229 Release ALL of the Epstein files. Verbatim. No redactions. No exclusions.

Release ALL of it. Damn the torpedoes. FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!!!

F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2614e)

230 OK, I have another idea for California. We could layer several different ratings of mortgages into one tradeable security and then...

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2UnvF)

231 A $25 billion bond is only going to cover about 25000 homes at median rate thereabouts.
It will be gone in a couple months. And prices will GO UP since government is footing the bill.

California is just stupid.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (rB4CC)

232 "What is the extent of the Acela Corridor's actual power, outside of a phony-ass paper chase?

I have more questions, but those are my first few.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)"

There will be enough food in amy combo of red states after things shake out. What matters is where the refineries, pipelines, and oil/gas fields are.

Also gonna be lit watching millions tell their mortgage lenders in blue states to fuck off.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (G5zYf)

233 177 Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (/izzV)

and we will need a bailout for Cali....and the beat goes on....

if a coven of globalists were working to bankrupt America into insolvency what would be different...?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)

234 In Michigan, the official stance amounts to that they are allowed to lie to us on the ballot of Proposal #2.

It says public utility companies are not allowed to lobby for legislation.

But the actual full proposition does a lot more to restrict opposition to government courses of action for everybody.

Utility companies that already benefit from the government is just the bait.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)

235 They'll solve nothing, solidify their power and destroy any opposition. They're fucking pigs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Ta4DE)

236 208 thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

Thanks a lot. Turns out this may have been a blessing in disguise. The CT Senate has only 3 Republican seats out of 36 seats; the House has 35 Rs out of 151. If I won my election, I would get absolutely nothing done while in Hartford, making me a prime target in '28. This way, they can crash the state economy without me.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (SQSrZ)

237 Prices won’t crash in Cali.

This is a version of college where the govt just subsidizes pricing. Prices will continue to increase the beneficiaries won’t be buyers of homes (students) it will be sellers of homes (colleges).

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (O3eDY)

238 and we will need a bailout for Cali....and the beat goes on....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)
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Once they get the proceeds from that highspeed rail they are "putting in", that will show you!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

239 "I think there's truth to this. They went through my finances to a ridiculous degree. "Do you realize you're spending this much at Wawa every month?"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing"

I bought a house during covid with aloane from my bank which I have along relationship with. They still put me through the ringer and required pages and pages of documents. Unlike the house I bought before the 2007 crisis, which I qualified for with one paycheck and a credit report. It was ridiculously easy.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)

240 I haven't kept up with all the Epstein files shit so my question is who have the had been the people that are supposedly being protected right now? it doesn't make any sense to me

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (9bpxs)

241 Ugh. But not having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)

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True, but a large down payment means equity and equity makes it harder to just walk away from a mortgage.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (2UnvF)

242 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (NcvvS)

243 Benson wants to build a "high speed rail" in Michigan.

Cha-CHING!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)

244 Trump released the Epstein files the courts would allow.
Congresscritters have seen a lot of what we cannot.
I dont hear any Congresscritters coming out of the Epstein SCIF pulling a Schiff talking shiff about what nasty they saw in there.
In fact they are tight lipped.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (rB4CC)

245 Unlike the house I bought before the 2007 crisis, which I qualified for with one paycheck and a credit report. It was ridiculously easy.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)

*blinks*

That's absolutely bonkers. I've only ever owned two houses, both purchased with VA loans.

I can't imagine loaning that kind of money on a single paycheck. No wonder things shook out like they did.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:32 PM (yKhjs)

246 Nood girl's sports

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (yKhjs)

247 But ... what if all that was bullshit? What if Harmeet really was just another grifting hack, like that article says?

I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.

He also showed that Abbott got slightly more votes than his last election, but the democrat jumped from 3.5 million to 5.2 million. So all the new votes went to the dem as Abbotts' numbers stayed essentially the same.

I'm smelling fraud.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)

248 For anyone who spent any or all of the last three months sick over this election, my advice to you is please don't start making yourself sick over 2028 yet.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (MPtWl)

249 172 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)
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Yep When the nest recession hits, it's going to be like a conga line into the bank, dropping off the keys.

On the other hand, since its a government loan...TADAA...you can't default on it.

Good luck CA.

Posted by: WisRich at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (G0vdT)

250 238 Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

Gavin 28! Let me put America on a high speed rail to tomorrow!

Like I said fuck this electorate.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Int1s)

251 155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)

Watch for the fraud. Oh, that's right this is California and they don't care about fraud and waste.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (y171U)

252 OMG !! Such a tragedy

???,,wait
That will actually only affect an exceedingly few number of individuals do no big deal
Sightings of boys playing in girls sports sre fewer than the annual sightings of Big Foot in Central Park

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (l1aSU)

253 Aha! I have found the pinhole leak in the master bath ceiling. It was, of course, not that near where the drip emerged. I had to cut a series of holes following it back.

Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (4NO2D)

254 You are 2 years too late

Posted by: chicagovota at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (xTgJI)

255 188 Not to take away the sentiment as I'm a little jealous, but my mother's smile would usually precede 45 straight minutes of being kept in a room and yelled at.

Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)

**********
Wow. My parents were angels to put up with me and still love me. I was no angel, but not super bad as a teen.

I heard the smile in her voice yesterday as she was very happy to be home again after 3wks. I can't tell she's worse for it all mentally as she remains alert and was cracking jokes to me in rehab (glue repair of a fractured lumbar vertebra).

I told her we are going to have my brother help her with face time so she can see her crazy great-grands who love her a lot. One blessing I will never know as these kids are very young. I never met my great-grandparents.

She's wonderful, never complains, has deep faith in God and is carrying on with this change in her life. I saw labs of hers results are some of us would wish for. She's tough.

My prayer is that she passes to heaven in her own bedroom someday without pain, fear, or suffering. As my father did almost 20yrs ago.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (hzuYO)

256 Thune can have a Vote a Rama. Get all the RINO's on the record even when we lose....some will be there next election cycle.

But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)

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We'll then they can all be primaried for 2028 election.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (uKqbA)

257 Trump had chance of 2 lifetimes. He f*cked up. Move on.

Posted by: Milk Milk Lemonade at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (d82Uo)

258 Too bad the Republican'ts are a bunch of pussies and will more than likely go on vacation for the rest of the year.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (uYPG+)

259 Will no one rid me of this troublesome South Dakotan?!

Posted by: Steve Miller Band Groupie at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (+dxte)

Now That Democrats Captured Texas, They Can Get Rid of the Electoral College By Passing a Law That Texas Will Vote for the "National Popular Vote Winner" No Matter Who Texans Actually Prefer

The National Popular Vote Compact is an effort to get rid of the electoral college without the hurdle of a constitutional amendment. Leftwing states have signed up for the compact, which says that when enough states join the compact to control a majority of the electoral votes, they are all obligated to cast their electoral college votes for the national popular vote winner, even if the voters in the state cast their votes decisively for the other candidate.

To be honest, I slept on this and didn't consider it a big risk because the leftwing states could not actually control a majority of the 540 electoral votes. So, I thought, this will never come to pass.

Except the left just captured Texas.

So now it's possible.

How about fundamentally changing the way we elect the president of the United States?
No constitutional amendment. No two-thirds vote in Congress. No ratification by three-fourths of the states. And certainly no meaningful national debate about whether Americans actually want to abandon the presidential election system we've used for more than two centuries.
They may be able to accomplish the whole thing with a handful of votes in several newly Democratic state legislatures.
And thanks to Tuesday's election results, they're closer than ever.
...
The compact doesn't take effect until participating states collectively control at least 270 electoral votes, the number required to elect a president.
As of today, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have signed on.
Together, they control 222 electoral votes.
They need just 48 more.
Tuesday's Elections May Have Given Democrats Everything They Need
This is where the results of the 2026 midterms become enormously consequential.
Democrats appear to have gained control of both legislative chambers and the governor's office in five important presidential battleground states.
And none of those states currently belongs to the compact.
Look at the electoral votes:
Pennsylvania: 19
Michigan: 15
Arizona: 11
Wisconsin: 10
Nevada: 6
That's 61 electoral votes.
Add those to the existing 222, and the compact would control 283 electoral votes.

Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (2614e)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)

3 Oh FFS.......

I so hate the left.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (2614e)

4 this stinks

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (CWTWj)

5 There's no way this is possible. Is it?

Posted by: CoryC at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (D7nDQ)

6 CoryC.. There's no way Texas would turn blue yet here we are

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (+gK6I)

7 Right up the culo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Ta4DE)

8 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

I think we're going to have to get used to it for quite a while.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

9 The left needs a shotgun enema.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (2614e)

10 guarantees large scale cheating in dem big cities

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj)

11 The way I see it, America is FUBAR for the foreseeable future.

Certainly until after most of us 29-year-olds have bit the dust.

Maybe an American phoenix will rise from the ashes in the future.

But maybe not.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (s2iZv)

12 guarantees large scale cheating in dem big cities

Yes, but we Repubs in the Senate got lots of nice vacations, so you take the good with the bad.

Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

13 I've long said that without the Electoral College, we would've had five or six civil wars by now rather than just one.

Looks like we may get to test out my theory.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (qlLNh)

14 I had the same thought yesterday.
We are truly and goodly fucked.
All over $1 increase in gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Cortez at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (O3eDY)

15 The National Popular Vote Compact is an effort to get rid of the electoral college without the hurdle of a constitutional amendment.

===

Don't laff, but the Supreme Court of the US ? And, it will take longer than 2 years, and they don't have that long.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)

16 GOP still holds Texas senate (upper chamber) so can’t happen (yet)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (LQ1/y)

17 This will only be possible if they succeed in packing the court. They'll need the White House and the senate to do so. 2028 is for all the marbles.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (2UnvF)

18 Republicans have a 19-12 advantage in the TX senate.

And they are moving to strip the power of the lt. gov. to control the committees via simple majority vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Aug7T)

19 The National Popular Vote Compact is an affront to States' rights and will mean campaigning in the large Dem shithole cities only. Who cares about the feelings of the rubes in rural counties and States?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)

20 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)

21 And somebody asserted that TX could become a 'sanctuary state,' which might be even scarier, if true.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

22 They would need to capture 5 seats on the supreme court as well...which is possible, but will slow this down.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Gb7+b)

23 v00t harder next time!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (jrgJz)

24
I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

We're getting used to it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)

25 gnats local 678...

Just means the middle States will actually be fly over Country because the East and West Coast will determine the elections

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (+gK6I)

26 This can't possibly hold up in the Supreme Court. Until they pack the court I suppose.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)

27 “ Now That Democrats Captured Texas, They Can Get Rid of the Electoral College …”

Yes. This is what democrats do when they when. They run roughshod over everyone else.
That’s why you do everything you can to prevent them being elected. At all costs.
You also don’t do anything that will help them be elected.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (fd80v)

28 Republicans control the Texas legislature.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (GD2xa)

29 This will only be possible if they succeed in packing the court. They'll need the White House and the senate to do so. 2028 is for all the marbles.[/i

I'm getting really tired of feeling like the country is on the edge of a precipice. Trump was a brief respite, but damn this is getting old.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

30 >>GOP still holds Texas senate (upper chamber) so can’t happen (yet)

Texas wasn't on the list.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

31 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

Good thing the Dems would never dream of claiming credit for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

32 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

-------

My sphincter just had a reaction.

Holy shit. I need to disengage.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (iOpI2)

33 But ace, as it appears TX is now at the very least likely to be in play on the presidential level, the compact thing is moot. No GOP prez while losing TX.

Aside from that I think the constitutionality problem would trip this thing up. It's so extreme, that even the farcical SCOTUS would probably feel obliged to do the obvious thing (if even grudgingly, and possibly for the last time).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)

34 "They would need to capture 5 seats on the supreme court as well...which is possible, but will slow this down."

They would need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court, which they can do.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (GMWTj)

35 "In October we saw 809K foreign-born workers added, the biggest increase since Jan 2025, while native-born workers dropped by 64K."

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Gb7+b)

36 > 26 This can't possibly hold up in the Supreme Court. Until they pack the court I suppose.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)

"Justice Pakalolo Mahu and Justice (unpronounceable gender symbol) wrote the majority opinion for the court..."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (qlLNh)

37 Texas can’t possibly turn blue

Electoral college can’t possibly be…

Oh shit

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (O3eDY)

38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)

39 Urban political demands are literally unworkable.

-
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
DSA leader Megan Romer has NO answer when Fox News’s Martha MacCallum asks where the $49 TRILLION for her socialist agenda is coming from.

Romer calls the number “made-up.” Then MacCallum what HER number is, and it gets embarrassing fast.

MACCALLUM: “That’s $350,000 per household.

-
Who hasn't got a.spare $350 K laying around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (qC/tp)

40 "Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx"

Unfortunately, ZH adds this: "The one blemish in the report was that after a year of declining foreign-born workers, in October we saw 809K foreign-born workers added, the biggest increase since Jan 2025, while native-born workers dropped by 64K."

https://tinyurl.com/3tfhfk47

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 The democrats have to f*cking cheat at EVERYTHING they do.

And yet, there's still 45% + of America that will vote for them no matter what.

Romney was correct.

This comes to pass, America is truly dead and we'll have to fight CWII to get it back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)

42 It's a bad week to give up injecting heroin into the eyeballs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)

43 *REDDAWN!!!!*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)

44 Texas will have to bend to federal law, that's the way it works.
Articles said TX senate is still super majority Republican. If they
are red Republicans, good luck passing any dumb legislation.

The biggest kink is the new blue Lt. Gov.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (wljQY)

45 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

46 Yes, they're all for the NPV - until it doesn't go their way. Trump won the popular vote.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (OJ+ZP)

47 The Electoral Votes belong to the States. They can award them by flip of a coin, if they wish.

Such is a Republic. I've been for Secession since it was a banning word by Maet.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (S2K0Y)

48
Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx
Posted by: Huck Follywood

ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

49 If the left truly has captured Texas in the sense that its voters now vote Democrap, they won't need to join any compact.

Democraps will just win Texas and all its EC votes will go to the Democrap candidate. Just like other big blue states like CA and NY.

But I don't believe this. I think we got fucked by a perfect storm of fucky-ness on Tuesday. There are a lot of reasons for that, but they are all fixable. We have two years to do it.

Will we do it? That's an entirely different question.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

50 809 Foreign born workers ? Oh shit... Pardon my French but WTF ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)

51
I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.
Posted by: runner

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I've been saying that. I didn't think things could get worse until ace noticed this.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

52 Seems to me that there's no way around the electoral college without an amendment. That was the whole point of the union, to avoid majority rule.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (w6EFb)

53 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.
___

*smiles at ace*

Sometimes, you can be so sweet.

Hope you have a pleasant weekend.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (qesug)

54 If the Left doesn't capture the Supreme Court, the argument against the Compact is pretty straightforward.

It goes against the spirit and the black letter of the law.

The Framers were certainly aware of how a popular vote worked - they could have put that into the Constitution but chose not to.

Problem is, the Left would be happy to put more legislators on the bench, rather than judges.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)

55 This comes to pass, America is truly dead and we'll have to fight CWII to get it back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'm ready. But I can guarantee you that they are truly going to hate my ROE.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (zFF15)

56 The migration plan was successful-

From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.

NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.

Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.

https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace

20 million new Democrat votes materialized.

That is the story

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

57 "I apologize for starting off with this bad news."

Please don't. One big lesson from the election results: stop ignoring bad news, on the assumption that it's all lies and ops.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

58 >>I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

How exactly do you believe 2 Young Conservatives would get approved by the Senate?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (/izzV)

59 Everyone saying Texas still has a GOP senate, TX is not relevant here. They have 270 without Texas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (O3eDY)

60 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.

Also, remember that Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, etc. are still in the Senate. It will be their last FY to Republican voters.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

61 Doof had something on the ONT that was surprising. Rs did not lose many votes, the Ds gained 20 million votes, and the gains were concentrated in red states (one would expect with a blue wave the blue states would have had even better D turnout vs their averages than in red states)

So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

62 The states can make any compact they wish and the national Constitution still rules. The Electoral College doesn't go away without an amendment.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (zG53D)

63 What about my NORMZzz?!

Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (ThKbm)

64 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this."

And they have to be confirmed and sworn in prior to the next Congress.

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

65 Really of more concern is taking TX out of the "safe" GOP states in presidential cycles. Not that that's a given, but looking at Tuesday, isn't it at least "a thing"?

People's Hippo's info is somewhat reassuring on the even more urgent matter. TX is by far the largest and most important border sector. And has been a solid and important non-"sanctuary" state.

Any of that changes, the effort to restore rule of law takes a big, big hit. But if the border county sheriffs are all good with their 287gs (guess they are?), that helps a lot. And if the GOP Senate there can block any change by the big metros towards "sanctuary", that would be a huge relief.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (U/Byj)

66 It's a bad week to give up injecting heroin into the eyeballs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)

Is there ever a GOOD week for that?

Ouch.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (2614e)

67 If TX is now a blue state NPV is moot. No Republican can win an EV election without TX.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (O3eDY)

68 If the Left doesn't capture the Supreme Court, the argument against the Compact is pretty straightforward. It goes against the spirit and the black letter of the law.

It does not. Frankly, it does not.

The EVs belong to the States individually. They can do Proportional. All or Nothing. Or this compact.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (S2K0Y)

69 The constitutional prohibition says "without consent of Congress". There's nothing in there about the executive branch, so this just needs a majority vote in the House, and to overcome the filibuster in the Senate -- and one of the Constitution blocks on this is removed.

Now we know why they will kill the filibuster even while Trump can veto legislation.

After Congress "consents", would the current SCOTUS block? If so...a well-aimed wacko giving them a fortuitous vacancy or two on SCOTUS, and then...

Posted by: DarkShowerThoughts at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Vw44x)

70 What if TX went with a "split" electoral vote system like Nebraska?

Would that get around Constitutionality problems?

Would that have an equivalent effect on the Electoral College if the now-blue states adopted a "split" system?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (s2iZv)

71 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem

Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)

72 That Romer DSA beast is the embodiment of commie politics. No common sense, reasoning, or analytical skills whatsoever. A higher Ed automaton.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Ta4DE)

73 Well, I don't want it done willy-nilly ! Get the individuals you need, get the Senate votes you need, and then do it. You got 60 days! That's 1440 hours....

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (AKptf)

74 I guess we can get an answer on the constitutionality of this, which I question. The US Constitution requires a republican form of governance in the states. Article IV, Section 4. I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

75 Problem is, the Left would be happy to put more legislators on the bench, rather than judges.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)

Especially when they expand it to 15 justices in 2029.

Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (ThKbm)

76 Also, with the capture of Texas, the once southern border is no longer. From the Pacific to the Gulf of America (soon to renamed Mexico again) will be a massive, un-monitored and secured border.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (RORbl)

77 I can do all things through weapons and ammo, which blows out my eardrums.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (qwx/I)

78 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)
========================
It's a trap!

Posted by: Because John Thune will fail at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (zG53D)

79 I guess we can get an answer on the constitutionality of this, which I question. The US Constitution requires a republican form of governance in the states. Article IV, Section 4. I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM

You think we take that seriously?

Posted by: The Uniparty at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (V7nuf)

80 61 Doof had something on the ONT that was surprising. Rs did not lose many votes, the Ds gained 20 million votes, and the gains were concentrated in red states (one would expect with a blue wave the blue states would have had even better D turnout vs their averages than in red states)

So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

The surge is largely explained by Hispanics, who live more in the South. While some proportion scaling with the wave is no doubt fraud, in bulk it is the appearance of a new and real group of voters. We got surprised by them just as much as Democrats were surprised by Trump's new constituency in 2016.

Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (okun6)

81 Translation: there is nowhere safe to flee. We are stuck in California and my plans to retire elsewhere (or retire) are looking not so good.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (SwyyQ)

82 Pennsylvania: 19

Have I not beat that drum for ages?

WHYY, 'There are no more Republicans representing Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania’s legislature'
Democrats achieved their trifecta in Harrisburg thanks in part to a historic breakthrough in Philadelphia’s suburbs.

And the PA Governor has been proven to be a highly reliable socialist ally. (Not only our PA state socialists but see Newsmax, 'Josh Shapiro Backs El-Sayed in Michigan Race Despite Israel Criticism.')

I believe PA will gladly join to Save Democracy.

F us.

F them, too.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (NFX2v)

83 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)
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To be fair, many who voted have no concept of what it means to be an American.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (qesug)

84 "I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM"

What other kind is there?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)

85 Doom.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

86 The border in California is secure now isn’t it? I think the fear of an open border in TX is a little overblown.

Sanctuary? Yeah that’ll happen. But the border itself I think is fine for the next 2 years anyway.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (O3eDY)

87 This was the plan all along. Cheat to get the votes you need to bypass the constitution. And the demoncrats just did.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (ZAoYx)

88
So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

Texas alone registered 2 million new voters WITHOUT requiring proof of citizenship.

That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?

We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (2614e)

89 If any change is to be made to the electoral system, it should be granularized to the county level.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (OJ+ZP)

90 Art I Sec 10

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxPkt)

91 I'm glad to see the overstepping has begun. If it was an actual wave and not some AI sophisticated cheat that I cannot see, the people didn't vote for this. Does it really matter though once dems have all the levers of power? I don't know, we could be permanently f'd.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (n5tGW)

92 It's not the "crossover" vote, it's the 2024 Trump switches. Hispanics, something like 17% (seems like that's actually higher in key places like TX/RGV), and young people a massive switch, 30%+.

If "crossover" simple means party ID voting for other party, it's indeed not the story.

The Hispanic switch, with some evidence it was due to immigration enforcement - yowzah.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (U/Byj)

93 Hearkening back to the previous thread, there's this.

15 years after taking student loans, men have paid them down substantially compared to women who have barely made a dent.

https://tinyurl.com/4edr7kpz

Apparently it's NOT impossible for young people to pay off their debts.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

94 Jamie Raskin said in some interview that the first order of business in the Gayest Congress Evah! was to pass a universal gun registration bill.

Good luck with that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qesug)

95 Except the left just captured Texas.

The GOP retains a strong majority in the TX senate. So, the left did not capture Texas and cannot pass this or anything else without GOP say so. I think we are safe on this one.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (HFrEr)

96 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

These days, is there any good news? All I hear is a lot of whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qRla/)

97 > I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster.

The thing is, nothing in the Constitution requires that the electoral votes be awarded on the basis of a popular vote.

In many states, and for many years, they were not. Typically the electoral votes were assigned by the state legislature.

Frankly, I'd like to see us go back to that, and also scrap the direct election of U.S. Senators.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qlLNh)

98 That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

Yeah. Even though over 3/4 of the country supported basic ID to vote.

I don't have any tears to shed for the GOP getting its ass kicked. That party has to die before another one can take its place.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (S2K0Y)

99 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric

Whoa, thought it was a nightmare
Lord, it's all so true
They told me, don't go walking slow
The devil's on the loose

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qC/tp)

100 Fifty-six minutes of Louis Armstrong:
youtube.com/watch?v=bUfrP-IBrkI

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

101 38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)

The eGOPers in the Senate will prevent anyone potentially conservative from replacing them. They'll enjoy twisting the knife a bit longer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

102 The compliant Republican stooges in DC will go ahead and certify the stolen stuff and the rest is a given.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (ZAoYx)

103 I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM

To use a term they use against them:

Every voter becomes DISENFRANCHISED!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (2614e)

104 The migration plan was successful-

From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.

NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.

Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.

https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace

20 million new Democrat votes materialized.

That is the story
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
__________

That graph compares 2022 and 2026. What about 2024?

I'll bet GOP votes were much higher in 2024 because (i) it was presidential election and (ii) we won easily. I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

I've been saying since Tuesday that we lost because we didn't show up. The Democraps did. We voted like it was a midterm, like in 2022. They voted like it was presidential election, like in 2024.

We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

105 That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?

We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM

I think I've spotted the problem.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (V7nuf)

106 Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)

107 We'll see, I guess.

Nothing I can do myself but pray, so I will remain worry free like a bubble head.

I still stubbornly believe all will be well.

Sometimes good things arrive to the surprise of all...including dimwitted and demonic Dims.

We could riot, I guess?! This would deserve a good riot. However, we don't lower ourselves to the standards of mutated, kuru, thudding dumb melons.

I saw a "college" interview of two dimwitted coeds today who want all prisoners free to live among them. One defended gangs. One super dumb one (with adenoids that need removal) even did the heart sign with her hands. I have to assume this is the only way some would date or attract men. Then weep after rape and abuse of the cycle of dumbassery.

President Trump has two more years. He may have things up his cuffed sleeves we don't know about.

I will say the main change for me this week is now disliking JD Vance a whole lot. He's turned into Pence.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (hzuYO)

108 I don’t buy the “it’s all fraud” Argument.

If The huge gains in (formerly) red states were due to fraud then it means Republicans in those states were in on the fraud. I honestly doubt Kansas or South Carolina Republicans who run the state hatched a plan to give a Democrat a senate seat.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (O3eDY)

109 I remember friends mocking me about the potential catastrophic consequences of this Compact. Plenty of law review articles explaining how these compacts are authorized under the Constitution. Trouble indeed.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (f/a5g)

110 This will be fun for Califonia. The whole country can watch for 4 weeks as they manufacture enough votes to tip the national popular vote to Democrats.

Posted by: Dave at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (sbsMc)

111 Texas alone registered 2 million new voters WITHOUT requiring proof of citizenship.
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{{{Sponge}}}

I remember when that news came out a while ago, and thought it didn't bode well at all.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (qesug)

112 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

You're reaching. Badly.

States enter into agreements with other States as a matter of course. Such as which pro licenses are accepted and which are not.

If they want a Popular Vote Compact ? They'll get one.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (S2K0Y)

114 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

What???

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (O3eDY)

115 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

And just like the upcoming drop in gas prices, the left will take all the credit. And the dumbass lo-fo mofos who put them in power will happily agree.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (qRla/)

116 I remember the good ol’ days around here when people barked at you for how stupid you for California. Yeah, true enough but now where the F do I go? My home state Nevada is blue. Tennessee is barely red and I promise with the amount of Californians I know are moving there they’ll turn it blue. So what, now I gotta pack my bags and go all the way to Florida? Up for some suggestions…..

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)

117 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

118 51 I've been saying that. I didn't think things could get worse until ace noticed this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

I said that the day Trump 2 was sworn in. Look what happened to the left when RBG didn’t retire. I literally don’t know if they could cram them through in 2 months. I bet the left sure would find a way though.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (itAg7)

119
For you movie types...Here's some good news!

B&N is having their 50% off Criterion Blu-rays, etc Sale starting today.

Just in time for your Christmas shopping!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (YSUhf)

120 I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)

121
We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Are you on x? There are 8 bajillion charts and graphs on this out there.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

122 *living in California*

sorry I’m trying to work and comment at the same time

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (WCRuE)

123 IF this occurs, THEN the Supreme Court is going to.have one helluva case to resolve. Can perfectly legitimate legislative acts be used to undermine the clear intent of Constitutional structure?
On a nuts 'n bolts basis, sans a Constitutional Amendment, can a law nullify an entire Section of the Constitution. From a meta standpoint, can a legislative act turn the US from a Republic to a Democracy? From a "raw power" standpoint, can legislation remove a "check" to un"balance" the 3 branches?

I'll probably be dead by then, but if this occurs, can an SC decision prevent CW2?

Posted by: buddhaha at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (ipWju)

124 Piper....Good.. The little midget believes the press about him... What an arrogant POS

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (+gK6I)

125 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)

126 I will say the main change for me this week is now disliking JD Vance a whole lot. He's turned into Pence.

His trying to do a cutesy two-step concerning Tucker Carlson was the first tipoff.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (qRla/)

127 116 I remember the good ol’ days around here when people barked at you for how stupid you for California. Yeah, true enough but now where the F do I go? My home state Nevada is blue. Tennessee is barely red and I promise with the amount of Californians I know are moving there they’ll turn it blue. So what, now I gotta pack my bags and go all the way to Florida? Up for some suggestions…..

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)

At some point, it doesn't matter where you are.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK)

128 I still think it's possible, maybe probable, that the midterms were stolen. We were "told" by the various polls and polymarkets that the (D) was way, way up in the polls. Told. Shown their analysis. Which just as well could have been pure bullshit to cover for the coming fraud.

Tell the electorate what to expect, deliver on those expectations.

Wave it all away with "turnout." I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (RORbl)

129 I bet the left sure would find a way though.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM

Yes. They'd tell the right to bend over and vote to confirm a communist. For comity 'n' shit. Of course, the GOPe doesn't actually need to be told to do that...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (V7nuf)

130 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm staying out of the Rubio, JD, DeathSantis debate, but it's beyond obvious to me that DeathSantis sees a big opportunity that didn't exist on Monday and he's seizing the moment. He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

131 38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

---

Lol.

Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (vqA1l)

132 WHICH IS A JOKE. SO DONT GET YOUR FEATHERS IN A RUFFLE

ITS A FREAKING JOKE

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)

133 Pulling this news over from last thread, good news from New York for once...

BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a NY house seat. In blue New York. The sticker quality from Sticker Mule is the best, and he is hated by the left.

So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)

134 Seems unconstitutional to me. Has it been challenged in court?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (2SxyD)

135 JD Vance is BFFs with Tucker. Tucker’s kid works for JD.

How is anyone surprised who JD is?

There’s gambling in Casablanca guys. Shocking I know.

This is a symptom of how the right refuses to accept reality.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)

136 Red Turban, looks like the GOP vote held steady while the Dem vote saw I think the greatest increase in history (lots of questions about that).

But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

137 it's beyond obvious to me that DeathSantis sees a big opportunity that didn't exist on Monday and he's seizing the moment. He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.

I agree.

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

138 "I still stubbornly believe all will be well."
___

Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)

139 WHICH IS A JOKE. SO DONT GET YOUR FEATHERS IN A RUFFLE

ITS A FREAKING JOKE
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM

Aw, come on! I didn't even get a chance to run with that line!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (V7nuf)

140 At some point, it doesn't matter where you are.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

We're there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (Ta4DE)

141 An electoral vote 'compact' would be a Supremacy Clause violation, unless I'm wrong.

unrelated: having Thomas and Alito resign now in hopes 2 conservative judges could be seated in the interim would be trusting the Senate GOP to get it done in time,

Who thinks that is likely to happen?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

142 Sometimes it actually pays to be overly pessimistic. I’m by far the dumbest person who posts here and I saw this coming a mile away.
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (ZHSC2)

143 It will probably be fine.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It will probably be fine." at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (MWfyi)

144 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

They already did that with the DSA. They SAID they weren't Democrats.

It's like even their side doesn't know to listen to when they tell you what they're going to do........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (2614e)

145 How could this stand legally?
I would think it could be a massive class action waiting to happen.
Granted, the legal challenge would take forever to grind through, but how could it constitutionally prevail?

Posted by: barbarausa at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (enw9G)

146 117 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

Vance seems to have bought into the idea that the chronically online pseudoright is key to elections. I haven't seen any evidence that they swing anything, anywhere. There's a better case for the GOPe still having a small percentage of the base than these guys.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)

147 "I still think it's possible, maybe probable, that the midterms were stolen."

Has DJT said anything about it? On the one hand, if he does, everybody will say 'oh he always says that.' OTOH, if he does not, fat chance the base alone can push the issue.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

148 What's to stop us from getting California?

If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.

Use their tactics against them.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)

149
Who thinks that is likely to happen?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

It will not. Those two men need to stay exactly where they are for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (2614e)

150 That John Thune hasn't yet been told by the GOP to STFD and STFU tells me all I need to know.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

151 Under a popular vote compact would an Idaho voter have standing to challenge voter fraud in California? Question answers itself.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (f/a5g)

152 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper

The Goat's Ass Party

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)

153 Did y'all hear about the AWFL in Arkansas who was changing bar scores to cause some people who had failed to pass and caused some people who had passed to fail?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

154 I would vote for a Rubio and Desantis ticket, they can choose the order.

I think JD has served well, but he's done. He has a beautiful family and found the American Dream. Working the rest of his life in other public roles to endure that dream for more poor Americans? Would be a life well served.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Toos7)

155 We'll see how the absentee votes break out, but the Alaska Senate seat is looking safer.

Right now it's:

Peltola, Mary (DEM) 48.2%
Sullivan, Dan S. (REP) 47.9%
Heikes, Gerald L. (REP) 2.3%
Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr. 1.7%

It seems unlikely that either Peltola or Real Sullivan will break 50% in the first round, though it could happen.

If it goes to a second round, I think Real Sullivan has it. You have to figure that almost all of the Heikes votes and at least some of the Fake Sullivan votes are going to have Real Sullivan as their second choice.

We won't know for a while, as Alaska is one of the few states that allows absentee ballots to be postmarked by election day, not received by election day. There are historical reasons for this... there were (and still are, to some extent) a lot of places here where the mail doesn't exactly move quickly or predictably.

The drop-dead deadline for receiving votes is November 18, even if they are postmarked by election day.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (qlLNh)

156 Oh my that is not who we are.

Posted by: The GOP at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (MWfyi)

157 148 What's to stop us from getting California?

If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.

Use their tactics against them.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)

Marquess of Queensbury Rules do not survive a street fight.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

158 In addition to the strong payroll gains for October, prior months were revised up substantially: The August figure moved to 186,000, an upward revision of 53,000, while the September count shifted to 60,000 following an upward revision of 31,000.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)

159 I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)
________

Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

160 142 Sometimes it actually pays to be overly pessimistic. I’m by far the dumbest person who posts here and I saw this coming a mile away.
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP
Posted by: Billythesquid

It’s going to suck if you allow it to suck.

MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.

Love where you live.

And be ready to defend yourself.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)

161
Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics

Ah yes, those "natural conservatives."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Cqx++)

162 >If they want a Popular Vote Compact ? They'll get one.

Posted by: Howdy
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You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

163 Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
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On the bus at the moment but very interested. I inquired yesterday...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2SxyD)

164 Nothing I can do myself but pray,

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Revelation 12:14 is often interpreted to mean the Beast shall reign for 3 1/2 years. "Time times and half a time." So somewhere around June 2030 we ought to be OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (qC/tp)

165 Those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain.

Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)

166 enough rino types in the senate to go with dems this year, we need to work across the aisle so next year we still get some of the d.c payola

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (CWTWj)

167 But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

The biggest factor in the Hispanic swing is Hispanic voters who weren't voting before. Those ones didn't so much "switch" as show up for the first time.

Trump's personal machismo popularity probably accounts for a few percentage points but nothing dramatic.

Platform wise I'm not sure what killed us yet. It might have been ICE, or could just be 'affordability'. The case for it having been ICE is the idea the new voters were pissed about it, the case against is that it's been a strong platform so far and Rs polled well on immigration vs Ds.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (okun6)

168 As of now, we are boned in 2028 without any changes. I think best chance is Rubio/DeSantis or flipped, but still it's gonna be a rough one. One of those is gonna have to move across the state line. Rubio has spanish identity so I would prefer him in one of the two spots.

So a long way to go here though, because of events and dems will cause some crazy events.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

169 Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)

Hopefully he'll say enough stupid stuff that the Democrats will abandon him completely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (JrHfD)

170 I never liked Vance. There's something about his face.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)

171 If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid

That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)

172
MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.

Love where you live.

And be ready to defend yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)

We're getting there. I just hope that they don't f*ck things up for me enough where we can't get to were we want to be in a couple years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (2614e)

173 They stole the election by using the same AI they complain about. They've gamed this digital dogshite voting since day 1. In 2 years the Republic is lost, dead on the floor. I saw the interstate compact years ago. By stealing the larger states, the Dems got the answer they've wanted: rigged elections without a legal recourse, as if that matters by the way. Digital dogshite is their thing. God is digital to them. This here and now is all the left has. God is nowhere in their world except interpreted to be a big leftist. It's been a fun ride. I'm older so I can see not retiring peacefully. That won't be allowed.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ZAoYx)

174 And on top of it, October hiring came in a smashing levels. All for naught though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)

175 If The huge gains in (formerly) red states were due to fraud then it means Republicans in those states were in on the fraud. I honestly doubt Kansas or South Carolina Republicans who run the state hatched a plan to give a Democrat a senate seat.

Ok, here is some gratuitous nightmare fuel:

Congress, being all insiders, are seeing the economic numbers that aren't released to the public. Its a variation of the "Lucifer's Hammer" passageway to a dystopia. You know that an extinction event is a few says away, so do you make it public and the world goes insane as they settle scores and engage in behavior they wouldn't do if there were consequences?

They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.

The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (/TiS1)

176 That John Thune hasn't yet been told by the GOP to STFD and STFU tells me all I need to know.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yep. Just go back to Sioux Falls and shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Ta4DE)

177 Democracy = Dictatorship of the majority. And that is exactly what the dems will be...dictators.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2WIwB)

178 ITS A FREAKING JOKE
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)

Of course it is!

Too many people don't know that, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (qRla/)

179 Test.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (amcLV)

180 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (MPtWl)

181
Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).

60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)

182 Those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain.

Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)

I stopped considering Chewy when they stopped carrying MyPillow products because of politics.

F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)

183 In other news, Tesla's killing the Cybertruck. Get yours before it's too late!

Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)

184 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

another dumbass arab who overestimates his smallish success; wait till they raid his house and find child pr0n...

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)

185 Congress, being all insiders, are seeing the economic numbers that aren't released to the public. Its a variation of the "Lucifer's Hammer" passageway to a dystopia. You know that an extinction event is a few says away, so do you make it public and the world goes insane as they settle scores and engage in behavior they wouldn't do if there were consequences?

They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.

The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.

Wut?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

186 Interstate compacts require Congressional approval.

So the way it should work is that Congress passes the compact, Trump vetoes it, and nothing happens.

Somehow I think that the Democrats aren't going to accept that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)

187 In other news, Tesla's killing the Cybertruck. Get yours before it's too late!
Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)

Shouldn't have built it to not withstand anything.

That thing was useless garbage from the start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (2614e)

188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

189 >>>This is a symptom of how the right refuses to accept reality.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)
======

I think that's true of most people, myself included.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (SwyyQ)

190 I want to know how fraud occurred in hundreds of rural counties in Kansas and Texas. Because the only answer is very conservative people who run those counties decided to help out Democrats.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (O3eDY)

191 Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

I believed this as well; but got various reasons I know and deal with a lot of these (fully legal) and I’ve been surprised to see that thanks in part to Spanish language media and also to some admittedly heavy handed enforcement, they as a group have come to feel completely terrorized over the last year. They may be legal, but every one of them has friend, cousins, spouses, co-workers and employees who are in at least the gray area of immigration. Not completely illegal, but more like trying to extend visas, work permits. These people are being told to live in fear every day, and it’s made the entire community, legal or not, angry and paranoid. That’s what came out in Texas on Tuesday.

It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

192 The word 'democracy' does not appear in the Constitution or the Declaration Of Independence.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)

193 And this issue is pretty close to the bottom of things we should be worrying about.

You know what is right up at the top?

All the new Dem AGs.

Do not doubt for a second that they already have lawsuits and indictments for:
- former Trump admin officials
- ICE agents
- Musk and any tech bros they dislike

You know all that shit about how we couldn't get a single red state AG to bring murder or fraud charges against, say, Fauchi or his minions?
And the spineless pussies hemmed and hawed about who-the-fuck-knows?

That will sure as hell not stop them.

And after those arrests, you know who is next?
Red state Republicans politicians.
They are going to fake up criminal fraud charges that make Leticia, Alvin and Fanni look like sober jurists strictly adhering to the law.
And they'll bring those in deep, deep blue cities.

Buckle up.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (Aug7T)

194 Texas is going to do a recount, right? Though if you had 2M new voters sign up without ID, you don't know on their ballots they're illegal. Their ballot is legit even if the person was not.

If it's true the legislature in TX currently has a super majority, pull an emergency session and hobble the Governor and Lt Gov as much as you can before they are sworn in. What else do you have to lose at this point?

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)

195 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "

Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)

196 But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

==

yes, they did. but why? economics, almost 60% said it was economics, not ideology, religion, American Exceptionalism, or Iran (lol). The rent is too damn high!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (AKptf)

197 DeSantis nails Thune and the do-nothing corporatist Senate

https://tinyurl.com/4kwhvn8t

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (EaqT1)

198 160
I’m already doing that Nurse. I’ve been doing it for a long time. I feel better after reading your words. You are one of my favorite people here

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (ZHSC2)

199
Honestly not sure what concerns me more.

1. The number of Democrat voters who have no idea what they are

1. The number of Democrat voters who do

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (MPtWl)

200 If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid

That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)
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I don't think there was any big swing. See my comment above. Dems got a little less votes on Tuesday than they did in 2024, but overall it was comparable (75M vs 70M).

The problem was that we got much much much less votes than in 2024 (77M vs 50M). We just stayed home.

My take is that Dems voted very similarly to how they voted in 2024. No great swings or migrations. It was us who voted drastically differently, by not showing up. If we got the 77M votes we got in 2024, we win.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

201 The 19th Amendment is what got us here.

Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

202 If it's true the legislature in TX currently has a super majority, pull an emergency session and hobble the Governor and Lt Gov as much as you can before they are sworn in. What else do you have to lose at this point?
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)

They need to fix this non-citizen voter registration bullshit IMMEDIATELY. Law. Now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (2614e)

203 Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)
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It's occurred to me more than once we are looking over HERE at what's going on and asking God, "What just happened?"

Meanwhile, God's plan is being put into action over THERE and we'll never, ever see it coming to fruition until it finally arrives on the scene.

And it will be glorious to behold.

He seems to like doing that to us.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (s2iZv)

204 152 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper

The Goat's Ass Party
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)
*******
I am looking forward to the Dim cage fighting of the gheys vs the pisslams in Congress.

Instead of silver tipped canes as in Madison's time, there will be machetes whipped out of burkas and turbans, vs powder puffs and rainbows and tippy toes.

This should show the dumbest of Dims what we're up against.

I guess the GOPers will be the show girls with the signs in their sequins. Or maybe they will join the gheys for full on slaughter.

McConnell will be on the sidelines as the cardboard cut out with his smiling chy knee spy wife.

Thune will be a referee and I hope they beat on him as well.

ICE will then arrest and deport everyone and my life will be complete with chakras aligned like Al Gore the Sex Poodle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (hzuYO)

205 Not over gasoline. Control

DEI, Green deals, trans (because they used that under the guise to bring lots of illegals into the country), No ICE & reducing the actual numbers of police in Police departments, return of USAID, greatly reduced National Defense spending and billets.

Let criminals out of prisons ASAP and get them onto the public dole, i.e., Medicaid, federal grants for opiate treatment, etc. (But IGNORE THAT FOR POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS.) Legalize prostitution - unionize where possible - keeping within certain age restrictions. (Ha)

Public schools: Universal educational standards for standard K-12. Reduce testing goals in general. Reduce in school time to 4 days a week, max. Reduce AP offerings for average school districts. Raise and re-raise administration and teaching pensions and benefits.

Community hubs. Control of services such as water. More court appointed guardians and conservators for certain elderly & special needs individuals.

Specific aid to 'working families" to keep them onboard.

Utopia

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

206 > 184 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Something tells me he's going to regret stabbing Schumer in the back, after ChuckyBoy bent over and lubed up for him during the campaign.

Schumer and Pelosi are probably planning to "settle all the family business" as we speak.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qlLNh)

207 'I still stubbornly believe all will be well.'

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

1 John 2:15–17

Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

It's probably b/c we didn't deport them all that we have issues...we deported many, but still a semi drop in the bucket...

Like Iran, we pussyfooted when it got bad press, pleasing no one...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Gb7+b)

209 It wasn't just Hispanics; it was younger people generally who have loans to pay off and don't get to work from home. They need gas to get to the job or at least to the interview.
Our Near East strategery of bombing whomever Israel tells us to bomb would appear to need rethinking.

Posted by: AoS Cope was right. at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (dC6PZ)

210 I see Pelosi's replacement is the weird ass freak from SF .. Weiner

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)

211 It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

When 25% of the 55% were illegals registered to vote, is that really a referendum?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)

212 Specific aid to 'working families" to keep them onboard.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

The phrase "working families" is a nearly sure-fire tell that whoever is using it is a communist.

Of course, none of them have families and very few of them have ever worked.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (qlLNh)

213 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

214 accepting reality is often no fun at all. but "i'm still not dead" is some consolation. 2028 could see a turnaround

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (CWTWj)

215 195 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "

Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)

Or John Roberts...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (l3cgK)

216 If you like your Republic you can keep your Republic.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (MPtWl)

217 Video of El-Sayed on 'delicious irony' of JD Vance having to swear him in.

My county has that, among others, up on Facebook.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (NFX2v)

218 jim... I'm numb to it now...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)

219 As I've been saying, we just stayed home.

I don't think so based on the numbers. I think the votes just switched. A massive switch which boggles the mind as to if it was real or a cheat, but a switch none the less.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

220 harder times are coming aren't they? guess i'll have to get better at lifting

Posted by: Brometheus at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (rOmMi)

221 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM

"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

222 Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).

60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)
_____

Well, yea. That's my point: Dems got their people to turn out like it was a presidential election year, by nationalizing the local elections. They showed up like Trump was on the ballot. Like in 2024.

We did not. We phoned in the normal mid-cycle turnout. Had we taken this election much more seriously, like we did in 2024, we would have gotten close to the 77M votes we did in 2024, and won.

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

223 Schumer and Pelosi are probably planning to "settle all the family business" as we speak.

I don't see how. Pelosi and her acolyte Jeffries are dead speakers walking, and Schumer is a Schmuck who's about to be defenestrated.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

224 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Ta4DE)

225
"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

Truth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (2614e)

226 The surge is largely explained by Hispanics, who live more in the South. While some proportion scaling with the wave is no doubt fraud, in bulk it is the appearance of a new and real group of voters. We got surprised by them just as much as Democrats were surprised by Trump's new constituency in 2016.

Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.

>>>>
So I am supposed to believe that all these 20 million hispanics who voted for Ds are actual hispanic citizens who are pissed that Trump is deporting the new Latin Americans who undercut their wages? Possibly plausible as a group that Hispancis were extra pissed by the high fuel prices and stupid enough to think voting D might lower those prices, but to the tune of 20 million votes? Pull the other finger.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (PV+Zw)

227 That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
--
The top issue for Hispanics was "affordability" by 57%.

Start with that as the headwind.

then add in that all the Rs were running on was "Dems are gonna trans your kids!!!"
And recall that, in 2024, voters flat refused to believe the crazy shit Kamala said--even when it was direct quotes.

So they're already against the R, and the R is blathering on something you don't really believe and nothing on what you're worried about = Guess I'll Vote Blue

Stop blaming the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Aug7T)

228 The national popular vote compact is an unconstitutional interstate compact.

That's why it's the model for my unconstitutional interstate compact.

My idea is to pursue it in a much more resilient way. It's going to take awhile, just like NPV. But it will expand and deepen their approach, by attacking the problem in three tiers.

The NPV approach only goes at a mix of the second two parts of my strategy.

1.) States that allow Constitutional ballot initiatives

2.) States that allow legislative ballot initiatives

3.) States that have no initiative process

It will also focus the approach by not striving for a maximum bound but a minimum one. 10 States. I'm not constrained as much by population as geography. I want the most scattered group of States possible.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

229 BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a NY house seat. In blue New York. The sticker quality from Sticker Mule is the best, and he is hated by the left.

So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)

What am I supposed to do with stickers? He may be a real good guy, but he is selling a niche product that I simply have no use for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (yky4J)

230 "I'll bet GOP votes were much higher in 2024 because (i) it was presidential election and (ii) we won easily. I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized.""

Nope. The phantom 20 million D votes for Biden in 2020 - which were NOT reflected in down ticket offices or ballot measures - now appeared in the midterms, but only for house and senate races... again, not for other offices or ballot measures.

We weren't born yeatsrday - this is total bullshit. Whoever did the deed for Biden refused to do it for Harris. I suspected at the time that this was because of shit they wanted to go down on Trump's watch.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (G5zYf)

231 DNC vs DSA is theater. Learn it, live it, love it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (MPtWl)

232 So will Roberts protect the Constitution against the end run?
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (OuaQy)

233 i wonder how far the dems will go. will they demand 15$ minimum wage in order to pass a debt ceiling increase? we shall see

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (CWTWj)

234 207 'I still stubbornly believe all will be well.'

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

1 John 2:15–17

Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

*********
I fear nothing (but snakes) due to faith. Always have, always will (I hope).

I do fear for our sons and grandchildren's future and will fight accordingly for them only.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)

235 But...but...I thought we blessed Israel? Aren't we supposed to be blessed now?

Posted by: wat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (8Pt4r)

236 Yes.

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

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
·
3h
There were 20 Million new voter registrations between 2022 and 2024 in 37 states without proof of citizenship requirements

Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

Insane.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (kX27y)

237 DeSantis nails Thune and the do-nothing corporatist Senate

-
The Bee explains it all.

Republicans Unsure Why Voters Are Mad At Them As They Literally Haven't Done Anything These Past Two Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qC/tp)

238 awwww

*kicks rock*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (yVYSZ)

239 In a lot of places, the cheat was going on.

In others, Dems were more determined to vote, and Republicans stayed home.

With mail-in ballots and early voting, we're never going to get an honest account of what really happened.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)

240

Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

241 221 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM

"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

******
NO

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (hzuYO)

242 > I don't see how. Pelosi and her acolyte Jeffries are dead speakers walking, and Schumer is a Schmuck who's about to be defenestrated.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

You might be surprised how much informal power gets acquired when you're in congress for that long, even if you're not "officially"

I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qlLNh)

243 >>> Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did he get told by his betters in the DNC to shut up, after he announced he won't bow the knee to Schumer, the Jewish majority leader? And this is his temper tantrum, he's taking his balk and going home?

Also, I found it hilarious he wore a tight black tee on election night, showing off his guns and pecs, and his Muslim wife dressed like a burqua bag meets little house on the prairie. Liberal women, meet your official handmaid's tale outfit when the Muslims take over Michigan.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Toos7)

244 The 19th Amendment is what got us here.
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

No.

Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)

245 All the Texans who voted for Democrats, we salute your superior intellect and ability to read the danger of casting a vote for tyranny.

Who’d a thunk that Texans would be the vote that ends constitutional order.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (jlI90)

246 Republicans didn't want to SAVE America

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)

247 "Well, yea. That's my point: Dems got their people to turn out like it was a presidential election year, by nationalizing the local elections. They showed up like Trump was on the ballot. Like in 2024."

There is no way they got an extra 15-20 million to turn out without grousing about polls being overwhelmed and demanding they stay open later. Not one peep I've seen.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (G5zYf)

248 What's to stop us from getting California?
If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Use their tactics against them.
Posted by: dantesed

Unlikely. Take ballot harvesting, for example. Imagine the GOPe spends $100 million on it. The Dem have a lock on the election officials, most DAs and judges. Which means the officials can throw out ballots harvested by the GOP, and the DAs won't pursue charges, and judges will bounce most civil challenges. I'm not saying it's impossible to reverse, just that in states like CA & NY, the doors to their tactics are entirely in the Dems' hands.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (nEUC6)

249 Supreme Court:

"no"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (TMNW7)

250 "You have nothing to fear from illegal voters."

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)

251 212. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Right you are.

And/or joined the big 'multi-employer unions' (and their families by extension) that have often enjoyed bailouts under O & Joe.

While the order has changed, 'First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller' will again prove to be relevant someday.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v)

252 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "
--
So after the Rs doing nothing for voters for 2 years, the plan is to now engage in dirty tactics to hold power?

sure, that's a good plan. Voters will love it.
And everyone will forget about it in 2 years.

And that plan requires Thune, Cornyn, Cassidy, Collins, Earnst et al.?

We don't get to wishcast on ways to win without fighting.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Aug7T)

253 130 He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

*******
DeSantis almost single=handedly got the Property Tax relief bill passed (Legislature did not want it) and, now, before he leaves office he is working on a Special Session to get a Tax Payer’s Bill of Rights passed to protect the Homestead Exemption from fees and extra charges to circumvent the Relief Bill. He actually does work for affordability.

Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rJD2P)

254 Thune has some at of balls. He wants to be the minority leader? The only response to that should be go fuck yourself, fag.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (jlI90)

255 You might be surprised how much informal power gets acquired when you're in congress for that long, even if you're not "officially"

I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.

If we know anything about the new crop of Dem politicians, it's that they have no sense of history, no sense of proportion, and are convinced they are selected by God (or whomever) to dramatically remake the nation. They are NOT scared of Pelosi and Jeffries.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)

256 With mail-in ballots and early voting, we're never going to get an honest account of what really happened.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (MPtWl)

257 So will Roberts protect the Constitution against the end run?
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.
Posted by: torabora

You mean "Stonewall" Roberts?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qC/tp)

258 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

Only if the Senate had a couple months to pass it now, wouldn't that be great? I guess we are out of time though, the Thune out front told me.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)

259 Revelation 12:14 is often interpreted to mean the Beast shall reign for 3 1/2 years.

That is the Premillenial Dysfunctional understanding of that passage. John only saw the United States in the last days of its existence and no other body of people over the last two thousand years gained any benefit or edification from this passage.

The orthodox view is sees the wings of the Eagle and immediately recalls Exodus 19:4 "I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself" very well understood by the Jews being ministered by John (completely unknown to Evangelicals today).

the "time, times and half-time" could have been stated "three and one-half years" if that is what was meant, but the symbology is obvious to those who know how to read apocalyptic prose.

The point is not that God's people escape all suffering, its that He delivers them from ultimate destruction. (Read Exodus for more details). The wilderness is simultaneously a place of hardship and divine provision

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (a3CJ+)

260 I do fear for our sons and grandchildren's future and will fight accordingly for them only.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)
___

God saw fit to position us close to our younger daughter and granddaughters by enabling us to buy some land and a house near them.

Oldest daughter in Texas is now making plans to move near us in Missouri within the next two years.

The enemy will have to come through us to get to them.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)

261 It's blatantly unconstitutional on its face but unlikely to be blocked by the courts including the soon to be expanded Supreme Court. There's nothing democratic about substituting someone else's vote for your own just because everybody else agreed to it.

Posted by: crasey at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (Hs4At)

262 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)

Yes! And the Democrats will get credit for it! Because the voters are that stupid.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iSxqy)

263 I am really, really getting sick of the anti-semites on the right. Just come out and say it - you wish Hitler had finished the job.

Nickelfucking assholes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (qRla/)

264 We dislike Vance now?

Was it the post where he mentioned a pollster telling him voters cited wanting a changed relationship with Israel? Or did he actually propose something commenters are worried about? Honest question bc I feel like I missed something.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (gw3RI)

265 213 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

And we have a new state income tax and sales taxes in my area are going to be over 11%.

Yeeehaw! Gotta pay for all the tiny house neighborhoods for the druggies.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (yVYSZ)

266 another dumbass arab who overestimates his smallish success; wait till they raid his house and find child pr0n...
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)

The politics of personal destruction. Trump's team needs to get on this. Put some dogged investigators on every one of the newly-elected Donks, and search for past crimes to charge them with. All on the QT, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (yky4J)

267 No unpacking the election from the MSM. That's funny. They do it in Republican waves.

Nothing. Uncurious.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Ta4DE)

268 You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

Card Shark

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MPtWl)

269 When 25% of the 55% were illegals registered to vote, is that really a referendum?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)

It’s looking like the great majority of these new registrations where what we call “anchor babies” coming of age. That may suck, but under the law they are full legal citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (oH6g4)

270 Unconstitutional. States cannot enter into compacts that undermine the constitution.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (ZC1Ng)

271 if you want to cheat to win:

- buy the voter rolls from blue states.
- steal the final copy of the ballots before it's published
- AI to scrub for all registered, unlikely voters
- Chinese printer to print and "robosign" with unique sigs on ballots for all those.
- flood the blue states with fake ballots during early voting

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Aug7T)

272 I stopped considering Chewy when they stopped carrying MyPillow products because of politics.

F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)

Just closed my account with them, cancelling the auto ship orders I had. Not that it'll make a difference to them. But I did leave a note that I will not do business with a company that supports podcasters who promote assassination.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)

273 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (LQ1/y)

274 We can't pass anything during the lame duck session. It would be unseemly.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (MPtWl)

275 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.

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

276 You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

Isn’t that what Ross said while arguing with Ross lookalike? Ha

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (LQ1/y)

277 Subverting the electoral college will address the affordability issue. Trust us, and bend over.

Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (jlI90)

278 Quite, essentially those who flipped or sat this out killed the nation....

and "ok" the good news is enjoy the results comrades....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Int1s)

279 >
Card Shark

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MPtWl)

----

I steal a lot of jokes

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

280 >>> The 19th Amendment is what got us here.
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

No. Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)

I would argue that letting the Nazis and commies move their philosophies over to America after WW2, infecting education and entertainment permanently, also did its fair share of damage. We are reaping the whirlwind of red diaper babies going to college and learning woke commie nonsense. And Hollywood turning it into visual feel good propaganda.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Toos7)

281 I steal a lot of jokes

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

It's homage.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (MPtWl)

282 Apropos of nothing I've just discovered how to use voice to text inside Google Chrome I've always wondered how you guys managed to say so much in such a short period of time.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (9bpxs)

283 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

I hate to say it, but I think a voice and speaking coach would do him a world of electability good. He needs to learn how to speak forcefully and succinctly, without becoming shrill.

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

284 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Hard to have good news when there isn't any.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)

285 sven!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (qesug)

286 Now That Democrats ~~Captured~~ Stolen Texas

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

287 Large groups in Texas flipped especially voters under 30 and Latinos. You can thank them for the coming pain.

Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (jlI90)

288 275 Right now, I'd like a candidate who doesn't lie, gaslight, overpromise, and plan to use the office for self-enrichment. Are there any?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

289 🚨TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES INSIDE THE ALZHEIMER’S UNIT AT THE SAN RECTO, CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SAY MAXINE WATERS IS DEFINITELY THERE AND HAS REGRESSED TO THE POINT OF NOT RECOGNIZING HER OWN FAMILY!

Republicans are calling for her to be removed from the House Roll Call immediately, calling the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman “undignified at best.”

“Senator McConnell just made an appearance and cast a vote on the Senate floor. It’s time for the left’s missing Congresswoman to do the same.”

Waters’ office hasn’t returned our request for comment.

Share this everywhere so they stop the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman!

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

290 No. Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)

291 275 "DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…"

Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.

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

Vance doesn't appear to have a unique constituency of meaningful size. Even something more random like Kennedy for the MAHA thing would be stronger. We'll see for sure in the primaries. 2028 is likely to be an uphill battle.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (okun6)

292 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

You're not required to bring us good news, Ace.

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

293 I believe there's a clause in the us constitution that prohibits state compacts. Is this correct?
1:06 PM
You are correct. The provision you are thinking of is the Compact Clause, found in Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
It states:
"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
The intent of the Framers was to ensure that the federal government retains oversight regarding agreements between states or with foreign powers, preventing states from forming political blocs or alliances that might undermine national sovereignty or central authority.
However, the Supreme Court has interpreted the scope of this clause narrowly in cases like Virginia v. Tennessee (1893). The Court held that the clause only applies to agreements that might encroach upon or interfere with the "just supremacy of the United States." Therefore, many administrative or cooperative agreements between states—such as those dealing wi

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)

294 Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)

295 with regional water rights, bridge maintenance, or minor border adjustments—do not strictly require congressional approval because they do not threaten federal supremacy or the balance of power within the Union.

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)

296 I'm convinced there was fraud in TX and in Iowa. And other red states, do you think anyone in the fed is looking at this??

-----------------------
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
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Nov 4
HOLY CR*P 🚨 Official Election Administration and Voting Comprehensive Report buried all the way on page 193 of the document shows Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship

Documented proof of citizenship like birth certificate, passport and naturalization papers is not required at the time of voter registration in Texas

56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”

This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

297 Hard to have good news when there isn't any.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)
___

{{{BC}}}

Of course there's good news!

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (qesug)

298 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......

Don't worry. Xavier Becerra's mileage tax will save us.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

299 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

I always felt sorry for native CAs who had lived under Reagan as gov and saw their beloved state turn to into a hellhole. And when I’d see a CA plate here, which is constant, I’d say they’re not welcome, here unless they’re conservative refugees. We also had a room at the inn for them. But here I am. Watching my beloved home state, the one my dad and his bro came to in 1947 after the war, turn into the gulag. I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)

300 TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES INSIDE THE ALZHEIMER’S UNIT AT THE SAN RECTO, CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SAY MAXINE WATERS IS DEFINITELY THERE AND HAS REGRESSED TO THE POINT OF NOT RECOGNIZING HER OWN FAMILY!

MY FIELD OF FUCKS IS BARREN!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (Ta4DE)

301 Expect a lawsuit any time!

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (v1+7h)

302 Heya Bulg. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qesug)

303 The enemy will have to come through us to get to them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)

*********
Same.

Politics is not my life. Not during the Obungo Error, and not now.

The Bible says 365 times not to be afraid. I ain't going to start now with ninny's like the Dims winning a midterm and things as they are. My life is fine.

It might go completely bad and horrific.

I will die fighting if it comes to it, but I know where I'm going and have no fear.

I absolutely do not want sons and grands to have to deal with this mess that I pray against.

People with faith are not weak, as some may see our prayers "not working." It is not a Magic 8 Ball when you pray and you don't get answers or what you pray for. Faith is not seen and I accept God's will.

This country with tik tok witches praying against Trump, supporting abortion, euthansia, pedophilia, etc is what I will continue to pray against. He hears our prayers.

Sometimes things are won by going through really, really bad times. We've been spoiled vs our ancestors who went through far worse. We'll see.

I will never give up or fear what is ahead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)

304 Red Turban dunno accuracy but there is polling data showing significant Hispanic Trump 2024 switches (along with dramatic young cohort switches). Not new voters.

Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

305 Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)
_________

I despise that twat. He might not be wrong about this, though. I hope there's some nasty intramural fighting over the next speaker, especially if the Dems want to get rid of a black guy with a muslim name who was a perfect NPC for them as minority speaker.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

306 Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Int1s)

Except:
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;
3% from Harris to Rep candidates. Not insignificant but below expectations for mid-term in 2nd administration.
Turnout for Reps was strong, better than 2022 and 2018.
Dem turn out went up about 19 million votes from 2022 to 2026. Basically presidential year turn out. Simply amazing print out the vote effort.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

307 I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
___

My eldest has done the same thing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)

308 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qesug)

*hugs*

was past due......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (2614e)

309 56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”

This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: beckster
......

*cough*bullshit*cough*

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (UjdFS)

310 Hell,,,,,,are we there yet?

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (BFNU4)

311 Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)

I thought the term was "real property", i.e. land?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (yky4J)

312 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)

(posts pretend gif of Jack Nicholson nodding)

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (MPtWl)

313 Sometimes things are won by going through really, really bad times. We've been spoiled vs our ancestors who went through far worse. We'll see.

I will never give up or fear what is ahead.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)
___

Amen sister.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)

314 >>> I did leave a note that I will not do business with a company that supports podcasters who promote assassination.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)

Awesome of you to do that.

AOP, sticker mule sells far more than just stickers. Any merch you might need, they make in America vs China. And it's good stuff. I am on their mailing list, and wait for good promos to stick up. Packaging, apparel, buttons, shipping labels, magnets, etc.

They do face stickers now, I might make face stickers of our dog as Christmas presents to add to the holiday card envelopes.

https://www.stickermule.com

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Toos7)

315 304 Red Turban dunno accuracy but there is polling data showing significant Hispanic Trump 2024 switches (along with dramatic young cohort switches). Not new voters.

Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

I'm assuming the surveys you're talking about are aggregate surveys. As far as I know actual crossover voting was not that big.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (okun6)

316 Eromero!

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)

317 "258 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country"

Inability my ass, they didn't want to do it. Remember that when shit kicks off.

There will be a fight, it's been a done deal that I have called out since June 2016 when the progs started allowing widespread open violence against conservatives. The exposure of Obama's last minute intelligence abuses and the russia scheme cemented it into place.

Look at which states required proof of citizenship to vote, even indirectly via enhanced IDs. Look at the early voting totals and new registrations. Look at why FL and TX were so different and why. Look at which states' "extra" dem house/senate votes didn't translate into prop. or lower office votes.

Near 20 million people did not only vote for federal house/senate, that's nonsense. "Gee, we just have to vote harder next time!". Yeah, no. You are not voting you way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (G5zYf)

318 I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
___

My eldest has done the same thing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)

They need to steel their resolve and prepare to fight like hell.

Cowering in the corner isn't going to give any hope for getting America back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (2614e)

319 Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.

And the Left would sell square inch parcels of desert for $1 to certain arbitrary demographics known for reliable dependents of the Left and then subsidize the $1 with a $500 billion government aid package where NGOs would proliferate and be entitled to a substantial cut.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (BvPIe)

320 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

-
That's a 10-4, good buddy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (qC/tp)

321 Speaking of vote harvesting, the California GOP congressional congregation is in the process of being wiped out.

We're down to 4 uncalled races where the GOP has only 1 almost outside the margin of fraud.

If this holds, the Donks will pick up 7 seats in Cali and the GOP will only have 1 congressional seat.

I mean, the GOP should just close up any remaining offices they have in that state.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (XV/Pl)

322 I am really thinking now that the SAVE act would be the only thing to save us. Before I thought it was just and obvious right thing to do, but it appears it's existential.

Boned.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (n5tGW)

323 Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

I don't know if I should say this, because it is a bit of discouraging.

While what you say is true, His will doesn't require the existence of any particular kingdom or polity.

He Himself has said that He could raise up a people for Himself from the rocks.

But we don't know if He's done with our nation, so we can't give up fighting against the evils in front of us.

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

324 All rights are property rights. Socialism = no rights.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (2ap+5)

325 It's OK. Maxine just needs a new wig.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)

326 I still don't know who is Mark Ruffalo? Actually, I don't care.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Oy/m2)

327 DeSantis would be a great President.

I like him as a candidate personally, but he has trouble appealing to the average retarded swing voter.

His political instincts/analysis are good. He would make an excellent Chief of Staff if nothing else.

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (V6W16)

328 Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.
Posted by: Archimedes

Or, maybe an open primary in case there are one or more other competitive choices some of us would consider.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (F3Dlr)

329 Guilty pleasure, Genevieve Artadi. Sam Wilkes is a monster on bass:
youtube.com/watch?v=Pz5ap1ZGZuI

Posted by: gp's Nood Summoning Comment at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

330 Also, remember that Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, etc. are still in the Senate. It will be their last FY to Republican voters.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Speaking for myself, there are many more FUs to come.
--Lisa Murkowski

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (8mulE)

331 Vance is showing plenty of signs that he’s dropping out of political life in 2028 - Usha reportedly hates it, and he’s got a young family to raise. I’m not concerned with what Vance does or does not say, because I think he’s going to a one and done VP, like Dan Quayle.

I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

332 Simply amazing print out the vote effort.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

I'm gonna steal that line.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (Q+gd/)

333 Do not cry, we just had a good run and put a big monkey wrench in many plans. Trump still yo president for two more years. They wanted yesterday to happen in Butler PA and missed.

Remember their goal is to demoralize you first and foremost. Then to demoralize their own even worse.

Do not be demoralized. You have blessings the idiots commies can never take. I know it's cold comfort but Republicans hate you. Do not weep for them, they would sell your soul if they had the chance. That is not demoralizing. It's freeing when you realize it.

Politics beyond a certain level is a fight between scumbags and other scumbags. We will persevere. Maybe more clear eyed. Don't let the bastards get you down.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (MPtWl)

334 Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

Social media is making anyone who’s on it paranoid and schizophrenic. Wild stories spread like wildfire and no one questions them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:18 PM (oH6g4)

335 306 Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

The GOP dominated TX for over 25 years if they could not stop this if it was organized theft they are stupid and if they were this outcheated they are useless.....

regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Int1s)

336 I thought the term was "real property", i.e. land?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Even if current courts used that understanding, nothing stops an entrepreneurial Dem organization from selling 1" x 1" parcels of land in the boonies.
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)

337 If Maxine croaks she's gonna miss the big Peachment Foarty 7.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)

338 125 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)

Again with the Epstein files? Almost as bad as Ace and the crows....(laughing)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)

339 Just remember that there is a lot of ruin in a great nation, and a lot of loot to be acquired. Make sure you get it and not your enemies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (4NO2D)

340 331 I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

I think one of Rubio’s strongest points is that he can speak personally to Communism. I have several friends who escaped Communism to come here and their stories are chilling. But even having been taught about communism (like they used to do), I’ve never lived under it (fixing to find out soon). I don’t have that experience. Rubio does.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (itAg7)

341 The Texas GOP was always fat, lazy, and controlled by the Bush/Cornyn types. Their response to this will probably be to run some Diwali ads for outreach.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (gw3RI)

342 326 Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Oy/m2)

Bing his picture and understand he plays the Hulk on green screen....it makes a lot of things make sense

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Int1s)

343 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

344 "This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”".

Can't agree. Or disagree.

Until I see the long-term average for this figure. Yes I'm guessing it's much below 55%, but I don't know. Have no idea what the "churn" is for voter registration, anywhere.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (U/Byj)

345 Russell Brand Convicted In UK Court On Charges Of Raping While Not Muslim

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

346 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

So glad I have no social life.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)

347 335
‘ regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.’

Maybe so but you’re still just as screwed as the rest of us.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (fd80v)

348 Afternoon Ace.
The agreement between states not authorized by the Congress would be unconstitutional . It would directly change the Constitution without an amendment. Of course Ketanji would apply the Good and Plenty clause

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (7XuqV)

349 Except:
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;

I think you’re talking about national numbers. In Texas, the heavy majority Hispanic counties along the border (14 of them, I think) recorded a 38% flip. Massive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (oH6g4)

350 Was it the post where he mentioned a pollster telling him voters cited wanting a changed relationship with Israel? Or did he actually propose something commenters are worried about? Honest question bc I feel like I missed something.

I'm waiting for AIPAC to tell us what to believe.

</sarc>

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (BvPIe)

351 Now That Democrats Captured Stolen Texas

Only here. You don't "steal" a 100 Seat Majority in the House. You "take" a 100 Seat Majority in the House.

Lets play along. Lets say it was fraud. Then who cares ? If they can fraud a 100 Seat Majority. Then worrying about the poor ol' GOP is a waste of time.

Best them die quickly. So something can fill that void that will actually fight.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (S2K0Y)

352 "So glad I have no social life."

It's been pretty good so far, except I have nobody to help move heavy furniture, or to give me a ride to the colonoscopy (which the clinic requires.)

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

353 I realize there is probably something wrong with me in many ways. I should be studied by shrinks or scientists as a female who stands with a fist and her tear ducts don't work appropriately. Briefly with PMS at rare times, but that's all. My brothers, husband and sons have rarely seen me cry in grief as I do this in private. It rips out myself and then it's over as I would be their undoing if they saw me in the depths of grief. I stay stoic for them.

I cried more longer and daily (in private) for our last sweet doggie than I do for people I dearly love. Because I know where they are as Christians. I find thankfulness, after a time, in the way they died. God also says to be thankful daily and I try.

My tear ducts mainly produce in laughter or when God has blessed me, when I hear of a new grandchild tears spring to my eyes.

In the last month my mother, almost 96yrs, has had a health battle, is home now and mentally doing well. I felt sad but tears don't come (which would maybe make it easier vs chronic insomnia, but can't be forced). I yam who I yam.

Politics has never earned a tear from me. And it will not.

I will not submit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (hzuYO)

354 So the Hispanic were the difference in Texas ? The Alamo revisited....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (+gK6I)

355 In other news, Trump's big move yesterday was to sign a proclamation that Dems cannot change anything he did to the Oval Office b/c it's now a National Monument...

I wish I was joking...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (Gb7+b)

356 Even if current courts used that understanding, nothing stops an entrepreneurial Dem organization from selling 1" x 1" parcels of land in the boonies.
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)

I would argue that a square inch lot is not real property, but the very definition of fictitious.

In any case, I think the answer going forward is this: you don't get a vote unless you pay out more in taxes than you receive in government benefits, by a decent margin, too. Live as a parasite? No vote for you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (yky4J)

357 349 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (oH6g4)

Correct and if true and when not if the crime wave hit when and not if El Senora Governor opens the border....well package deal Texas I will enjoy the show do not want to hear it....and given you just elected soft on crime democrat judges to go with her into power enjoy them getting wrist slaps while you see self-defense outlawed......

I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)

358 "Social media is making anyone who’s on it paranoid and schizophrenic."

Slight amendment. "Anyone who's generally clueless, unworldly, not very bright in a practical sense, and who doesn't know how to check around to see if what they're told makes any sense."

Of course the % of such people in the Hispanic community* probably matches that in the population overall - that is to say, shockingly high.

*"Hispanic" is among the least useful catch-all terms in politics, of course, and "community" is an odious stupid term that almost never actually applies the way it's used in relation to politics

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (U/Byj)

359 "Politics beyond a certain level is a fight between scumbags and other scumbags. We will persevere. Maybe more clear eyed. Don't let the bastards get you down."

Some of us will perservere in some places, but large chunks of the US will likely be lost due to tens of millions of foreign invaders already present. And my children will almost certainly live a much poorer life - than we had, or than they could have had. My hopes rest on a better life for my grandkids or great grandkids, assuming my kids even survive to have any.

It will be a total bloodbath in some areas. People don't really seem to understand the size of the cliff before us.

If you tried to explain to some peasant in the urals in 1910 what was going to happen, do you think they'd understand the horror of what was coming?

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (G5zYf)

360 The mailman just dropped off a book, The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages. I think I'll sign off for the day and read.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (qRla/)

361 I wonder what new horrors Ace is cooking up for us to discuss.

It is like ottoman man for the mind, post after post.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (LO74d)

362 TxAnn, all the hugs are being sent your way. And brownies.

Utah got shellacked too. Some is the same "demographics are destiny" crap TX has: Utah let in too many Silicon Valley companies, importing their blue voters, and openly invited in every refugee and free handout minority they could. But it's also that Utahns didn't feel heard. Whether you were a rancher, Mormon housewife, Marxist, commie college kid, or a return missionary kid trying to build a future life with a wife and kids. None of them felt heard. Republicans have to choose better candidates and listen and keep fighting.

This is not the shellacking that Obama and Clinton got in their midterms. Not even close. Obama lost like 60 house seats. And the dems came back from it. It's a warning, but I think it can still be turned around. Keep having faith.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Toos7)

363 I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

I think Ted Cruz has a shot at the nomination, but he would be toast in the general.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (8mulE)

364 354 Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (+gK6I)

No it means as was warned here back when Bush got amnesty fever when the site was young....Hispanics will eventually make this South America north and look THAT is not the end of the world it is just not the land of my ancestors....and I owe it no depth of loyalty the USG got spoiled by and can live like a South American as well.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (Int1s)

365 346 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

So glad I have no social life.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)
******
Very, very true. I have never had it and look how sane and sarcastic I remain! Which is normal for me to mock. If I'm not mocking eegits I'm not normal.

Life goes on, no matter what is thrown at you.

I repeat, the Dims will overreach and Acme Wylie Coyote themselves.

You either deal with it or waste how ever many days you are gifted.

It is possible that my lifelong faith in God was also enhanced by Saturday cartoons. This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

366 I haven’t been too upset about all this; not happy and I certainly have great sympathy for those who are.

But I find that I feel mostly like James Franco’s character in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, standing on the gallows with rope around his neck, grinning while he looks at the young man crying next to him, and he says “First time, eh?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (oH6g4)

367 362 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Toos7)

Great, and Utah will learn as Arizona is learning that once Californicated you stay Californicated....don't care....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Int1s)

368 Hey, SMH! I was just gonna respond to your comment above:

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH

At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."

"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

369 Russell Brand Convicted In UK Court On Charges Of Raping While Not Muslim
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

You forgot attribution, again, dude - the Babylon Bee.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)

370 We all have lives beyond politics.. It just feels good to vent here...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (+gK6I)

371 nood

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

372 You forgot attribution, again, dude - the Babylon Bee.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)

Babylon Bee is doing straight reportage now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (yky4J)

373 Semi good news on the plumbing front, the leak does not appear to really be in the attic above the great room where I would have to work in cramped hot move around on joints space.

The bad news it looks like I will be cutting out lots of drywall in the master bath wall and ceiling.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)

374 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (NcvvS)

375 We all have lives beyond politics.. It just feels good to vent here...

Nope. Many of you simply choose to ignore Politics from time to time. Politics never ignores you.

There is no aspect of daily life not controlled by Politics. Including when, where, and if you can even freely assemble and associate.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (S2K0Y)

376 I rolled my eyes at the Trump preserving the Oval Office news. Not the time.

But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.

Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Toos7)

377 Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (G5zYf)

Unfortunarely all that was coming our way with or without the midterms. The commies don't stop and Republicans don't stop letting them.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (MPtWl)

378
I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)

Like you, I can live South American style if I have to. I know enough men with connections to the younger Mexican community that we could put together a little self protection cartel if we had to. One thing about the Hispanic world - a whole lot more happens outside the law than happens inside it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (oH6g4)

379 Sheer fuking arrogance got us where we are today.

Posted by: Joe at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (Uy/WF)

380 There is a strong case for that law to be unconstitutional. Time to put it before the court now

Posted by: Chicago Vota at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (xTgJI)

381 Unfortunately for Democrats, the Texas Senate is still controlled by Republicans.

Posted by: deadrody at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

382 The elimination of the Electoral College will require a Constitutional Amendment. Similarly, making DC a state will require a Constitutional Amendment. There is no such thing as a constitutional work-around of the US Constitution.
Republicans need to get off their lazy asses and stop trying to be bipartisan. I can guarantee you, with the exception of John Fetterman, no Democrat will try be bipartisan in the next two years.

Posted by: wferrin at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (BC4Wk)

383 Please read the second paragraph of the 14th amendment. States that deprive citizens of voting for presidential electors will have their congressional delegation reduced by the proportion of votes the deprived voters cast. Forever. These seats will be reapportioned amongst the states which did not do this.

Posted by: Elliott M Althouse at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (khMX4)

384 This would bother me if I thought we were actually voting our way out of this. We're not.

All this does is hasten the next step.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (OGFx7)

MORNING RANT - The Corporate Follies: Wing Stop Decided to Become “a Tech Company that also Sells Wings,” and Puzzlingly, It’s Now Struggling to Sell Wings

News that a quick-service restaurant chain is suffering from a persistent decline in sales is not necessarily a significant story. At any given time, some restaurant chains are growing, some are stable, and some are in decline. The headlines about Wing Stop’s struggles only caught my eye because there was one near a former office of mine. I liked Wing Stop’s food and I was a frequent customer when there was a convenient location. Now, reading about its current problems, I see that Wing Stop is yet another mismanaged company wishing to be something it’s not. In this case, it’s a fast-food restaurant chain trying to re-imagine itself in the spirit of Silicon Valley.

Quite simply, the wing joint adopted a “digital-first strategy” in 2021, but many customers refused to play along as Wing Stop strove to avoid human interaction with its patrons. As customers were repelled by gimmicks that made ordering food more difficult, Wing Stop’s executives doubled down on their vision of making Wing Stop a tech company. They continued to reject their legacy model of serving wings and fries to customers who simply walk up to the counter and place an order.

Wing Stop’s current predicament is that same-store sales have declined significantly for six quarters in a row, with a cumulative decline exceeding 30%. That is a catastrophic level of lost revenue.

Amidst this free fall, Wing Stop’s CEO, Michael Skipworth, remains hell-bent on remaking the company into a digital company that rejects cash and customer interactions. In an interview with Restaurant Business Online in April 2024, Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

A 2024 article in Nation’s Restaurant News quoted Skipworth as remaining committed to completely eliminating customer interactions, stating that “The company has a goal of digitizing 100% of transactions.”

An article in Nation’s Restaurant News last month discussed how proud Mr. Skipworth is about making its kiosk ordering system slower than ordering at a counter. He boasted that customers don’t feel rushed at a kiosk, therefore they spend about 50% more time placing an order than it takes to order from a human at a counter, and that the prompts and slow ordering process can lead to incremental menu items being ordered via a kiosk.

Slowing down the ordering process for fast food seems like a rather bold strategy. But what about the customers who’d prefer to just walk up to the counter and quickly place their order with a live human? What about the people stuck waiting behind a slow person navigating the kiosk and all its upsells? What about the people with cash in their pockets but lacking a credit card? The decline in same-store sales almost certainly includes many patrons who now view the ordering process as a time-consuming hassle, and then never came back.

Even worse, the fact that Wing Stop’s CEO dismisses its core product as being an afterthought to tech is a reminder of the poisoned philosophy that has captured so many C-Suites. That mindset is:

• Products are interchangeable units. In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. Those are all just generic products to which business school wizardry is applied.

• Customer service is not considered a part of the product being sold.

• Staffing to assist customers is considered an intolerable expense.

• Customers are seen as remitters of electronic payments rather than as valued patrons.

• Product quality is not a primary focus.

If I were on the Board of a company (let’s call it “Acme Widget” ) and I inquired of the CEO what the mission of the company is, the answer I would need to hear is something like “Acme delivers shareholder value by selling the best widgets available, while providing an excellent customer experience.” If the CEO replied that his vision is to pivot Acme into a technology company that just happens to sell widgets, I would seek to replace him.

It’s almost funny that concurrent with its plummeting revenue, Wing Stop is boasting that its Q3 2026 digital sales are up to a record 74%! Percentages are funny that way. By running off cash and counter-service customers, the percentage of digital customer sales necessarily had to increase, even if the actual dollar amount didn’t.

To be fair, ordering fast food via an app is quicker and easier for loyal customers than having to order at a counter every visit. There is a chain sandwich shop near my office from whom I routinely order my usual lunch in just a matter of seconds via an app. I appreciate the convenience, and it’s imperative that fast food joints have an app for their loyal customers. But I refuse to download an app and add payment info for every eatery that I occasionally visit, especially not on my first visit.

Wing Stop has chosen to run off all but its most frequent customers in an effort to become a tech company. That does not sound like a restaurant growth strategy, nor a way to attract new customers, but it does sound like a contagious business fad that can wreck a company.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Hi

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

3 Mornin' Buck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

4 >>• Customers are seen as remitters of electronic payments rather than as valued patrons.

We are (revenue) farmed, not served.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (rOKnE)

5 It doesn't help that Wing Stop's wings kinda suck.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (2614e)

6 Methinks MBAs are not going to be popular in this thread.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

7 I'm not sure why he thinks digital interactions at a store are such a winner. I can get all the frustration and anger I want via my home computer.

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

8 Old and busted: “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

New hotness: A real estate holder that sells off its restaurant properties.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:04 AM (rOKnE)

9 I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings. Is that wrong?

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 11:04 AM (OkYzo)

10 What I require of a fast food restaurant is a quick and seamless experience ordering food that arrives quickly and is as advertised.

As Buck points out; if I have to navigate some stupid ordering system that prolongs the irritation of being in the restaurant in the first place, I will not be a happy camper.

This is not rocket surgery!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (k5CNB)

11 >>• Customer service is not considered a part of the product being sold.

Saw what you want about the owners, but customer interaction at Chik-fil-A is ALWAYS pleasant.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (rOKnE)

12 9 I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings. Is that wrong?

Oh? Would you rather pay $24, because that's what that attitude is going to get you, you whiner.

Posted by: Wing Stop CEO Michael Skipworth at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

13 If I go into a restaurant and must download an app in order to have a meal, I walk out and never return.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (0U5gm)

14 Several years ago I ordered pizza from a local pizza joint. I ordered it online and had to jump through a number of hoops before I was able to get it done. Far more complicated than it needed to be.

It would have been far quicker and easier to order over the phone.

Which is what I'll probably do next time I order pizza from that location.

Most of the time I prefer to go there to eat, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (s2iZv)

15 I never use a restaurant app - allergies can't. So, I hate them.

Funny enough, my non allergic kids hate them, too b/c they don't want any more sh&t clogging up their phones...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (Gb7+b)

16 CEO's that know nothing about the industry they're getting to lead doesn't tend to work out very well.

This guy knows NOTHING about the fast food industry, obviously. He's destroying it.

Same as the asshole that tried to destroy Southwest Airlines.

Same as the buffoons leading Ford Motor Company right now.

It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (2614e)

17
This story occurs again and again. A company that is managed by people who don't acknowledge that the purpose of a company is to make money.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (ienUH)

18 Never had a Wing Stop wing. Don't care for that particular sort of food, anyway.

But the fact that the company is trying to eliminate as many humans as possible reminds me of something I was thinking about while trying to find a reason to get out of bed - a recurrent complaint from the 'young' is that life is too expensive; they can't afford a decent apartment, their wages are too low and forget about even trying to save a nest egg for a house. . .

Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (qRla/)

19 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

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You have to go to school for a lot of years to get that stupid.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (2UnvF)

20 As Buck points out; if I have to navigate some stupid ordering system that prolongs the irritation of being in the restaurant in the first place, I will not be a happy camper.

This is not rocket surgery!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (k5CNB)

Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:09 AM (2614e)

21 That said, I will order online from a website if they have a place for changes and allergies. I will tip for takeout, and then I will verify the order at the restaurant at the pick up (I will never order for delivery). So, I will tech - just my way with no sh&t on my phone, either, and more room for text to be seen and read...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:09 AM (Gb7+b)

22 I spent a shitton of money on a college education. I'm smarter than you.

Give me all control......I will impose my brilliance upon the world.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (2614e)

23 This story occurs again and again. A company that is managed by people who don't acknowledge that the purpose of a company is to make money.

Akshually, I think the problem is that far too often, they are willing to do absolutely anything for a short-term bump in profits, without considering whether they're destroying the attributes that made the company popular in the first place.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

24 >>Funny enough, my non allergic kids hate them, too b/c they don't want any more sh&t clogging up their phones...

Also more expensive in my experience, when it's a 3rd party app/website.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (rOKnE)

25 Bummer. I actually liked Wingstop.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (svLOV)

26 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

This tells me you don't give a flying f*ck about the people nor the food you produce.

Jackwagon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:11 AM (2614e)

27 Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Every time I'm forced to use a kiosk, I can't help recalling all those stories about how public surface like gas pump handles are covered with fecal material and E. Coli. I'm sure those kiosks are no better.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

28 I'm old enough to remember when you could get 5 cent wings with good size and quality and customer service and cheap beer. Alas, those halycon days are long past.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (2CeDH)

29 a technology company that sells chicken wings.

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See it was cool to say that McDonald's was a real estate company that sold burgers. Makes MBA finance people sound smart.

Whether true or not, you still have to sell food to real customers.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (qCV5n)

30 Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

31
Good morning, all.

My theory is that some CEOs don't want to be "caretakers" of the brand and merely let it continue to be profitable and familiar. They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (mmrXZ)

32 When making road trips, McDonalds was our usual stop for coffee and sometimes lunch. The kiosk ordering made it such a pain we no longer stop there.

About this: "In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. "

Not a new phenomena. Way back at the end of the last century I moved to a new job with my company, doing sales support at an automotive customer. The two major divisions were called "Develop Product" and "Produce Product".

I wondered how many customers went to the car dealership and asked the salesman for a product.

Posted by: George V at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (g6ahB)

33 I've noticed that both In & Out and CFA employ a lot of actual people, and both those stores have lines out the door. Amazingly enough, their employees are nice and seem to actually enjoy being there and servicing the customer.

In an AI world, this is the way forward.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (qCV5n)

34 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (MWfyi)

35 I'm old enough to remember when you could get 5 cent wings with good size and quality and customer service and cheap beer. Alas, those halycon days are long past.
Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (2CeDH)

People loved to dump on Hooters, but I found their wings to be some of the best on the market.

I love a good sized wing, breaded and tossed in whatever sauce I choose, dripping on the plate as I eat it. Hooters was really good at it.

That technique is lost nowadays.

They were on their way back to that when Hulk Hogan took over and was bringing it back to original, then he died and they're all closing down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (2614e)

36 I'll say this, Wingstop's ranch dressing is fantastic.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:17 AM (qCV5n)

37 COVID did such a number on Mickey D's.
The customer at the counter is assiduously ignored.
All attention is given to The Great And Powerful Drive Thru.
The big kiosk is completely non-intuitve and frankly a bit intimidating.
And no more bright primary colors. Just blah grey and off white surfaces with the occasional brown laminate.
All housed within a personality-free utilitarian square box which can easily be converted into a Taco Bell in less than a week.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Lesbian Bars that go national !!! Maybe call them Last Ditch!!!

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

39 1990's Hooters would make absolute bank right now.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (qCV5n)

40 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

I think that's partially because lots of Americans, but especially MBAs and yoots, think producing a product that appeals to people is beneath them, and that the companies for which they work should just be grateful to have their services for awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

41
I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings.

You want wing affordability.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Cqx++)

42 Wings? I remember when the Menendez Brothers killed their parents and collected the payouts from the father's company, the first thing they wanted to do was buy their favorite chicken wings store in their former home in New Jersey. "Shoot Mom and Dad! For the wings!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 11:19 AM (o2Pnv)

43 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (MWfyi)

Children have been raised by TV, the internet and video games. They have the social interaction skills of a sloth.

You can tell a well raised kid by how they interact in a customer service job. There are still good ones out there, but few and far between.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:20 AM (2614e)

44 My theory is that some CEOs don't want to be "caretakers" of the brand and merely let it continue to be profitable and familiar. They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (mmrXZ)

Exactly. They want to be ray Kroc, Dave Thomas or Harland Sanders. Nobody wants to be John Y Brown.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:20 AM (qRla/)

45 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

I'd rather go to a fast-food restaurant that sells military hardware.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:21 AM (oh+I7)

46 Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

You asked for it........ish....

https://youtu.be/pIshmVf-Tts

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:21 AM (2614e)

47
a technology company that sells chicken wings

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Once the management decides they're not fundamentally a company that sells a product, they can be anything: a technology company, a fort made of cardboard boxes that has a sign on it saying "No Heteros Allowed," anything. For a year or two, then they go bankrupt. .

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:22 AM (4Aqsh)

48 Thx Buck
Skipworth got paid $35.3m in 2025 . His BS is working for him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 11:23 AM (7XuqV)

49 ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2118711025012756498

Now that's some intelligent President'in right there!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (qwx/I)

50 wingsoverusa.com

Bonham Menu

Walk in, walk to counter, talk to human, place order.

Easy peasy. Beats wing stop.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (zFF15)

51 >>I've noticed that both In & Out and CFA employ a lot of actual people, and both those stores have lines out the door. Amazingly enough, their employees are nice and seem to actually enjoy being there and servicing the customer.

It's a good sign that the company treats they employees well, and in turn, they treat the customers well. Amazing how that works: valuing your employees and your customers!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (rOKnE)

52 The oldest axiom in business is never piss off your customers. How many times a day is this violated? I've been in meetings where they literally discussed ways to make it harder for customers to be satisfied.

I work for a company now that prioritizes itinerant customers over long time ones. We were bought out about three years ago by a behemoth version of our company to become the largest in our industry. Our new masters have a different format to their primary product although it is much the same as ours. But their business model, at least to me, places the priority on short term gain over long term customers. Oh well. I'm just playing out the string now until something better comes along.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (gynjj)

53 A few good chains out there still. Chick-fil-a, Culver’s, Olive Garden - - -

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (Gqar8)

54 a technology company that sells chicken wings

In fairness, GM has been a finance company that sells cars as a sideline for years.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (4NO2D)

55 They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM

Tell me more...

Posted by: Elizabeth Holmes at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Had wing stop for a game a few weeks ago. Enjoyed the wings a lot. My wife does the ordering for these things since I have no patience and I believe she just called it in. I'll have to ask.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (gynjj)

57 I went into a McDonald's for the first time in about 5 years and I completely understand why they are losing revenue. (And are going to flush 8 BILLION to figure out why.)

Their ordering kiosks are cumbersome and don't give a receipt or an order number. You could not order via a real person.

Downloading an app while there is bullshit.

The food was somewhat expensive for McD's and it took 8-10 minutes to deliver one egg and sausage breakfast sandwich (no meal).

Who made these retarded decisions?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:27 AM (iOpI2)

58 Buffalo Wild Wings. Good, bad, Horde?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar8)

59
38 Lesbian Bars that go national !!! Maybe call them Last Ditch!!!
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM

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"The Neglected Crevice."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (4Aqsh)

60 The food was somewhat expensive for McD's and it took 8-10 minutes to deliver one egg and sausage breakfast sandwich (no meal).

Who made these retarded decisions?

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I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size). Sort of an In & Out light.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (qCV5n)

61 About GM, I read something years ago that one of their executives described themselves (not happily) as a health care company that sells cars. Their union deal provides ridiculous health benefits to current and former employees and they have a huge division of the company that simply manages the health plan. Surprised they haven't folded yet.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (gynjj)

62 "Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

You asked for it........ish....

https://youtu.be/pIshmVf-Tts
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer"

My people use all parts of the chicken.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (MWfyi)

63 Precisely the reason I hardly ever go to a McDonalds anymore. What with the damnfool ordering kiosks with their snot-covered touchscreens, and video screen menus that keep scrolling so quickly that one cannot make meaningful price comparisons between alternative choices, eating there is a PITA.

And I won't put anybody's app on my phone. Why let the cocksuckers track me and monitor my spending habits?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (yky4J)

64 "If I were on the Board of a company ..."

... I'd definitely stay out of the restaurant business, the most treacherous of all.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

65 When I'm on a road trip I just look for a local barbeque joint.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

66 Skipworth got paid $35.3m in 2025 . His BS is working for him
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Damn. 5% of the company's revenues going to the CEO and he runs that golden goose into the ground. Heckuva job, there, Sparky.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:31 AM (oh+I7)

67 Generally a company can only do very few things well.

Sometimes someone like Amazon will hit lightning - from selling books to selling other people's stuff to AWS but most companies that diversify outside the areas they are good at fail.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)

68 I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size).

Which is just how the McDonald brothers started out in San Berdoo all those years ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:32 AM (qRla/)

69 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Boston Market at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Order wings from a kiosk or order wings from a Hooters waitress? Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (FVUW0)

71 Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26

Was at Chik-Fil-A this morning with spouse. We had a chicken, bacon and waffle sandwich. I liked the fact they had real flowers on their tables, and as I was walking around waiting I saw a large table and said the table was made from wood from abandoned and forgotten houses made by people who once felt abandoned and forgotten . It is apparently a ministry: www.morethanatable.com. I am going to look it up. I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (JrHfD)

72 I pretty much never go to McDs. I could get a better burger from any of the local subshops and amazingly now usually for cheaper.

Of course I can make a better burger then them too assuming the weather lets me get the grill

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

73
About GM, I read something years ago that one of their executives described themselves (not happily) as a health care company that sells cars. Their union deal provides ridiculous health benefits to current and former employees and they have a huge division of the company that simply manages the health plan. Surprised they haven't folded yet.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz

Medicare for all will put an end to that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)

74 Do not get me started on industries that investment capital firms have bought.

Buy a company.
Make so many cuts it's impossible to make anything good.
Company loses revenue.
Investment company sells off property.
PROFIT!!! But this time they actually do.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (iOpI2)

75 49 ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2118711025012756498

Now that's some intelligent President'in right there!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (qwx/I)

So job gains still didn't go to young white male dudes...tracks with their voting...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Gb7+b)

76 wingsoverusa.com

Bonham Menu

Walk in, walk to counter, talk to human, place order.

Easy peasy. Beats wing stop.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (zFF15)

I don't see an option for breaded wings......

I gots ta have my breaded....holds the sauce so much better.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (2614e)

77 The wing restaurant experiences I have had are sub-meh. Buffalo, Wings n Tings, a small local chain. Food ranged from pretty good to barely OK (none was better than what I make at home). Prices? Laughably outrageous. This goes back long before The Great Idiocy. Just part of an overall trend. We stopped eating out except for a handful of excellent places. The value proposition completely disappeared.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (U/Byj)

78 For businesses using damn QR codes at point of sale or contact, please learn that not ALL customers have f'n smartphones.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

79 The oldest axiom in business is never piss off your customers. How many times a day is this violated? I've been in meetings where they literally discussed ways to make it harder for customers to be satisfied.

I work for a company now that prioritizes itinerant customers over long time ones. We were bought out about three years ago by a behemoth version of our company to become the largest in our industry. Our new masters have a different format to their primary product although it is much the same as ours. But their business model, at least to me, places the priority on short term gain over long term customers. Oh well. I'm just playing out the string now until something better comes along.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz

Call my company's customer service line and you will get a US based human being 24/7/365 who has the authority to actually solve problems.

That's the one thing long term customers keep giving the thumbs up to in annual surveys.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (zFF15)

80 When we go out to eat our hierarchy of demands on the place are food quality, price and service. In that order. Abject failure in any of those three will cause a cancellation. Two out of three being good will get us to return.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

81 I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size). Sort of an In & Out light.
Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (qCV5n)

They've done that - there's no produce on their menu save apple slices. For food, they have done what you want.

Beverages are now the only place really complicated.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Gb7+b)

82 It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November

If you really want to be humored by how meaningless this is, let me remind you that I have an MBA.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (ZdaMQ)

83 I don't see an option for breaded wings......

I gots ta have my breaded....holds the sauce so much better.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Boneless. Love 'em.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (zFF15)

84 Order wings from a kiosk or order wings from a Hooters waitress? Decisions, decisions.

A while back they opened a Hooters in Boston. Some angry feminist fire bombed it

Now this was a generation of feminism ago and back then the idea men could pay to have good looking women in shorts pretend to like them was a bridge to far for feminists.

I can't imagine how a business like that would work since trannies were introduced. Hire one as a waiter and you'll be down to serving Talaricos and Barack Obamas. Don't hire one and you'll be sued into oblivion.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

85 "ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K "

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:36 AM (Jr5Lq)

86 Depends on how high the required wage is.

I was in Silicon Valley a few years ago, and I ate at a fast-food place where you placed your order and paid via your phone or a kiosk, got a text when your order was ready, and grabbed your order.

Zero human interaction.

Fast food chains in California have to pay their workers $20 an hour, so it pencils out.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (aD4fx)

87
It's a good sign that the company treats they employees well, and in turn, they treat the customers well. Amazing how that works: valuing your employees and your customers!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (rOKnE)

Back in my business class day, we were taught their were 3 prongs that had to be balanced for a successful business - employees, customers, and owners (aka profit)...

In this day and age, most folks focus on the one, the profit to the exclusion of the other 2...and here we are, with AI being the newest way they screw the 2 prongs to just make more and more money.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (Gb7+b)

88 71 Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26

Was at Chik-Fil-A this morning with spouse. We had a chicken, bacon and waffle sandwich. I liked the fact they had real flowers on their tables, and as I was walking around waiting I saw a large table and said the table was made from wood from abandoned and forgotten houses made by people who once felt abandoned and forgotten . It is apparently a ministry: www.morethanatable.com. I am going to look it up. I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (JrHfD)

Yes, they are a bright light in the food industry. And, I like the food, so that helps. Not an after church lunch option, though.😉

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

89 Buffalo Wild Wings. Good, bad, Horde?
Posted by: tubal

Good. Overpriced.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (zFF15)

90 Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

Trump somewhat improved things over Biden but I think there was a fair expectation he'd do much more then he did.

Of course, theoretically we held congress as well and they could also have done something...anything...with their time in office

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)

91
Tell me more...
Posted by: Elizabeth Holmes

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

You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

92 The hand helds / iPads used to take an order at the table are a buzzkill too. I just want to place my order, not have to wait while they scroll through the menu to find the tater tot button.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (2bFN5)

93 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (LO74d)

94 I can't imagine how a business like that would work since trannies were introduced. Hire one as a waiter and you'll be down to serving Talaricos and Barack Obamas. Don't hire one and you'll be sued into oblivion.
Posted by: 18-1

Seems the American public likes Talafreako.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (zFF15)

95 Imagine, for a moment, if America had been a zealous about protecting its tech industry from foreign encroachment all the way back to the 90s

Instead we gave it all away and most of those high paid American software engineers became moderately paid Indians...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

96 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not necessarily, but I think it would be a good idea to find out if the particular yute you are talking to does any of that, and then start with "Maybe we can look at your expenditures and see what' s going on?"

No faster way to be branded old and out of touch than hectoring before you understand the actual situation in front of you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (vJrRc)

97
And I won't put anybody's app on my phone. Why let the cocksuckers track me and monitor my spending habits?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November

This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

98 I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
___

Operation Christmas Child.

Our church participates in that every year.

One of my boxes went to a little girl in Chad.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (qesug)

99 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

And we get it for free!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (zFF15)

100 93 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (LO74d)

Buck’s posts are always worth a read.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (Gqar8)

101 We stopped eating out except for a handful of excellent places. The value proposition completely disappeared.

I rarely eat out anymore, because the food generally isn't as good as I make at home, and I detest the fad of making them deliberately noisy, because this somehow conveys popularity.

I can afford good restaurants, so I reserve my trips for such places. My kids tease me for insisting on a tablecloth as the minimum test for a decent place.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

102 Wing Stop pitching itself as a "technology company" had nothing to do with the service of its food.

It wasn't about making the service better or worse or even any different at all.

The "we are a technology company" was a naked pitch to the stock market at a time when tech was the hot ticket in stocks. "Invest in us! We don't sell cheap chicken wings, we're a technology company."

You know what? It worked. Big time. The company's stock went up 400% after launching this stunt. It eventually came back down to earth, as actual earnings declined. But you can be sure all the executives and big investors made a pile of money on this stunt.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

103 98 I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
___

Operation Christmas Child.

Our church participates in that every year.

One of my boxes went to a little girl in Chad.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (qesug)

We just got ours filled/done. Fantastic ministry.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)

104 For businesses using damn QR codes at point of sale or contact, please learn that not ALL customers have f'n smartphones.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

I don't know if my phone will even read a QR code. And I don't have mobile data enabled, so it's probably moot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (yky4J)

105 Oh FFS! We just had one open in the Township.

AI Overview: The Ridley Township location—alongside thousands of others—runs on an AI-powered system. It uses an AI forecasting engine that predicts order demand every 15 minutes by tracking local weather, school calendars, and events.

They completely eliminated paper order tickets. Kitchen crew members use digitized, gamified touchscreens and readiness displays to cut down average ticket wait times.

So, while they don't sell tech, they use advanced automation under the hood to fry and outpace traditional fast-food kitchens."

Our Commissioners, for a dollar...

When it fails, we'll likely learn it had been granted a 10-year tax abatement 'gift,' like new empty warehouses.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (NFX2v)

106 Yes it is, tubal.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qesug)

107 There is a national chain sandwich shop near my house. They have more people working the app orders than they do walk-ins.
As I stand in line I laugh at the people who ordered on line who still have to wait. The place has much whelm and cannot handle the overflow.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

108 When we go out to eat our hierarchy of demands on the place are food quality, price and service. In that order. Abject failure in any of those three will cause a cancellation. Two out of three being good will get us to return.

**************

Last night I went to a pizza joint on Perdido Key to catch a couple of friends on stage who are part of the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival.

I had a small pizza (10") with three toppings and one Jack and Coke. The bill, not including the tip, came to $38.

Never again. I'll just stay home and open a can of soup.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (J4Dwc)

109 Yes, they are a bright light in the food industry. And, I like the food, so that helps. Not an after church lunch option, though.😉

Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

110 Ok, consumer news update.
I recently learned a neat trick you can do with the WallyMart phone app.
It will help you find a specific product by telling you the aisle and even the section. But sometimes even that isn't enough such as the densely packed vitamins or supplements area.
So you can take it to The Next Level.
The app will allow you to find the specific spot for your organic gluten free fair trade free range rose hips by FLASHING THE SHELF TAG LIGHT FOR TEN SECONDS.
Is this a great country, or what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

111 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (k5CNB)

112 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not necessarily, but I think it would be a good idea to find out if the particular yute you are talking to does any of that, and then start with "Maybe we can look at your expenditures and see what' s going on?"

