1 I'll take it

2 GDP Number Go Up isn't the comfort to wagies as it was back in the Reagan Years.

3 Yea But .................................

Trump combs his hair funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4
Willowed

The EU is looking at the reality of sponsoring the Ukraine war all by themselves.

____________

Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?

I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.

5 Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240.

^^ this is the key sentence

6 Yep

7 5 Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240.

^^ this is the key sentence
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)

which equates to a single meal at McDonalds now.

8 McJobs?

9 checkin' in

10 HOPE and CHANGE People .....

HOPE and CHANGE People .....


This is the only thing that will save us from .......

THE EVIL TRUMP DASDARDLY POLICIES ......
REMEMBER "It's FOR THE CHILDREN" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11 still getting more than 10 spams a day and of course the bleg messages keep rolling in...I enjoy the responses to the blegs where I ask why we still put ethanol in gas

12
Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?

I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)


I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

They know they are becoming more and more unpopular because of the effects of immigration and having an external enemy to point to as a threat that only they can confront is the basis of many a political system.

Even Poland which doesn't have the immigration problem that Western Europe has is still caught up in it because their PM is a far-left EU butt-boy and will do anything he can to complete their takeover of the most important Eastern European country.

They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.

If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.

13
https://youtu.be/UJOjTNuuEVw&t=17

14 Willowed:

The Green Savant enters at 2:30.

Wow, letting her vote is about the same as finding the dumbest retard in the Sudan and letting him vote in American elections.

I literally could feel my brain shrinking in abject horror as she spoke.

Cute but dumb as a rock. However, you can't fuck rocks so I guess she wins that contest.
Great work Greeny McSpoinkbrain!

15 It’s not unusual….

16 Please remind me. When did the Democrats predict the inevitable Trumpcession will begin?

17 Who is the Green Savant?

18 America's 2026 Mid-terms
"Measuring the Rot"

Sad but true.

19
Please remind me. When did the Democrats predict the inevitable Trumpcession will begin?
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (5rh/l)

_________

January 21, 2025

20 The coup attempt in Poland; do we (deepState) have a hand in this
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.

21 Even Poland which doesn't have the immigration problem that Western Europe has is still caught up in it because their PM is a far-left EU butt-boy and will do anything he can to complete their takeover of the most important Eastern European country.

They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.

If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

I see he's staged a coup in Poland and has taken over the courts and the legislature....

22 wait,

in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.

23 The Republican establishment has said nothing about this. You'd think they'd be beating the drum about how great the economy is doing and that gas prices will start decreasing once the war is over. But nooooo

24 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.

25 Thanks for the nood.

26 I noticed something interesting in my area. There are three different large grocery stores. The first two have relatively similar prices. The third, which just happens to have a major distribution center about five miles away has prices about 15% to 20% below the other two. I think this is partially due to diesel costs on trucking. But, it, also, likely is related to overstock and over shipping stock that gets sent to the nearest retail at reduced prices (especially if it is perishable).

My advice is to do a little research on your grocery providers. See who has the closest distribution center and shop there.

27
Who is the Green Savant?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (JrHfD)

She's in the last video on the previous thread.

28 20 The coup attempt in Poland; do we (deepState) have a hand in this
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (pMmVV)

If we is the deep State and CIA , maybe... Trump wouldn't be happy with this left winger I don't think....

29 25 Thanks for the nood.
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (SwyyQ)


I NOODED

30
I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

31 They know they are becoming more and more unpopular because of the effects of immigration and having an external enemy to point to as a threat that only they can confront is the basis of many a political system.

See also: Canada

32 The Left needs a Trump loss on Tuesday.
The place I work hires whomever they can find. The Navy, NASA and Virginia Space are going nutz not to mention their private partners.

33 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40%...
-----

And if American commercials are to be believed, they do a lot of boating and they all own new SUVs.

34 donna, that was not sarcasm, LOL

35 23 The Republican establishment has said nothing about this. You'd think they'd be beating the drum about how great the economy is doing and that gas prices will start decreasing once the war is over. But nooooo

Posted by: Smell the Glove
----

They aren't putting election money out to help Trump candidates.

36
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes

And GAY!

37 Sports moms are a major thing; shows how out of touch every Dem really is.

38 36
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes

And GAY!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

And we take an awful lot of medications

39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.

40 The Ukraine Russia war will stop when the US stops funding it.

41 Every ad on WAVY10 is Kiggans and Luria or Buckhout and Davis. Endless.

42 If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

It doesn't matter if he's a communist or a fascist tycoon.
He's Russian, and Europe has been playing with the Russians like this for 500 years.

They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.

43
Who is the Green Savant?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

One of Spiderman's enemies.

44 And if American commercials are to be believed, they do a lot of boating and they all own new SUVs.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)

And we tend to sing and dance a lot when a new weight-loss drug comes out.

45 There a lot of ways a US Russia alliance would be bad for communism.

46 Gist of the current putsch by Tusk

MJ
@Real_Politik101
·
1h
Coup underway as Tusk tries to remove the President and Vice President of the Constitutional Court + nullify all of PiS appointees. Sending the police to block court officials from entering as well while this process is underway.
None of Tusk’s appointees were recognized by the President which means they’re illegitimate yet the PM is trying to ram it through. Nawrocki is returning to Poland from his flight to Senegal to intervene. He’s the most popular politician in Poland. Hoping this backfires and destroys KO in the next election. Insane stuff

47 >>
They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
--

Putin is the wrong person to play, 'experiment the leader' with.

48

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

Who is the good Pole and who is the bad Pole?

49 39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)
—-

That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.

50 24 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ti9vn)

____________________

Oh, that's hogwash. Why...we haven't had a black person in our commercials in decades.

Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.

51 I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.

It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.

52 Going to the Trump Rally Sunday in Salina.

53 Oh, that's hogwash. Why...we haven't had a black person in our commercials in decades.

Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.


Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)

See also: COPS

54 Putin is the wrong person to play, 'experiment the leader' with.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)

I'm just waiting for Europe's new Napoleon to show up.

55 Well, the layoff monster got me last month. Not a great time of year to find a new job. Being 67 doesn't help, of course.

56 If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

Putin could be given all of Ukraine, and a Nobel Prize, simply for posting, "Dear Gays, Russian children are back on the menu."

57 —-

That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.

Posted by: Elric the Blade
---

They are super jiggery about that.

58 Tusk wasn't my favorite album.

59 I'm just waiting for Europe's new Napoleon to show up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)

Macron wanted to be, when he wasn't the new Jupiter.

60 39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.
Posted by: Crusader

WWI by 1917 was at this point as well. The elites of all the warring powers had come to the end of their support from the common people and losing or even negotiating over losing would result in regime implosions.

EU is desperate to keep those hundreds of billions in Russian frozen assets and ending the war would require sending them back never to return to the EU, ditto for the UK. LaGardes strange resignation speech from teh EU Central Bank is also a tell. My guess, banks in Europe start imploding if the war ends in Ukraine and that stolen money has to be returned.

So they would gladly drag the US and their own countries into the abyss to fight a ruinous war with Russia in order to save their worthless skins.

61
It's like the AOS comments have turned into Zero Hedge.

Putin is not your friend.

62 Well, not a dinosaur but still pretty cool.

https://tinyurl.com/2eyhav6t

63 I'm hoping our turnout will get Paxton over the line but however it turns out the Dems were dumb to run someone like Talarico or Crockett. I think a moderate Hispanic Texas democrat would have beaten Paxton easily.

64
There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.

It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

I don't even think it's that complicated.
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.

They are arrogant and feel insulted.

65 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.

66 It's like the AOS comments have turned into Zero Hedge.

Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)

Zelensky is a worse friend

67 At X and apparently Townhall there is a story that Talarico was on something called Fling a sex site, looking for fetish and group sex. If true it should have been brought up earlier. Better late than never I guess

68 Have you been following the developments in Haiti?

El Salvador had four aviation techs working with the Gang Suppression Force, which is backed by the UN. A gang ambushed them and took the techs hostage.

Bukele put thousands of soldiers on commercial flights over to Haiti. Haiti doesn't have a military, so nobody stopped this. Bukele has reassured the people of Haiti he's just there to kick some gang butt and doesn't want anything from them. Trump has given his blessing.

69 I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump"

Trump is the enemy. Russia will be our best buds about 30 seconds after the next dim resident is installed.

It's been June 23 again...

70 Yes, blacks on commercials camp, hike, boat, swim in huge numbers. The reality is that most never walk on a non-paved surface. There are country blacks around here who might grill in their backyard, maybe fish once in a while, but their numbers are small.
In the 54 year history of The Price Is Right, maybe one black person was happy they won a boat.

71 49, I forgot about the money. Add a zero or two to the Minnesota numbers.

72 America will be a much better place when Rove has a pudding cup

73 I don't even think it's that complicated.
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.

They are arrogant and feel insulted.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

it's much much older than that, a century at least. They didn't even tell him not first, he moved before they thought they would while they were moving artillery up to shell the Donbas cities.

74 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?

75 We should totally elect Democrats. They will fix this.

I mean they did last time, right? The Biden years aren’t that far in the past.

76 They are super jiggery about that.

Posted by: Braenyard
=======
They are using that as a facade to hide their deteriorating banks financials. Same as City of London. Trump ending the bleeding of dollars via trade imbalances to the EU is also part of it. Thus a pivot to authoritarianism where inconvenient national politicians are dispensed with like Orban, banned from taking office like in Romania, preventing political parties from taking office like in Germany and France, and riots by Muslims in the streets are allowed so that the implicit threat is the state is the only thing preventing them from taking over.

77 Tusk wasn't my favorite album.
-----

Why won't you tell me what's going on?
Why won't you tell me who's on the phone?

78 ZH comments are a parody site. It is Bluesky for autistics and libertarians. Absolutely fucking mental.

79 Putin is not your friend."

And not my enemy either.

80 Bukele put thousands of soldiers on commercial flights over to Haiti. Haiti doesn't have a military, so nobody stopped this. Bukele has reassured the people of Haiti he's just there to kick some gang butt and doesn't want anything from them. Trump has given his blessing.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)

Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.

81 A lot of math in that post.

82 The EU & UK participated with StateDept in creating the color
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.

83 Ironic that illegals are blocked from going to work by anti-ice protesters?

Can't make this shit up.

84 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)

We have teams of people talking to the Russians daily since Trump came into office, and he speaks to Putin on the regular. Putin doesn't need friends, he needs adults on the other end of the line.

85 Willowed from the previous thread:

" The first shipment of Russia-sourced diesel oil, all 300,000 barrels of it graded ultra-low-sulphur, will be arriving in a US port around November 7."

86 https://www.youtube.com/live/czaomyqNjnM

TOUSI on Poland ... he's been live for about 10 minutes.

87 but Gallup says economic confidence is low and has been for a long while.

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

It has been established for some time now that polls are not to inform but to influence a position.

88 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM


Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

89 Because I missed the last thread...

Read a newer novel recently where the main character is an obviously liberal woman. So she hates the New York Post, she considers them conservative, but she openly admits in the novel that they write the best newspaper headlines in the business. Like the "headless body in topless bar," or whatever the phrasing of that famous headline is.

That "bad bromance" headline deserves to go on the listing some of the best. Maybe not of all time, but the last ten years at least. Bless the New York post.

90 Lies lies lies
All lies!!!
Trump is fudging the numbers.
Real growth is -1000%

91 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down. You aren't going to un-inflate the money that was inflated by printing trillions to pay for Build-Back-Better (Biden's Bureaucratic Buglary) without destroying some printed money (aint going to happen) or having massive GDP growth (aint going to happen over night)

Remember when they used all that BBB money to fix all the roads and bridges and stuff....