No faster way to be branded old and out of touch than hectoring before you understand the actual situation in front of you.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

"I can't afford a house yet I only eat out 15 times a week!"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (zFF15)

113 How did the foreign-born/native-born employment trend invert so radically? It's been dramatically in favor of natives for over a year I think.

And "smart Presidentin'" is securing the border, creating a self-deportation climate, substantially amending the H1-B process (making it much more expensive and difficult), and beginning to look at OPT and other stupid programs that are contrary to their actual intent.

But like the millions and millions of idiots who just handed the country over to an alien and stupid party with zero substance to offer (and which literally offered nothing), it's important these days to demand instant magical results.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (U/Byj)

114 When one of my daughters was about 10, someone's brother owned a Hooters in the town where we were having a tournament.

They set up a number of tables for us on the patio and we had a great time. No one cared that the ladies serving had nice boobs and short shorts. Prices were good and everyone liked the food.

The girls on the team could have cared less. Now this was about 25 years ago, before everyone became ultra sensitive to everything. It might be different now.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (iOpI2)

115 If you really want to be humored by how meaningless this is, let me remind you that I have an MBA.

Posted by: Piper

You hang out here, and that's a much better indicator of a brain than an MBA.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

116 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I miss the Commodore.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (zFF15)

117 Seems the American public likes Talafreako.

Looking at the election results my first though was, ok, they printed 20M votes like in 2020. But...that would mean they did it under the noses of a bunch of red state vote counters. Possible? Well maybe, but it does look like a bunch of LIVs voted D.

And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

That leaves us with...they already forgot anything before 2 years ago, they didn't read any election coverage outside of an FNM headline, and still went and voted straight D...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

118 "I rarely eat out anymore" For chains, if I get a good discount coupon, I go. Otherwise, nope.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

119 40 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

I think that's partially because lots of Americans, but especially MBAs and yoots, think producing a product that appeals to people is beneath them, and that the companies for which they work should just be grateful to have their services for awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes

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And primarily because we flooded the country with 3rd worlders who have no discernment because 1st world quality is new to them. Yes, they are a minority but they are the margins and companies always chase the margins.

I am in Japan and I can think of ZERO products that turned to shit with bad quality, fake oils, fake sugar, or chemicals. ZERO. (the do keep getting smaller though.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (LO74d)

120 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Listen here ya stoopid boomer. Even if I gave up my $100 a day DoorDash habit I still could afford a house because a house costs more than $100.

Now where is my free health care and $100k remote,4 day a week job Democrats promised me?

Posted by: Gen Z at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (O3eDY)

121
Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

In that case, WingStop should be putting tiny traceable GPS chips in their wings, that implant in the gut lining when eaten, so-

they can know the whereabouts of their customers at all time,

And sell the info to Our Democrat Overlords.

Win-win.

Call me WingStop for other Helpful Tyrannical Ideas!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (YSUhf)

122 116 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I miss the Commodore.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (zFF15)

Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

123 Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

CFA is a franchise, each place is independently owned. They have to follow the franchise rules, but is not a chain like an Olive Garden.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (ZdaMQ)

124
They set up a number of tables for us on the patio and we had a great time. No one cared that the ladies serving had nice boobs and short shorts. Prices were good and everyone liked the food.

The same people that tell me that having a toddler watch a man in a miniskirt twerk in their face is fine and dandy also argue if you take a kid to hooters you are sexualizing them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

125
And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

Because they're stupid and can't connect actions to consequences?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

126 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (yky4J)

127 "I don't know if my phone will even read a QR code. And I don't have mobile data enabled, so it's probably moot."

I tried to set up an account at ID.me. First they tried to get me to read a QR code. When that didn't work, they wanted me to turn on my cam and do an interview. I don't have a damn cam. F them.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Jr5Lq)

128 Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

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Really?? I'm out then.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (iOpI2)

129 This is just one small example of the very large picture of the addiction to tech, AI and data centers. Many companies are pivoting because leaders have been convinced by other leaders this is the future and if you are not pivoting you are losing out... and yet. Check out the pivot for Google, Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Adobe (Add any other big tech company.) you can think of) Which one of these, or your own example, has so willingly and quickly abandoned it's core products for these new untested, wet behind the ear, over hyped, and clearly unprofitable products. I would challenge anyone to point out a tech company which still has a robust core product the company is protecting and promoting while also carefully experimenting, testing, evaluating as an enhancement to the core product, and implementing in a responsible business model with a risk assessment which will allow the company to survive.

Posted by: The Party of Hell No! at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (wnlwW)

130 I'm not going to get involved in another generational squabble, but the idea of looking at expenditures and delaying gratification are never bad ideas.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

131 Wing Stop has chosen to run off all but its most frequent customers in an effort to become a tech company. That does not sound like a restaurant growth strategy, nor a way to attract new customers, but it does sound like a contagious business fad that can wreck a company.

Some companies should act as a warning for others. In this case Wing Stop has stepped forward and demonstrated that when people go out for food, its not purely about the food, its about the social engagement - for all the anti-social troglodytes, there is DoorDash.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 11:46 AM (a6PrB)

132 125
And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

Because they're stupid and can't connect actions to consequences?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

And b/c they lost their Covid era health insurance bump and looked at their electricity bill on top of food and gas prices and said no more...Trump did manage over the former 2...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Gb7+b)

133 This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

Can't do workouts anyway. Too busy carrying this bull around.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (yky4J)

134 I'm not going to get involved in another generational squabble, but ~~the idea of~~ looking at expenditures and delaying gratification are never bad ideas.

FIFM

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

135 Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
----

It's designed by people who live in their phones.
If you don't live in your phone that kiosk is a mystery.
Also their offerings have the highest carbohydrate to
protein ratio of any local fast burger places in town. No
longer a patron, I am.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (wljQY)

136 The Chick - fil - a CEO statement dovetails very nicely with the post. I won’t stop going to a restaurant I love to get back at a guy as remote as the man on the moon.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)

137 The same people that tell me that having a toddler watch a man in a miniskirt twerk in their face is fine and dandy also argue if you take a kid to hooters you are sexualizing them.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

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I think drag shows should be outlawed. It's a fetish.

I said GIRLS team on purpose, because it was.

I didn't say the girls on the team were wearing tank tops and short shorts it was the waitresses. Which, by the way, is less than what you see at the beach.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (iOpI2)

138 "I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s."

Me neither, but it's been maybe 25 years since I've been there. Culver's has reliable quality, but no discount coupons I've found so far.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (Jr5Lq)

139 Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar

It provides the advertised experience at a reasonable price. I have no problem with the place, and will return.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (k5CNB)

140 Had a similar thing at a local restaurant this summer. Bill came and it was a QR code. I told my waiter I don’t want to download an app to pay. He said no problem we can run a credit card the “old way” lol. I’m like dude the “old way” was the “new way” like 7 minutes ago.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (O3eDY)

141 I love this subject. I think the thread is so topical.

The idea that Corporations exist to generate profit for Shareholders, via the sale of a Product the masses want and can afford, just isn't how most Corporations work now.

And hasn't been for a while.

Go read into the 60s and muscle-cars. And how two of the Big Three just wanted none of it, regardless of how the cars sold. Because, boiled down, those in Authority thought "it just wasn't right".

And on and on and on through the decades. The Old School Republican view of Corporations in a generally positive light is past its expiration date.

I'd vote for curtailing some Corporate Protections in the legal code.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (S2K0Y)

142 I don't mind the McD's kiosks anymore, becaise NO customer service has become better than customer service.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (oh+I7)

143 "112 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing"

Tell them the TVs in their house would have cost thousands of dollars. If they had been available. What would a real 75" TV cost in 1990? 5k? more?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (r7+Q7)

144 Think I've only eaten wings at bars. I like that because 1) beer and 2) quality control vis necessary.
Years ago I had Hooters wings , but breaded wings aren't right in my view

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (7XuqV)

145 Quite simply, the wing joint adopted a “digital-first strategy” in 2021, but many customers refused to play along as Wing Stop strove to avoid human interaction with its patrons. As customers were repelled by gimmicks that made ordering food more difficult, Wing Stop’s executives doubled down on their vision of making Wing Stop a tech company. They continued to reject their legacy model of serving wings and fries to customers who simply walk up to the counter and place an order.

Yes, I want grabbing wings to be just like submitting a ticket to a help desk in India.

C'mon, executives.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (HFrEr)

146 Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.
Posted by: tubal
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Yep. Beer is always cold, staff is well trained, and their food is consistent.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2bFN5)

147 It doesn't help that Wing Stop's wings kinda suck.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (2614e)

They're not terrible but they're not very good.

Ok for a last second drop-in before watching a football game before grabbing some beer.

They could easily cut the price of their wings by 50% and still make a handsome profit.

Their wings aren't worth the current cost anyway. The New Upcoming Democrat Turbo-Inflation will probably kill their business.

Is Troy Aikman still involved with the WingStop Corp? I think he was an original investor.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (YSUhf)

148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

149 McD's has nothing worth the price they charge. This is what minimum wage laws have wrought.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

150 I have a friend who does DoorDash here and there. He’s told me the vast majority of orders he does is fast food deliveries to people in shitty apartments. With delivery fees and tip these people are spending $30 for a Big Mac meal.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (O3eDY)

151 Prayers for you, BrotherTim.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (ZdaMQ)

152 Years ago I had Hooters wings , but breaded wings aren't right in my view
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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*fistbump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (2bFN5)

153 I think drag shows should be outlawed. It's a fetish.

My take is treat it like any other fetish, what you do at home with a willing partner I don't care. But doing sexual things in public shouldn't be allowed.

I didn't say the girls on the team were wearing tank tops and short shorts it was the waitresses. Which, by the way, is less than what you see at the beach.

That is the other funny part of this. I see women wearing equivalent outfits out and about normally, not even counting beachware. I remember a few years ago having to do some HR training and the woman running the training wore a see thru shirt (with a bra) and a pair of pants so tight you could see her thong.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

154 148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

God be with you, Brother Tim.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

155 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (yky4J)
________

John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

156 And so it begins.

I love that just two days after winning an election by promising to focus on affordability, Democrats immediately pivoted to putting dicks in chicks’ bathrooms.

https://tinyurl.com/kuffeyvz

Posted by: That guy who always says it's just beginning at November 06, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

157 You have to be 17 to go to an R rated movie. But a 5 years is allowed to see a drag show. Or get a sex change for that matter.

America in 2026

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (O3eDY)

158 In my old town, we had an Applebee's and I always enjoyed it.

We used to have a Gator's that had a bottomless conch chowder and salad that was a really good price.

Oh, the good ol' days. I'm older than shit.

Pretty soon I'll be talking about how I paid $1.50 for gas in the old days.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (iOpI2)

159 148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

If you are ready for a job, remember to post what skills you have and what you're looking for here b/c contacts are key in the AI job hiring environment...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (Gb7+b)

160 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It was the booger beer that sank him.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (zFF15)

161
DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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

Exactly what I meant. Lacking in some crucial aspect -- more than one in his case, because don't forget, his cars were shyte.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (mmrXZ)

162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

The interviewer pushed her for what she wanted and the answer was...a cash subsidy.

I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

163 Hi welcome to Wings, did you place your order 3 hours ago on our buggy app?

//Smart Six figure CEO

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (Int1s)

164 Prayers up, Brother Tim.

May God bless you.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (qesug)

165 I’ve never had Wing Stop… guess I never will

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (LQ1/y)

166 Trump raised electricity prices? AFAIK every single thing done with any connection to this would, of course, lead to the opposite. Younger people naturally have usually lacked worldliness and understanding of many basic things, and they still marinate in an orwellian make-believe world of media, but voting Dem because of electricity prices? So absurd it's funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (U/Byj)

167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

168 "I have a friend who does DoorDash here and there. He’s told me the vast majority of orders he does is fast food deliveries to people in shitty apartments."

This tracks 100% with what my new Section 8 neighbors do.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

169 I’ve never had Wing Stop… guess I never will
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

You're not missing much.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (Ta4DE)

170 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

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Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (iOpI2)

171 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (qesug)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (JrHfD)

172
Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

God be with you, Brother Tim.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM

Every bit of this right here.

Prayers up, man. Godspeed. May your troubles soon be in your rearview.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (2614e)

173 Now where is my free health care and $100k remote,4 day a week job Democrats promised me?

I'm reminded of the series of videos showing how big projects were made. The Panama Canal, railroads through the mountains of Ecuador or through Russian perma-frost. The building of bridges, the deep silver minds of Mexico, clearing a forest and planting row crops without modern machinery. The commercial seafood farming of south east Asia is some of the most inhumane conditions that make antebellum Southern Slavery look like a week at Club Med.

Death, disease, long hours and drab conditions were the norm. Hundreds of thousands of people, either Coolies, war prisoners or people down on their luck all recruited, didn't have families, didn't have a future and died ether on the job or within a few years due to wear and tear on the body.

And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (xE0sV)

174 DeLorean at GM and Iacocca and Ford were the two cats I was thinking of above.

And both had to fight the Corporate Brass every step of the way to make their Corporations money by making cars the public obviously wanted at the time.

Again, the High School Junior Achievement indoctrination of how Corporations work is just wrong. Has been wrong our entire lives.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (S2K0Y)

175 162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

The interviewer pushed her for what she wanted and the answer was...a cash subsidy.

I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

Urban political demands are literally unworkable. It's not even that they demand things that are long run dysfunctional, it's not possible to meet their demands.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (okun6)

176 170 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

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Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (iOpI2)

But they smear something something aioli on it - for the low low upcharge of 23$!,,

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (Gqar8)

177 Everyone enjoying the corporate town halls that started on Wednesday and just happened to include cheering the election results? We are in for a cascade of shit.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (enNUy)

178 I really thought the 2024 election killed the tranny trend for good. How stupid am I? Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (LQ1/y)

179 DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

She don't lie
She don't lie
She don't lie

.........Cocaine.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (2614e)

180 John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

Well, that is part of what I meant by hinky financing. Also the crappy P-R-V V6 in what was purported to be a super car was dumb. He should have bought the Rover V8 from Leyland.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)

181 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

182 Seems like so many companies, falling into the traps of socialism, have forgotten the basics of capitalism: offer something the consumers want at a price/quality/service level that is better than competitors.
The Gov't sees us as sheep to be shorn, and so do so many companies (especially those that "sell" us the privilege of using their products, as we buy something we don't technically/legally own--Yeah, I'm talking to you, LG, who "own the glass" of every TV a customer buys)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

183 Just what the Royal Family needs.

FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

184 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026

I am a restaurant snob, this is no secret. I luckily live in a place where I can be a restaurant snob, and can avoid Sysco food. Big enough for really decent food, small enough that you know most of the owners / chefs and where the food is coming from.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

185 A company in the food industry that doesn't concentrate on the food first and foremost will die a miserable death, as they should.

Seems very common sense to me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (2614e)

186 DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I was holding out until the Flux Capacitor became a standard option.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (s2iZv)

187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (2614e)

188 181 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

Self-flagellation for the non-religious...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (l3cgK)

189 Ate wings Wednesday at a little bar and restaurant in rural PA coal country, that looked like it could have been used as a set for Justified. They were excellent and I paid cash , although they took credit cards but added 3%.

Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (FVUW0)

190
Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

You call that suffering? When we were young...

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

191
Urban political demands are literally unworkable. It's not even that they demand things that are long run dysfunctional, it's not possible to meet their demands.

Indeed, the reason people mostly make their own food is the cost would be too high otherwise.

Now you can work around that with military mess hall type deals but that mostly removes choice, timing, and good luck with boutique allergies/restrictions. Oh and you'd have to go get it.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

192 Some guy put together an album of unreleased McCartney tracks. I post the link only as proof it was actually done, but def not for listening:
youtube.com/watch?v=B5htJYuaIJo

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 I eschew companies which aim to separate me from 1) printed menus and 2) human beings.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (w6EFb)

194 133 This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

Can't do workouts anyway. Too busy carrying this bull around.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (yky4J)

Why are you carrying a bull around when you probably have welding to do? That hair isn't gonna light itself on fire, you know.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (QGaXH)

195 187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (2614e)

This was my thought...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)

196 148 Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

Good luck Tim.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (Int1s)

197 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

Self-flagellation for the non-religious...

True wisdom resides in being able to deny yourselves the things you don't need, and paying properly for the things you do need, without confusing one for the other. Or something.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

198 178 I really thought the 2024 election killed the tranny trend for good. How stupid am I? Sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (LQ1/y)

I think conservatives lost this issue when they lost (conceded to some extent) on gay marriage. Gay culture has always been very transgressive, contemptuous of normality. That's now codified into society in various ways. Conservatives (whatever that term means these days) may succeed around the edges, like getting the weirdos to stop transitioning kids etc., but we lost the culture completely to Gay Inc. and there's no putting that faggy genie back in the bottle.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (HFrEr)

199 And Meghan's mother left her daughter with a known pervert?

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (enNUy)

200 192 Some guy put together an album of unreleased McCartney tracks. I post the link only as proof it was actually done, but def not for listening:
youtube.com/watch?v=B5htJYuaIJo

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

Can't be as bad as Yoko screeching out another of her hits...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)

201 I’ve always liked Applebee’s (Chili’s, Olive Garden etc)… the only negative experience I’ve ever had at an Applebee’s… and it was only mildly negative: Around last Christmas I’m in a midwestern town that’s sorta dying… there’s an Applebee’s right next to the mall and the mall is dying; at least half the stores are now closed.

Anyway, went to Applebee’s for lunch and the food was good… but between the near deserted mall and Applebee’s itself being mostly empty, the atmosphere was depressing. Dying midwestern towns are depressing; that’s where I grew up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LQ1/y)

202 187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November

In other news, it looks like it may be her step brothers and he set his father up. What a flipping trashy family.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

203 I was holding out until the Flux Capacitor became a standard option.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (s2iZv)

DeLoreans looked real cool, and that will sell a mediocre car for a while. They still attract a crowd at car shows.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (yky4J)

204 If you want to take a Deep Dive into the world of chicken wings, a YouTuber named Sam Reid has produced a series of videos where he seeks to find the best wings in the country.
He visits Buffalo, NY last. Very entertaining and well produced.
Channel is called The Studio Revue.

https://tinyurl.com/ymvprcjz

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

205 166 Trump raised electricity prices? AFAIK every single thing done with any connection to this would, of course, lead to the opposite. Younger people naturally have usually lacked worldliness and understanding of many basic things, and they still marinate in an orwellian make-believe world of media, but voting Dem because of electricity prices? So absurd it's funny.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (U/Byj)

No, he was president when they went up, way up...and he encouraged and praised AI and data centers, which were some of the drivers of those price raises.

It doesn't matter if he could have stopped the prices...it matters to voters that he seemed to verbally support them.

Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

206 193 I eschew companies which aim to separate me from 1) printed menus and 2) human beings.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (w6EFb)

Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

207 Life is so good for people in this country, they have to invent problems. Which is how you get the tranny shit, all the perceived racism, etc.

And even though life has never been better they’ve been convinced by the mss/Dem compels that it’s never been worse.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (O3eDY)

208
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

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

Godspeed, Brother Tim!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (mmrXZ)

209 I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
________

This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

And probably most problematically, they think that everyone who has the things they want got those things just handed to them. That the guy with the house and car they want didn't work for that. No, he just woke up one morning and found out he owned a house and car.

There will always be the very lucky nepo babies, born into great wealth. Twas ever thus. But the vast majority of successful people were self-made. They built that themselves.

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

210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

212 Anyway, went to Applebee’s for lunch and the food was good… but between the near deserted mall and Applebee’s itself being mostly empty, the atmosphere was depressing. Dying midwestern towns are depressing; that’s where I grew up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LQ1/y)

Thanks for the jobs round eye.

Posted by: Chinese Workers at November 06, 2026 12:07 PM (O3eDY)

213 Wing stop takes a long time to get food out for a fast food type place. I've always been able to order from a human at the counter but the dine in experience is meh. 🫤 I don't go often, maybe a few times a year.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (f9RL7)

214 211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

215 I hardly eat at restaurants (or order from them) these days. Went to Denny's to meet BILs the other day, one dish was $18...at Denny's...
WTH?
At least the $15 burrito I ordered at the Mexican place was 4" diameter and 10" long...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (l3cgK)

216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

217 "Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas"

Yes. When people say things are too expensive, not all of them are lying. The walls of our conservative info silo are a little too thick.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

218 This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

Every generation thinks like that. Including the oldest one - who just assumed growth would always happen because growth always happened.

Everybody has had a hand in this.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (S2K0Y)

219 214 211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

Who would embroider a paper napkin?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

220 At least the $15 burrito I ordered at the Mexican place was 4" diameter and 10" long...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The Paolo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Ta4DE)

221 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Have not encountered this yet. If I do, I will walk right out again. And if I order off the menu, and get presented a QR code for the tab, the waiter is going to have to bring me the menu, and I will use the calculator on my phone to total the bill, and pay him in cash. And no tip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)

222 Urban political demands are literally unworkable.

-
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
DSA leader Megan Romer has NO answer when Fox News’s Martha MacCallum asks where the $49 TRILLION for her socialist agenda is coming from.

Romer calls the number “made-up.” Then MacCallum what HER number is, and it gets embarrassing fast.

MACCALLUM: “That’s $350,000 per household.

-
Who hasn't got a.spare $350 K laying around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (qC/tp)

223 Who would embroider a paper napkin?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

If she were still around ? My grand-mother. That chic would embroider a running bull if she could.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (S2K0Y)

224
No, he was president when they went up, way up...and he encouraged and praised AI and data centers, which were some of the drivers of those price raises.

It doesn't matter if he could have stopped the prices...it matters to voters that he seemed to verbally support them.

Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

AI is probably a drag, both directly as a platform position and indirectly as a driver of inflation.

I don't see much reason to promote AI as it is likely to get overbuilt anyways and any competition with China is irrelevant without an accompanying reindustrialization and naval rebuild.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:11 PM (okun6)

225 221 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Have not encountered this yet. If I do, I will walk right out again. And if I order off the menu, and get presented a QR code for the tab, the waiter is going to have to bring me the menu, and I will use the calculator on my phone to total the bill, and pay him in cash. And no tip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)

Yes, another thing I hate: pre-calculated tips based not on the food total, but the food + tax total. Why should I tip on Gov't coerced tax on top of everything else?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

226 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Yes; I don't like that myself . I tell them "I'm an old person. Could you just me an actual menu?" Last place I asked about that with QR code ( which was about four years ago) they did have an actual menu to give me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (JrHfD)

227 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November

Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

228 If she were still around ? My grand-mother. That chic would embroider a running bull if she could.
Posted by: Howdy

Worked with a guy that drank so much coffee that he could thread a running sewing machine.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (zFF15)

229 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026

I am a restaurant snob, this is no secret. I luckily live in a place where I can be a restaurant snob, and can avoid Sysco food. Big enough for really decent food, small enough that you know most of the owners / chefs and where the food is coming from.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
_______

You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

230 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar8)

231 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.

Ok, I scanned it (i.e., with my eyes) Now where's the menu?

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 12:14 PM (oh+I7)

232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12

Ha!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

233 That Romer interview might be the last from any DSA member on Fox.

Questions be hard, yo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Ta4DE)

234 Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper

Yeah. They do. The RGV, Rio Grande Valley, went Hinojosa Tuesday. Main complaint? ICE.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (zFF15)

235 227 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November

Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

That was National Hispanics...they cited the economy as the #1 driver of their vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Gb7+b)

236 230 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar

Oh, and "Bake the Cake, H8ters!"...--Same folks allied with the Left

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

237 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

I find it annoying because their expectations are out of whack… way out. My parents raised 6 kids, always paid their bills, no welfare of any kind (they’d die first)…. We always ate extremely well (mom’s a great cook) and had a wonderful childhood (well clothed and sheltered). Oh you know what? My dad’s salary never exceeded $30K per year as was often well below that. They were savers and budgeted and they did this during Carter inflation. So I’ve no patience for hearing how people are getting killed now. People are spoiled

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (LQ1/y)

238 218 This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

Every generation thinks like that. Including the oldest one - who just assumed growth would always happen because growth always happened.

Everybody has had a hand in this.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (S2K0Y)

I think we (29 year olds) have a tendency to see some particularly stupid young person on the internet (who is being presented as clickbait) and extrapolate that to all young people and conclude the youngsters are all risible fools and pinkos.

It's not very constructive. Sort of the mirror image of the "okay, boomer" stuff.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (HFrEr)

239 She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

Who would embroider a paper napkin?...

You're not going to attract the best clientele with that attitude.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

240 I'm having a flashback to the classic SNL skit with the Sodom Chamber of Commerce having an argument over whether to rebrand Sodom as a family-friendly destination. "But Sodom MEANS sodomy!" "Yes, but we don't have to emphasize it. If they want it, the sodomy will still be here."

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (qlLNh)

241 Yes, another thing I hate: pre-calculated tips based not on the food total, but the food + tax total. Why should I tip on Gov't coerced tax on top of everything else?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

I usually tip pretty well, but always based on the pre-tax total.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (yky4J)

242 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Yep. I wish some would remember that the next time this or that President talks long term military action.

We CAN'T do long term military action. Elections every two years guarantee that.

Maybe that's a feature and not a bug. It's certainly a fact.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (S2K0Y)

243 232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12

Ha!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

Even pants, like for the book thread?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (l3cgK)

244 Huh. By pure coincidence I just realized that I'm currently working on a course shell for a course on customer focus and satisfaction.

Haven't worked with the instructor much, but he seems pretty gung-ho about offering a positive customer experience for clientele.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (s2iZv)

245 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Notice:

She didn't mention pants, specifically.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (2614e)

246 It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I. Hate. You.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (zFF15)

247 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (NcvvS)

248 You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Well he is French, we aren’t known for our height. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

249 Federal jobs report released this morning beat expectations.

"Experts" declare it to be a "great" report.

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (rj6Yv)

250 232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal

Ronald and Grimace aren't judgy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Ta4DE)

251 John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

Well, that is part of what I meant by hinky financing. Also the crappy P-R-V V6 in what was purported to be a super car was dumb. He should have bought the Rover V8 from Leyland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)
_______

Kinda innovative financing, though. "I need money, fast. How do I do that? [Turns on episode of Miami Vice] I've got an idea!"

(Yes, I know MV wasn't on TV then.)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

252 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (2614e)

253 Take 100 random 27 year olds.
Go to their apartment.
Take a look at their stoves
I’d bet60 of those stoves have never been used

But bro Trump makes life too expensive.

Posted by: Chinese Workers at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (O3eDY)

254 234 Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper

Yeah. They do. The RGV, Rio Grande Valley, went Hinojosa Tuesday. Main complaint? ICE.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (zFF15)

Yes, ICE only was the biggest Hispanic driver in SW TX...overall, it was the economy (although in that area, ICE may have been ruining the economy b/c if business owners are deported and workers aren't, or too many workers are deported so business have to close, there are no more businesses, and remaining employees are jobless, and folks feel that effect, so it's intertwined)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gb7+b)

255 "I usually tip pretty well" ... because food service workers have one of the shittiest jobs there is. I do it out of pity.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

256 I'm having a flashback to the classic SNL skit with the Sodom Chamber of Commerce having an argument over whether to rebrand Sodom as a family-friendly destination. "But Sodom MEANS sodomy!" "Yes, but we don't have to emphasize it. If they want it, the sodomy will still be here."

Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Almost sounds like a Monty Python skit.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (zFF15)

257 Hispanics polled before voting put ICE/deportations far above economic concerns (40% to 26%). This is one of the most ominous data points of Tuesday (and it's backed up by the amazing switch of 2024 Trump Hispanics to Dems).

Electricity prices have *already* been driven up by data centers (= new demand)? Really, where? The prices aren't 95% driven by lack of capacity, "investment" in fake/wildly cost-inefficient "green" capacity? Things that have been going on for years. The table was set by the usual idiots, the price/capacity issues go back years.

Insurance? That's not driven by state-level misregulation? What's the federal share of blame there? Apart from "health" "insurance", which the party just handed the keys massively (further) f***ed up in recent years?

But of course I'm ignoring that the Dems have all sorts of fixes on offer for all these things, so of course they'll get the nod. Oh, wait. No, in fact they are neck-deep in every single self-inflicted problem, and have literally zero ideas or proposals to address any of them.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (U/Byj)

258 You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Well he is French, we aren’t known for our height. 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
_____

His business partner was there too. Pretty sure he's french too, but he's tall. Like 6-4.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

259 175 162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

------

This is what I call "a complete idiot."

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iOpI2)

260 This post's timing is perfect, I have some buycott news.

First, those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain. Make these podcasters lose money, since they hate capitalism.

Second, BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a house seat. In blue New York. The stickers are the best, and he is hated by the left. So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Toos7)

261 We rarely eat at chains anymore.

There's some good mom and pop operations in my AO, and the food is good and won't break the bank.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (qesug)

262
It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (2614e)
----

Reminds me of the scene from "Back to School" starring Rodney Dangerfield. He's a wealthy construction business owner in a business class with his son and the teacher is talking about things you will need to consider when starting a business. Rodney says "Don't forget all the graft and kickbacks to union bosses and government bureaucracrats" and the teacher says stuff like that doesn't happen in the real world he's a teacher with no real world experience.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (iRQm6)

263 I’d bet60 of those stoves have never been used

The microwave was wildly popular in the 70s as well. Hence the Microwave Stand.

Today's 27 year olds weren't buying them then. Mostly because they weren't alive.

Women that are over 70 now, however ? Buying them as soon as Hubs worked enough overtime to afford one. Damn Millennials.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (S2K0Y)

264 Torchys Tacos did the same. Dont know what their results are $wise.

Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Kkd7F)

265 217 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

I have a 26 year old son I ordered to live at home as he is single....he makes over 50 a year....

I know the numbers...they were programmed their whole lives to be socialists....this IS socialism comrade.

Fuck em, they want "help" help costs.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Int1s)

266 Crumbl is an Utah company, I enjoyed watching their rise during the pandemic. Who knew lazy people would pay for comfort food delivered to their door they can make for pennies? You can during a pandemic! Pots they tapped into social media and TikTok.

They are closing stores like mad now. Why? A natural overreach as they tap out the national market. Over complicating what they sell, way too many items now. A bad economy. Bad press from a shake that has more calories than you should consume in a day. Not making their staples, the pink cookie and the chocolate chip, always on menu. And apparently they have lowered the quality of their ingredients, and don't make everything in house anymore, which is the kiss of death.

Krispy Kreme did the same thing, don't make their donuts in store fresh, it's trucked in from another site. And Panera bread stopped making artisan bread in house, chains that did took over. Kissed of death.

The food industry rises and falls are fascinating.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Toos7)

267 260 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Toos7)

eh maybe....or do what goof did....after her cancer she can't have soy period....turns out Starfucks aside from shitting on soldiers under Bush the younger loves soy....

she decided to master home brewing....and she makes better coffees at 1/10th the cost....

the young and their 6.60 a cup habit is part of why they are fucked....the generation that taught me to be a worker bitched about 35 cent a cup coffee that base purchasing power adjustment and one sugar would cost about 90 cents now....

they are spoiled rotten.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Int1s)

268 254 Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gb7+b)

Well look NOVA great new the southern border in Texas is about to be wide open....

so our little amigos will be tres happy ole....and with all the new donk judges springing the criminals I do not want to hear a peep about crime.... you wanted it enjoy it omae.

Package deal ese.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Int1s)

269 259 Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iOpI2)

Kind of but not really, what they are doing is demanding the American people make the USG their absent provider husband from the 70s.

Someone else alluded to the 70s microwaves, and i remember the story of our family's first color TV.....the kids do not understand how much hustle the 70s involved.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (Int1s)

270 They could have just asked Panera customers about ordering from a kiosk. They hated it and many never went back.

Posted by: Ronzoni at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (9rPbL)

271 270 Posted by: Ronzoni at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (9rPbL)

Take garbage cans in front of establishments...they removed them because of hobos....

there is this place called wing stop at the crumbl in Alexandria I walked in to order and threw away a coke from my car....got a two minute lecture from a shithead 24 year old looking asshole manager.....

looked him in the eye winked and said I could walk from Ft Polk escaping a hurricane, you could be the only food in a hundred miles and I would walk on by......

went next door bought the Fed Ex cookies and tipped them 20 bucks and will never buy from wing stop again.......all because no one will confront the homeless.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Int1s)

272 In other news, it looks like it may be her step brothers and he set his father up. What a flipping trashy family.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

****
The sub reddit mocking her, Hazbeen, and her entire family is my guilty pleasure. I call it an anthropology study.

In reality the commenters often make me laugh out loud. When she has videos of her as never crap it is hysterical.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

273 272 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

If you are ever really bored deep dive into the depravities of the Borgias....I sometimes go back and reread antiquity to remind myself as I remind others there is little new under the sun....Me-again Murkle is just Obama with an actual vagina and less brains which is just beautiful.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Int1s)

274 Eh the TX Senate will stop it....for now I suspect.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Int1s)

275
Products are interchangeable units. In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. Those are all just generic products to which business school wizardry is applied.

I'm young enough at 29 to remember when Bush the Elder had hired some idiot economist who confidently asserted "potato chips, computer chips, what’s the difference?" HW got raked over the coals for that one, with good reason.

Don't tell me that the Bushite GOPe is full of wicked smahrt people. Don't you dare.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)

276 Teddy: When you look at me, what do you see.
Robert McCall: [chuckles, shifts in his seat]
Teddy: The answer's nothing. I have no feeling about you one way or the other. You're like... like lint or a bottle cap. You're just a thing to remove.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

277 I went to Wingstop a few weeks ago. I didn't see an ordering kiosk, just someone from the back came to the front and took my order. However, their soda machine wasn't working.

Posted by: MikeN at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (jCYLE)

278 There is a dream in Silicon Valley - they all want to be Musk. He became the richest of them all, by positioning all his companies as tech companies.

tesla builds cars, sure, but they also run services stations, insurance, software, Energy storage, and soon AI and space.

I idea that wing stop could become the next Tesla is idiotic, but most people in Silicon Valley are ambitious idiots.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (lR2Tk)

279 It's amazing - companies that hyperfocus on doing one thing well, chick fil e, In and out, etc., have been very successful.

But sure, let's focus on kiosks, because everyone loves a good kiosk.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (lR2Tk)

280 The problem with kiosks is very simple - the people designing the software receive their primary input not from the customer, but from the marketing department, and the kitchen staff. Guess what? It ends up sucking. Works great for them. not for us.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (lR2Tk)

281 Quick thought - no I don't want your shitty ordering app on my fucking phone.

Because, fuck you, that's why.

Also, I have zero trust you won't sell some or all my data to the first person who asks.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (lR2Tk)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm
Gustave Courbet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2614e)

2 Alternate title:

Where some are standing after Tuesday......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2614e)

3 Very nice. I like it, CBD. Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Good job, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

5 Hotel room art, but soothing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (4NO2D)

6 Meh. Very two dimensional.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (yEz+x)

7 No boobs. No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (YSM/8)

8 One boat didn't make it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (Ta4DE)

9 One boat didn't make it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

SS Minnow

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (zFF15)

10 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (4NO2D)

11 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (4NO2D)
---
Whatever it is, it ain't the safest place to store pirate treasure, me hearties!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 09:34 AM (s2iZv)

12 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?
Posted by: toby928(c)
----------
Same here regarding the door. I was more wondering about high tide and how big the sump pump is.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2bFN5)

13 I'm standing just out of frame in a logoed windbreaker with a producer, camera guy, hair stylist, sound tech, and makeup artist.
We're on a mandatory union break.

Posted by: Jim Cantore at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

14 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (YSM/8)

15 I like the cliff's natural flying buttress.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

16 I'd rather be there than Texas right now...

I do like the painting though. Interesting that there is a door in the rock. I wonder if there was an existing cave they created a home in.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (9U6Wl)

17 I like these clouds better than the ones earlier in the week.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

18 I like these clouds better than the ones earlier in the week.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Cirrusly?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

19 Thanks CBD! Morning Horde. Hey Bulg.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (z6ONu)

20 Hey, Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

21 Bro painted this at same time in same location:

https://tinyurl.com/mtsvjxkh

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (reaaR)

22 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (2gbgu)

23 Beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (xz+xK)

24 Bro painted this at same time in same location:

https://tinyurl.com/mtsvjxkh
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM

The sea was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (4NO2D)

25 Does Courbet rhyme with sorbet?

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

26 Cliff painting is nice, but I want to see a Norm painting.

Posted by: Roy at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (qwype)

27 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM

Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (4NO2D)

28 13 Why does Cantore need a hair stylist?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

29 I like it.

Looks like a pretty place to walk the dog!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (rOKnE)

30 Alternate title:

"The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (YSUhf)

31 28 13 Why does Cantore need a hair stylist?
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM

It's in the contract. Look it up.

Posted by: Union thug at November 06, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Nice scenic rendering, though I'm not finding any men in the boats.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

33 Alternate title:

"Archeologists Discover the Flintstone's Beach House"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (YSUhf)

34 "The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake

We're not that lucky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (Ta4DE)

35 >>I like the cliff's natural flying buttress.

It's gorge-ous!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE)

36 Oh.... spaceballs!

Posted by: man at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (pfXMo)

37 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM (reaaR)

38 Apres nous, le deluge.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM (2Drhq)

39 36 Oh.... spaceballs!
Posted by: man at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (pfXMo)

Oh, shit. There goes the planet

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

40 though I'm not finding any men in the boats.

Uh, ...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (Dqgxg)

41 I like this painting's colors and light/shadows. Would hang.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

42 Why aren't those boats in the water? We need some fish!

Posted by: Gorton's Management Team at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

43 It reminds me if Wave Race 64.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (BI5O2)

44 The Cliff at Etretat?

I've viewed this painting over and over
And the vegetation looks like wild clover
But the cliffs look like a man
set for a prostate exam

Which made me wonder if it could have been Dover....

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)

45 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting.
Is there a sad clown in it?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Dqgxg)

46 37 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM

So you're saying they're real and they're spectacular?

Posted by: Jerry at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

47 I've viewed this painting over and over
And the vegetation looks like wild clover
But the cliffs look like a man
set for a prostate exam

Which made me wonder if it could have been Dover....
Posted by: muldoon

*Grabs guitar*

Posted by: Eric Johnson at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (Ta4DE)

48 Apres bobsled, de luge

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)

49 Very nice. Just looked at the same spot on Google street view. Lovely area.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (ctC8W)

50 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.
Posted by: Elric the Blade
----------
Looks like a golf course atop the cliffs. A few holes right along the edge.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (2bFN5)

51 Apres bobsled, de luge
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM

*applaudissements lents*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ctC8W)

52 I like this. There was a storm, the seas are still choppy. But the sky is blue and the cliffs remain strong.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ZdaMQ)

53 Subject matter: Apropos

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

54 LOL.
Bravo, muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

55 Good job, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

I gave a valium effort!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2614e)

56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2Drhq)

57 32 well, they're little.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

58 Needs mermaids, but I still like the sparse seascape.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (7XuqV)

59 >>A few holes right along the edge.

Meh

Posted by: Torrey Pines South Hole No. 4 at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc)

60 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM

But a little under the weather.

Posted by: Oh, no... at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

61 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

62 61 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Drink. Your. Ovaltine.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (2Drhq)

63 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

64 those sea shells seem to spell something.
Posted by: cmeat

Drink your Ovaltine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (Ta4DE)

65 The sea was marginally irritated that day, my friends.

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Ve/HL)

66 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

86 250

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2614e)

67 Damn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Ta4DE)

68 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Burma Shave, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2ocoG)

69 A few holes right along the edge.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM

Sorry.

Posted by: Eisenhower at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (ctC8W)

70 100 comment rule. [CBD]

It's hard to beat a good 'ol Viking Funeral....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2614e)

71 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
+++

I've looked at them from both sides now.

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

72 A delightful image of the sea shore after a storm. The wet rocks and sand now drying, the gentle blue of the sky, and the sharp shadows of the returned sun. The rocks that have withstood the water's attacks for millennia are weathered but still solid, adding to the sense of relief in the painting. The door in the rocks and the impression of an entrance on the lower left I can't explain but it is intriguing.

Courbet belonged to the Realism school of French art, where they paint only what they see. Courbet took that approach and still managed to add layers of meaning and emotion very effectively.

BTW, check out Courbet's Wiki page. It includes the range of subjects he covered: seascapes, nudes (yay!), and some gorgeous still life paintings. Worth the time.

Posted by: JTB at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

73 Verynice painting. It's wall hanger!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (5Op5D)

74 Painting: At the base of the cliff, investigators discovered the artist's palette knife.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

75 Is that the door to Yogurt's dwelling?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2614e)

76 That's a teeny, tiny "cliff"

Posted by: Oglebay at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

77 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

**********

This was painted at a time when having clouds in your painting were something of a stratus symbol.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

78 It's hard to beat a good 'ol Viking Funeral....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM

Old ways are best ways.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (ctC8W)

79 71 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
+++

I've looked at them from both sides now.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM

I've seen them in my coffee.

Posted by: Carly Simon at November 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

80 That's a teeny, tiny "cliff"

It's in the pool! Err, ocean!

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2ocoG)

81
*operetta music*

*sings*

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true, and attentive to our duty.
Our saucy ship's a beauty, we're attentive to our duty;
We're sober men and true, we sail the ocean blue.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (YSUhf)

82 Don’t jump!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (V65Dk)

83 The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm
Gustave Courbet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

----

1) Not much of a storm, what with the boats being all neat and tidy and not dashed upon the rocks.
B) The little door has Billy Crystal behind it, waiting to tell you to have fun storming the castle.
III) I don't see the sniper anywh

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (zafwz)

84 *sings*

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true, and attentive to our duty.
Our saucy ship's a beauty, we're attentive to our duty;
We're sober men and true, we sail the ocean blue.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (YSUhf)

Rrrrruummm!!!!! RUM till we PUKE!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:58 AM (2614e)

85 Sorry, CBD. Guess the storm's not yet over in my head. Apologies.

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:58 AM (Ve/HL)

86 Don’t jump!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (V65Dk)

Mr. Mixx'll make ya...JUMP JUMP!!!

Posted by: Kris Kross at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2614e)

87 77 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

**********

This was painted at a time when having clouds in your painting were something of a stratus symbol.
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM

And considered to be mist-terious.

Posted by: Groan ... at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Is that the door to Yogurt's dwelling?

It's the quarry boss' beach house for when he wants to get far away from Barney and Fred.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2ocoG)

89 Looks hopeless and desolate.

Pretty fitting given the events this week.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (qwx/I)

90 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the painting but I can already feel the sand in my shorts.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:01 AM (2WIwB)

91 23 ... Fenelon,

CBD used a painting by Jules Breton earlier this week, "End of the Working Day". I thought it was something you would enjoy. Breton's Wiki page includes the painting if you want to see it. He also did "The Song of the Lark", which is so poignant.

Posted by: JTB at November 06, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)

92 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

It's a nice painting. And valuable. Owning it is a stratus symbol.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:03 AM (2WIwB)

93 Alternate title:

"After Catching the Magic Flounder, Fishy Joe Abandoned His Fishing Boats, And Left to Become Emperor, Just Like His Wife Wanted, And They Lived Happily Ever After"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:03 AM (YSUhf)

94 You can't trust clouds. They're known to be thunder-handed.

Posted by: Make it stop! at November 06, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

95 "throw your rubbers overboard
there's no one here but men"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

96 "Damn....It smells like a hooker convention around here....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (2614e)

97 "throw your rubbers overboard
there's no one here but men"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

That's hot!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (2614e)

98 87 "no mystique,
big mistake"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

99 No Jim Cantore.

Wasn't a real storm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (2614e)

100 100

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:07 AM (2614e)

101 Sixty-six minutes of NOFX, for those still sleepy:
youtube.com/watch?v=_-7Bmu1GJO8

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

102
The wonderful Song of the Lark
Is airy, light and not dark
It goes, "Scooby dooby doo
a flippity flappity poo
Oh Zippitty Zappitty Zark!"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (YSUhf)

103 100 100
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:07 AM

FESTIVAL!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (4NO2D)

104 On my 2nd cup of coffee.

*That's funny. Sponge NEVER has a second cup at home*

Oh wait.....this IS my home now......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (2614e)

105 99 No Jim Cantore.

Wasn't a real storm.
Posted by: Sponge at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM

It probably wasn't even named.

Posted by: CNN, desperate for viewers at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

106 100
Posted by: Sponge

1 AND 100. You are on fire today.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

107
FESTIVAL!!
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (4NO2D)

FUN! you stupid...idiot!

Posted by: Anthrax - I'm the Man at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2614e)

108 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

109 "there's butch and spike and mike and ike
and one guy we call sally
at night we sleep in separate bunks
and blow each other kisses:"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (Bep7s)

110
1 AND 100. You are on fire today.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2614e)

111 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

But WE'RE the Nazis........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (2614e)

112 On my 2nd cup of coffee.

*That's funny. Sponge NEVER has a second cup at home*

Oh wait.....this IS my home now......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

*Outdoor wood fire. Enamel coffee pot hanging over fire. Home on the Range playing in the background.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (zFF15)

113 "The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake

We're not that lucky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Plus, Thune has no shame.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

114 And awaaaay we go...

"Democrats are preparing to drag Donald Trump’s private chatbot habit with Elon Musk into a congressional hearing room.

House Democrats are laying the groundwork to investigate how the president leaned on Musk’s Grok before American forces snatched Nicolás Maduro out of Caracas, according to the Washington Post.

The Post reported that Trump’s use of the AI chatbot to plan the military operation is one of the earliest targets on the list, according to two people familiar with the plans."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (J4Dwc)

115 I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM

There's a balm for that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (4NO2D)

116 No reason to be hopeless, there is life everlasting after this life. That IS the future.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

117 At least we haven't gone completely crazy.

Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

118
*Outdoor wood fire. Enamel coffee pot hanging over fire. Home on the Range playing in the background.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (zFF15)

Someday.......soon.......maybe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:12 AM (2614e)

119 At least we haven't gone completely crazy.

Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

I'm so glad that we imported Middle East bullshit into Our Country,

especially after 9/11.

That was genius!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (YSUhf)

120 These boats brought another load of third-worlders to France.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (QaH55)

121 1 AND 100. You are on fire today.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Not touching that. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (zFF15)

122 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

123
Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

Welcome to the islhamic states of America.

and....BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (2614e)

124
Not touching that. Wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (zFF15)

Unfortunately, she won't either.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (2614e)

125 Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

It's the Greek word for "victory," actually. Tell the muzzies that it refers to the victory of jihad over the Dar al-Harb.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

126 I guess he's a glass half full guy.

Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

127 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

What part?

Not sure if I've asked that before, but my brain sucks, so......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (2614e)

128 I'm so glad that we imported Middle East bullshit into Our Country,

especially after 9/11.

That was genius!
---
It's called being a compassionate conservative.
You'd know if you were a Christian.
/s/ George W. Bush, David French et al.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (Aug7T)

129 No reason to be hopeless, there is life everlasting after this life. That IS the future.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

Bears repeating.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (wVcYX)

130 Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM

As unfalsifiable headline as there ever was.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (4NO2D)

131 "What part?"

Rockford IL, Screw City.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

132 I guess he's a glass half full guy.

Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

Democrats have been rebuilding into out and out communists.

It's only right for the Republicans to rebuild too.

Hopefully, they choose hard core conservatism, but..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (2614e)

133
Rockford IL, Screw City.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

Ah...where there's a nuke plant.

I spent some time in Hoffman Estates, then moved further north as a yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:17 AM (2614e)

134 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

*Broadway hippie music*

*sings*

Good morning, Starshine
The Earth says hello!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (YSUhf)

135 And now the head-shaking cases start to surface. In IA, a state legislative candidate with serious health problems dropped out in September. He was comfortably elected in a GOP-leaning district, anyway. In a state-level TX race, a woman candidate who was convicted of a felony and suspended her campaign was elected.

In the 2010 wave election (I believe bigger in scope than even this cycle, down to county level), a deceased CA incumbent was re-elected. And not a single incumbent was defeated (IIRC), illustrating the total death of competitive politics in CA (this was 16 years ago).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (U/Byj)

136 AI has refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH), a core conjecture in computational complexity theory. Caveat: AFAIK, the paper has not been published yet.

AI sez: "Many theoretical computer scientists have noted that vast swaths of recent complexity research are now effectively obsolete or need to be completely rewritten"

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

137 91-I did see that painting the other day , JTB. Lovely light in it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (JrHfD)

138 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

139 Yay.....It's annual training renewal time.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (2614e)

140 So, I hear Mis Hum has quit the blog. Why?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

141 Don't worry. They're moderates.

Dems’ 181-Page Hit List: Democrats Plotting to Target Corporate America — Not Just Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

142 133 that's near beloit, the town that was named by flipping a nickel into a toilet.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (Bep7s)

143 Oh, okay. But...why?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

Lawsuit against the charter company, Learjet, and the family of the pilot.

That's my guess.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:21 AM (k5CNB)

144 142 Ha, yes!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

145 But WE'RE the Nazis........

The new memes about how George Lucas predicted modern liberalism 20 years early are pretty interesting.

Anakin's mom was raped and murdered by sand people, and then the diverse Jedi Council tells him that's the price we pay for good take-out, effectively.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)

146 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

***

Would not be surprised to see an uptick in violence against conservatives.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (2WIwB)

147 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober
----
$$$

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (9AdGW)

148 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

My guess...They're suing Learjet.

Otherwise the only thing they could say is:

"Yep, in our legal opinion- they crashed and died.

Now, who's up for martinis?"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (YSUhf)

149 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober

There's evidence the plane came apart in the air so sue Lear?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

150 The Post reported that Trump’s use of the AI chatbot to plan the military operation is one of the earliest targets on the list, according to two people familiar with the plans."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (J4Dwc)

LOL I've been saying D's used AI to help plan whatever they accomplished last Tuesday.

Now I'm fucking certain.

I also said the investigations are going to get super weird super fast and here we are.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (MPtWl)

151 So, I hear Mis Hum has quit the blog. Why?
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

He said nothing was wrong, just time to move on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (2614e)

152 Kind of a dead cat bounce in the tech market, but I don't expect it to last. Nothing has fundamentally changed since yesterday.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (4NO2D)

153 144 kids summer camped in oregon for years. have you seen where the kids wrote "in love" on the "falling rocks" sign?

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

154 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:5-6 at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

155 He said nothing was wrong, just time to move on.
Posted by: Sponge

OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

156 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:15-16 at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

157 My guess...They're suing Learjet.

Otherwise the only thing they could say is:

"Yep, in our legal opinion- they crashed and died.

Now, who's up for martinis?"

Not sure how Learjet was at fault. They were deliberately flying through bad weather to get to the Bahamas faster, reportedly at the urging of the passenger family.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (2ocoG)

158 Our white knight is coming to save us!

Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

159 Have to check with a friend who's quite expert and dig into the job numbers, but as I've noted for a few days, about all of the key macro numbers/trends are positive, some markedly so, and all directly attributable to Trump policies that are working (they're all pretty obvious familiar common sense policies, but his administration actually implements them).

The economic agony is unbearable, of course, because that's what I'm told (even though it is multiples better on every score than 2-3 years ago, when economic pain wasn't even a topic). But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.

Pathetic and disastrous.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (U/Byj)

160 Pathetic and disastrous.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

But effective, from their point of view. In January, the word shall issue forth from Yegg Central that all is improving, thanks to the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)

161
OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

He was a temp fill in from the start. Temp must've become too permanent feeling, I guess.

Hope he comes back and comments on occasion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (2614e)

162 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

But WE'RE the Nazis........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (2614e)

I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that we're not Nazis.