92 3.4% and to be revised upward, no doubt.

93 The EU & UK participated with StateDept in creating the color
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (pMmVV)

one of the celebrations was burning 25 ethnic Russians alive in Odessa.

94 65 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM
Ditto on the American Legion (50 year member), at least the publication anyway.

95 Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.

96 diesel oil"

What is that?

97 The Europeans have benefited from Pax Americana and engaged in every arrogant stupid political idea that's come along. Their own governments are collapsing and they are screaming at US that we are abandoning Ukraine.
Get your houses in order and then maybe we'll listen to you

98 Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex

Well, he's no comedian.

https://tinyurl.com/3yj3tw6d

99 "Business confidence" would be affected by the GOP getting off their asses and making the business environment better with changes to laws and regulations. Industries can't make 10-year and 50-year investments into huge projects IF they're scarred to death that every 2 years we run the risk of a massively fraudulent election leads to the hostile overturn of the country's rules.

100 The Ukraine business is an op to keep the US and Russia apart. Where would China and the EU go? To Canada? To Iran?
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.

101
Breitbart..

France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

102 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down

So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......

103 Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah, the US is totally blocked from Greenland forever. Nice op.

104 I really wish Trump would have floated a Tax Rebate scheme for increased fuel costs for this year.

At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.

It would have been such an easy W.

105 >>>It is Bluesky for autistics
---

Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see

Blue birds singing a song
Nothing but blue skies from now on

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on

106 Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)

Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.

107 Get your houses in order and then maybe we'll listen to you"

Heh.

108 84 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
_________________________

A nice little wake-up call showed itself a couple of weeks ago when Ukraine slammed some of the Russian Data Centers and took them out for a day and a half.

Remarkably, about 70% of all pro-Palestinian jabbering on "X" just disappeared for that time frame. Russia was/ is hosting that contingency or maybe even just botting the hell out of "X" on the subject.

109 Breitbart..

France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (/QHx4)

Can't wait for the Christmas riots and Hanukah riots...

110 in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
=====

Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

111 France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.
----

I might have to join them--its been way too long since there was a new entrant to the "Halloween" movie franchise.

112 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.

113 The Ukraine business is an op to keep the US and Russia apart. Where would China and the EU go? To Canada? To Iran?
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (NeFn5)

The dumb part is it drove China and Russia together. Not a great plan. And there is nobody for them to turn to.

114 89-Lizzy , The NY Post really roasted Weiner:

https://tinyurl.com/243ztcpa

115 Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

To be fair, when he prays, he prays that his kinsman will obliterate the US, so there's that.

116 >>We have teams of people talking to the Russians daily since Trump came into office, and he speaks to Putin on the regular. Putin doesn't need friends, he needs adults on the other end of the line.

Adults realize countries don't have friends. Don't have permanent allies either. They do things for their countries interests and react when other countries make moves they deem not in their countries interests.

NATO pledged to Russia over and over since it's founding it would not move further eastward. NATO lied. Repeatedly. Putin warned he viewed it as an aggressive infringement on his sphere of influence much as we did when Russia tried to put missiles in Cuba. That almost caused WWIII.

Doesn't get mentioned much because it hurts the narrative but prior to the war the Ukrainian government killed thousands of ethnic men, women and children in the Donbas region. Putin was obviously not happy about that. He became he less happy when the west ran a coup in Ukraine and took down an elected leader that favored Russia over the west and installed a puppet government. He got even angrier when the west tried the same thing in Kazakhstan. He sent in troops to stop that one.

117 Can't wait for the Christmas riots and Hanukah riots..."

Wait till those Mennonites get into the non pasteurized milk...

118 Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?

119 like in Germany and France, and riots by Muslims in the streets are allowed so that the implicit threat is the state is the only thing preventing them from taking over.
- Whig
And they won't be able to stop them from taking over.

120 >> France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween Student Riots.


You forgot the 'Student'.

Almost as important as the 'Mostly Peaceful'.

121 Wow.

Polish President Nawrocki ordered his plane to turn around and return to Poland.

122 Damn right wing extremist!

https://tinyurl.com/mr3a4s4z

123 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)

Repeat that line for North Sea oil, pipelines from Nigeria to the Meds, and dozens of other projects the EU has messed up.

124 Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

125 So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)

____________________

No, those are retarded yutes. I call them ribbon wearers.

126 112 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)

They don't want any gas cars and probably no electric cars.. They want no vehicles that are privately owned.. Public transit for all and public housing.. It is their ultimate plan

127 111 France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

That'd be sweet.
Let it be massive and bloody.
And impossible to not cover.
for the mid-terms.

128 I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)

Hockey mom here, but yes, that's what we do. After millions of hours spent sitting on a cold bench for practice after practice, I would think it fair to get one hockey sweater to wear to games. And if people don't like it, they can self deport to somewhere they like better.

129 when the west ran a coup in Ukraine"

You misspelled "The US State Department"

130 They don't want any gas cars and probably no electric cars.. They want no vehicles that are privately owned.. Public transit for all and public housing.. It is their ultimate plan
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)

But most of them want a big car with a driver so they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi. They just want US on the bus.

131 I really wish Trump would have floated a Tax Rebate scheme for increased fuel costs for this year.

At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.

It would have been such an easy W.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM


There is no way that would ever make it through the senate. The democrats would frame it as a tax credit for billionaires and big businesses and never vote for it.

132 @129 more specifically Victoria Nuland

133 102 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down

So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......

Posted by: It's me donna
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Only time prices come down is during a depression. We don't want
that. When inflation stops or diminished, as Trump cut in half, a
new float level is created. That's a best case scenario.
Democrat remedies to 'bring down prices' can only be inflationary
hopeum.

134 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Unfortunately true, FEC reports of employers. These are not the rank and file but the hq

135 So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)

I saw some crap about how the Pali flags really just signal that the flag flyers are upset about something, anything, and that is the current signal.

Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.

136 I don't get why these odd people ( in the previous thread clip) can't identify what "non binary"
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.

137 >>There is no way that would ever make it through the senate. The democrats would frame it as a tax credit for billionaires and big businesses and never vote for it.


It doesn't have to.
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.

138 more specifically Victoria Nuland"

Indeed.

139 121 Wow.

Polish President Nawrocki ordered his plane to turn around and return to Poland.
Posted by: mrp
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From my understanding about thirty minutes ago on X, a post claimed Nawrocki is on the ground now in Poland but security does not want him around the Con. Court building. Who knows if it is true.

140 I wonder if we'll see something from the DSA this weekend ...

141 Unfortunately true, FEC reports of employers. These are not the rank and file but the hq
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

The Left love to run ' non-profits' .

142 Putin is not our friend. His actions go well beyond the ebb and flow of established military and intelligence. His conquest of other countries is more an expression of his aspirations than anything else. Putins Russia is currently supporting a fair degree of the divisive nefarious activity taking place on our soil. His actions are overall offensive, not defensive when it comes to our country. Much of it is about his personal prestige, as it is with people of his stripe. We saw it first hand in places like Syria where we ran up against his mercs and SF. He wants conflict. He needs conflict. Don’t make the mistake of underestimating that and seeing everything through the eyes of Ukraine. Nor should you believe his view is shared by all in Russian leadership. Russia is a great product country and there are a lot of decent people there in leadership.

143 136 I don't get why these odd people ( in the previous thread clip) can't identify what "non binary"
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (xz+xK)

As far as I can figure, "I'm non-binary" just means "You're not the boss of me!"

It is a nonsense statement, but it demands that you pay attention and give uptwinkles.

Best to be ignored.

144 Doesn't get mentioned much because it hurts the narrative but prior to the war the Ukrainian government killed thousands of ethnic men, women and children in the Donbas region. Putin was obviously not happy about that. He became he less happy when the west ran a coup in Ukraine and took down an elected leader that favored Russia over the west and installed a puppet government. He got even angrier when the west tried the same thing in Kazakhstan. He sent in troops to stop that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

Plus they started a war with the dissident Donbas lands in 2014-5. Not sure what assistance Russia gave but they did not use troops. The Donbas forces surrounded the Ukraine troops and Ukraine sued for a ceasefire. Germany and France signed an agreement to guarantee for talks to settle the issues, and admitted a few years back they never intended to do so. Russia tends to be a stickler about that. These Minsk accords stalled all the way to the outbreak of the war.

145 >>You misspelled "The US State Department"

And Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Lyndsey Graham.

There were other countries involved, it wasn't just the US. But our foreign policy establishment has been doing stupid shit for decades and then blaming the fallout on others, like Russia in this case. Remember, it was an internet video that caused the attack on the US embassy in Libya.

uh huh

No, Putin is not an angel. Anyone who thinks our previously permanent foreign policy establishment is blameless is smoking much better stuff than I ever could've afforded.

146 110 in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
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Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

It's not real bright.
Abdul needs those suburban soccer moms who wear their son't jerseys to their games.

That's one of his target demos.

147 Interesting that Murdoch's spawn seems to have imploded Fox ratings for the globalist team.
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SCW
@SCWOFTX
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This is what happens when you abandon those that made FOX number One

Fox News is suffering one of its most dramatic ratings collapses in years, losing nearly one-third of its audience in key demographics just days before the critical midterm elections.

148 Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex

He’s also not my enemy. I’ve never heard Putin say he wants me in internment camps. I’ve heard many Democrats say it though.

149
Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

----

"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden

"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State

150 I saw some crap about how the Pali flags really just signal that the flag flyers are upset about something, anything, and that is the current signal.

Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)
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A lot of truth in that. Think about what makes up the left. They don't have the luxury of universal positions. They are a rag tag collection of "one issue" facets. That's how you end up with gays supporting Muslims despite the fact that both factions are diametrically opposed to each other. It's an unwritten agreement that this group will support the other group, because the act will be reciprocated. There is no reference to substantive quality. There is every reference to superficial quantity.

151 increased fuel costs for this year"

The domestic industry was going to raise prices anyway. Supply is constrained, demand increased, and what's left of the petroleum club hates Trump. Bigly.

152 Globalists are hell bent on starting war with Russia. Coup attempt in Poland reeks of desperation. I hope Rubio comes out soon with some hard truth telling.

153 Best to be ignored.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)

Thankfully , I have never had anybody tell me they are non binary, but that's probably because I don't hang out in leftist circles.

154 Nor should you believe his view is shared by all in Russian leadership. Russia is a great product country and there are a lot of decent people there in leadership.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

Putin is the moderate in the leadership vis a vis dealing with Europe. Much much more people want them to piss up the nearest rope.

155
Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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I watched his interview with Schmucker, (is there another one?).
What he said about Yeltsin's attempts to align Russia with the
US matched what I witnessed and thought about events at the
time. The US behaved shamefully. Putin understandably has feeling
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.

156 The Left love to run ' non-profits' .
Posted by: polynikes
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Run them into the ground for grift which is typical of those that like to firmly plant their butts in a swivel chair and do little all day. And then whine about being underpaid.

157 But most of them want a big car with a driver so they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi. They just want US on the bus.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5WPt1)
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Don't forget the restricted traffic lanes reserved for "special" vehicles.

158 Putin is not our friend"

And I don't care.

159 I still very much believe that Ukraine was the aggressor, wanting to join NATO, and being held up by the US, so that we could continue laundering Biden cash and working on chemical and biological weapons there. If I were Putin, I'd probably object to that as well. Simply blaming everything on Putin because Putin is a bit of a psychopath doesn't actually address the problems at hand. I suspect that ending the war will come with promises by Ukraine to abandon NATO, give up the money laundering and laboratories. As far as Russia is concerned, if the Ukraine had taken all the money we gave them and built a wall, things would be less stabby and miserable all around.

160 >>The domestic industry was going to raise prices anyway. Supply is constrained, demand increased, and what's left of the petroleum club hates Trump. Bigly.