D-LAMP was a prophet without honor.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 10:27 AM (qRla/)

163 Our white knight is coming to save us!

Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

You misspelled "white whale."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:27 AM (2614e)

164 Deputy carries baby through floodwaters. He says caring for people was a group effort. "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/3rv9vctw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (JrHfD)

165 But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.

Also the data on the election is getting shadier by the hour. The election results are basically mathematically impossible. Not to say the GOP doesn't deserve a good whipping over the results, but there was definitely "fortification", especially in Texas.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (2ocoG)

166 Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

Boy oh boy not even waiting until the GOP body is cold. Is that real?

Gotta love it. Bet some of these fellas blaming Trump can't wait to vote for Chris Christie. That will show those mean Trumpers! A new America dawns!!!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (MPtWl)

167 >"Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Curious choice of conference. Coral Gables is 70 miles south of crash site.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (rJ48h)

168 I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that we're not Nazis.

D-LAMP was a prophet without honor.

Same. We're firmly parked in Weimar now, just waiting for a failed painter to emerge.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:29 AM (2ocoG)

169 Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

Bullshit. Waddle, maybe. Run? 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:29 AM (9YDB8)

170 OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.
Posted by: Bulg

He was a temp fill in from the start. Temp must've become too permanent feeling, I guess.

Hope he comes back and comments on occasion.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Temps never get medical, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:30 AM (zFF15)

171 Pathetic and disastrous.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

But effective, from their point of view. In January, the word shall issue forth from Yegg Central that all is improving, thanks to the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)

Good news, everyone!

The price of eggs has decreased from $3.99 a dozen to $9.95 a dozen!

Affordability wins, the Joooooooos lose!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:30 AM (YSUhf)

172 >>Curious choice of conference. Coral Gables is 70 miles south of crash site.

The co-pilot's father retained a Coral Gables law firm who filed a suit yesterday on his behalf.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)

173 "We're firmly parked in Weimar now" Buy option calls in cabaret sector.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

174 Good news, everyone!

TheLastRefuge
@TheLastRefuge2
OUTCOMES:

(1) Gasoline prices, specifically diesel fuel prices, will likely drop very fast; election objective fulfilled.

Under $3/gal mid-December.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

175 Not to say the GOP doesn't deserve a good whipping over the results, but there was definitely "fortification", especially in Texas.

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

If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:33 AM (qCV5n)

176 Under $3/gal mid-December.

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

"You're welcome! Biggest diesal dropoff ever. Historic!"

- DJT

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (qCV5n)

177 The economic agony is unbearable, of course, because that's what I'm told (even though it is multiples better on every score than 2-3 years ago, when economic pain wasn't even a topic). But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.
---
Trump gambled those numbers would show up well before election day.
And it wasn't a bad bet.
He just underestimated how big a headwind the "do-nothing" Republicans were and how dedicated the Dems were to preventing any good economic news.

The challenge now, as those numbers start to show up, is a coherent message that resonates giving him credit and preventing the Dems from stealing credit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (Aug7T)

178 Out-bred, out-voted, cheated, and betrayed. And this is just the beginning

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (BFNU4)

179 "the beautiful rock river, where the women love their dixon"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

180
If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.
Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:33 AM (qCV5n)

This.

2m voters were registered in Texas alone with NO PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP required.

How the f*ck does that happen in the US, much less Texas.

FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (2614e)

181 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (JrHfD)

182 Posted by: AOS cope at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (XlXOq)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (2614e)

183 And the rally is ending. I couldn't resist grabbing a piece. +0.75% But now I have to go into the attic over the great room.

Pray for me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (4NO2D)

184 If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

They actually did, but they were chasing the wrong kind of insecurity. Illegals voting aren't what fortified it this time, it was fat black women counting votes plus a likely significant dose of AI-assisted cyber intrusion. Ubuntu, the largest and wokest Linux distribution, sat on a bunch of security problems everyone else had already patched until after the election.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

185 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (JrHfD)

VPN's make that extremely difficult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (2614e)

186 If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

It's the biggest message they could have sent: "Umm, guys, we're part of the system, too"

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (oh+I7)

187 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM

In fairness, Average Joe has no life. He'll keep shitting here because, well, what else will he do?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (4NO2D)

188 All trolls are Average Joe.

And everyone knows Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (2614e)

189 The future is now (2028 anyway) with cutting edge high tech!

Reuters
@Reuters
US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

190 Just ignore him. His comments are written on water.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (4NO2D)

191 US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

-----------

Does that mean they will be moving to the 3.5" discs now?

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (qCV5n)

192 "Allan Filgueiras, the father of Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, has retained the Coral Gables law firm Grossman, Yaffa & Cohen to represent him in connection with the Nov. 1 crash that killed all nine people aboard the Learjet 60.

The firm filed a lawsuit on the father’s behalf Thursday and plans to address the family’s efforts to obtain ~~answers~~ a shit ton of money any way they can get it during a news conference Friday."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

193 Diesel prices should be expected to drop, because of specific moves and normal market dynamics, after the disruptions of the Ukraine war and the Iran war, and still will be a bit hampered by structural problems and bottlenecks in refining capacity. This has been happening or taking shape for months.

Just as a terrific jobs report drops today. Confirming the fundamental good news that's been there for a while (need to see "quality" of job adds but the trend has been improving for a while, i.e. manufacturing + as a % thereof).

None of this makes any difference politically. The famous delusional whining in '92 over the economy was just a hint of where we've ended up.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:39 AM (U/Byj)

194 Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place [X] into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

195 Pray for me.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (4NO2D)
====
Have I told you about the last time I tried to repair plumbing on my own? Not fun. Never again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

196 193 same water he washes down the hobo flavored cocoa pebbles?

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (Bep7s)

197 Why do we still have a troll???

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (9U6Wl)

198 Have I told you about the last time I tried to repair plumbing on my own? Not fun. Never again.

Sounds like Ace trying to hang shelves.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2ocoG)

199 NOFX makes me want to ram my head through drywall and taste gypsum again, but I'm too old for that now, and besides, these walls are paneled over.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

200 Nice painting.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Oy/m2)

201 They had a plan. Perfefected over a period of many years. We didn’t.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (BFNU4)

202 Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (2614e)

Is there any other way?

Posted by: Talafreako at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (MPtWl)

203 VPN's make that extremely difficult.

There's no VPN involved, the troll's had the same hash on every comment.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

204 Does anyone know any Paki insults the troll can read? Something about eating with his left hand would be good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

205 Feel the love.

Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

206 He was a temp fill in from the start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (2614e)

Huh?

He took over the ONTs and did yeomen's work for years. That wasn't temporary. It just wasn't a lifetime appointment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (k5CNB)

207 "hobo flavored cocoa pebbles?"

Lol.

Gross. They're all just gross.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (JCLJi)

208
There's no VPN involved, the troll's had the same hash on every comment.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

Then our COB's are falling down on the job! Dock their pay!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (2614e)

209 You're my hero!

@ AOS Cope...

Posted by: Ann Selzer at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (/kPV5)

210 They had a plan. Perfefected over a period of many years. We didn’t.

Alex Soros isn't as dumb as he acts.

Also I enjoy that El-Sayed said his first focus is getting rid of Chuck Schumer because he's a Jew. Gonna need the big box of popcorn for that.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)

211 Sounds like Ace trying to hang shelves.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2ocoG)
===

Yada yada yada 30 years later Mrs. F. and Boris the plumber are on a first name basis. He lives in the neighborhood. Has a nicer house than me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

212
He took over the ONTs and did yeomen's work for years. That wasn't temporary. It just wasn't a lifetime appointment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (k5CNB)

His final thread implied that he was only a temp.

I guess I misunderstood.

Apologies. Yes. He did tremendous work and will be missed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:45 AM (2614e)

213 @chrislhayes
I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place [X] into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

I've come to think that Chris Hayes is the poster child for the ill effects of man swallowing man juice........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (2614e)

214 Why do we still have a troll???

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (9U6Wl)

Do you want an honest and informed answer?

We have a troll problem because of the commenters who have the self-control of toddlers, who can't resist engaging with them, thereby giving the trolls exactly what they want.

A better troll mitigation plan would probably be to ban the people who engage with them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

215 @Reuters
US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

It's about time! Zip disks are the future...

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

216 There is very little sadder than having fakey internet enemies, trying desperately to count coup on people you will never meet.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (4NO2D)

217 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

This kind of comment makes we glad I do not have an X account and only occasionally see things posted on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (JrHfD)

218 It's about time! Zip disks are the future...
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

Damn. And I JUST threw away all my zip drives.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2614e)

219 It's about time! Zip disks are the future...

Remember the like 18 months in the 90s when magneto-optical discs were the future? Japan especially was hit hard by that idea, which is why they're a plot point in the first Resident Evil game.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

220 We have a troll problem because of the commenters who have the self-control of toddlers, who can't resist engaging with them, thereby giving the trolls exactly what they want.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM

*nods*

Joe's Law: Trolls believe none of the things they post.

Joe's Corollary: Your disgust is their oxygen.

Joe's Conjecture: All trolls are Average Joe.

Joe's Tautology: Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (4NO2D)

221 Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2614e)

222 "This kind of comment makes we glad I do not have an X account and only occasionally see things posted on here."

I dropped my X account a year ago. Too rage-inducing. I'm weary of raging.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (Jr5Lq)

223 The left even thinks they won X.......It's going to be a long 2 years......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (2614e)

224 "Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......"

Your Jaz drive just said 'click click.'
Your files are gone.
Ooopsie.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

225 Does anyone know any Paki insults the troll can read? Something about eating with his left hand would be good.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM

You goat-loving son of a mother!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

226 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM

Good for you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (JrHfD)

227 Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

228
Your Jaz drive just said 'click click.'
Your files are gone.
Ooopsie.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

Anything whose interface was the parallel port and not a printer wasn't long for this world.

Saving file............

*20 minutes later*

Saving file............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:52 AM (2614e)

229 Back when I was in what was then called junior high, one day we had a substitute German teacher. Being younger teenage assholes, we made a bunch of all Germans are Nazis jokes. The substitute flipped shit and began screaming at us, "Don't think it can't happen here!" We thought he was crazy but, looking back, I may have to revise my opinion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:52 AM (ndZc7)

230
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

Not sure. The last one I heard my daughter use was "we're going for ice cream."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:53 AM (2614e)

231 So Texas which is controlled by the gop assisted in the fraud? Same in Kansas? Same in SC? Same in MS? Same in Ohio?

I saw those tweets showing counties that shifted left. It’s not unexpected that in a wave election counties will shift. Even all counties in some states.

2020 to 2024 thousands of counties all over the country shifted. Included deep blue counties that shifted towards Trump . It’s how change elections work.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (O3eDY)

232 Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Or, as they like to call it, "gender confirmation surgery".

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (oh+I7)

233 cobs get paid?

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (5Op5D)

234 cobs get paid?

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (5Op5D)

6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (2614e)

235 "Saving file............

*20 minutes later*

Saving file............"

Ha! Earlier this week I mounted an old WD ISA hard disk to see if there was anything on there worth keeping. Man I forgot how slow those things were.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

236 It’s how change elections work.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM

If you believe in representative self government, the voters should get what they vote for, sometimes good and harder.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)

237 Ha! Earlier this week I mounted an old WD ISA hard disk to see if there was anything on there worth keeping. Man I forgot how slow those things were.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I think I might still have an old Maxtor IDE hard drive.......500 MB maybe.....had a 9ms seek time. Talk about high cotton back in the day......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (2614e)

238 6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (2614e)

I think when you add in dental plan, that should be enough for any cob!

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (5Op5D)

239 Mrs928 is making breakfast so I found a way to put off going into the attic for a few minutes more. I doubt the pot catching the drip will overflow.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (4NO2D)

240 >>Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

They are crazy.
And they are capable of acting on it, as Andy Ngo has been diligently documenting (and warning).

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

241 Well, you can't say it's not appropriate.

Iowa Capitol to host another Satanic display just before Democrat becomes governor

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

242 f you believe in representative self government, the voters should get what they vote for, sometimes good and harder.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)

Voters are often retarded.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (O3eDY)

243 6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM

Shitter's full, Clark.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

244
Through the Obama years, through the Biden years, I did very little to oppose their project, i.e. the looting and ultimate destruction of the United States. I voted, donated some money, did my job, paid my taxes. It appears that the Left is winning.

I haven't really made any trouble for them. My vote is meaningless, my taxes pay for them and their friends. If I can believe what they say, they're coming for me.

Maybe it's time for a new approach.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (ienUH)

245 Yes, IDE not ISA. Tech so old, I forgot the acronym. So many to remember.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

246 Voters are often retarded.
Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM

Mostly retarded. But, denying the voters their right to be "wrong" is the whole basis of the Progressive movement.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (4NO2D)

247 Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

They are acquiring 20 million cd-rom burners for $35,000 each.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (wGerL)

248 Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

I'm already missing two feet of intestine.

ie Come Get Some

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (MPtWl)

249 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

250 U nas yest' NOOD.

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

251 Is that the natural arch that collapsed when a nitwit American was taking selfies on it this past summer? Haven't read upthread.

It could be another natural arch in Europe.

I love Impressionism, however, he was a realist and painted what he saw in later fashion.

I think I first related to Monet and others in college (I'd check out art books to look at paintings on Sundays). This was my day of ironing nursing school uniforms, writing papers, and studying like crazy. Those art books were my one hour break of not reading a single word.

I love to read and rarely read for fun for those 2.5yrs of hard labor and stuffing my brain with stuff to be a good nurse and pass state boards.

Monet was myopic and then had cataracts as he got older, which is why his paintings were so soft with no edges.

I was terribly myopic from age 10yrs, after measles at 8yrs. My brother and I both did this with parents never needing glasses, and baby brother who had the MMR vaccine as a baby.

Monet's paintings were how I saw the world before I put on my glasses or contact lenses. Cataract surgery gave me 20/20 vision again and I love it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (hzuYO)

252 Late, late, late.

This painting, 'The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm' & The Morning Report's Wise Words From Rush Limbaugh: ‘It’s Never Time to Panic.’

I'm going to take all as we're still standing, even pretty solidly given all we've been through. Hang tough.

Good thoughts. Give it to God.

Good weekend, kids.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

253 Wikipedia

Étretat is ... in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of Northwestern France

Beautiful!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (odBC9)

254 Don't forget Monet's take on this, The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset, which was investigated by forensic astronomer Don Olson.

Posted by: Jim at November 06, 2026 07:32 PM (DcE5z)

The Morning Report — 11/6/26

Good morning kids. Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided. In fact, given who has now secured a majority in Congress and in many state houses across the country, including places I had thought were relatively if not absolutely safe from the mass wave of insanity that has swept across the land, this item does not exactly fill me with strength and confidence.

A despicable Nov. 8 protest against Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia proves that the alleged bright line between antizionism and antisemitism is a dirty lie.
Philly bicycle activism group On Your Left is launching a bike-by protest in support of Boycott CookNSolo drive to shut down six restaurants in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, all owned by Jews.
“These Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!” On Your Left demands.
These eateries, it says, must “die,” along with the “political ideology of Zionism.”
Zionists? Of the four restaurant owners called out by name for death or expulsion, one is Israeli-American; the other three are American Jews, but that’s all boycotters need to know.
One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes
So, for the boycotters, simply being Jews is enough to make these people “disgusting humans” who should be driven out of business.
More damning still: The protest date, Nov. 8, coincides closely with the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazi thugs burned more than 1,400 synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses.
The organizers admit they knew this, but excuse themselves their event is the day before Kristallnacht.
They even have the gall to call their critics “cynical” for conflating antizionism and antisemitism — even as they’re treating all Jews as Zionists and therefore subhuman.
And on the eve of the blackest days in the history of pogroms: They’re barely even pretending not to be Nazis anymore.

So yes this is an absolutely horrific story but what does this have to do with last Tuesday and what can it portend for the average American?

Well you can bet your ass that every one of these bastards on wheels is a Democrat Socialist and for the past three years have been cheering and ululating with glee at the video footage of Jewish babies roasted alive in front of their gang-raped parents before they too were butchered . . . pausing only to cheer on Luigi Mangione before pissing on the grave of Charlie Kirk.

And now come January we have this coming up...

Last night, Americans made a clear call for accountability and affordability. A body politic cannot recover until its harms have been treated and its wounds have been healed. Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for. The historic abuses of the last two years must be prevented from happening again. …
Additional examples include Sen. Chuck Schumer stating, “You have to go after the corruption” and that Democrats would “launch investigations, take him to court and entangle him in legislative razor wire.” Sen. Ed Markey posted on X, “They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing.” Celebrity and longtime Trump hater Rosie O’Donnell crowed, “The Trump regime is over… Let the investigations begin, people. This is a glorious day… We’ve had enough.”... The post-Trump era begins now.
Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for. What she means is, Trump and MAGA Americans have been an unforgiveable obstacle not only to a Hillary presidency – for which she will never forgive us – but also to permanent, one-party Democrat power, and they must be punished. (The “Constitution” part of her statement is purely for show, to maintain the illusion that Democrats respect the Constitution. In actuality, they see it as a “living document” which should be modified or rolled back as needed to accommodate the Left’s lust for power.)...This is the party, you will remember, that has vowed to defund the police and abolish ICE. It is the party that throws open the prisons to release felons of color back on the streets. The party that threw open the border to millions of illegal aliens to change voter demographics. The party that fights tooth and nail to make voter ID unnecessary, if not forbidden, at the polls. The party that defends looting as reparations and rioting as the “language of the unheard.” The party that gleefully celebrates the murder of Charlie Kirk and made a folk hero out of the assassin of healthcare CEO Brian Johnson. This is the party that voted into the Senate a Muslim Brotherhood operative, that covers for a Muslim Congresswoman guilty of immigration fraud, that welcomes America-hating socialists into its “big tent.” The party that physically assaults conservative students on campus. That carries out obvious widespread voter fraud but accuses Trump of wanting to eliminate or rig elections.

Yes they are going to go after President Trump and his entire cabinet, advisers, allies and staff. And as we had discussed at length over the last few weeks the disgusting remarks and intentions of this Elissa Slutnik SLotktn whatever in doing everything in her power to discourage any young person from seeking a job in the remaining two years of the Trump administration but more crucially in even thinking about being aligned with the MAGA movement and conservatism.

So Psaki-Psircling back to what happened in Philadelphia, all of the above takes on particularly sinister undertones and even overtones insofar as the real "enablers" of the evil DOnald Trump are not his advisers and Cabinet but all of us who voted to put him in office not once but three times in a row 2020 turning out the way it did.

So, if you want to take Hillary's, Wyden's, Schumer's and all the rest of their blather to the logical conclusion, if you want to prevent another Donald Trump from ever appearing again, the only solution for the Democrat Left is to do what their predecessors and kindred political spirits in Germany did 80 years ago, that is have a FINAL solution for all of us who voted for Trump and against them.

Given what the Democrat/Leftists have unleashed on America since Trump descended the golden Trump Tower escalator 11 years ago and really since their accursed party came into existence, there really is nothing to stop them, or is there?

Democrat Richard Ojeda, who defeated Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), in Tuesday’s midterm elections, expressed a willingness to physically assault President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, saying he would be happy to go to jail for doing so. “Stephen Miller needs to be thumped. That guy’s a friggin’ worm,” Ojeda said. “I would be willing to go to jail for. I mean, how much would I get for just cracking him a couple times?”

Meh, given who takes control come January, and perhaps in 2029, this goon needn't lose a wink of sleep. Just freaking wow...

On Thursday, November 5, Newsom announced that he would commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates on California's death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The sweeping decision, made during his final months in office, affects some of the state's most notorious convicted murderers and has sparked outrage among the public, the victims' families, and prosecutors.
For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.

And look what else they have up their sleeves!

After all New York candidates endorsed by the far-left Democratic Socialists of America were elected during the midterms, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is likely to face renewed pressure to adopt a more hard-left law and order strategy.

Well, ICE is already in their crosshairs. Not just the persecution of ICE officers for the crimes against humanity of securing our borders and deporting illegal alien invaders but now the actual wholesale abolition and dismantling of the agency itself.Yeah that's the ticket!

Convicted Death Squad Leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan Sighting in Texas
Will the U.S. pursue justice for Khan’s victims, or will it continue to serve as his safe haven?

\Well if the Leftists lose this fiend, there are plenty of Luigi Mangiones, Antifarians and BLMsters around to pick up the slack.

And by the way, Mangione's cousin won an election on Tuesday. Meh, it's Baltimore so shithole's gonna shitole. But still, doesn't that just put the cherry on the parfait.

With all of that and all the rest of the nightmare links in the wake of the midterms and before, I nevertheless hope you all have a great weekend!

God bless America and give us the strength and wisdom to carry on.

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

This is what more than half of Americans voters want, a lawmaker who thinks it is funny to send her opponents to the gas chamber, merely because they disagree. Either that, or those voters are unwilling to do the very essential due diligence required of every citizen before voting.
An example of what Americans voted for this week
Democrat Richard Ojeda, who defeated Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), in Tuesday’s midterm elections, expressed a willingness to physically assault President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, saying he would be happy to go to jail for doing so.
Democrat Richard Ojeda Said He Would Be ‘Happy to Go to Jail’ for Beating Up Stephen Miller
It was a double-negative election, two messages about negating and impugning.
After Deeply Unpleasant Campaign Season, Dems Promise To Soothe Economically Anxious Americans With Screeching Lawfare Jihad
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“Although they ran on affordability, it is clear the main focus of their new majority will be retribution and unleashing countless witch hunts under the guise of ‘oversight.'”
Scalise Urges House GOP Chairmen to Prepare for Democrat ‘Witch Hunts’
The midterm “mandate” is all about revenge.
The Coming Persecution
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Thompson is demanding written assurances that DHS records are preserved while outlining plans to investigate ICE, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller when Democrats take control of the House.
Bennie Thompson Warns DHS to Preserve Records as Democrats Prepare Investigations
Will the U.S. pursue justice for Khan’s victims, or will it continue to serve as his safe haven?
Convicted Death Squad Leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan Sighting in Texas
If the price of a vote is agreeing not to enforce America’s borders or laws, it’s a price Republicans should refuse to pay.
Turns Out, Dangling Amnesty In Front Of Illegals Won’t Win Over Minorities To The Republican Party
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Bush, who was voted out of Congress in 2024 and told a pro-Israel group she was ‘coming to tear your kingdom down,’ recently visited the West Bank and complained about ‘Jim Crow’ treatment
‘Squad’ Alum Cori Bush Registers as Paid Foreign Agent, Will Lead Anti-Israel Propaganda Tours of West Bank for Shadowy NGO (I assume the Mossad can deal with this shit-whore - jjs)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
NBC exit polling puts Muslims at just 1 percent of overall voters, but they swung overwhelmingly Democrat (86 percent).
Muslim Candidates Ride Democrats’ ‘Blue Tsunami’ Into Power As The Red-Green Alliance Rises
Shameless, but unsurprising.
Flying the Hamas Flag in Oslo
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
“TPhilly bicycle activism group On Your Left is launching a bike-by protest in support of Boycott CookNSolo drive to shut down six restaurants in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, all owned by Jews. hese Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!” On Your Left demands.
Philly’s Nazi-laden boycott proves it was never actually about "Palestine" — just the Jews
The Democrat mayor addressed the planned Sunday anti-Israel protest in the city’s ritzy Rittenhouse Square neighborhood in a scathing statement on X Thursday.
(A bit ike Nazia objecting to Kristallnacht until the Jews were forced to pay for the cleanup - jjs)
Philadelphia mayor slams ‘unacceptable’ protest against Jewish-owned shops on Nazi terror anniversary
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Originally founded in November 1995, the long-running left-wing digital magazine has called it quits.
Bye-Bye, Salon: Ranking The 10 Most Deranged Articles Of The 30 Year Run

* * * * *
China may have been the biggest winner November 3rd.
Voters Pull the Plug on Big Tech’s AI Data Center Boom
Soenke Ziesche, who advises member states on AI policy and served as the United Nations' top representative to Libya during the 2011 civil war—in which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi allegedly committed mass rape—wrote this year that the "non-consensual" copying of an AI system was akin to sexual violence and ought to be regulated as such.
'Digital Rape': Meet the Senior UN Officials Who Want To Give AI Human Rights
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Markets always go up after midterm elections.
Did Stock Market Surge Mean Investors Love Dems And Socialism? No, But They Love Gridlock
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Deb Haaland faced congressional and watchdog investigations over a move banning oil drilling across hundreds of thousands of acres in New Mexico
Biden's Interior Secretary, Who Invoked 'Indigenous Knowledge' To Ban Oil Drilling, Wins Governor's Race in New Mexico, America's Second-Biggest Oil Producer
The NYU initiative, which was funded by billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg, faced congressional and legal scrutiny
Back From the Dead: Shuttered, Bloomberg-Backed Climate Project That Paid Salaries of Government Lawyers Quietly Reappears in Vermont
Some Democrats say the administration’s latest court filings are a reason to abandon permitting reform. They’re actually another reason to pass it.
Taking the Wrong Lesson from Trump’s Offshore-Wind Fight
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
On November. 8, 2016, Californians voted NO on Proposition 62, which would have abolished the death penalty and replaced existing death sentences with life imprisonment without parole. Ten years later, Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to take matters into his own hands... For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.
Newsom Commutes Death Sentences of All 548 California Death Row Inmates
One of your favorite lawyers in the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ), even if you don’t know her name, resigned on Thursday in the wake of the midterm elections. However, Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News Digital, “I wasn't asked to resign," adding that she’s leaving on her own terms, proud of her work and that of the Trump administration.
DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon Decides to Leave Washington and Return to Private Practice
After all New York candidates endorsed by the far-left Democratic Socialists of America were elected during the midterms, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is likely to face renewed pressure to adopt a more hard-left law and order strategy.
DSA Pushes Mamdani to Defund NYPD After Candidates Sweep Midterms in New York.
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
“shared the post a day after the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that saw the murder of over 1,200 people, including American citizens”
Elite NYC High School Under Fire for Student Group Backing ‘Intifada Until Victory’
‘Given the progress that the United States has made toward remediating illegal discrimination in K–12 education, it may prove difficult for a voluntary desegregation plan today to establish the factual predicates needed to survive strict scrutiny,’ the opinion states.
Exclusive: DOJ Stops Race-Based Funding For Federal Student Aid
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Nothing to see here, I’m sure. Just record turnout numbers.
Minnesota and Maine: The 2 States w/Highest Turnout are Somali States
POLITICS
Alaska won’t begin its ranked-choice tabulation until November 18, potentially leaving the Senate race undecided for weeks. (so as to allow the Dems to steal it - jjs)
Alaska Senate Race Too Close to Call as Spoilers Draw Over 8,400 Votes
This defeat was self-inflicted.
The American people v. the GOP
A group of allies supporting Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has formed a committee to encourage the California Democrat to seek the presidency in 2028, according to an exclusive report from NBC News on Thursday.
Report: Ro Khanna Allies Launch 2028 Presidential Draft Campaign
. It is his Republican cousin, Nino, who defied a nationwide Democratic election sweep and won re-election to the Baltimore County Council on Tuesday.
CEO Killer Luigi Mangione’s Cousin Nino Wins Baltimore Council Seat on Law and Order Platform
He argued that some registered sex offenders should not be barred from holding public office.
Malig-Nancy Pelosi’s Hand-Picked Successor Loses To Dem Who Wanted To Protect Sex Offenders
Pelosi is at least nominally Catholic — no wonder she didn't want Weiner winning her seat. But neither Pelosi's money nor influence were up to the task of saving San Francisco voters from themselves.
This Is How Pelosi Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Weirdo
The top US diplomat and national security adviser dismissed reports by multiple outlets Thursday indicating he is eyeing an exit from the Trump administration – to potentially prepare to launch a presidential bid – in the wake of the brutal…
Staying put Marco Rubio insists he won’t quit Trump admin — but demurs on growing 2028 buzz

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Exit polling showing that 74 percent of voters considered Iran a crucial or major factor in the midterms. Meanwhile, immigration enforcement remained one of the few issues on which Republicans retained an advantage over Democrats.
DATA: Iran Cost the Republicans Congress, Immigration Was Their Main Strength.
Fred Fleitz: Donald Trump’s America First approach to government, which prioritizes the interests of the American people over the liberal elite and the globalists, remains an approach most Americans support.
Tough Love for President Trump: Reclaiming America First After the Midterms
Conservative ballot measures on protecting girls' sports and voter ID won big Tuesday.
Republicans May Have Lost, But Conservative Policies Won All Across The Country
Progressives swept into statewide office on Tuesday will find it harder than expected to fulfill their agenda. (assuming they follow the law - jjs)
The Red-State Model Will Endure in Texas
The electoral map is not static.
The Six Senate Seats That Could Spoil The Dem Honeymoon

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
PM Netanyahu slammed Eisenkot bloc for joining forces with terrorism-supporting Arab parties.
Israel Election: Eisenkot Edges Toward Majority as Arab Parties Offer Support
"The Marxist regime in Havana relies on a web of state-owned enterprises, joint ventures, and offshore intermediaries to keep this system running."
Rubio announces further sanctions on Cuban regime, foreign military support
...after the Paraguayan legislature began impeachment proceedings against him for his alleged role in the seizure of one of the largest banks in the country, which left millions unable to access their own money.
Conservative President Santiago Peña of Paraguay Resigns over Bank Crisis Leaving Millions Without Access to Funds
The US consulate in Hong Kong said in a statement that it “strongly condemns” the sentence of Wong.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison for alleged violation of China's 'National Security Law'

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The damage legalized marijuana has inflicted on today’s youth cannot be instantly undone by alterations or label redesigns.
Legalizing Weed Created A Health Disaster That’s Only Going To Get Worse
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Hera’s mission is to characterize more precisely these changes. During its stay Hera will also release two cubesats designed to look at Dimorphos in both radar and spectroscopy.
Scientists release Hera’s first close-up images of Didymos and Dimorphos
The image reveals almost 63,000 radio sources, such as active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies, across a patch of sky about twenty-five times the area of the full Moon. …
Longest and deepest radio image ever of a single 2.5-square-degree patch of sky
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Three LGBTQ members are leaving Congress, but at least six are coming in, making the total 17.
Rainbow Wave: We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“There will never be walking away. There will never be abandoning the country — and there sure as hell not gonna be me telling you to.”
Wise Words From Rush Limbaugh: ‘It’s Never Time to Panic’
What will you do for woke 2.0?
The Nightmare Sequel To The Blue Blowout
Christian Toto: The shows in question? The usual late-night suspects—Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and NBC’s The Tonight Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Thankfully, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert didn’t survive long enough...
Late-Night Comedy or DNC Propaganda
Toto Too: Comic brought pol's insane catalytic converter views to public's attention
Adam Carolla Tried to Warn Us About Nithya Raman
Millionaire socialists lose millions denouncing millionaires.
Hollywood Digs its Own Grave

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1 Good morning.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (vTZFs)

2 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this:
"James Talarico's early votes alone were enough to beat Ken Paxton's entire total in the Texas Senate race. The Austin state representative received nearly 4.4 million early votes and another million on Election Day. His Republican opponent finished with about 4.2 million overall. Democrats swept the statewide races and flipped the Texas House."

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dtajH)

4 "We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History"

Fake and gay. That's the way. The country is doomed, doomed. Doomed as doomed can be, ya know.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:06 AM (MWfyi)

5 Speaking of movies, I am hoping to go with spouse ( who is off work today) for a showing of "Paging Hezbollah" later today. I'm sure it will be vastly superior to "Digger". Spouse liked "Digger" slightly better than son did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:07 AM (JrHfD)

6 it's sad but laughable that no one uses scare quotes around the word "election".

what we saw was the operating of the perfected vote-steal machine the demonrats have set up.

we, the nation and its people, are finished.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 07:07 AM (VyBeY)

7 This week hit me hard. Daily I find myself pausing in wonder at how far our country has fallen and how horrible it has become, and yet we're only now beginning the slide over the edge of the cliff.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:09 AM (PwgSL)

8 "This defeat was self-inflicted."

This crap about blaming the Republican's defeat on PDT, the war, etc, is BS. They did it to themselves.

Without Trump they have nothing. If PDT never showed up we would have had 8 years of Hillary. The electorate is a bunch of ungrateful retards.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:11 AM (MWfyi)

9 Can't stay around for the "It's all over! America is finished" crowd today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:12 AM (JrHfD)

10 Ironically, I expect our economy to be doing well in two years. The groundwork has been set. Most of the rest of the world sucks more than we do. Practical AI applications will be kicking in.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (dtajH)

11 At least this guy seems happy...

(link in nic)

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (MWfyi)

12 sorry, FS, have a great day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (VyBeY)

13 FenelonSpoke

Have a wonderful day. Enjoy nature with FenelonSpouse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

14 A lot of the analysis post-election seems to ignore diesel prices and Ukraine. While the voters might not associate the two, the actual cause of the majority of the diesel price increases is damage to Russian refining capacity. Russia was the world's second largest diesel export and went to a full export ban. Diesel prices are way more elevated than gasoline, and driving far more of inflationary pressure.

US refineries are shifting from gasoline to diesel which will balance things out a bit, but there doesn't seem to be much reason to believe the Ukraine war will be resolved shortly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (okun6)

15 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (zFF15)

16 Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided.

===

It will be fine, JJ. Better than you think.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (AKptf)

17 The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it
-- Omar Khayyam

On to the next challenge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

18 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 06, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)

19 Red Turban Someguy

I posted on the ONT how diesel prices hurts farmers and ranchers. And how the Admin tried.

Ukraine War is looking very WWI-like in the impact on existing regimes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

20 Until a few years ago, Zionist was a word only used in the darkest filthy corners of the internet. Once these mental patients started using it, it was like saying "we don't have a problem with the blacks, just the n's".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:19 AM (MPtWl)

21 "Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided."

The more I think about what's coming, the worse it looks.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (Q+gd/)

22 AI in a nutshell:

Linkedin - marketing email received.

"Hi Rick. Do you know Rick B?"

You fucking idiots. It's me. But AI is too stupid to know that.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (zFF15)

23 Come to the Philadelphia anti-n rally.

All are welcome.

Except n's.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (MPtWl)

24 3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this:
"James Talarico's early votes alone were enough to beat Ken Paxton's entire total in the Texas Senate race. The Austin state representative received nearly 4.4 million early votes and another million on Election Day. His Republican opponent finished with about 4.2 million overall. Democrats swept the statewide races and flipped the Texas House."
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dtajH)

That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

You saw that early voting strength everywhere.

Did they raid nursing homes and hospitals and homeless for less than fully aware votes - sure, they always do.

But they also got regular folks.

While I'm VA, I early voted...and I told the husband it wasn't a great sign that I didn't see anyone else I'd consider an R (it helped them all had D voting sheets) voting when I did...by the numbers, you'd see a few.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

25 Trying to get some perspective.

There are many flying mishaps. But we keep flying. We shore up the weak areas, and train harder. We improve designs. We build better.

Thinking about Constitution 2.0.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

26 them = they (where's my coffee)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

27 PS - And Ted Cruz knew those votes b/c he sent the panicked text...so he had intel how that early voting ended...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (Gb7+b)

28 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

29 Greetings and good morning. I've been seeing posts from various liberal types that we are to be brought to heel now that the dems have won. One person I know personally said we are to be "rehabilitated."

What they don't understand is that their only options for that are persuasion and force. And we're not inclined to fall in line with persuasion.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (svLOV)

30 Can't stay around for the "It's all over! America is finished" crowd today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:12 AM (JrHfD)

Can I get a few in before you go?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:23 AM (MPtWl)

31 I am hearing a lot of sturm und drang from people on site about this Jew hate parade in Philadelphia scheduled this weekend. If the city lets it happen, there will likely be violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

32 I would be embarrassed to admit I voted democrat in the last election. Anybody who does is to be avoided.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

33 A convicted felon was elected to the Texas House. They are still working on trying to get her seated.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (8Uo7a)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Woke up and immediately started thinking of the implications of the next two years (and beyond). Wish I was younger so I could do some of the things the majority of people are too frightened and/or comfortable to do.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (g8Ew8)

36
That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

If this trend stays in place that's a pretty big structural advantage to Democrats. Mainstream media is most impactful on people not paying much attention to politics, and who historically had lower voter participation. There's a reason Democrats have long wanted to make voting mandatory.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:25 AM (okun6)

37 Trying to find a silver lining… maybe the only one is the Dems will go so crazy with impeachments and witch hunts that they’ll shock and turn off all the normie idiots who voted for them… leading to a big reversal and election of Rubio in 28. Could happen….

And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance. Tucker Carlson stench seems to be rubbing off onto him…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:26 AM (LQ1/y)

38 It's amusing to note that the liberal types who insist that they have a mandate (Not the Barney Frank kind) didn't show us the same deference when we had the majority.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:26 AM (svLOV)

39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

40 From fednewsnetwork...

"Hegseth, who is also reportedly considering a run for president in 2028, vowed to finish what the Defense Department has started under his watch."

So, Hegsgeth is gonna run...and he will lose...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (Gb7+b)

41 Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

First, we get a special AI, name it Mike.

We organize cells of three. The only point of contact outside the cells is to Mike going up, and one person going down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

42 And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance.

I think Vance will not run. He has small children and the dems would think nothing of targeting them for a late term abortion.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (svLOV)

43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.

Instead of defending Musk and the young men who risked their entire lives to help America, Trump got in a pissing match--defending the Swamp.
Defending them for a second time, the first over the Epstein files.

He should have picked a fight with Congress--not the people who put their lives and careers on hold to help him.

That was a massive betrayal not just of them but all the young men who came out for Trump in 2024.

The Iran war just cemented that young men are unwanted, and disposable to both parties:
They were sent over there to risk their lives to protect America and get repaid with nothing but whining about gas prices.
And no victory, just another endless war ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Aug7T)

44 I would not be surprised to see the New Democrat majorities latch onto Salazar’s amnesty plan, and I would not be surprised to see them gather enough support to override a presidential veto.

Harsh to face, but I now think an amnesty plan is coming. I don’t believe we can stop it any more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (oH6g4)

45 fd

The GOP is not serious about gaining power, holding power, and exists only for the donor class. Except Trump and a few others.

This election was a desired goal of the GOPe insiders and whomever is holding the leashes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

46
#USExit

If not now, when?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

47 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.

At the drop of a hat

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (LOZbR)

48 39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application (and then going again the pick it up and drop it off for them). Dems have acres of 18-24 and 65+ volunteers and min wage hourly crew who do this for them.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Gb7+b)

49 #USExit

If not now, when?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

I would imagine that url was taken in 1995

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (MPtWl)

50 For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.
=====

He has always substituted his own whims for the hard work of building consensus and legislation.

One day in 2004 he simply ordered the county clerk to start accepting same sex marriage license applications.

Purely an authoritarian.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

51 Two years ago I said a lot can happen in two years, and for a year I've been saying that 2028 presidential race is wide open. And of course some short sighted individuals kept shushing me and blabbering about Vance. LOL. Don't doubt me, a lot can happen in two years, a lot of good for us, and 2028 , as all see now , is wide open.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:31 AM (AKptf)

52 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.
-------

They may not be wrong

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:31 AM (MPtWl)

53 Please define 'endless war'.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (8Uo7a)

54 "Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application "

They also need to lie about their intentions and cheat every way they can if they expect to compete with the professionals.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

55 43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.

Instead of defending Musk and the young men who risked their entire lives to help America, Trump got in a pissing match--defending the Swamp.
Defending them for a second time, the first over the Epstein files.

He should have picked a fight with Congress--not the people who put their lives and careers on hold to help him.

That was a massive betrayal not just of them but all the young men who came out for Trump in 2024.

The Iran war just cemented that young men are unwanted, and disposable to both parties:
They were sent over there to risk their lives to protect America and get repaid with nothing but whining about gas prices.
And no victory, just another endless war ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Aug7T)

There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

56 I would imagine that url was taken in 1995
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (MPtWl)

It can be had for a price. If the illegitimate American regime can, anything can!

Besides, I've already got a whole series of funny, highly sexualized ads storyboarded, based on this play on words.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

57 Vance will not run, because he kept backstabbing Trump for a year , trying to appeal to a small sect of online idiots, and instead of defending Trump and working with Congress to make Trump's agenda happen, he was seeking a political carveout for himself. Trump is not stupid, he is done with Vance. Has been for a while, and Vance knows it.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (AKptf)

58 Can someone explain what corruption all of these lunatics are talking about that they are going to go after?

Is it along the lines of selling bad paintings for hundreds of dollars?

Or how about your entire family getting millions of dollars wired into shell accounts?

Something like that?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

59 Nova Local

The T.EA. Party was the answer to the indoctrinated. That would have supplied all the volunteers needed. However, the GOPe ended that movement.
Win with the T.EA. Party, and their policy requests, or chose donors and nothing for the base.

The GOPe chose the donors. They chose ... poorly..

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

60 We sent Trump to DC in 2016 to drain the swamp.

And we gave him a second chance in 2024; maybe the Republicans sabotaged him, maybe the Dems were too strong, and all the fake scandals were too much.

If you look at every failure, every self-inflicted wound, every betrayal and broken campaign promise of the last 2 years, there is one, common thread:
Trump defending or acquiescing to the swamp over his voters.

The Machine won.
Don't blame the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Aug7T)

61 57. Vance is Tucker's poodle

Posted by: night lifted at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (kJmLc)

62 54 "Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application "

They also need to lie about their intentions and cheat every way they can if they expect to compete with the professionals.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

Nah, payment would work, but we know that's illegal...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Gb7+b)

63 They may not be wrong

Xi was not happy that the USA couldn't "force" everyone to take the clot shot and the whole coup fell apart at the hands of honest freedom

Round 2 coming up. We must be crushed.

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (LOZbR)

64 What's more than obvious is the Dems seem to have avoided any backlash over their explicit fondness for murdering anyone who disagrees. They got away with the baseball field and allll the others up to and beyond Kirk. And pay no electoral price. This isn't policy or anything complicated. This is planning threatening and reveling in murder.

Still trying to figure out how, but the media and their internet nfluence operations are clearly wayyyy too powerful. Or Republicans really are that useless. Or there was some kind of cheat which can't be ruled out.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (MPtWl)

65 "Endless war " and "neocons" are archaisms, and are as relevant today as calling someone "whig".

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (AKptf)

66 “Persuasion” hasn’t worked for roughly 25 years and running. Since the advent of the Internet, World Wide Web, discussion forums. The illusion of participatory democracy, that worked well for so many decades after WWII, no longer operative. Hence the ever increasing violence.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (o9GMr)

67 We conducted months of surveillance that shows why "home care aide" is now the *most common job* in states like NY, CA, MN, and PA: Because a large part of those jobs are unambiguous Medicaid fraud.

Thanks to home care, Bhutanese refugees now make more money than actual PA families. The state doesn't just look the other way, but helps them get away with it. Converting federal health dollars into a universal basic income for certain communities relieves the financial burden they place on the state.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (HxhkO)

68 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.
Posted by: ...

As bad as it is here, I would not trade my life here with any Chinese one.
I am not seeing a smooth transition of power, at all, when Xi dies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

69 Rainbow Wave: We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History

For people that insist that their private lives are no one's business but theirs, they really insist on us knowing things like this.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (svLOV)

70 There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

This is just wrong. Did Trump’s mouth just somehow magically appear in early 2026?? My God, the mouth is part of the whole package that’s been around for a decade plus now and he’s been the most successful politician by far in that timeframe. He’s not perfect (who is??) but this election was primarily about a dogshit GOP and let’s face it an ignorant and fickle electorate. I’m a little tired of the blame Trump parade…. The guy literally got shot and stayed in the fight.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (LQ1/y)

71 Just looking at the numbers, GOP candidates for normal vote totals for mid-term elections, the donks got presidential level and beyond vote totals.

So figure out how a dude who says G-d is non-binary and his biggest concern is trans kids got nearly 2m more votes than his opponent and you will has cracked the nut.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XV/Pl)

72
Still trying to figure out how, but the media and their internet nfluence operations are clearly wayyyy too powerful. Or Republicans really are that useless. Or there was some kind of cheat which can't be ruled out.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (MPtWl)

The Dems are currently ruling the social media universe b/c they pay and Rs don't...we lost half our R influencers to better pay from China/the Ds...which split the party...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Gb7+b)

73 Posted this yesterday, but it bears repeating:

We now have nearly 300 muslims serving in elected office in the U.S., and 8 transgender (fake) women.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (3ImbR)

74 LinusVanPeit, Hear Hear !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (8Uo7a)

75 Trump's mouth is baked in to the electorate. DOGE and the rest didn't cause 2 million unexplained people to vote for a commie Texas governor.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (MPtWl)

76 Please define 'endless war'.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (8Uo7a)
=====

An endless war is one that goes even one day beyond what was necessary to achieve victory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

77
55 43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.”

I agree. Trump’s term began with a fantastic move against mass fraud and illegitimate spending. It needed to continue and grow. Instead, grifting Senators complained and Trump decided to appease them and grew bored with DOGE. Who can say why, probably because it had been more than 30 days and Trump won’t focus on anything for more than that. After that, Trump sold out to the Deep State and let it be business as usual.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (oH6g4)

78 The Machine won.
Don't blame the voters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Aug7T

But - if we don't blame voters, we might have to examine what's wrong with the GOP.

And if we examine what's wrong with the GOP, we might find it reveals what's wrong with the entire political system.

And then we'd have to stop saluting that flag. And that flag is the most important thing in G-d's creation, so we better just blame voters.

Much less dangerous than the truth. And most importantly, it's much less gauche.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (BI5O2)

79 Trump can do anything right now, whatever held him back from doing proper deportations, shoring up the southern border, removing criminals off the streets, making peace in Europe, putting all the judges he needs on the bench and changing regime in Iran is gone. And sending Murkowoski to jail. And in spite of my enormous respect for Alito and Thomas, they need to retire now, and Trump needs to move two solid, young conservatives to the bench. This is a long term move.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (AKptf)

80 70 There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

This is just wrong. Did Trump’s mouth just somehow magically appear in early 2026?? My God, the mouth is part of the whole package that’s been around for a decade plus now and he’s been the most successful politician by far in that timeframe. He’s not perfect (who is??) but this election was primarily about a dogshit GOP and let’s face it an ignorant and fickle electorate. I’m a little tired of the blame Trump parade…. The guy literally got shot and stayed in the fight.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (LQ1/y)

Yes, but his mouth went after his allies and not his enemies...and it could not make a message or stay on message.

Trump has slipped from being able to sell. Now, he can be a comedian/showman, but with nothing behind the tent...

Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

81 Trying to get some perspective.

There are many flying mishaps. But we keep flying. We shore up the weak areas, and train harder. We improve designs. We build better.

But at least everyone is in agreement that flying is good and crashing is bad. That doesn't seem to be the case for America.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (vTZFs)

82 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

83 All I know is this was done with a lot of "extra" voters. I don't think Trump Bad is enough to figure out how that happened.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:43 AM (MPtWl)

84 People are not turning out or failing to do so due to DOGE for either Republicans or Democrats.

Particularly not the massive new Hispanic swing vote, which is probably heavily ESL.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:44 AM (okun6)

85 Yes, the GOP is shit. I for one intend to work harder at making it better.

If all one does is bitch about and nothing else, you are not part of the solution.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (8Uo7a)

86 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

but let's not talk about it, let's talk about "cheating"1!!11

Seriously, Must needs to do a forensic investigation of how his 450 million was spent. I also wonder why DeSantis fired Wiles way back when.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

87
Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

What message did he sell when he won in 2020?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (MPtWl)

88 *Musk not *Must; they bamboozled his money. Hope Trump send those clowns to jail.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (AKptf)

89 A question:

Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

90 “ I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.”

Revelation 2:2

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (HsXHq)

91 An endless war is one that goes even one day beyond what was necessary to achieve victory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

Go back to Sun Tzu: “There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited… What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.”

In Iran, we had 40 days of actual war, which was very successful, followed by 210 days of posturing and dithering with no attempt to explain why it was being allowed to drag on through the mid term elections. A classic and catastrophic blunder, beginning with the disastrous MOU fiasco.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (oH6g4)

92 86 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

but let's not talk about it, let's talk about "cheating"1!!11

Seriously, Must needs to do a forensic investigation of how his 450 million was spent. I also wonder why DeSantis fired Wiles way back when.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

The only contact I got from R priorities was a personal postcard from the Catholic Church asking me to vote no on amendments 1 and 2. And that helped b/c VA should have been 9-2 with 2025 results, but we ended 8-3...so the Church got some of western VA out to shore up those 3 seats...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (Gb7+b)

93 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

Yeah let's restrict talk to what you want even though you liiterally just bitched about stuff you said being "shushed".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (MPtWl)

94 Nothing to see here, I’m sure. Just record turnout numbers.
Minnesota and Maine: The 2 States w/Highest Turnout are Somali States

I'd expect the Somalis to turn out.
Not only do they vote as a block to begin with vbut with all the heat they've been getting over the fraud I have no doubt they stopped scamming long enough to go vote for the Democrats who will protect them.

They're also watching the Trump admin go after their Pirate Queen to possibly de-naturalize and deport her so there's even more incentive to go vote.

We're they all legal votes, I have no clue, but I'm sure the Somalis got the vote out in high numbers this year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (6ydKt)

95 87
Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

What message did he sell when he won in 2020?
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (MPtWl)

In 2016 - Make American Great Again

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Gb7+b)

96 I am enjoying the democrat victory in the midterms. Hopefully when they get seated the new congress will implement medicare for all, open the borders, sell nukes to Iran, open Learing Centers in all 52 states and force the NFL to have transsexual players and even an Oriental or two. Then have a US version of MAID so anyone who wants a quick exit can do so without bothering anyone else.

Happy days are here again!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Ssbab)

97 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (QMAsf)

98 After Trump shut down DOGE, he--and all Republicans--did nothing to end the fraud and abuse.

Some kid with a cell phone did more to expose fraud in a 40-minute video than Trump and the Republicans did in the last 2 years.

And there sits the conservative voter, everywhere we turn, we see every one else getting endless money, benefits and jobs from the government.
And even when they are caught openly and blatantly stealing it ... nothing happens to them.

But if you wanted a little help, a little relief, what did you get?
Told you'd better vote for the Republican or the Dems will trans your kid.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Aug7T)

99 We have enough good, clear heads in the GOP. DC circus is not them. But there is DeSantis of course, and Sarah Sanders, and Blackburn in Tennessee, and Gill in Texas.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (AKptf)

100 For all the talk of Republicans under performing in the midterms the numbers tell a different story.

Republicans got slightly more votes in the '26 midterms than they did in the '22 midterms. Democrats got 20 million more votes in '26 than they did in '22. That's basically a presidential year turnout for Democrats in a midterm.

Virtually every county in Texas moved blue, not a single one moved redder. Hinojosa didn't crush Abbott because of Johnson and the damn war in Vietnam. It was like this virtually every state. Even though Rs won in Florida races were a lot closer there than they should have been.

We got a lot of what we asked for. Not everything but a lot more than usual in 2 years. USAID might be gone but the NGO army is still largely intact and being funded by deep pockets around the world. Look at Europe. Those aren't organic riots. I wouldn't have been surprised with losing some seats but that was a blowout and it was totally organic either.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (viF8m)

101 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (8Uo7a)

102 The question is, where to move to?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (0U5gm)

103 If all one does is bitch about and nothing else, you are not part of the solution.

Agreed. Sure is a lot of finger pointing going on.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (ceJ0R)

104 In 2016 - Make American Great Again

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Gb7+b)

And then four years of a lot of failing to drain the swamp.

Two years of Trump is not enough to explain what happened here. No way. It's just not. If R's had dropped in a significant way, maybe. But most people simply do not pay attention to anything except what the Left shows them.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (MPtWl)

105 Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

Malicious compliance is a closely related option

Posted by: Doof at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (QMAsf)

106 Florida cleaned up the illegals that Biden had registered to vote, which is why they are the outlier.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:51 AM (0U5gm)

107 The DOGE problem was the fuckwits in Congress, not PDT.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:52 AM (8Uo7a)

108 101 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (8Uo7a)

No he hasn't...his people have. If you ask folks who have talked to them about safety and immigration, it's Homan and Miller. Foreign policy wins, it's Rubio. Economy, it's Bessent. And Trump foot in mouth moment excuses, it's Vance (and maybe that was without approval)...Trump hasn't been selling anything in 2026. He's been a comedy and showman routine.