Sure. He reclaimed the Venezuelan Oil Fields, pretty much killed OPEC and the Petroleum Lobby now hates his guts.

You seem really informed.

161 Thankfully , I have never had anybody tell me they are non binary, but that's probably because I don't hang out in leftist circles.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (JrHfD)

A lot of it now is the youth, who use it to "join" the alphabet community without having to do anything perverted. Asexual also works if you want them to leave you alone.

162 I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)

That's exactly what moms do.

163 It doesn't have to.
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.


Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Qugny)
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None of that "WE FORCED THEM TO VOTE AGAINST IT!!!!11" nonsense has moved the needle with normies for at least 30 years.

Nobody. Fucking. Cares.

164
It's possible to dislike both Putin and Zelinsky.

Like Saddam and Khomeini.

165 Seems to be confirmed now, Nawrocki is back in Poland with video.

Inevitable West
@Inevitablewest
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🚨BREAKING: President Karol Nawrocki has just ARRIVED at the Presidential Palace in Polish capital Warsaw

He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱

166 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?

167 86 https://www.youtube.com/live/czaomyqNjnM

TOUSI on Poland ...

He's been replaying video from on the ground. He has something in English right now (about 8 minutes before the "live" point).

168 Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

169 Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

To be fair, Abdul prays that his compatriots will rise up and destroy the US, so there's that.

170 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!

171 reclaimed the Venezuelan Oil Fields, pretty much killed OPEC"

And that means what to domestic production constraints?

Let me know when XOM breaks new ground for refining/supply.

172 Under a Republican, even if ghe economy is doing great the press makes people think it's not.

Rush once talked about a survey during the Bush administration when the economy was going gangbusters. It asked people "How are you doing financially?" and "How do you think your neighbors are doing financially?"

Most people said their finances were doing great but they thought their neighbors were struggling. So, they thought the economy was in the crapper and they were just lucky.

The MSM was just that powerful.

173 al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha

174 More right wing extremism.

https://tinyurl.com/y4322n5f

175 A lot of it now is the youth, who use it to "join" the alphabet community without having to do anything perverted. Asexual also works if you want them to leave you alone.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

_____________________________

I'd love to be an observer in public schools these days when the English teacher lectures on pronouns. I'm sure it is now nuanced. Or maybe not, because I keep seeing youths claim to identify as they/them, and in the very next sentence refer to themselves with a first person singular pronoun like "I." Maybe they are skipping that curriculum altogether to avoid conflict.

176 Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

----

"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden

"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (tB7nu)

There was even a little US naval force in the area at the time doing maneuvers. I can't see anyone else doing it. Russia could just turn off the spigot if they wanted to cut Europe off, so it was not them. Biden's boys did it, there were even several "prediction" leaks beforehand by insiders.

177 The US behaved shamefully. Putin understandably has feeling
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pMmVV)

We could have done better by them, possibly.
It was a chaotic situation and nobody had ever tried to de-transition a communist economy on that scale.

But Yeltsin is not entirely blameless here, either, the big, jovial, drunk, bear got himself into his own trouble without our help.
Yeltsin essentially sold off the biggest sectors of the economy to the oligarchs, and that's probably what Putin was most angry about.

Putin wants Russia to be treated as an equal by the U.S., and the west, but Russia has been too untrustworthy too many times for that to happen immediately.

178 >>al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha


He doesn't want his Mom wearing his uniform because it is a Suicide Vest.

179 And this now

1h
Translated from Polish
Pan_komentator
@PanP23929

Translated from Polish
The presidential convoy of Karol Nawrocki is heading to the Presidential Palace.

A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.

Poland is waking up.

180 The MSM was just that powerful."

People can be gullible.

Wanna buy some tulips?

181 Zelenskyy is a grifter, a poser, and a loser. Why in hell we support his bony ass I do not fathom. He now owns several mansions in several different countries, paid for by us, and can bug out any time, but if he keeps the war going, he will get richer with every minute of it.

He needs to leave.

182 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are. That isn’t necessarily what Putin thought would happen, and he’s actively trying to subvert it. He’s getting embarrassed in Ukraine and the EU is providing a lot of the weapons that are helping do that. So he’s actively testing the wire, and that creates a very tenuous situation. But he could stop that any time by settling in Ukraine. He’s the only one keeping that from happening. It’s his battlefield.

183 For the last 25 years or so of self employment I have paid myself $1000 a week. If the money was there. Sometimes I would have to catch up later. If there was any money left over after everything else was paid for I get to keep that.

184 Who should I be rooting for in the coup in Poland?

185 🚨BREAKING: President Karol Nawrocki has just ARRIVED at the Presidential Palace in Polish capital Warsaw

He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Brussels ain't gonna like that - the EU's "security" depends on Tusk's control of the most powerful European conventional military force in the continent.

186 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)

Down to about a quarter of what they were here in CA.

187 Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński."

That's a lot of consonants...

188 Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)

We have several troop emplacements and forward "bases" in Poland. Have for many years. I suspect Putin should tread lightly in that endeavor.

189 Remember when Hillary went to Russia with that idiotic and misspelled "Reset" button? That's when the media told us Putin was our friend.

And now they are our mortal enemy because western powers fucked around in the most corrupt country in western Europe that happens to sit on Russia's border?

Oh, ok.

190 Who should I be rooting for in the coup in Poland?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+UCFu)

Not Donald Tusk. He's Grima Wormtongue.

191 He needs to leave."

Yep.

192 164
It's possible to dislike both Putin and Zelinsky.

Like Saddam and Khomeini.
Posted by: Auspex
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All of the above destroyed or are destroying their own countries to scratch their itches for power to the grave.

They hate their opponents because it is a reflection of themselves. See Mustache Man and Stalin as well.

193 There were some fun historic podcasts recently that reexplored the pretty much debunked, but still fascinating and compelling, "White Horse prophecy" of the Mormon church. I decided to do some digging on the "original" text and read it for myself.