Just go back and see who we linked here all year...when it was Trump, it was just for cutting one liners...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (Gb7+b)

109 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.

==

I am hearing none of it made it into the campaign, that the campaign started after Labor Day, while Ds were working round the clock, that the House and Senate were on constant vacation, and no one did shit in the summer 2026 , save a few like Cotton, who is still a Senator and won his third term. The only people surprised were the ones who were not listening and seeing what many were.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (AKptf)

110 NaCly, I have no retreat in me. Freedom isn't free.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (8Uo7a)

111 89 A question:

Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM

Imma stop washing my garbage before it goes into the recycling bin.
So, there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Malicious compliance is a closely related option
Posted by: Doof

My approach will simply be saying "No."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (svLOV)

113
What they don't understand is that their only options for that are persuasion and force. And we're not inclined to fall in line with persuasion.
Posted by: NR Pax

100% concur, sir. It shall take force and force only with me.

Buy ammo, refresh yourself with your own locale's application of the Castle Defense. Live your life the way you want, and keep your head on a swivel. As NaCly says....paraphrased smile and make those motherfuckers fear you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (QVmho)

114 A lot of people are going to be surprised at there being no Republican who can rise above the noise and media operations of the Left.

As I said in early 2016, Trump makes it look easy.

The only person who got many of our "issues" out front of the electorate, and accomplished them.... and then people kept voting for him.

Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)

115 Did Republicans have a turnout problem? No, other than the same dropoff that occurred in 2018 and 2022 when Trump wasn't on the ballot. This is the OnlyTrump voter white, working class, union/ex-union types. Republicans never won them at any other time so there's little reason to believe they'll suddenly start doing so.

The voter pool demographically has moved solidly against Republicans over the last decade(really last several decades). The new voters need to be won over.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:55 AM (okun6)

116 “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

1 Kings 3:9

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:55 AM (HsXHq)

117 Vashta Nerada

If the US goes full evil, no where is safe.

If you are high skill, Singapore. Low skill, parts of Central America. Or rural areas in America.

The Romanian Parliamentarian I met at the Salina Rally said a Trump America 'Is the Hope of the World."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

118 Nova Local, those are all his policies. I am taking you to mean that he should not rely on the people he put in those positions. Does the CEO of a company keep watch on the janitor?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (8Uo7a)

119 Here’s a little microcosm to explain why this midterm was not about Trump but was about an ignorant and fickle electorate and a worthless GOP. Collin County, Texas… I used to live there. Extremely red county. This past election, Keresa Richardson barely (and I mean barely… by 134 votes) won re-election to the Texas statehouse in District 61. She’s a solid conservative who a few cycles ago beat a GOPe dude who’d voted to impeach Paxton in the primary. He was a Bushie… so he turned around this year and ran against her in the primary again.. and lost. Then she barely survives in the general on Tuesday when in that district she should win by double digits.

WTF does that contest have to do with Trump??? Answer: nothing whatsoever…. That was all about a disgruntled sore loser (twice!) Bushie and chamber of commerce voters acting stupid…. I’d bet dollars to donuts this happened all over Texas…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (LQ1/y)

120 Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Malicious compliance is a closely related option
Posted by: Doof

Malicious compliance is required.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (zFF15)

121 I would say the bottom line to why we lost the country is simple, democrat/leftist hate and blood lust won the day.

The donks were motivated by hate and a twisted sense of getting revenge.

Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Also, with the exception of Florida apparently, voting systems and processes in this country are f**** ridiuclous.

We don't have election day we have election season, with unmanaged voter registration, ballots coming in from all kinds of sources, zero accountability, zero tracking, zero chain of custody, RCV, jungle primaries, etc.

I wouldn't even call that system banana republic, it's even stupider and corrupt than that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

122 100% concur, sir. It shall take force and force only with me.

Posted by: BifBewalsk

And they will do it while insisting that we are the Nazis.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (svLOV)

123 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Defeating Hillary for starters.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (svLOV)

124 The only person who got many of our "issues" out front of the electorate, and accomplished them.... and then people kept voting for him.

Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)
==========================
Just as easily could be the exact opposite conclusion- the losses are not Trump's fault, but instead the fault of the completely supine GOPe. He is energetic and they are not. You might then conclude the voters gave the GOPe a cattle prod to the nuts.

Meh, who knows.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (gYIcH)

125 >>Florida cleaned up the illegals that Biden had registered to vote, which is why they are the outlier.

A lot of blue states fought the DOJ over turning over their voter rolls and stalled long enough to get through the election. I'm sure that played a part.

But again the idea Republican enthusiasm was down is belied by the vote totals. Trump barnstormed the country with dozens of enthusiastic, overflowing rallies.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (viF8m)

126 {{{Ben Had}}}

I will do what I can to assist you. I will always guard your back.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

127 There is a very strong message that should encourage conservatives out of the midterm:

Conservative ballot measures won.
Conservatives who delivered, eg. FL, won.

Ten Republican Senators in DC chose to throw the country into the hell of tyranny over their personal dislike of Trump.
Because they didn't want him having credit for the policies they ran on their entire career.

There are 19 Republican state senators in Texas that are the last line to saving Texas.
And the nation.

If they can hold the line, give conservative voters a reason to vote in 2028, we can take back Texas.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (Aug7T)

128 A classic and catastrophic blunder, beginning with the disastrous MOU fiasco.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (oH6g4)

Trump's avoidance of explaining himself clearly to the American people was a big liability this year.

He did his best explaining the traiffs at some point last year, but he never really gave a detailed speech or interview explaining carefully in detail (not one of his off the cuff comments to reporters) what he was trying to accomplish, and why, in Iran.

Allowing the Strait of Hormuz to be a problem for as long as they did was also a mistake. They should have had the "Blockade" answer earlier or another alternative to end, or get around, the problem.

They appeared to have counted on prolonged air strikes followed by a Kurdish rebellion to end the regime, as far as I can tell, and when the Kurds fell through on their end, the admin was blindsided on what to do next.

That appears to be what happened, but again, MysteryMaker Trump hasn't explained anything, and since Iran must still be dealt with, I don't expect to get an explanation anytime soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (6ydKt)

129 >>>And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance.
~~~~~

Vance's X diatribe was troubling, but more so was Don Jr.'s response of, "Every word of this 100 100 100"

But I mentioned to JackStraw recently that I saw Vance in an interview say that he's a terrible procrastinator (just ask his wife, he said!) and that he doesn't make important decisions until the very last minute. That's just the way he does things. He said this in response to a question of whether or not he plans to run in '28.

I can understand his not wanting to reveal his intentions, but I found the procrastination bit very troubling. He was adamant about it.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (3ImbR)

130 Something like that?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)
=====

A lib friend informs me that the president, his family, and his cabinet are all consumed with enriching themselves illegally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

131 118 Nova Local, those are all his policies. I am taking you to mean that he should not rely on the people he put in those positions. Does the CEO of a company keep watch on the janitor?
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (8Uo7a)

No, but there's a reason presidents themselves put out coherent and constant refrains of what they are doing and why they are doing it.

He has his personal social media and his bully pulpit. He did not use it to convince anyone that 2026 was a good idea, for anything. And instead, he seemed petty and out of touch and out of the loop (see Iran's peace and no peace weekly posts) at best.

This was the big change from 2025 to 2026.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Gb7+b)

132 Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)

Trump's fault explains Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (sxRFd)

133 Who can lead the party into 2028 is now a much tougher problem than it was a week ago. Losing control of so many states revealed a deeper rot than I ever imagined, and gives the Demons a distinct advantage for the next go-round.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (gYIcH)

134 In Texas in the first few days of early voting, every statewide democrat candidate got 4 million votes, which is higher than presidential level turnout.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (0U5gm)

135 Turning on Trump now strikes me as the same fair weather mess we dealt with in 2020 despite it being obvious to everyone the fix had occurred.

Anyone who wants to can forget that Trump was castigated pretty thoroughly from 2021 to 2024, with some fair stuff but a lot of unfair stuff. And then he turned around and explicitly proved it was bullshit by running and winning.

Throughout that time when we had a lot of "Trump abandoned J6" I said he knew the only way to get them out was not to talk, but to run and win. Talking was a risk due to the prosecutions. I said he would be the only R to have the balls to release them outright and he would do it on his first day, but he had to win first.

There were even people (including most here) who didn't want him debating Biden. FFS. People are not just divided on him they love being catastrophically wrong about him. And here we are again.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (MPtWl)

136 The question is, where to move to?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (0U5gm)

I hear tell California is very nice. Get away from the cities and into the hills of Hollywood or L.A. and it's paradise, so beautiful, so lovely. I am thinking of moving there and getting a nice 4/3 in the hills while I work at Costco as a greeter part time.

Posted by: Texas democrat voter at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (Ssbab)

137 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

If you really think that then you're part of the problem. There should only be election DAY, not days. Early voting and mail-in ballots encourage and enable so much more fraud. Enough fraud to drastically swing elections.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (g8Ew8)

138 Nova Local, yeah, I saw alot of that with Biden, Obama and Bush.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (8Uo7a)

139 hahaha!

Fruck you!

Posted by: Chairman Xi at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (Ta4DE)

140 America is still center right. The people voted 70% or more to require a voter ID in Alaska. 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (AKptf)

141 102 The question is, where to move to?

In my case, being in northern Commierado, the sensible answer is Wyoming. Probably in the next year.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Drhq)

142 *launches into Leftist sing-song chant*

From the mountains to the sea
Make this nation free
Of Socialist scum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2GVsD)

143 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

There are few dedicated leftists who don't get absolutely apoplectic knowing there's a Republican in office somewhere.
The more Republicans in office, the crazier they get.
When the president is a Republican they start foaming at he mouth while screaming "Hitler!" every five minutes.

They are a power-hungry team of tribalist fanatics without morals or brakes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (6ydKt)

144 Nearly Half Of Poles Demand PM Tusk's Resignation After Dramatic Takeover Of Constitutional Court

Tusk claims his seizure of power is necessary to restore the court's "legitimacy" after years of PiS influence and accused Nawrocki and the conservatives of blocking judicial reforms

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (RHGPo)

145 133 Who can lead the party into 2028 is now a much tougher problem than it was a week ago. Losing control of so many states revealed a deeper rot than I ever imagined, and gives the Demons a distinct advantage for the next go-round.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (gYIcH)

2028 is probably a loss where the Rs try to figure out a competitive coalition. It would require serious fuckups for the Ds to lose given they can shift blame as they don't hold the presidency.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (okun6)

146 Trump had a metric fuckton of flaws. Things I personally really hate about him. They and the Iran war are not what did us in on Tuesday.

Not in a world where 40% or more of women are physically angry about trying to prosecute a woman for systematically murdering three toddlers.

We need clear eyes to understand what is going on.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (MPtWl)

147 Tusk claims his seizure of power is necessary to restore the court's "legitimacy"

"We must destroy the village to save the village."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (2GVsD)

148 I will not dismiss the foreign op, black pilling campaign led by the likes of Cucker and his flying monkeys. Useful idiots for overseas psyops. It worked.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (AKptf)

149 My county in Texas was one of the few that didn't have more dem votes. I have a solid base to stand on.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (8Uo7a)

150 140 America is still center right. The people voted 70% or more to require a voter ID in Alaska. 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (AKptf)

The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

151 "War Of Attrition": Barclays Reveals The Scariest Chart For The AI Buildout

"The AI race shifts from a prisoner's dilemma to a war of attrition: scarce power favors the biggest balance sheets..."

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (RHGPo)

152 Wow

I just saw on YouTube an ad by some group called Brave USA calling Trump a traitor for selling out to Putin.

The evil never stops.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2GVsD)

153 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

154 Remember in every war there are many battles.

With the end of each conflict, the next battlefield is set.

Two years ago, we won a great battle, not the war.

Battles are ephemeral. Wars are enduring.

It’s the same mindset we face from the citizenry when we engage in kinetic action.

Now is a time for reflection. A time to review your lessons learned and prepare for the next battlefield.

In the meantime, let the enemy gloat and revel in his victory.

It will be short lived. We aren’t going anywhere. Nor will we yield to their advances, coercion, aggression and division.

“Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”

-Isaiah 8:10.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (HsXHq)

155 The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

The increase in those numbers of people will coincide with the increase in kulaks, wreckers, monsters and demons.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (MPtWl)

156 The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

You know who else is Catholic..?? Being Catholic don't make you conservative. More Catholics went for Ds this cycle than for Rs. And Evangelicals sat out.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (AKptf)

157 Despots are not kings.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)

158 National Association for Gun Rights
@gunrights

🚨 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

It’s barely been 36 hours. They aren’t waiting. They’re coming after your guns.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (RHGPo)

159 After really looking at the numbers, I'm not convinced that this was necessarily a repudiation of the GOP and Trump.

The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

And in states that allow unmanaged registrations, early voting and basically have election seasons.

The donks have taxpayer funded machines to do all of this underhanded/cheating bullsh*t.

The GOP doesn't have a teachers union or service workers unions that would do anything to keep their gravy train running.

You throw in the Soros's and other evil billionair f**kheads that fund these dirty operations and you get the disgusting, corrupt racist Keeysha Lance Bottoms as the Governore elect of Georgia and literal anti-semites and nazi lovers elected.

The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

160 Dig a little bit and you'll find that this whole alleged Kristallnacht thing against the Jewish owned restaurants in Philly is because of A FLYER POSTED ON INSTAGRAM.

https://tinyurl.com/5982thzw

Sigh. Really, people?
You can't find a single named individual associated with this bike riding advocacy group anywhere.
It's the modern day equivalent of Rush's A Person With A Logo And A Fax Machine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

161 In my case, being in northern Commierado, the sensible answer is Wyoming. Probably in the next year.
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Drhq)

Given the current state of affairs in CA, I don't see that inexhaustible tidal wave of Communists fleeing Communism so they can impose Communism wherever they go to abate any time soon... Wyoming is especially sparsely populated, so I think it will be one of the next dominos to fall.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (BI5O2)

162 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Defeating Hillary for starters.
Posted by: NR Pax

Gutting USAID for another.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (zFF15)

163 OK, better news that's not politics related.

My dog Domo turned eight on the 3rd. He spent it running around in the backyard, barking at his sister and having some doggy ice cream and cookies.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (svLOV)

164 The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

that only means that the next R candidate for Gov will have something to run on

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:10 AM (AKptf)

165 The stuff that worries me is are they gonna use Talabitcho's "Christianity" to convince Christians that the demons are the ones who disagree with communism.

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night.

And that people laugh at me for until it starts happening.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:10 AM (MPtWl)

166 Trump had a metric fuckton of flaws. Things I personally really hate about him. They and the Iran war are not what did us in on Tuesday.

Not in a world where 40% or more of women are physically angry about trying to prosecute a woman for systematically murdering three toddlers.

We need clear eyes to understand what is going on.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (MPtWl)

THIS! Plus an extremely compromised public "education" system and an unabashedly corrupt news and entertainment media. And a sleeping populace.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (g8Ew8)

167 156 The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

You know who else is Catholic..?? Being Catholic don't make you conservative. More Catholics went for Ds this cycle than for Rs. And Evangelicals sat out.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (AKptf)

It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

168 Do you renounce the democrat?
Yes, I renounce him.
Do you renounce all his works?
Yes, I renounce them.
Do you renounce all his ways?
Yes, I renounce them.

Posted by: Democrat, raping and mutilating the children they do not kill at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (QB6+C)

169 If there's one thing we conservatives do excel at, it's infighting. SMH.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ceJ0R)

170 Moving to the first state that voted for secession

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (LOZbR)

171 I am calling for the immediate execution of Scott Galloway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

172 And then for some reason, the GOP has to run perfect candidates and the donks get to run anti-semites, nazi's and people who think assassinating Charlie Kirk was just peachy.

F*** that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (XV/Pl)

173 >>In Texas in the first few days of early voting, every statewide democrat candidate got 4 million votes, which is higher than presidential level turnout.

Those are the kind things I'm talking about. Early voting is a vector for cheating.

I've heard a lot of people talk about how bad a campaigner Paxton. Compared to whom, Talarico? He's a freak show. He might have appeal in San Francisco some other bastion of liberalism but statewide in Texas? To trans kids?

In the 2022 US Senate race in Texas Cruz got 4.4 million votes, Sadler got 3.1 million.

In 2026 Paxton got 4.2 million and Talarico got 5.4 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (viF8m)

174
DeSantis is right:*

https://tinyurl.com/2huev424

Spoiler: The Republicans left everything on the table. Thune establishes new wing of the party
Kamala Republicns.

Sad.

Via Insty.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (YSUhf)

175 sigh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:13 AM (Ta4DE)

176 Morning, all. Coming straight to the comments again. I can't read the links. Just can't. I've been thinking a lot since Tuesday. So many feelings. I despair for what awaits us. I despair for what Tuesday portends for the remainder of this country before we descend into madness and irretrievable recovery. I listen to the crazy already coming out of the D-Communist politicians, I listen to their supporters. I remember the woman who wanted Trump's supporters put in concentration camp ovens who -- shockingly -- won her election. I see constant violence. I see a future with millions more illegals committing crimes and driving up costs beyond the breaking point. I see each election cycle elect more and more radical islamists. I see a D-Communist party that stops at nothing to win. And I see a GOP that stops at nothing to thwart Trump and help the communists win. Pretty bleak. My only savior is in my Savior. It's the place where my peace lies. That's the greatest takeaway of all.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

177 It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

this isn't new! Blue Dog Democrats of the South, who had a substantial core int the House were all like that. They disappeared after Obamacare, which basically killed them electorally, and some transitioned to R. But the likes of MTG are Southern Dems - conservative on social issue , big libs on economics.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AKptf)

178 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.
The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.
But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

Right!

Posted by: Chief Judge James Boasberg, King Asswipe at November 06, 2026 08:15 AM (Ssbab)

179 Chief Judge James Boasberg

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If Trump does not send this creep to jail in the next two years...I will be very dissapoint!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:16 AM (AKptf)

180 177 It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

this isn't new! Blue Dog Democrats of the South, who had a substantial core int the House were all like that. They disappeared after Obamacare, which basically killed them electorally, and some transitioned to R. But the likes of MTG are Southern Dems - conservative on social issue , big libs on economics.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AKptf)

All I'm saying is social conservatism is still dominant and likely to remain that way while fiscal conservatism has weakened significantly. That leaves the country center-right only as regards to social conservatism.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (okun6)

181 They appeared to have counted on prolonged air strikes followed by a Kurdish rebellion to end the regime, as far as I can tell, and when the Kurds fell through on their end, the admin was blindsided on what to do next.”

I agree, that appears to have been the original plan. But the idea that the “Kurds fell through” is just a weak cover story. From statements made by Trump himself at the Ankara Summit, it’s clear that when Erdogan got wind of this, he threatened to mobilize the Turkish Army and send them into the fight on the side of Iran. The US bowed to Erdogan’s wishes and scrapped all plans to arm and mobilize the Kurds. And worse yet, that part of the plan was replaced with …. Nothing. We just went ahead and hoped it would still work just because we wanted it to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (oH6g4)

182 Trump's fault explains Tuesday's insanity.

Yeah, the guy who ended multiple wars, brought back energy, industry, reduced crime, fraud and illegal aliens. The guy who did more for America in two years than 250 years of any other politician. He is the problem

Not the hostile GOP, not the shit judges, the Demonic Party, the Fifth Column, none of that.

You have at least three generations of utterly retarded children occupying adult bodies. They have no morals, no character, no faith, no purpose.

Fuse together Jewish and Protestant Christian creeds and you get the purpose of man:
"The purpose of man is to live in a right relationship with God, reflecting His character in the world through obedience, love, and worship."

The population does none of that. They want bondage and to worship demons because that is what the algorithms tell them they desire.

The Election is a reflection of that godless, faithless, nihilism.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

183 Good morning. I'm content to lurk for now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)

184 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

No surprise. The big question is whether Trump will sign it in an attempt to buy favor with the Ds. His 2A support -- which TBF has been admirable this term -- has never been from first principles.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (vTZFs)

185 153 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

Standard practice for Calirado.

In the cycle directly after Colorado fell to California, the Communists floated a ballot measure to shut down the oil & gas industry. It failed in a 70/30 split.

The legislature's first order of business once it was seated was to pass it through legislation - a wide-ranging bill, hundreds of pages long.

Thanks to the Sunshine Law, all bills required public reading. Too pesky for Calirado Communists. Too much effort, too much time for debate.

So they broke the pre-written bill into five pieces, and had five computers speed-read their sections simultaneously in an unintelligible cacophony in the committee room, and then passed it.

That's Calirado for ya.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (BI5O2)

186 The stuff that worries me is are they gonna use Talabitcho's "Christianity" to convince Christians that the demons are the ones who disagree with communism.

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Christians who are strong in their faith and really know Biblical teaching won't be able to be convinced by this heathen. We're taught to be on the lookout for people just like him. His sacrilege is bright and burning for all who really know of Christ. JMO

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

187 After really looking at the numbers, I'm not convinced that this was necessarily a repudiation of the GOP and Trump.

The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

And in states that allow unmanaged registrations, early voting and basically have election seasons.

The donks have taxpayer funded machines to do all of this underhanded/cheating bullsh*t.

The GOP doesn't have a teachers union or service workers unions that would do anything to keep their gravy train running.

You throw in the Soros's and other evil billionair f**kheads that fund these dirty operations and you get the disgusting, corrupt racist Keeysha Lance Bottoms as the Governore elect of Georgia and literal anti-semites and nazi lovers elected.

The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

Also my thoughts. Agree 100%.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (g8Ew8)

188 You were unfortunately right JJ, Trump was merely a speed bump. I said it when Biden won we are post politics. Thinking we’re going to vote/follow the law in ousting the left is a fools errand. I’ll continue the farce of voting but until we become lawless as the left is/does we”ll just be spinning our wheels. Wake me when the shooting starts. As is often said it’s the only way we’re getting out of this.

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (WCRuE)

189 Florida Panhandle saved the day for the Rs. Not the first time.

Early voting totals showed the races as being very tight. In fact, Jolly was leading Donalds. Then, at 8 p.m., the Panhandle votes started coming in and...BOOM!...as John Madden liked to say.

You're welcome.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (J4Dwc)

190 Conservative ballot measures on protecting girls' sports and voter ID won big Tuesday.
Republicans May Have Lost, But Conservative Policies Won All Across The Country
=======================
Ohio has a statute requiring voter ID but decided to make that even stricter, passing a Constitutional amendment with two thirds support.

If the Senate had passed the SAVE Act, this might have been a different election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (pSHyr)

191 On Trump: I didn't vote for Trump to "fix it". That ship sail over one hundred years ago.

No one man is going to "fix this". Especially not Ron Paul.

The guy is just too nice. Confronted with a Shrub 3.0 or Hitlery in 2016. Anything was better than that.

I voted for Trump to have his way with all three holes of Watchingtown and leave panties in the Chandelier on his way out of town.

I am getting my monies worth

The Dims went full commie. The Rinos are exposed

The hall is rented. The orchestra engaged

Time to Dance!

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (LOZbR)

192 {{{Lady in Black}}}

May your close surroundings give you joy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

193 Spoiler: The Republicans left everything on the table. Thune establishes new wing of the party
Kamala Republicns.

I didn't leave the republican party. The republican party left me.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 08:20 AM (zFF15)

194 The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

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It is very strange indeed. I'm not saying every race flipped blue was swamped with fraud. But the numbers I'm seeing are just unfathomable and highly suspect in certain states. But again, big yawn. Nothing will come of it. We've been here before.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

195 Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

A Jew supporting a Nazi like policy. Let me guess; he'll be one of the kapos.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 08:23 AM (svLOV)

196 Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

You are correct. But if they can convince barrels of *women* that murdering *children* is fine, it's something to keep our head on a swivel for.

The human mind is corruptible. Christians might be the toughest victims but it doesn't mean a good portion can't fall for damn good propaganda. Clever inversions that claim evil good and good evil.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:23 AM (MPtWl)

197 Two words; Florida and Tennessee.
Safer harbor in the Communist onslaught.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (FCPbW)

198 There are still 135 Trump nominees to be confirmed by the senate. They should stay in session until the last one is confirmed.

John Thune had done zero to ensure they will be confirmed before the new Congress is seated.

He wants to remain senate leader for the Republicans. The answer should be hell no.

John Thune is the enemy.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (TmQh+)

199 The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

You put too much faith in the intelligence of millions of people who walk into a voting booth and vote straight ticket Democrat.

They don't have to think about anything.
All the have to do is pick a team and vote.

The people who did listen didn't hear:
"We are Nazi, Communist, Islamist, Anit-Semite".

They heard:
"TrumpHitler!!, FREE STUFF, FREE, TrumpHitler!!, FREE, BAD Israel/GOOD Palestine, Trump Hates ____ people!, FREE, GOP = Sexist, Racists, Islamophobic Homophobes, FREE STUFF!" TrumpHitler!!, ICE BAD/Maryland Man GOOD, TrupHiter, FREE STUFF!"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

200 In the 2022 US Senate race in Texas Cruz got 4.4 million votes, Sadler got 3.1 million.

In 2026 Paxton got 4.2 million and Talarico got 5.4 million.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (viF8m)

I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Many are flaming this is evidence of vote fraud, but…. Counties do their own counting before sending it to the state. This effect was apparent in all 254 counties, meaning that for it to have been fraud (rather than a seismic shift) it would have required 254 different coordinated fraud operations, including in the most conservative counties in the State. That’s not a logical assumption. A straight reading is that the Hispanic voting block became massively motivated and just took over the state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)

201 Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

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Another excellent post, CM. I could not agree more.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

202 The guy who did more for America in two years than 250 years of any other politician. He is the problem

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

Yeah, he is, and this cult of personality around him can get lost. This "Donald Trump is the messiah, and it's every other American alive who is evil and betrayed him" shit would be laughable if we didn't just lose 9 Senate seats.

Also, Trump apparently did more than George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:25 AM (7J78R)

203 Lady in Black

Wish we had a plucky group of ex-Special Forces guys, wrongfully convicted, armed with a Space-Based AI and better firearms training.

Public airing of grievances, IMHO, will not work. Proof of cheating will not work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

204 My new Congressman, Adam Hawamy, was a character witness for the Blind Sheik in his trial after trying to blow up the World Trade Center. Local Democrats, the usual big tent of academics, gays, and other assorted blindly liberal dweebs, sent a literal terrorist to Washington.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (pSHyr)

205 May your close surroundings give you joy.

==

{{{Salty}}}

They do. It's where I'm finding my respite in all this madness.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

206
Soooo, soldiers in high heels again?

Beardoes, weirdoes, and land whales equal our finest?

Trump will prevent most of that, but after 2028 it's gonna be Turbo-Biden if the Democrats win.

We'll be getting the Turbo-Biden treatment in Texas as the Democrats wreck our economy, so pay attention.

Thune & Co have already shown us what they're made of: cat shit, clay, and treachery.

Two years is a short time to rebuild, so we're gonna need the Democrats help, and I think we'll get it with their insanity on display.

But, we'll we have the leaders we need?

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (YSUhf)

207 >>>Counties do their own counting before sending it to the state. This effect was apparent in all 254 counties, meaning that for it to have been fraud (rather than a seismic shift) it would have required 254 different coordinated fraud operations, including in the most conservative counties in the State. That’s not a logical assumption.
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Or just a single fraud operation done electronically.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (3ImbR)

208 @194

>>It is very strange indeed. I'm not saying every race flipped blue was swamped with fraud.

The numbers were so gargantuan that we didn't get the usual days and days of counting nonsense.

Basically, every race was called the second the polls closed.

There is still counting going on in some races, but the size of the donks votes was a tsunami.

Oh, and the GOP representatives in California are being wiped out.

Down to 1 rep from 8 with a good shot of winning their race.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

209 A straight reading is that the Hispanic voting block became massively motivated and just took over the state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)

And the puzzle that needs to be figured out is whether this was due to immigration enforcement, free shit, or high diesel or gas prices. Could also be AI impact on job markets but seems a lot less likely.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (okun6)

210 We live in interesting times.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:28 AM (4NO2D)

211 Today Is National Nacho Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (wzaBj)

212 Yeah, he is, and this cult of personality around him can get lost.
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There is no "cult of personality" around Trump except on the left. The left, like you for example, are obsessed with him personally. Republicans who support his policies has all along taken issue with one thing or another about him, by contrast. Just in this thread are criticisms galore, of his communication skills, his Iran decisions, his policies etc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (pSHyr)

213 14 A lot of the analysis post-election seems to ignore diesel prices and Ukraine. While the voters might not associate the two, the actual cause of the majority of the diesel price increases is damage to Russian refining capacity. Russia was the world's second largest diesel export and went to a full export ban. Diesel prices are way more elevated than gasoline, and driving far more of inflationary pressure.

US refineries are shifting from gasoline to diesel which will balance things out a bit, but there doesn't seem to be much reason to believe the Ukraine war will be resolved shortly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (okun6)

FYI, AAA national average prices today vs a month ago:

Regular Gas
Today:........$4.0688
Month ago: $4.3685
I assume some of the reduction is due to shifting production to winter blend

Diesel
Today:........$6.2305
Month ago: $6.3151

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (5rh/l)

214 >>I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Again, I don't doubt there was some shift in voting. It's the norm for the party out of power to lose some because they are more motivated. But this same stuff happened in states around the country not just Texas.

I suspect there was more at play than just a typical off year election. If your explanation was correct why did Democrats need to cheat so openly in Alaska? Republican turnout was up. Democrat turnout went to Mars.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

215 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (2614e)

216 And as Republicans go back to the political wilderness they thrive in and practically beg for, we will have 20 years of imbeciles like "don't blame me" saying this is how badly Trump tarnished the amazing Republican brand.

I can give you what your opinion will be 2, 6 and 10 years from now if you like.

Spoiler: You will NEVER see what is before youe eyes because people so much stupider than you betrayed the true king Ron DeSantis.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (MPtWl)

217 This seems a thing.......

https://shorturl.fm/npBpu

Are we the ONLY country on the planet that allows for voter registration without proof of citizenship?

They did it again and the R's did NOTHING to stop them.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (2614e)

218 Who cares?

1.) They cheated, and nobody will do shit about it.

2.) They didn't cheat.

Either way, none of these states ever gets an honest election again. The whole election system gets buttoned up. It's how they do things.

And... what if the Republicans had won both houses? Well, we'd have gotten 2 more years of stonewalling til the GOP could be rid of Trump forever, and then an immediate reversion to the Uniparty mean.

No matter how you cut it, elections are not a viable mechanism for influencing the American federal government.

We've been doing this pointless faggy dance since 2010. No matter how many elections we "won" on a reform platform, no meaningful reforms were ever executed, and everything moved inexorably to the Left - because the system is rigged up nice and tight.

How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

219 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (okun6)

Which one of those involves the most feels. Because the answer is feels. It's not policy or even broadly the issues because the issue voters are reasonably baked in. The movement comes from feels.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (MPtWl)

220 Responsible fiscal policy is about making choices. Nobody in Washington wants to tell people what the choices are. For example you could posit- “people, you can have social security or fiscally irresponsible social programs to feed your vote machine”. But nobody will tell people about the coming disaster. They just sit idly by and pretend there is endless taxpayer money to fund every handout they can think of. Meanwhile the. The national debt is at an all time high, headed for disaster. Republicans passed a budget, and even with billions, probably a trillion on fraud that went out the door increased the baseline. Let that sink in. You don’t have to be a math wizz to understand that billions in phony spending went out the door, you discovered it, and you didn’t cut a dime from money that wasn’t real spending. It’s why Washington equally hated DOGE. Congress is responsible for spending and they’ve left the barn door open for decades.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (TmQh+)

221 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (2614e)

222 24 3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this...That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

You saw that early voting strength everywhere.

Did they raid nursing homes and hospitals and homeless for less than fully aware votes - sure, they always do.

But they also got regular folks.

While I'm VA, I early voted...and I told the husband it wasn't a great sign that I didn't see anyone else I'd consider an R (it helped them all had D voting sheets) voting when I did...by the numbers, you'd see a few.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

Early voting killed my campaign. You couldn't ask for better news for my race after Anne Hughes' sign scandal, but she banked so many votes before ED that my big surge wasn't enough. Anne even gloated about it to a friend of hers that I heard about later.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (Ied+6)

223 Anecdotally, I filled up for $3.27/gal in central Georgia yesterday right before I crossed into Alabama.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (4NO2D)

224 There is no "cult of personality" around Trump except on the left...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (pSHyr)

There is a cult of personality around Trump on the right. It's obviously not every rightist (and hopefully very few after Tuesday), but it's a pathetic lie to say that there isn't a contingent of people who treats him like he's Christ.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (7J78R)

225 214 >>I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Again, I don't doubt there was some shift in voting. It's the norm for the party out of power to lose some because they are more motivated. But this same stuff happened in states around the country not just Texas.

I suspect there was more at play than just a typical off year election. If your explanation was correct why did Democrats need to cheat so openly in Alaska? Republican turnout was up. Democrat turnout went to Mars.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (okun6)

226 How long do we keep stepping on this rake?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

How long you got

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (MPtWl)

227 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

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There are few so repugnant and repulsive to me as Jamie Ratface.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:33 AM (qBdHI)

228
"Justin Hart
@justin_hart
·
13h
Who were the Republicans who voted Democratic this time?

Not MAGA. About 9 in 10 of them don't call themselves MAGA. Only 1% of MAGA Republicans crossed over, against 15% of other Republicans.

The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.

The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.

Related, of course, but not interchangeable data points."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (AKptf)

229 Tom Servo, what do you make of the fact that the TX SoS was not publishing any vote results from 8pm until almost 3am?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (8Uo7a)

230 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

Another head scratcher. Anyone who owns firearms knows the democrats live to take them away and yet...all those John Wick wannabes running around doing their timing drills yet never having shot someone or been shot at should have spent more time getting the vote out and or voting against the dems.

Posted by: Daisy at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Ssbab)

231 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

232 Democrats have their eye on the prize. They figure with Texas shifting they can grab the presidency. They only have to keep a lid on their worst instincts and plan until they have all three branches. They are also moving resources to Florida in order to figure out how to grab that state too.

Republicans? They are sitting around on their asses.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (TmQh+)

233 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM

Yeah, I had to go to the article since that left me hanging. It was not 'adds the blood of Christian babies to the Mac&Cheese'. It was 'wears a Star of David necklace'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (4NO2D)

234 228
"Justin Hart
@justin_hart
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13h
Who were the Republicans who voted Democratic this time?

Not MAGA. About 9 in 10 of them don't call themselves MAGA. Only 1% of MAGA Republicans crossed over, against 15% of other Republicans.

The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.

The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.

Related, of course, but not interchangeable data points."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (AKptf)

Trump also had saving TikTok to run off of for the youth vote in 2024.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (okun6)

235 Now Thune is setting a trap for the Supreme Court, saying he would gladly confirm a SCOTUS nominee. It's bullshit. He is hoping to entice Alito or Thomas to leave, allowing the Democrats to blockade a replacement until the 2028 election.

Nothing in the Constitution requires a retirement before nomination. If Thune is serious, test him with a nominee pending a resignation, and see if he can get a confirmation before the retirement actually happens. I believe Thune will fail. As he does.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (o2Pnv)

236 Pardon me, please, because I may have missed the discussion, but were the Republican losses RINOs who may have been sent packing for being too squishy or were very many of them MAGA?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (OlzlW)

237 There is still counting going on in some races, but the size of the donks votes was a tsunami.

Oh, and the GOP representatives in California are being wiped out.

Down to 1 rep from 8 with a good shot of winning their race.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

I'm CT, there are 36 Senate seats available. Republicans now have only 3. There are 151 House seats, and Republicans now have only 34 or so. In a way, I'm glad I lost. If get nothing done in Hartford in this environment. As Ed Koch said, people will need to suffer before votes get changed. I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)

238 221 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM

Only her hairdresser knows for sure.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

239 I wouldn’t trust Thune to walk my dog.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (TmQh+)

240 השם ירחם

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (y1wyK)

241 >>Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Neither do many states but many of them supposedly moved hard left.

>>@Joeoltmann
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12h
>>Every County Shifted Blue. Every Single One.

>>Not most. Not the cities. Every county in Colorado moved toward Democrats on Tuesday, including the small, deeply conservative rural counties where nobody believes that happens.

>>And Colorado wasn’t alone. Reports show every county shifting blue in Texas and Kansas too.

The point is Democrats cheat. They always have and we all know it. They've been plotting a color revolution behind the scenes and it's been well documented. Among the first targets they talked about was Hegseth. Guess who is now being targeted for impeachment?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)

242 Trump also had saving TikTok to run off of for the youth vote in 2024.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (okun6)

I want to know how a 30 year old is a "youth" . This fucking delayed adulthood and 25 yo infancy is driving me bonkers!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (AKptf)

243 236 Spoiler: You will NEVER see what is before youe eyes because people so much stupider than you betrayed the true king Ron DeSantis.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (MPtWl)

You won't see what's before your eyes because for years you treated Trump as the One True Savior who will rescue the country, then he got back into office and screwed up beyond measure. You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Look at the Michigan 2014 Senate election. Compare it to 2026.

Trump was the only candidate who could win Michigan. He has not been a drag on the ticket. He brought a specific demographic to the Republicans, which is well-studied at this point, but they only turned out when he was on the ballot.

Look at the actual numbers. Stop relying on your emotions.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (okun6)

244 She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (2614e)
=====

She sometimes complains her son never calls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

245 Either way, none of these states ever gets an honest election again. The whole election system gets buttoned up. It's how they do things.

--

This is the key takeaway, the most salient and disastrous point from Tuesday. Watch TX. Watch OH. The modern D-Communist MO is to use the governorship to enact sweeping and profound changes to voter security. Once they are California-ized, it's over. Once voter ID at election time is strictly forbidden, TX, crawling with illegals and more caravans gassing up to arrive, there's just no way to claw that back. This is the reality I don't think a lot of people (outside of places like here) understand. This is what has settled over me like the black plague.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:39 AM (qBdHI)

246 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF
In Lancaster

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 08:39 AM (NZf+I)

247 I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)
~~~~~

That's good to hear!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (3ImbR)

248 Clinton didn't have a cult of personality?

He literally had women willing to blow him to keep abortion, "safe, legal, and rare."

Obama didn't have a cult of peronsality?

You had people getting boners over the creases of his pants.

Trump has literally been a media figure for going on 40 years.

He has his admirers and detractros.

If he has a cult of personality, it's no different than any other notorious figure.

I don't think this election was about Trump policies, it was simply driven by leftist/democrat hate.

Pure and simple.

See Jamie Raskin, first thing out of the gate, we're going to take people's guns.

First thing.

That's antagonistic and driven by hate of conservatives.

F**k these people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (XV/Pl)

249 Pardon me, please, because I may have missed the discussion, but were the Republican losses RINOs who may have been sent packing for being too squishy or were very many of them MAGA?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (OlzlW)

Let's see , "The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid". Should we cry over this one?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

250 matter how you cut it, elections are not a viable mechanism for influencing the American federal government.

We've been doing this pointless faggy dance since 2010. No matter how many elections we "won" on a reform platform, no meaningful reforms were ever executed, and everything moved inexorably to the Left - because the system is rigged up nice and tight.

How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2

This is a post many of us don’t want to write or think about.
But it’s the TRUTH.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (FCPbW)

251 Clown World. Seriously, Musk should ask for his 450M back!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

252 There is a cult of personality around Trump on the right. It's obviously not every rightist (and hopefully very few after Tuesday), but it's a pathetic lie to say that there isn't a contingent of people who treats him like he's Christ.
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (7J78R)
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Only an idiot keeps muttering the same words, thinking repetition counts as legitimate argument. Your inane focus on Trump as a person, as opposed to the policies he supports, belies your own words.

Trump has been the only source of real energy in the GOP for a decade, and now he is a lame duck, but his policies are still popular. Immigration control, for example is still widely popular. Voter ID we already talked about, and is popular. The tranny shit is another area where GOP policy ideas are widely supported.

So get over your fixation on Trump already.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (56ehI)

253 - @176. Lady In Black

Whew. Was glad to see those last three sentences at the finish.
You hang onto that!!!
Everything that is happening has already been written.
And it is leading to, after a time of great suffering, a glorious ending.

Posted by: TeeJ at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (/HR0+)

254 The cost of living has been improving since Trump regained office after a huge hit to prosperity in the Biden years. What is wrong with people? Or is there some expense the average American deals with that somehow doesn't affect me?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (OlzlW)

255 Every county in 21 states shifted to the left in this election by between 13 and 25 points.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

256 Keep election integrity safe, legal and rare.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

257 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

258 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Disagreeing with your retarded deceptive opinion is not the same as lacking mental fortitude, although it's interesting you think it is.

The people who backed Trump said he is our shot to fix this shit. People like you said he would LOSE badly.... not that he would win three times and then in 2026 eventually tarnish the precious Republican brand.

Enjoy your goalposts. If they ever get too heavy, you know where to find me.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (MPtWl)

259 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM

As always, NaCly, sage advice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (ctC8W)

260 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something

And you don't have the mental capacity to be posting here. Just spare us all of the righteous pontification and go away.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (ceJ0R)

261 OK you guys, big picture, silver lining time, if surgery had to happen, and if we had this coming for a while, it is a miracle it happened while Trump is still in charge, and that we have two years to fix this. Many got a massive warning not to take things for granted.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (AKptf)

262
Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (okun6)

Don't attempt to debate. You'll only be wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (2614e)

263 I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)

--

Darrell, you have my utmost respect. I wish I could've voted for you.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (qBdHI)

264 I wish Spencer Pratt some electoral success. He ran a great campaign in LA and he has a lot of strong opinions about how Republicans need to change in order to win elections. I hope he stays very active and gets more notice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (56ehI)

265 Are we the ONLY country on the planet that allows for voter registration without proof of citizenship?

They did it again and the R's did NOTHING to stop them.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (2614e)

Thune and the rest of the GOPe in congress should be taken to the back of the barn and shown the error of their way in the harshest ways possible. They didn't even try. Very little of this was Trump's fault and I'm tired of seeing so many here blaming him. I'm out.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (g8Ew8)

266 Not most. Not the cities. Every county in Colorado moved toward Democrats on Tuesday, including the small, deeply conservative rural counties where nobody believes that happens.

>>And Colorado wasn’t alone. Reports show every county shifting blue in Texas and Kansas too.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)

I don't think this shows cheating.

Your county was 16% Dem in 2024.
Your county was 17% Dem in 2026.

Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (yKhjs)

267 You won't see what's before your eyes because for years you treated Trump as the One True Savior who will rescue the country, then he got back into office and screwed up beyond measure. You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)
=====

"Don't Blame Me I Voted For McGovern"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

268 Texas is sui generis, incomparable to any other state. It’s been remarkable that it’s been able to hold on to conservative governance so long.

But by the numbers, from the US census bureau::

Hispanic/Latino : 40.7%
White (non Hispanic) : 37%
Black + Other: 23%

Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

269 Let's see , "The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid". Should we cry over this one?
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

Who is that?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (OlzlW)

270 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Trump has done amazing things, despite having very little backing from R's in congress. Sure he has made mistakes, but denying he's been a great president is really quite ignorant.

The mistake was trusting the R's to back him and see his agenda through. The deep state is DEEEEEP.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (2614e)

271 Knock it off. Was George Bush an anchor in 2006 and 2008? He won in 2004, didn't he?
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pVklW)
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George Bush? You've lost your mind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (56ehI)

272 How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2

This is a post many of us don’t want to write or think about.
But it’s the TRUTH.
Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM

Yep. I have, as my more radical son calls it, 'Boomer Optimism'. Whatever I may grasp intellectually, deep down in my bones I still believe that the greatest political system ever devised can be saved. It can't, but that's really hard to accept. The 'citizens' have changed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (4NO2D)

273 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

274 I need to disagree with Matt Walsh's assessment that Trump is The Problem™ and by extension Super Intelligence™ should be rejected.

He wants a Constitutional Republic. What you want and what you have the ingredients to make are often wildly different things.

The ingredients that make a Constitutional Republic are long gone. It was a unique, once in a Creation opportunity and it has passed. So what is left? The usual track is tyrannical dictatorship, and there is an opportunity now to dodge it.

And Walsh doesn't want Trillionaire Tech Bros as our boss. But compared to tyrannical dictatorship by sadistic demons, we have an opportunity to live in The Matrix. Everyone really wants to live in the Matrix because they live like children under the roof of semi-protective parents. Follow a few basic rules and you will be fed, clothed and have a roof over your head. Just be home shortly after the street lights come on.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (rgGn5)

275 What is wrong with people? Or is there some expense the average American deals with that somehow doesn't affect me?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (OlzlW)

Yes...vapes, monster drinks and video games are way overpriced! And my mom says no more weed from the dispensary as I am over my limit!

Mom!

Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Ssbab)

276 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (53oGX)

277 Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

Overall across the country ( and I've seen the numbers) the shift was net gain for Rs since 24, but! enough in many areas to move the needle. and what I put up , R Hispanics, who I imaging are small business owners, were voting on personal economic situation.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (AKptf)

278 Keep out da Bushes!

Posted by: J. Jackson at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

279 256 Every county in 21 states shifted to the left in this election by between 13 and 25 points.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

While looking for conspiracies, don't lose sight of what the GOP did not do for us. The conspiracy is that the GOP threw the race by their incompetence and inaction.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (N39Ws)

280 Democrats turned out at near-presidential election levels.
Republicans turned out at normal midterm election levels.
Many 2024 Trump voters swung to the Dems.

And if you ask, "why would they vote for the party that is causing all the problems?"

Well, what other mechanism remains to express their anger?
They voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

And still the whole party won't listen.

I did not read Vance's post to be against Israel at all, and it's stupid to inveigh against it over just that.

But he gave a damned scary warning about what Republicans have planned:
Amnesty

So while they have us fighting over who to blame, that's what they have planned.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (Aug7T)

281 Darrell, you have my utmost respect. I wish I could've voted for you.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (qBdHI)
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This. Thank you for stepping into the arena.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

282 Matt Walsh is a monosyllable moron, and a flying monkey.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (AKptf)

283 264 Look at the actual numbers. Stop relying on your emotions.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (okun6)

Look at the 2014 results in Mississippi, Texas, Iowa, South Carolina, Kansas, and compare to 2026.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pVklW)

Replacing George Bush wouldn't have done anything in 2006 or 2008. This is an argument from policy, NOT PERSONALITY. Bush wasn't a crass loudmouth.

You(and a lot of others) keep arguing the issue is Trump's personality. It isn't.

Texas, South Carolina are demographic and need to be a big focus. Kansas is probably diesel, needs examination. The blue states Trump was able to win are obviously just blue states.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (okun6)

284 Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (pVklW)

Keep waving those goalposts.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (MPtWl)

285 I have, as my more radical son calls it, 'Boomer Optimism'. Whatever I may grasp intellectually, deep down in my bones I still believe that the greatest political system ever devised can be saved. It can't, but that's really hard to accept. The 'citizens' have changed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (4NO2D)

I'm not a boomer - I'm 46, unlike you young 29 year-olds.

My biggest takeaway from this election has been that my predicate assumptions about America are no longer operable.

And since those predicate assumptions have driven so much of what and how I think about the future, I have to completely start over with what reality actually looks like - not what I'd like it to look like.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (yKhjs)

286 >>Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.

Every single county? In multiple states including Texas?

The country is not doing that bad. In a lot of ways doing really well and those of us who voted for Trump have gotten a lot of what we wanted. We wanted the border sealed. We wanted deportations. We wanted lower crime. We wanted our military to stop being a social experiment. We wanted DEI ended. And on and on.

And our people turned out. It's just that Democrats supposedly turned out in ways pretty much never seen in decades if ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)

287 I don't think this shows cheating.

Your county was 16% Dem in 2024.
Your county was 17% Dem in 2026.

Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (yKhjs)

It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (OlzlW)

288 Have a good one (almost) everybody. Maybe see ya later this evening.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (ceJ0R)

289 Thanks JJ. Morning Horde! Thanks to Marcus T, Ben Had, Anna Puma, NaCly Dog, and Doof. You all bring me joy and inspiration.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (z6ONu)

290 Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

Texas allowed over 2m voters register without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years. That has been the left's plan all along. Vote for them or they will replace you with those that will.

And they did.....,.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2614e)

291 284 George Bush? You've lost your mind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (56ehI)

You seem to have trouble understanding my point, so I'll spell it out.

Mentioning Bush was a way of saying, "Saying Trump isn't unpopular and wasn't why the GOP lost in 2026 is like saying George Bush wasn't unpopular and wasn't why the GOP lost in 2006."

"But Trump won in 2024." And Bush won in 2004.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (pVklW)

Clearly this is because Bush was a lout and personally divisive. Nothing to do with actual policies. Bush just had a cult of personality that wouldn't accept how offputting his behavior was.

Or maybe it was just Bush was bad at campaigning. Didn't sell the message hard enough. Nothing to do with actual issues.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:50 AM (okun6)

292 Darrell, thank you for stepping up. I look forward to you running again. Maybe we can help with you campaign messaging.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (8Uo7a)

293 If there is a cheat component to this election, I have a theory about the form of the cheat: There were votes counted from AI-generated "voters".

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

294 I do not know how we come back from this. I seriously don't. The Democrats will have 56 senate seats coming into the next election. We will have to defend 18 seats. Good luck with that. Just look at all the Republican states that elected Democrat governors and a Democrat senator.

Losing Texas we lost the electoral votes.

The Supreme Court will be quickly replaced and any rights we have that they want will be easily taken away from us. Even if we have some judges ruling in our favor, they will be able to take it to their Supreme Court and get the ruling they want. It just goes on and on about what a disaster this is.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (wzaBj)

295 The dark grows but the light and truth is already here. And then ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (KVjz6)

296 Yes...vapes, monster drinks and video games are way overpriced! And my mom says no more weed from the dispensary as I am over my limit!

Mom!
Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM

It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

297 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

It's going to take a couple weeks for the "I TOLD YOU SO" faction to wither and go away. We'll be able to have civilized discussions again likely sometime in December.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2614e)

298 Yea, the country is doing terrible.

>>@jsolomonReports
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1m
>>US economy added 165,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

299 On the good news front, the slate of college football games tomorrow is insanely good… Utah-BYU (holy war), Texas-Missouri, Alabama-LSU, Georgia-Ole Miss, Ohio State-Oregon and Miami-Notre Dame

That’s a quality slate of action… I can sit comatose in the couch for 10 hours with that entertainment!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (LQ1/y)

300 I am thankful for reduced government regulation, for a smaller federal workforce, for sped-up federal permitting, for the industrial renaissance underway, for the rebuilding and once again proud military dedicated to winning wars (and not to trans soldiers), for the growing economy (in the face of a world economic mess), for demanding that allies spend more on defense, for treating the WHO and the UN in an uncompromising manner, for raising working family incomes in real terms for the first time in decades, for lowering taxes on tips and social security incomes, for bringing massive investment in new factories to American shores, and for much else.

Trump did all he could, in the face of a GOPe that moore concerned about doing nothing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (P1oRJ)

301 It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

Who says short, fat and slow is bad?

Posted by: .45ACP at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (N39Ws)

302 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie

In 21 states

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (0U5gm)

303 Darrell, thank you for stepping up. I look forward to you running again. Maybe we can help with you campaign messaging.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (8Uo7a)
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"Conan, What is best in life?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

304 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (OlzlW)

I hear you - and JackStraw - on this.

I have a hard time thinking a county would get redder in a midterm though. Presidential levels are going to be higher, particularly for the party in power.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (yKhjs)

305 Who is that?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (OlzlW)

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Emmie, if you look at this guy , you can tell he is very familiar with every high end steak joint in DC. MOFO.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (AKptf)

306 What is this?

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (KVjz6)

307 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)

308 Audit any 3 rural Kansas counties. You'll find the color revolution all over them.
The powers that be don't try in the big cities... they don't need to. But I'll bet the number of "phantom" ballots is virtually the same percentage-wise in each of those random counties.

Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NnxAa)

309 297 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

It's going to take a couple weeks for the "I TOLD YOU SO" faction to wither and go away. We'll be able to have civilized discussions again likely sometime in December.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2614e)

On the brighter side of things, look at the some of the squishes that are gone now. Susan Collins, Massie, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (N39Ws)

310 So "Yes" I think the election was stolen.

Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (NnxAa)

311 >>@jsolomonReports
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>>US economy added 165,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

WE SAVED YOU!!

Posted by: Democrats and their media arm at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (yKhjs)

312 Re:237 -- did we lose RINO or MAGA candidates?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (OlzlW)

313 Mom!
Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM

It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
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*looks forward to next gamergate or disney thread*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

314 307 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)

https://tinyurl.com/ytmam382

Mr Mac's in Manchester NH. Really, really good.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (N39Ws)

315 Waving goalposts isn't a thing
---------

Maybe you'll be a trendsetter.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (MPtWl)

316 That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

From what pile of steaming shit did you emerge?

Let me guess. You are a Libertarian. Always complaining. Always saying that everyone is wrong but have no ideas of your own. Always bitter because the world doesn't orient itself perfectly to your fickle pleasures. Completely incapable of seeing the good in anything, but always the first to rush to an accusation so you can wrest it further to serve your vanity.

Go back to DemocratUnderground

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (+4Cf6)

317 273 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

Ben, I've been giving this some thought, and I'd love to write something about that. That stupid troll limited the length of posts these days, but we'll see. I'm already planning for the next cycle.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ied+6)

318 It's not just Mac n' Cheese.....It's Mac 'n Cheese with add-ons.

Lobster, smoked brisket, pulled pork...and on and on.......

Plus, they've branched out and started using various cheeses. I mean, it's hard to beat a good smoked gouda mac n' cheese. Throw in smoked meat with it?

Heavenly......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (2614e)

319 Trump did all he could, in the face of a GOPe that moore concerned about doing nothing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (P1oRJ)

I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my country. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big deep staters. That's my life, I don't apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was our time, that we would be the one to hold the strings.
Well, there wasn't enough time, Huck. There just wasn't enough time.

Posted by: President Donald J. Trump at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ssbab)

320 They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)
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Anyone who adds broccoli to mac & cheese spends a night in the box.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

321 Waving goalposts? Sounds like something Tim "Calling a pick-6" Waltz would say.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (2Drhq)

322 oh yeah, almost forgot , TGIF!!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (AKptf)

323
On the brighter side of things, look at the some of the squishes that are gone now. Susan Collins, Massie, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (N39Ws)

I think this is the only bright spot.

The remaining congressional Republicans are - as a group - more dedicated than were the past congressional Republicans. Trimming deadwood is a good and necessary task.

It just blows that it came at the same time the DSA took over the left and is actively talking about literally exterminating us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (yKhjs)

324 Ben, I've been giving this some thought, and I'd love to write something about that. That stupid troll limited the length of posts these days, but we'll see. I'm already planning for the next cycle.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ied+6)

Parse it into 2 paragraphs a post in continuation, OR, send your thoughts and musings to a COB and see if they'll give you a thread to throw it out on.

If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

325 Mooney's in Corning, NY. Excellent mac n cheese.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (Ta4DE)

326
You're a buffoon who suffers psychic damage whenever anyone criticizes a billionaire politician who doesn't know you exist. You are pathetic.
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (uvRyx)

Wow. Now THAT'S a winning argument right there........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

327 Without trying to step on the toes of Fenelon or Marcus T, don't lose sight that God created this day, a beautiful day. We all have much to give thanks for. We are heading into dark times, but keep your eyes towards the Light.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (N39Ws)

328 The markets are attempting a bit of recovery in the pre-market trading. I don't think I am going to play in it today. I have no clear idea of what's happening. I don't think any recovery will hold but there is a saying; 'The Market can stay irrationally longer than you can stay solvent', so I can't bet against it yet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (4NO2D)

329 If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e

TJM step away?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (N39Ws)

330 Anyone who adds broccoli to mac & cheese spends a night in the box.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM

https://youtu.be/77lScmonTaM

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

331 If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)
******
What happened to TJM?

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (wzaBj)

332 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemies. When I sit in darkness, The Lord shall be a light unto me.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Drhq)

333 R Hispanics, who I imaging are small business owners, were voting on personal economic situation.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (AKptf)

It’s even more of a machismo thing among Hispanic males. Ginojoza is cute, soft spoken, and made many Spanish language appeals to them personally (not part of our media so we didn’t see it)
I’ve said before, I know a Hispanic businessman, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, is disgusted by trannies. I thought he’d gone nuts since he couldn’t stop talking about how great Ginojoza was compared to ugly old Abbott. Turned out I was the crazy one because he, and every Hispanic businessman just like him voted for her and all of her allies.

If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

334 Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (GVoQJ)

I appreciate the long callback on this fake troll. Only an old timer would get it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (4NO2D)

335 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (AKptf)

Thanks, Runner. I'm not immersed enough in politics to know everyone by their record or peccadillos.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (OlzlW)

336 On the bright side, Republicans are back in the position they prefer most: powerless so they only need to point fingers and say "you're doing it wrong!"

They're like that yappy little dog who's all bravado as long as there's a fence protecting them.

But hey, we got a Gulf of America out of it, right? At least until 2029.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (ERYKL)

337 Wasn’t Joey Tribiani the lead in a TV show called Mac ‘n Cheese?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (LQ1/y)

338 I don't think some people realize how easy it is for computers to change/fabricate numbers. And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (SBoRZ)

339 It’s even more of a machismo thing among Hispanic males. Ginojoza is cute, soft spoken, and made many Spanish language appeals to them personally (not part of our media so we didn’t see it)
I’ve said before, I know a Hispanic businessman, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, is disgusted by trannies. I thought he’d gone nuts since he couldn’t stop talking about how great Ginojoza was compared to ugly old Abbott. Turned out I was the crazy one because he, and every Hispanic businessman just like him voted for her and all of her allies.

If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

She must have run a good campaign.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (AKptf)

340
TJM step away?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (N39Ws)

******
What happened to TJM?
Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (wzaBj)

I don't know that anything happened to him, per se, but I haven't seen him in a couple days and when questioning, others said he prolly took some time away because this recent crop of 'perfect analysts' we've gained blamed HIM for Tuesday's bloodbath and he grew weary of it quickly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2614e)

341 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

At least somebody is enjoying this week.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MPtWl)

342 Veggies do not belong in mac n cheese. Like pineapple on pizza.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Ta4DE)

343 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (vTZFs)

344 f TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)
******
What happened to TJM?
Posted by: redridinghood

Kiln explosion.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

345
She must have run a good campaign.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (AKptf)

She didn't really run one and no one knew who she was 2 weeks before early voting started.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (2614e)

346 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

347 Veggies do not belong in mac n cheese. Like pineapple on pizza.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Ta4DE)

is jalapeño a veggie ? because it belongs in mac n cheese

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (AKptf)

348 FWP, I have yet another plumbing leak that will have me up in the attic sectioning PEX pipe this morning as soon as I finish my mandatory 3rd mug of coffee.

Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (4NO2D)

349 >And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM

It doesn't matter who casts the votes.
It matters who COUNTS the votes.

Posted by: J. Stalin at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

350 Losing Texas we lost the electoral votes.

Worse than that. With Texas, the Electoral College is over and the Popular Vote will determine elections.

Think about that. With all of the current states where Vote Fraud is at least 20% of the vote, after a Presidential Election, California, Illinois, New York, et al will be "counting ballots" until their candidate wins. We will know before the Election who wins, but the "official" ruling won't be made until enough ballots have been manufactured and tabulated to anoint their Chosen.

The Republic is over since Texas fell into the hands of the Devil. Its just a matter of time before Texas joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Game Over. One Party Rule.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (+4Cf6)

351 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

This isn't something we do on the right.

The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

352 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (vTZFs)

Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years.

We're the stupid party for a reason. The fact that this was even POSSIBLE in the state of Texas means the corruption of government is deeper than most imagined..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2614e)

353 Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM

All politics is local.

Posted by: T. O'Neill at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

354 346 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

While this is ideally the case, it may not work in practice.

I'm not entirely sold on this since Latin America elects non-Hispanics from time to time but it certainly doesn't hurt to run Hispanics.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (okun6)

355
302 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie

This ironically is the best evidence it was NOT cheating. Cheating, as in 2020, would look like anomalous results in major population cities which could be controlled, but not much effect in outlying rural counties. (Not enough impact there to make it worth setting up a fraud operation.

But a massive move in every single county says that this was a seismic shift in the general voting public, and it would be madness to deny it happened.

Personally I think we’re in an era where most voters will hate whoever’s in power, and we’re going to ping pong back and forth between the parties chaotically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (oH6g4)

356
Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (2614e)

357 Mornin', All.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

358 The Republic is over since Texas fell into the hands of the Devil. Its just a matter of time before Texas joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Game Over. One Party Rule.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (+4Cf6)

I don’t think so.. if Texas is now reliably in the Dem column (I don’t think it is) then they have ZERO need to get rid of the EC. Republicans cannot with the presidency without Texas period

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (LQ1/y)

359 Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

😂

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (zFF15)

360 are we not doing celebrity news anymore ??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (AKptf)

361 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

That is overly simplistic.

The mine canary is the passage of SAVE America act in the lame duck Congress. Without it, the NPVIC will be an abomination to voting since the rules will be Whichever Party Stuffs the Most Ballots Wins.

And we already know that SAVE America is DOA.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (+4Cf6)

362 At least somebody is enjoying this week.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MPtWl)

I'm just trying to get moved in......I'm still exhausted, but the wife is getting happier, although she's sick of menopause and knee/back pain......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

363 Good morning, Horde. Nice write up this morning, JJ.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2bFN5)

364 Saying the county shift shows cheating is - to me - like 9/11 truthers.

Too many people would have to be involved, in too many places, for it to work. Conservative counties with conservative election watchers are NOT going to participate in the cheat, but they shifted too. You can't explain that without a voter shift.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (yKhjs)

365 are we not doing celebrity news anymore ??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (AKptf)

Ace posted about Russell Brand yesterday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

366 Sen. Chuck Schumer stating, “You have to go after the corruption”

-
Chuckie's plan to appease and enable the crocodiles so they'd eat him last doesn't seem to be working out too well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

367 I see two years of government shutdowns. Nice!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (AKptf)

368 Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't get it.

Posted by: In my best TJM voice at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

369 Personally I think we’re in an era where most voters will hate whoever’s in power, and we’re going to ping pong back and forth between the parties chaotically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (oH6g4)

That is a highly optimistic take. The GOP must give people a choice not just the illusion of one.

My prediction? Pain

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MPtWl)

370 I don't think some people realize how easy it is for computers to change/fabricate numbers. And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.

--

Anything electronic can and will be hacked and abused. It's the perfect venue for D-Communists as a means to voter fraud. And they've harnessed that to their advantage. Anyone not understanding that is not looking.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (qBdHI)

371 If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.
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Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years.

Not saying it isn't possible or even plausible. Or even likely for that matter. But I am saying that it will take more than a "claim" to change anything.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (vTZFs)

372 Do any of the Mac & Cheese restaurants serve original Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?

If not, no thanks.

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

373 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

I will say a prayer. You must be due for some relief!!!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (MPtWl)

374 The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

Multi racial societies are tribal societies, whether they like it or not. I’ll leave for another day the thought that democracy is not a particularly good form of government for societies of this type.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (oH6g4)

375 The GOP is lazy and worthless. Yes, the other side is evil but I need to see some serious effort. Meanwhile we get to bathe in the suck.
My faith is in God and I’m going to continue to do his work to the best of my abilities. Amen

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (kAhD4)

376 Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (4NO2D)

No. I hate plumbing for the simple fact that water can destroy EVERYTHING if you don't do it right.

Home is where the heart is, so therefore it should be cared for with the utmost passion.

The rest of the world is put on pause.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (2614e)

377 I don’t think so.. if Texas is now reliably in the Dem column (I don’t think it is) then they have ZERO need to get rid of the EC. Republicans cannot with the presidency without Texas period

Lets assume that Tom Servo's proposal bears fruit. With NPVIC, its pointless because the insurrecting states will stuff tens of millions of ballots to override whatever Latino crossover takes place.

Remember, under NPVIC, its the balance of total ballots. California alone can generate enough ballots to overwhelm any GOP rise in Texas.

NPVIC is THE end of a Constitutional Republic. SAVE America Act is the only solution in hand to counter what is otherwise inevitable One Party Permanent Rule.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (+4Cf6)

378 Look at the bright side. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the yellow star market.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

379 I think the real plan here is not ultimately the supreme court - although that's something the lefties want of course - no, the real plan is to end the electoral college - that they can do as long as their cheat machine is not stopped - then its permanent rule by lefties forever without ever having to have that ugly color revolution to do the dirty work.

Posted by: Boswell at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (j10i6)

380
I will say a prayer. You must be due for some relief!!!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (MPtWl)

I appreciate it. It's going to be a tough run for a while as I still have to return to the old stomping grounds for work likely each week for a while. That will be hard on both of us early on. I used to travel a lot, but that's been years ago. We've grown accustomed to being around each other on the daily.

There's a LOT of work that needs to be done around here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (2614e)

381 Can anybody make this make sense?

"Are There Any Honest Mathematicians in America Today? Latest Turnout Numbers from 2026 Midterms Look Suspicious and Frankly Impossible …More Updates"

https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA

(link goes to gateway pundit page)

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (tTioD)

382 Do any of the Mac & Cheese restaurants serve original Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?

If not, no thanks.
Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

No one should be subject to eating powdered mac and cheese.......

Posted by: Michael 'Arugula' Owebama at November 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2614e)

383 I talk about the cheatcbecause I'm open to it not because I think it explains this.

I'm much more interested in the psychological operations and manipulations than anything else. I do think AI was a factor in the planning what just occurred.

General upset at Trump or even the GOP isn't enough to put the whole thing in a nutshell. Even midterm year isn't. Nothing is.

All I know is the DSA thing was a clear op from the moment it dropped, I have talked about it. I figured it was planned to usher in brave new world for 2028.

I didn't think it would move this quick but it has. Our brave new world has arrived. In that sense that's why I'm not bowled over by what happened, just trying to figure it out.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:17 AM (MPtWl)

384 My prediction? Pain
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM

+1

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:17 AM (4NO2D)

385 Ok, Texas has 17.5 million registered voters. A/O August 11, 2025 these are the breakdowns:

Likely Democratic: 8,133,683 (46.5%)
Likely Non-Partisan: 2,750,831 (15.7%)
Likely Republican: 6,001,190 (37.7%)

The fact that TX stayed R is a miracle, and this blue wave was coming.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:18 AM (AKptf)

386 President Trump just slashed over $100 billion from the deficit, from $136 billion to $29.4 billion. Lowest deficit in 20 years.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 09:18 AM (3ImbR)

387 *President Trump just slashed over $100 billion from the deficit*

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 06, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

388 Those numbers I put up is why Ds were relentless in trying to turn TX blue. This was not a pipe dream on their part. They knew they had the numbers.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (AKptf)

389
https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA

(link goes to gateway pundit page)
Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (tTioD)

Key statistic:

Republican votes stayed the same.

Democrats materialized 20 million new votes. https://t.co/tfPjqmh6uf

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) November 5, 2026

Now, how many illegals did Biden import during his reign of error?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2614e)

390 Conservative Watchers would only be useful if they retained all the paper ballots and hand counted them. Once a voting machine has the count, all bets are off.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ddgvz)

391 But a massive move in every single county says that this was a seismic shift in the general voting public, and it would be madness to deny it happened.

Social Media has erased political boundaries. With algorithms, the message is directed to everyone who doesn't know what they desire and the Algorithm will tell them what they desire.

Right now, the algorithm has implanted the desire of the voting majority to embrace the Death Cult.

Mimetic Theory explains all of this perfectly. You don't need the Bogey Man of universal vote fraud.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (pawvM)

392 As to the 2 million new voters registered in the last few years in Texas - it appears that many of these were so called “anchor babies” coming of age.
Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

I see an analogy to the Learjet that crashed in Florida this week. Like the pilots of that flight, we waited until it was far too late to react to the situation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

393 Useful idiots never see it coming.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2gbgu)

394 Remember, under NPVIC, its the balance of total ballots. California alone can generate enough ballots to overwhelm any GOP rise in Texas.

NPVIC is THE end of a Constitutional Republic. SAVE America Act is the only solution in hand to counter what is otherwise inevitable One Party Permanent Rule.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM

This is a good point. The usual Dems win the popular vote, Reps win the EC is based the 4 million fake votes that come out of California every election. Hillary, for instance, won the PV on this. She basically won 5 states, you know which ones, to get the majority of votes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (4NO2D)

395 378 Look at the bright side. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the yellow star market.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:14 AM

We're making plans.

Posted by: Big Bob's Gulag Construction Company, Inc. at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

396 Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

Every year, 1,000,000 more anchor babies turn 18, gaining the right to vote.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (yKhjs)

397 name one policy or program proposed by Republicans over the last 10 years that exclusively benefited young men.

Everything is either women, seniors or minorities--they all need help.
Those young men are on their own--but paying for everyone else.

A million anchor babies become eligible voters every year.

What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Aug7T)

398 Tom Sevo & Community Notes

I want to thank you both for your thoughtful posts.
We need to acknowledge the good here, as well.

Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

399 A reminder, TX was Democrat State for a long long time. Some history, Democrats dominated all statewide offices till 1994. Rs only gained control of TX Senate in 1997, and the House in 2003 (!) for the first time since like 1870s.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (AKptf)

400 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (AKptf)

Texas doesn't register people by Party. They get those figures by primary participation.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (2gbgu)

401 re: "Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years."
...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2614e)
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Just a note, I JUST renewed my TX DL earlier this year - I WAS REQUIRED to have my Birth Cert, as I _tried_ RENEWING it w/o a Birth Cert the 1st time and was 'bounced out' of the place ... the "Real ID" (act) requires a birth cert (or valid passport) to renew. No other documentation was acceptable (I tried as I could not find my birth cert the 1st time, so I had to call my county of birth and get ANOTHER copy for my 2nd try at DL renewal. Even an _expired passport_ from 2008 was NOT acceptable.)

This was up here at the new super-center Garland, TX DMV/license center.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (tTioD)

402 What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM

The Best People™ have assured us that The Future Is Female.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

403 Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

Wait, Mis Hum is gone?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2614e)

404 The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.
The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.
--
We can win them back.
But it won't be with social issues or "look how bad the Dems are!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:26 AM (Aug7T)

405 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

This isn't something we do on the right.

The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

Okay, so maybe this will offend some people but I think this is the way to say it.

Even back in the halcyon days of High-Trust, Judeo-Christian, white majority America, there were ethnic splits.

Look at the Kennedy Foofaraw with the shocking idea of a Catholic President who will let the Pope run America!!!!

Or, gee, if you live in an Italian area or Irish area are your reps Italian or Irish. I suspect they are.

So, if I wanted to appeal to voters in that area do i run a Chinese muslim?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (YSUhf)

406
This was up here at the new super-center Garland, TX DMV/license center.
Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (tTioD)

I had to do the same. I had to go through the hell of Illinois bureaucracy over 2 months to get a copy of my BC to renew my license last year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (2614e)

407 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.

------

Easy.

Leave the Union. It's not the best choice. It's the only choice left.

I've put years of thought into how this can be done. I have landed on what I think is the best approach. I'll be discussing bit more soon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

408 Texas, since statehood had 40 (!!!!) Democrat governors, and ...6 Republican. Texas had fewer Republican governor than Illinois with 20 R and 18 Democrat ! meaning... Texas had more Democrat Governors than Illinois.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

409 Sponge

He told a small group of us in the Texas MoMeet why. But yes, Misanthropic Humanitarian has walked away.

He has reasons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

410 Living in Texas last few decades I haven't had to experience the Blue state catastrophes and commie actions up close and personal. I guess that's going to change now.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (2gbgu)

411 Numbers don't lie.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (AKptf)

412 So far Democrats plan to;
- Eliminate the electoral college
-Create a national gun register
- Reinstate the NFA tax at $5,000
- Impeach Trump and various cabinet members
- Go after DHS and ICE for doing their jobs
- Defund ICE and reinstate a budget for things like USAID

That’s just a partial list.

Hats off to people who voted Democrat. Things are about to become more unaffordable.

Posted by: That Guy. at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (zvo7E)

413 403
Wait, Mis Hum is gone?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2614e)

Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (N39Ws)

414 396 Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

Every year, 1,000,000 more anchor babies turn 18, gaining the right to vote.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (yKhjs)

Depressing. If one of their illegal alien parents is still in the country, you can bet your bottom peso none of them are going to vote for any candidate promising to do internal US enforcement of immigration laws.

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)

415 Soap box, ballot box,,,,,

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (LHPAg)

416 re: "A reminder, TX was Democrat State for a long long time. Some history, Democrats dominated all statewide offices till 1994. Rs only gained control of TX Senate in 1997, and the House in 2003 (!) for the first time since like 1870s."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (AKptf)
--------------------------

Yes ... remind that one white-haired Ann Richards, the 2nd woman TX governor was in office from 1991 to 1995. She lost to Clayton Williams who shot himself in the foot while on the campaign trail where it was raining and he used an unfortunate euphemism (involving rain and grape).

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (tTioD)

417 Texas had more Democrat Governors than Illinois.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

Ann Richards was the last D governor in Texas. She lied her ass off and got fired for it. It's been R since. Now, illegals and anchor babies have made the future a bit more bleak.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (2614e)

418 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

419 The democrats in Texas years ago were much more conservative than today's democrats.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (z6ONu)

420 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

We've never had an American hating anti 2nd amendment communist as Governor.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2gbgu)

421 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (2614e)

422 >>Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
- - - - -

They look possessed.
Certainly have no souls.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)

423 They made like a Broadway play about Ann Richards. They are so fucking weird.

Trump is a dude you really COULD tell interesting true stories about, and even I don't want to hear that shit.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (MPtWl)

424 Washington Nearsider

The schools deliberately did not inculcate the American virtues in the children in their care. Part of the plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

425 Democrats are already moving resources into Florida to see how they can takeover that state. Apparently Tennessee also.

Republicans are sitting around wondering why there is $5 on the nightstand and their ass hurts.

Posted by: That Guy. at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (zvo7E)

426 >>Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.

He?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)

427 Numbers don't lie.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (AKpt

Statistics always lie.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (2gbgu)

428
Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (N39Ws)

He, but damn......That's depressing......

Just saw him at the TxMoMe........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (2614e)

429 >>Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.

Dang, Salty! I hadn't heard that.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:34 AM (rOKnE)

430 Lizzy

He did it all for us, the regulars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (u82oZ)

431 >>Republicans are sitting around wondering why there is $5 on the nightstand and their ass hurts.

. . . and if NOW their voters will finally STFU and let them return to the 200's style GOPe.

They have no idea what time it is - they think the Left only wants to kill Trump and Charlie Kirk?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

432
The thing that makes me wonder about Texas is the fact that DataRepublican found that 55% of the votes cast were registered after 2024. That's either terrifying or insane and I'm not sure it's not both.

Posted by: American Hawkman at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (mttSW)

433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)

434 "397 name one policy or program proposed by Republicans over the last 10 years that exclusively benefited young men.

Everything is either women, seniors or minorities--they all need help. Those young men are on their own--but paying for everyone else.

A million anchor babies become eligible voters every year. What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Aug7T)
-----------------------

Crowder (I'm a fan of his fast-moving style, 'k?) hit on this point hard yesterday -

https://shorturl.fm/iPtXI (link to yesterdays show)

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (tTioD)

435 Oops - Clayton Williams lost to Richards; Clayton shot himself in the foot while on the campaign trail ... he used an unfortunate euphemism (involving rain and ...).

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (tTioD)

436 It’s almost laughable that some of you think we can move on from this. Texas is gone. Whether is was fraud that no one will address except decrying it online or the entire state embracing insanity, Texas as we have known it it over.

Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (WdMlw)

437 re: "433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that."

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)
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Yet - YET I'm required to provide ID every time I vote.

Chew on that.

PS. I did find that even an expired TX DL was acceptable as ID to vote ... that was for a yr and half, maybe 2 yrs, I used my truly expired TX DL as ID. What can I say - I bicycled everywhere for a couple yrs here in town at 69 - 71 yrs old. I was motivated to renew so I could keep my MC (motorcycle endorsement) current. I didn't want repeat that exercise again.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (tTioD)

438 @392

The Lear jet analogy. Yup. Terrifying.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (yOcCL)

439 re: "The thing that makes me wonder about Texas is the fact that DataRepublican found that 55% of the votes cast were registered after 2024. That's either terrifying or insane and I'm not sure it's not both."

Posted by: American Hawkman at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (mttSW) "
-----------------------

ALSO - someone explain this? From the GWP page I linked earlier https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA -

"James Talarico received more mail-in and early votes than Ken Paxton received in the entire election!"

DO newly 'registered' young voters (anchor babies) use 1) early voting or 2) mail-in voting to 3) the exclusion of election-day voting?

I have no answers, only questions ...

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (tTioD)

440 What is Thune getting blackmailed with?
A. dirty money
B. Something sexual
C. Both

Posted by: Truth at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (guCKp)

441 "48 39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application (and then going again the pick it up and drop it off for them). Dems have acres of 18-24 and 65+ volunteers and min wage hourly crew who do this for them.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Gb7+b)"

Doesn't matter if the dems can bullshit 20 million votes out of thin air after the polls close.

You are not voting your way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (G5zYf)

442 "Are There Any Honest Mathematicians in America Today?"

That's a hot one. For years it's all been blamed on English majors.
Now we're starting to realize just how easy it is to lie with numbers. Having salted the earth and left no stone on stone,
you've been had again.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (zdLoL)

443 The Jews vote democrat right down the line. They get what they deserve.

Posted by: godhelpus at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (tIMk5)

444 433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)
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Search result returns for the question: "Is ID required to register to vote in Texas?"

Ans: "Yes, Texas requires first-time voters to provide either a Texas driver's license number, a voter ID number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number when registering to vote."

Hmmmm ... I'm seeing where there may exist cracks in this procedure.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (tTioD)

445 Dems House totals keep going up
253 with ~ 25 seats to go

There is an excellent chance that the National Popular Interstate Popular Vote Compact will pass before the next POTUS.

ONLY 4 or 5 States All with Dem majority legislatures and governorships need to sign on
😁 Many citizens in both red and blue states will come out to vote if they feel their votes will really be counted

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (TGWo+)

446 I was unable to find any pics showing how large the OnThe were
I suspect really tiny those anti Jew rallies were
I suspect less than 2 dozen

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (TGWo+)

447 I see the next couple of years is going to be nothing but shitty news, badgering hate back and forth and BS just like before the elections just more of it now that the elections are over.

Posted by: Joe at November 06, 2026 11:12 AM (Uy/WF)

448 ' morning. Thanks, J.J.

That discriminatory, violent shithole Philly, yet my "ring county" is doing all it can to "become."

In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, both Swarthmore College & Haverford College have been at the center of major federal developments involving allegations of antisemitism:

U.S. Department of Education expanded a Title VI civil rights investigation into Swarthmore College. The escalation was triggered after an Instagram account for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) shared a video depicting an effigy (mannequin) of an Israeli soldier dressed in a uniform being doused with gasoline and set on fire. The video also displayed the phrase "Long live Al-Aqsa Flood," which is the name Hamas used for the October 7, 2023, attacks. Swarthmore College officials condemned the video, noting that the college had permanently revoked the student group's official campus affiliation.

In a separate federal case, a tenured associate professor of religion at Haverford College, was arrested and charged with federal cyberstalking. Federal prosecutors and the FBI accused him of using multiple anonymous social media accounts to send roughly 50 highly aggressive, hateful,

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

449 and anti-Semitic threatening messages to a target. Following investigation, Haverford College's administration placed him on administrative leave and barred him from entering the campus.

It's terrible, not new.

>While the established Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations covers an extensive list of protected classes, the county's recently enacted ordinance explicitly includes healthcare as a specific, standalone domain of protected enforcement alongside housing, employment, and public accommodations.

>Philadelphia was a national pioneer for "Ban the Box" (the Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards), first introducing it in 2011 and progressively strengthening it. By integrating identical provisions directly into its comprehensive human relations ordinance, Delaware County deliberately aligned itself with Philadelphia's model.

"This ensures that individuals with past criminal convictions have a fair shot at employment across county lines by restricting how early in the application process an employer can inquire about criminal history."

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

450 One of Philly's Ban the Box recipients - holding a job with the city's water department - recently killed one young police officer and shot a second.

Under Philadelphia’s Fair Chance Hiring Law—commonly known as "Ban the Box"—municipal and private employers are restricted in how they review criminal records. When the killer was hired, the law barred the city from considering convictions older than seven years or any arrests that did not lead to a conviction.

He had been acquitted of a prior road rage murder charge in 2023. No conviction, no disqualifier for employment.
DA Krasner now states the 2023 acquittal occurred because the initial murder investigation was deeply compromised by police misconduct, meaning Lewis "should not have been out."

Be a small, medium sized employer & try to successfully operate within those "legally" extended confines.

Let the city & its ring counties be governed by law firms, non-profit hospitals, plethora of environmental groups, & boards of health ALL well paid so they can live in fine neighborhoods. Then factor in for profit emergency services of their associates that must now be utilized.

Community Hubs, slowly then fast.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

451 What do I expect? The entire county was placed into a single congressional district alongside Southwest Philadelphia during the February 2018 court-ordered redistricting.

If not bad enough, every county town bordering and/or taking the industrial traffic volume from Philly port shipping areas & the local 'county port' suffers erosion of schools and housing values. (Good for housing the problems of Philly & illegals along the industrial highways.)

Republicans were culpable, too. They created White ghettos as barriers decades ago. Then they & the largely Democrat powerhouse towns legislated large housing lots for their towns, ringed by pleasant, open space for themselves.

Their iron-fisted, all for family & friends approach wore thin & got replaced more severely by the fancy Democrats who have always considered the occupants of the old mill towns undesirable/deplorable. (Hillary related it to MAGA, but it had encompassed some blue collar & all semi-government abled whites, blacks, biracial individuals of all races & many ethnicities for decades. Like O, she used words to separate us, with 'better educated' generations often buying it.)

The county just went D again.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 6 November 2026

Top Story

Well, that's dumb: A configuration flaw in certainly flavours of Linux - most of them uncommon but the list includes OpenWRT and Alpine - allows anyone to log in using SSH to account that explicitly forbid logins. (Bleeping Computer)

You can disable logins in several ways, one of which is to replace the password hash on the account with * - an invalid hash that can never match any password.

A patch to OpenSSH in 2016 made it always try to hash the password even though it knew there was no way it could match, to prevent sidechain attacks.

And then it all went wrong:
The problem is that the musl C library's crypt() function also returns * when password hashing fails, including when a submitted password exceeds its 256-byte limit.
Because null is too hard.
This means an attacker can submit an oversized password and cause OpenSSH to compare the returned * against the account's stored *, resulting in a successful login.
Ouch.

It isn't open season; the bug is more specific than that. But the default AWS template for Alpine Linux is affected.

Tech News

Well, that's dumb, and worthy of dismissal for cause: Several staffers at the White House are using personal electronic devices with VPN exit nodes running on them. (Krebs on Security)

A lot of paid services block known VPNs, so VPNs pay users to host exit nodes on their residential devices that aren't blocked.

Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded.
Oops: Paraguay just went bankrupt. (AP)

Or at least its largest bank did, holding accounts for 60% of the country's adult population. The crisis has the Paraguayan president's fingerprints all over it, and he's unlikely to survive. And I don't just mean politically.
Well, that's dumb, but also expected: Congressthing Yassamin Ansari has called for a ban on artificial superintelligence, something that doesn't exist and isn't even defined. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, that was easy. Why don't you ban unicorns while you're at it?
NASA has announced its X-70 experimental aircraft. (NASA)

With a computer-generated image shrouded in computer-generated mist.
The X-70 Fractal has a takeoff weight of 10,000 pounds and is designed to cruise at Mach .75.
Smol.

Also, slo.
Claude has been tuned to be less obstreperous when tasked with helping to create a game that resembles another game in some respects. (Tom's Hardware)

Direct copying of copyrighted stuff is still out - Anthropic doesn't want to get sued... Again - but referencing an existing game in a spec no longer triggers the restriction.
SpaceX plans to build more datacenter capacity over the next 18 months than Google. (Tom's Hardware)

To be clear, more than Google has, ever.
Relativity: My order from the local hardware store arrived. On a pallet. Half a ton of it. About (let's see) one and a half cubic yards of pine bark mulch, plus ten big bags of potting mix for Australian native plants which don't like the regular stuff, and various other gardeny items.

My knees hurt already.

Anyway, total cost was about the same as a 2TB SSD these days.

Also the rest of the plants I ordered online showed up. Not as tall as the ones I got previously but intact and healthy. Pink and purple bottlebreesh included.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: One way ticket to a Mobius strip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Present!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (lgmVC)

2 NEVER use password authentication in SSH. Use pre-generated keys.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (O7YUW)

3 Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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YOU LIE!

slap-slap

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (lgmVC)

4 Insomnia sucks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (s2iZv)

5 Insomnia sucks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (s2iZv)
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You should write a book about it. You've already given us the title.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:08 AM (lgmVC)

6 . A math professor from Florida reflects on Philippians 4:6-7 and A small act of kindness:

https://tinyurl.com/5yuhpex4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:09 AM (JrHfD)

7 Saw a terrible but funny joke online...

Q: Why are there no Mexican Olympics?

A: Because everyone that can run, jump, or swim has already crossed the border.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:10 AM (l3cgK)

8 I took Millard, the kitten in to be neutered . I got a sheet of instructions, but he is not following them. He’s not supposed to go upstairs. He did. He's not supposed to be jumping up on things. He jumped on the sofa. He's supposed to have several days of rest. Nope, although he's taking more naps . This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:15 AM (JrHfD)

9 Further, here's some of my changes to OpenSSH's config file in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no

(Don't want anyone able to directly shell into root via ssh.)

StrictModes yes

(Make sure the user hasn't done something stupid like leaving their ssh keys world writable)

PasswordAuthentication no

Password authentication is denied. You need a pre-generated public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys that matches the private key of the person trying to connect, or you can just pound salt, Skippy.

PermitEmptyPasswords no

Duh, of course.

ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

This is one sometimes missed. If the public key doesn't work for any reason, if this is turned on, if this is 'yes', SSH will fall through to asking for a password. NO!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:16 AM (O7YUW)

10 @8/FenelonSpoke: This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

*snorts*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:17 AM (O7YUW)

11 Astronaut spent many days in space. What he saw pointed him back to God , the creator, and the Bible. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/aum32787

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:19 AM (JrHfD)

12 That SSH exploit requires password authentication to be enabled, hence why I'm real happy I got Draconian with my configuration files a long time ago.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:21 AM (O7YUW)

13 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting the the Lord.

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (KVjz6)

14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

15 14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

A Klein Bottle would be terrible for drinking beer from...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:24 AM (l3cgK)

16 The best security is running an absolute potato with nothing of any value on it.

It's served me well all my life, at least.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:25 AM (aKiSo)

17 15 14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

A Klein Bottle would be terrible for drinking beer from...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:24 AM (l3cgK)

Great way to get non-orientable, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:28 AM (aKiSo)

18 @Pixy: "Anyway, total cost was about the same as a 2TB SSD these days."

So you're broke, massively in debt, and are now an indentured servant for the rest of your life.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:30 AM (O7YUW)

19 "How much have you had to drink tonight, sir?"

"Just one glass."

"How big was the glass?"

"I have to plead the fifth."

"You don't need to plead the fifth amendment, sir, this is just a traffic stop."

"No, not the fifth amendment. Chapter 5 of Burkhoff and MacLane."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:33 AM (aKiSo)

20 Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (KVjz6)

Thanks and may God bless you and all here. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:34 AM (JrHfD)

21 There really is a kind of bell curve with regards to religiosity versus scientific expertise, isn't there?

If you know absolutely nothing about how the universe works, you naturally want to ascribe everything that happens to some kind of supernatural forces. If you know just a bit about it, you think "Look at me, I know things, I don't need stupid myths to explain the world".

Then if you really dig in and get to the nitty gritty of how the universe is built, you go right back to having to believe that nothing at all makes sense without some kind of divine power in play, because every discovery you make just pushes the question further back and muddles your perception of what the meaning of "is" even is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:41 AM (aKiSo)

22 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 04:44 AM (byWhc)

23 There is a game idea I've been tossing around for many years. A favorite early 80s (same board as Pac-man) arcade machine from NAMCO that never got a sequel, Bosconian. For some reason, NAMCO hates this game and often pretends it never existed, leaving out of retro collections even though it is a tiny ROM using the same emulator as many other machines.

I've wanted to do a sequel that would add bosses to the game built from the existing battle stations. They'd join together to form much more formidable enemies, even taking on animalistic forms. This would mean adding scaling to the design, which would be easily enable by doing it in 3D with a flattened Z plane. (Kind of like how Futurama was made.) This would also open the possibility of reimagining the game in a full 3D setting.

I've gotten interested in possibly pursuing this again now that much or most of the heavy lifting can be automated. It doesn't have to be high quality code since it's expanding a 45 year old game on modern hardware.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 06, 2026 04:45 AM (/0z9K)

24 Well, that's dumb, and worthy of dismissal for cause: Several staffers at the White House are using personal electronic devices with VPN exit nodes running on them. (Krebs on Security)

A lot of paid services block known VPNs, so VPNs pay users to host exit nodes on their residential devices that aren't blocked.

Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded.

I don't use a VPN but if I did I'd turn that feature off no matter how much they paid me.

The last thing I want is my IP to show up on a list because some dickhead was using a VPN to surf child porn and my IP was the unlucky one that was his endpoint that day.

No way I'm allowing random people all over the world to use my IP.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:50 AM (6ydKt)

25 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

26 How big does a black hole have to get for it to explode because that’s what they want us to believe. The pointy heads now think black holes evaporate over 10^100 years.

Posted by: Accomack at November 06, 2026 05:02 AM (Dpv2s)

27 Re Klein bottles and such. Of late, I've gotten into differential geometry mostly due to some GR/spacetime interests, and I began to appreciate topology and some things clicked in my brain that I hadn't realized before.

Topology is truly the supreme law of the land. There is great flexibility in the geometry of a manifold, but the topology puts fundamental constraints on it, and most importantly the very physics that can exist on that manifold, that space.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at November 06, 2026 05:02 AM (w6EFb)

28 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers. It's Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Had a fairly lucid dream from the mid-'90s on how to get all the data from people applying to graduate school into digital format. In real life I did something like it, creating an Access database and typing in the *enrolled* students' data so we could produce pay forms for Payroll for them. This dream was more like, "The Grad School has already put these applicants into the mainframe. If I could search and pull up a link, the committee at my department should be able to click on that link." But in the dream, the search could not find not everybody they had entered. It looked like I'd have to photocopy all 620 (?) of our applications. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:03 AM (56Qyq)

29 https://sshhole.com/

A really nice scrollable explanation of the SSH vulnerability, showing how the pieces of it were implemented over time, and how they came together to form the actual problem.

At the end is a "See for yourself" demonstration piece where you can paste in (or type in) passwords to see how the password hashing looks behind the scenes for both Debian and Alpine linux, and at 256 characters things still work, but type that last character in and go to 257, and... well...

Whoops. Whoopsie!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

30 66 F., humidity high of course, but wind very mild. Perfect workout conditions. If I go today I can skip tomorrow, or so I tell myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:06 AM (56Qyq)

31 Yesterday was Guy Fawkes Day. Anybody celebrate? "A penny for the Guy"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:07 AM (56Qyq)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 06, 2026 05:08 AM (Hbeqj)

33 w00t late

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

35 >>>
Smol.
Also, slo.

Also, lo.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

37 @33/m: "w00t late"

So was Pixy, by 4 minutes, but he hasn't admitted it yet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

38 A lot of fun is being made on X about forcing Arabic numerals on our school children.

Some retards even take it seriously. But most are enjoying the joke.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 05:18 AM (LOvBA)

39 This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

Fen, just accept that Millard has his own way of doing things. Good luck.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 05:21 AM (svLOV)

40 80s Disco in Moscow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQ-4QdoKOE

Posted by: meh at November 06, 2026 05:22 AM (EkJwg)

41 37 @33/m: "w00t late"

So was Pixy, by 4 minutes, but he hasn't admitted it yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

The truth is here:

https://ai.mee.nu

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Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

42 Coffee is not waking me up as it normally does. I shoulda gone back to sleep after my dream. An extra forty-five minutes would have been nice. Guess I'll catch up this p.m.

This morning Miss Linda wants to go to the nearby food bank/thrift store. I was *almost* hoping she'd want to go to one of those lunch/lectures today at my previous employer. Why? Because we could take the HOV lanes to the other side, and while there, visit the uptown location of the local pipe/cigar shop. With the bridge's roadwork (expected to take eighteen months) jamming traffic, there is no way I'm using that bridge at any time of the day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:24 AM (56Qyq)

43 38 A lot of fun is being made on X about forcing Arabic numerals on our school children.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 05:18 AM (LOvBA)

; )

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

44 I took Millard, the kitten in to be neutered . I got a sheet of instructions, but he is not following them. He’s not supposed to go upstairs. He did. He's not supposed to be jumping up on things. He jumped on the sofa. He's supposed to have several days of rest. Nope, although he's taking more naps . This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026

***
He's living his best furry thug life!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:26 AM (56Qyq)

45 Fen, was Millard able to come home the same day?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (56Qyq)

46 36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

shush, sheesh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

47 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (56Qyq

Yes. We dropped him off at :8:00 at picked him up at 4:00.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:35 AM (JrHfD)

48 Re: my 42, looks like the HOV lanes are closed this weekend anyway.

A sensible city, when it must block an entire lane of a bridge used by tons of people every day, would turn the HOV lanes into a replacement city-bound-only lane for the duration of the work. Not that many people use the HOV lanes coming out of the city in the afternoons; few would be inconvenienced, whereas thousands are going to be stuck in traffic for an hour every day. But nooooo . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:39 AM (56Qyq)

49 “Digital lender”. I guess they aren’t called banks any longer. Depositors in Paraguay are (supposedly) insured up to $38,000. Maybe. We’ll see. Anything above and beyond that, well…
——
Sleep is funny. Sometimes I wake up feeling perfectly refreshed. Except, inconveniently enough it’s only 2:30 AM. Time to get up, since another few hours of sleep will have me feel like I had a stroke or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 05:39 AM (xtYJY)

50 Yes. We dropped him off at :8:00 at picked him up at 4:00.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026

***
He'll have forgotten the whole thing before long.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:40 AM (56Qyq)

51 Sleep is funny. Sometimes I wake up feeling perfectly refreshed. Except, inconveniently enough it’s only 2:30 AM. Time to get up, since another few hours of sleep will have me feel like I had a stroke or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026

***
Yeah; sometimes five hours is all I need to feel a little wired (well, that and coffee), whereas six and a half may leave me feeling off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:42 AM (56Qyq)

52 Cats don't take instructions well

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

53 The upsides are the bug didn't use 4 and it's only 10 years old.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 05:49 AM (SjUC4)

54 52 Cats don't take instructions well
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

They TAKE instructions ok. They just don't follow them.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

55 Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

lol. That's true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:59 AM (JrHfD)

56 Who wants the job of informing Congressidiot Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) that Guam is at risk of tipping over and has been at risk since 2010?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:00 AM (SjUC4)

57 Cats have not proven useful for pulling sleds.

They should try the Iditarod with kitties! Make it interesting

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:03 AM (xtYJY)

58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

59 Cats don't take instruction, they take sausages from your plate when you're not looking, then growl at you from the corner of the room, while eating the sausage as fast as they can.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

60 58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

h8er

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

61 Looks like raiin for my little road trip

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

62 Sausage-snitching kitties are members of the E-4 mafia:

Strategically
Transfer
Eats to an
Alternate
Location

(hat-tip and apologies to The Fat Electrician)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

63 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (RIvkX)

64 59 Cats don't take instruction, they take sausages from your plate
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

From whose plate??!!!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (odBC9)

65 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I'd like two pickets to Tittsburgh, please.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)

66 60 58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

h8er
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

h8er h8er Common Tater

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

67 @64/m: "From whose plate??!!!"

Do you have sausages on your plate? Do you have a kitty in your house?

If you answered yes to both of these questions, you have your answer!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

69
This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

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

Cat says "I got neutered, not tutored."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (mmrXZ)

70 Au Contraire !!

Cats would have good utility in the Yukon, keeping cabins free from mice and other vermin. Them little bastiges can drive people crazy, I’m convinced.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (xtYJY)

71 It's MINE now human, let me explain this to you:

https://youtu.be/cs3BqTHypDg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

72 68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

Macron?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

73 80s Disco in Moscow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQ-4QdoKOE
Posted by: meh at November 06, 2026 05:22 AM (EkJwg)
====

In 2014

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

74 Macron?
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)
=====

No - think 'Senator-elect'

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

75 "Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded."

"The proxy tracking company Synthient said...the activity it saw coming from AS2650 was related to multiple Windows 11 installations of a service called Infatica... Infatica’s founder Vladimir Fomenko is a Russian man whose hosting firm King Servers was home to six of the eight internet addresses used by Russia’s state security services to compromise databases for election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016."

This should be good for about a year and a half of star chamber investigations by the incoming congressional communists.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (SjUC4)

76 @68 he has to referring to Newsom
Morning Horde thx Pixy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (8VNAp)

77
The above comment about black hole "evaporation" via Hawking radiation nerd sniped me and I had to start reading on that for the last hour or so. I've always been bothered by that.

All I can say is it's complicated as hell. It "works" but in ways that are both right and wrong at the same time. It's called "Black Hole Complementarity". You can look that up. Two views that are mutually contradictory but yet are equivalent.....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (w6EFb)

78 76 @68 he has to referring to Newsom
Morning Horde thx Pixy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (8VNAp)

74 No - think 'Senator-elect'
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:18 AM (odBC9)

79 Whenever Carolla refers to Newsom, he never fails to mention that Newsom is a "sociopath."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:19 AM (RIvkX)

80 You'll need a 1/6 scale A10 w/turbines and a thermal setup

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (LOZbR)

81 68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

Senator-elect
male
pompous
arrogant
douche
factory-made to piss off Adam Carolla

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)

82 Hint: "from his bracelets to his tight black t-shirts..."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

83 Saw Adam at a comedy club few weeks ago

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

84 Scott Galloway is unAmerican.

He compares Elon Musk to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. "We put them up against a wall."

No, dummy. They got the Chair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

85 82 Hint: "from his bracelets to his tight black t-shirts..."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (RIvkX)\

.........

Guessing that Wiener dude

Posted by: Molly k. at November 06, 2026 06:24 AM (iL1eb)

86 Saw Adam at a comedy club few weeks ago
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)
=====

I remembered but I didn't see any report!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

87 Oh wait he's not a senator

Posted by: Molly k. at November 06, 2026 06:25 AM (iL1eb)

88 Anthony Constantino (NY)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)

89 The good news about the Paraguay Bank going belly up is that the currency there is the Guarani which are sort of like phoney pesos and are mostly worthless. The exchange rate is about 6180 to 1 USD.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:29 AM (SjUC4)

90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

91 Anthony Constantino (NY)

@mtracey
This man just got elected to Elise Stefanik's seat in far Upstate NY

(𝕏 video on the Quick Hits thread yesterday)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

92 Constantino was featured on Gutfeld last night iirc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

93 Adam carolla has to be referencing Senator-elect Suicide Vest. What did I win besides 72 used virgins?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (SjUC4)

94 90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

Well, that's good.

I got so bored with the 2:42 clip of AC rapping (posted on the Quick Hits thread yesterday) that I quit watching it at about 15 seconds in.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

95 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg gave some Uranium bomb secrets to the Russians, executed by electric chair.........and thevpatron saints of soviet era communism

t00t

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:37 AM (LOZbR)

96 mornin yall. Best policy is to assume everyone is retarded unless they can demonstrate otherwise.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)

97 72 used virgins........I'm sure there is a market for used real dolls

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (LOZbR)

98 https://pjmedia.com/why is a man accused of fraud in helping run election machines

Well we know why, and to me it's computer hacking that's the biggest threat.

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Ia/+0)

99 mornin yall. Best policy is to assume everyone is retarded unless they can demonstrate otherwise.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)
-----------
Retardation uber alles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)

100 94 90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

Well, that's good.

I got so bored with the 2:42 clip of AC rapping (posted on the Quick Hits thread yesterday) that I quit watching it at about 15 seconds in.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

Ok, I just watched it all the way through.
Yowza.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

101 Adam carolla has to be referencing Senator-elect Suicide Vest. What did I win besides 72 used virgins?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (SjUC4)
=====

No winning in this situation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

102 Elf Sayed

hahahahahaha

Uh-oh, can I say that?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:40 AM (odBC9)

103 Elf Sayed and James Talarico walk into a room. ...
That room being the Senate chambers.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

104 *Talafreako

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

105

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 06, 2026 06:44 AM (b22fE)

106 Hey, Hillary! from the Quick Hits:

Overton
@overton_news
This is embarrassing.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is on CNN, complaining to Anderson Cooper about her 2016 debate against President Trump.

TEN YEARS LATER, she's still rehashing the debate and explaining what she wishes she had said to Trump.

CLINTON: "You know, one thing I thought about was just like, you know, turn on him really fast and say; 'back up, you creep! You're not going to intimidate me!'"

"I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."

"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."

This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)

107 I am hearing a lot of sturm und drang from people on site about this Jew hate parade in Philadelphia scheduled this weekend. If the city lets it happen, there will likely be violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

108 The Soviets would have been able to develop an atomic bomb on their own.

But the spies at Los Alamos and the Rad Lab provided crucial, immeasurable info and design data and techniques that shaved off several years and saved millions of rubles. Similar with the “Super” or hydrogen weapon.

The Soviets had a serious espionage network starting in the 1920s. Their goal wasn’t just defense or military, anything and everything to do with technology, consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing. They were thieves extraordinary.

During the war their nexus was the air force base Great Falls, Montana. They shipped out tons of documents, blueprints, via “diplomatic pouch” ha ha. Also brought in lots of spies there too.

Rosenburgs were given the DP for espionage, in hopes they would name names. They decided to become martyrs for the cause. Judge Kaufman was correct. Think of all those folks killed in South Korea during the war. Uncle Joe would not have green lighted that invasion without the bomb. Assholes.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (f9G9D)

109 I don't understand people who look happy in their mug shots. Retarded, I guess.

Updated link in nic.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

110 This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)
=====

I enjoy when she wallows in her failure. It demonstrates that it still triggers her and this pleases me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

111 Well, work beckons for another day. I'm off.

Try not to let the kitties steal your breakfast sausages, and if they do, at least try to capture a humorous video of it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

112 Slow steady rain
Off to war, will try and pop in sometime
Haveca great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)

113 111 Try not to let the kitties steal your breakfast sausages
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

*Whose* breakfast sausages???!!!??

--the kitties

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:52 AM (odBC9)

114 X-70 "rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore aircraft maneuverability in ways never before demonstrated in crewed flight."

Apparently they've been trying it out in Florida thunderstorms.
That one sure reconfigured rapidly.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (zdLoL)

115 I'm guessing that the dems are charging Elon with being rich and white without a license.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (svLOV)

116 We were all looking forward to a huge beef brisket at a buddies house one time at a party. He had it done to perfection (I’m told) and resting on the kitchen counter.