It gets things wrong, as false prophecies do. But what's fascinating is that during the period it talks about, it predicts there will be a period when the constitution will "hang by a thread," and it also says Russia will be our great enemy. This is from the 1800s.

Not exactly wrong there...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V-669GlIY&ra=m

194 I didn't even know the Poles were concerned about class size.

195 Would be funny if there was a Polish military counter revolution...with free helicopter rides.

196 That's a lot of consonants...
Posted by: man
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Could be worse, the crisis could have involved Wales.

197 Nood

198 Somebody should start a campaign, "Bananas For Gaza".

199 >>Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

No China is. And a lot of people in Russia don’t like the appearance of subservience to them.

But Putins Russia is a close second. His ideological rigidity is stunning in its ignorance of the fact that people like Trump see Russia as a great country who is above a lot of this nonsense and is being dragged down by it.

200 I didn't even know the Poles were concerned about class size"

It's the lack of air conditioning.

201 Putin has made it clear ....
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)

Who the fuck wants Europe? Putin isn't an idiot.

202 Crime Free NOOD

203 Putin is your standard Russian autocrat. Zelensky and Ukraine are corrupt entities. Neither is our friend. They've been fighting over boundaries in that area since before the USA existed. Our interest is not seeing it spread , Biden and the leftist one worlders interest was grift.

204 nood crime!

205
No doubt Xi is our biggest enemy and concern.

The worst enemy of Russia is Russia.

206 173 al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha

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they don't issue jerseys to the guy that collects the jock straps

207 The presidential convoy of Karol Nawrocki is heading to the Presidential Palace.

A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.

Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig

I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.

208 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are. That isn’t necessarily what Putin thought would happen, and he’s actively trying to subvert it. He’s getting embarrassed in Ukraine and the EU is providing a lot of the weapons that are helping do that. So he’s actively testing the wire, and that creates a very tenuous situation. But he could stop that any time by settling in Ukraine. He’s the only one keeping that from happening. It’s his battlefield.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM


Fortunately for europe putin has about a -1000% chance of acting on his dreams of conquest and they know it or they should know it. His army is gone, his navy longer exists and his air force has been reduced to next to nothing in the war in ukraine.


The only thing he has left is oil and nukes. And if he starts popping off nukes in europe the fallout literally drifts back to his country. putin is being used as a boogey man to scare europe.

209 Separation of church and state.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3jusnh

210 Take this for what it is worth. 3rd hand but easy to check details.

Ranty Man
@RanTeeThree
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1h
My Polish friend says Tusk has cancelled major infrastructure projects because they compete with Germany - New port to compete with Hamburg - cancelled. New Airport to compete with Frankfurt - cancelled. New nuclear power station - cancelled. loads of other projects cancelled.

211 While the CCP is doing all it can to destroy our AI industry through propaganda, Canada’s govt (China’s puppet) is investing $1.6B in Canadian AI company Cohere.

Gee I wonder if this is all somehow related.

212 Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ti9vn)

There was a little encouragement of the locals in Niger and similar West African states to push out the French. When I heard what they were paying for Uranium from the locals shocked even my colonialist soul - pennies on the dollar when they could use every dime for infrastructure and development so we could get more resources out.

But screwing the French is just a little kidding around and teasing, not real politics.

213 I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Problem for the EU is they have no army and NATO is not going to get involved as an organization and it depends on US assets for logistics.

Something is causing the whole globalist party to move into maximum overdrive NOW. Too many crises and institutions being wrecked like Canada's implosion, Brazil moving to criminal fascism, now this simultaneously.

By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes.

214 I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)

They will send in the EU Army!!!! Oh wait, there isn't one. And the US Army has a few brigades there now.

215 Something is causing the whole globalist party to move into maximum overdrive NOW.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (E4rtv)


Trump is close to a tipping point if you believe Tom Luongo.

216 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)

I've never seen Putin threaten to conquer Europe.
He's threatened the West only when we encroached on what they feel is their sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and Asia. Georgia, and Ukraine (Crimea) especially, are important to Russia's defensive strategies, and Putin does not want to give those up to US & EU adventurism.

I am not a big Putin fan, but I am a realist when it comes to world affairs. Putin warned the West for a decade that if they kept encroaching on Russia by enlarging NATO they would respond. And that's exactly what he did when Ukraine moved towards joining the EU and NATO.

Russia is in no position to invade anybody else for the foreseeable future. This was Putin's last stand, and he's going to end it when he's ready and Russia's control of, and access to, Crimea and the Donbass is guaranteed.

Why would he want to invade Europe at this point?

217 Seeing this thing in Poland always gets my globalist conspiracy metered. Makes me wonder about shenanigans in our election.

That said, Poland is weird. I don't understand countries with a PM and a President. Pick one!

218 But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM
Our number enemy is islam, no matter where.

219 The result lists the username “mohawk787” and an account creation timestamp of December 26, 2010, at 20:56:49. The profile’s interests field lists “FETISH,” “GROUPSEX,” “SEXUAL RELATIONS,” “ONLINE FLIRTING,” and “OTHER.”

220 "Other"????? you had me at fetish, you didn't need to sell me!

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The Spooktacular History of Halloween Traditions and Lore

Halloween in the 1930s

Why is Halloween the "spooky season" in the first place? How did this nonsense begin?

Well as you've no doubt heard, supposedly this time of year is a "liminal," meaning "on the threshold." ("Subliminal" means "beneath the threshold (of conscious perception).)

Supposedly, during liminal times, the "walls separating the mortal realms from the 'other worlds' (both the spirit realms and the lands of the fairies) are lower."

I guess because this time is at the end of autumn -- in Germanic languages, "the fall" or "autumn" is just literally called 'harvest." Herbst in German, for example.

So this time is between two seasons and therefore between two worlds.

That's an idea with a lot of salience in folktales -- crossroads, for example, are also believed to be space between two worlds, which is why you might see ghosts or even the devil in a crossroads.