His Brittany spaniel inhaled it. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ra0c)

117 There is no room for someone like Elon in modern America. Atlas will shrug.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

118 116 We were all looking forward to a huge beef brisket at a buddies house one time at a party. He had it done to perfection (I’m told) and resting on the kitchen counter.

His Brittany spaniel inhaled it. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ra0c)

oops

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

119 115 I'm guessing that the dems are charging Elon with being rich and white without a license.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (svLOV)

- happy
- manic
- insane

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

120 *cut and paste fail!!!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

121 109 I don't understand people who look happy in their mug shots. Retarded, I guess.

Updated link in nic.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

- happy
- manic
- insane

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

122 This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)
=====

I enjoy when she wallows in her failure. It demonstrates that it still triggers her and this pleases me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX

Al Bundy once scored 4 touchdowns in one game for Polk High!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:00 AM (LQ1/y)

123 117 There is no room for someone like Elon in modern America. Atlas will shrug.
Posted by: fd

“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck.” - Robert Heinlein

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2026 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

124 Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

That will never fail to make me laugh.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (svLOV)

125 124 Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

That will never fail to make me laugh.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (svLOV)

Failed presidential candidate Hillary! Clinton

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (odBC9)

126 BBC

Global tech stocks plunge as US AI slowdown fears spread to Asia and Europe markets

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:04 AM (odBC9)

127 125. I thought the only exclamation point after a name was Jeb!

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (svLOV)

128 127 125. I thought the only exclamation point after a name was Jeb!
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (svLOV)

We have to spread the love around.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

129 46 36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

shush, sheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

goose, geese
moose, meese

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

130 Nood JJS

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 07:18 AM (56Qyq)

131 Anto Patrex (r/aw)

@antopatrex1
officially moving our office out of downtown SF after 12 months on Market Street.

a space that incubated over 100 startups just a few years ago is down to fewer than 10 teams today.

the physical reality of working here took a heavy toll. getting chased down the sidewalk by an aggressive bulldog. a close friend rushed to urgent care with severe bite wounds after another attack. 20+ street dog encounters, shattered car glass on every block, and another friend struck in the head by a stranger while standing in line for dinner.

startups require total obsession with product and execution. a team cannot build the future when everyday survival consumes half their focus between the transit stop and the front door.

San Francisco is still home, and we are relocating to a neighborhood where people can walk to lunch without fearing for their physical safety.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

132 Congressthing Yassamin Ansari has called for a ban on artificial superintelligence

Democrats love to ban undefined things. (Eg: 'assault weapons') That way they can re-define what's banned at any point in the future without having to have a vote on it.

Posted by: Socratease at November 06, 2026 11:30 AM (ORSFN)

133 Mulch in Australia, you say? It's hidey-places for all the critters who already want to kill you. I say pave everything and keep a flamethrower handy, there are pictures of plants in the interwebs

Posted by: DocCreep at November 07, 2026 07:35 AM (w9mlx)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 5, 2026

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to the Thursday ONT! Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

***

Post-election Mini-rant

🚨🚨🚨The 2026 midterms should NOT be certified!!!!
Audit of the vote!!!!
Forensic Audit the machines!!!
— Mike Engleman🇺🇲 (@RealHickory) November 5, 2026

Call me a conspiracy theorist and make fun of my tin foil hat. But I refuse to believe anything about the 2026 mid-term elections - except probably Florida - was anywhere close to what we've been told. The math just aint mathing, as the expression goes.

Absolutely no one believes this shit. Like, no one. https://t.co/6jqzrrTstT
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) November 5, 2026

There is 0% chance that every single county in Kansas shifted blue. ZERO PERCENT CHANCE https://t.co/xWs5aAa2a4
— MissNFL (@miss_nfl_) November 4, 2026

What are the chances of nearly every single county going more democrat in a state trump won by 14 points? https://t.co/7n3bdhx4N3
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 5, 2026

All 21 states. All 1,799 counties. Every one shifted blue. IMPOSSIBLE folks. https://t.co/wgAHMmF7iF
— Vitruvius Republic 🇺🇸 (@realMAG1775) November 5, 2026

Republican votes stayed the same.
Democrats materialized 20 million new votes. https://t.co/tfPjqmh6uf
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) November 5, 2026

This is even more difficult to believe than Biden's 81 million votes. There is just no way. And with few exceptions, vote totals were determined on election night!

I truly hope the rumors of Trump having some master 8-D chess move up his sleeve are true. Something about Executive Orders and Hegseth mobilizing troops of some sort. Supposedly being intentionally quiet and vague but ready to unleash some kind of kraken. Maybe I spend too much time on X, and maybe I'm naive. Maybe this will turn out just like 2020 and "nothing will happen". Maybe. Probably. But I will hold out hope that SOMETHING will be done to expose the massive amount of election shenanigans that continue to occur cycle after cycle. This is 3rd world, banana republic stuff. It HAS to end some way, somehow.

They called it a wave. Waves have a shape. This has a signature.
25 points in Texas. 24 in Iowa. 22 in South Carolina. 21 in Kansas. The redder the state, the deeper the swing � while actual swing states barely moved.
That�s not how voters work. That�s the tell.
Buckle up. This is just getting started. 🔥 🇺🇸 🫡 #TRUMP2028
— Lunakye (@lunakye_world) November 4, 2026

Anyway - that's all I have for you tonight. Call me whatever you want. I refuse to accept the results as legitimate.

Mini-rant over.

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If only El Rushbo were still with us

It is never time to panic. It may be time to evaluate and strategize like never before, but it is not time to panic. https://t.co/XiP73udUBP
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) November 4, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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1 1st?

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (47diA)

2 Howdy

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (yEz+x)

3 That is an exact representation of how the Ds want the flag.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Know who won the election?
Do a comparative analysis of
the numbers back to ~2010.

Chairman Xi won the election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

5 top 100?

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 05, 2026 10:02 PM (3PgqR)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (7EgNJ)

7 Know who won the election?
Do a comparative analysis of
the numbers back to ~2010.

Chairman Xi won the election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (bFq8h)

8 Nooded. Read the content.

Thanks for the rant AND the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (47diA)

9 Doof Enterprises, LLC, most excellent presentation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:05 PM (6T7Go)

10 Evenin' Doof. Howdy Horde!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (kOluj)

11 i'm not saying it's fraud, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably NOT a hippopotamus....

but it won't matter to the quislings in the GOP. they'll counsel PDJT to wait and it's not the time and we shouldn't do it and then join the commies to 'protect our precious democracy'....

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (3PgqR)

12 Nah.

I hadn't focused on the fraud possibilities (outside the obvious usual suspects like Wayne County MI).

But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns. Obvious suspect reason for that. But that's what I'd like to see for this cycle, nationally.

Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)

13 Nooded. Read the content.

Thanks for the rant AND the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (47diA)

YW. Tin foil hats available while supplies last.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

14 Willowed from the previous thread :

121 Russell Brand error was he became conservative and a Christian.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:39 PM (2gbgu)

No, Russell Brand's error is that he's an entitled scumbag who likes rape and thinks he can get away with it. Maybe he will wind up in prison, on the other end of the dick.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (X5Jzz)

15 Good evening morons И спасибо, Дуф.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

16 Maybe this will turn out just like 2020 and "nothing will happen".

Yeah. Nothing will happen.

Buy ammo. These motherfuckers are cumming for us.

(Deliberate mis-spelling)

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

17 The Federal Burro of Instigation

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)

18 Yes - nice musical choice. I am told I attended a Yes concert at the old Richfield Coliseum. I was further told I had an excellent time.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (7EgNJ)

19 Jesus Christ....

can we please stop with the Steiner will come shit?

The last time this came up even though no one in my famiy was no where near DC b/c someone in my circle has a TS and made a facebook post telling an Antifa person to go fuck themselves during the buildup to J6 and that Rittenhouse did nothing wrong we all got to play dreamdate with an interviewer for six hours each......

for the love of God.... the GOP cannot find its balls to tell Massie to go fuck himself how will they find their balls to explain that there are not really 20 million vote swings in mail ins all the time with forensic evidence?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (Int1s)

20 Howdy
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (yEz+x)

Howdy to you too!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

21 Idaho stayed solid red everywhere save some Boise shit shows as expected.

Even blue island Moscow home of the communists at U of I went red first time.

Why were we spared the weirdness?

Solid voter eligibility measures? Yes?

Posted by: Derak at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (HO+k7)

22 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

23 Went to the new Godzilla movie tonight. It was OK. As with most of the Japanese Big G movies, too much time was spent on meetings and speeches.
But I did see a trailer for a movie called Zero BC about Jesus. The trailer got somewhat explicit about Herod's murdering of Jewish infants. Democrats are already calling it "the feel-good scene of this holiday season."

Posted by: Wally at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (CyHFo)

24 "Buckle up MAGA Patriots, this shit is just getting started."

Let's hope so.

Posted by: Rex B at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sdSI9)

25 But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

Posted by: rhomboid

No matter the findings.. . . "No standing"

-- SCOTUS

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (7EgNJ)

26 Righteous rant, Disco. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sGzLm)

27 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

28 14 Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (X5Jzz)

Russel Brand's error is he is not "Asian."

Is he a scumball?

Yes, were it my daughter would I have tried to strangle him?

Also yes....

Is this because he went against Labour?

Also yes....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Int1s)

29 We need proof if there was foul play.

Otherwise, we are being sore losers. The Republicans didn’t do shit for us with majorities. The Iran war. The Epstein files. High prices.

Even though Trump won on closing the border, we lost because it was framed as being “mean and heartless.” Not to mention racist.

HOW DID THEY CHEAT? Show me the forensic evidence. Otherwise we need to do better.

And if it WAS a cheat, wtf were we not prepared? Are the Dems that smart and sneaky? Do we not have techie guys smart enough to be looking for every manner of shit? Why did we not expect every manner of cheat? Did they invent some new technology?

Or did folks just get pissed. I’m pissed. I didn’t vote for democrats. But I’m pissed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

30 Can someone tell me why Alaska is stuck at about 75% counting for a few days? Can't find anything online.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (47diA)

31 Unfortunately, there's no real way to prove the cheat other than statistical improbabilities.

In the meantime, we are proper f**ked for at least a decade, maybe more, as the whole we've been put in is vast.

And the counting isn't finished yet, we may lose a couple of more senators and perhaps a dozen more reps.

Pouring another bourbon and pondering the future.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (XV/Pl)

32 Massive, massive + in Dem turnout, but only in red states?

Now, perhaps all GOTV was focused there, accounting for the discrepancy, or some of it.

But I doubt any midterm has seen a *40%* increase in votes for one party in consecutive mid-terms.

But all these numbers are available. Election nerds can do the historical numbers easily.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (U/Byj)

33 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

It's not that they turned blue - it's that EVERY one tilted toward the Dems. In other words, Dem votes increased while Repub votes decreased. In EVERY county. In multiple states. MANY states.

RIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHT

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

34 They're making an example of Brand.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:11 PM (bFq8h)

35 Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)
====

I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

36
Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

37 12 Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)

The donks are cheating, they have cheated my whole life they brag about cheating. I grew up in the ghetto well "suburban ghetto" but ghetto nonetheless, they played organizing games there even in the 80s....they marched us kids and used us as door hangers on state welfare money under Dick Dick Celeste in the 80s....that is Mayberry by modern standards.

Hell remember Joe the Plumber....that was down the road in Dayton where a Montgomery County Courts worker misused the system to drop dime on him.....they are "stopping Hitler" the courts including the conservative SCotUS people are allowing the antics for whatever reason.

None of this stops until the judges are cowed into calling balls and strikes or absent that the donks are forced into the batters box.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:14 PM (Int1s)

38 Hahahaha!

Fruck you!

Posted by: Chairman Xi at November 05, 2026 10:14 PM (bFq8h)

39 Franpsycho I was wondering why she wouldn't make some statement on election monitoring. She I think was either head honcho or close on the federal monitoring effort, lots of words about this from her and others in the run-up to this week.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (U/Byj)

40 One of the impacts to R/D voting in Oklahoma this year was the pitiful R governor candidate. He won but is not the finest human being they could have put up. Amongst friends, I predicted the margin of victory for him would be less than previous R winners. Could the D have won? Yes but there aren't enough Ds in OKC and Tulsa and the university towns.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

41 I think our side lost. And lost big.

I think their side will fuck it up. Again. And we will regain some losses in 2028. But we lost this time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

42 A fax to Jesus:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqk-jcxGfw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (6T7Go)

43 Righteous rant, Disco. Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sGzLm)

Yo, Doggo! Thanks for stopping by

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

44 Great. Get mad. But, do you really think the courts will allow anything to change?

No. No they will not. They would fear for their lives, if they overturned the election.

The Rs don't want to win. They just want to eat the slop at the trough.

Only Trump and a few others care about regular Americans. Most of the GOP do not.

We will have to eat what we're served for a time. Don't expect help from anyone but ourselves.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Evenin' Doof. Howdy Horde!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (kOluj)

Howdy MKC

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

46 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Posted by: Isaiah 40:31 at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (4NO2D)

47 10 years. Feh.

This is it. It was going to happen in '28, anyway - we're running hot - but we don't turn this around. The young are now in charge of the country. By the time this shakes out, there isn't an America to make great again.

For better or worse, it'll be something new & different.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (BI5O2)

48 About 43 above, I considered NOT filling in a block on the governor's race but squinted hard and did so anyway. That may make me like some D voter. Pathetic!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

49 23 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

Not all counties went blue, but every outcome had a higher percentage of blue votes. Hypothetical e.g., a district that voted 60% republican in 2024 voted 55% republican in 2026. So the "blues" might have lost in some areas, but not by as much as they did before.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (Hd1lH)

50 There are 3 governorships for grabs next year.

Posted by: GOP at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (AKptf)

51 Maybe everyone got fooled by the immigration enforcement and deportations, and the new DOJ and talk of election monitors and all that, and thought fraud wouldn't be a thing this time. And then the narrative fed into how unpopular certain things were, and then voila, it all happened just like that, and everyone just said, yep, and shuffled away.

If the Democrats cheated before, didn't really get caught or punished, why would they stop? It's not the whole reason for the election results, but it was certainly part of it. And a part of the color revolution to come.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (QaH55)

52 Thanks for the ONT, Sir Doof!

Interesting artwork up top. Unbeaten and unbowed.

The more I hear about skeezy vote totals and shifts, the more firmly I affix my tin foil hat. I truly hope that if shenanigans are found to have occurred, they will be punished swiftly and fully. No way those Texas numbers are real without illegals voting. No way.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

53 off/

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (AKptf)

54 Whitesnake…now that I’m almost 29, I think they were overrated. But back when I was -18 or 20, they were the shit!
I like the legs in the video, but wanted more guitar with the violin bow.
I always thought that was pretty awesome.

Posted by: Gunslinger at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (N91F8)

55 20 million new votes overall in 4 years is only 5 million a year.

How many of these voters are newly minted democrat socialist 18-22 year olds?
How many are pissed off voters who did not bother to vote in 2022?
How many are new illegals in deep blue states?

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

56 46 Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

Nice ONT Doof, and nothing personal I understand the desire for a deus ex machina....

the Steiner will Come was on my old then Twitter now X feed....and Jesus....

the GOP is a a triple interlocking mutual con game it seems...and I am just about ready to be like Claudius during Caligula's reign and as often as possible to hide on my estate and feed the pigs.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Int1s)

57 I saw Yes in Madison Sq Garden in '78? '79?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

58 58 Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

Democrats have people voting FOR registered democrats using mail in ballots the voters never even have to touch....I'd bet my life on it.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (Int1s)

59 The main thing that gives me hope for 2028 is that the Democrats want to kill or imprison their political opponents, and they are incapable of hiding that.

It's going to be witch-hunts all the way in Congress, and I don't think that gets them votes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (aD4fx)

60 But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns. Obvious suspect reason for that. But that's what I'd like to see for this cycle, nationally.

Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM

Biden's Presidential win also broke every single pattern for the usual Republican/Democrat pendulum as regards bellwether counties, etc.

The extra 20,000,000 Democrat voters for the mid-terms coming out for to vote against high gas prices compared to their comparably lower turn-out when the "Orange Nazi" was on the ballot is also quite stinky.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (HlyYF)

61 He too needs to be excommunicated and told to caucus with the Democrats. Fuck that worthless prick.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

Isn't he out of a job come January?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 I think our side lost. And lost big.

I think their side will fuck it up. Again. And we will regain some losses in 2028. But we lost this time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

I truly don't think our side lost big. I think the evidence is there somewhere. But like this clip from Better Call Saul - "there's proving, and then there's knowing"

https://youtu.be/t6AnQueIDm8

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

63 "I think their side will fuck it up."

Well not sure what that even means for Dems. Their "base" is enormous, nationally, and almost entirely robotic and tribal. Performance, personality, totally irrelevant (look at the outlandishly bad candidates who won, some massively, this week - it's jaw-dropping). Only party ID.

The Dems in Congress will be unable to do much of import, if anything, given Trump's veto pen. So no actual thing will have their name on it.

This will make precisely zero difference in 2 years in terms of Dem turnout. Simply irrelevant. Remember Trump is in the WH only because of "Trump only" voters, infrequent voters, who provided his margins in several places, including states where no GOP prez candidate has won in *40* years.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (U/Byj)

64 60 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

It all goes back to the Luap Nor cult and our refusing to fumigate the party then.....

and I wasted the best years of my life giving a shit when I could have been blowing that money on a spare house on the beach.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (Int1s)

65 23 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM

LRob, that stat is turned "bluer" than before, not flipped. (If that helps?)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (HlyYF)

66 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (byWhc)

67 I saw Yes in Madison Sq Garden in '78? '79?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM

I saw them on that tour with the three headed turtle skeleton thing hanging overhead. Maybe 1975, or 4, somewhere around there. I was pretty baked so my memory of it is not the best.

Wait ... unless I'm thinking of ELP.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (4NO2D)

68 I don't believe that shift blue chart. Now it's true more Democrats showed up to vote this election but that doesn't mean they shifted the states.
Alabama replaced a Republican US Senator with another Republican. Of the US House of Reps. Alabama has 7 Reps and 5 of the 7 are Republicans. Our retired Governor was replaced with a Republican. Not as many Republicans showed up to vote but enough did to keep our state in Republican hands. I know, I was one of them.🙂

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (En+fz)

69 Yeah, I suspect this is a new steal by the DNC, they're a bit more subtle compared to 2020, they've adapted and found new ways to rig elections.

I don't see anyone contesting or suing or even shouting. Especially no one in the GOPe. So it seems like the Uniparty strikes again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (s1VwS)

70 Thank you Doof for excellent content, as always, but I hesitate to put much faith in the fraud angle. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. If there is fraud someday they'll get overconfident and sloppy and expose it themselves. For now I rate its likelihood on par with stories of alien corpses on ice at Wright-Patterson or Area 51.

For myself and mine, I'm just glad Prop 40 seems to have failed, for now. Not that I'm some secret billionaire, I'm not. But there was provision in the fine print for the legislature to lower the threshold to whatever they wanted. Just like the income tax was only supposed to be a few percent levied only on the very rich. We see how that turned out....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QGaXH)

71 Yes, I understand what I missed on the Kansas deal. Thanks to all.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (47diA)

72 @50

>>This is it.

Yep, it's sort of when a person really comes to the realization that their time in this mortal coil is nearing an end.

To come back from what happened on Wednesday is going to be a generational effort.

And I don't have a generation left.

Which may be a the only positive to this whole bloody affair.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)

73 Speaking of former "conservatives":

Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
Thank God TPUSA mobilized the youth vote.
4:55 AM · Nov 4, 2026

Yeah, that was a highly successful political assassination, wasn't it, Jonah?

A-hole.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (aD4fx)

74 39 Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

Maybe, I was too concerned with the gila monsters and tarantulas to notice.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (Hd1lH)

75 Ok... just throwin this out there... but... one tactic used during a Color Revolution, is to create a bad election result... either through disputing it, like in Ukraine... or just stealing it like now happening down in South America.

Then, using lawfare to bring down the existing system... with the 'right' people in the Legal profession to 'create' the new system.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)

76 57 Whitesnake…now that I’m almost 29, I think they were overrated. But back when I was -18 or 20, they were the shit!
I like the legs in the video, but wanted more guitar with the violin bow.
I always thought that was pretty awesome.
Posted by: Gunslinger at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (N91F

Just the opposite for me, I appreciate Whitesnake more now than I did back in the day. I was bewitched by the sexy but musically...they're good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:24 PM (s1VwS)

77 31 I posted this earlier today:

Since we have 2 years before the next elections, we should spend the 1st 6 months *purging* those who pretended to be on "our" side that weren't.

Let's start with Thune. I don't want him out of Republican leadership. I want him out of the Republican party. Let him caucus with the Dems--at least we'd all know where we stand.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Cjcf6)

It is not your choice. The Republican senatorial caucus nominates the minority leader and they will chose Thune because he looks out for their interests, not ours.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (y171U)

78 Evening.

Looking at the Twatter propaganda (and it is) they're kvetching that all those counties "shifted" (and that word is doing a lot of work) blue.

In Texas, Abbott still came out ahead in majority of counties except for the cities, Deep South Texas and a handful in West Texas. Looking at the image there you'd think all those counties voted majority blue. Pretty misleading.

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (XKC/U)

79 As bad as their candidates were, Ours were as bad or worse!

Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

The Dems put forth younger, fresher, energetic candidates. No one listened to their policies, but they were young and good looking and passionate.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (WZxLz)

80 How many of these voters are newly minted democrat socialist 18-22 year olds?
How many are pissed off voters who did not bother to vote in 2022?
How many are new illegals in deep blue states?

Posted by: Joemarine
---

They are all Chinese and they never left home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (6T7Go)

81 I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM

I read that as a "rats leaving the sinking ship" moment.

I assume she is abandoning MAGA to get on the DeSantis(?) bandwagon?

Even our "principled conservatives" seem to be mostly in it for themselves.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (HlyYF)

82 Great ONT, Doof!

Random thoughts - I'm with you on the election fraud. I hope something can be done about it.

Also I listened to the first hour of Yessongs the other day. Yes was big for my older siblings growing up. Anyway, I did NOT enjoy that first hour. Everything seemed too disjointed. The second half looks like it'll be better.

Finally, the girl from Garbage was kind of cute.

That about covers it

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (2w7+a)

83 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

84 I don't think a damn thing will come of this. Even with top notch data analysis, we are dealing with very nasty shit like heavily falsified or double-bookkept voter records. And the GOP clearly doesn't want to do anything.

Even if the GOP did want to do anything, the progs heavily invested in infesting the justice system and court rooms to stop attempts to hold anyone accountable

But it will definitley prompt a ton of people to pile up more arms. Been saying it since mid 2016, there is no voting your way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (G5zYf)

85
Took Diana and Dot up to Humble and got set up. There's only 4 or 5 hookups - first come, first served - and we were able to snag one. Beats dry camping for four days.

Having slept very badly the previous night, I came home, had something to drink, lay down and ended up sleeping for four hours. I may have been tired.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (eRlcH)

86 It wasn't just the fraud, or just the GOPe, or just the Trump voters not voting for GOP, or this, or that, or the other thing.

It was all of the above.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

87 So Dems massively cheated in 2020, not in 2022 or 2024, but did so again in 2026? What's the reason they don't massively cheat all the time?

What's the method? People say no way could every Texas county move toward Dems. Okay, but most of those counties are red and controlled by GOP officials. So how were they compromised?

Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

88 30: (everything Nurse posted is correct)

The results are the results. The magical unicorn isn't going to change them. The X posts, tip toeing through the field of conspiracies, won't change things either except get them there precious clicks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (byWhc)

89 Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (En+fz)

It's not won the county, it is the county had more Dem votes than before... that the percentage of Dem to Repub votes leaned more Dem.

That NO county voted more Repub as a percentage than the last election.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (mP0Kj)

90 I'm hearing that the chart with 100% of those counties going blue is not accurate, but there are still huge problems with the vote totals. GOP won some house seats in Louisiana for example, though maybe the chart means the shift was big toward Dems, even if the Dem lost, idk.

And yes, the extra 20M Dem votes seem to match the 20M (fake) Biden votes of 2020. These guys hid in their basements, or came out as terrorists or other deviants, yet we are to believe they got landslides even in red places? A good strategy to hide and hope Orange Man Bad carries them to victory I suppose, but numbers still don't work, imo.

How they did it? Postal workers , ballot stuffers, machine manipulation .... and more?

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)

91 "I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM"

Probably not interested in being compelled by the house as a fed employee.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (G5zYf)

92 I also have to believe in fraud - otherwise our fellow citizens really are that stupid and insane.

Posted by: Iris at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (286+n)

93 Among the other odd anomalies, from Grok:

Oregon’s population has grown only modestly since 2020 (roughly +0.7–0.9%, or about 30,000–36,000 people), while voter registrations have increased more substantially (about +5%, or roughly 150,000+ active registrants).

All of Oregon's population growth came from international immigrants, which didn't stop voter registrations from increasing significantly.

Odd.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (aD4fx)

94 What's the method? People say no way could every Texas county move toward Dems. Okay, but most of those counties are red and controlled by GOP officials. So how were they compromised?

Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

Does Florida use the same Vote Tabulation machines as Texas? I really have no idea.... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
==

Voodoo, DeSantis found a Voodoo master

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

96 We learned here in Washington state 20 years ago how easily it was for the dems to cheat in the governor's election. Interestingly, they guy overseeing that election went to LA where the same bullsh*t shows up, but that's another story.
The dems have taken it nationwide.
I don't believe it. Its complete bullshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

97 Does Florida use the same Vote Tabulation machines as Texas? I really have no idea.... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (mP0Kj)

it went back to hanging chads...

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

98
What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

FL reports their results very quickly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (eRlcH)

99 Thank you Doof for excellent content, as always, but I hesitate to put much faith in the fraud angle....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QGaXH)

Glad you enjoyed the content. Not sure how much faith I have in anything happening. But just like 2020, nothing will ever convince me this was legitimate

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

100 I am laughing so hard, you guys...thanks!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (AKptf)

101 @85

>>I read that as a "rats leaving the sinking ship" moment.

Perhaps, I see it more as trying to get as quickly away and as far away from the blast area before the donks assume power and begin their revenge drive.

Trump is going to have to do what Biden did and hand out as many open ended pardons as possible.

Which, unlike Trump with Fauchi and the others Biden pardon, the donks will test those pardons in court.

Lawyer Up indeed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

102 What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (
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I get the skepticism. It just feels so different from what I'd been hearing. And Texas choosing that freak makes zero sense.

If there wasn't wide-scale fraud I have a whole lot of assumptions that need to be completely retooled

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (0ewPF)

103 After Tuesday, I'm not sure I feel like finishing McCullough's "1776." All that work for nothing, it appears.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

104 Electoral map (TX now a battleground state?? GA now dark bluish-purple??), Senate map both very bad for 2028.

And no GOP figure alive seems like to be able to win MI and WI (possibly PA). Trump's unique political profile and traction with non-college whites doesn't seem present in any of them. Remember these states were the archstones of the "blue wall" that made a GOP candidate's hill so tough to climb for 4 decades.

Everyone seems to ignore that it's 2 years away, and that's 2 more years for Trump's major projects to begin bearing more fruit. All of them are working, but it takes time. The ridiculous hysteria about current conditions and trends is amazing but likely can't survive a clearly growing economy, energy prices returning to their earlier path (declining, thanks to production), even better employment numbers, and a secure border + 2 more years of deportations (and hopefully action against employers, where the effect will dwarf what we've seen).

So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

105 87 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

What the chart shows is... say the County was 55% blue before... but now it is 60% Blue...

But NO county is more Red? anywhere? Even where Red Congress critters are elected?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

106
In some apropos astronomical news, Uranus is near opposition, exact date Nov. 25. And it's been in retrograde apparent motion since Sept.

So, look up in the sky around midnight, and there's a giant bassackwards asshole up there shitting all over us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 05, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

107 63 The main thing that gives me hope for 2028 is that the Democrats want to kill or imprison their political opponents, and they are incapable of hiding that.

It's going to be witch-hunts all the way in Congress, and I don't think that gets them votes.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

They could probably get away with witchhunts IF inflation drops dramatically and the overall economy gets better. The Democrats are now the Khmer Rouge so I don't expect any of that to happen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (byWhc)

108 Great ONT, Doof!

Random thoughts - I'm with you on the election fraud. I hope something can be done about it.

Also I listened to the first hour of Yessongs the other day. Yes was big for my older siblings growing up. Anyway, I did NOT enjoy that first hour. Everything seemed too disjointed. The second half looks like it'll be better.

Finally, the girl from Garbage was kind of cute.

That about covers it
Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (2w7+a)

Thanks - glad you enjoyed the content.

I go in phases with Yes. I'll listen to a lot of their stuff in binge fashion then stay away for months.

Shirley Manson from Grabage used to be cute. USED to be. Plus she's a lunatic lefty. But I still really love their first 3-4 albums.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

109 As bad as their candidates were, Ours were as bad or worse!

Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

The Dems put forth younger, fresher, energetic candidates. No one listened to their policies, but they were young and good looking and passionate.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (WZxLz)

You're pretty much correct, Republican complacency and magical thinking led to ruination. But...Aren't you from the PNW? You're way more upset about this than you should be. Take a breath, dear. Deep breaths. In through the nose, out through the nose. In through the nose...out through the nose...

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (XKC/U)

110 Over 100. time for some silliness.
Brisket is at 195. A bit to go.
Adult kids are both home, riffing on HS. What I've learned tonight: youngest got caught tp'ing. Oldest had a racket - charged $10 for an outline and $40 for a full paper (no in town jokes). Youngest turned the same paper in 4 times, switched papers with alassmate once, turned in older siblings once - all in the same class. Rec'd 100% each time.
Never been so proud!

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (sGzLm)

111 You know when y'all were in college (back in the 19th century) and, like, went to class, and took notes and pulled an all nighter before an all important exam, and got an A, and then there was this friend who did not show up to class, looked at your notes once or twice, went to every frat party, got an F..and then could not understand why you got an A and he got an F ? yeah, like that

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (AKptf)

112 *throws things*

Leaning blue doesn’t mean the majority voted blue.

It’s the same as decreasing the increasing of a budget equals a cut.

Yes! I believe fewer red votes and more blue votes, happened. But not all of those counties went blue. Jeepers. Read the small print.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (WZxLz)

113 it went back to hanging chads...
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

should be hanging mohammeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (j4Fxj)

114 Nervy approach there, Robert . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (47diA)

115 96 I also have to believe in fraud - otherwise our fellow citizens really are that stupid and insane.
Posted by: Iris at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (286+n)

I believe in the latter, not the former.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (y171U)

116 "How they did it? Postal workers , ballot stuffers, machine manipulation .... and more?
Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)"

Well, looking back to 2020 and 2024....

ballot curing. pulling votes from prisons. usb chain of custody hijinks with fake vote dumps. dumps of fake physical ballots (on video from 2020). scanning stacks of ballots multiple times or fresh out of the chinese airmail package (both are on film from 2020)

A lot of this is facilitated by horrendously compromised voter registration. PA in 2020 had several hundred thousand fake voters on-roll, all registered in batches of 30-50k at the same dates spread across 30 years. They were all fake, and helped produce PA's hundreds of thousands of fake votes.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:36 PM (G5zYf)

117 I believe an lazy GOP mofos who did not do shit for 2 years and then were not prepared. They had one job...

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (AKptf)

118 TN was spared. Dems flipped one district, but Reps gerrymandered away the one they held before, so it's a wash.

Races were tighter than they should've been. But TN GOP held the line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (BI5O2)

119 >>In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns.

Well here's some food for thought for you:

My county, one of the least populated in the state, voted as always -- Republican.

The state map of voting looked fairly average, a few democrats, mostly Republican.

Corrupt Crowley, who had exited the race only to leap back in just before the primary, won by nearly ten points.

Obviously he won his home (Milwaukee) county. Also obviously he won Dane County which is the state's asshole (Wisconsin's Austin, TX).

His margin of victory was all Dane county.

Pull my other leg; it plays jingle bells.

P.S. Also was the case in 2020.

Posted by: lurk at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (hXvZk)

120 Robert,

I’m only upset because our side won’t concede defeat. We got our asses handed to us. And now so many are screaming CHEATERS!

No. We lost. Bigly.

But my state had a couple wins. And I’m actually entertained by Texas freaking out. Not glad. But entertained.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:38 PM (WZxLz)

121 did I mention there are 3 governors races next year ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (AKptf)

122 They could probably get away with witchhunts IF inflation drops dramatically and the overall economy gets better. The Democrats are now the Khmer Rouge so I don't expect any of that to happen.

They really are full Khmer Rouge now.

A staffer for an Oregon state legislator:

Starting my amb election night thread by just stating for the record i currently feel straight up drunk with righteous electoral bloodlust rn. Our enemies just be vanquished. May returns justify and expand this mood throughout the evening

tonight has the makings to be the best night on the internet since Trump got covid

He'll happily force political opponents into the cattle cars.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (aD4fx)

123 Tough crowd here tonight.

I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)

124 Over 100. time for some silliness.
Brisket is at 195. A bit to go.
Adult kids are both home, riffing on HS. What I've learned tonight: youngest got caught tp'ing. Oldest had a racket - charged $10 for an outline and $40 for a full paper (no in town jokes). Youngest turned the same paper in 4 times, switched papers with alassmate once, turned in older siblings once - all in the same class. Rec'd 100% each time.
Never been so proud!
Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (sGzLm)

Good stuff!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)

125 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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*doggo paw bump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (sGzLm)

126 The stage is being set for a repeat of Election '08.

A constant vilification and demonization of the Republican President, the Democrat Propaganda Complex in a full and constant barrage, all to set-up the coronation of the Democrat.

But just as Obama swooped in to steal the set-up from Hillary, a relatively unknown DSA or Islamist will swoop in to steal it from the heir-apparent Newsum or Kamala or AOC.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (Q+gd/)

127 nurse, I'm with you on this. I assume someone in the GOP is looking into whatever happened.

But the bigger R party needs to understand it's hard to win a war with "holding the line". You've got to shove the bad guys back!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (47diA)

128 109 ...And no GOP figure alive seems like to be able to win MI and WI (possibly PA). Trump's unique political profile and traction with non-college whites doesn't seem present in any of them. Remember these states were the archstones of the "blue wall" that made a GOP candidate's hill so tough to climb for 4 decades.

Everyone seems to ignore that it's 2 years away, and that's 2 more years for Trump's major projects to begin bearing more fruit. All of them are working, but it takes time. The ridiculous hysteria about current conditions and trends is amazing but likely can't survive a clearly growing economy, energy prices returning to their earlier path (declining, thanks to production), even better employment numbers, and a secure border + 2 more years of deportations (and hopefully action against employers, where the effect will dwarf what we've seen).

So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

The 1982 midterms weren't great for Reagan either. Morning In America arrived in 1984.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RPj5E)

129 Tough crowd here tonight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)

Turns out they DO read the content!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)

130 A constant vilification and demonization of the Republican President,

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when was this ever not the case ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (AKptf)

131 128: Congrats!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (byWhc)

132 "91 So Dems massively cheated in 2020, not in 2022 or 2024, but did so again in 2026? What's the reason they don't massively cheat all the time?"

There was moderate cheating in 2016 but the Dems phones it in out of complacency.

2018, 2022, and 2024 all featured blatant cheating as well.

Only in 2020 and 2026 did they pull the stops out. Cutting their corrupt NGO funding pipeline has made them desperate for 2026, and they thought they had the brass ring after 2020 but flubbed it hard in the 2024 general.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (G5zYf)

133 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof
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Lol.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (sGzLm)

134 I look all the way back to the 2020 Bush and Gore election, and the states that were magically "tied." Really?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (SRQM3)

135 Oh, and the new Democratic Governor of Texas has already indicated that she will take action against SpaceX's Starbase in Texas.

It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

136 bear w/ asymmetrical balls has the right first-glance comparisons - why significant fraud in some places, but not others?

And the electorate definitely is the main problem, not fraud. And that problem will only get worse with time, as the full impact of collapsed education is felt.

But this + in Dem votes is probably historic and merits some analysis. Doubt such an increase has ever been seen, even in 2002 and 2010.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:43 PM (U/Byj)

137 they cheated in TX, but not in FL, they cheated in Mississippi, but not in Tennessee, they cheated in Kansas but not in Arkansas

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (AKptf)

138 Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

People like to say such things, but Abbott''s numbers were basically just like prior years he won. Paxton's numbers were just like Cruz's during a difficult campaign that Cruz too won (in 201

. With the numbers Abbott and Paxton put up, they'd have won in any other midterm election other than this one. They were drowned in a blue wave, and there isn't really much of anything that they could have done to be competitive in this environment.

There's a lot of mythmaking when it comes to candidate quality and performance. Take Cruz. He took enormous shit for running a terrible campaign by squeaking by O'Rourke in the 2018 midterm by 2.5 points. Especially given that he crushed his opponent by almost 16 points in 2012. But in both elections, Cruz's vote total was near the same (4,440,137 in 2012 and 4,260,553 in 201

.

Our opponents get a say in elections too. Sometimes we do perfectly well and still lose.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (HFrEr)

139 @93. I know what the chart is about and did not say anything about the counties. It's a chart about total state votes. I said the Republicans did not show up as much as the last election but that did not cost us in the Senate or House of Reps or our Governor. I am just referring to the state of Alabama.
What went on in other states may be a different story.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (En+fz)

140 The extra 20 mil votes was bullshit in 2020 and it's even more obvious bullshit in 2026.

Especially when you only see complaints about busted machines and long lines in red areas. The blue precincts with the extra votes didn't strain under the load becuse they load didn't exist.

Watch, you will see precincts with more votes than potential voters again, just like 2020.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (G5zYf)

141 So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

Concur, and we have some excellent candidates to put forward.
But I will forever believe the fraud was more.extensive than the anger over...say...gas prices. And this corruption is driven by money. I don't think people have a clue just how much money is thrown at the 535 people who sit in the House and Senate, or at the deep staters who reside full time inside the Beltway. It is in the billions.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (2WIwB)

142 109. Rhomboid here in Michigan, we keep putting candidates up who do not attract the college age young voters.We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.Mike Rogers lost two years ago to Slotkin and now to Sayed.John James has lost a senate race and now a governor race. He won his congressional seat two years ago by running in a heavily red area. He could not win Detroit despite being black. Our candidates don’t bring forth ideas of what they will do, but spend most of their campaigns trying to highlight the other guys words from ten years ago.They don’t give young people something to vote for.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (EiUt/)

143 39
Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

I've been through the desert in an RV with no name....it felt good to be out of the rain....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

144 the only place that I can say with certainty was a cheat was Alaska

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (AKptf)

145 Rhomboid here in Michigan, we keep putting candidates up who do not attract the college age young voters.We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.Mike Rogers lost two years ago to Slotkin and now to Sayed.John James has lost a senate race and now a governor race.

==

the good old boy networks

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (AKptf)

146 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

147
I think the people are missing something here; the president (Obama) has put in place
an organization that contains the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life. That’s going to be very very powerful and whoever, …

https://youtu.be/eIA1lQBqH1s?t=21

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (6T7Go)

148 I'm not screaming that the dems cheated. But it has to be if my old world-view is going to hold.

Honestly, we've been hearing for a while that youngsters are sweet on communism. Maybe they really won and it will only get worse from here. Many of us are on oour way out. The youngsters are going to have to run things. We won't be the first "older generation" that thinks the young'uns are idiots and doing it all wrong, but they're going to lead one day and maybe it just happened before I was ready for t

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (0clOS)

149 Back to my question above. What's going on with the counting in Alaska. They are sitting at about 75% for a couple of days. I find nothing on the webs.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (47diA)

150 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Truth.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:48 PM (sGzLm)

151 As I recall the WI anomaly was that party margins across the state didn't match any pattern previously seen. Dem margins in a few places not replicated in others, that sort of thing. And all unprecedented, according to the consultant. He had the historical data to illustrate. Whatever. America's elections are scandalously insecure. Rank down with 3rd World countries. Easiest thing in the world to have highly secure elections, they're the norm around the globe.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:48 PM (U/Byj)

152 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

I'd go with Sandy or Rocky, gender-dependent.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

153
Meanwhile Puff and Ruth enjoyed the day out in the kennel. I'm happy they're house dogs, but now with cooler weather now creeping in, it's good to have them spend the day out in God's good sunshine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (eRlcH)

154 And I’m actually entertained by Texas freaking out. Not glad. But entertained.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:38 PM (WZxLz)

I gotcha.

Personally, I'm not freaking out. I'm certainly not happy about it, but I've been philosophical about it all. Anyway, hope springs eternal, dontchaknow!

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (IWI6i)

155 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
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You picked a scab.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

156 154. Alaska has remote areas that has possibly ten votes, according to a report I saw today. Every one of those areas has to have its ballots picked up by plane etc and flown in to be counted.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (EiUt/)

157 2020 also had blatant discrepancies where the bulk of the 20 million phantom votes did not come in with votes for lower offices or ballot propositions.

Watch, mark my words; there will be nearly 20 million house rep votes also missing accompanying votes for state offices or ballot props.

There are already people calling this out.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (G5zYf)

158 Yeah, these 20 million New Democrat voters: these are just the guys who voted for Biden over Trump back in 2020. Wonder where they have been all this time? /sarc

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

159 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Close magic magician always leave contrails to confuse.
_Chairman Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (6T7Go)

160 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at

I was talking about this earlier. If he decides to build elsewhere, I pray it's not in my State, and I'll work to prevent it if it's proposed. Or any other SV firm.

I don't want big California companies with big California headcounts and big California slush funds coming in and cornholing this State like they did TX.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (BI5O2)

161 No sooner does Linus release kernel 7.4-rc1, than OpenAI sez:

"We built a prototype to look for security flaws in the Linux kernel inside a controlled research environment. Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE) exploits that could allow an unprivileged local user to gain root access."

We ~~live~~ compute in interesting times.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

162 110 87 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

What the chart shows is... say the County was 55% blue before... but now it is 60% Blue...”

It was bigger than that.

What changed was turnout. Overall voter turnout in Texas was down somewhat from 2024. But…

“The biggest swings to Democrats came from majority-Hispanic counties in South Texas and along the border that went heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, with Starr, Zapata, Maverick, Hidalgo and Webb counties each shifting upwards of 38 points toward Democrats.

Turnout surged by more than 8 percentage points in the state’s 16 border counties compared with the 2022 elections.”

The numbers say to me that spurred by immigration policies, the Hispanic/Latino voting block just woke up and took over the State Government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (oH6g4)

163 We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (EiUt/)

Same as my area. Losers keep running, and they keep losing. I wish they'd quit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

164 Concur, and we have some excellent candidates to put forward.
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I will not seek nor will I accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

165 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Avoid Wildfire.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (2WIwB)

166 You picked a scab.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah, I kinda did.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)

167 Evening, Horde. Been a couple of days since I made it to the ONT. Been subbing while I wait for feedback on Monday's interview.

I'm frustrated by our national events but glad my state only got a little worse (local representative got beat by a Dem and I think it was legit, a couple state questions that the outgoing idiots made sure were confusingly worded so they went down in flames... but at least the local tax increase failed, and *mostly* the rest of the races were tolerable. Judges almost never get voted out like they should.)

...

Now to read the content!

Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

168 Now to read the content!
Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

Might not be a good idea

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

169 I was talking about this earlier. If he decides to build elsewhere, I pray it's not in my State, and I'll work to prevent it if it's proposed. Or any other SV firm.

If things really go south in 2028, Elon will have to flee the country, and I think he realizes that.

Singapore seems like the obvious place - the question is where new manufacturing facilities would go.

He already has Tesla manufacturing facilities in China and Germany.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (aD4fx)

170 "my state only got a little worse"
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Yeah, Wyoming came out pretty much the same. Our new congressman is a bit of a loon but what are you going to do

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (/iG4J)

171
164 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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I don’t know Florida well enough to be sure, but outside of Miami I don’t think they have a whole string of majority Hispanic counties.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:55 PM (oH6g4)

172 Jen I find it hard to believe the Dems up there offer much in the way of specifics or "ideas" that would have traction outside their dumbest base. But maybe I'm wrong. They certainly didn't elsewhere. So they have a mandate to make everything "affordable!". Hilarious. Yet probably taken seriously by the zillions of economically illiterate people plaguing the society.

This Muslim midget winning easily despite the unprecedented thumbs down from key constituencies is something.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj)

173 "The numbers say to me that spurred by immigration policies, the Hispanic/Latino voting block just woke up and took over the State Government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (oH6g4)"

I'm not buying a big latino shift to the dems after their big shifts to Trump in 2016 and 2024, and no evidence of any shift in 2020.

That makes zero sense, even discounting that every latino I know who is legal has a massive hateboner for illegal immigration.

The only chance of that being legit is if Biden brought in way more illegals than thought AND many of them got registered to vote.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:57 PM (G5zYf)

174 Are you asserting the rest of us don't know how to read? There's not a chance in the world that in some of those small rural communities conversations that took place at the local grain Co-Op included assertions like "What this country needs is more transexuals and abortions". To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.
Posted by: Crusader

Of course not.

The conversations were more about “whatever happened to NO NEW WARS?”

Or. “Release the Epstein files!”

Or “can we get some
Relief at the grocery store?”

Ffs. Real people don’t obsess about abortion and trannys.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (yEz+x)

175 Honey! I’m home!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

176 I actually bothered to listen to what DeSantis was saying in the last 48 hours. He explained exactly how they kept FL red. I guess living in the hurricane state makes you a solid disaster prepper!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (AKptf)

177 I deeply regret my ill-informed statement/question on the "counties shifting blue" item. Started too much discord and we all belong to the same team. Sorry.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)

178 Democrats materialized 20 million new votes.
.......

It's magic.
Good thing they didn't go for 81 million cuz that would have looked suspicious.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

179 The data is intriguing and I welcome its vigorous investigation, but I gently suggest that "Hegseth mobilizing troops" in response to merely suspected vote fraud would turn out badly.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

180 One thing we can expect starting probably this weekend will be a bombardment of stories casting every Republican frontrunner in a negative light. Vance, Rubio, DeSantis. They propaganda agents will be crawling through the trash looking deor anything to "report." Or make up. It'll be a two year spectacle. The best part is each of these guys is smarter than anyone the dems can put up.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)

181 That 38% (!!!) switch to D from R in TX border county Hispanics is incredible. And incredibly ominous. Suggests that if the effort to keep a secure border and restore rule of law in immigration is part of the next GOP candidate's schtick ..... TX is very much a "swing" state.

As I said above, electoral map (and Senate map, through 2030) is very challenging.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)

182 I wish we could upvote comments here. There are many deserving ones tonight (every night, really)

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (IhYdB)

183 178. One of my distant neighbors is a stanch Democrat and is Jewish. Virtually no one in my rural area puts out political signs anymore but she is the exception. Proudly displayed her Abdul sign. It’s hard to imagine the lack of reason.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 11:01 PM (EiUt/)

184 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

185 It’s hard to imagine the lack of reason.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 11:01 PM (EiUt
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Gooder and harder.... gooder and harder

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (IhYdB)

186 That makes zero sense, even discounting that every latino I know who is legal has a massive hateboner for illegal immigration.

The only chance of that being legit is if Biden brought in way more illegals than thought AND many of them got registered to vote.
Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:57 PM (G5zYf)

I have a Hispanic friend here, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, hates the trans shit. Ginojoza was cute and and soft spoken, and like every Mexican male I know he was falling all over himself to vote for her. It’s tied in to that machismo thing , they’ll do anything for a cute chica if she smiles at them. And he voted for all her allies too.

Even when they have conservative opinions, Mexicans vote tribally when there’s a Mexican on the ticket.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (oH6g4)

187 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (AKptf)

188 113....
Shirley Manson from Grabage used to be cute. USED to be. Plus she's a lunatic lefty. But I still really love their first 3-4 albums.
Posted by: Doof

Lunatic lefty but at least she condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk. Dedicated a song to him in Nashville that day. Her minute 45 second tribute starts about 52 seconds in...

https://youtu.be/2X59QVrLyH8?

Posted by: Rex B at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (sdSI9)

189 The Demonrats cheated in 2020. We beat their cheat, by dint of effort, in 2024. They pulled out the stops for the recent midterms, and we didn’t stop the cheating this time. We not only have to get rid of the electronic voting machines with roots in communist Venezuela (name starts with a “D” ), but we should hang some of the people who enable this cheat, be they GOPe or Demonrats. Pour encourager les autres.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

190 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.
Posted by: runner
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I've been thinking about this too.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (sGzLm)

191 I have a Hispanic friend here, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic
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Sounds like a hoarder. Commies do bad things to wreckers and hoarders.

Gooder and harder

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (IhYdB)

192 Good night, horde. I think I'll take a few days off.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (47diA)

193 I wish we could upvote comments here. There are many deserving ones tonight (every night, really)
Posted by: 496

Even the CoBs only get to upvote ten-ish comments a week.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

194 Trannies are melting down on X over the vote in Washington State, but I found the least self-aware comment on X:

FWIW, the other parents at my daughter’s volleyball practice last night were very disappointed that I-638 passed. (These are people who don’t know I’m trans and brought up the topic unprompted) so I still have hope in some of Snohomish County

Yeah, I'm sure they don't have the slightest idea that you are "trans". /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (aD4fx)

195 Apropos to this thread, I set my hair on fire today. Was doing some welding on the underside of a big riding mower. Lying on an old quilt spread on the ground. A hot spark landed on the quilt beneath the back of my head. "Hey! My brain is getting warm!" Get up, bat out the burning hair, blow out the fire in the quilt. I did not lose much hair; using two mirrors, I can barely make out a thin patch.

It gets better. Got the loose engine properly bolted down, fixed a couple of other things, fired up the mower, and went for a ride around the yard, so I could adjust the stop on the hydro drive lever so that goes straight ahead with both tillers pushed fully forward. Done! Drive back close to the shop. "Damn, that engine must be plum wore out. Smokin' like a mofo!" I was engulfed in blue smoke. Oh, wait! The engine is on fire. I grabbed an air hose and blowgun, and blew the fire out. A wad of oil-soaked grass clippings had lodged on one of the exhaust header pipes, and caught fire. No damage done. I sure didn't want to waste a fire extinguisher on such a tiny fire.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (j4Fxj)

196 heya perhaps my favorite factoid from 2020 (of many, obviously) was the % of "president only" ballots in ..... GA?? Multiples of the historic average, big multiples. Ridiculously suspicious, under the circumstances. Oh well.

As I've noted many times, many US elections, if they were for example the first elections of a country emerging from civil war, would not be recognized as legit by the US, EU, or UN. The processes (especially considering the very high administrative capacity) are not even close to acceptable.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (U/Byj)

197 By the way, for a couple of years you've been fixated on "the Epstein files"--is there an assertion you have in regard to them?
Posted by: Crusader

Apparently you know nothing of my posting history.

However, an increase in a minority vote blue does not equal LEANING BLUE. JESUS.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (yEz+x)

198 I deeply regret my ill-informed statement/question on the "counties shifting blue" item. Started too much discord and we all belong to the same team. Sorry.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)

I misunderstood it too until Grok explained it to me. Nobody should be giving you grief.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)

199 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.

As Bathhouse Barry put it after an equally crushing midterm loss, he still has a pen and a phone.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (aD4fx)

200 No really, I am home. What a day! Taught four classes, got phase 1 of holiday retail out, and just got in.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

201 Tough crowd here tonight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)
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Turns out they DO read the content!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
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Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:07 PM (1x2K9)

202 As Bathhouse Barry put it after an equally crushing midterm loss, he still has a pen and a phone.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (aD4fx)

Trump is really good with those.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (AKptf)

203 Good night, horde. I think I'll take a few days off.
Posted by: LRob
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G'night LRob.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (sGzLm)

204 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (Cjcf6
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First of all, many many sheep believe what they hear instead of their own eyes. The news has been all about high prices and the constant drumbeat surely hit home for many LIV's

Secondly, Trump et. al. really screwed the pooch on the Epstein files. It was bullshit. They may have given us everything, but it still appears like they're hiding shit. I honestly hope the dems pass legislation requiring all documents be released. If Trump vetoes that, then the majority majority of Americans' suspicions will be vindicated.

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (hC2rJ)

205 Might not be a good idea
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
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A little unusual for ONT to be so topical but I think you did a yeoman's job of it.

I think the California morons see the cheat as baked in the cake and has been.

The party doesn't want your vote. The party doesn't need your fvcking vote, proles.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

206 Georgia cheats. Specifically Atlanta. They have already been caught once. Of course when it's brought up they scream Racist! But that's bullshit, they were caught but four years after they did it.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (En+fz)

207 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof

Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

A thousand words is worth a picture.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

208 local grain Co-Op included assertions like "What this country needs is more transexuals and abortions". To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader
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Right, it's not deep math.
All those Mexican in TX border counties just want some more of that deep homosexual, transsexual, satanic mutilation. Really turns them on and turned them out to Vote Blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (6T7Go)

209 Abput Kansaws.

Hard to believe every county went bluer. I lost my election bid, but I expected that after the County Clerk did something.

A friend who I helped get a County Commissioner position 2 terms ago lost. Not by much, but he lost. He is very despondent. Lots of good conservative local politicians were turned out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (u82oZ)

210 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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*doggo paw bump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (sGzLm)
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I will send them your... woof.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (1x2K9)

211 LRob- don’t let the tension run you off. Everyone’s on edge, this is a difficult thing to process. We are going to be okay. Big hug your way.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

212 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)

213 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof

Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

A thousand words is worth a picture.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
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/goes back to Learing Center to learn to count that high

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (1x2K9)

214 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (l3cgK)

215 I have no problem with releasing the Epstein files, but its far far down on my priority list. They're bound to be more damaging to the Dems and their elite cronies than to DJT and Republicans.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

216 NC had an interesting 2026 election result.

The General Assembly flipped to the Dems by a significant margin.

The State Senate remained firmly Republican, but lost its supermajority.

King Roy Cooper whipped Whatley quite easily.

But. All three state constitutional amendment proposals passed by a landslide - Tougher Voter ID - including a Voter ID requirement for submitting a mail-in ballot, a lower state income tax rate cap, and a property tax levy limit.

NC Dems fought hard for no vote for all three amendments and lost bigly.

So there's that.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (rj6Yv)

217 Lots of good conservative local politicians were turned out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (u82oZ)
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See the 2nd half of ny comment at 153. It could be that the tide has just shifted before any of us were ready for it.

Sorry about your friend - he has good reason to be despondent

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (hC2rJ)

218 Before I heard any of the voting stats, I knew deep down there was massive fraud. And GOPe and Dems colluded. Has anyone connected the dots with this and why the fucking GOP refused to pass the SAVE Act?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (3P9YE)

219 In Kansas, the Dems declared victory, but 6 races are being recounted.
My incumbent Congressman won in the Big 1st District, so that's something.

2.8 million people in Kansas, but the rural population is only 20% of that. The 6 biggest population centers went DEM, or so we are told.
The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)

220 To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)
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Just reminding us what we're up against.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (Cjcf6)
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You ~~will be~~ are being hunted.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (1x2K9)

221 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Thankfelly it wasn't aboot graammer, punctuatshun, and run on centensez.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (sGzLm)

222 Aw, Biden's Dog- congratulations to all of you!
As we say down here- y'all kiss that baby for us.

Posted by: sal at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (f+FmA)

223 Democrats cheat? No way!
Here in sunny CA we know better than that.
It's not called "cheat", it's called SOP.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)

224 Musk could move EVERYTHING THERE to Florida tomorrow. Why do even Texas democrats not understand basic economics?

Oh...wait a minute...its because even at the university level nobody *teaches* basic economics any longer.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (Cjcf6)

Elon Musk simply ought to buy Cuba. He has enough money. Just go have a sit-down with the remaining Commies, and make them an offer they can't refuse. Set up a puppet President, and an "advisory" Legislature, and run it like a fiefdom. Employ some of the locals in SpaceX ventures. Revitalize the sugar plantations. Sell little ranchos and beach homes to conservative Americans. I think he could make it into the jewel of the Caribbean, like it used to be. And the Cuban people would be vastly better off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (j4Fxj)

225 The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Their voice is moot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

226 Howdy, horde.

Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!

We mostly got left alone by the demonrats, although a few seats flipped in southern counties. Not enough to ruin the State Legislature, though.

I don't believe we had much, if any, fraud here. Idaho is just small potatoes after all.

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

227
Good evening, horde. I'm glad the Rubio exit rumor was fake. He and Hegseth can go kick over Cuba now. They can probably have the whole island running a profit before the DOJ finishes all its filing for the future US Senator Ilhan prosecution.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (mmrXZ)

228 182 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Great! How long 'til dinner?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (QGaXH)

229 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.
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Mazel tov! Thanks for this great news

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

230 151 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

And kept that way by dem fortification by making cheating easier (mail-in ballots for everybody, ballot collection boxes, no voter ID, motor-voter--DMV registration, keeping voter rolls dirty, etc.). And do go around investigating voter fraud yourself...that's a potential jailable offense.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:16 PM (l3cgK)

231 It will be interesting to see if Lunakye's theories pan out.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 11:16 PM (OlzlW)

232 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

233 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (l3cgK)
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I'm gonna bar row that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (1x2K9)

234 Howdy, horde.

Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

235 235 The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Their voice is moot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

Good one. Woulda been better as moooot or moooo-t...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (l3cgK)

236 Just remember that our opponents are insane, and grow more insane with every passing year:

Humanities Ph.D. dissertations have declined 49% over the past decade. Meanwhile, one professor reports that dissertation acknowledgments now average 5.2 pages, with students thanking their therapists, pets and even themselves.

Bad time to pursue a humanities Ph.D. Great time to be a dog.

More than five pages of acknowledgments?

These people are not well.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (aD4fx)

237 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)
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You're going straight to kale.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

238 But. All three state constitutional amendment proposals passed by a landslide - Tougher Voter ID - including a Voter ID requirement for submitting a mail-in ballot, a lower state income tax rate cap, and a property tax levy limit.

NC Dems fought hard for no vote for all three amendments and lost bigly.

So there's that.

Posted by: mrp
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Confusing isn't it?
_Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 11:19 PM (6T7Go)

239 Secondly, Trump et. al. really screwed the pooch on the Epstein files. It was bullshit. They may have given us everything, but it still appears like they're hiding shit. I honestly hope the dems pass legislation requiring all documents be released. If Trump vetoes that, then the majority majority of Americans' suspicions will be vindicated.
Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (hC2rJ)

Trump should short-circuit that by releasing all the Epstein files now. Make sure the Democrats are clearly identified as such.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:19 PM (j4Fxj)

240 243 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

Was walking in the store with the younger one (who'll be 20 in a couple of months) and as we went through one section, they had "black bean 'burgers'"...neither one of us were impressed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

241 Damned raccoons on trail cam. Notification went off and I was thinking BIG MOSSY. I am disappoint.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:20 PM (sGzLm)

242
The Epstein Files are the 21st Century version of Al Capone's Vault. Change my mind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (eRlcH)

243 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

Kale is just organic Kaboom. All the despair, none of the calories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (j4Fxj)

244 Woulda been better as moooot or moooo-t...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (l3cgK)
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/disables spell checker

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (1x2K9)

245 203 Apropos to this thread, I set my hair on fire today. Was doing some welding on the underside of a big riding mower....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (j4Fxj)

Why/how did I know the identity of the poster even before I got past the first two sentences of this post...?

Glad you're ok!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)

246 The bitch here is what cheating mechanism could screw up the election shifts in all of those counties across the nation?

Posted by: MartynWW at November 05, 2026 11:22 PM (KfIEy)

247 255 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

Kale is just organic Kaboom. All the despair, none of the calories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (j4Fxj)

The good news is it removes heavy metals from the fields...the bad news is it removes the heavy metals that you'll eat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (l3cgK)

248 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)
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The Dems' war on fossil fuels was so intense that it has taken more than 2 years of DJT's second term to rebuild refining capacity for diesel and gasoline. Add in the elimination for renewable energy subsidies and the relaxation of CAFE standards and the resulting demand for ICE-powered vehicles. Then came the supply dislocation in the Persian Gulf.

Two years wasn't enough time to meet market stability.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (rj6Yv)

249 The Epstein Files are the 21st Century version of Al Capone's Vault. Change my mind.

The Biden Administration had the files for four years and didn't release them.

I suspect WJC had something to do with that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (aD4fx)

250 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November

Oh no! Lettuce pray! Quick!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

251 Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!
Posted by: JQ

Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??
Posted by: Doof

Moose Out Front didn't give you one?

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

252 This thread needs a little pepping up. How about a lighthearted Johnny Cash tune?

youtu.be/k9IfHDi-2EA

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (SRQM3)

253 260 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)
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The Dems' war on fossil fuels was so intense that it has taken more than 2 years of DJT's second term to rebuild refining capacity for diesel and gasoline. Add in the elimination for renewable energy subsidies and the relaxation of CAFE standards and the resulting demand for ICE-powered vehicles. Then came the supply dislocation in the Persian Gulf.

Two years wasn't enough time to meet market stability.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (rj6Yv)

It's all dust in the wind...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)

254 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

255
Releasing files will never put the conspiracy talk to bed. Conspiracists will just say that there are more papers hidden somewhere that will prove their point. They're just like Villefort madly digging up his garden, "Oh, I will find it, ere I search forever!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (eRlcH)

256
214 To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)

Ironically, in Texas at least, this is what proved the shift was real and was NOT fraud. Texas counties do their counting themselves, and send in the vote totals. For this to have been fraud would have required 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, one in each county,even the most conservative ones.

Fraud would have looked like massive margins in the 5 high population counties, but the other 249 voting rather predictably. That’s not what happened.
For any who’ve forgotten - Hispanic/latino voters are 32% of total voters now, and I don’t think there’s a single county left without a significant number.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (oH6g4)

257 I was an election inspector in Wisconsin on Tuesday. We handed out a record number of ballots, more than in the presidential election of 2024. Each one was handed to a person who presented a state-authorized photo ID. In our municipality, early voting was below 2024, but election-day voting was much higher. And the results, at least when I reviewed the tape at the poll I worked, were that we got killed, The few ballots I saw as we were shutting down confirmed that. Neighborhoods that went for Trump in 2024 went strongly D. This wasn't electronic fraud or foreign interference: it was the Democrats doing a hell of job on GOTV. Yes, the media coverage did a lot to set the tone for the election; but where I live, at least, we simply got outworked.

Posted by: Nemo at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (4RPgu)

258 The good news is it removes heavy metals from the fields...the bad news is it removes the heavy metals that you'll eat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (l3cgK)
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That's explains the horrific sounds coming from some peoples stomachs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (1x2K9)

259 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

Did you bring a happy Saijo? I think some people need to hug a happy dog.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)

260 Alberta Oil Peon

Without a provocation that set off the Spanish Civil War, which in today's America would be the assassination of the President and Melania, we are swinging after the ball is in the catcher's mitt.

The GOP base was betrayed by the GOPe leadership and whoever holds their leash. Thune and others were the enablers.

A Civil War would be 40-50 million dead. Hair mussed. Like to avoid that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (u82oZ)

261 That's explains the horrific sounds coming from some peoples stomachs.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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That may not be their stomachs.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (sGzLm)

262 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

I heard that and still do from my progtarded coworkers all the time. This, and the “No New Wars!” Dominates the reason Trump is the worst liar in history.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

263 I just can't figure out how it was done. Fake registrations the last two years followed by mail-in of those registrations? It's weird as hell I will say that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (n5tGW)

264 235 ...Their voice is moot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

I'll bet you meant 'moooot'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (QGaXH)

265 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

266 277 235 ...Their voice is moot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

I'll bet you meant 'moooot'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (QGaXH)

Well, steers don't have the balls to vote anyway.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (l3cgK)

267 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!
Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:29 PM (qx7Zg)

268 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November

Oh no! Lettuce pray! Quick!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yammer away!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (1x2K9)

269 272 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

You don’t like my snacks.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

270 Nemo

Thank you for your efforts and your analysis.
Tomorrow will be another day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (u82oZ)

271 It's all dust in the wind...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)
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I'm more in the mood for Sabaton. I've been watching "Last Stand" reaction videos on YT for the past two days.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rj6Yv)

272 Yes, thanks Nemo!

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

273 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)

274 You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Lucky. All I have is that Christmas tinsel. Going to take all night to make that pirate hat.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (sGzLm)

275 280 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!
Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:29 PM (qx7Zg)

One company was selling metal fabric for electro-magnetic radiation amelioration purposes...was nice to the touch. The nickel-based one could cause allergic reactions, though...copper fabric too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (l3cgK)

276 272 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring a happy Saijo? I think some people need to hug a happy dog.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026

I just had to go get Saijo because Sabi was hiding behind the stairs and pouncing at Saijo when he tried to go down the hallway. But yes, he is a happy doge, now that he is not being terrorized by the cat.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

277 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Thanks.

Have good friends who just became first time great grandparents.

We're not there yet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (1x2K9)

278 Alberta Oil Peon

Without a provocation that set off the Spanish Civil War, which in today's America would be the assassination of the President and Melania, we are swinging after the ball is in the catcher's mitt.

The GOP base was betrayed by the GOPe leadership and whoever holds their leash. Thune and others were the enablers.

A Civil War would be 40-50 million dead. Hair mussed. Like to avoid that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (u82oZ)

This was in response to what?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (j4Fxj)

279 286 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)

If that's true, mixed ones are mashed potatoes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:33 PM (l3cgK)

280 Nemo

Thank you for your efforts and your analysis.
Tomorrow will be another day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (u82oZ)
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What a Tarable thing to say!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:33 PM (1x2K9)

281 290 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Thanks.

Have good friends who just became first time great grandparents.

We're not there yet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (1x2K9)

I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)

282 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)
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Nobody asked for your op onion.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (1x2K9)

283 I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)
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Please hang in there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1x2K9)

284 When Diesel hits $10/Gallon then who will they blame??

When the Commiecrats come with all these investigations I hope Trump just tells them "F**K Off and I will do want I want !!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 11:37 PM (Gl62I)

285 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader

Fuck you.

I am not a liar. I work in downtown Seattle. I hear this shit all the time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

286 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

I heard Epstein! from a lefty acquaintance last month. She doesn't know I'm conservative, although she may start to suspect because I never share in her wild delusions.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (OlzlW)

288 m?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (1x2K9)

289 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

290 Alberta Oil Peon

The Epstein File comment. No scandal, even revealed in detail, will stop what happened. The Insiders have decided, and the stenographers in the Media will see nothing happens.

A severe enough provocation to stop what is happening is not a good path, with big negative consequences.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (u82oZ)

291 I work with youngsters (25 - 30) who are pretty right-wing, but not rabid like me. They do talk about how the release was botched and they think it's a sign that there's still a big coverup. One of them loves Massie because of his focus on them.

The release was BS and it looked like trump was not fully forthright. You can disagree and think he looked like an innocent choir boy throughout. That's fine. But good people with honest intentions can also think it looks fishy.

AOP - I like your idea. Trump should let it all go. All of it

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (+6NfM)

292 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

293 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

Not beers, but bees. Is it funnier with the typo?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

294 Early to bed for me tonight. This time of year is a little difficult. Been feeling a little down as it's 10 years this month since mom and dad passed within a few weeks of each other, he on Oct 16 and she on Nov 12. They were both in their mid to late 90's.

I'll feel better soon. Need to find something new to occupy my days now that I don't have to work 70+ hours a week. Maybe start hiking again since we're blessed with year-round sunshine.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (QGaXH)

295 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
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Freudian slip.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (1x2K9)

296 32 Can someone tell me why Alaska is stuck at about 75% counting for a few days? Can't find anything online.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (47diA)

Because we are retarded.

Also, because an airplane has to fly to all the remote villages, which may have 10 or 12 votes each, to collect that ballots because nobody is going to pay to have a Dominion machine in those villages, and apparently it is too much trouble to either photocopy the ballots and send them electronically or total them up by hand and send in the results. Also, ranked choice voting, which is rank indeed. So, even once the votes are counted, they need to be ranked by the secret algorithm that determines whose spoiled vote goes to whom, and then the democrats all win.

Pretty much that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (5WPt1)

297 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

Rosemary, it may be thyme to put this to bed. You cumin?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

298 JFC.

If you don’t get the mockery of the “this is all a distraction….”

I don’t know what to tell you. Jeebus.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

299
Is anyone watching arsenic and old lace on tcm?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (mmrXZ)

300 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

And they were holding a staff meading.

yeah, the only thing worse than a pun is a pun on a typo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)

301 Time to go. Maybe l8r at Pixy's.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (1x2K9)

302 Crusader

Chill. Please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (u82oZ)

303 yeah, the only thing worse than a pun is a pun on a typo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)
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It depends. Sometimes that's the best typo pun

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:42 PM (IrN75)

304 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

And you are an ass. You don't live in Seattle, that hive of scum and villainy and commie supremacy.

If Nurse heard it, then she heard it.

And she shoots better than you do, so tread softly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:43 PM (5WPt1)

305 No, you clearly have demonstrated that you don't know what to tell us.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:42 PM (Cjcf6)

Just how far up your ass did you shove that bug, Sport?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:44 PM (5WPt1)

306 Posted by: nurse ratched.
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I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

A)Good luck with that, dude.

B) Have you been reading many threads here? I'm pretty sure nurse has found a way to fit that "distraction from the Epstein files" schtick into at least one thread a day for a year and a half. Sarcastically. I think.

C)I see it come up elsewhere (youtube comments, particularly) pretty regularly. It's usually not a long conversation given the lack of new info, but it does come up

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:44 PM (vSvIl)

307 298 I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)
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Please hang in there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1x2K9)

I seriously believe my kids won't have bio kids of their own. They have the same disease I have. Honestly, before I had them, had I known I had the disease I have, I wouldn't have had my kids...They grew up seeing me doing dialysis, getting a transplant, having all the "fun" this disease provides.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)

308 Not beers, but bees. Is it funnier with the typo?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

The beers around here are in the cooler, but they don't stay in the hive very long, as it turns out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (5WPt1)

309 Did you have a comment? Because I haven't read it?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (Cjcf6)

Do you have a clue? Because I haven't read it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:46 PM (5WPt1)

310 Crusader,

I don’t give two shits about the Epstein files. But folks here do. And it is one of the points they make about why they hate the President. I mock them. Mercilessly.

Please. Let’s not fight. We are on the same team.

My world is vastly different than yours.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (yEz+x)

311 Wow, I take too long to type.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (vSvIl)

312 Crusader

Lets not insult, with venom, each other. YTou are doing that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (u82oZ)

313 Ooh, comment 312 went poof.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

314 317 Time to go. Maybe l8r at Pixy's.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (1x2K

We'll be taking attendance.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (HFrEr)

315 “Hey Macarena” .... 401k Down the Shitter....

Maybe you can retire when your 90 Y/o......

HOPE & CHANGE...... HOPE & CHANGE !!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (Gl62I)

316 ...and, ozone

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (vSvIl)

317 Crusader, I understand you are frustrated and concerned. Right now you are lashing out at people who are on your side. Maybe just let it be, you’ve reached the point where nothing good is going to come of this.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

318 What states use what electronic voting machines? I know what Georgia uses, and it’s easy to cheat with those. As I recall, the votes in 2020 were routed overseas for counting, or at least that was the contention. How do we know it was even Americans counting the vote? Does any state use real paper ballots. Georgia claims to, but it’s a lie: nothing on the ballot that you can read counts as your vote. The QR code has what you voted for, but you can’t read it. You can’t photograph your ballot either: it’s against the law. Somebody photographed it anyway in 2020, but still couldn’t read the QR code: it’s encrypted! Want to bet how often what you voted matches what’s in the QR code? You don’t know, and they don’t want you to know!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

319 275: This, and the “No New Wars!

Except it's not a 'New War'. Just a continuation of the one started in 1979.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (byWhc)

320 Latest from Pilot Debrief ("Hoover") about N722BD crash:
youtube.com/watch?v=vQSz3PO-zA0

It would help if NTSB would publish a map of the locations where debris was found. The main question for me is whether the elevator failed first, causing the crash, or whether it was a stall and the elevator got ripped off during the dive.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

321 >>the mockery of the “this is all a distraction….”
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I have heard that phrase: “this is all a distraction from the epstein files”-- as a dodge by leftist when faced with defending some BS from their side. Instead of actually, you know, *defending* their position.

So yeah, it's mock-worthy.

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

322 You all have a good night...I'll go watch some cat videos or sumtin'.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (l3cgK)

323 Ffs. Real people don’t obsess about abortion and trannys.
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Um. They most certainly do in my state and we fended off the baby killers by a serious margin. Prop 1 was buried.

And that measure alone created a midterm turnout at 77% in my county. Red all the way down ballot.
No cheat.

I'd say they "obsessed".

Posted by: Derak at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (HO+k7)

324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

325 What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?

If your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

326 Working at Burger King for 50 years sound good to Gen Z I guess......

Enjoy No Retirement and Shitty Obamacare.

A Socialist paradise brought to you by the Democrats...

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (jGtoG)

327 Two top issues - economic hardship and corruption (people feel cheated, rich getting richer, poor getting poorer, that sort of thing) ..foreign policy - 3-4%...Iran ? only as much as people feel it affects gas prices, otherwise they would not give a flying hoot who is being bombed in the ME, and Rs still support US hitting Iran.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (AKptf)

328 I don't blame anyone for not trusting a politician. Or a federal judge for that matter. One of the reasons I like Trump is that he is not a professional politician. He is a business man who I believe loves our country. Politics is a dirty business, he knows that but at least he tries to do what's best for the country. The man does not have to do this, he could be enjoying life but feels like he should do what he can for his country. We are lucky to have someone who cares like he does.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (En+fz)

329 Maybe we just "got our asses kicked" but maybe not.

Grok looked at some of those numbers and said the odds were one in a trillion of that happening. Not that I've examined those statistics, but sure, it easier to just say "We lost, MAGA is dead, our hopes for America are over".

Just like in 2020, those that protested got charged with felony parading, or the like. We know they always cheat, and surely would cheat even more with illegals allowed to vote and every effort to stop that contested and protected by leftist activist judges (even the SCOTUS).

But take out the illegals and all the fraud, imo MAGA is still the winning ticket (with voters, not DC). Did they really convince that many "Hispanics" to go tribal and flip back from their distain for the cartels and drug/human trafficking? I don't think so, and some 50 pound heads need to look into the statistics.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (vbXSk)

330 324 throw caution to the wind, Robert.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

331
Well, she continued to herself, there used to be a fun X account caked TCM Party that was a sort of live blog for movies playing on TCM. It's been a while, so i just checked back there and find it was run by a lefty wacko who misses "the old freewheeling days of Twitter " so she decamped the whole account to bluesky.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (mmrXZ)

332
called, not caked

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (mmrXZ)

333 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?

Yes, and tell me what Truck Stop you're at so I can watch....

Posted by: James Talarico at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (973Ju)

334 That's statistically and realistically impossible.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Cjcf6)

Of course it's is impossible, but that doesn't give you leave to be nasty to Nurse. Do you not believe the rest of us are sufficiently angry about the voting fiasco as you are? Argue the points, but for heaven's sake, don't piss on the people who actually agree with you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (5WPt1)

335 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

Buzzcut.
Make them look like adorable little chia pets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (HFrEr)

336 imo, I'd be surprised if democrat voters know even 10% of any given democrat politician's platform.(ie Talarico)

People of all walks of life, even democrats, that work 8-10 hour days hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest. Not everyone spends their days consuming politics, but they still vote.
Just like most dem voters hate Trump but when asked why it's the generic he's a bully, rapist, etc.

Posted by: old chick at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (F3Dlr)

337 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

Just for posting that here, please do, and use a really old rusty razor, will you please?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (5WPt1)

338 Why don’t ghosts like rain?
It dampens their spirits. 👻
Want another one?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

339 People understand that it's not a new war, minimal casualties, not some kind of occupation project, but they link that engagement to the price at the pump, diesel prices. Now Trump has nothing to lose, he can do a massive regime change if he fkng wanted.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (AKptf)

340 320 Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

The youtube wing walkers have been too busy virtue signaling that they love the copilot too much to reason through the probably aviation of it lawndarting like that....and no I am not flaming her or breaking out the reflexive DEI and i am not crowning her a heroine for her poise....

Aviation is a very serious business, and I have a young protege I was mentoring in informaton warfare who is trying to become an ATC I was a cargo handler with hazmat certs in the stone age a lifetime ago....

hooked him up with an ATC buddy of mine so he could get the straight dope on what the life is, only thing I asked him for was a solemn promise to treat the job with reverence and to remember it is literally life and death.

I am rolling my eyes at the whole Kabuki....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Int1s)

341 That's statistically and realistically impossible.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Cjcf6)

Of course it's is impossible, but that doesn't give you leave to be nasty to Nurse. Do you not believe the rest of us are sufficiently angry about the voting fiasco as you are? Argue the points, but for heaven's sake, don't piss on the people who actually agree with you.
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I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

342 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

Rosemary, it may be thyme to put this to bed. You cumin?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

***

Keep these comments cumin!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)

343 Wait. There's cat videos?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (vBZcw)

344 Cheating No: voters went straight Democrat, down to the railroad commissioner

Cheating Yes: mail-in ballots, the thing that Jimmy Carter was against for foreign countries. But good for the USA.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (PKL0q)

345 Buzzcut.
Make them look like adorable little chia pets.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (HFrEr)

DH says two little Mohawks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (5WPt1)

346 Robert - raimondo's mom says YES.

Posted by: PabloD at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (mXZsC)

347 Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert
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Just trim the hair. If you *shave* them you'll be... uh... extra itchy while the hair grows back. Not worth it!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

348 Why don’t ghosts like rain?
It dampens their spirits. 👻
Want another one?
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

A ghost wearing silk stockings?

Haunted hose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (j4Fxj)

349 I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

You called her a liar. In my world, them's fightin' words.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (5WPt1)

350 Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert

Wax them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x)

351 340 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 05, 2026 11:56 PM (Fy2U9)

It was mostly Labour, Globalists, and Donks with retard Tories and GOP the problem is the western intel business and Mossad were involved and some very serious people who *swearsies* are non-partisan all swear to Trump and others that full disclosure would destroy the security and law enforcement of the contributing nations so we cannot reveal it in detail.

I KNOW Trump is not in it or it would have leaked......I personally would have preferred full disclosure because I have turned on the Westphalian model and think it is the last hedge counter-intuitively against the globalists....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (Int1s)

352 Wax them.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x)

DH says that would only work with a happy ending.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (5WPt1)

353 I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

Flat-out calling someone a liar is not exactly civil. In a bar, that would likely cost you some teeth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (j4Fxj)

354 Wax them.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Oh, gawd!!! I let out a tiny yelp as I read that!

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

355 Thank you tcn.

Crusader. I am not a liar. I report what I hear in one of the most progressive retarded cities in the country.

Which just voted to ban boys from girls’ sports.

It’s a step forward. I have hope.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:02 AM (yEz+x)

356 Crusader

You were nasty to nurse. Your behavior was uncalled for.

An apology, with contrition, would go down well right now.

We are all on edge, but nerves are raw, and we must acknowledge that. Usually disagreement here is funny or punny. Not what you did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (u82oZ)

357 What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Boo-boos

On that note, I need to hop in the shower and get to bed.

Be good to each other.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (ZdaMQ)

358 Oh, gawd!!! I let out a tiny yelp as I read that!
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

There's a "wax on, ..." joke in there for the taking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (j4Fxj)

359 Robert

Wax them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x
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Jessica Yaniv has entered the chat

Posted by: 496 at November 06, 2026 12:04 AM (IhYdB)

360 319 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (byWhc)

They have been killing Americans since I was 7....I guess that was just "Monday" not a conflict....

I love how some people's internal monologues work in America....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:04 AM (Int1s)

361 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

In a perfect world, with his money? Hire a guerilla force of S. African mercenaries and do some shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (vzuC7)

362 Brisket is wrapped and resting. Also known as the drooling and waiting phase. And the self control challenge.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (sGzLm)

363 496

I had forgotten about that. Thanks, pal!

Proof that evolution works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (u82oZ)

364
Get used to it. Television news is dead to me for the foreseeable future and I'm not even browsing YouTube for fear of the headlines I might see. So yer gonna get my idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (mmrXZ)

365 One of the reasons I like Trump is that he is not a professional politician. He is a business man who I believe loves our country.
Posted by: Case

There's a lot of truth to this. Who was the last great president? The guy who used to be an actor and loved our country.

Who f-cks things up all the time? The career politicians. Barky never held down a real job. Slow Joe held elected office since before I was born.

Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

366 "Jimmy"... Out in theaters tomorrow. Might be a nice break from the fallout this week. I only caught wind of this movie this morning catching some of the election breakdown on a Deace podcast.

Jimmy Stewart ditched Hollywood to fly bombers against fascism.

https://youtu.be/P4LCXku3Jbk?

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (sdSI9)

367 Hey Blondie if you'll be around later I will drop you your answer in a bit

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (vE0+H)

368 I was curious as to why the left has gotten hysterical over AI data centers this year.

Then I used AI to create news articles. Give it talking points and it creates something equal to or better than "journalists".

If the left wants their talking points published, they don't have to pay woke progtards to do what AI will do for free.

AI could also theoretically replace judges.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

369 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

In a perfect world, with his money? Hire a guerilla force of S. African mercenaries and do some shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (vzuC7)

I just hope he has a better self-destruct code on SpaceX and Starlink than "123456".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)

370 Elon Musk simply ought to buy Cuba. He has enough money. Just go have a ...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)

371
Hey Blondie if you'll be around later I will drop you your answer in a bit
Posted by: ...

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

Whenever you're in the mood!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)

372 "Aviation is a very serious business"

I've only ever flown flight sims. I just have had a long interest in the details of aviation accidents; don't know why. I've monitored every kind of aviation comms (except for sat) as part of the radio hobby. Hoover seems pretty reliable among the podcasters.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

373 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

Get back to me when it can remove judges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (j4Fxj)

374 Hour of the Wolf

The birthdates of all his kids?

That would be a long password.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (u82oZ)

375 Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)

We could make Elon a member of the Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:11 AM (j4Fxj)

376 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

Get back to me when it can remove judges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (j4Fxj)

Where are you, T-800?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)

377 Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)
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No gofundme needed. Just have some washed up Hollywood celeb sell them on the finer points of a reverse mortgage

Posted by: 496 at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (mWrMy)

378 "idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity."

Recommended.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

379
The birthdates of all his kids?

That would be a long password.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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

He'd probably have to look them up every time anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (mmrXZ)

380 AI could also theoretically replace judges.

Posted by: kbdabear
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Hey, yo. dabear keeping links to himself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (6T7Go)

381
idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity."

Recommended.
Posted by: gp

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

Whenever I sit and watch this movie attentively , I feel stressed throughout the whole thing. And whenever I feel like my life is going down the tubes , I reflect that at least i'm not a guy who just killed his adulterous murderous lover and got shot himself and is on his way to the electric chair.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (mmrXZ)

382 Have a great night, everyone.

May you all find inner peace and wonderful dreams.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (u82oZ)

383 374 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

He is, most of them are just there is a lot of white knighting going on this month.

Same thing happened until the prelims came in on the chick who decided to ignore her instructor pilot in DC in the blackhawk then they shrugged at the DEI catcalling to a degree....in her case it was probably more warranted if regrettable.

Part of why I loathe identity politics is it demeans and undermines earned achievement and distorts positions for everyone.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (Int1s)

384 kbdabear

Came back to say I miss your links and your wit.

Welcome back!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (u82oZ)

385 Seems like midnight, but it's only 9:15 here. Oof.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

386 377 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:11 AM (j4Fxj)

Who is to say he is not one already....

"Martian Chronicles" or something?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:17 AM (Int1s)

387 What I think happened with the Rpsrein files - everything of any interest was stripped out of them years ago. Remember how the FBI supposed retrieved hundreds of hours of video? It’s never been heard of again. Both parties had custody at various times, both parties stripped out anything incriminating.

BUT…. During the 2024 campaign, Trump sensed unease about the issue, and he started playing around with it, promising he’d release stuff. Of course he was just flapping his gums and scoring cheap points, and it never occurred to him that people would be pissed if they found out that he was just making up big blowhard stories for the campaign. I guess he thought it would all blow over pretty quickly - but it didn’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:17 AM (oH6g4)

388 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.
-
Someone has to be on the first manned flight to Mars.

Good luck with that prosecution, earthbound retards.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 12:19 AM (vSvIl)

389 Hey I'm good now Blondie. I don't know how much you know about bread or if you have access to a mature starter but it will make all the difference in the world and you will never want to buy white bread again IMO. Or maybe any bread. So everything is the same as what I said the other night (hopefully you saved a copy) except we change some of the ingredient amounts (water, flour, yeast) a little:

Ellipsis'ss Soft Sandwich Loaf (Sourdough Edition)
150g Mature Starter
350g All Purpose Flour (King Arthur preferred)
1 tbsp sugar
9.5 g salt
3/4 tsp diastatic malt powder (optional but will make a difference)
2.5 tbsp baking milk powder (highly recommended)
1 tsp yeast
205g water
1.2 oz baking oil (avocado is good)

If you have questions about making up a starter I can help. Your best bet is to just buy some dried starter then follow the instructions to wake it up. A strong starter takes two weeks to a month to make from scratch, and fully matures at 90 days. Buy it dried and you can have a fully mature starter within like 72 hours. It needs feeding regularly, but again, you can't really make the highest quality breads without it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

390 "or if you have access to a mature starter"

Please don't take this the wrong way, I love the recipe, but I actually read that as "manure spreader." I'm going to go clean my reading glasses. BRB.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:27 AM (Jr5Lq)

391 LOL We have some manure spreaders right here.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

392 "or if you have access to a mature starter"

Please don't take this the wrong way, I love the recipe, but I actually read that as "manure spreader." I'm going to go clean my reading glasses. BRB.
Posted by: gp

I read "mature starter," but thought it was something AoP was trying to fix.

Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)

393 Alberta, Brazil, Poland.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 06, 2026 12:34 AM (PgV1+)

394 I read "mature starter," but thought it was something AoP was trying to fix.
Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)

Heh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:36 AM (j4Fxj)

395 That's better. Speaking of nerds wearing greasy glasses, that's how Melissa charmed Bill Gates. Whenever she noticed accumulations of his grotty face gunk at the office, she'd delicately remove them (unbidden!), lovingly cleanse them, and gently replace them on his vaguely lifelike phiz. Every time I think of that, my heart goes pit-a-pat.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

396 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?

Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (c08g/)

397 394 LOL We have some manure spreaders right here.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

On broadcast, as far as I can tell.

Best to stay out of that field for a bit.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (5WPt1)

398 Every time I think of that, my heart goes pit-a-pat.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

I might have just thrown up a bit in my mouth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (5WPt1)

399 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear

Well, the current judges are GIGO, so nobody would notice if they got replaced by AI.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (byWhc)

400 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

401 Because John coryn was a never Trumper piece of shit.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:43 AM (lEaEN)

402 403 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:45 AM (5WPt1)

403 405 403 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Pissed on the seat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:49 AM (lEaEN)

404 I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:45 AM (5WPt1)

(Insert meme of toilet roll holder that looks like Clippy)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:50 AM (j4Fxj)

405
399 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?
Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (c08g/)

I think we were all fooled into thinking it was the Talerico / Paxton race that was the important one in Texas, when in fact it was the Ginojoza/Abbot race that drove everything. She ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign that lit a fire underneath Hispanic voters. No one saw it coming, but they swarmed the polls to vote for her and wiped out almost the entire Republican ticket.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

406 There's probably an IoT toilet paper dispenser that texts your smartphone when it needs refill. It charts your sheet/dump stats, preorders new rolls, and routes copies of all the data packets to China. Black Friday is coming up! A great gift idea.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

407 Happy Thursday Horde!

Read the content and stopped right there, most excellent ONT Doof, thank you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 12:56 AM (ibDUx)

408
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

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

Copied and pasted into a word doc. Thaaaanks!!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (mmrXZ)

409 Fifty minutes of Milt Jackson et al:
youtube.com/watch?v=tisrgGRXj6s

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

410 Hi, Debby!

*pours Chivas for you*

It's been... interesting... here tonight!

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

411 408 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

They are going to open El Border, and border crime will sky rocket and I do not want to fucking hear about it from my border amigos they literally chose it and she told them she was doing it.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:00 AM (Int1s)

412 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

Most Hispanic Texans are for strong immigration enforcement. Maybe the anchor kids of illegals voted Dem because of ICE but again I don’t think native Hispanic Texans did.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:01 AM (KC5Lt)

413 “I [Dhillon] resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms,” she said, referring to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (6T7Go)

414 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (mmrXZ)

If you ever do make it, be sure and let me know how it turns out. Took me a while to develop that one. Cheers

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

415 415 Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:01 AM (KC5Lt)

Eh maybe I go to Texas a lot, I hear it both ways face to face....the donks have decided their spin is the Hispanics
came home."

Like I said they "voted for this" so the waves are already coming....I will work with their new governor to applaud their cultural enlightenment....make Brownsville Juarez again.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (Int1s)

416 And now, for something completely different...

https://youtu.be/ejQBbnzYIWg

Enjoy the Skywanker roast, you will.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 01:06 AM (qx7Zg)

417 399 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?

Posted by: AnnaS
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"Everyone" is not paying attention to the obvious fact that
it was not the voters that were counted in the election.
It was Obama's spreadsheet in concert with the MB, spiced
by DeepState and orchestrated by Chairman Xi.

We did not have an election we had a coup.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (6T7Go)

418 409 Sure enough, the Georgia Pacific 56782KB with the KOLO™ Smart Monitoring System is an IoT-enabled stainless steel dual roll dispenser. Let no call of nature ever go unmonitored again!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

419
Re that Learjet crash, have they decided if the horizontal stabilizer came loose or was it still on? The last I saw, it could've been either way. The dashcam footage was so compressed and it was moving so fast, you couldn't really tell.

I saw someone had looked at a video that some news channel had acquired that wasn't as compressed (with these online copies, it gets compressed and recompressed six ways to Sunday, and things get all noisy and messed up), and there was apparently some fuzzy thing there that could have been the stabilizer still attached.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

420 422 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

It can be attached and not providing stabilization if it loses rigidity....they will have to do a detailed failure analysis through reconstruction and microscopic viewing.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:10 AM (Int1s)

421 Some of these narratives seem awfully convenient, not for the Dems, but for the traitor rat GOP.

Hispanics got afraid of immigration enforcement and want compassion and open borders, Trump is too toxic for the voters....

So far not buying what I'm hearing.

Has the feel of "uh-huh".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:10 AM (vE0+H)

422
And I think you can call the speed that thing plowed into the pavement as "over 600 mph". Someone had some radar data, and did a vector sum of ground speed plus vertical descent rate and came up with something around there. Also, someone knowing the length of the jet and the frame rate came up with 650 mph.

So, within the uncertainties of those, you can just say over 600 mph.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

423 422 Parts of left elevator found up to 3.8 miles from crash site.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

424 What bothers me most, is the left's psychopathic hatred of... us. Ordinary, everyday people what may have ever voted "R".

wtf?

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

425 If you think the election was free and fair, you can make up any number of scenarios that could explain the results. I can’t believe 20 million new voters popped up out of thin air for the Demonrats, so I don’t believe the election was on the up and up. For me it doesn’t pass the smell test. And it’s easy to cheat with electronic voting and mail in ballots. I’m waiting and looking for patterns. I bet we’ll see what’s going on, sooner or later.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (ZVgZ4)

426
If you ever do make it, be sure and let me know how it turns out. Took me a while to develop that one. Cheers
Posted by: ...

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

Will do. It might be about 2 weeks because I'm leaving town to do some cat-sitting and I won't have all my utensils and stuff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (mmrXZ)

427 "And I think you can call the speed that thing plowed into the pavement as "over 600 mph""

From ADS-B, descent speed was over 50000 ft/min, but that is not as reliable as FDR data would be.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

428 sven, nice to see you back and commenting.
Also *big wave to DDS*

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (sGzLm)

429
Because John coryn was a never Trumper piece of shit.

Reminds me of Richard Lugar

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (Cqx++)

430
“I [Dhillon] resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms,” she said, referring to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff.

Posted by: Braenyard

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

Is this standard "It's been a long two years and I've served my service" kind of thing? Seems to me there's a lot of work left to do. Maybe her office just doesn't have to tools to make the needed changes. She demanded data, the States or other institutions just said "Make me."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (mmrXZ)

431 I might accept a close race loss in all the major Texas flips but they were 7-10 point losses . Incumbents who were responsible for Texas being one of the top states economically and low cost of living and people and companies from blue states fleeing here in droves.

Nothing like this has never ever happened . Not even close.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (KC5Lt)

432 I bet we’ll see what’s going on, sooner or later.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yep. But, as always... nothing will happen.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

433
I see, so the question is now did the stabilizer come loose and cause the crash, or did it just get ripped off due to the overspeed forces during the death dive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

434 431 Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (sGzLm)

Good to see everyone, let not your hearts be troubled and that is not me whistling polyanna...

it sucks this sucks etc etc it is bullshit and they are commie fuckers....but it all goes back to the communists we let indoctrinate the kids and the kids they started brainwashing under Chimpy McHaliburton "saving America from the Nazis"....it will only get worse so buckle up....we will look fondly on this as the good old days....

we should have destroyed the NEA in the 90s like I told people.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:18 AM (Int1s)

435 The election stats are very interesting. Looking forward to kearning more, though I have no hope of anything changing.

I thought I was going to get stuff done this evening but kid bedtimes took forevvaaarrrrr. I'm gonna read some. "The meaning of your life" by Arthur C Brooks. Good so far.

Posted by: Funsize at November 06, 2026 01:20 AM (3j87q)

436
What bothers me most, is the left's psychopathic hatred of... us. Ordinary, everyday people what may have ever voted "R".

wtf?
Posted by: JQ

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

JQ, I'm sure someone has analyzed it, but it's still chilling to see the visceral hatred going on.

I have a younger relative who's like this, and she swears "it isn't politics"; and I think I know what's eating her, which is the way she was raised. She's loaded with anger about her abusive childhood and she's taking it out horrifically on people she thinks were even marginally responsible. She's running and rewriting scripts in her head in which she puts those people down back when she was 6, 9, 14. So I'm getting the impression these rage-nuts have something going on from their childhood. They need deep analysis and therapy for unrelated or imaginary problems that they're resolving by getting revenge on people they perceive as equivalent to the original offenders.

And note, in their case, I think some of their problems are IMAGINARY. They've been brainwashed to believe that they've been personally horribly injured by people like you and me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:22 AM (mmrXZ)

437 "I see, so the question is now did the stabilizer come loose and cause the crash, or did it just get ripped off due to the overspeed forces during the death dive."

Exactly!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

438 All the teeth gnawing and anger - i am normally in that boat. Certainly hate the results of Tuesday. Also got a jolt of reality Tuesday morning before results started coming in. A dear friend lost his 20 yr old son. Ripped me up - great kid, great family. Perspective i suppose.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:24 AM (sGzLm)

439 Numbers don’t add up. Election stolen across America.

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 06, 2026 01:25 AM (YytD3)

440 441 Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:24 AM (sGzLm)

Sorry for their loss, all sincerity...

I can't imagine...Lad is my only one if I lost him I would probably quit the game.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:26 AM (Int1s)

441 But, as always... nothing will happen.

Posted by: JQ
---

It's been building a long time. Obama's three terms put it on steroids. Trump's been doing a lot. Doing more than any natural man. Really thought God was going to push us over the line this time but that's not the way it appears to be going. These next years are going to be odd. Thought Trump would have blown up Iran by now.
Don't know what's up. Maybe the coup was more successful than apparent. Maybe Trump's got a trap for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:27 AM (6T7Go)

442 Maybe Trump's got a trap for them.

Posted by: Braenyard
---------
Been thinking about that. He does pack some surprises.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:29 AM (sGzLm)

443 Aaaand I killed the thread.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:38 AM (sGzLm)

444 Yep. But, as always... nothing will happen.
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

They’re doing it again because we didn’t hang them the first time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 01:39 AM (ZVgZ4)

445
scampydog, that's awful for the family. YES, perspective. Now I'm watching a Bernie Madoff docudrama and imagining being any of his victims, or being him. That French guy he deceived lost a thousand-year-old family fortune and those of a few others who trusted him to trust their thousand-year-old family fortunes to Bernie. He... did the honorable thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)

446 We don't need judges or jurys. We have me.

Posted by: Newsom at November 06, 2026 01:47 AM (bw7T+)

447 We will need a modern day robespierre to lead it.

Posted by: raimondo
---

All well and good raimondo. But as Putin said. Check your history.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:50 AM (6T7Go)

448 We don't need judges or jurys. We have me.
Posted by: Newsom
---------
Objection. Excessive Pomade.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:51 AM (sGzLm)

449 Today's "left" is certainly cult-like. Yes, while they project that very label onto us.

I wondered about Trumpka's many visits to the Zero whitehouse, but I figured it had plenty to do with D "branding" and opponent de-humanization campaigning, much like unions do to non-union workers.

🤷‍♀️

I spent many hours reading about cult methods at the Rick Ross Institute (name is different now) website. Fits the D's as well as the unions.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

450 Blondie, a thousand year fortune... that is a mind warp. I am not well read on Bernie. Will put that documentary on the list to watch.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (sGzLm)

451 scampy, prayers up for that young man and his family and friends.

Sweet dreams Horde, I'm tired.

Night JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (ibDUx)

452 Thanks DDS. Sleep well.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:56 AM (sGzLm)

453 Rainman thinks he'll be a Shop Steward... LOL

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

454 Night, Debby.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

455 *hands rainman a shovel*

"Thanks, useful idiot, for getting us into power! Now, DIG this canal like your life depends on it! Because IT DOES."

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

456 At the moment I am not ruling out mass manipulation via the usual psy ops except this time with a big assist from AI which is good at consolidatng and coming up with strategies.

With the tech moving as fast as it has its plausible they couldn't do it as effectively two years ago or just that Trump himself was too forceful to overcome especially after the near miss and the fight fight fight.

But people saw and heard him directly back then (debate) whereas this year despite the rallies the media was able to influence how little or much people were exposed to. And who and when. They could have easily used AI for candidate templates with the best chance of winning in each place and against the stuffy out of touch GOP it would have been easy.
Plus regular fraud where needed.

And also to come up with the angles for any story and also what stories to promote and how.

It may not be as simple as the above but that type of thing could help explain a totally unprecedented result across the country. Recall they are already good at running psy ops. On other countries and ours. Covid was a massive one. And the media and a parade of influencers delivers one constant droning message.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:03 AM (vE0+H)

457 Well, 0100 here. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:05 AM (j4Fxj)

458 460 *hands rainman a shovel*

"Thanks, useful idiot, for getting us into power! Now, DIG this canal like your life depends on it! Because IT DOES."
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

Dude couldn't dig a latrine trench without falling in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 02:05 AM (5WPt1)

459 Hillary's weird left field claim of "mind control" the day of got my hackles up. They love to brag about what they are doing.

Remember the "vast right wing conspiracy" which of course was really a "vast left wing conspiracy" all along.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:06 AM (vE0+H)

460 Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

France has opened a probe into a November 2 cyberattack on blood plasma storage.

Hackers breached Coolworld, a third-party refrigeration supplier for the French Blood Establishment (EFS). Freezers at three regional EFS sites were pushed from about minus 30°C toward 110°C.
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This makes my blood boil!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 02:08 AM (1x2K9)

461 Thanks election deniers you got everyone to vote you off the island with your non-stop lies and B.S.

Posted by: raimondo at November 06, 2026 01:58 AM (kqVy

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You realize you'll be dead meat when everyone spots you in the bread lines.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 02:10 AM (1x2K9)

462 >>>They love to brag about what they are doing.
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Exactly.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

463
Blondie, a thousand year fortune... that is a mind warp. I am not well read on Bernie. Will put that documentary on the list to watch.
Posted by: scampydog

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scamp, not literally a thousand, I meant as old as old money gets.

The family went back ages; the family château contained archives dating back to the year 1200. They got super rich in the 1600s, this guy's family in particular was so rich they lent money to Louis XIV.

They were in such bad shape after Bernie they were afraid they'd lose that chateau. I'm not sure if they did.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:12 AM (mmrXZ)

464 460 *hands rainman a shovel*
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Brain wandered to Christopher Walken in the Deer Hunter.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:12 AM (sGzLm)

465 I'm not sure if they did.
Posted by: Blonde
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Damnit. It's usually publius that sends me on reading adventures. You're now on the naughty list.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:16 AM (sGzLm)

466 Night, horde. Got stuff to do in the morning...

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

467
We now have another mini-moon, 2026 QQ8. It's a little rock about 3' across, and it's now temporarily captured by Erf's gravity for the rest of this year.

I think it's a bit silly, really, the criteria for "temporary capture". It's not in a permanent orbit and will escape sometime next year, but it meets some criteria for being gravitational bound right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)

468 One of my favorite things in life this weekend. Walking into the woods in the dark in the morning, sitting all day, walking out in the dark in the evening. Completely disconnected. Like a 7vyr old on Christmas Eve, I look forward to it.
Thanks for the homework, Blonde Morticia. G'night, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:31 AM (sGzLm)

469 While I certainly wasn't pleased with the results I'm not going to go all doom and glom over it.

In 1994, after fifty years of Democrat control of the House, the Republican party finally took back total control of both houses.

Twelve years later the GOP lost it all again.
Two years later Obama came along and made it worse.
Two years after that the Dems once again lost control of Congress.

I don't need to remind anybody here of what came after Obama.

Things look bleak now but recent history suggests that things will continue to go back and forth over decades.

So to think this is generational loss and the FOP will never recover seems quite premature and overly pessimistic.

The Dems screw up everything they touch.
They are good at propaganda and turnout, and that's not always enough.
2016 and 2024 prove they are vulnerable, and they will continue to be.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:44 AM (6ydKt)

470 FOP = GOP.

It's early.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:46 AM (6ydKt)

471 In 1994, after fifty years of Democrat control of the House, the Republican party finally took back total control of both houses.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:46 AM (6ydKt)
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These are not your father's Demoncraps.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 03:02 AM (lgmVC)

472 So rural very red counties in Texas and Kansa were in on the cheat? Because that’s what these tweets are saying. And it makes zero sense.

In 2024 the NYT did a similar analysis on counties that shifted red to blue and blue to red between 2020 and 2024. The map was almost all red.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 03:04 AM (AvAYQ)

473 Every election of the 21st century without an incumbent president running was run by the party that won the house the previous election.

2000 Bush won, GOP won house in ‘98
2008 Obama won Dems won house in ‘06
2016 Trump won, GOP won house in 2014
2024 Trunp won, GOP won house in 2022

This suggests a Dem will win in 2028.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 03:08 AM (AvAYQ)

474 Mfing Microsoft Windows. I set the update to November 11th, but when I put my computer to sleep, upon wakeup, it started an update cycle that involved at least 3 restarts before the windows screen came up...and still says there are more updates...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:46 AM (l3cgK)

475 So what EXACTLY did MS update on my computer then?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:47 AM (l3cgK)

476 BTW, why is top pic named Bleeding_Kansas_flag-rev.jpg?...
It has 22 stars...flag had 34 for the adoption of Kansas as a state...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:51 AM (l3cgK)

477 .
NOOD

Pixy's here with the Tech News

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (O7YUW)

478 Yes, there was fraud.
But until you can explain who, how, and what percentage is provable fraud... calm down.

Posted by: John the River at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (bK4Z7)

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