Crossroads are viewed in global folklore and legends as liminal "thin places" where the barrier between the living world and the spirit realm weakens.

Folklore and Supernatural Beliefs

* Spirits and Lost Souls: Crossroads are often said to confuse wandering or restless spirits. Historical burials of criminals or people who died by suicide at intersections led to beliefs that their spirits would face four paths and get lost.

* Spectral Animals: The British Isles feature legends of spectral black dogs--such as the Black Shuck or Barghest--which are seen at crossroads as harbingers of death.

Halloween is a contraction of All Hallow's Eve. The following day, November first, is All Saint's Day, so the night before is the eve of all the hallowed, the sainted.

To hallow means "to set apart as holy."

Are the words connected? Yes they are:

The words hallow and holy share a direct and deep etymological connection, both coming from the same ancient root meaning "whole" or "healthy".

Etymological Lineage

* Hallow: From the Old English verb hälgian ("to make holy, consecrate") and the noun hälga ("holy person or saint"). This evolved into Middle English halwe and modern hallow.

* Holy: From the Old English adjective hälig ("holy, sacred, or consecrated"), which developed directly from häl ("whole").

* Proto-Germanic Root: Both trace back to Proto-Germanic hailagaz / *hailagōn (holy, sacred, or set apart).

* Proto-Indo-European Root: Going further back, they stem from the PIE root *kailo- meaning "whole, uninjured, or of good omen".

Of course, this is probably a case of early Church syncretism, or the merging of pagan traditions with Christian ones. Mostly just the dates.

Because November 1st happens to be an ancient festival:

Samhain is an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated on November 1 that marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.

Meaning and Timing

* Pronunciation: Commonly pronounced "sow-in" (rhyming with cow-in or sau-in).

* Dates: Celebrations traditionally begin at sunset on October 31 and continue through November 1, as the Celtic day starts and ends at sunset.

* New Year: It marked the Celtic New Year and the transition into the "darker half" of the year.

The origin of the Jack O'Lantern is interesting and very pagan.

Apparently it was a Druidic custom to light communal bonfires. I assume these bonfires had some religious/cultic purpose. Then, when the fire had died down, the embers or coals from the fire would be transported to the individual hearths of the worshippers, so that the later fires would be descended from the communal ones.

These coals were carried from the communal bonfire to the home hearth in... hollowed out turnips or gourds. Faces began to be carved into these fire-transporting turnips to ward away evil spirits. I don't know when pumpkins were used for this purpose, if ever, but the pumpkin with fire inside is clearly a direct descendant of the coal-toting turnip.

The actual name "Jack O'Lantern" emerged from later, Christian-age Irish folktales about someone who tried to trick the devil.

A grumpy bastard of a blacksmith by the name of Stingy Jack invites the devil for a drink but refuses to pay (hence, the "stingy" descriptor). He convinces the devil to shape-shift into a coin to cover the tab. But when the devil obliges, Jack sticks the coin in his pocket. And much to the devil-coin's dismay, there is a silver cross in that pocket, preventing him from returning to his original form. A deal is struck. Jack sets the devil free and, in return, the devil agrees A) to bar Jack from entering hell when he dies, and B) to leave Jack alone for a year.

A quick aside: This seems like a bad deal. And it is a bad deal -- because guess what? A year later, the devil comes back to mess with Jack. Only Jack is ready for him. He convinces the devil to climb a tree so he might enjoy a delicious piece of fruit.

Note that this tale involves fruit. As you'll see, most Halloween traditions are fruit-based.

Once the devil is up in the tree, Jack carves a cross into the trunk. The devil can't come down. Another (bad) deal is struck, although this one does have the advantage of being slightly less bad than the previous one. Jack frees the devil in exchange for ten years of peace.

Jack dies. (Don't be sad. He was an asshole.) The devil, true to his word, refuses to let Jack into hell. God, meanwhile, refuses to let Jack into heaven. So, what is Jack's fate? To wander forever in eternal darkness, of course. But because the devil is not totally heartless (wait...), he tosses Jack a lump of burning coal from hell so he can have a bit of light. Jack carves out a turnip and sticks the coal inside, creating a lantern. Hence, "Jack of the Lantern," which is later shortened to "Jack O'Lantern."

Kids have been dressing up in costumes for a long, long time.

I don't know when this began, but an early example of it is kids going out "guising" -- wearing disguises.

In the Shetland Islands, kids dressed as "skeklers," wearing dresses made of wheat stalks.

Etymology and Origins

* Skekel / Skekle: The root noun in the Shetland dialect means a masked or disguised person, a guiser, or specifically someone wearing a straw dress at Halloween.

* Norn Roots: The term originates from the historical Norn language (a North Germanic language spoken in Shetland and Orkney until the 18th/19th century before being replaced by Scots).

* Skakling: Recorded in local almanacs to describe the start of the winter half-year around All Saints' Day (November 1st).

Kids dressed up in dresses made of straw is kinda creepy!

This custom involved what evolved into trick or treating:

* Costume: Made from local oat-straw woven into a skirt (gloy), a short cloak, and a tall, pointed straw mask or hat.

* Tradition: Skeklers traveled from house to house (hoosamylla) in small groups between mid-October and late January, dancing and playing music in exchange for food or drink.

* Leadership: The group was traditionally directed or led by a figure known as the scuddler.

Apparently people used to put apples on the thresholds of their doors as an offering to evil spirits, who would be placated by the sweets and not trouble the family inside.

But kids became coming by afterwards and asking for the apples which had not actually been carried off by spirits, which I would imagine was most of them.

And from that: begging for candy in costume.

Bobbing for apples is closely associated with Halloween. Remember, this coincides with the final harvest of the year, so apples are significant. As I mentioned, fruit was central to many Halloween traditions:

In America today, Halloween is most often associated with pumpkins and candy. For centuries in the British Isles, though, this eerie night was linked with apples, nuts, and cabbage, all of which were given secret powers...

Among all the food traditions of Halloween, apples appear most often. There are loose theories for why apples are so special on this day. They've long been thought to have an uncanny magic: in Welsh folklore, for instance, they carry a whiff of immortality. In the Book of Hallowe'en, an early 20th century study of October 31 traditions, Ruth Edna Kelley writes that apples came to Halloween through the colonizing Romans, who linked their fall apple festival with the Celtic Samhain.

But the game didn't start as bobbing for apples in water. Instead, the apples were bobbed for in between fire.

A stick was hanged from the ceiling by its middle so that it was suspended horizontally, and free to spin on the string holding it. On one side was stuck an apple. On the otherside, a lighted candle. Then the stick would be set to spinning and you would, without your hands, bob and bite at the apple as it spun around, trying to avoid being licked in the face by the flame or hit in the eye with hot candle-wax.

This "game" was called "snap-apple," and, if I might channel the noted ethnologist Donald Trump, it's a shit-hole tradition.

Oh, and winning the game -- eating the apple without taking a mouthful of flame -- would mean that you would be the first to marry or marry whatever person you liked.

Another version of the game involved suspending apples on strings from the ceiling, no sticks or candles involved. This is safer, though far less Mëtäl.

Another variation:

Sometimes the apples would be labeled or marked by young men and women before they were put in a tub of water: the person who caught your apple could be your mate. In another version of snap apple, a hoop is suspended from the ceiling, and different treats and tricks, including cake, candies, bread, apples, and peppers, are stationed along its rim. The one a player caught with their teeth would foretell the nature of their love--would it be sweet, spicy, too hot? Would it nourish or burn them?

A lot of fruit, a lot of eating, and a lot of promise of sex.

Even cabbages had sexual bend:

If none of these fortune telling methods went your way, you could still resort to cabbage. One tradition involved pulling kale stalks from a field: the nature of the stalk, its weight, length, girth, and taste, would hint at one's future spouse.

I'm not going to unpack that.

A lot of divinations were of the "ill fortune" type:

Some people would bake a ring and nut into the cake--the finder of the nut would be a widow or widower. In another version, the cake had a coin, a sloe berry and a bit of wood baked in. The coin meant wealth, the sloe meant you'd outlive all your friends and the wood meant you'd die within the year.

Yay!

This being a "liminal time" when the "walls between the worlds were lower" led to Halloween being a time for minor magics like divination of the future.

And this divination usually involved predicting your future spouse.

In one divination game, you would peel an apple all in one big peel, then throw the apple peel over your shoulder. When the peel landed on the floor, it would form a letter, which would be the first letter of the name of the person you would marry.

This magical divination predicts a lot of spouses with names beginning with I, J, G, S, Z, and C, and maybe a D here and there, but anyone whose name began with K, X, Y, R, B or any letter formed by multiple strokes was shit out of luck and would die a lonely spinster.

Another of these "see your future spouse" games involved going into a darkened, lonely room with only a candle for light and looking at a mirror. Supposedly, over your shoulder and behind you, would appear the dark, fuzzy form of the person you would wind up marrying.

Obviously this just relies on darkness and unsteady light and seeing what you want to see.

I read about this "candle in a mirror and your future spouse appears behind you" game in Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party, which also featured "snap-apple," but I'm pretty sure it was the safe version without the candle.

Oh, and the victim is killed by being drowned in the tub for bobbing apples. Oh, and also, despite the book being set in the 1960s, they casually mention that the village has a "village witch" like this is a normal thing that most villages have and needs no further explanation.

What? English villages all had a village witch, the same as they had a butcher or postman?

There were other variations.

In many variations, the seeker was forced to walk backward, which aided the tension. From a 1916 story in the Alaska Daily Empire out of Juneau, "Little girls duck for apples till they are wet from head to foot, walk down the cellar stairs backward, hold a candle before a mirror to see their future husbands."

The opportunities for shenanigans are obvious. Friends stealthily followed behind mirror-toting players, or hid in the darkened destinations. At the right moment, they leaped from the shadows, screams stabbing the night before terror collapsed into giggles. Or, there was the potential for romantic assignations. A hopeful young man, yearning to make his feelings known, could plan to reveal himself in a mirror. As another postcard suggested, "of course this affair must be prearranged to be successful for the Witches are busy and can't tend to everybody."

This one, via Google AI (but I've read it elsewhere), is even more dangerous than snap-apple:

Walking Backwards Down Stairs: Some variations required a person to hold a hand-mirror and walk backwards down a dark flight of stairs at midnight to catch a reflection of their future mate.

That is a shithole tradition way to wind up in traction.

We've all noticed that Halloween has become, for older teenagers and young adults, a holiday all about sex. Girls dress like literal streetwalkers. It's a hookup holiday.

But I didn't realize until writing this post... it's literally always been a holiday closely associated with sex. Even stuff like the ripe, full apples suggest sexual maturation and pregnancy.

Sure, magical games to see your future spouse are the socially acceptable way to suggest sex, but it's still mostly about sex. This holiday has always had mating on its mind, from the early pagan days.

So: magic, pagan traditions, "lowering the veils" between the worlds, evil spirits and the devil. And on top of it all: the suggestion of sex.

No wonder religious people have such a problem with it.

Many of the ideas in this post came from this video about the folklore that may have inspired It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

MaaikeDx
@RembrandtsRoom

Oct 31, 2024

Taken in 1936 during a photo session at Raynham Hall in Norfolk. The photographers captured the original lady of the house, Lady Dorothy Townsend, descending the staircase. One of the most famous "ghost photograph" ever

Spooky Talafreako:

@AceofSpadesHQ Happy Halloween https://t.co/41XXk2ODbH

— simplicissimus🇺🇸 (@DrBoecker) October 30, 2026

I had planned on reviewing Backrooms and Obsession but I'm going to skip that. But definitely use the threat to suggest spooky movies for your fellow Morons.